Missouri (West Central) Weekly Cattle Auction Summary

Missouri · USDA-reported Auction Livestock

Sale of Monday, January 11, 2021

10,172 head sold ·Official USDA report

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light 6-weight M&L 1 steers $144.21/cwt -1.96 vs last sale · ≈ $901/hd at 625 lb · 544 head

heavy 6-weight M&L 1 steers $140.02/cwt -1.27 vs last sale · ≈ $943/hd at 673 lb · 513 head

heavy 5-weight M&L 1 steers $152.67/cwt -1.99 vs last sale · ≈ $875/hd at 573 lb · 478 head

Receipts

Head	This sale	Last sale	Last year
Total receipts	10,172	8,189	3,538
Feeder cattle	9,313	7,653	3,150
Slaughter cattle	666	380	328
Replacement cattle	193	156	60

Market comments — USDA reporter

Compared to last week, feeders sold uneven with calves mostly steady to spots 5.00 higher and yearlings weak to 7.00 lower. Slaughter cows sold steady to 3.00 higher.

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Feeder Steers

Medium and Large 1 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
330–348	340	8	176.00–201.00	$186.65	$635	—
350–365	359	7	170.00–198.00	$188.88	$678	+14.23
405–447	429	82	168.00–194.50	$179.05	$768	+6.02
441 unweaned	441	6	160.00	$160.00	$706	—
450–486 thin fleshed	479	11	167.00–187.00	$180.73	$866	—
451–499 unweaned	481	8	158.00–160.00	$159.30	$766	—
451–499	484	143	152.00–180.00	$170.72	$826	-6.05
507 thin fleshed	507	14	177.00	$177.00	$897	+13.25
500–549	527	402	149.50–180.00	$167.06	$880	+2.07
534	534	4	151.50	$151.50	$809	-13.49
550–596	572	441	140.00–163.50	$153.56	$878	-1.26
573–598	584	28	139.00–148.00	$142.75	$834	-12.07
591 unweaned	591	9	140.00	$140.00	$827	-4.00
609 fancy	609	4	157.00	$157.00	$956	—
600–647	624	507	136.00–150.00	$144.85	$904	-1.50
631–645 unweaned	639	20	130.75–134.00	$132.19	$845	—
632–648	640	13	133.25–134.00	$133.65	$855	-2.63
650–698	673	503	130.50–145.50	$140.23	$944	-1.57
678–693	686	10	127.00–134.00	$129.52	$889	-12.28
700–748	724	418	129.00–143.50	$135.81	$983	-1.82
734 unweaned	734	7	119.00	$119.00	$873	—
703–747	739	37	127.75–130.00	$128.16	$947	-9.47
755–791	768	424	124.00–137.00	$131.41	$1,009	-2.74
763–788	777	9	122.00–123.00	$122.44	$951	-11.71
800–825	811	18	120.00–122.00	$121.32	$984	-11.40
815–849	834	129	124.75–130.25	$128.69	$1,073	-4.03
855–891	874	36	124.35–126.75	$125.89	$1,100	+3.89
920–931	924	9	120.00–124.00	$121.34	$1,121	+2.79

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
325–340	333	4	171.00–173.50	$172.28	$574	—
369–398	388	22	160.00–175.00	$171.05	$664	+1.55
388 thin fleshed	388	3	183.00	$183.00	$710	—
412–448	428	20	168.00–170.00	$168.92	$723	+3.35
457–497	479	45	153.50–169.00	$161.99	$776	-0.84
504–545	519	88	136.00–175.00	$157.25	$816	+8.74
550–598	577	184	135.00–151.50	$144.95	$836	-0.35
600–645	625	170	130.00–144.00	$137.55	$860	+0.23
652–693	668	167	128.00–143.50	$135.93	$908	+0.72
698	698	6	126.00	$126.00	$879	+3.38
700–728	713	17	122.00–123.00	$122.68	$875	-8.11
701–748	729	207	119.00–136.25	$131.94	$962	+1.15
740 thin fleshed	740	13	138.25	$138.25	$1,023	—
763–799	772	161	118.50–130.60	$126.78	$979	-0.08
780	780	5	116.00	$116.00	$905	-10.86
816–846	827	31	122.00–128.50	$125.70	$1,040	-1.44
914–925	917	11	111.50–115.25	$114.22	$1,047	-8.63
977	977	3	102.50	$102.50	$1,001	-13.50

Large 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
449	449	5	160.00	$160.00	$718	—
568	568	6	145.00	$145.00	$824	-2.50
625	625	6	139.00	$139.00	$869	—
698	698	7	130.00	$130.00	$907	—
707–713	711	18	124.00–126.00	$125.45	$892	+2.45
810	810	11	120.00	$120.00	$972	—

Medium 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
525–530	528	15	138.00–147.00	$143.54	$758	+22.54
689	689	4	131.00	$131.00	$903	—

Medium 1 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
589	589	5	125.00	$125.00	$736	—
683–688	686	8	120.50–122.50	$121.75	$835	—
708	708	4	123.00	$123.00	$871	—

Medium and Large 2-3 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
908	908	10	102.00	$102.00	$926	—
1002	1002	6	86.50	$86.50	$867	—

Medium and Large 2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
421	421	4	150.00	$150.00	$632	—
583	583	7	133.00	$133.00	$775	—

Medium 2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
703	703	6	107.50	$107.50	$756	—

Large 1 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
718	718	2	128.00	$128.00	$919	—

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Feeder Heifers

Medium and Large 1 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
345	345	3	153.00–157.00	$154.33	$532	-6.67
355–393	379	20	149.00–165.00	$156.29	$592	-1.36
400–448	427	58	140.00–162.00	$148.54	$634	-6.77
454–499	473	103	133.50–156.00	$147.16	$696	-2.11
468–499 fancy	483	23	156.00–159.00	$157.81	$762	—
477–488	483	21	129.00–136.00	$131.86	$637	-17.41
500–549	516	186	127.50–154.00	$140.26	$724	-3.96
518–548	522	28	127.00–134.00	$132.93	$694	-11.29
566–575	571	16	120.00–125.00	$122.73	$701	-13.25
550–598	573	296	124.00–138.50	$131.01	$751	-4.97
600–647	620	198	122.00–137.50	$131.55	$816	+7.55
625–637 unweaned	631	14	117.00–122.00	$119.48	$754	—
616–647	636	41	122.25–125.00	$123.98	$789	-8.35
652–698	673	278	118.00–134.00	$127.81	$860	-6.00
669–683	676	23	122.00–124.00	$123.33	$834	-10.48
701–744	725	104	116.50–133.50	$126.48	$917	-2.38
725	725	6	120.00	$120.00	$870	-8.86
768–780	772	10	115.00–119.00	$116.21	$897	-11.79
779–783	781	47	115.00–130.00	$126.20	$986	+10.06
810	810	4	109.50	$109.50	$887	-8.25
827–844	834	20	110.00–118.25	$115.15	$960	-2.60

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
290	290	3	160.00	$160.00	$464	—
308–345	332	12	140.00–168.00	$154.03	$511	+3.03
350–388	370	34	132.00–151.00	$143.77	$532	-0.78
410–448	429	68	130.00–155.00	$144.40	$619	-4.31
428–446	436	11	128.00–141.00	$134.96	$588	-13.75
450–498	477	128	125.00–145.00	$136.23	$650	-4.75
479	479	4	127.00	$127.00	$608	-13.98
508–525 thin fleshed	519	11	143.00–144.00	$143.64	$745	—
500–548	526	131	124.00–142.00	$131.87	$694	-0.69
530–549	544	11	125.00–128.00	$125.80	$684	-6.76
550–595	566	112	120.00–128.50	$125.57	$711	-3.54
600–643	622	89	116.00–130.00	$126.42	$786	-0.68
622 thin fleshed	622	12	135.00	$135.00	$840	—
611–647	634	25	111.00–120.00	$113.99	$723	-13.11
650–698	670	114	115.00–131.50	$122.28	$819	-3.60
670–677	675	15	112.00–115.00	$112.79	$761	-9.21
705–749	726	31	119.00–124.00	$122.42	$889	-4.22
751 unweaned	751	5	108.00	$108.00	$811	—
754–770	762	84	117.00–127.50	$121.32	$924	-2.75
781	781	12	106.50	$106.50	$832	-17.57
813–836	826	7	110.50–112.00	$111.13	$918	-5.92
887	887	8	93.00	$93.00	$825	—

Medium 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
377–394	388	12	125.00–132.50	$129.34	$502	-2.16
426–445	432	10	128.00–130.00	$128.62	$556	+3.62
469–493	479	19	120.00–130.00	$127.29	$610	-3.35
600	600	4	126.50	$126.50	$759	—
648	648	5	105.00	$105.00	$680	—
654–695	684	16	110.00–118.00	$115.58	$791	—
735	735	4	108.00	$108.00	$794	—
793	793	4	115.00	$115.00	$912	—

Large 1 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
489	489	5	132.00	$132.00	$645	—
550–569	561	9	129.00–130.50	$129.85	$728	+17.85
621	621	12	122.00	$122.00	$758	—
667	667	3	116.00	$116.00	$774	—
720	720	4	122.50	$122.50	$882	—

Medium and Large 2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
467	467	8	119.50	$119.50	$558	-4.50
525	525	4	120.00	$120.00	$630	—
811	811	4	93.50	$93.50	$758	—

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Feeder Bulls

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
310–345	328	2	162.00–181.00	$172.01	$564	—
329 thin fleshed	329	5	199.00	$199.00	$655	—
388–395	390	3	167.00–174.00	$171.64	$669	—
405–430	426	13	158.00–160.00	$159.71	$680	—
465–499	492	5	126.00–132.00	$130.87	$644	-18.13
531–540	537	13	130.00–144.00	$136.03	$730	—
546 unweaned	546	4	128.00	$128.00	$699	—
553–597	574	21	120.00–134.00	$126.23	$725	-1.51
635	635	4	122.00	$122.00	$775	+10.00
677	677	5	119.50	$119.50	$809	-6.28
707 unweaned	707	2	104.00	$104.00	$735	—
713–718	715	3	108.00–111.00	$109.00	$779	-6.00
825	825	2	112.50	$112.50	$928	—

Medium and Large 1 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
378	378	7	175.00	$175.00	$662	—
418–448	433	6	168.00–173.00	$170.59	$739	-4.41
458–488	477	8	163.00–169.00	$165.16	$788	+1.16
515	515	4	167.00	$167.00	$860	—

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Slaughter Cows

Boner ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Dressing	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
905–1475	1164	80-85%	28	38.00–46.50	$42.44	$494	—
1025–1470	1188	80-85%	13	53.00–58.00	$55.32	$657	—
950–1565	1240	80-85%	64	44.00–56.00	$49.55	$614	-6.02

Breaker ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Dressing	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
1155–1550	1381	75-80%	10	44.00–52.00	$46.83	$647	—
1205–1620	1445	75-80%	26	48.00–58.00	$53.88	$779	—
1410–1630	1525	75-80%	10	58.00–61.00	$59.49	$907	—

Lean ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Dressing	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
910–985	955	85-90%	4	21.00–26.00	$23.01	$220	—
960–990	975	85-90%	2	48.00–49.00	$48.51	$473	—
720–1310	1070	85-90%	14	29.00–42.50	$36.11	$386	-7.15
740–1335	1096	85-90%	25	42.00–48.00	$44.54	$488	+1.28

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Slaughter Bulls

YG1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
1070–1910	1434	7	54.00–77.00	$68.27	$979	—
1275–2205	1702	21	77.00–87.50	$82.16	$1,398	+1.91
1600–2225	1872	7	84.00–96.00	$88.91	$1,664	—

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Stock Cows

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd
830–1095	984	(<2 yrs)	Open	7	70.00–90.00	$77.15	$759
1040–1255	1135	Young (2-4 yrs)	Open	6	53.00–62.00	$56.39	$640

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Bred Cows

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $
965–1680	1255	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	All Stages (1-9 mo)	10	850.00–1,000.00	$958.09
1030–1705	1258	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	2nd/3rd Stage (4-9 mo)	60	850.00–1,110.00	$966.85
1088–1535	1266	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	2nd/3rd Stage (4-9 mo)	21	760.00–800.00	$777.78

Medium and Large 2 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $
960–1375	1134	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	2nd/3rd Stage (4-9 mo)	19	700.00–885.00	$802.69
1395	1395	Aged (>8 yrs)	2nd/3rd Stage (4-9 mo)	2	785.00	$785.00

Medium and Large 1 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $
1367–1436	1413	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	2nd/3rd Stage (4-9 mo)	9	1,175.00–1,185.00	$1,181.78

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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
1000	1000	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	Open	3	1,000.00	$1,000.00	—

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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.