Missouri (North Central) Weekly Cattle Auction Summary

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Counts as USDA filed them

Missouri reported 100 priced lines covering 3,841 head across feeder cattle, slaughter cattle, replacement cattle. USDA puts feeder cattle receipts at 4,225 head. slaughter cattle receipts at 170 head. replacement cattle receipts at 465 head. Counted as USDA files them — 19 of those are cow-calf pairs, each counted once.

Mon Jan 19, 2026

USDA Livestock, Poultry & Grain Market News · Federal-State Market News Service, Jefferson City, MO (LS-JC)

Feeder CattleReceipts 4,225Last week 3,797Year ago 613

Slaughter CattleReceipts 170Last week 248Year ago 70

Replacement CattleReceipts 465Last week 0Year ago 650

Compared to last week, feeders sold with steady to lower undertones.

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
5	300–350	348	600.00	600.00
5	350–400	374	482.50–525.00	498.74
12	400–450	439	445.00–498.00	475.66
34	450–500	473	465.00–500.00	484.49
76	500–550	532	425.00–482.00	453.67
76	550–600	570	400.00–439.00	425.94
32	600–650	640	369.00–413.00	401.94
131	650–700	674	368.00–417.00	396.34
91	700–750	724	342.00–374.00	358.94
123	750–800	785	344.00–372.00	360.54
33	800–850	824	350.00	350.00
18	900–950	919	330.00	330.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
20	400–450	428	525.00–550.00	539.37
22	450–500	486	477.50–530.00	511.89
69	500–550	529	473.00–510.00	491.81
108	550–600	564	461.00–480.00	470.09
257	600–650	619	410.00–460.00	436.53
233	650–700	660	396.50–426.00	413.69
262	700–750	726	373.50–395.25	386.27
122	750–800	763	360.50–380.50	369.89
52	800–850	818	349.00–354.00	353.60
63	850–900	889	359.25	359.25
64	900–950	900	360.50	360.50
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Unweaned$ per cwt · actual wt
3	400–450	415	435.00	435.00
5	500–550	534	420.00	420.00
Steers — Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
6	750–800	768	366.00	366.00
4	850–900	864	330.00	330.00
10	900–950	925	337.00	337.00
9	950–1000	951	322.00	322.00
Steers — Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
11	900–950	910	356.00	356.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Fleshy$ per cwt · actual wt
4	750–800	752	348.00	348.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
38	350–400	376	425.00–494.00	464.65
15	400–450	425	436.00–460.00	448.40
43	450–500	484	401.00–455.00	417.49
75	500–550	524	375.00–423.00	400.39
52	550–600	578	365.50–398.00	376.40
19	600–650	606	335.00–363.50	354.41
105	650–700	674	325.00–365.00	345.89
83	700–750	727	329.50–358.00	333.56
56	750–800	761	322.00–330.50	329.44
5	800–850	808	319.50	319.50
8	850–900	896	314.50	314.50
3	900–950	912	296.00	296.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
5	350–400	358	503.00	503.00
15	400–450	415	463.00–495.00	474.45
32	450–500	463	393.50–437.50	408.47
60	500–550	528	400.00–448.00	423.32
179	550–600	577	376.00–418.00	395.97
214	600–650	631	359.00–395.00	379.38
278	650–700	676	359.00–379.00	365.84
76	700–750	743	339.75–355.00	340.93
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Unweaned$ per cwt · actual wt
3	350–400	360	422.50	422.50
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Fleshy$ per cwt · actual wt
3	800–850	825	302.00	302.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
4	550–600	572	354.00	354.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Replacement$ per cwt · actual wt
18	750–800	773	390.00	390.00
Bulls — Medium and Large 1-2 · Unweaned$ per cwt · actual wt
9	400–450	422	473.50	473.50
11	500–550	512	440.00–451.00	446.85
3	750–800	788	305.00	305.00
Bulls — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
11	550–600	559	398.00	398.00
3	700–750	731	324.00	324.00
6	750–800	785	310.00	310.00
Bulls — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
10	350–400	392	462.50–477.00	474.15

Replacement Cattle

As reported

Age	Stage	Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bred Cows — Medium and Large 1-2$ per head · actual wt
Middle Aged/Aged (>5 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	3	—	1,200	2,350.00	2,350.00
Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	19	—	1,268	2,200.00–3,375.00	2,885.11
Young (2-4 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	8	—	1,100	3,825.00	3,825.00
Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	37	—	1,292	3,950.00–4,650.00	4,211.60
Middle Aged/Aged (>5 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	8	—	1,315	2,175.00–2,800.00	2,487.50
Young (2-4 yrs)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	3	—	1,350	3,350.00	3,350.00
Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	24	—	1,273	3,150.00–3,700.00	3,348.81
Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	34	—	1,296	2,725.00–3,850.00	3,116.08
Bred Cows — Large 1-2$ per head · actual wt
Middle Aged/Aged (>5 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	3	—	1,425	2,850.00	2,850.00
Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	3	—	1,450	3,850.00	3,850.00
Bred Cows — Medium 1-2$ per head · actual wt
Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	4	—	1,025	2,950.00	2,950.00
Bred Cows — Large 1$ per head · actual wt
Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	10	—	1,450	3,800.00	3,800.00
Middle Aged/Aged (>5 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	5	—	1,430	3,500.00	3,500.00
Young (2-4 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	4	—	1,230	4,575.00	4,575.00
Bred Cows — Medium and Large 1$ per head · actual wt
Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	17	—	1,306	3,700.00–3,850.00	3,786.15
Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	32	—	1,311	3,850.00–4,100.00	3,981.18
Young (2-4 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	25	—	1,191	4,150.00–4,550.00	4,391.06
Young (2-4 yrs)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	4	—	975	3,400.00	3,400.00
Bred Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per head · actual wt
(<2 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	38	—	1,081	4,150.00–4,650.00	4,277.80
Bred Heifers — Medium 1-2$ per head · actual wt
(<2 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	9	—	977	3,850.00–3,875.00	3,866.47
(<2 yrs)	2nd/3rd Stage (4-9 mo)	5	—	875	3,850.00	3,850.00
Bred Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per head · actual wt
(<2 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	20	—	1,186	4,550.00–4,650.00	4,612.01
Cow-Calf Pairs — Medium and Large 1-2$ per head · estimate wt
Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	Open	5	—	1,350	4,400.00	4,400.00
Cow-Calf Pairs — Medium and Large 1$ per head · estimate wt
Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	Open	5	—	1,500	4,800.00	4,800.00
Cow-Calf Pairs — Large 1-2$ per head · estimate wt
Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	Open	4	—	1,650	4,250.00	4,250.00
Heifer Pairs — Medium 1-2$ per head · estimate wt
(<2 yrs)	Open	5	—	960	3,225.00–3,975.00	3,525.00

Slaughter Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cows — Breaker 75-80%$ per cwt · actual wt
10	—	1,396	165.00–173.00	168.94
12	—	1,415	140.00–166.00	156.10
Cows — Boner 80-85%$ per cwt · actual wt
7	—	1,239	165.00–177.00	170.47
6	—	1,267	131.00–149.00	139.24
19	—	1,249	138.00–170.00	158.33
Cows — Lean 85-90%$ per cwt · actual wt
6	—	1,000	157.00–170.00	164.70
25	—	1,018	122.00–156.00	143.21
7	—	1,022	124.00–137.00	130.97
2	—	925	105.00	105.00
Cows — Premium White 65-75%$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	1,745	165.00	165.00
2	—	1,768	179.00	179.00
Bulls$ per cwt · actual wt
8	—	1,969	190.00–208.00	196.87

Head, weight ranges, average weights and price ranges are exactly as USDA AMS filed them — nothing recomputed, nothing rounded — in USDA's own reporting structure. This is RaisedBeef's rendering of that data, not a copy of USDA's document.

Source: USDA AMS, as filed — nothing recomputed and nothing rounded. This summary aggregates the same sales the Missouri barn reports cover, so it must never be added to a state total built from those barns.

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