Missouri (West Central) Weekly Cattle Auction Summary

Missouri · USDA-reported Auction Livestock

Sale of Monday, January 25, 2021

3,122 head sold ·Official USDA report

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heavy 6-weight M&L 1 steers $146.89/cwt +3.68 vs last sale · ≈ $992/hd at 675 lb · 183 head

light 9-weight M&L 1 steers $131.10/cwt +9.48 vs last sale · ≈ $1,200/hd at 915 lb · 167 head

light 8-weight M&L 1 steers $133.32/cwt +5.05 vs last sale · ≈ $1,077/hd at 808 lb · 132 head

Receipts

Head	This sale	Last sale	Last year
Total receipts	3,122	7,950	2,709
Feeder cattle	2,833	7,334	2,519
Slaughter cattle	219	493	170
Replacement cattle	70	123	20

Market comments — USDA reporter

Compared to last week, steer and heifers steady to 5.00 higher. Slaughter cows 1.00 to 4.00 higher.

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Feeder Steers

Medium and Large 1 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
337	337	5	189.00	$189.00	$637	+12.57
369–385	375	8	179.00–184.00	$182.08	$683	+7.97
413	413	6	158.00	$158.00	$653	-17.51
419–448	436	68	169.50–188.75	$181.05	$789	+5.54
452–481	472	19	172.00–173.50	$172.48	$814	+3.26
505–546	535	121	165.50–175.50	$173.31	$927	+8.55
569 fancy	569	4	166.00	$166.00	$945	+0.92
555–597	578	84	153.75–165.00	$158.39	$915	+6.79
609 thin fleshed	609	6	157.00	$157.00	$956	+9.29
601–636	624	75	148.00–155.25	$152.52	$952	+6.92
654–690	675	175	143.25–153.00	$147.30	$994	+13.55
680	680	8	138.00	$138.00	$938	+4.25
704–734	723	54	141.75–148.75	$146.92	$1,062	+4.81
758 fancy	758	28	145.00–148.50	$146.88	$1,113	—
761–775	767	7	124.00–124.50	$124.22	$953	-10.32
775–797	789	73	130.00–140.00	$133.49	$1,053	+7.74
800–836	808	132	131.00–134.00	$133.32	$1,077	+4.93
850–856	852	10	123.00–123.50	$123.30	$1,051	+5.05
915	915	167	131.10	$131.10	$1,200	+9.14

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
370	370	6	178.50	$178.50	$660	+11.50
376 thin fleshed	376	6	184.00	$184.00	$692	—
418–428	424	5	164.00–169.00	$167.03	$708	-0.58
452–498	469	10	150.00–169.00	$159.88	$750	-0.90
508–548	535	42	154.00–169.00	$163.64	$875	+4.37
569–596	580	46	138.00–156.00	$150.22	$871	+5.81
600–648	635	49	139.50–148.00	$145.37	$923	+8.69
650 thin fleshed	650	5	145.00	$145.00	$942	—
650–677	666	18	133.00–139.00	$136.99	$912	+3.34
702–735	727	22	132.00–139.00	$133.81	$973	+3.00
737	737	3	125.00	$125.00	$921	-1.62
762–777	770	27	124.00–129.25	$128.27	$988	-0.25
855–880	857	61	124.50–126.85	$126.65	$1,085	+5.98

Medium 1 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
503	503	4	142.00	$142.00	$714	—
700	700	3	130.00	$130.00	$910	—
803	803	3	120.00	$120.00	$964	—

Medium 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
662	662	5	130.00	$130.00	$861	—

Medium and Large 2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
683	683	4	128.00	$128.00	$874	—

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Feeder Heifers

Medium and Large 1 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
308 unweaned	308	3	150.00	$150.00	$462	—
383–391	390	14	151.00–160.50	$159.17	$621	+6.56
413–448	436	25	146.00–156.75	$154.44	$673	+0.78
460–490	472	39	141.25–149.00	$144.80	$683	-3.95
477 unweaned	477	3	133.50	$133.50	$637	—
502–548	525	111	140.50–150.00	$146.46	$769	+5.62
551–594	573	96	130.25–139.10	$135.68	$777	+2.52
575	575	11	126.75	$126.75	$729	-6.41
605	605	3	128.00	$128.00	$774	-5.99
611–638	631	107	134.00–139.25	$137.45	$867	+11.92
659–669	663	86	126.50–139.75	$134.54	$892	+5.07
748	748	4	133.50	$133.50	$999	+5.29
761–771	767	12	120.00–123.00	$121.76	$934	+0.15
822	822	21	123.75	$123.75	$1,017	+10.25
871	871	7	118.00	$118.00	$1,028	-5.75

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
341	341	4	148.00	$148.00	$505	+2.44
380–393	388	12	145.50–146.50	$145.91	$566	+0.40
390 thin fleshed	390	6	160.00	$160.00	$624	—
410–449	427	27	135.00–144.00	$140.19	$599	-7.79
462 thin fleshed	462	6	153.50	$153.50	$709	—
450–498	481	37	129.00–146.00	$135.93	$654	-0.66
505–544	525	46	128.00–141.00	$134.43	$706	+0.25
552–596	583	48	124.50–135.50	$129.01	$752	-0.03
600–647	623	28	122.00–128.00	$124.16	$774	-5.70
650–698	679	26	122.25–130.00	$125.40	$851	-2.73
711–720	714	12	120.00–122.00	$120.59	$861	-4.91
792	792	5	124.00	$124.00	$982	+7.13
849	849	5	118.00	$118.00	$1,002	-0.51

Medium and Large 2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
532	532	7	121.50	$121.50	$646	—
587	587	3	110.00	$110.00	$646	-8.00
878	878	6	104.00	$104.00	$913	—

Medium 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
660–688	674	6	113.00–118.00	$115.45	$778	+6.82

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Feeder Bulls

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
353	353	4	175.00	$175.00	$618	-4.00
442 unweaned	442	3	135.00	$135.00	$597	—
484	484	5	157.00	$157.00	$760	+10.23
508	508	5	157.00	$157.00	$798	+14.91
577	577	2	130.00	$130.00	$750	+3.46
627	627	3	133.50	$133.50	$837	+7.93
764	764	5	119.00	$119.00	$909	—

Medium and Large 1 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
445 unweaned	445	5	148.50	$148.50	$661	—
537	537	5	160.00	$160.00	$859	—

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Slaughter Cows

Boner ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Dressing	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
1070–1365	1174	80-85%	5	45.00–51.00	$47.42	$557	—
930–1695	1198	80-85%	63	51.00–58.00	$55.29	$662	—
1125–1340	1224	80-85%	24	59.00–62.00	$61.05	$747	+10.32

Breaker ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Dressing	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
1125–1500	1389	75-80%	4	50.00–53.00	$51.76	$719	-3.19
1295–1850	1464	75-80%	32	54.00–59.00	$57.14	$837	—
1345–1650	1519	75-80%	11	58.50–62.00	$60.11	$913	—

Lean ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Dressing	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
820–1415	1052	85-90%	26	42.00–51.50	$46.81	$492	+1.56
840–1305	1095	85-90%	11	34.00–42.00	$38.51	$422	-6.74

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Slaughter Bulls

YG1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
1525–2215	1799	5	79.00–87.00	$83.86	$1,509	—
1825	1825	1	65.00	$65.00	$1,186	—
1810–2125	1959	4	92.50–103.00	$98.75	$1,935	—

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Stock Cows

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd
882–1175	1059	Young (2-4 yrs)	Open	12	62.50–74.50	$69.38	$735
845–1315	1086	(<2 yrs)	Open	26	74.00–102.50	$85.11	$924

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Bred Cows

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $
970–1445	1193	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	2nd/3rd Stage (4-9 mo)	5	975.00–1,250.00	$1,051.07

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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.