Missouri (West Central) Weekly Cattle Auction Summary

Missouri · USDA-reported Auction Livestock

Sale of Monday, January 5, 2026

9,754 head sold ·Official USDA report

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light 6-weight M&L 1 steers $437.93/cwt +22.86 vs last sale · ≈ $2,731/hd at 624 lb · 701 head

heavy 6-weight M&L 1 steers $413.06/cwt +17.10 vs last sale · ≈ $2,766/hd at 670 lb · 654 head

heavy 5-weight M&L 1 steers $476.77/cwt +23.01 vs last sale · ≈ $2,699/hd at 566 lb · 519 head

Receipts

Head	This sale	Last sale	Last year
Head itemized in priced lots	9,754	—	—

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Feeder Steers

Medium and Large 1 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
235–247	245	5	640.00–650.00	$641.92	$1,573	—
300–348	336	23	565.00–600.00	$584.52	$1,964	—
355–399	388	66	515.00–609.00	$543.19	$2,108	-56.81
407–446	425	112	535.00–585.00	$548.74	$2,332	-11.26
432 unweaned	432	4	495.00	$495.00	$2,138	—
464 unweaned	464	5	470.00	$470.00	$2,181	—
456–497	476	202	497.50–571.00	$544.01	$2,589	+27.34
500–539 unweaned	522	7	442.50–475.00	$455.83	$2,379	—
507–541	527	277	463.00–539.00	$507.30	$2,673	+23.23
543	543	9	440.00	$440.00	$2,389	-44.07
551–593	566	514	435.00–514.00	$477.15	$2,701	+23.39
567	567	5	438.00	$438.00	$2,483	-15.76
602–646	623	678	400.00–465.00	$438.74	$2,733	+23.67
639	639	23	414.00	$414.00	$2,645	-1.07
652 fancy	652	50	439.50	$439.50	$2,866	—
650–696	671	604	384.50–429.00	$410.87	$2,757	+14.91
701–748	724	507	370.00–410.00	$388.50	$2,813	+16.11
752 fancy	752	17	400.00	$400.00	$3,008	—
752–799	773	274	353.00–388.00	$374.40	$2,894	+0.28
802–845	824	242	338.00–369.00	$363.97	$2,999	+12.50
852–884	874	133	334.50–360.00	$351.94	$3,076	+10.94
959	959	20	341.50	$341.50	$3,275	—

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
282	282	3	570.00	$570.00	$1,607	—
315–347	327	13	530.00–540.00	$535.92	$1,752	—
354–393	371	80	445.00–563.00	$481.59	$1,787	-60.91
410 unweaned	410	3	475.00	$475.00	$1,948	—
402–443	420	101	460.00–555.00	$493.68	$2,073	+6.18
460 unweaned	460	3	430.00	$430.00	$1,978	—
450–498	475	173	422.50–532.50	$479.96	$2,280	+19.45
519 thin fleshed	519	5	515.00	$515.00	$2,673	—
500–548	533	171	415.00–482.00	$447.88	$2,387	-16.49
535–537 unweaned	536	9	425.00–460.00	$440.59	$2,362	—
569 unweaned	569	4	355.00	$355.00	$2,020	—
554–597	570	155	395.00–469.00	$433.58	$2,471	+17.67
612	612	3	385.00	$385.00	$2,356	-6.60
603–648	626	340	371.00–440.00	$398.41	$2,494	+6.81
628–629 thin fleshed	629	14	427.00–427.50	$427.29	$2,688	+12.29
650–692	672	86	353.00–410.00	$378.31	$2,542	+2.71
703–742	715	152	348.00–385.00	$373.98	$2,674	+6.98
724 thin fleshed	724	9	383.00	$383.00	$2,773	—
753–778	764	11	348.00–355.00	$351.75	$2,687	+3.14
866–891	882	41	315.00–345.00	$335.43	$2,958	—
918	918	15	334.00	$334.00	$3,066	—

Medium and Large 2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
272	272	14	500.00	$500.00	$1,360	—
491	491	8	425.00	$425.00	$2,087	—
540–543	541	10	385.00–400.00	$395.48	$2,140	—
555 unweaned	555	7	380.00	$380.00	$2,109	—
553–577	563	7	390.00–395.00	$392.80	$2,211	—
601–605	602	11	360.00–362.50	$361.81	$2,178	—
654–672	661	16	340.00–360.00	$352.37	$2,329	—
702	702	3	310.00	$310.00	$2,176	—

Medium and Large 3 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
557	557	5	322.50	$322.50	$1,796	—
624	624	22	339.00	$339.00	$2,115	—

Medium 1 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
419	419	7	462.50	$462.50	$1,938	—
627	627	3	377.00	$377.00	$2,364	—
669	669	9	373.00	$373.00	$2,495	-34.50

Medium 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
382	382	10	465.00	$465.00	$1,776	—

Large 1 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
665	665	6	427.00	$427.00	$2,840	+55.47
728	728	3	369.00	$369.00	$2,686	—

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Feeder Heifers

Medium and Large 1 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
280	280	3	590.00	$590.00	$1,652	—
303–343	324	43	480.00–560.00	$538.42	$1,744	—
355–395	383	82	455.00–590.00	$476.91	$1,827	-52.59
387 unweaned	387	5	485.00	$485.00	$1,877	—
405 unweaned	405	7	460.00	$460.00	$1,863	—
401–444	427	165	440.00–530.00	$479.70	$2,048	+17.41
470 fancy	470	14	478.00	$478.00	$2,247	—
450–498	483	333	414.00–489.00	$460.98	$2,227	+15.27
508 unweaned	508	3	421.00	$421.00	$2,139	—
512	512	3	387.50	$387.50	$1,984	-43.02
503–549	528	359	387.50–480.00	$442.92	$2,339	+12.40
550 thin fleshed	550	11	456.00	$456.00	$2,508	+39.00
555	555	3	377.50	$377.50	$2,095	-15.30
568	568	6	465.00	$465.00	$2,641	+72.20
552–599	581	250	380.00–445.00	$405.99	$2,359	+13.19
600–643	615	460	368.00–408.00	$397.63	$2,445	+28.40
609–638	626	29	355.00–359.00	$357.08	$2,235	-12.15
653	653	22	359.00	$359.00	$2,344	-5.00
657–696	662	335	360.00–385.00	$376.19	$2,490	+30.19
660–678	674	101	386.00–426.00	$393.71	$2,654	+47.71
707–746	727	192	339.00–370.00	$363.41	$2,642	+22.77
750–791	758	183	327.50–357.00	$343.90	$2,607	—
764	764	8	332.50	$332.50	$2,540	—
852–894	868	70	310.00–327.50	$321.55	$2,791	+2.55
898	898	5	273.00	$273.00	$2,452	—
920	920	31	315.50	$315.50	$2,903	+14.50
986	986	7	298.00	$298.00	$2,938	—

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
225	225	14	540.00	$540.00	$1,215	—
274–299	295	25	490.00–590.00	$504.86	$1,489	—
304–343	326	26	480.00–507.50	$495.57	$1,616	—
355–399	378	42	425.00–520.00	$473.65	$1,790	-15.45
403 unweaned	403	3	425.00	$425.00	$1,713	—
406–447	427	73	425.00–520.00	$455.68	$1,946	+28.31
459 thin fleshed	459	34	448.00	$448.00	$2,056	—
451–496 unweaned	465	10	400.00–431.00	$409.93	$1,906	—
450–496	474	143	390.00–452.50	$422.50	$2,003	+24.93
500–548	521	104	375.00–455.00	$405.56	$2,113	-10.70
528 unweaned	528	4	379.00	$379.00	$2,001	—
568 thin fleshed	568	6	399.00	$399.00	$2,266	—
550–592	573	227	335.00–410.00	$370.74	$2,124	-9.45
615	615	3	342.50	$342.50	$2,106	-26.00
605–647	621	104	355.00–380.00	$368.79	$2,290	+0.29
653–695	669	147	337.50–360.00	$352.20	$2,356	+14.35
709–744	732	23	310.00–351.00	$328.57	$2,405	—
781	781	5	325.00	$325.00	$2,538	—
802–803	803	14	305.00–324.00	$319.93	$2,569	—
851–853	852	17	305.00–311.50	$309.59	$2,638	—
911–934	929	15	280.00–285.00	$280.98	$2,610	—

Large 1 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
352 unweaned	352	12	422.00	$422.00	$1,485	—
482	482	4	419.00	$419.00	$2,020	+20.00
508	508	4	415.00	$415.00	$2,108	—
511 unweaned	511	24	409.00	$409.00	$2,090	—
591	591	9	393.00	$393.00	$2,323	+5.50
621	621	7	384.00	$384.00	$2,385	—
667–689	670	41	336.00–360.50	$356.81	$2,391	—
716	716	9	348.00	$348.00	$2,492	—

Medium and Large 2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
440	440	3	402.50	$402.50	$1,771	—
470–483	473	12	350.00–370.00	$364.90	$1,726	—
545	545	3	352.50	$352.50	$1,921	—
556–598	573	18	345.00–380.00	$366.71	$2,101	—
603–644	634	18	335.00	$335.00	$2,124	—
662	662	3	335.00	$335.00	$2,218	—
711	711	3	300.00	$300.00	$2,133	—
1016	1016	9	222.00	$222.00	$2,256	—

Medium 1 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
461	461	3	426.00	$426.00	$1,964	—
533	533	8	398.00	$398.00	$2,121	—
718	718	3	335.00	$335.00	$2,405	—

Large 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
376	376	5	380.00	$380.00	$1,429	—
523–538	532	8	337.50–372.00	$359.29	$1,911	—

Medium 2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
352	352	5	490.00	$490.00	$1,725	—
410–426	420	8	300.00–412.50	$371.32	$1,560	—

Medium and Large 3 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
413	413	7	350.00	$350.00	$1,446	—

Medium and Large 4 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
335	335	5	234.00	$234.00	$784	—

Medium 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
605	605	3	323.00	$323.00	$1,954	—

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Feeder Bulls

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
312–346	329	10	580.00–590.00	$584.74	$1,924	—
355–392	373	9	475.00–527.50	$503.27	$1,877	—
407 thin fleshed	407	13	567.50	$567.50	$2,310	+62.50
427	427	6	476.00	$476.00	$2,033	—
472–487	482	11	502.50–512.50	$506.06	$2,439	—
500–546	518	20	390.00–425.00	$409.78	$2,123	-25.22
550–597	563	32	352.50–457.50	$397.08	$2,236	—
602–639	622	12	340.00–365.00	$353.55	$2,199	-31.45
653–693	673	13	330.00–362.00	$341.76	$2,300	-27.24
712–738	726	9	325.00–340.00	$331.53	$2,407	-7.00
966	966	4	285.00	$285.00	$2,753	—

Large 1 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
486	486	17	469.00	$469.00	$2,279	—
667	667	9	335.00	$335.00	$2,234	—

Medium and Large 1 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
362–386	374	6	485.00–550.00	$516.46	$1,932	—
416	416	3	490.00	$490.00	$2,038	—
495	495	3	480.00	$480.00	$2,376	—
527	527	4	417.50	$417.50	$2,200	—
630	630	3	377.50	$377.50	$2,378	—

Medium and Large 2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
405–431	420	13	440.00–466.00	$446.97	$1,877	—

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Slaughter Cows

Boner ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Dressing	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
1020–1385	1199	80-85%	64	140.00–161.00	$150.30	$1,802	+1.84
1060–1335	1214	80-85%	12	158.00–170.00	$162.13	$1,968	+26.18
965–1440	1224	80-85%	14	115.00–143.00	$136.80	$1,674	+0.85

Lean ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Dressing	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
810–1200	970	85-90%	17	75.00–122.00	$106.51	$1,033	—
870–1220	1027	85-90%	42	125.00–153.00	$135.66	$1,393	—

Breaker ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Dressing	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
1300–1580	1430	75-80%	33	150.00–166.00	$157.64	$2,254	—
1350–1530	1433	75-80%	3	143.00–153.00	$147.01	$2,107	—
1345–1650	1490	75-80%	10	163.00–171.00	$167.64	$2,498	-5.06

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Slaughter Bulls

YG1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
1245–2035	1495	9	160.00–172.00	$167.38	$2,502	—
1325–2065	1744	19	177.00–195.00	$184.69	$3,221	-2.19
1725–2155	1884	4	194.00–205.00	$199.51	$3,759	—

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Stock Cows

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd
930	930	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	Open	1	245.00	$245.00	$2,278
1040	1040	Young (2-4 yrs)	Open	2	220.00–222.50	$221.25	$2,301

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Bred Cows

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $
1015	1015	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	1	1,850.00	$1,850.00
1065	1065	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	1	1,650.00	$1,650.00
1075	1075	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	2nd/3rd Stage (4-9 mo)	1	2,025.00	$2,025.00
940–1325	1098	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	2nd/3rd Stage (4-9 mo)	8	1,750.00–2,900.00	$2,365.25
1130–1235	1183	Middle Aged/Aged (>5 yrs)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	2	2,000.00–2,025.00	$2,011.95
1010–1445	1228	Middle Aged/Aged (>5 yrs)	2nd/3rd Stage (4-9 mo)	2	1,650.00–2,600.00	$2,209.16

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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.