Sale reports / Missouri / Mid Missouri Stockyards / 2024-01-25

Mid Missouri Stockyards

Feeder Cattle · Slaughter Cattle · Replacement Cattle · Phillipsburg, Missouri · Thu, Jan 25
● Final53 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 3654
Feeder Cattle receipts
652 head
13 vs last sale 665 235 vs year ago 887 · 26.5%
Slaughter Cattle receipts
74 head
1 vs last sale 75 6 vs year ago 68 · +8.8%
Replacement Cattle receipts
6 head
6 vs last sale 0 4 vs year ago 10 · 40.0%
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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to last week feeder steers sold steady to 2.00 higher. Feeder heifers sold 5.00-10.00 higher with spots up to 20.00 higher. In the slaughter portion of the auction slaughter cows and bulls sold steady to 2.00 higher. Supply was light with very good demand.

Weight class

Heifers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot
0–100 lb heifers averaged $241.41/cwt on 260 head.
Average price
$241.41
260 head · 556 lb average
Value per head Derived
$1,341
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
$299
per head · Medium and Large 1 over Medium and Large 2
$36.93/cwt at this weight
vs the market
+11.02
vs MO average

What quality paid 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 1535252.001,347181
Medium and Large 1-2627217.531,36366
Medium and Large 2487215.081,04813thin
One grade step is worth $36.93/cwt here — about $299 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 sale260 hd
241.41
MO average18 barns · 12,072 hd
230.39
+11.02
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
BullsAverage1,814123.332,2374thin
CowsBoner 80-85%Average1,266105.591,33716
CowsBreaker 75-80%Average1,549104.171,61419
CowsLean 85-90%Low1,05888.2993422

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
Cow-Calf PairsOpenYoung/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)1,030$1,8005

Every lot, as filed

53 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
CowsBoner 80-85%1,254102.70/cwt96.50–107.501,28812
CowsBreaker 75-80%1,547103.25/cwt97.00–108.001,59714
CowsBreaker 75-80%1,558114.00/cwt114.00–114.001,7763
CowsLean 85-90%1,00080.29/cwt72.50–86.008039
SteersMedium and Large 1578274.50/cwt274.50–274.501,58711
SteersMedium and Large 1-2802199.00/cwt199.00–199.001,5963
SteersMedium and Large 1-2792212.50/cwt212.50–212.501,6834
HeifersMedium and Large 1924185.00/cwt185.00–185.001,7094
SteersMedium and Large 1-2477278.07/cwt272.00–285.001,32613
CowsLean 85-90%1,12989.18/cwt85.00–94.001,0079
CowsLean 85-90%1,028104.27/cwt102.50–108.001,0724
CowsBoner 80-85%1,301114.26/cwt109.00–117.001,4874
SteersMedium and Large 1440313.48/cwt300.00–319.001,37931
SteersMedium and Large 1-2602240.00/cwt240.00–240.001,4452
SteersMedium and Large 1660250.34/cwt248.50–251.501,65213
SteersMedium and Large 1361327.50/cwt327.50–327.501,1824
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2776191.15/cwt185.00–195.001,4838
SteersMedium and Large 1540281.35/cwt280.00–293.001,51929
SteersMedium and Large 1638255.41/cwt251.50–266.001,63016
SteersMedium and Large 1-2674244.32/cwt237.50–245.001,64734
SteersMedium and Large 1-2706220.40/cwt217.50–225.001,55612
SteersMedium and Large 1-2575267.38/cwt256.00–272.501,53718
SteersMedium and Large 2568237.00/cwt237.00–237.001,3463
BullsMedium and Large 1481281.00/cwt281.00–281.001,35213
CowsBreaker 75-80%1,55395.83/cwt94.00–97.501,4882
Bulls1,580120.18/cwt117.50–122.501,8992
Bulls2,048126.48/cwt125.00–128.002,5902
Cow-Calf PairsMedium and Large 1-21,0301,800.00/head1,800.00–1,800.001,8005
HeifersMedium and Large 1686219.78/cwt215.00–223.001,50810
HeifersMedium and Large 1343280.00/cwt280.00–280.0096015
HeifersMedium and Large 1615217.73/cwt216.00–220.001,3397
HeifersMedium and Large 1482265.71/cwt259.00–267.001,28118
BullsMedium and Large 1-2532245.00/cwt245.00–245.001,3032
HeifersMedium and Large 2631186.00/cwt186.00–186.001,1746
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2320235.00/cwt235.00–235.007523
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2552231.00/cwt231.00–231.001,2753
HeifersMedium and Large 1427273.49/cwt267.50–277.001,16848
HeifersMedium and Large 1575250.77/cwt246.50–255.501,44246
HeifersMedium and Large 1710208.97/cwt200.00–212.501,48421
HeifersMedium and Large 1518259.73/cwt258.00–261.001,34512
SteersMedium and Large 2379265.00/cwt265.00–265.001,0044
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2410234.00/cwt234.00–234.009594
HeifersMedium and Large 2328240.00/cwt240.00–240.007873
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2536235.36/cwt235.00–236.001,26214
HeifersMedium and Large 2391240.00/cwt240.00–240.009384
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2688211.73/cwt209.50–215.001,45734
SteersMedium and Large 1712237.93/cwt232.00–240.001,69445
SteersMedium and Large 1473311.63/cwt305.00–316.001,47413
BullsMedium and Large 1600237.00/cwt237.00–237.001,4226
BullsMedium and Large 1395304.00/cwt304.00–304.001,20111
BullsMedium and Large 1-2655211.00/cwt211.00–211.001,3823
BullsMedium and Large 2592206.00/cwt206.00–206.001,2203
BullsMedium and Large 1-2748200.00/cwt200.00–200.001,4964

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.