Name: Mid Missouri Stockyards livestock auction prices — 2023-03-23
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2023-03-23

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to last week feeder steers sold steady to 4.00 higher with feeder heifers selling steady. Slaughter cows and bulls sold steady. Supply was light with very good demand.

Weight class

Steers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

0–100 lb steers averaged $222.74/cwt on 319 head.

Average price

$222.74

319 head · 572 lb average

Value per head Derived

$1,274

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$284

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

$35.40/cwt at this weight

vs the market

+9.79

vs MO average

What quality paid 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1	562	231.85	1,302	217
Medium and Large 1-2	601	204.03	1,226	93
Medium and Large 2	518	196.45	1,018	9thin

One grade step is worth $35.40/cwt here — about $284 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 sale319 hd

222.74

—

MO average16 barns · 8,951 hd

212.95

+9.79

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	1,579	112.40	1,775	17
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	High	1,480	92.36	1,367	14
Cows	Boner 80-85%	High	1,189	90.67	1,078	17
Cows	Lean 85-90%	Very Low	999	71.60	715	57

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)	1,052	$1,121	11
Bred Heifers	2nd/3rd Stage (4-9 mo)	(<2 yrs)	737	$1,038	12

Every lot, as filed

66 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 2	—	474	203.14/cwt	200.00–208.00	963	5
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	529	234.77/cwt	230.00–240.00	1,242	32
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	573	188.08/cwt	185.00–191.00	1,078	4
Steers	Medium and Large 1Fancy	—	358	276.00/cwt	276.00–276.00	988	8
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	384	223.63/cwt	217.00–228.00	859	23
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	427	218.11/cwt	214.50–222.00	931	21
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	568	192.38/cwt	192.00–192.50	1,093	9
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	521	175.55/cwt	172.00–178.00	915	16
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	642	174.00/cwt	174.00–174.00	1,117	10
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	779	180.05/cwt	178.00–182.00	1,403	12
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	508	222.34/cwt	220.00–223.00	1,129	14
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	370	234.00/cwt	234.00–234.00	866	2
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	625	221.62/cwt	207.00–227.00	1,385	83
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	574	233.34/cwt	228.50–239.00	1,339	47
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	708	187.00/cwt	187.00–187.00	1,324	4
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	722	175.98/cwt	175.00–177.00	1,271	8
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	330	252.00/cwt	252.00–252.00	832	2
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	584	218.49/cwt	214.00–224.00	1,276	14
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	417	251.48/cwt	249.00–258.00	1,049	15
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	680	192.65/cwt	187.50–195.00	1,310	13
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	345	229.00/cwt	229.00–229.00	790	2
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	637	193.03/cwt	181.00–202.00	1,230	7
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	465	219.15/cwt	216.00–225.00	1,019	7
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	419	223.12/cwt	216.00–235.00	935	11
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	652	218.50/cwt	218.00–219.50	1,425	6
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	478	244.67/cwt	239.50–249.00	1,170	20
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	965	155.00/cwt	155.00–155.00	1,496	3
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	—	521	204.00/cwt	204.00–204.00	1,063	8
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	—	570	211.24/cwt	209.00–215.00	1,204	8
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	—	324	251.00/cwt	251.00–251.00	813	6
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	—	455	200.00/cwt	200.00–200.00	910	4
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	—	730	170.00/cwt	170.00–170.00	1,241	3
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	—	686	182.00/cwt	182.00–182.00	1,249	10
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	870	55.50/cwt	40.00–60.00	483	9
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	996	67.02/cwt	60.00–70.00	668	14
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	1,106	87.19/cwt	82.00–100.00	964	7
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	1,015	75.29/cwt	70.00–83.00	764	27
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	—	1,548	96.57/cwt	95.00–100.00	1,495	6
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	—	1,429	89.20/cwt	87.50–93.50	1,275	8
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,223	95.88/cwt	95.00–97.00	1,173	4
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,179	89.07/cwt	87.50–92.00	1,050	13
Bulls	—	—	1,468	98.18/cwt	97.50–99.00	1,441	2
Bulls	—	—	1,918	116.84/cwt	112.50–125.00	2,241	5
Bulls	—	—	1,733	109.70/cwt	105.00–114.00	1,901	6
Bulls	—Return to Feed	—	979	118.00/cwt	118.00–118.00	1,155	4
Bred Heifers	Medium 1-2	—	737	1,037.73/head	800.00–1,125.00	1,038	12
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,179	1,277.66/head	1,000.00–1,425.00	1,278	6
Bred Cows	Medium 1-2	—	900	933.86/head	850.00–1,075.00	934	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	475	183.80/cwt	183.00–184.00	873	10
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	712	159.40/cwt	155.00–165.00	1,135	8
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	454	220.19/cwt	206.00–226.00	1,000	14
Heifers	Medium and Large 2Fleshy	—	630	145.00/cwt	145.00–145.00	914	3
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	—	398	224.00/cwt	224.00–224.00	892	3
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	—	572	192.00/cwt	192.00–192.00	1,098	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	328	204.70/cwt	202.50–207.50	671	8
Heifers	Large 1-2	—	650	172.00/cwt	172.00–172.00	1,118	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	498	174.00/cwt	174.00–174.00	867	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	350	182.50/cwt	182.50–182.50	639	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	688	178.96/cwt	177.00–183.00	1,231	6
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	583	178.26/cwt	173.00–182.50	1,039	40
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	728	162.50/cwt	162.50–162.50	1,183	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	797	164.00/cwt	164.00–164.00	1,307	11
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	423	196.31/cwt	193.00–200.00	830	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	319	231.31/cwt	219.00–238.00	738	8
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	520	198.01/cwt	193.00–203.00	1,030	57
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	615	188.43/cwt	184.00–197.00	1,159	25

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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