Sale reports / Missouri / Mid Missouri Stockyards / 2023-05-25

Mid Missouri Stockyards

Feeder Cattle · Slaughter Cattle · Replacement Cattle · Phillipsburg, Missouri · Thu, May 25
● Final74 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 3654
Feeder Cattle receipts
780 head
741 vs last sale 1,521 780 vs year ago 0 · no sale a year ago
Slaughter Cattle receipts
197 head
56 vs last sale 141 197 vs year ago 0 · no sale a year ago
Replacement Cattle receipts
52 head
32 vs last sale 20 52 vs year ago 0 · no sale a year ago
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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to last week feeder steers sold 6.00-8.00 higher with some fancy 5 weight steers up to 20.00 higher. Feeder heifers sold 4.00-8.00 higher. In the slaughter classes slaughter cows and bulls sold steady to 5.00 higher. Supply was moderate with very good demand.

Weight class

Steers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot
0–100 lb steers averaged $240.72/cwt on 341 head.
Average price
$240.72
341 head · 524 lb average
Value per head Derived
$1,261
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
$440
per head · Medium and Large 1 over Medium 2
$49.54/cwt at this weight
vs the market
4.63
vs MO average

What quality paid 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 1535253.291,354176
Medium and Large 1-2540231.161,248114
Medium and Large 2451226.251,02034
Medium 2448203.7491417thin
One grade step is worth $49.54/cwt here — about $440 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 sale341 hd
240.72
MO average14 barns · 12,635 hd
245.35
−4.63
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
BullsAverage1,578116.421,83813
CowsBreaker 75-80%High1,397100.351,40123
CowsBoner 80-85%High1,21894.401,15041
CowsLean 85-90%Very Low99680.2980081

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)1,210$1,46528
Bred Cows1st Stage (1-3 mo)Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)1,013$9693thin
Cow-Calf PairsOpenYoung (2-4 yrs)725$1,6504thin
Cow-Calf PairsOpenYoung/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)1,013$1,1923thin

Every lot, as filed

74 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 1-2335230.59/cwt224.00–235.0077210
HeifersMedium and Large 1565222.05/cwt218.00–227.001,25523
HeifersMedium and Large 2538172.96/cwt170.00–185.0093115
HeifersMedium and Large 2381210.23/cwt205.00–215.008016
SteersMedium and Large 1-2512236.38/cwt225.00–245.001,21029
SteersMedium and Large 1-2326253.47/cwt250.00–260.008269
HeifersMedium and Large 1362239.00/cwt239.00–239.008654
HeifersMedium and Large 1943156.00/cwt156.00–156.001,4713
HeifersMedium and Large 1790178.20/cwt174.00–182.501,4088
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2579211.93/cwt211.00–216.001,22711
SteersMedium and Large 2482226.83/cwt225.00–231.001,09310
SteersMedium and Large 1-2767197.00/cwt197.00–197.001,5119
SteersMedium and Large 1-2367253.97/cwt252.00–255.009329
SteersMedium and Large 1435257.00/cwt257.00–257.001,11813
SteersMedium and Large 1318265.00/cwt265.00–265.008433
SteersMedium and Large 1561254.38/cwt245.00–259.501,42725
SteersMedium and Large 1377264.06/cwt261.00–268.0099611
SteersMedium and Large 1662223.00/cwt223.00–223.001,4766
SteersMedium and Large 2383240.00/cwt240.00–240.009196
SteersMedium 2578170.00/cwt170.00–170.009833
SteersMedium 2439204.80/cwt201.00–210.008997
SteersMedium and Large 2441233.23/cwt231.00–237.001,0298
SteersMedium and Large 1520267.37/cwt254.00–273.001,39040
SteersMedium and Large 1465262.70/cwt249.00–268.001,22227
SteersMedium and Large 1-2406240.00/cwt240.00–240.009744
SteersMedium and Large 1-2464240.14/cwt239.00–242.001,11414
SteersMedium and Large 2312230.00/cwt230.00–230.007183
SteersMedium 2350215.00/cwt215.00–215.007534
SteersMedium and Large 1-2689214.05/cwt209.50–218.501,47512
SteersMedium and Large 1-2579233.22/cwt225.50–244.001,35011
SteersMedium and Large 1-2636217.75/cwt215.00–222.501,38517
BullsMedium and Large 1-2368238.00/cwt238.00–238.008763
BullsMedium and Large 2618186.00/cwt186.00–186.001,1497
BullsMedium and Large 1418249.00/cwt249.00–249.001,0413
BullsMedium and Large 2437221.00/cwt221.00–221.009663
BullsMedium and Large 1-2415236.23/cwt229.00–241.009808
BullsMedium and Large 1315271.00/cwt271.00–271.008544
CowsBreaker 75-80%1,407107.20/cwt105.00–110.001,5089
CowsBoner 80-85%1,295101.92/cwt100.00–110.001,3209
CowsLean 85-90%74045.00/cwt45.00–45.003332
CowsLean 85-90%92067.69/cwt61.00–75.0062313
CowsLean 85-90%1,06990.27/cwt85.00–96.0096519
Bulls1,520111.94/cwt110.00–115.001,7019
Bulls1,710126.50/cwt125.00–130.002,1634
CowsBreaker 75-80%1,39095.94/cwt90.00–100.001,33414
CowsBoner 80-85%1,19692.29/cwt85.00–100.001,10432
CowsLean 85-90%99981.25/cwt75.00–85.0081247
Bred CowsMedium and Large 1-21,1781,308.94/head1,250.00–1,360.001,3094
Cow-Calf PairsMedium and Large 21,0131,191.67/head1,100.00–1,375.001,1923
Cow-Calf PairsMedium 27251,650.00/head1,650.00–1,650.001,6504
Stock CowsMedium and Large 1-2732151.00/cwt151.00–151.001,1053
Bred CowsMedium and Large 11,2321,525.77/head1,300.00–1,575.001,52622
Bred CowsMedium and Large 21,013969.41/head900.00–1,000.009693
Bred CowsMedium and Large 21,0351,104.03/head1,085.00–1,125.001,1042
HeifersMedium 2395185.00/cwt185.00–185.007313
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2523200.32/cwt187.50–207.501,04813
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2605199.00/cwt199.00–199.001,2043
BullsMedium and Large 2473217.00/cwt217.00–217.001,0263
BullsMedium and Large 2568202.00/cwt202.00–202.001,1475
BullsMedium and Large 2505211.00/cwt211.00–211.001,0668
HeifersMedium and Large 1436238.45/cwt225.00–247.001,04036
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2461200.71/cwt187.50–218.0092511
HeifersMedium and Large 2459189.19/cwt184.00–193.0086816
HeifersMedium and Large 2426185.00/cwt185.00–185.007888
HeifersMedium and Large 1330244.00/cwt244.00–244.008053
HeifersMedium and Large 1491234.15/cwt225.00–243.001,15014
SteersMedium and Large 1627236.32/cwt229.50–242.501,48251
HeifersMedium and Large 1620221.00/cwt221.00–221.001,3709
HeifersMedium and Large 1509236.78/cwt218.00–242.001,20519
HeifersMedium 2420183.00/cwt183.00–183.007693
HeifersMedium and Large 1662207.75/cwt207.75–207.751,37515
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2432212.31/cwt200.00–219.0091712
SteersMedium and Large 2535204.03/cwt197.00–208.001,0927
SteersMedium 2472220.00/cwt220.00–220.001,0383

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.