Name: Mid Missouri Stockyards livestock auction prices — 2023-05-04
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2023-05-04

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to last week, steers and heifers traded steady to 5.00 lower. Demand was good on a moderate to heavy supply. A quality offering this week with many drafts of 450lb to 600lb calves that were well sought after throughout the day. Slaughter cows and bulls sold mostly steady on a moderate supply.

Weight class

Steers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

0–100 lb steers averaged $226.57/cwt on 656 head.

Average price

$226.57

656 head · 591 lb average

Value per head Derived

$1,338

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$308

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

$49.21/cwt at this weight

vs the market

−12.86

vs MO average

What quality paid 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1	555	245.86	1,364	249
Large 1	570	243.00	1,385	12thin
Medium 1-2	572	218.00	1,247	6thin
Medium and Large 1-2	623	215.34	1,341	354
Medium 2	484	215.00	1,041	4thin
Medium and Large 2	537	196.65	1,056	31

One grade step is worth $49.21/cwt here — about $308 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 sale656 hd

226.57

—

MO average18 barns · 14,816 hd

239.43

−12.86

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	1,551	110.36	1,712	20
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	Average	1,418	92.68	1,314	15
Cows	Boner 80-85%	Average	1,129	89.01	1,005	41
Cows	Lean 85-90%	Very Low	969	71.31	691	53

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)	1,126	$1,137	7
Bred Cows	2nd/3rd Stage (4-9 mo)	Aged (>8 yrs)	933	$756	3thin
Bred Heifers	2nd/3rd Stage (4-9 mo)	(<2 yrs)	884	$1,026	5
Bulls	N/A	Young (2-4 yrs)	1,355	$1,600	1thin
Bulls	N/A	(<2 yrs)	1,158	$1,200	2thin
Cow-Calf Pairs	Open	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	1,573	$2,063	2thin
Cow-Calf Pairs	Open	Aged (>8 yrs)	1,040	$1,100	5

Every lot, as filed

89 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 1-2	—	370	249.29/cwt	242.00–258.00	922	7
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	797	191.52/cwt	175.00–192.00	1,526	64
Steers	Medium and Large 1Fancy	—	577	259.00/cwt	259.00–259.00	1,494	11
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	428	248.03/cwt	240.00–255.00	1,062	46
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	421	212.50/cwt	210.00–220.00	895	8
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	620	210.55/cwt	208.00–226.00	1,305	7
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	710	198.28/cwt	190.00–198.75	1,408	72
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	838	162.00/cwt	162.00–162.00	1,358	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	461	223.48/cwt	221.50–226.00	1,030	9
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	643	185.43/cwt	181.00–192.00	1,192	5
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	382	218.00/cwt	218.00–218.00	833	2
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	748	175.00/cwt	175.00–175.00	1,309	2
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	585	172.48/cwt	170.00–175.00	1,009	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	373	235.21/cwt	230.00–238.00	877	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	476	213.13/cwt	205.00–220.00	1,014	45
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	571	242.98/cwt	237.50–253.00	1,387	93
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	678	222.49/cwt	222.00–223.00	1,508	12
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	523	250.23/cwt	243.00–259.00	1,309	26
Steers	Large 1	—	570	243.00/cwt	243.00–243.00	1,385	12
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	616	200.56/cwt	198.00–205.00	1,235	17
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	369	224.93/cwt	220.00–230.00	830	20
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	422	230.09/cwt	228.00–231.00	971	10
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	479	237.65/cwt	230.00–245.00	1,138	67
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	475	256.73/cwt	245.00–264.00	1,219	12
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	911	181.00/cwt	181.00–181.00	1,649	27
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	457	205.78/cwt	205.00–206.00	940	9
Steers	Medium 1-2	—	572	218.00/cwt	218.00–218.00	1,247	6
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	520	222.01/cwt	214.00–235.00	1,154	28
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	403	279.50/cwt	265.00–282.00	1,126	35
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	632	230.26/cwt	226.50–232.50	1,455	30
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	970	162.35/cwt	161.00–165.00	1,575	3
Steers	Medium 2	—	484	215.00/cwt	215.00–215.00	1,041	4
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	323	256.17/cwt	250.00–258.00	827	9
Steers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	—	565	234.50/cwt	234.50–234.50	1,325	15
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	676	212.53/cwt	207.50–216.00	1,437	5
Steers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	—	612	223.50/cwt	223.50–223.50	1,368	7
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	591	220.47/cwt	217.00–232.00	1,303	19
Steers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	—	676	218.00/cwt	218.00–218.00	1,474	8
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	—	373	235.84/cwt	230.00–240.00	880	5
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	—	634	195.98/cwt	180.00–199.50	1,243	16
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	—	432	234.00/cwt	234.00–234.00	1,011	3
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	—	688	188.46/cwt	185.00–199.00	1,297	4
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	—	714	173.75/cwt	173.00–174.00	1,241	4
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	—	523	206.32/cwt	206.00–207.00	1,079	3
Bulls	—	—	1,440	93.25/cwt	80.00–102.50	1,343	3
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,123	88.64/cwt	85.00–94.50	995	29
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	818	46.85/cwt	35.00–55.00	383	8
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	1,014	79.79/cwt	74.00–86.00	809	28
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	955	66.37/cwt	58.00–70.00	634	15
Bulls	—	—	1,519	109.85/cwt	105.00–117.50	1,669	13
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	1,050	87.52/cwt	87.00–88.00	919	2
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	—	1,384	93.98/cwt	86.00–96.50	1,301	10
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	—	1,459	82.97/cwt	80.00–85.00	1,211	3
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	—	1,525	100.71/cwt	97.50–103.50	1,536	2
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,076	84.11/cwt	82.00–85.50	905	7
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,241	98.01/cwt	97.00–100.00	1,216	5
Bulls	—	—	1,738	124.85/cwt	123.00–129.00	2,170	4
Stock Cows	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,008	99.40/cwt	91.00–120.00	1,002	11
Stock Cows	Medium and Large 1-2	—	795	132.79/cwt	106.00–154.00	1,056	3
Bred Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	810	910.00/head	910.00–910.00	910	3
Bred Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	995	1,200.00/head	1,200.00–1,200.00	1,200	2
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 2	—	933	756.42/head	635.00–860.00	756	3
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,198	1,228.26/head	1,000.00–1,575.00	1,228	5
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 2	—	945	909.52/head	875.00–950.00	910	2
Cow-Calf Pairs	Medium and Large 1	—	1,573	2,062.50/head	2,000.00–2,125.00	2,063	2
Cow-Calf Pairs	Medium and Large 2	—	1,040	1,100.00/head	1,100.00–1,100.00	1,100	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Thin Fleshed	—	528	227.00/cwt	227.00–227.00	1,199	20
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	—	543	212.00/cwt	212.00–212.00	1,151	7
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	—	584	206.00/cwt	206.00–206.00	1,203	7
Heifers	Large 1-2	—	890	158.00/cwt	158.00–158.00	1,406	16
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	568	211.54/cwt	201.00–221.00	1,202	97
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	679	179.67/cwt	170.00–184.00	1,220	13
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	695	157.50/cwt	157.50–157.50	1,095	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	714	170.50/cwt	162.50–177.00	1,217	16
Heifers	Large 1-2	—	585	197.00/cwt	197.00–197.00	1,152	14
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	413	196.65/cwt	180.00–210.00	812	12
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	476	196.84/cwt	181.00–200.00	937	6
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	578	192.84/cwt	185.00–194.00	1,115	18
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	520	201.91/cwt	199.00–207.00	1,050	22
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	338	213.00/cwt	213.00–213.00	720	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	826	166.12/cwt	163.50–177.00	1,372	5
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	—	580	200.09/cwt	193.00–207.00	1,161	6
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	—	522	172.00/cwt	172.00–172.00	898	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	533	214.31/cwt	208.00–219.50	1,142	52
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	421	223.10/cwt	213.00–228.00	939	50
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	593	176.94/cwt	167.50–180.00	1,049	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	608	175.00/cwt	175.00–175.00	1,064	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,355	1,600.00/head	1,600.00–1,600.00	1,600	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,158	1,200.00/head	1,200.00–1,200.00	1,200	2

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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