Missouri (Southwest) Weekly Cattle Auction Summary

Missouri · USDA-reported Auction Livestock

Sale of Monday, January 9, 2023

16,355 head sold ·Official USDA report

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light 6-weight M&L 1 steers $190.55/cwt -2.64 vs last sale · ≈ $1,195/hd at 627 lb · 923 head

heavy 5-weight M&L 1 heifers $174.00/cwt -1.29 vs last sale · ≈ $1,007/hd at 579 lb · 693 head

light 5-weight M&L 1 steers $210.97/cwt +0.69 vs last sale · ≈ $1,112/hd at 527 lb · 595 head

Receipts

Head	This sale	Last sale	Last year
Total receipts	16,355	20,417	14,936
Feeder cattle	13,700	19,129	13,596
Slaughter cattle	1,799	1,075	1,063
Replacement cattle	856	213	277

Market comments — USDA reporter

Compared to last week, steers and heifers mostly steady to 5.00 higher, however some plainer cattle trended lower. Slaughter cows uneven from 4.00 lower to 4.00 higher. Slaughter bulls steady to 3.00 lower.

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Feeder Steers

Medium and Large 1 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
300–345	325	28	217.00–235.00	$224.88	$731	-2.87
356 thin fleshed	356	17	256.00	$256.00	$911	—
350–395	374	83	208.00–245.00	$226.43	$847	+2.89
423 thin fleshed	423	43	248.00	$248.00	$1,049	—
408–448	424	120	206.00–240.00	$226.77	$962	-0.14
451–496	472	306	204.00–240.00	$227.99	$1,076	+9.41
500–527 fancy	509	83	224.00–231.00	$227.15	$1,156	-1.35
515 unweaned	515	6	193.00	$193.00	$994	-1.44
500–549	530	503	194.00–222.00	$208.64	$1,106	+4.42
543	543	3	190.00	$190.00	$1,032	-14.22
551–596	568	383	189.00–215.00	$204.29	$1,160	+6.61
600–646	627	923	183.00–204.00	$190.55	$1,195	+0.69
651–696	673	431	176.00–196.00	$188.93	$1,271	+5.93
701–749	721	563	172.00–193.85	$182.11	$1,313	+3.81
751–798	790	388	174.00–188.75	$184.30	$1,456	+3.94
801–826	809	136	176.00–184.00	$180.83	$1,463	+4.40
853–897	871	364	175.00–179.00	$177.62	$1,547	-1.33
929	929	25	179.00	$179.00	$1,663	+7.17

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
318	318	2	200.00	$200.00	$636	-15.44
350–398	381	58	194.00–222.00	$216.44	$825	+0.22
402–448	426	74	190.00–215.00	$203.70	$868	+2.00
450–496	484	168	180.00–217.00	$205.60	$995	+2.73
511–549	530	255	177.00–195.00	$190.17	$1,008	+3.91
551–598	579	452	166.00–195.00	$187.01	$1,083	+0.17
600–646	628	199	161.00–183.00	$177.59	$1,115	-2.74
651–698	674	238	160.00–184.00	$176.48	$1,189	-1.85
700–746	722	74	155.00–180.50	$173.06	$1,249	+0.46
750–796	769	325	154.00–175.00	$173.15	$1,332	-1.64
801–843	826	73	160.00–173.75	$172.10	$1,422	+0.47
855–894	884	80	164.00–171.00	$165.76	$1,465	-7.92
908	908	180	170.25	$170.25	$1,546	+8.25
1006	1006	49	161.60	$161.60	$1,626	—
1100	1100	12	146.00	$146.00	$1,606	—

Medium and Large 2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
309–348	319	36	200.00–205.00	$201.18	$642	+21.18
350–398	370	47	161.00–210.00	$194.42	$719	+2.91
418–443	434	19	161.00–180.00	$174.37	$757	+12.37
468–495	483	46	172.00–185.00	$180.83	$873	+10.83
500–530	522	12	150.00–170.00	$164.30	$858	-0.70
558–580	569	25	157.50–170.00	$164.18	$934	+0.10
606	606	12	164.00	$164.00	$994	+15.96
660–677	665	17	160.00–162.00	$161.52	$1,074	+2.58
705–745	731	30	150.00–165.00	$161.96	$1,184	+6.96
750–755	753	3	130.00–140.00	$136.68	$1,029	-12.39
822–835	825	4	115.00–126.00	$117.78	$972	—

Medium 1 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
737	737	32	170.00	$170.00	$1,253	—

Medium 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
455	455	2	170.00	$170.00	$774	—
578	578	3	175.00	$175.00	$1,012	—
611–619	615	27	164.00–175.00	$170.08	$1,046	—

Medium 2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
430–445	434	12	150.00–162.00	$157.19	$682	—
508	508	2	130.00	$130.00	$660	—
619	619	5	105.00	$105.00	$650	—

Large 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
695	695	3	169.00	$169.00	$1,175	—
937	937	3	130.00	$130.00	$1,218	-20.00
973	973	2	119.00	$119.00	$1,158	—
1090	1090	3	127.00	$127.00	$1,384	—

Large 2-3 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
557	557	9	110.00	$110.00	$613	—

Large 1 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
900–940	920	2	158.00–167.00	$162.40	$1,494	—
1025	1025	1	147.00	$147.00	$1,507	—

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Feeder Heifers

Medium and Large 1 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
310–341	325	50	180.00–202.00	$191.84	$623	+4.98
357–391	374	77	181.00–212.50	$198.07	$741	+12.39
413–416 fancy	414	8	207.00–210.00	$208.87	$865	+0.87
400–449	432	117	177.00–202.00	$189.94	$821	+2.96
450–499	478	394	170.00–201.00	$185.24	$885	+1.46
504–544	524	255	168.00–183.00	$176.64	$926	-3.45
552–599	579	693	169.00–178.00	$174.00	$1,007	+0.21
603–645	622	266	167.00–176.00	$172.85	$1,075	+1.16
651–697	672	320	152.00–177.00	$171.35	$1,151	+3.64
710–743	725	320	154.00–170.25	$168.32	$1,220	+1.68
766–778	769	26	166.00–168.00	$167.46	$1,288	+1.61

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
321–345	326	18	161.00–187.50	$176.42	$575	+0.82
355–398	368	54	160.00–187.50	$181.37	$667	+4.15
400–448	428	151	156.00–177.00	$168.41	$721	+0.51
450–499	475	317	158.00–178.00	$170.19	$808	+1.56
500–549	531	244	155.00–176.00	$165.99	$881	-1.20
550–598	576	465	150.00–171.00	$163.54	$942	-1.98
600–643	625	301	150.00–166.00	$162.43	$1,015	-1.58
650–692	671	108	149.00–166.00	$160.40	$1,076	-2.87
701–735	716	46	139.00–165.00	$161.48	$1,156	-0.38
755–798	757	182	141.00–165.00	$163.91	$1,241	+2.56
805–839	825	20	135.00–158.00	$152.63	$1,259	-7.21

Medium and Large 2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
321	321	21	163.00	$163.00	$523	-2.00
401–447	413	45	150.00–156.00	$154.75	$639	+3.24
455–499	476	18	135.00–157.00	$151.29	$720	-0.23
500–546	522	26	148.00–152.00	$150.21	$784	+3.02
552–593	575	31	138.00–152.50	$147.49	$848	+2.85
615–638	629	14	132.00–137.00	$134.33	$845	—
651–660	654	13	145.00–150.00	$148.45	$971	+4.44
705–730	710	15	130.00–152.00	$149.04	$1,058	+17.04

Medium 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
541	541	13	155.00	$155.00	$839	—

Large 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
525–535	529	5	157.00–164.00	$159.83	$846	-0.17
607	607	6	162.00	$162.00	$983	—

Medium 2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
689	689	5	115.00	$115.00	$792	—

Large 2-3 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
730	730	3	80.00	$80.00	$584	—

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Feeder Bulls

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
420–440	423	51	172.00–191.00	$177.86	$752	-8.14
452–495	475	68	173.00–195.00	$183.52	$872	-3.80
500–527	518	17	170.00–185.00	$176.99	$917	-6.62
550–590	569	30	167.00–181.00	$171.19	$974	+3.39
600–645	612	45	159.00–175.00	$164.41	$1,006	+0.79
650–697	664	32	149.00–157.00	$153.89	$1,022	-4.77
700–745	726	6	149.00–155.00	$153.01	$1,111	-0.52
750–785	759	4	138.00–140.00	$139.51	$1,059	-6.00
864	864	6	137.00	$137.00	$1,184	-3.00

Medium and Large 2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
345	345	22	195.00	$195.00	$673	—
443	443	2	160.00	$160.00	$709	-4.00
461–470	466	13	172.00–177.00	$174.72	$814	—
530	530	2	160.00	$160.00	$848	—
578–580	579	5	155.00	$155.00	$897	-0.62
635	635	3	130.00	$130.00	$826	—
658	658	15	148.00	$148.00	$974	-1.64

Medium and Large 1 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
367	367	3	223.00	$223.00	$818	—
425–438	434	3	198.00–202.00	$200.69	$871	-1.64
456–479	472	26	195.00–205.00	$201.53	$951	-2.47
515–518	517	8	185.00–198.00	$190.49	$985	+3.49
550–566	554	16	185.00–189.50	$188.35	$1,043	+14.35

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Slaughter Cows

Lean ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Dressing	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
760–1160	893	85-90%	29	20.00–44.00	$30.68	$274	-3.43
725–1175	967	85-90%	60	32.50–57.00	$44.46	$430	—
727–1280	1052	85-90%	370	50.00–65.00	$59.85	$630	—
803–1210	1068	85-90%	85	64.50–74.00	$67.91	$725	-2.21

Boner ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Dressing	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
1010–1335	1176	80-85%	34	59.00–67.50	$64.53	$759	+1.22
1010–1490	1212	80-85%	385	63.00–77.00	$69.09	$837	—
1050–1485	1253	80-85%	93	72.00–87.00	$76.21	$955	-4.65

Breaker ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Dressing	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
1340–1610	1395	75-80%	20	59.00–68.00	$65.04	$907	+0.54
1305–1723	1431	75-80%	226	67.00–79.50	$72.14	$1,032	-3.45
1320–1935	1496	75-80%	70	74.50–83.50	$77.22	$1,155	—

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Slaughter Bulls

YG1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
1107	1107	18	116.00	$116.00	$1,284	—
1205–1820	1422	13	72.00–86.00	$82.16	$1,168	—
1287–2510	1680	53	86.00–104.00	$97.26	$1,634	+0.22
1640–2220	1937	35	97.50–118.00	$107.09	$2,074	—

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Stock Cows

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd
710–1350	992	Young (2-4 yrs)	Open	32	83.00–111.00	$93.82	$931
805–1108	1065	(<2 yrs)	Open	16	105.00–130.00	$110.62	$1,178

Medium 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd
936	936	Young (2-4 yrs)	Open	5	72.00	$72.00	$674

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Bred Cows

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $
905–1200	1020	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	28	700.00–1,150.00	$909.86
865–1480	1152	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	2nd/3rd Stage (4-9 mo)	225	885.00–1,300.00	$1,119.55
1160	1160	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	3	1,150.00	$1,150.00
985–1369	1243	Aged (>8 yrs)	2nd/3rd Stage (4-9 mo)	47	750.00–1,125.00	$1,015.23

Medium and Large 1 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $
1090–1435	1210	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	2nd/3rd Stage (4-9 mo)	161	1,300.00–1,675.00	$1,511.59
1390	1390	Aged (>8 yrs)	2nd/3rd Stage (4-9 mo)	30	1,350.00	$1,350.00

Medium 1-2 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $
820–1111	1009	Aged (>8 yrs)	2nd/3rd Stage (4-9 mo)	16	550.00–850.00	$719.68
835–1217	1051	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	2nd/3rd Stage (4-9 mo)	46	775.00–950.00	$864.33

Medium 2 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $
870	870	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	2nd/3rd Stage (4-9 mo)	9	700.00	$700.00

Medium and Large 2 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $
1063	1063	Aged (>8 yrs)	2nd/3rd Stage (4-9 mo)	2	650.00	$650.00

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Bred Heifers

Medium and Large 1 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $
980 fancy	980	(<2 yrs)	2nd/3rd Stage (4-9 mo)	28	2,000.00	$2,000.00
960–1024	988	(<2 yrs)	2nd/3rd Stage (4-9 mo)	29	1,600.00–1,700.00	$1,635.78

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $
955–1480	1168	Young (2-4 yrs)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	3	1,025.00–1,185.00	$1,141.41

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Cow-Calf Pairs

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $	Δ last sale
920–1020	983	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	Open	8	1,275.00–1,300.00	$1,290.63	—
1030	1030	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	7	1,550.00	$1,550.00	—
1060–1080	1068	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	Open	5	1,100.00–1,250.00	$1,190.00	—
1120–1125	1123	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	10	1,825.00	$1,825.00	—
1145	1145	Aged (>8 yrs)	Open	5	1,150.00	$1,150.00	—

Medium 1-2 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $	Δ last sale
1005	1005	Aged (>8 yrs)	Open	4	975.00	$975.00	—

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Dairy Steers

Large 3 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
431	431	8	90.00	$90.00	$388	—
534	534	4	120.00	$120.00	$641	—
580	580	10	115.00	$115.00	$667	—
680–690	686	51	105.00–118.00	$112.49	$772	—
724–739	729	16	110.00–115.00	$111.58	$813	—
810–832	825	10	114.00–115.00	$114.71	$946	-6.29
862–899	896	48	110.00–130.00	$125.35	$1,123	—
1070–1080	1073	12	100.00–103.00	$102.24	$1,097	—

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Reading this report

What does "Medium and Large 1" mean?

USDA feeder grades describe frame size and muscle thickness, not quality of the individual animal. "Medium and Large" is the frame score; the number is muscle (1 = heaviest muscled). "Medium and Large 1–2" pens mix both muscle scores — common across the Southeast.

What is $/cwt?

Dollars per hundredweight — per 100 lb of animal. A 500-lb calf at $450/cwt brings 5 × $450 = $2,250. Lighter cattle usually bring more per cwt but less per head.

Why are some prices per head?

Bred cows, cow-calf pairs, and some replacement classes sell by the head, not by weight. We show those exactly as USDA reports them — a $/head figure is never converted into $/cwt on this site.

Where do these numbers come from?

From the USDA Agricultural Marketing Service's Livestock Market News — federal reporters at the sale. We publish each report in full and link the official USDA document at the top of the page.