Missouri (Southwest) Weekly Cattle Auction Summary

Missouri · USDA-reported Auction Livestock

Sale of Monday, January 22, 2024

8,885 head sold ·Official USDA report

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heavy 8-weight M&L 1 steers $222.19/cwt ≈ $1,949/hd at 877 lb · 546 head

heavy 6-weight M&L 1 heifers $223.07/cwt +13.88 vs last sale · ≈ $1,472/hd at 660 lb · 424 head

light 6-weight M&L 1 heifers $230.73/cwt +20.94 vs last sale · ≈ $1,435/hd at 622 lb · 355 head

Receipts

Head	This sale	Last sale	Last year
Total receipts	8,885	1,438	3,511
Feeder cattle	7,273	488	2,795
Slaughter cattle	922	267	590
Replacement cattle	690	683	126

Market comments — USDA reporter

Compared to two weeks ago, steers 8.00 to 20.00 higher, heifers 5.00 to 20.00 higher. Slaughter cows steady to 5.00 higher.

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Feeder Steers

Medium and Large 1 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
277	277	13	355.00	$355.00	$983	—
335–340	338	6	320.00–330.00	$323.14	$1,092	—
358–380	372	41	320.00–335.00	$330.61	$1,230	—
401–446	425	54	310.00–335.00	$323.85	$1,376	+20.12
454–497	484	100	293.00–327.50	$312.88	$1,514	+25.57
504–527 value added	517	18	305.00–325.00	$313.67	$1,622	—
503–548	523	219	285.00–317.50	$307.80	$1,610	+37.37
550–591	568	164	271.00–295.00	$289.78	$1,646	+20.28
601–643	618	256	247.00–273.00	$257.55	$1,592	+6.79
625–635 fancy	633	53	273.00	$273.00	$1,728	—
653–699	670	350	237.00–250.00	$242.26	$1,623	+7.09
701–738	718	332	228.00–242.00	$236.34	$1,697	—
735 value added	735	12	233.00	$233.00	$1,713	—
770–798	782	139	219.00–237.50	$232.15	$1,815	—
808–846	823	239	216.00–236.00	$225.79	$1,858	—
854–899	877	546	211.00–224.00	$222.19	$1,949	—
903–948	944	120	208.50–216.00	$211.44	$1,996	—

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
340–345	343	2	261.00–280.00	$270.57	$928	—
354–391	373	26	290.00–312.50	$299.73	$1,118	+28.40
393 unweaned	393	8	290.00	$290.00	$1,140	—
420–445	430	12	260.00–300.00	$286.89	$1,234	+15.92
452–495	473	43	252.00–285.00	$272.32	$1,288	—
513–545	521	19	262.00–285.00	$277.57	$1,446	+25.12
568 unweaned	568	10	260.00	$260.00	$1,477	—
551–595	574	253	240.00–279.00	$270.83	$1,555	+21.49
600–649	642	211	220.50–246.50	$241.45	$1,550	+3.60
652–698	678	261	207.50–247.00	$232.23	$1,575	+8.67
685 unweaned	685	25	224.00	$224.00	$1,534	—
703–737	717	76	200.00–226.00	$222.18	$1,593	+14.96
791	791	4	210.00	$210.00	$1,661	+0.47
803	803	4	215.00	$215.00	$1,726	—
895	895	44	213.00	$213.00	$1,906	+28.38

Medium and Large 2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
452–498	474	26	230.00–260.00	$251.50	$1,192	—
545	545	3	210.00	$210.00	$1,144	—
561–581	571	27	230.00–250.00	$235.78	$1,346	—
663	663	5	202.00	$202.00	$1,339	—

Medium 2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
373	373	15	240.00	$240.00	$895	—
569	569	7	219.00	$219.00	$1,246	—

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Feeder Heifers

Medium and Large 1 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
299	299	21	327.50	$327.50	$979	—
316	316	5	249.00	$249.00	$787	—
360–395	368	31	250.00–322.50	$310.27	$1,142	—
373 value added	373	6	275.00	$275.00	$1,026	—
410 fancy	410	50	310.00	$310.00	$1,271	—
400–445	421	42	251.00–280.00	$265.84	$1,119	—
461 value added	461	37	259.00	$259.00	$1,194	—
451–495	472	111	245.00–275.00	$256.68	$1,212	+19.84
522 value added	522	12	250.00	$250.00	$1,305	—
500–549	527	269	230.00–264.00	$250.61	$1,321	—
556 unweaned	556	9	227.00	$227.00	$1,262	—
551–598	572	170	223.00–248.00	$232.93	$1,332	+10.48
601–643	622	355	217.00–237.00	$230.73	$1,435	+20.94
653 value added	653	9	218.00	$218.00	$1,424	—
650–698	660	395	215.00–237.00	$223.59	$1,476	+14.40
662 unweaned	662	20	215.00	$215.00	$1,423	—
703–736	718	183	210.00–229.50	$218.50	$1,569	+1.00
755–793	772	81	197.00–217.00	$209.54	$1,618	—
825	825	30	206.00	$206.00	$1,700	—
904	904	315	195.50	$195.50	$1,767	—

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
312	312	5	270.00	$270.00	$842	+37.56
350	350	2	230.00–245.00	$237.50	$831	+9.06
415–448	441	31	230.00–260.00	$243.05	$1,072	+15.05
460–499	480	39	220.00–239.00	$229.57	$1,102	-0.09
510–548	522	40	214.00–236.00	$230.39	$1,203	+19.71
550–599	578	139	205.00–232.00	$223.38	$1,291	+12.38
590–596 unweaned	595	6	206.00–218.00	$216.02	$1,285	—
610–641	628	46	208.00–216.00	$213.09	$1,338	+18.27
650–699	681	113	190.00–215.00	$206.59	$1,407	+2.59
720–746	739	36	190.00–206.00	$201.57	$1,490	—
751	751	16	201.00	$201.00	$1,510	+28.00
841–843	842	6	194.00	$194.00	$1,633	—
878–896	895	55	174.00–189.00	$188.20	$1,684	—
938–943	939	18	170.00–171.00	$170.89	$1,605	—
970–989	984	28	169.50–183.00	$178.66	$1,758	—

Medium and Large 2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
315	315	3	200.00	$200.00	$630	-10.00
373	373	5	191.00–207.00	$200.60	$748	—
415	415	2	210.00	$210.00	$872	—
465–490	480	19	205.00–215.00	$210.38	$1,010	+9.38
508–545	515	13	180.00–210.00	$202.78	$1,044	—
624	624	6	180.00	$180.00	$1,123	—
871	871	6	167.50	$167.50	$1,459	—

Medium 2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
338	338	8	220.00	$220.00	$744	—

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Feeder Bulls

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
475–480	479	4	263.00–268.00	$266.76	$1,278	—
535	535	12	237.50	$237.50	$1,271	—
550	550	3	239.00	$239.00	$1,314	—
648	648	2	232.00	$232.00	$1,503	+3.52
655–690	678	3	218.00–225.00	$220.25	$1,493	-0.75
705–735	713	19	188.00–190.00	$188.54	$1,344	—
755–760	759	4	214.00–216.00	$214.50	$1,628	—
879	879	13	185.00	$185.00	$1,626	—

Medium and Large 1 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
485	485	3	286.00	$286.00	$1,387	—
489 unweaned	489	4	267.00	$267.00	$1,306	—
505–531	521	13	262.00–280.00	$268.71	$1,400	+17.71
715	715	2	235.00	$235.00	$1,680	—

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $	Δ last sale
1240	1240	(<2 yrs)	N/A	1	1,850.00	$1,850.00	—

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Slaughter Cows

Lean ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Dressing	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
740–1080	901	85-90%	25	55.00–76.00	$70.16	$632	—
760–1215	977	85-90%	22	77.00–93.00	$84.63	$827	—
805–1220	1045	85-90%	40	102.00–115.00	$105.39	$1,101	-1.34
780–1285	1052	85-90%	166	90.00–106.00	$96.36	$1,014	—

Boner ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Dressing	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
1066–1390	1200	80-85%	57	110.00–123.50	$114.36	$1,372	+8.95
1075–1345	1225	80-85%	18	82.50–103.00	$93.13	$1,141	-20.28
1010–1375	1228	80-85%	156	96.00–118.00	$103.89	$1,276	-9.52

Breaker ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Dressing	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
1400–1520	1432	75-80%	11	95.00–101.00	$99.79	$1,429	—
1300–1935	1473	75-80%	138	100.00–118.00	$107.14	$1,578	-8.37
1385–1960	1524	75-80%	68	110.00–124.00	$115.16	$1,755	+6.55

N/N/A ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Dressing	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
1481	1481	65-75%	9	134.00	$134.00	$1,985	—

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Slaughter Bulls

YG1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
1000	1000	5	155.00	$155.00	$1,550	—
1205–1775	1459	9	105.00–120.00	$113.00	$1,649	—
1325–2320	1736	36	123.00–143.00	$133.20	$2,312	—
1380–2425	1925	22	139.00–160.50	$145.28	$2,797	—

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Stock Cows

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd
1026	1026	(<2 yrs)	Open	8	140.00	$140.00	$1,436
950–1365	1111	Young (2-4 yrs)	Open	29	123.50–151.00	$136.15	$1,513

Medium 2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd
894–925	904	Young (2-4 yrs)	Open	12	116.00–117.50	$116.99	$1,058

Medium and Large 1 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd
724	724	(<2 yrs)	Open	6	185.00	$185.00	$1,339

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Bred Cows

Medium and Large 1 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $
1090–1280	1205	Young (2-4 yrs)	2nd/3rd Stage (4-9 mo)	33	1,800.00–2,375.00	$2,204.39
1105–1520	1305	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	2nd/3rd Stage (4-9 mo)	223	1,700.00–2,450.00	$2,074.93
1340–1460	1394	Aged (>8 yrs)	2nd/3rd Stage (4-9 mo)	38	1,675.00–1,875.00	$1,796.76
1490	1490	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	3	1,800.00	$1,800.00

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $
1020	1020	Young (2-4 yrs)	2nd/3rd Stage (4-9 mo)	3	1,850.00	$1,850.00
1060–1085	1075	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	15	1,175.00–1,275.00	$1,232.87
945–1295	1135	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	2nd/3rd Stage (4-9 mo)	41	1,100.00–1,600.00	$1,429.44
1040–1440	1268	Aged (>8 yrs)	2nd/3rd Stage (4-9 mo)	52	1,200.00–1,600.00	$1,463.41
1340	1340	Aged (>8 yrs)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	4	1,250.00	$1,250.00

Medium 2 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $
600–890	862	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	2nd/3rd Stage (4-9 mo)	24	500.00–1,200.00	$1,114.10

Medium 1-2 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $
915	915	Young (2-4 yrs)	2nd/3rd Stage (4-9 mo)	6	1,400.00	$1,400.00
990	990	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	4	1,450.00	$1,450.00

Medium and Large 2 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $
1015	1015	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	7	1,325.00	$1,325.00

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Bred Heifers

Medium and Large 1 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $
1160 fancy	1160	Young (2-4 yrs)	2nd/3rd Stage (4-9 mo)	27	2,800.00–2,885.00	$2,853.52

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $
955–965	960	Young (2-4 yrs)	2nd/3rd Stage (4-9 mo)	2	1,250.00–1,325.00	$1,287.70
1060	1060	Young (2-4 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	6	1,500.00	$1,500.00

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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
1105–1230	1179	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	Open	16	1,700.00–2,050.00	$1,915.63	-184.37
1090–1380	1188	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	14	1,800.00–2,300.00	$2,164.29	+64.29
1385	1385	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	Open	3	1,600.00	$1,600.00	—

Medium and Large 2 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $	Δ last sale
1060	1060	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	Open	5	1,500.00	$1,500.00	—
1240	1240	Aged (>8 yrs)	Open	1	1,375.00	$1,375.00	—

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Dairy Steers

Large 3 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
443	443	2	152.00	$152.00	$673	—
450–460	455	2	153.00–156.00	$154.48	$703	—
507–539	533	16	160.00–175.00	$171.82	$916	—
550	550	2	145.00	$145.00	$798	—
615–648	633	4	158.00–167.00	$164.28	$1,040	—
650–690	681	10	155.00–166.00	$160.54	$1,093	—
711	711	15	166.00	$166.00	$1,180	—
910–915	915	14	140.00–155.00	$152.65	$1,397	—

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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.