Sale reports / Missouri / Mid Missouri Stockyards / 2023-02-16

Mid Missouri Stockyards

Feeder Cattle · Slaughter Cattle · Replacement Cattle · Phillipsburg, Missouri · Thu, Feb 16
● Final75 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 3654
Feeder Cattle receipts
976 head
223 vs last sale 1,199 976 vs year ago 0 · no sale a year ago
Slaughter Cattle receipts
96 head
63 vs last sale 159 96 vs year ago 0 · no sale a year ago
Replacement Cattle receipts
35 head
25 vs last sale 10 35 vs year ago 0 · no sale a year ago
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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to last week, feeder steers traded unevenly steady from 3.00 lower to 2.00 higher. Feeder heifers traded steady to 3.00 lower. Slaughter cows traded 1.00 to 4.00 higher and slaughter bulls traded mostly steady. Demand was moderate to good for all classes on a moderate to light supply .

Weight class

Steers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot
0–100 lb steers averaged $195.46/cwt on 428 head.
Average price
$195.46
428 head · 634 lb average
Value per head Derived
$1,239
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
$365
per head · Medium and Large 1-2 over Medium and Large 2
$25.24/cwt at this weight
vs the market
6.54
vs MO average

What quality paid 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 1-2555197.681,09687
Medium and Large 1660195.501,291332
Medium and Large 2424172.447329thin
One grade step is worth $25.24/cwt here — about $365 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 sale428 hd
195.46
MO average15 barns · 13,953 hd
202.00
−6.54
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 · $/cwt
Cull cows and bulls are graded, not weight-classed — grade is what moves the money here.
ClassGradeDressingAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
BullsLow1,73198.551,7069thin
CowsBoner 80-85%High1,19484.241,00631
CowsBreaker 75-80%Average1,41483.681,18413
CowsLean 85-90%Very Low1,09468.2874728

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 $/cwt figures above.
ClassStageAgeAvg wt$/headHead
Bred Cows2nd/3rd Stage (4-9 mo)Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)1,217$1,13113
Bred Cows1st Stage (1-3 mo)Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)1,044$1,0094thin

Every lot, as filed

75 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.
ClassGrade / descriptionWeightAvg wtPriceRangePer headHead
HeifersMedium and Large 1449192.43/cwt192.00–199.0086416
HeifersMedium and Large 2505154.00/cwt154.00–154.007783
HeifersMedium and Large 2434161.34/cwt156.00–165.0070017
HeifersMedium and Large 2784130.27/cwt120.00–136.001,0216
SteersMedium and Large 2467168.27/cwt165.00–170.007863
SteersMedium and Large 1483222.50/cwt222.50–222.501,0755
SteersMedium and Large 1574218.39/cwt210.00–230.001,25429
HeifersMedium and Large 1381198.20/cwt197.00–210.0075510
HeifersMedium and Large 1704163.00/cwt163.00–163.001,1489
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2582168.50/cwt164.00–176.5098132
SteersMedium and Large 1-2829166.00/cwt166.00–166.001,3764
SteersMedium and Large 1-2375207.28/cwt202.00–213.007774
SteersMedium and Large 1-2882165.66/cwt165.00–166.001,4613
HeifersLarge 1-2498180.00/cwt180.00–180.008967
HeifersMedium and Large 1571181.57/cwt177.00–183.251,03726
HeifersMedium and Large 1657175.73/cwt169.00–180.001,15513
SteersMedium and Large 1-2525190.83/cwt186.00–192.501,0024
SteersMedium and Large 1424237.04/cwt231.00–241.001,00516
SteersMedium and Large 1-2483204.13/cwt199.00–209.0098620
SteersMedium and Large 1517219.88/cwt209.00–229.001,13726
SteersMedium and Large 1Fancy542237.00/cwt237.00–237.001,2856
HeifersMedium and Large 1534182.51/cwt181.50–193.0097533
SteersMedium and Large 1-2432216.02/cwt205.00–221.5093321
SteersMedium and Large 1-2570198.02/cwt189.00–205.501,12913
SteersMedium and Large 1-2628184.16/cwt175.00–186.001,1576
SteersMedium and Large 1-2732178.84/cwt178.50–179.001,30912
SteersMedium and Large 1654198.50/cwt198.50–198.501,2986
SteersMedium and Large 2403174.52/cwt169.00–180.007036
SteersMedium and Large 1382230.76/cwt230.00–231.008824
SteersMedium and Large 1630201.17/cwt197.50–203.501,26723
SteersMedium and Large 1722183.36/cwt182.50–185.001,324217
BullsMedium and Large 1-2634157.00/cwt157.00–157.009955
BullsMedium and Large 1-2410186.69/cwt185.00–189.007657
BullsMedium and Large 1561189.46/cwt185.50–192.001,06313
BullsMedium and Large 1345216.00/cwt216.00–216.007453
BullsMedium and Large 1508195.00/cwt195.00–195.009916
BullsMedium and Large 1401213.00/cwt213.00–213.008545
CowsBoner 80-85%1,23089.56/cwt89.00–91.001,1024
CowsLean 85-90%80535.70/cwt22.00–45.002873
CowsLean 85-90%1,07664.54/cwt60.00–66.006946
CowsBoner 80-85%1,18584.55/cwt79.50–88.501,00222
Bulls1,42885.31/cwt80.00–90.001,2182
CowsBreaker 75-80%1,45287.61/cwt85.00–91.001,2728
CowsBoner 80-85%1,20678.61/cwt75.00–79.509485
Bulls1,75599.07/cwt93.00–105.001,7395
Bulls1,973110.48/cwt110.00–111.002,1802
CowsLean 85-90%1,26079.50/cwt79.50–79.501,0023
CowsLean 85-90%1,12473.68/cwt68.00–79.0082816
CowsBreaker 75-80%1,35477.40/cwt77.00–79.001,0485
Stock CowsMedium and Large 1-2878132.20/cwt130.00–136.001,1616
Stock CowsMedium and Large 1-295798.16/cwt85.00–115.009399
Bred CowsMedium and Large 1-21,2811,183.31/head1,100.00–1,250.001,1837
Bred CowsMedium and Large 1-21,0441,008.62/head950.00–1,100.001,0094
Bred CowsMedium and Large 2961901.95/head850.00–960.009024
Bred CowsMedium and Large 11,5081,405.17/head1,400.00–1,410.001,4052
BullsMedium and Large 2498174.50/cwt174.50–174.508696
HeifersMedium and Large 1622178.10/cwt168.00–180.501,10821
BullsMedium and Large 1-2509179.02/cwt177.00–187.009118
BullsMedium and Large 1-2559158.97/cwt155.00–175.0088910
BullsMedium and Large 2514150.00/cwt150.00–150.007718
BullsMedium and Large 1-2763154.00/cwt154.00–154.001,1753
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2384186.29/cwt178.00–193.0071526
HeifersMedium and Large 2374174.74/cwt174.00–175.006544
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2826136.88/cwt133.00–140.001,1317
HeifersMedium 2444146.21/cwt146.00–148.006499
HeifersMedium and Large 2343175.00/cwt175.00–175.006003
HeifersMedium and Large 2469161.18/cwt155.00–165.0075619
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2422182.81/cwt170.00–189.007719
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2605162.46/cwt161.00–163.0098315
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2474177.26/cwt168.00–185.008409
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2325182.27/cwt175.00–185.0059219
HeifersMedium and Large 2567156.17/cwt149.00–158.008855
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2508176.74/cwt174.00–179.0089811
HeifersMedium and Large 1476197.91/cwt185.00–202.0094232
HeifersMedium and Large 1333209.35/cwt202.50–216.006976

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.