Name: Mid Missouri Stockyards livestock auction prices — 2026-09-17
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2026-09-17

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to last week, the best test of steers weighing 500lbs to 750lbs sold 8.00 to 23.00 higher. Heifers of the same weights sold 5.00 to 15.00 higher. Slaughter cows and bulls were mostly steady to 5.00 higher based on few comparisons with last week's light run. A better run of high quality calves and yearlings were in town this week despite the lingering summer heat. Demand was good on a moderate supply.

Weight class

Steers · summary 500–600 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

500–600 lb steers averaged $399.38/cwt on 40 head, up $20.21 from the prior sale. That ranks 5 of 32 comparable sales and sits −55.71 against this barn's trailing median of $455.09.

Average price

$399.38

▲ 20.21 vs prior sale

40 head · 558 lb average

Value per head Derived

$2,229

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$361

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

$81.85/cwt at this weight

vs the market

−12.93

vs MO average

−4.00 vs national

What quality paid 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1	562	411.85	2,315	27
Medium and Large 1-2	542	381.39	2,068	11thin
Medium and Large 2	592	330.00	1,954	2thin

One grade step is worth $81.85/cwt here — about $361 a head. Across this sale the premium is widest at 300–400 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 sale40 hd

399.38

—

MO average17 barns · 1,860 hd

412.30

−12.93

National average166 barns · 12,236 hd

403.38

−4.00

This barn, trailing median32 sales

455.09

−55.71

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	—	Low	1,863	185.75	3,460	8thin
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	Average	1,480	138.40	2,048	6thin
Cows	Boner 80-85%	Low	1,292	136.65	1,766	8thin
Cows	Lean 85-90%	Very Low	1,042	110.72	1,153	15

Every lot, as filed

77 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
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,338	125.98/cwt	125.00–127.00	1,686	2
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	—	1,498	141.08/cwt	135.00–145.00	2,113	5
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	954	90.83/cwt	75.00–102.00	867	4
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	1,081	127.97/cwt	124.00–135.00	1,383	5
Bulls	—	—	1,958	170.11/cwt	165.00–176.00	3,331	2
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,277	140.21/cwt	135.00–145.00	1,790	6
Steers	Medium and Large 1	400–450	405	480.00/cwt	480.00–480.00	1,944	8
Steers	Medium and Large 1	650–700	654	380.91/cwt	377.50–382.50	2,491	22
Steers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	500–550	531	412.50/cwt	412.50–412.50	2,190	4
Steers	Medium and Large 1	600–650	642	387.50/cwt	387.50–387.50	2,488	7
Steers	Medium and Large 1	850–900	890	317.50/cwt	317.50–317.50	2,826	20
Steers	Medium and Large 1	500–550	525	428.59/cwt	420.00–430.00	2,250	7
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	400–450	415	440.12/cwt	435.00–445.00	1,826	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	700–750	734	342.50/cwt	342.50–342.50	2,514	11
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	450–500	459	425.00/cwt	425.00–425.00	1,951	4
Steers	Medium and Large 1	700–750	719	356.25/cwt	356.00–357.50	2,561	6
Steers	Medium and Large 1	550–600	586	404.36/cwt	400.00–415.00	2,370	16
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	500–550	525	360.85/cwt	347.50–370.00	1,894	8
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	350–400	365	405.00/cwt	405.00–405.00	1,478	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	400–450	402	443.00/cwt	443.00–443.00	1,781	9
Steers	Medium and Large 1	300–350	308	570.00/cwt	570.00–570.00	1,756	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	650–700	696	337.49/cwt	336.00–342.00	2,349	16
Steers	Medium and Large 1	450–500	452	490.00/cwt	490.00–490.00	2,215	12
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	800–850	846	302.50/cwt	302.50–302.50	2,559	30
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	650–700	679	327.51/cwt	325.50–334.50	2,224	56
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	450–500	475	427.58/cwt	420.00–435.00	2,031	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	550–600	562	342.50/cwt	342.50–342.50	1,925	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	500–550	523	349.79/cwt	340.00–355.00	1,829	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	800–850	800	338.00/cwt	338.00–338.00	2,704	23
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	450–500	484	432.13/cwt	427.00–440.00	2,092	31
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	400–450	425	430.20/cwt	415.00–435.00	1,828	8
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	850–900	866	297.00/cwt	297.00–297.00	2,572	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	750–800	765	305.78/cwt	285.00–311.00	2,339	10
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	550–600	583	342.28/cwt	341.00–345.00	1,995	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	300–350	345	530.00/cwt	530.00–530.00	1,829	4
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	500–550	534	386.72/cwt	375.00–395.00	2,065	6
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	650–700	672	363.90/cwt	354.00–367.50	2,445	8
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	450–500	463	407.05/cwt	395.00–420.00	1,885	5
Heifers	Medium 2	300–350	325	330.00/cwt	330.00–330.00	1,073	4
Steers	Large 1-2	600–650	606	368.00/cwt	368.00–368.00	2,230	8
Bulls	—	—	1,830	204.00/cwt	204.00–204.00	3,733	1
Bulls	—	—	1,831	188.36/cwt	183.00–192.00	3,449	5
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	1,067	109.60/cwt	103.00–116.00	1,169	6
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	—	1,390	125.00/cwt	125.00–125.00	1,738	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	500–550	513	384.53/cwt	380.00–390.00	1,973	13
Stock Cows	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,410	155.74/cwt	154.50–157.00	2,196	2
Stock Cows	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,045	216.85/cwt	190.00–240.00	2,266	5
Stock Cows	Medium and Large 1-2	—	740	295.00/cwt	295.00–295.00	2,183	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1	800–850	819	337.83/cwt	336.00–342.00	2,767	64
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	550–600	555	360.00/cwt	360.00–360.00	1,998	3
Steers	Medium and Large 2	300–350	336	445.00/cwt	445.00–445.00	1,495	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	850–900	890	280.00/cwt	280.00–280.00	2,492	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	550–600	595	291.00/cwt	291.00–291.00	1,731	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	400–450	445	405.00/cwt	405.00–405.00	1,802	3
Steers	Medium and Large 2	600–650	625	340.00/cwt	340.00–340.00	2,125	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	450–500	490	387.50/cwt	387.50–387.50	1,899	2
Steers	Medium and Large 2	450–500	473	392.38/cwt	385.00–400.00	1,856	2
Steers	Medium and Large 2	400–450	425	413.31/cwt	405.00–415.00	1,757	6
Heifers	Medium and Large 2Unweaned	450–500	490	355.00/cwt	355.00–355.00	1,740	2
Steers	Medium and Large 2	550–600	592	330.00/cwt	330.00–330.00	1,954	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Unweaned	500–550	522	358.78/cwt	358.00–360.00	1,873	5
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2Unweaned	650–700	672	322.00/cwt	322.00–322.00	2,164	8
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Unweaned	450–500	495	365.00/cwt	365.00–365.00	1,807	2
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	850–900	851	306.00/cwt	306.00–306.00	2,604	4
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	600–650	616	382.50/cwt	382.50–382.50	2,356	3
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	550–600	563	382.47/cwt	380.00–385.00	2,153	2
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	750–800	795	333.61/cwt	330.00–334.00	2,652	10
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	500–550	536	326.89/cwt	325.00–327.50	1,752	4
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	400–450	430	439.27/cwt	435.00–450.00	1,889	7
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	700–750	723	331.04/cwt	328.00–345.00	2,393	10
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	900–950	917	288.48/cwt	285.00–289.00	2,645	8
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Unweaned	500–550	545	370.00/cwt	370.00–370.00	2,017	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Unweaned	350–400	389	410.00/cwt	410.00–410.00	1,595	7
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2Unweaned	550–600	597	350.00/cwt	350.00–350.00	2,090	5
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	350–400	391	476.87/cwt	475.00–485.00	1,865	5
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	300–350	303	503.32/cwt	500.00–505.00	1,525	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	600–650	649	337.00/cwt	337.00–337.00	2,187	8

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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