Name: Mid Missouri Stockyards livestock auction prices — 2026-05-07
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2026-05-07

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to last week, steers sold mostly 5.00 to 12.00 lower. The best test of lightweight heifers under 600lbs sold 10.00 to 15.00 lower, and heifers over 600lbs sold with a higher undertone based on limited comparisons. Slaughter cows sold steady to 6.00 higher and slaughter bulls were 4.00 to 6.00 higher. Demand was moderate on a moderate supply.

Weight class

Heifers · summary 500–600 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

500–600 lb heifers averaged $424.64/cwt on 70 head, up $18.18 from the prior sale. That ranks 26 of 31 comparable sales and sits +23.93 against this barn's trailing median of $400.71.

Average price

$424.64

▲ 18.18 vs prior sale

70 head · 544 lb average

Value per head Derived

$2,311

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$291

per head · Medium and Large 1 over Medium and Large 2

$37.92/cwt at this weight

vs the market

−17.93

vs MO average

−3.26 vs national

What quality paid 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1	542	439.12	2,381	25
Medium and Large 1-2	550	419.43	2,306	38
Medium and Large 2	521	401.20	2,090	7thin

One grade step is worth $37.92/cwt here — about $291 a head. Across this sale the premium is widest at 400–500 lb. USDA reports each grade on its own line and never publishes the spread.

This barn's trailing prices 500–600 lb

31 sales

Heifers 500–600 lb: high $442.30, low $371.63, median $400.71 across 31 sales. Sales under 10 head in this class are excluded, so a thin day cannot swing the median or the ranking.

How it compared 500–600 lb

Same class and week · spot auction only

This sale70 hd

424.64

—

MO average20 barns · 2,897 hd

442.57

−17.93

National average182 barns · 12,459 hd

427.90

−3.26

This barn, trailing median31 sales

400.71

+23.93

A barn can sit above the state average at one weight and below it at another — check the class you actually sell.

Slaughter cattle

By class and quality grade · $/cwt

Cull cows and bulls are graded, not weight-classed — grade is what moves the money here.

Class	Grade	Dressing	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Bulls	—	High	1,846	216.51	3,997	10
Cows	Boner 80-85%	Low	1,234	175.05	2,160	24
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	High	1,457	172.57	2,515	7thin
Cows	Lean 85-90%	Very Low	1,006	140.76	1,416	51

Replacement cattle Per head

By class, stage and age

Bred stock and pairs are reported per head, not per hundredweight — these prices are never mixed with the $/cwt figures above.

Class	Stage	Age	Avg wt	$/head	Head
Bred Cows	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	1,120	$3,000	1thin
Bred Cows	2nd/3rd Stage (4-9 mo)	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	1,213	$2,749	8
Bred Cows	2nd/3rd Stage (4-9 mo)	Aged (>8 yrs)	1,238	$2,531	3thin
Bred Heifers	2nd/3rd Stage (4-9 mo)	Young (2-4 yrs)	1,202	$3,540	3thin
Bred Heifers	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	Young (2-4 yrs)	930	$2,650	1thin

Every lot, as filed

87 lots · USDA AMS · Mid Missouri Stockyards Cattle Auction - Phillipsburg, MO

Nothing removed and nothing rounded — the same lots as the USDA report, with per-head values added.

Class	Grade / description	Weight	Avg wt	Price	Range	Per head	Head
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	450–500	495	503.52/cwt	500.00–510.00	2,492	17
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	500–550	531	490.30/cwt	480.00–502.50	2,603	21
Steers	Medium and Large 1	450–500	471	527.59/cwt	517.50–545.00	2,485	29
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	750–800	755	335.00/cwt	335.00–335.00	2,529	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	350–400	380	518.45/cwt	515.00–530.00	1,970	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	800–850	807	330.50/cwt	330.50–330.50	2,667	25
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	400–450	417	528.16/cwt	525.00–535.00	2,202	8
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	700–750	733	362.22/cwt	360.00–375.00	2,655	20
Steers	Medium and Large 2	300–350	323	545.00/cwt	545.00–545.00	1,760	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	400–450	447	508.00/cwt	508.00–508.00	2,271	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	300–350	338	552.06/cwt	545.00–585.00	1,866	14
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	400–450	428	507.19/cwt	500.00–515.00	2,171	2
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	350–400	391	584.20/cwt	560.00–588.00	2,284	13
Steers	Medium and Large 2	600–650	626	388.31/cwt	375.00–392.50	2,431	4
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	300–350	335	610.45/cwt	610.00–615.00	2,045	10
Steers	Medium and Large 1	800–850	839	352.00/cwt	352.00–352.00	2,953	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	450–500	467	482.50/cwt	482.50–482.50	2,253	7
Heifers	Medium 2Unweaned	450–500	482	385.00/cwt	385.00–385.00	1,856	2
Steers	Medium and Large 1	400–450	427	547.72/cwt	537.50–595.00	2,339	17
Steers	Medium and Large 1	650–700	667	421.66/cwt	420.00–422.50	2,812	3
Steers	Medium and Large 1	600–650	634	442.05/cwt	440.00–442.50	2,803	44
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	600–650	632	428.42/cwt	415.00–435.00	2,708	10
Steers	Medium and Large 2	400–450	429	499.50/cwt	490.00–505.00	2,143	9
Steers	Medium and Large 2	450–500	465	478.23/cwt	475.00–485.00	2,224	3
Steers	Medium and Large 1	850–900	882	340.00/cwt	340.00–340.00	2,999	2
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Unweaned	500–550	545	477.50/cwt	477.50–477.50	2,602	4
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Unweaned	350–400	350	575.00/cwt	575.00–575.00	2,013	2
Steers	Medium 2	350–400	383	470.00/cwt	470.00–470.00	1,800	3
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	750–800	782	361.17/cwt	360.00–365.00	2,824	13
Steers	Medium and Large 2	500–550	536	460.02/cwt	450.00–470.00	2,466	4
Steers	Medium and Large 1	700–750	703	393.73/cwt	387.50–400.00	2,768	2
Steers	Medium and Large 1	500–550	518	508.77/cwt	505.00–514.00	2,635	35
Steers	Medium and Large 1	350–400	380	592.30/cwt	590.00–600.00	2,251	8
Steers	Medium and Large 1	550–600	578	463.13/cwt	459.00–490.00	2,677	42
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	550–600	576	451.37/cwt	440.00–457.50	2,600	24
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	650–700	657	415.39/cwt	390.00–417.50	2,729	13
Steers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	450–500	453	520.00/cwt	520.00–520.00	2,356	3
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	400–450	402	530.00/cwt	530.00–530.00	2,131	3
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	650–700	688	381.21/cwt	377.50–385.00	2,623	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	400–450	412	560.00/cwt	560.00–560.00	2,307	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	350–400	375	530.09/cwt	520.00–540.00	1,988	5
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	350–400	377	587.50/cwt	587.50–587.50	2,215	3
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	500–550	525	442.50/cwt	442.50–442.50	2,323	11
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	—	1,545	186.50/cwt	186.50–186.50	2,881	1
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	—	1,420	179.77/cwt	177.50–182.00	2,553	2
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	783	108.34/cwt	95.00–117.50	848	6
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	947	134.36/cwt	122.00–144.00	1,272	21
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	—	1,454	165.49/cwt	159.00–169.00	2,406	4
Bulls	—	—	1,880	228.80/cwt	227.00–231.00	4,301	3
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,232	165.05/cwt	155.00–170.00	2,033	3
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,295	181.35/cwt	179.00–183.00	2,348	3
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	1,113	154.47/cwt	144.00–167.00	1,719	24
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,224	175.67/cwt	170.00–181.00	2,150	18
Bulls	—	—	1,655	190.00/cwt	190.00–190.00	3,145	1
Bulls	—	—	1,861	214.79/cwt	206.00–226.00	3,997	6
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,238	2,530.75/head	2,025.00–2,800.00	2,531	3
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,120	3,000.00/head	3,000.00–3,000.00	3,000	1
Stock Cows	Medium and Large 1-2	—	973	184.75/cwt	174.00–191.00	1,798	5
Stock Cows	Medium and Large 1-2	—	978	257.18/cwt	222.50–280.00	2,515	4
Stock Cows	Medium and Large 1-2	—	759	327.73/cwt	312.50–355.00	2,487	4
Bred Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	930	2,650.00/head	2,650.00–2,650.00	2,650	1
Bred Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	1,202	3,540.29/head	3,300.00–3,650.00	3,540	3
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,213	2,749.02/head	2,400.00–3,500.00	2,749	8
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	300–350	330	500.00/cwt	500.00–500.00	1,650	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	600–650	616	405.11/cwt	400.00–415.00	2,495	53
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	450–500	465	489.25/cwt	480.00–495.00	2,275	30
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	350–400	375	544.57/cwt	535.00–560.00	2,042	12
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	600–650	637	400.01/cwt	392.50–407.50	2,548	4
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	450–500	462	475.00/cwt	475.00–475.00	2,195	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	450–500	481	466.00/cwt	460.00–475.00	2,241	48
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	650–700	651	362.71/cwt	340.00–365.00	2,361	11
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	400–450	429	480.58/cwt	465.00–490.00	2,062	19
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	700–750	733	345.00/cwt	345.00–345.00	2,529	8
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	500–550	518	442.35/cwt	427.50–450.00	2,291	16
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	450–500	476	446.34/cwt	436.00–455.00	2,125	9
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	600–650	638	372.53/cwt	360.00–377.50	2,377	9
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	650–700	673	375.00/cwt	375.00–375.00	2,524	8
Heifers	Large 1-2	700–750	729	302.50/cwt	302.50–302.50	2,205	13
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	500–550	521	401.20/cwt	380.00–407.50	2,090	7
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	400–450	445	461.88/cwt	460.00–467.50	2,055	8
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	350–400	367	474.01/cwt	450.00–485.00	1,740	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	550–600	577	420.00/cwt	420.00–420.00	2,423	11
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	500–550	515	454.14/cwt	454.00–455.00	2,339	14
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Unweaned	350–400	388	525.00/cwt	525.00–525.00	2,037	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	700–750	725	340.00/cwt	340.00–340.00	2,465	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	550–600	573	402.76/cwt	392.50–415.00	2,308	22
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	300–350	334	523.45/cwt	520.00–530.00	1,748	6

How this sale compares

Missouri weighted averages

One sale is one barn on one day. The state ladder is every Missouri auction USDA reported that week, weighted by head — the fairer test of whether a lot sold well.

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