Name: Mid Missouri Stockyards livestock auction prices — 2026-09-03
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2026-09-03

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

There were not enough feeder or slaughter cattle in the offering this week for a true price comparison. The extreme heat has limited cattle movement. Supply was very light with moderate demand.

Weight class

Steers · summary 500–600 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

500–600 lb steers averaged $384.49/cwt on 28 head, up $20.13 from the prior sale. That ranks 3 of 32 comparable sales and sits −70.59 against this barn's trailing median of $455.09.

Average price

$384.49

▲ 20.13 vs prior sale

28 head · 556 lb average

Value per head Derived

$2,139

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$382

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

$41.81/cwt at this weight

vs the market

+5.30

vs MO average

+13.10 vs national

What quality paid 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1	555	396.00	2,196	19thin
Medium and Large 1-2	584	363.20	2,121	6thin
Medium and Large 2	512	354.19	1,813	3thin

One grade step is worth $41.81/cwt here — about $382 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

32 sales

Steers 500–600 lb: high $501.78, low $364.36, median $455.09 across 32 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 sale28 hd

384.49

—

MO average10 barns · 576 hd

379.20

+5.30

National average157 barns · 5,984 hd

371.39

+13.10

This barn, trailing median32 sales

455.09

−70.59

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	—	Average	1,825	197.49	3,604	4thin
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	High	1,493	145.97	2,179	4thin
Cows	Boner 80-85%	Very Low	1,347	141.53	1,906	3thin
Cows	Lean 85-90%	Low	982	99.40	976	6thin
Dairy Cows	Lean 85-90%	Average	1,350	119.50	1,613	2thin

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	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	Young (2-4 yrs)	1,095	$2,750	2thin
Bred Cows	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	1,250	$2,601	2thin
Cow-Calf Pairs	Open	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	925	$3,525	1thin
Cow-Calf Pairs	Open	Middle Aged/Aged (>5 yrs)	1,300	$2,800	1thin
Cow-Calf Pairs	Open	Aged (>8 yrs)	1,000	$2,025	1thin

Every lot, as filed

49 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
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	550–600	575	332.50/cwt	332.50–332.50	1,912	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	850–900	880	266.00/cwt	266.00–266.00	2,341	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	500–550	526	338.76/cwt	335.00–345.00	1,782	4
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	950–1000	970	245.00/cwt	245.00–245.00	2,377	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	1050–1100	1,050	225.00/cwt	225.00–225.00	2,363	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	500–550	549	381.00/cwt	381.00–381.00	2,092	4
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	600–650	628	325.03/cwt	315.00–330.00	2,041	6
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	350–400	384	409.22/cwt	405.00–422.50	1,571	4
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	350–400	372	484.71/cwt	465.00–488.00	1,803	14
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	800–850	818	301.48/cwt	295.00–308.00	2,466	2
Steers	Medium and Large 2	500–550	512	354.19/cwt	347.50–360.00	1,813	3
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	300–350	300	480.00/cwt	480.00–480.00	1,440	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	550–600	578	329.73/cwt	313.00–347.50	1,906	2
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	550–600	584	363.20/cwt	355.00–366.00	2,121	6
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	550–600	560	322.00/cwt	322.00–322.00	1,803	3
Steers	Medium and Large 2	400–450	440	400.00/cwt	400.00–400.00	1,760	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	400–450	420	360.00/cwt	360.00–360.00	1,512	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	450–500	478	315.00/cwt	315.00–315.00	1,506	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	400–450	409	422.18/cwt	390.00–430.00	1,727	8
Heifers	Medium 1-2	400–450	410	412.50/cwt	412.50–412.50	1,691	4
Steers	Medium 1-2	450–500	490	350.00/cwt	350.00–350.00	1,715	2
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,250	2,601.00/head	2,350.00–2,850.00	2,601	2
Steers	Medium and Large 1	400–450	421	472.50/cwt	472.50–472.50	1,989	7
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 1	—	1,300	3,450.00/head	3,450.00–3,450.00	3,450	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	450–500	463	340.53/cwt	335.00–346.00	1,577	2
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	—	1,648	150.50/cwt	150.00–151.00	2,480	2
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	973	107.79/cwt	105.00–110.00	1,049	2
Bulls	—	—	1,805	195.32/cwt	193.00–198.00	3,526	3
Bulls	—	—	1,885	204.00/cwt	204.00–204.00	3,845	1
Dairy Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	1,165	134.00/cwt	134.00–134.00	1,561	1
Bred Cows	Medium 1-2	—	890	2,050.00/head	2,050.00–2,050.00	2,050	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1	550–600	556	400.00/cwt	400.00–400.00	2,224	15
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	500–550	530	366.65/cwt	366.00–370.00	1,943	12
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	650–700	655	320.00/cwt	320.00–320.00	2,096	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	600–650	622	342.50/cwt	342.50–342.50	2,130	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	400–450	449	430.00/cwt	430.00–430.00	1,931	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	350–400	388	441.38/cwt	440.00–445.00	1,713	7
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	450–500	472	400.00/cwt	400.00–400.00	1,888	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	350–400	374	430.00/cwt	430.00–430.00	1,608	4
Steers	Medium and Large 1	350–400	373	500.00/cwt	500.00–500.00	1,865	3
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	—	1,338	141.43/cwt	139.00–144.00	1,892	2
Dairy Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	1,535	105.00/cwt	105.00–105.00	1,612	1
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,555	107.50/cwt	107.50–107.50	1,672	1
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	977	87.61/cwt	75.00–95.00	856	3
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,243	158.55/cwt	155.00–162.00	1,971	2
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	1,015	118.00/cwt	118.00–118.00	1,198	1
Cow-Calf Pairs	Medium and Large 1-2	—	925	3,525.00/head	3,525.00–3,525.00	3,525	1
Cow-Calf Pairs	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,000	2,025.00/head	2,025.00–2,025.00	2,025	1
Cow-Calf Pairs	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,300	2,800.00/head	2,800.00–2,800.00	2,800	1

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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