Sale reports / Missouri / Mid Missouri Stockyards / 2024-02-29

Mid Missouri Stockyards

Feeder Cattle · Slaughter Cattle · Replacement Cattle · Phillipsburg, Missouri · Thu, Feb 29
● Final67 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 3654
Feeder Cattle receipts
1,108 head
▼ 35 vs last sale 1,143▼ 207 vs year ago 1,315 · −15.7%
Slaughter Cattle receipts
85 head
▼ 11 vs last sale 96▼ 82 vs year ago 167 · −49.1%
Replacement Cattle receipts
17 head
▼ 4 vs last sale 21▼ 23 vs year ago 40 · −57.5%
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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to last week feeder steers under 725 lbs. sold 5.00-10.00 higher with the exception of light 4 weight calves selling up to 30.00 higher. Feeder steers over 725 lbs. sold steady to 2.00 higher. Feeder heifers sold unevenly from 4.00 lower to 12.00 higher. Slaughter cows and bulls sold steady to 3.00 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 $273.98/cwt on 635 head.
Average price
$273.98
635 head · 667 lb average
Value per head Derived
$1,827
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
$104
per head · Medium and Large 1-2 over Medium and Large 2
$26.41/cwt at this weight
vs the market
−1.81
vs MO average

What quality paid 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 1-2548285.971,56699
Medium and Large 1694272.291,890514
Medium and Large 2563259.551,46222
One grade step is worth $26.41/cwt here — about $104 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 sale635 hd
273.98
—
MO average15 barns · 12,639 hd
275.79
−1.81
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—High1,711134.602,3049thin
CowsBreaker 75-80%High1,461116.191,69814
CowsBoner 80-85%Average1,196113.261,35429
CowsLean 85-90%Low97885.5083726

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)1,181$1,66614
Bred Cows2nd/3rd Stage (4-9 mo)Aged (>8 yrs)1,398$1,5932thin

Every lot, as filed

67 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 2—631186.04/cwt183.00–189.001,1746
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2—631225.89/cwt217.50–234.001,4254
HeifersMedium and Large 1—720232.00/cwt232.00–232.001,67067
SteersMedium and Large 1—783245.91/cwt244.50–250.501,925167
SteersMedium and Large 1—819242.35/cwt239.50–242.501,98560
SteersMedium and Large 2—688237.50/cwt237.50–237.501,6343
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2—474257.02/cwt254.00–259.001,21810
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2—345267.50/cwt267.50–267.509233
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2—566236.07/cwt231.00–242.501,33612
SteersMedium and Large 1—430366.03/cwt345.00–392.001,57422
SteersMedium and Large 1-2—521280.28/cwt270.00–285.001,46018
SteersMedium and Large 1-2—441330.00/cwt330.00–330.001,4559
SteersMedium and Large 1—658283.04/cwt277.50–289.501,86276
SteersMedium and Large 1—475325.00/cwt325.00–325.001,5449
SteersMedium and Large 1—709263.62/cwt260.50–265.001,86999
SteersMedium and Large 1-2—635260.17/cwt246.00–266.001,65213
SteersMedium and Large 1-2—662252.00/cwt252.00–252.001,6683
SteersMedium and Large 1-2—567287.03/cwt272.00–295.001,62717
SteersMedium and Large 1-2—479312.55/cwt302.50–322.501,49712
SteersMedium and Large 1—520318.28/cwt305.00–343.001,65546
SteersMedium and Large 1—578312.15/cwt297.50–315.001,80412
SteersMedium and Large 1-2—742232.00/cwt232.00–232.001,7213
SteersMedium and Large 2—636235.00/cwt235.00–235.001,4954
SteersMedium and Large 2—480275.22/cwt270.00–281.001,3219
SteersMedium and Large 1-2—815219.83/cwt205.00–224.001,7929
SteersMedium and Large 1-2—379323.53/cwt307.50–335.001,22615
SteersMedium and Large 2—578263.45/cwt262.00–265.001,5236
BullsMedium and Large 1—638256.00/cwt256.00–256.001,6338
HeifersMedium and Large 2—768185.00/cwt185.00–185.001,4213
BullsMedium and Large 1-2—435305.00/cwt305.00–305.001,3273
BullsMedium and Large 2—485281.79/cwt277.50–286.001,3678
BullsMedium and Large 1-2—391321.00/cwt321.00–321.001,2555
BullsMedium and Large 2—525247.50/cwt247.50–247.501,2998
CowsBoner 80-85%—1,173107.76/cwt100.00–113.001,26412
CowsLean 85-90%—98079.76/cwt75.00–85.007827
CowsLean 85-90%—97093.25/cwt90.00–97.009056
CowsBreaker 75-80%—1,471122.34/cwt118.00–128.001,8005
CowsBoner 80-85%—1,212117.14/cwt113.00–125.001,42017
CowsLean 85-90%—89162.23/cwt50.00–70.005546
CowsLean 85-90%—1,059104.55/cwt99.00–114.001,1077
CowsBreaker 75-80%—1,456112.77/cwt108.50–118.001,6429
Bulls——1,773138.66/cwt135.00–144.002,4586
Bulls——1,588126.49/cwt123.50–130.002,0093
Bred CowsMedium and Large 1—1,3981,592.84/head1,585.00–1,600.001,5932
Bred CowsMedium and Large 1—1,2421,914.33/head1,600.00–2,125.001,9146
Bred CowsMedium and Large 1-2—1,1361,480.61/head1,360.00–1,675.001,4818
HeifersMedium and Large 2—730185.00/cwt185.00–185.001,3513
HeifersMedium and Large 2—693204.35/cwt190.00–213.001,4168
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2—670230.00/cwt230.00–230.001,5414
HeifersMedium and Large 2—548195.00/cwt195.00–195.001,0693
HeifersMedium and Large 1—576254.75/cwt250.00–266.001,46718
BullsMedium and Large 1—660254.00/cwt254.00–254.001,6763
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2—382268.96/cwt260.00–282.501,0275
HeifersMedium and Large 1—762221.50/cwt221.50–221.501,68827
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2—439265.20/cwt265.00–266.001,16410
HeifersMedium and Large 1—388309.97/cwt299.00–316.001,20314
HeifersMedium and Large 2—570210.00/cwt210.00–210.001,1974
HeifersMedium and Large 2—360235.00/cwt235.00–235.008462
HeifersMedium and Large 1—526277.62/cwt263.00–297.001,46047
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2—830208.50/cwt208.50–208.501,73122
SteersMedium and Large 1—608294.12/cwt279.00–304.001,78815
HeifersMedium and Large 1—663243.38/cwt240.00–246.001,61429
HeifersMedium and Large 1—468294.68/cwt281.00–306.001,37922
HeifersMedium and Large 1—639244.49/cwt242.50–247.001,56236
HeifersMedium and Large 2—425242.50/cwt242.50–242.501,0313
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2—510256.00/cwt256.00–256.001,3063
SteersMedium and Large 1—364370.51/cwt362.50–377.501,3498

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.