Name: Mid Missouri Stockyards livestock auction prices — 2022-11-17
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2022-11-17

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to last week feeder steers traded steady to 3.00 higher. Feeder heifers traded 2.00-4.00 higher. Slaughter cows traded steady to 2.00 higher with slaughter bulls trading steady. Supply was heavy with good demand.

Weight class

Steers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

0–100 lb steers averaged $178.06/cwt on 947 head.

Average price

$178.06

947 head · 604 lb average

Value per head Derived

$1,075

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$326

per head · Medium and Large 1 over Medium 2

$37.62/cwt at this weight

vs the market

−3.96

vs MO average

What quality paid 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1	589	189.12	1,114	398
Medium and Large 1-2	613	175.38	1,074	406
Medium and Large 2	635	155.45	987	122
Medium 2	520	151.51	788	21

One grade step is worth $37.62/cwt here — about $326 a head. Across this sale the premium is widest at 0–100 lb. USDA reports each grade on its own line and never publishes the spread.

How it compared 0–100 lb

Same class and week · spot auction only

This sale947 hd

178.06

—

MO average16 barns · 13,120 hd

182.02

−3.96

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	1,697	88.14	1,496	8thin
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	High	1,476	71.81	1,060	32
Cows	Boner 80-85%	High	1,226	63.25	775	47
Cows	Lean 85-90%	Low	991	49.78	493	68

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	2nd/3rd Stage (4-9 mo)	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	1,057	$989	22
Bred Cows	2nd/3rd Stage (4-9 mo)	Aged (>8 yrs)	1,020	$777	14
Bred Cows	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	998	$750	3thin
Bred Heifers	2nd/3rd Stage (4-9 mo)	(<2 yrs)	943	$975	3thin
Cow-Calf Pairs	Open	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	875	$1,150	3thin
Cow-Calf Pairs	Open	Aged (>8 yrs)	935	$1,010	6

Every lot, as filed

95 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	—	622	177.36/cwt	172.50–186.00	1,103	119
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	421	164.28/cwt	161.00–165.00	692	21
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	432	197.06/cwt	194.00–201.00	851	6
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	562	192.79/cwt	189.50–194.50	1,083	56
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	333	172.09/cwt	171.00–173.00	573	16
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	698	155.50/cwt	155.50–155.50	1,085	27
Heifers	Medium and Large 2Unweaned	—	614	130.00/cwt	130.00–130.00	798	8
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	477	169.34/cwt	165.00–179.00	808	10
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	525	166.63/cwt	161.00–170.50	875	67
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	855	145.00/cwt	145.00–145.00	1,240	11
Steers	Medium 2	—	380	150.00/cwt	150.00–150.00	570	3
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	650	174.50/cwt	174.50–174.50	1,134	17
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	334	220.74/cwt	209.00–223.00	737	7
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	1,040	134.25/cwt	133.50–135.00	1,396	6
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	792	172.50/cwt	172.50–172.50	1,366	69
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	730	149.63/cwt	145.00–152.50	1,092	28
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	578	161.11/cwt	149.00–165.00	931	15
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	490	196.34/cwt	184.00–202.50	962	29
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	673	145.00/cwt	145.00–145.00	976	5
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	390	202.60/cwt	197.50–209.00	790	6
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	618	147.85/cwt	140.00–154.00	914	12
Steers	Medium 2	—	482	153.17/cwt	150.00–154.00	738	10
Steers	Medium 2	—	696	150.00/cwt	150.00–150.00	1,044	4
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	638	168.14/cwt	155.00–173.00	1,073	65
Steers	Medium 2	—	544	150.00/cwt	150.00–150.00	816	4
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	340	185.00/cwt	185.00–185.00	629	5
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	525	180.35/cwt	170.00–188.00	947	88
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	730	164.67/cwt	155.00–166.50	1,202	89
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	385	223.74/cwt	217.00–228.00	861	13
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	528	158.63/cwt	150.00–170.00	838	26
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	920	150.00/cwt	150.00–150.00	1,380	5
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	432	179.02/cwt	178.00–180.00	773	4
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	573	183.57/cwt	175.00–186.50	1,052	51
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	662	165.76/cwt	157.00–170.00	1,097	35
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	768	165.30/cwt	162.50–166.50	1,270	21
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	430	213.67/cwt	212.00–216.00	919	21
Dairy Steers	Large 3	—	532	95.00/cwt	95.00–95.00	505	3
Dairy Steers	Large 3	—	769	95.00/cwt	95.00–95.00	731	5
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	515	197.71/cwt	189.00–206.50	1,018	50
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	347	206.59/cwt	197.00–212.50	717	11
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	460	210.31/cwt	203.00–219.00	967	46
Bulls	Medium 2	—	410	145.00/cwt	145.00–145.00	595	5
Bulls	Medium 2	—	598	141.00/cwt	141.00–141.00	843	3
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	—	650	148.50/cwt	148.50–148.50	965	13
Bulls	Medium 2	—	528	128.00/cwt	128.00–128.00	676	13
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	—	491	184.00/cwt	184.00–184.00	903	4
Bulls	Medium and Large 2Unweaned	—	635	130.00/cwt	130.00–130.00	826	6
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,223	72.02/cwt	68.00–75.00	881	13
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,190	63.01/cwt	60.00–67.00	750	20
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	—	1,516	76.45/cwt	73.00–80.00	1,159	15
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	—	1,440	67.71/cwt	60.00–73.00	975	17
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,280	55.46/cwt	55.00–58.50	710	14
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	974	45.01/cwt	41.50–47.50	438	21
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	1,029	60.29/cwt	57.50–62.50	620	15
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	1,002	52.50/cwt	47.50–55.00	526	25
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	917	31.82/cwt	30.00–33.00	292	7
Bulls	—	—	1,677	90.16/cwt	85.00–95.50	1,512	5
Bulls	—	—	1,418	79.17/cwt	75.00–83.50	1,123	2
Bulls	—	—	2,355	96.00/cwt	96.00–96.00	2,261	1
Bred Cows	Medium 2	—	976	703.27/head	585.00–800.00	703	7
Stock Cows	Medium and Large 1-2	—	979	104.56/cwt	101.00–109.00	1,024	9
Stock Cows	Medium and Large 2	—	955	75.00/cwt	75.00–75.00	716	34
Stock Cows	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,018	100.00/cwt	100.00–100.00	1,018	3
Stock Cows	Medium and Large 1	—	873	126.00/cwt	126.00–126.00	1,100	3
Bred Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	943	975.00/head	975.00–975.00	975	3
Bred Cows	Medium 2	—	998	750.00/head	750.00–750.00	750	3
Bred Cows	Medium 2	—	952	700.00/head	700.00–700.00	700	3
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,074	1,034.43/head	900.00–1,085.00	1,034	19
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,064	850.00/head	850.00–850.00	850	7
Cow-Calf Pairs	Medium 2	—	875	1,150.00/head	1,150.00–1,150.00	1,150	3
Cow-Calf Pairs	Medium 2	—	935	1,010.00/head	1,010.00–1,010.00	1,010	6
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	415	176.36/cwt	166.00–183.00	732	55
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	680	148.51/cwt	147.00–150.00	1,010	64
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	575	164.07/cwt	160.00–169.00	943	49
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	370	176.05/cwt	173.00–181.00	651	12
Heifers	Medium 2	—	680	130.00/cwt	130.00–130.00	884	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Unweaned	—	314	155.00/cwt	155.00–155.00	487	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	490	155.91/cwt	150.00–160.00	764	69
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	958	125.00/cwt	125.00–125.00	1,198	22
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	523	147.99/cwt	145.00–157.00	774	32
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	377	163.15/cwt	156.00–168.00	615	33
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	763	135.00/cwt	135.00–135.00	1,030	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	457	172.23/cwt	170.00–173.00	787	21
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	578	138.50/cwt	131.00–145.00	801	18
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	565	155.33/cwt	148.00–160.00	878	22
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	620	151.52/cwt	146.00–155.50	939	24
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	471	142.49/cwt	134.00–148.00	671	10
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	678	142.69/cwt	132.00–145.00	967	25
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	863	125.00/cwt	125.00–125.00	1,079	6
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	—	548	149.00/cwt	149.00–149.00	817	3
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	—	484	166.00/cwt	166.00–166.00	803	10
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	—	603	135.00/cwt	135.00–135.00	814	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	611	157.00/cwt	157.00–157.00	959	6
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	515	136.52/cwt	130.00–141.00	703	9
Heifers	Medium 2	—	543	125.70/cwt	125.00–126.00	683	10

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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