Sale reports / Missouri / Mid Missouri Stockyards / 2023-08-24

Mid Missouri Stockyards

Feeder Cattle · Slaughter Cattle · Replacement Cattle · Phillipsburg, Missouri · Thu, Aug 24
● Final30 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 3654
Feeder Cattle receipts
102 head
▼ 510 vs last sale 612▲ 102 vs year ago 0 · no sale a year ago
Slaughter Cattle receipts
85 head
▼ 74 vs last sale 159▲ 85 vs year ago 0 · no sale a year ago
Replacement Cattle receipts
23 head
▼ 39 vs last sale 62▲ 23 vs year ago 0 · no sale a year ago
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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to last week receipts were too light for a market comparison. Supply was light with good demand. Extreme high heat index is causing very little livestock movement.

Weight class

Heifers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot
0–100 lb heifers averaged $211.27/cwt on 22 head.
Average price
$211.27
22 head · 575 lb average
Value per head Derived
$1,214
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
$373
per head · Medium and Large 1-2 over Medium and Large 2
$9.74/cwt at this weight
vs the market
−28.68
vs MO average

What quality paid 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 1-2656216.591,42110thin
Medium and Large 2507206.841,04812thin
One grade step is worth $9.74/cwt here — about $373 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 sale22 hd
211.27
—
MO average10 barns · 3,032 hd
239.96
−28.68
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
Bulls—Average1,375117.411,6145thin
CowsBoner 80-85%Average1,142106.971,2213thin
CowsBreaker 75-80%Average1,410104.921,4798thin
CowsLean 85-90%Very Low96084.8781525

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)1,105$1,2068
Bred Cows1st Stage (1-3 mo)Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)857$1,0543thin

Every lot, as filed

30 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
BullsMedium and Large 2—490250.00/cwt250.00–250.001,2252
BullsMedium and Large 2—371265.00/cwt265.00–265.009835
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2—580226.00/cwt226.00–226.001,3114
HeifersMedium and Large 2—370220.00/cwt220.00–220.008142
HeifersMedium and Large 2—410207.50/cwt207.50–207.508513
HeifersMedium and Large 2—470212.50/cwt212.50–212.509993
SteersMedium and Large 2—625212.50/cwt212.50–212.501,3282
SteersMedium and Large 1—370327.50/cwt327.50–327.501,2122
SteersMedium and Large 1-2—600255.00/cwt255.00–255.001,5302
SteersMedium 2—450230.00/cwt230.00–230.001,0352
SteersMedium and Large 2—372247.50/cwt247.50–247.509212
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2—707210.31/cwt206.00–214.001,4876
HeifersMedium and Large 2—675195.53/cwt192.00–199.001,3204
SteersMedium and Large 1—415292.50/cwt292.50–292.501,2142
SteersMedium and Large 1—348324.00/cwt324.00–324.001,1283
SteersMedium and Large 1-2—512252.00/cwt252.00–252.001,2903
SteersMedium and Large 1-2—440255.00/cwt255.00–255.001,1222
Bred CowsMedium and Large 1-2—1,1731,338.43/head1,275.00–1,440.001,3386
Bred CowsMedium and Large 2—900810.19/head750.00–860.008102
Bred CowsMedium and Large 2—8571,054.43/head950.00–1,225.001,0543
Bulls——1,375117.41/cwt110.00–124.001,6145
CowsBoner 80-85%—1,090104.70/cwt102.00–107.501,1412
CowsBoner 80-85%—1,245111.50/cwt111.50–111.501,3881
CowsBreaker 75-80%—1,408105.53/cwt105.00–106.001,4863
CowsBreaker 75-80%—1,420113.75/cwt113.50–114.001,6152
CowsBreaker 75-80%—1,40598.43/cwt95.00–102.001,3833
CowsLean 85-90%—89552.01/cwt40.00–69.004653
CowsLean 85-90%—1,01899.99/cwt98.00–103.001,0185
CowsLean 85-90%—84880.75/cwt79.50–82.006854
CowsLean 85-90%—98787.90/cwt81.50–97.5086813

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.