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Missouri Weekly Cattle Auction Summary

Missouri · Weekly summary · Mon, Jan 26

● As filed109 lines reportedUSDA AMS · slug 1821

State summary

Counts as USDA filed them

Missouri reported 109 priced lines covering 1,827 head across feeder cattle, slaughter cattle, replacement cattle. USDA puts feeder cattle receipts at 1,359 head. slaughter cattle receipts at 548 head. replacement cattle receipts at 558 head. Counted as USDA files them — 53 of those are cow-calf pairs, each counted once.

Missouri Weekly Cattle Auction Summary

Mon Jan 26, 2026

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

Feeder CattleReceipts 1,359Last week 37,842Year ago 46,401

Slaughter CattleReceipts 548Last week 2,162Year ago 2,947

Replacement CattleReceipts 558Last week 1,840Year ago 2,757

Compared to last week, no good test of the feeder market in the state this week. Most auctions across the state were closed due to snow and extreme cold. A small number of auctions late in the week but even then, receipts were quite light. One had to go back to the week of Feb 20, 2021, to find a non-holiday week that was even close to being as light as this one was for livestock movement. The bi-annual Cattle Inventory Report was published Friday, this is arguably the biggest USDA report of the year for the cattle industry. Pre-report estimates were fairly close in all areas reported, and for another consecutive year total cattle numbers once again fell. This makes the herd the smallest in 75 years. One of the other numbers that was much anticipated was the number of beef heifers kept for replacements. This number was estimated to be up 1.7 percent however it fell lower at only 0.08 percent above a year ago. Looking at numbers for the state of MO, the state remained raked 3rd for number of beef cows that have calves at 1.806 million head, which was down 3.2 percent from the previous year. The number of beef heifers over 500 lbs. kept for replacements was down 3.9 percent. Boxed beef cutout values closed lower for the week. Choice closed on Friday at 365.56, down 3.36 and select closed at 361.94, down 0.45 compared to last week. The choice/select spread remaining narrow at 3.62 per cwt. Negotiated feedlot sales as of the 2:00 cutoff time on Friday afternoons report came in just under 65k head. Live prices were reported 235.00-241.00 and dressed sales reported 370.00-378.00, both sharply higher than last week. Missouri Stocker formula consists of 241 head with a weighted average weight of 546.69 lbs. and a price value of 478.54, 21.59 higher than last week volume however was very low due to the lack of sales. The steer/heifer spread is 57.44.

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
5	350–400	395	492.00	492.00
6	400–450	433	517.50–518.00	517.76
3	450–500	465	467.50	467.50
17	500–550	532	430.00–450.00	444.41
14	550–600	589	402.50–438.00	423.59
3	600–650	635	404.00	404.00
15	650–700	685	355.00–362.00	358.40
8	700–750	725	360.00–361.00	360.63
5	800–850	808	322.50–340.00	336.36

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Unweaned$ per cwt · actual wt
7	350–400	386	505.00–510.00	507.94
5	450–500	488	480.00	480.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
2	500–550	547	415.00	415.00
5	550–600	584	366.00–375.00	367.83
1	600–650	625	360.00	360.00
1	650–700	690	350.00	350.00
2	700–750	702	342.00	342.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 2-3$ per cwt · actual wt
3	450–500	453	350.00	350.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1 · Fleshy$ per cwt · actual wt
26	750–800	783	364.00	364.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
4	300–350	305	585.00–650.00	617.50
7	350–400	392	535.00	535.00
26	400–450	431	505.00–587.50	553.11
25	450–500	483	530.00–577.00	555.34
44	500–550	531	492.00–535.00	502.15
57	550–600	592	453.50–467.00	459.00
41	600–650	628	424.00–450.00	445.86
174	650–700	670	395.00–442.50	428.53
51	700–750	728	363.00–397.00	393.69
58	750–800	760	380.50–389.00	386.78
24	800–850	805	371.00–374.00	373.37
15	850–900	874	348.50	348.50

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1 · Unweaned$ per cwt · actual wt
1	350–400	385	555.00	555.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	200–250	245	520.00	520.00
3	250–300	260	380.00–490.00	451.92
4	300–350	318	415.00–465.00	452.23
3	350–400	392	432.50	432.50
4	400–450	440	402.50–415.00	405.52
7	450–500	477	370.00–405.00	387.99
15	500–550	530	367.50–415.00	387.90
16	550–600	579	337.00–380.00	364.86
10	600–650	624	335.00–357.50	346.58
11	650–700	668	383.00	383.00
2	1200–1250	1,230	212.50	212.50

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
3	350–400	368	535.00	535.00
29	400–450	421	460.00–490.50	478.15
4	450–500	479	441.00	441.00
81	500–550	523	425.00–479.50	462.39
47	550–600	582	400.00–448.50	439.41
132	600–650	631	374.00–420.00	401.54
5	650–700	678	367.00	367.00
6	700–750	719	348.00	348.00
25	750–800	765	325.00–356.00	350.90

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Replacement$ per cwt · actual wt
18	650–700	673	390.00–394.00	392.44
7	700–750	723	399.00	399.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	400–450	435	380.00	380.00
1	450–500	455	325.00	325.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Unweaned$ per cwt · actual wt
8	400–450	422	420.00–440.00	429.92

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Unweaned$ per cwt · actual wt
2	300–350	317	555.00	555.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
3	850–900	862	287.50	287.50

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	400–450	410	370.00	370.00
2	450–500	482	420.00	420.00
2	500–550	547	370.00	370.00
2	1000–1050	1,042	257.50	257.50

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
Aged (>8 yrs)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	4	—	1,109	1,775.00–1,920.00	1,885.83
Aged (>8 yrs)	2nd/3rd Stage (4-9 mo)	8	—	1,218	1,935.00–2,510.00	2,243.65
Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	29	—	1,248	2,050.00–3,600.00	3,049.73
Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	8	—	1,399	3,600.00–3,700.00	3,661.26
Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	6	—	1,413	3,100.00–3,500.00	3,305.31
Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	2nd/3rd Stage (4-9 mo)	13	—	1,169	2,450.00–2,900.00	2,730.69
Middle Aged/Aged (>5 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	6	—	1,282	3,000.00–3,400.00	3,132.78

Age	Stage	Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bred Cows — Medium and Large 1-2 · Broken Mouth$ per head · actual wt
Aged (>8 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	9	—	1,321	3,100.00–3,150.00	3,132.74
Aged (>8 yrs)	2nd/3rd Stage (4-9 mo)	7	—	1,347	1,900.00–2,800.00	2,416.60

Age	Stage	Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bred Cows — Medium 1-2$ per head · actual wt
Aged (>8 yrs)	2nd/3rd Stage (4-9 mo)	10	—	1,037	1,850.00	1,850.00

Age	Stage	Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bred Cows — Medium 2$ per head · actual wt
Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	2nd/3rd Stage (4-9 mo)	6	—	733	1,500.00–2,700.00	2,307.27

Age	Stage	Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bred Cows — Medium and Large 1$ per head · actual wt
Aged (>8 yrs)	2nd/3rd Stage (4-9 mo)	6	—	1,143	2,700.00–2,800.00	2,718.37
Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	2nd/3rd Stage (4-9 mo)	8	—	1,235	3,700.00	3,700.00
Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	22	—	1,320	4,000.00–4,400.00	4,221.21
Middle Aged/Aged (>5 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	5	—	1,392	3,750.00–4,000.00	3,892.24

Age	Stage	Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Stock Cows — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	Open	1	—	905	195.00	195.00
Young (2-4 yrs)	Open	3	—	1,137	188.00–240.00	205.73

Age	Stage	Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Stock Cows — Medium 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
Young (2-4 yrs)	Open	2	—	700	295.00	295.00
Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	Open	7	—	1,160	165.00	165.00

Age	Stage	Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Stock Cows — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
Young (2-4 yrs)	Open	3	—	848	313.00	313.00

Age	Stage	Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bred Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per head · actual wt
(<2 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	3	—	1,017	4,300.00	4,300.00

Age	Stage	Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bred Heifers — Medium 1-2$ per head · actual wt
Young (2-4 yrs)	2nd/3rd Stage (4-9 mo)	7	—	815	2,900.00	2,900.00

Age	Stage	Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bred Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per head · actual wt
(<2 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	100	—	1,174	4,400.00–4,700.00	4,547.89
Young (2-4 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	4	—	1,388	4,700.00	4,700.00

Age	Stage	Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifer Pairs — Small and Medium 2$ per head · estimate wt
Young (2-4 yrs)	Open	3	—	710	3,400.00	3,400.00

Age	Stage	Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifer Pairs — Medium and Large 1-2$ per head · estimate wt
(<2 yrs)	Open	3	—	1,050	4,500.00	4,500.00

Age	Stage	Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifer Pairs — Medium and Large 1$ per head · estimate wt
(<2 yrs)	Open	28	—	1,131	5,100.00–5,800.00	5,396.43

Age	Stage	Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cow-Calf Pairs — Medium and Large 1-2$ per head · estimate wt
Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	Open	17	—	1,200	4,600.00–4,900.00	4,723.53

Age	Stage	Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cow-Calf Pairs — Medium 1-2$ per head · estimate wt
Young (2-4 yrs)	Open	2	—	840	2,900.00	2,900.00

Slaughter Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cows — Boner 80-85%$ per cwt · actual wt
79	—	1,218	140.00–168.00	158.68
1	—	885	110.00	110.00
56	—	1,270	164.00–182.00	169.44
10	—	1,255	142.00–155.00	149.39

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cows — Lean 85-90%$ per cwt · actual wt
13	—	999	140.00–161.00	152.69
57	—	1,027	125.00–158.00	144.06
3	—	983	100.00–102.50	100.76
20	—	988	112.50–140.00	126.30

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cows — Premium White 65-75%$ per cwt · actual wt
5	—	1,788	178.00–193.00	185.28
4	—	1,806	166.00–174.00	170.89

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cows — Breaker 75-80%$ per cwt · actual wt
31	—	1,500	145.00–168.00	158.02
39	—	1,474	163.00–184.00	172.85
4	—	1,471	142.50–154.00	149.54

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Choice$ per cwt · actual wt
7	—	1,448	224.00–231.25	229.38

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Choice$ per cwt · actual wt
6	—	1,282	227.00–231.00	229.80

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	1,697	171.00–175.00	172.96
18	—	1,826	172.00–210.00	192.35
31	—	1,872	193.00–211.00	197.36

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.