Missouri (Southwest) Weekly Cattle Auction Summary

Missouri · USDA-reported Auction Livestock

Sale of Monday, January 19, 2026

12,000 head sold ·Official USDA report

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light 7-weight M&L 1 steers $377.51/cwt -4.63 vs last sale · ≈ $2,737/hd at 725 lb · 641 head

light 9-weight M&L 1 steers $330.70/cwt -3.31 vs last sale · ≈ $3,049/hd at 922 lb · 501 head

heavy 6-weight M&L 1 steers $387.98/cwt -6.28 vs last sale · ≈ $2,625/hd at 677 lb · 494 head

Receipts

Head	This sale	Last sale	Last year
Head itemized in priced lots	12,000	—	—

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Feeder Steers

Medium and Large 1 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
272	272	3	690.00	$690.00	$1,877	-10.00
293 unweaned	293	3	675.00	$675.00	$1,978	—
300–348	332	47	585.00–690.00	$618.48	$2,053	+5.13
355–396	370	88	550.00–630.00	$582.64	$2,156	+5.56
400–442	427	118	510.00–579.00	$539.62	$2,304	-29.97
406–442 unweaned	428	15	517.50–552.00	$533.96	$2,285	-26.04
460–466 unweaned	464	8	480.00–519.00	$494.51	$2,295	—
453–499	476	143	486.00–565.00	$506.27	$2,410	-10.64
500–547	521	360	468.00–540.00	$498.18	$2,596	-5.67
522 value added	522	7	470.00	$470.00	$2,453	—
561 unweaned	561	4	437.00	$437.00	$2,452	—
551–595	580	349	430.00–492.00	$441.41	$2,560	-10.25
601–649	630	405	365.00–457.00	$416.89	$2,626	-6.78
636 value added	636	12	423.00	$423.00	$2,690	—
653–683 value added	667	19	390.00–392.00	$390.97	$2,608	—
650–698	677	475	379.50–429.00	$387.86	$2,626	-6.40
700–749	725	641	357.00–399.00	$377.51	$2,737	-4.63
750 value added	750	16	365.00	$365.00	$2,738	-10.00
753–795	767	418	350.00–369.00	$360.55	$2,765	+0.11
805–835	821	276	344.00–355.00	$349.04	$2,866	-3.56
851–893	873	423	337.50–349.00	$340.64	$2,974	-5.07
900–942	922	501	319.00–340.50	$330.70	$3,049	-3.31
951–989	958	418	317.00–324.00	$322.52	$3,090	+1.76

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
281	281	25	540.00	$540.00	$1,517	—
317–345	329	30	530.00–590.00	$552.54	$1,818	+1.84
361–393	380	42	500.00–540.00	$525.11	$1,995	+1.43
400–448	429	142	437.00–510.00	$495.84	$2,127	-1.41
454–499	479	185	410.00–485.00	$463.84	$2,222	-14.76
505 unweaned	505	3	445.00	$445.00	$2,247	-10.92
500–547	528	320	387.00–470.00	$442.67	$2,337	-5.82
533 value added	533	9	470.00	$470.00	$2,505	-5.00
551–593	577	238	380.00–440.00	$408.88	$2,359	-7.09
578 unweaned	578	2	380.00	$380.00	$2,196	-52.50
600–648	628	216	350.00–410.00	$387.90	$2,436	-3.29
651–698	680	246	352.00–395.00	$374.10	$2,544	-1.09
697 value added	697	3	390.00	$390.00	$2,718	-5.00
702–746	726	43	345.00–370.00	$353.99	$2,570	-3.40
750–796	773	45	328.00–355.00	$335.73	$2,595	-10.98
800–842	820	173	317.50–345.00	$342.24	$2,806	-0.06
852–899	882	402	320.00–338.50	$329.92	$2,910	-8.16
904–941	927	300	310.00–324.00	$318.79	$2,955	-0.71
1031	1031	37	303.50	$303.50	$3,129	—
1060	1060	5	285.00	$285.00	$3,021	—

Medium and Large 2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
385–393	389	14	460.00–500.00	$494.34	$1,923	+3.13
400–440	418	5	420.00–450.00	$438.28	$1,832	-3.16
495–497	496	15	430.00–440.00	$434.67	$2,156	-4.73
505–542	532	5	400.00–420.00	$410.93	$2,186	+4.20
560–599	578	38	370.00–391.00	$377.79	$2,184	+4.57
625–640	633	3	350.00–375.00	$363.24	$2,299	+3.08
681	681	8	341.00	$341.00	$2,322	+11.00
745	745	6	336.00	$336.00	$2,503	—
808–816	814	12	300.00–304.00	$300.99	$2,450	+0.99

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Feeder Heifers

Medium and Large 1 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
245	245	3	595.00	$595.00	$1,458	—
262	262	3	555.00	$555.00	$1,454	-60.04
300–344	329	43	545.00–580.00	$560.48	$1,844	-14.17
332 unweaned	332	3	545.00	$545.00	$1,809	—
350–385	364	32	482.00–560.00	$532.84	$1,940	+13.55
401–431	415	95	450.00–520.00	$489.82	$2,033	-9.72
422 unweaned	422	6	510.00	$510.00	$2,152	—
451–497	472	259	421.00–490.00	$449.95	$2,124	-1.33
500–544	522	278	400.00–442.00	$424.02	$2,213	-4.15
545 value added	545	10	400.00	$400.00	$2,180	—
552–592	569	212	382.00–423.00	$399.18	$2,271	-0.71
601–637	612	238	360.00–430.00	$376.31	$2,303	-3.80
612 unweaned	612	4	350.00	$350.00	$2,142	—
639 fancy	639	7	407.50	$407.50	$2,604	—
650–697	672	388	345.00–373.00	$357.42	$2,402	-0.43
701–748	729	151	322.50–349.00	$341.44	$2,489	-4.07
751–797	780	166	320.00–345.00	$327.95	$2,558	-7.21
815–834	824	114	318.00–326.00	$321.44	$2,649	+1.96
876	876	53	316.00	$316.00	$2,768	+8.53
904–922	919	480	293.50–296.00	$293.87	$2,701	-17.63

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
305–349	329	42	420.00–535.00	$506.85	$1,668	+6.09
350–399	380	73	430.00–520.00	$473.98	$1,801	+3.61
400–446	428	196	400.00–470.00	$448.83	$1,921	+6.65
450–499	481	170	370.00–437.00	$417.36	$2,008	-4.85
468–495 unweaned	486	10	360.00–417.00	$386.68	$1,879	-13.32
501–548	526	173	362.00–405.00	$386.58	$2,033	-4.85
551–597	582	162	355.00–380.00	$371.69	$2,163	+0.80
606–645	626	107	340.00–372.00	$354.58	$2,220	+3.10
650–697	680	64	322.00–345.00	$339.98	$2,312	+2.36
712–735	719	23	310.00–330.00	$321.99	$2,315	-1.89
759–796	788	97	311.00–324.50	$317.91	$2,505	-6.45
829–848	832	44	291.00–301.00	$292.39	$2,433	-11.02
853–859	857	9	328.00	$328.00	$2,811	+40.50

Medium and Large 2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
328	328	4	400.00	$400.00	$1,312	-50.00
382	382	3	380.00	$380.00	$1,452	-61.49
404–445	418	36	370.00–440.00	$410.81	$1,717	+21.60
475–497	485	16	345.00–387.00	$380.20	$1,844	+3.04
510–538	531	8	350.00–360.00	$352.40	$1,871	+8.73
566–590	573	18	330.00–367.00	$352.37	$2,019	+2.37
629–638	634	12	330.00–350.00	$344.97	$2,187	—
677–693	687	8	300.00–333.00	$312.19	$2,145	-18.42
706	706	9	311.00	$311.00	$2,196	—
778	778	3	309.00	$309.00	$2,404	+7.00
806–843	832	17	290.00–308.00	$301.97	$2,512	—
923	923	3	264.00	$264.00	$2,437	—

Large 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
1002	1002	2	250.00	$250.00	$2,505	—
1106	1106	5	189.00	$189.00	$2,090	—

Large 3 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
831	831	4	256.00	$256.00	$2,127	—

Medium 2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
428	428	2	340.00	$340.00	$1,455	—

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Feeder Bulls

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
385	385	3	490.00	$490.00	$1,886	-36.61
422	422	3	430.00	$430.00	$1,815	-66.71
468–480	473	10	400.00–440.00	$424.37	$2,007	-22.17
515–545	532	27	395.00–420.00	$406.87	$2,165	-21.29
572–585	579	6	390.00	$390.00	$2,258	-14.23
604–643	619	12	360.00–392.00	$373.53	$2,312	+3.04
668–688	673	12	360.00–380.00	$365.06	$2,457	+8.16
700–743	730	12	320.00–350.00	$342.06	$2,497	+6.16
740 unweaned	740	4	330.00	$330.00	$2,442	—
760–785	773	2	325.00–330.00	$327.54	$2,532	—
828	828	3	301.00	$301.00	$2,492	—
925	925	3	270.00	$270.00	$2,498	—

Medium and Large 1 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
361 unweaned	361	4	540.00	$540.00	$1,949	—
404	404	5	500.00	$500.00	$2,020	-40.00
468–477	473	11	480.00–495.00	$488.25	$2,309	+1.31
535 unweaned	535	4	425.00	$425.00	$2,274	—
541–547	542	18	407.00–417.00	$410.01	$2,222	-36.46
559	559	4	430.00	$430.00	$2,404	+9.44
679	679	9	362.00	$362.00	$2,458	-18.00

Medium and Large 2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
484–499	492	11	420.00–440.00	$428.94	$2,110	-1.06

Medium 2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
310	310	2	410.00	$410.00	$1,271	—
590	590	2	310.00	$310.00	$1,829	-75.00

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $	Δ last sale
1345	1345	Young (2-4 yrs)	N/A	2	3,000.00	$3,000.00	—

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Slaughter Cows

Boner ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Dressing	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
1070–1380	1186	80-85%	23	119.00–149.00	$137.55	$1,631	—
1060–1425	1217	80-85%	37	159.00–180.00	$165.37	$2,013	+16.27
1008–1395	1240	80-85%	97	140.00–160.00	$151.34	$1,877	-9.45

Lean ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Dressing	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
770–1250	927	85-90%	25	71.00–105.00	$92.87	$861	—
770–1290	1018	85-90%	39	100.00–134.00	$119.07	$1,212	+2.53
810–1375	1045	85-90%	67	125.00–153.00	$134.72	$1,408	+18.18
810–1195	1046	85-90%	24	140.00–155.00	$148.08	$1,549	+31.54

Breaker ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Dressing	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
1345–1845	1476	75-80%	70	145.00–162.50	$155.03	$2,288	+1.80
1350–1815	1493	75-80%	14	132.50–150.00	$141.03	$2,106	-12.20
1355–1730	1519	75-80%	24	162.00–180.00	$166.84	$2,534	+29.28

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Slaughter Bulls

YG1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
1040	1040	2	195.00	$195.00	$2,028	—
1315–2745	1653	27	174.00–201.00	$184.56	$3,051	—
1370–2160	1654	7	160.00–180.00	$171.40	$2,835	—
1565–2305	1829	14	190.00–222.50	$203.29	$3,718	+38.40

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Stock Cows

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd
785–995	892	(<2 yrs)	Open	3	212.00–290.00	$257.64	$2,298
725–1475	1091	Young (2-4 yrs)	Open	38	170.00–260.00	$203.24	$2,217
985–1172	1124	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	Open	5	166.00–210.00	$175.99	$1,978

Medium 2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd
820	820	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	Open	3	225.00	$225.00	$1,845

Medium and Large 1 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd
1087	1087	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	Open	2	245.00	$245.00	$2,663

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Bred Cows

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $
1040	1040	Aged (>8 yrs)	2nd/3rd Stage (4-9 mo)	1	1,550.00	$1,550.00
1045	1045	Young (2-4 yrs)	2nd/3rd Stage (4-9 mo)	1	3,300.00	$3,300.00
935–1308	1164	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	12	2,150.00–2,700.00	$2,497.47
1190	1190	Young (2-4 yrs)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	1	2,200.00	$2,200.00
905–1555	1244	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	2nd/3rd Stage (4-9 mo)	23	2,100.00–3,350.00	$2,717.93
1250–1265	1258	Aged (>8 yrs)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	2	1,950.00–2,350.00	$2,151.19
1275	1275	Middle Aged/Aged (>5 yrs)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	1	2,200.00	$2,200.00
1085–1450	1294	Aged (>8 yrs)	2nd/3rd Stage (4-9 mo)	12	2,500.00–2,900.00	$2,750.40
1205–1550	1304	Middle Aged/Aged (>5 yrs)	2nd/3rd Stage (4-9 mo)	7	2,550.00–3,050.00	$2,647.04

Medium and Large 1 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $
1180	1180	Young (2-4 yrs)	2nd/3rd Stage (4-9 mo)	2	3,450.00	$3,450.00
1140–1625	1314	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	9	2,950.00–3,400.00	$3,230.49
1215–1458	1350	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	2nd/3rd Stage (4-9 mo)	13	3,300.00–3,800.00	$3,418.41

Medium and Large 2 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $
920	920	Aged (>8 yrs)	2nd/3rd Stage (4-9 mo)	5	2,200.00	$2,200.00
950–1325	1115	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	2nd/3rd Stage (4-9 mo)	7	1,500.00–2,100.00	$1,880.20

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Bred Heifers

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $
920–1035	978	(<2 yrs)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	2	2,950.00–3,150.00	$3,044.12
985	985	(<2 yrs)	2nd/3rd Stage (4-9 mo)	2	3,500.00	$3,500.00
900–1260	1073	Young (2-4 yrs)	2nd/3rd Stage (4-9 mo)	6	2,900.00–3,400.00	$3,095.46

Medium and Large 1 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $
1208–1215	1210	Young (2-4 yrs)	2nd/3rd Stage (4-9 mo)	3	3,500.00–3,600.00	$3,566.54
1400	1400	Young (2-4 yrs)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	1	3,400.00	$3,400.00

Medium and Large 2 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $
940–1075	1008	Young (2-4 yrs)	2nd/3rd Stage (4-9 mo)	2	1,700.00	$1,700.00

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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
1040–1065	1050	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	Open	5	3,800.00–3,900.00	$3,860.00	—
1160	1160	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	2	4,400.00	$4,400.00	+825.00
1655	1655	Aged (>8 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	1	3,825.00	$3,825.00	—
1835	1835	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	Open	1	3,825.00	$3,825.00	—

Medium and Large 1 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $	Δ last sale
1338	1338	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	2	4,600.00	$4,600.00	-150.00

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Heifer Pairs

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $	Δ last sale
925	925	Young (2-4 yrs)	Open	1	2,800.00	$2,800.00	—

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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.