Missouri (West Central) Weekly Cattle Auction Summary

Missouri · USDA-reported Auction Livestock

Sale of Monday, January 12, 2026

7,305 head sold ·Official USDA report

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light 6-weight M&L 1 steers $439.97/cwt +2.04 vs last sale · ≈ $2,743/hd at 624 lb · 607 head

light 6-weight M&L 1 heifers $406.55/cwt +11.32 vs last sale · ≈ $2,498/hd at 615 lb · 496 head

heavy 6-weight M&L 1 steers $420.67/cwt +7.61 vs last sale · ≈ $2,829/hd at 672 lb · 466 head

Receipts

Head	This sale	Last sale	Last year
Head itemized in priced lots	7,305	—	—

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Feeder Steers

Medium and Large 1 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
245	245	3	643.00	$643.00	$1,575	+1.08
300–345	335	22	580.00–640.00	$602.32	$2,018	+17.80
355–395	376	54	550.00–650.00	$596.60	$2,243	+53.41
404 unweaned	404	4	502.50	$502.50	$2,030	+7.50
400–448	429	90	520.00–610.00	$566.02	$2,428	+17.28
451–495	468	140	500.00–579.00	$543.80	$2,545	-0.21
479	479	4	480.00	$480.00	$2,299	-64.01
464–492 unweaned	481	10	472.50–495.00	$481.19	$2,315	+11.19
500–546	526	308	470.00–535.00	$508.33	$2,674	+1.03
550–597	571	212	435.00–498.00	$471.50	$2,692	+33.50
555–593 unweaned	574	10	406.00–440.00	$422.44	$2,425	—
601–646	623	590	414.00–467.50	$441.09	$2,748	+2.35
638–648	642	17	380.00–410.00	$401.13	$2,575	-12.87
654 fancy	654	35	448.00	$448.00	$2,930	+8.50
650–698	674	426	387.00–440.00	$418.68	$2,822	+7.81
674	674	5	399.00	$399.00	$2,689	-11.87
703–749	727	444	375.00–410.00	$394.18	$2,866	+5.68
755 fancy	755	22	390.50	$390.50	$2,948	-9.50
756–798	785	61	356.00–393.00	$372.99	$2,928	-1.41
801	801	7	350.00	$350.00	$2,804	-13.97
805–841	823	248	350.50–377.00	$360.83	$2,970	-3.14
860–884	874	50	329.50–356.00	$349.36	$3,053	-2.58
911	911	11	340.00	$340.00	$3,097	—
984–987	984	104	315.00–328.00	$326.50	$3,213	-15.00

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
270	270	5	640.00	$640.00	$1,728	+70.00
306–326	321	30	492.50–650.00	$615.00	$1,974	+79.08
375–390	384	32	490.00–567.50	$532.22	$2,044	+50.63
430 thin fleshed	430	32	596.00	$596.00	$2,563	—
400–448	435	120	437.50–522.50	$488.59	$2,125	-5.09
450–497	476	92	442.00–511.00	$481.30	$2,291	+1.34
501–547	525	96	405.50–512.50	$472.15	$2,479	+24.27
519–536 unweaned	529	18	407.50–442.50	$427.69	$2,262	-12.90
561–597	575	255	365.00–475.00	$434.31	$2,497	+0.73
578	578	5	409.00	$409.00	$2,364	-24.58
592 unweaned	592	9	412.50	$412.50	$2,442	+57.50
603	603	3	390.00	$390.00	$2,352	+5.00
601–649	626	212	380.00–447.50	$409.41	$2,563	+11.00
621–632 thin fleshed	627	13	437.00–446.00	$441.11	$2,766	+13.82
651–693	672	132	369.50–416.00	$392.46	$2,637	+14.15
695	695	7	367.00	$367.00	$2,551	-11.31
708 thin fleshed	708	15	396.00	$396.00	$2,804	+13.00
703–748	725	73	361.00–385.00	$374.13	$2,712	+0.15
750–787	780	102	340.50–389.50	$356.29	$2,779	+4.54
801–845	806	28	325.00–359.00	$349.33	$2,816	—
875	875	6	349.00	$349.00	$3,054	+13.57
910	910	2	321.00	$321.00	$2,921	-13.00
955–960	957	5	307.50–317.00	$311.31	$2,979	—

Large 1 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
475	475	5	470.00	$470.00	$2,232	—
523	523	6	482.50	$482.50	$2,523	—
583–598	594	43	417.50–437.50	$425.77	$2,529	—
694	694	20	396.00	$396.00	$2,748	-31.00

Medium and Large 2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
446	446	4	435.00	$435.00	$1,940	—
475–491	485	5	390.00–410.00	$402.16	$1,950	-22.84
531	531	3	350.00	$350.00	$1,858	-45.48
555–598	580	37	357.50–395.00	$381.84	$2,215	-10.96
745	745	10	357.00	$357.00	$2,660	—
800–822	811	12	320.00–323.00	$321.48	$2,607	—

Large 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
544	544	11	406.00	$406.00	$2,209	—
590	590	3	405.00	$405.00	$2,390	—
674	674	11	374.00	$374.00	$2,521	—

Medium 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
437	437	3	447.50	$447.50	$1,956	—
535	535	5	450.00	$450.00	$2,408	—

Large 2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
691	691	6	340.00	$340.00	$2,349	—

Medium and Large 2-3 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
527	527	3	300.00	$300.00	$1,581	—

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Feeder Heifers

Medium and Large 1 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
300–330	319	14	550.00–570.00	$556.17	$1,774	+17.75
353–398	373	55	460.00–570.00	$511.69	$1,909	+34.78
408–445	420	69	450.00–540.00	$502.66	$2,111	+22.96
456 unweaned	456	6	425.00	$425.00	$1,938	—
455–466 fancy	462	34	489.00–507.50	$495.43	$2,289	+17.43
455–498	467	191	422.00–515.00	$459.99	$2,148	-0.99
513 unweaned	513	6	407.50	$407.50	$2,090	-13.50
514	514	6	400.00	$400.00	$2,056	+12.50
500–549	526	158	412.50–477.50	$434.22	$2,284	-8.70
538 fancy	538	25	470.00	$470.00	$2,529	—
552–592 unweaned	566	20	374.00–425.00	$406.33	$2,300	—
550–598	571	167	403.00–480.00	$415.41	$2,372	-49.59
584 fancy	584	4	435.00	$435.00	$2,540	—
593	593	6	379.00	$379.00	$2,247	-26.99
607 fancy	607	33	414.50	$414.50	$2,516	—
608	608	8	410.00	$410.00	$2,493	+12.37
600–639	615	451	379.00–425.00	$406.22	$2,498	+8.59
634	634	4	371.00	$371.00	$2,352	+13.92
650–683	670	18	387.50–398.00	$393.09	$2,634	-0.62
650–697	671	71	350.00–380.00	$364.30	$2,444	-29.41
701–712	710	31	366.00–387.00	$370.01	$2,627	+6.60
706–744	719	49	340.00–351.50	$347.65	$2,500	-15.76
727	727	21	337.50	$337.50	$2,454	-25.91
770–798	785	15	316.00–331.00	$324.25	$2,545	-8.25
794	794	4	347.00	$347.00	$2,755	+14.50
826–839	829	31	314.00–322.50	$320.56	$2,657	—

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
250–298	281	15	505.00–550.00	$521.16	$1,464	+16.30
316–348	332	32	480.00–600.00	$529.77	$1,759	+34.20
374	374	6	420.00	$420.00	$1,571	-53.65
365–397	385	49	448.00–505.00	$468.24	$1,803	-5.41
402–440	420	113	420.00–477.00	$459.12	$1,928	+3.44
455–498	481	127	395.00–480.00	$426.18	$2,050	+3.68
490 unweaned	490	4	400.00	$400.00	$1,960	-9.93
506 thin fleshed	506	8	440.00	$440.00	$2,226	—
500–548	526	150	380.00–430.00	$409.75	$2,155	+4.19
566 unweaned	566	5	359.00	$359.00	$2,032	—
553–598	573	115	362.50–415.00	$390.59	$2,238	+19.85
577 thin fleshed	577	15	421.00	$421.00	$2,429	+22.00
608 thin fleshed	608	6	400.00	$400.00	$2,432	—
601–644	626	128	348.00–385.00	$368.43	$2,306	-0.36
666	666	5	390.00	$390.00	$2,597	+37.80
653–696	677	54	328.00–362.50	$350.77	$2,375	-1.43
717–741	726	26	320.00–349.00	$341.27	$2,478	+12.70
757–776	769	58	331.50–335.00	$331.88	$2,552	+6.88
801–831	810	17	310.00–328.00	$319.30	$2,586	-0.63

Medium and Large 2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
375	375	2	440.00	$440.00	$1,650	—
534–546	541	27	375.00–385.00	$382.09	$2,067	+29.59
568	568	3	375.00	$375.00	$2,130	+8.29
647	647	2	320.00	$320.00	$2,070	-15.00
652–690	671	9	310.00–330.00	$318.14	$2,135	-16.86
717	717	2	319.00	$319.00	$2,287	+19.00
760	760	6	319.00	$319.00	$2,424	—

Large 1 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
498	498	6	430.00	$430.00	$2,141	+11.00
594	594	17	414.00	$414.00	$2,459	+21.00
683	683	12	364.00	$364.00	$2,486	+7.19

Large 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
451–475	461	19	416.00–440.00	$426.82	$1,968	—
544	544	9	363.00	$363.00	$1,975	+3.71
592	592	6	366.00	$366.00	$2,167	—

Medium 1 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
711	711	3	330.00	$330.00	$2,346	-5.00

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Feeder Bulls

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
361–399	395	26	480.00–500.00	$482.11	$1,904	-21.16
432–445	437	14	442.00–470.00	$457.08	$1,997	-18.92
465–495	476	20	429.00–487.50	$451.12	$2,147	-54.94
519–533	527	40	400.00–415.00	$411.95	$2,171	+2.17
555–598	565	14	350.00–455.00	$397.49	$2,246	+0.41
613–646	628	19	355.00–405.00	$379.47	$2,383	+25.92
651–676	662	11	325.00–340.00	$335.18	$2,219	-6.58
809	809	8	299.00	$299.00	$2,419	—

Medium and Large 1 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
365–392	375	16	545.00–610.00	$557.44	$2,090	+40.98
538–545	543	9	435.00–450.00	$439.96	$2,389	+22.46

Medium and Large 2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
996	996	10	247.00	$247.00	$2,460	—

Large 1 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
651	651	8	361.00	$361.00	$2,350	+26.00

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $	Δ last sale
1790	1790	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	N/A	1	3,700.00	$3,700.00	—

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Slaughter Cows

Boner ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Dressing	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
1045–1445	1206	80-85%	37	137.00–159.00	$150.78	$1,818	-11.35
1075–1415	1220	80-85%	15	158.00–181.00	$164.68	$2,009	+27.88
1145–1425	1234	80-85%	7	130.00–140.00	$136.14	$1,680	-0.66

Lean ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Dressing	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
910–1145	985	85-90%	8	85.00–120.00	$106.73	$1,051	+0.22
900–1215	1040	85-90%	28	116.00–142.00	$132.62	$1,379	-3.04
1140–1240	1190	85-90%	2	137.00–139.00	$138.04	$1,643	—

Breaker ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Dressing	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
1265–1730	1456	75-80%	14	153.00–165.00	$159.76	$2,326	-7.88
1435–1515	1473	75-80%	3	150.00	$150.00	$2,210	-17.64
1230–1920	1517	75-80%	19	160.00–176.00	$166.53	$2,526	—

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Slaughter Bulls

YG1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
1615–1620	1618	2	168.00–171.00	$169.50	$2,743	—
1440–2090	1811	11	175.00–199.50	$186.54	$3,378	—

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Stock Cows

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd
1000–1005	1003	(<2 yrs)	Open	2	266.00–282.50	$274.23	$2,751
955–1175	1060	Young (2-4 yrs)	Open	3	182.00–280.00	$226.62	$2,402
990–1530	1163	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	Open	4	173.00–237.50	$195.20	$2,270

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Bred Cows

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $
960	960	Middle Aged/Aged (>5 yrs)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	1	1,925.00	$1,925.00
1048	1048	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	2nd/3rd Stage (4-9 mo)	3	2,400.00	$2,400.00
1075–1350	1213	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	2	2,200.00–2,400.00	$2,288.66
1215–1280	1248	Aged (>8 yrs)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	2	2,000.00–2,200.00	$2,102.61
1140–1595	1345	Aged (>8 yrs)	2nd/3rd Stage (4-9 mo)	11	1,850.00–2,750.00	$2,508.79
1197–1535	1356	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	2nd/3rd Stage (4-9 mo)	14	2,400.00–4,025.00	$3,009.95
1025–1795	1416	Middle Aged/Aged (>5 yrs)	2nd/3rd Stage (4-9 mo)	8	2,400.00–2,750.00	$2,624.45

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Bred Heifers

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $
950–1020	985	Young (2-4 yrs)	2nd/3rd Stage (4-9 mo)	2	2,400.00–2,700.00	$2,544.67

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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	1	3,100.00	$3,100.00	—
1200	1200	Middle Aged/Aged (>5 yrs)	Open	1	3,300.00	$3,300.00	—

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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.