Sale reports / Missouri / Mid Missouri Stockyards / 2024-01-18

Mid Missouri Stockyards

Feeder Cattle · Slaughter Cattle · Phillipsburg, Missouri · Thu, Jan 18
● Final44 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 3654
Feeder Cattle receipts
665 head
630 vs last sale 1,295 222 vs year ago 887 · 25.0%
Slaughter Cattle receipts
75 head
18 vs last sale 93 7 vs year ago 68 · +10.3%
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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to last week, steers and heifers sold mostly 8.00 to 14.00 higher with spots up to 20.00 higher on lightweight heifer calves on a light, but high quality run of feeder cattle. Slaughter cows and bulls sold 8.00 to 10.00 higher. Demand was good for all classes on a light supply.

Weight class

Steers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot
0–100 lb steers averaged $259.57/cwt on 264 head.
Average price
$259.57
264 head · 604 lb average
Value per head Derived
$1,569
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
$404
per head · Medium and Large 1 over Medium and Large 2
$27.60/cwt at this weight
vs the market
+8.48
vs MO average

What quality paid 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 1607266.171,616198
Medium and Large 1-2614240.011,47555
Medium and Large 2508238.561,21111thin
One grade step is worth $27.60/cwt here — about $404 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 sale264 hd
259.57
MO average4 barns · 1,196 hd
251.08
+8.48
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
BullsAverage1,994121.862,4304thin
CowsBoner 80-85%Average1,221105.871,29318
CowsBreaker 75-80%High1,583105.341,66815
CowsLean 85-90%Low1,09890.8899825

Every lot, as filed

44 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 1-2578240.00/cwt240.00–240.001,3873
BullsMedium and Large 2562184.00/cwt184.00–184.001,0345
BullsMedium and Large 1-2486258.00/cwt258.00–258.001,2545
BullsMedium and Large 1-2797188.00/cwt188.00–188.001,4986
BullsMedium and Large 1-2525259.00/cwt259.00–259.001,3602
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2476234.45/cwt230.00–235.001,11611
SteersMedium and Large 1653254.56/cwt254.25–255.001,66255
SteersMedium and Large 1333321.60/cwt308.00–328.001,0713
SteersMedium and Large 1471310.36/cwt296.00–322.001,46226
SteersMedium and Large 1-2786209.50/cwt209.50–209.501,6477
SteersMedium and Large 1-2631235.68/cwt228.00–239.501,48738
SteersMedium and Large 1-2480265.00/cwt265.00–265.001,2724
SteersMedium and Large 1-2448291.00/cwt291.00–291.001,3042
SteersMedium and Large 1-2375283.99/cwt283.00–285.001,0654
HeifersMedium 2499175.00/cwt175.00–175.008735
SteersMedium and Large 2642217.50/cwt217.50–217.501,3964
SteersMedium and Large 2431250.60/cwt245.00–265.001,0807
SteersMedium and Large 1646253.43/cwt241.00–254.001,63788
SteersMedium and Large 1519297.22/cwt296.00–299.001,54310
SteersMedium and Large 1562274.52/cwt273.00–276.501,54316
HeifersMedium and Large 2383206.12/cwt205.00–212.5078913
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2425245.00/cwt245.00–245.001,0413
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2642217.43/cwt207.00–218.501,39610
HeifersMedium and Large 1381282.00/cwt282.00–282.001,0745
HeifersMedium and Large 1521254.86/cwt254.00–255.001,32814
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2543220.25/cwt220.00–221.001,1964
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2734186.30/cwt180.00–200.001,3677
HeifersMedium and Large 1614222.67/cwt220.00–224.001,36749
HeifersMedium 2375180.00/cwt180.00–180.006753
HeifersMedium and Large 1459267.68/cwt264.00–270.001,22927
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2683208.32/cwt207.00–213.501,42319
BullsMedium and Large 1-2435252.00/cwt252.00–252.001,0964
HeifersMedium and Large 1590229.58/cwt229.50–230.001,35545
HeifersMedium and Large 2442207.50/cwt207.50–207.509173
HeifersMedium and Large 2696172.00/cwt172.00–172.001,1976
HeifersMedium and Large 2494212.33/cwt212.00–215.001,0499
Bulls1,994121.86/cwt120.00–123.502,4304
CowsLean 85-90%91681.98/cwt74.00–85.507514
CowsBoner 80-85%1,218104.81/cwt101.50–107.501,27715
CowsBoner 80-85%1,237111.14/cwt109.50–113.001,3753
CowsBreaker 75-80%1,601113.36/cwt110.00–116.001,8154
CowsLean 85-90%1,13392.58/cwt87.00–100.001,04921
CowsBreaker 75-80%1,64097.73/cwt97.50–98.001,6032
CowsBreaker 75-80%1,563103.46/cwt100.00–107.501,6179

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.