Name: Mid Missouri Stockyards livestock auction prices — 2023-01-12
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2023-01-12

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to last week feeder steers traded 2.00-5.00 higher with feeder heifers steady to 4.00 higher. In the slaughter portion of the sale slaughter cows traded 2.00-4.00 lower. Supply was heavy with very good demand.

Weight class

Steers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

0–100 lb steers averaged $194.09/cwt on 706 head.

Average price

$194.09

706 head · 582 lb average

Value per head Derived

$1,130

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$342

per head · Medium and Large 1 over Medium 2

$35.31/cwt at this weight

vs the market

+2.35

vs MO average

What quality paid 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1	596	199.06	1,185	545
Medium and Large 1-2	555	181.46	1,006	100
Medium and Large 2	510	171.21	873	55
Medium 2	515	163.75	843	6thin

One grade step is worth $35.31/cwt here — about $342 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 sale706 hd

194.09

—

MO average18 barns · 22,371 hd

191.75

+2.35

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
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	Average	1,479	73.25	1,083	33
Cows	Boner 80-85%	High	1,245	68.32	851	48
Cows	Lean 85-90%	Very Low	1,030	49.41	509	67

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)	1,124	$896	20
Bred Cows	2nd/3rd Stage (4-9 mo)	Aged (>8 yrs)	1,196	$824	6

Every lot, as filed

83 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
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	521	178.91/cwt	169.00–182.00	932	68
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	628	164.27/cwt	160.00–166.50	1,032	48
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	423	181.68/cwt	177.00–185.00	769	28
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	434	164.90/cwt	160.00–175.00	716	6
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	569	159.10/cwt	154.00–167.00	905	47
Heifers	Medium 2	—	337	147.00/cwt	147.00–147.00	495	5
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	372	218.02/cwt	215.00–222.50	811	6
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	804	168.00/cwt	168.00–168.00	1,351	38
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	567	206.85/cwt	197.00–212.00	1,173	133
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	432	218.68/cwt	206.00–227.00	945	24
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	758	145.00/cwt	145.00–145.00	1,099	10
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	458	186.32/cwt	181.00–189.00	853	9
Steers	Medium 2	—	438	162.50/cwt	162.50–162.50	712	3
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	632	158.00/cwt	158.00–158.00	999	3
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	568	167.71/cwt	166.00–171.00	953	20
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	470	171.82/cwt	163.00–177.50	808	12
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	519	164.20/cwt	156.00–168.00	852	24
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	670	160.50/cwt	159.00–161.00	1,075	4
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	582	180.35/cwt	175.00–187.00	1,050	19
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	468	192.76/cwt	174.00–202.00	902	17
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	542	186.18/cwt	177.00–187.00	1,009	12
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	611	167.50/cwt	165.00–175.00	1,023	24
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	710	177.71/cwt	177.50–178.00	1,262	17
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	516	155.82/cwt	152.00–167.00	804	4
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	433	197.36/cwt	187.00–200.00	855	5
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	673	168.49/cwt	165.00–177.00	1,134	8
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	704	167.85/cwt	165.00–170.00	1,182	7
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	465	217.45/cwt	205.00–226.00	1,011	30
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	368	188.45/cwt	182.00–201.00	693	12
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	335	210.00/cwt	210.00–210.00	704	5
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	374	209.47/cwt	208.00–212.50	783	3
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	657	188.03/cwt	184.00–194.25	1,235	127
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	525	211.34/cwt	191.00–222.00	1,110	103
Steers	Medium 2	—	592	165.00/cwt	165.00–165.00	977	3
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	634	191.67/cwt	184.00–196.00	1,215	67
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	—	502	174.00/cwt	174.00–174.00	873	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	—	637	155.00/cwt	155.00–155.00	987	3
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	—	464	180.61/cwt	175.00–185.00	838	14
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	—	568	176.00/cwt	176.00–176.00	1,000	8
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	—	477	204.00/cwt	204.00–204.00	973	6
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	—	311	228.00/cwt	228.00–228.00	709	7
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	—	1,470	71.41/cwt	64.50–75.00	1,050	23
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	953	27.10/cwt	20.00–30.00	258	5
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	959	44.09/cwt	38.50–50.00	423	28
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	1,118	67.18/cwt	65.00–71.50	751	5
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	1,096	55.34/cwt	50.00–66.50	607	29
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	—	1,499	77.47/cwt	75.00–80.00	1,161	10
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,249	75.76/cwt	74.00–78.00	946	4
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,252	68.76/cwt	63.50–72.50	861	40
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,175	56.43/cwt	54.50–60.00	663	4
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,196	824.36/head	750.00–885.00	824	6
Bred Cows	Medium 2	—	980	711.20/head	625.00–825.00	711	6
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,185	975.61/head	850.00–1,210.00	976	14
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	—	595	154.00/cwt	154.00–154.00	916	3
Bulls	Medium 2	—	390	161.00/cwt	161.00–161.00	628	7
Bulls	Medium 2	—	497	145.00/cwt	145.00–145.00	721	3
Bulls	Medium 2	—	603	135.00/cwt	135.00–135.00	814	7
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	—	528	153.00/cwt	153.00–153.00	808	17
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	—	446	167.50/cwt	167.50–167.50	747	10
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	668	133.32/cwt	125.00–145.00	891	5
Heifers	Medium 2	—	558	128.00/cwt	128.00–128.00	714	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	425	145.38/cwt	142.00–149.00	618	2
Bulls	Medium 2	—	502	145.00/cwt	145.00–145.00	728	7
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	—	622	148.00/cwt	148.00–148.00	921	3
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	—	369	181.00/cwt	181.00–181.00	668	3
Heifers	Medium 2	—	524	131.81/cwt	130.00–135.00	691	8
Heifers	Medium 2	—	618	120.00/cwt	120.00–120.00	742	6
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	481	150.02/cwt	146.00–155.00	722	16
Heifers	Medium 2	—	402	135.00/cwt	135.00–135.00	543	2
Heifers	Medium 2	—	492	135.31/cwt	130.00–137.50	666	8
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	570	147.67/cwt	137.00–151.00	842	6
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	396	165.58/cwt	162.50–168.00	656	10
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	768	137.50/cwt	137.50–137.50	1,056	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	340	167.02/cwt	164.00–175.00	568	11
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	523	150.00/cwt	150.00–150.00	785	7
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	567	174.51/cwt	170.50–177.00	989	55
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	620	156.95/cwt	154.00–159.00	973	20
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	306	181.87/cwt	179.00–183.00	557	17
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	651	162.00/cwt	162.00–162.00	1,055	13
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	370	182.25/cwt	177.00–185.00	674	9
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	659	157.29/cwt	153.00–158.00	1,037	16
Heifers	Medium 2	—	364	143.56/cwt	135.00–147.00	523	17
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	469	164.49/cwt	158.00–173.00	771	24

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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