Missouri (Southwest) Weekly Cattle Auction Summary

Missouri · USDA-reported Auction Livestock

Sale of Monday, January 30, 2023

4,114 head sold ·Official USDA report

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light 5-weight M&L 1-2 steers $202.27/cwt +13.75 vs last sale · ≈ $1,094/hd at 541 lb · 270 head

heavy 7-weight M&L 1 heifers $170.53/cwt +5.53 vs last sale · ≈ $1,337/hd at 784 lb · 249 head

light 8-weight M&L 1 steers $178.08/cwt +5.08 vs last sale · ≈ $1,464/hd at 822 lb · 168 head

Receipts

Head	This sale	Last sale	Last year
Total receipts	4,114	3,511	9,558
Feeder cattle	3,337	2,795	9,006
Slaughter cattle	639	590	475
Replacement cattle	138	126	77

Market comments — USDA reporter

Compared to last week, steers firm to 5.00 higher, spots 10.00 higher early week and heifers steady to 4.00 higher. Slaughter cows 6.00 to 12.00 higher and Slaughter bulls mostly steady.

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Feeder Steers

Medium and Large 1 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
331–340	336	7	235.00–247.00	$241.94	$813	+21.94
373–382	376	34	230.00–235.00	$231.50	$870	-6.92
402–443	414	19	232.00–242.00	$238.23	$986	+14.78
450–493	468	35	225.00–237.00	$231.70	$1,084	+7.93
503–540	524	73	210.00–232.00	$217.53	$1,140	+8.98
551–585	564	121	209.00–225.00	$217.17	$1,225	+16.87
602–642	621	115	193.00–206.00	$199.68	$1,240	+7.68
660–661	661	103	193.25–194.00	$193.63	$1,280	—
707–736	722	70	183.00–189.00	$186.71	$1,348	+10.21
772	772	124	181.00	$181.00	$1,397	—
809–830	822	168	177.50–179.00	$178.08	$1,464	+5.08
860–883	881	70	171.00–176.75	$176.35	$1,554	—
907	907	27	172.00	$172.00	$1,560	—

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
313–323	319	9	212.00–231.00	$222.23	$709	—
366–393	384	21	217.00–230.00	$219.04	$841	+0.91
403–430	412	37	200.00–225.00	$216.24	$891	+15.01
458–496	489	35	196.00–223.00	$213.72	$1,045	+6.11
500–549	541	270	181.00–207.00	$202.27	$1,094	+13.75
569–598	586	40	180.00–206.00	$199.43	$1,169	+14.69
600–636	625	53	185.00–192.00	$187.69	$1,173	+10.56
655–693	674	133	182.00–193.00	$188.68	$1,272	+12.41
736	736	3	176.00	$176.00	$1,295	+3.20
759–797	764	41	169.00–177.00	$175.98	$1,344	+2.74
858–889	872	40	165.00–171.00	$167.19	$1,458	+3.91
941	941	9	160.50	$160.50	$1,510	—
1007	1007	7	167.00	$167.00	$1,682	—

Medium and Large 2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
305	305	2	180.00	$180.00	$549	—
408	408	3	182.00	$182.00	$743	—
493	493	3	180.00	$180.00	$887	—
631	631	3	161.00	$161.00	$1,016	+5.16
745	745	6	169.00	$169.00	$1,259	+9.00
816	816	6	153.00	$153.00	$1,248	—

Medium 2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
524	524	5	165.00	$165.00	$865	—
771	771	6	147.00	$147.00	$1,133	—

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Feeder Heifers

Medium and Large 1 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
321	321	3	195.00	$195.00	$626	—
375	375	5	184.00	$184.00	$690	-7.00
405–445	430	53	184.00–199.00	$192.66	$828	+4.70
460–499	489	109	183.00–198.00	$189.74	$928	+4.37
503–548	540	46	173.00–188.00	$180.98	$977	+4.72
552–596	577	116	178.00–185.00	$182.22	$1,051	+0.95
600–630	612	100	164.00–180.00	$175.78	$1,076	+6.64
654–691	662	103	164.00–174.00	$172.83	$1,144	+4.44
735–738	736	18	165.00–168.00	$167.50	$1,233	—
771–788	784	249	167.50–172.75	$170.53	$1,337	+5.53
811–820	813	33	155.00–165.00	$163.17	$1,327	—
931	931	29	156.00	$156.00	$1,452	—

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
279	279	13	190.00	$190.00	$530	+10.00
304–348	321	8	180.00–187.00	$184.15	$591	+5.25
356–383	372	40	175.00–192.00	$186.74	$695	+12.09
425–446	436	17	163.00–182.00	$169.33	$738	+0.06
456–498	472	56	160.00–183.00	$175.71	$829	+6.49
525–543	531	16	157.00–170.00	$163.08	$866	+0.52
557–598	578	65	161.00–170.00	$164.77	$952	-0.92
615–642	629	8	147.00–160.00	$153.64	$966	+0.58
660–670	663	14	155.00–161.00	$159.43	$1,057	+4.28
704–747	723	27	149.00–165.00	$159.58	$1,154	-0.16
790	790	5	164.00	$164.00	$1,296	+3.00
888	888	66	152.75	$152.75	$1,356	—

Medium and Large 2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
283	283	4	170.00	$170.00	$481	+5.00
360–371	369	20	169.00–171.00	$169.29	$625	+2.98
406	406	6	152.00	$152.00	$617	+1.21
500–510	502	5	150.00	$150.00	$753	+0.60
563–597	578	12	145.00–152.00	$149.16	$862	+3.42
632–640	637	10	140.00–142.00	$141.21	$900	—
660	660	3	134.00	$134.00	$884	—

Medium 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
507	507	10	150.00	$150.00	$760	—

Large 1 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
645	645	9	163.00	$163.00	$1,051	—

Medium 2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
424	424	8	141.00	$141.00	$598	—

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Feeder Bulls

Medium and Large 1 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
403	403	4	212.00	$212.00	$854	—
469	469	6	200.00	$200.00	$938	—
532–535	534	24	190.00–204.00	$194.07	$1,036	—

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
441	441	3	185.00	$185.00	$816	-2.00
505–540	521	12	165.00–184.00	$178.39	$929	+5.02
560–590	580	3	163.00–165.00	$163.64	$949	—
661	661	4	162.00	$162.00	$1,071	—

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Slaughter Cows

Boner ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Dressing	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
1030–1393	1184	80-85%	126	79.00–93.00	$87.91	$1,041	+11.96
1005–1495	1228	80-85%	58	91.00–104.00	$95.27	$1,170	+12.62
1065–1390	1294	80-85%	8	65.00–79.50	$73.17	$947	—

Lean ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Dressing	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
712–1190	811	85-90%	22	25.00–43.00	$34.34	$278	-1.96
883–1190	928	85-90%	15	50.00–66.00	$57.51	$534	+3.56
810–1215	1008	85-90%	97	60.00–78.00	$69.73	$703	—
895–1150	1039	85-90%	42	75.00–87.50	$79.11	$822	+5.65

Breaker ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Dressing	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
1325–1595	1374	75-80%	12	70.00–80.00	$75.80	$1,041	—
1310–1905	1411	75-80%	81	81.00–96.00	$90.70	$1,280	—
1310–1760	1470	75-80%	31	93.00–106.00	$98.59	$1,449	+30.93

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Slaughter Bulls

YG1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
1235–1860	1494	13	90.00–109.00	$98.86	$1,477	—
1555–2305	1954	12	104.00–114.00	$106.75	$2,086	—

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Stock Cows

Medium and Large 1 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd
1081	1081	(<2 yrs)	Open	4	125.00	$125.00	$1,351
1021–1157	1099	Young (2-4 yrs)	Open	7	122.50–123.00	$122.70	$1,348

Medium 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd
760	760	(<2 yrs)	Open	3	93.00	$93.00	$707
887	887	Young (2-4 yrs)	Open	6	106.00	$106.00	$940

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd
882–1002	942	Young (2-4 yrs)	Open	6	98.00–116.00	$106.43	$1,003

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Bred Cows

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $
1060–1140	1078	Young (2-4 yrs)	2nd/3rd Stage (4-9 mo)	6	1,150.00–1,450.00	$1,268.39
1040–1231	1119	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	2nd/3rd Stage (4-9 mo)	21	975.00–1,270.00	$1,130.35
1140	1140	Aged (>8 yrs)	2nd/3rd Stage (4-9 mo)	4	1,100.00	$1,100.00
1045–1352	1230	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	5	900.00–1,430.00	$1,274.61

Medium and Large 1 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $
1180–1305	1229	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	2nd/3rd Stage (4-9 mo)	10	1,400.00–1,600.00	$1,496.01

Medium 2 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $
740–840	780	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	2nd/3rd Stage (4-9 mo)	5	550.00–600.00	$578.46

Medium 1-2 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $
870	870	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	3	1,050.00	$1,050.00

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Bred Heifers

Medium 1-2 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $
827–880	860	(<2 yrs)	2nd/3rd Stage (4-9 mo)	8	825.00–875.00	$856.97

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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
1020	1020	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	Open	3	1,425.00	$1,425.00	—
1020–1080	1060	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	Open	4	1,450.00–1,800.00	$1,612.50	—
1095–1305	1200	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	4	1,900.00	$1,900.00	—
1425–1450	1438	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	Open	2	1,500.00–1,650.00	$1,575.00	—

Medium and Large 1 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $	Δ last sale
990–1090	1050	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	Open	10	1,850.00–1,900.00	$1,877.50	—

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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.