Name: Mid Missouri Stockyards livestock auction prices — 2024-03-28
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2024-03-28

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to last week feeder steer and heifers sold 8.00-12.00 lower on a light test. Slaughter cows and bulls sold 2.00-4.00 lower. Supply was light with moderate demand.

Weight class

Steers · summary 500–600 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

500–600 lb steers averaged $288.93/cwt on 120 head. That ranks 1 of 30 comparable sales and sits −167.34 against this barn's trailing median of $456.27.

Average price

$288.93

120 head · 542 lb average

Value per head Derived

$1,565

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$431

per head · Medium and Large 1 over Medium 2

$77.99/cwt at this weight

vs the market

−21.80

vs MO average

−21.33 vs national

What quality paid 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1	527	308.99	1,628	62
Medium and Large 1-2	562	274.82	1,545	44
Medium and Large 2	551	249.86	1,378	10thin
Medium 2	518	231.00	1,197	4thin

One grade step is worth $77.99/cwt here — about $431 a head. Across this sale the premium is widest at 500–600 lb. USDA reports each grade on its own line and never publishes the spread.

This barn's trailing prices 500–600 lb

30 sales

Steers 500–600 lb: high $501.78, low $420.65, median $456.27 across 30 sales. Sales under 10 head in this class are excluded, so a thin day cannot swing the median or the ranking.

How it compared 500–600 lb

Same class and week · spot auction only

This sale120 hd

288.93

—

MO average16 barns · 2,160 hd

310.73

−21.80

National average156 barns · 8,291 hd

310.26

−21.33

This barn, trailing median30 sales

456.27

−167.34

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.

Class	Grade	Dressing	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Bulls	—	High	1,876	161.03	3,021	6thin
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	Average	1,408	131.71	1,854	14
Cows	Boner 80-85%	Average	1,211	127.41	1,543	15
Cows	Lean 85-90%	Very Low	970	107.60	1,043	14

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.

Class	Stage	Age	Avg wt	$/head	Head
Bred Cows	2nd/3rd Stage (4-9 mo)	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	1,391	$1,972	4thin
Cow-Calf Pairs	Open	Young (2-4 yrs)	890	$1,575	2thin

Every lot, as filed

60 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.

Class	Grade / description	Weight	Avg wt	Price	Range	Per head	Head
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	400–450	421	305.22/cwt	302.50–309.00	1,285	5
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	550–600	568	266.00/cwt	266.00–266.00	1,511	3
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	500–550	500	264.00/cwt	264.00–264.00	1,320	3
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	550–600	580	273.08/cwt	265.00–285.00	1,584	30
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	600–650	610	238.10/cwt	237.00–239.00	1,452	9
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	450–500	485	323.18/cwt	318.00–327.00	1,567	7
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	750–800	757	232.00/cwt	232.00–232.00	1,756	4
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	350–400	380	330.00/cwt	330.00–330.00	1,254	3
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	600–650	623	262.81/cwt	255.00–265.00	1,637	30
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	350–400	377	289.44/cwt	281.00–297.50	1,091	6
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	600–650	618	255.00/cwt	255.00–255.00	1,576	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	500–550	525	285.20/cwt	275.00–289.00	1,497	24
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	550–600	551	258.86/cwt	252.00–264.00	1,426	7
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	500–550	529	260.50/cwt	242.00–266.00	1,378	23
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	700–750	745	239.00/cwt	239.00–239.00	1,781	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	400–450	424	276.02/cwt	275.00–277.00	1,170	6
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	350–400	350	335.00/cwt	335.00–335.00	1,173	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	650–700	677	252.84/cwt	252.00–254.00	1,712	7
Steers	Medium and Large 1	450–500	458	326.00/cwt	326.00–326.00	1,493	3
Steers	Medium and Large 1	300–350	315	372.50/cwt	372.50–372.50	1,173	3
Steers	Medium and Large 1	500–550	522	309.95/cwt	295.00–321.00	1,618	58
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 1	—	1,391	1,971.54/head	1,850.00–2,075.00	1,972	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	400–450	417	301.19/cwt	295.00–305.00	1,256	13
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,213	126.08/cwt	120.00–130.00	1,529	8
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	990	77.80/cwt	75.00–81.00	770	2
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	911	116.68/cwt	114.00–119.00	1,063	5
Bulls	—	—	1,876	161.03/cwt	153.50–170.00	3,021	6
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	—	1,410	130.66/cwt	127.00–134.50	1,842	12
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	—	1,393	137.98/cwt	137.00–139.00	1,922	2
Cow-Calf Pairs	Medium and Large 2	—	890	1,575.00/head	1,575.00–1,575.00	1,575	2
Bulls	Medium 2	500–550	520	215.00/cwt	215.00–215.00	1,118	3
Heifers	Large 1	800–850	803	215.00/cwt	215.00–215.00	1,726	46
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	991	95.09/cwt	90.00–100.00	942	4
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	1,025	129.02/cwt	122.50–132.50	1,322	3
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,208	107.50/cwt	107.50–107.50	1,299	2
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,209	137.50/cwt	133.00–141.00	1,662	5
Steers	Medium and Large 1	550–600	598	295.00/cwt	295.00–295.00	1,764	4
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	700–750	710	229.00/cwt	229.00–229.00	1,626	2
Steers	Medium and Large 1Fancy	450–500	467	363.00/cwt	363.00–363.00	1,695	10
Heifers	Medium 2	400–450	427	233.00/cwt	233.00–233.00	995	3
Heifers	Medium 2	500–550	548	207.50/cwt	207.50–207.50	1,137	3
Steers	Medium 2	500–550	518	231.00/cwt	231.00–231.00	1,197	4
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	650–700	692	223.00/cwt	223.00–223.00	1,543	3
Steers	Medium and Large 2	700–750	722	230.00/cwt	230.00–230.00	1,661	4
Steers	Medium and Large 2	650–700	683	237.50/cwt	237.50–237.50	1,622	4
Steers	Medium and Large 1	800–850	808	240.00/cwt	240.00–240.00	1,939	3
Steers	Medium and Large 1	600–650	625	277.00/cwt	277.00–277.00	1,731	3
Steers	Medium and Large 1	400–450	419	341.60/cwt	330.00–351.00	1,431	7
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	500–550	524	278.56/cwt	270.00–287.00	1,460	14
Steers	Medium and Large 2	600–650	618	240.00/cwt	240.00–240.00	1,483	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	450–500	483	260.64/cwt	260.00–261.00	1,259	8
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	550–600	554	225.00/cwt	225.00–225.00	1,247	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	600–650	615	205.00/cwt	205.00–205.00	1,261	3
Steers	Medium and Large 2	500–550	531	255.10/cwt	250.00–260.00	1,355	6
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	600–650	611	223.89/cwt	218.50–228.00	1,368	8
Steers	Medium and Large 2	400–450	432	275.00/cwt	275.00–275.00	1,188	5
Steers	Medium and Large 2	550–600	582	242.00/cwt	242.00–242.00	1,408	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	400–450	443	245.00/cwt	245.00–245.00	1,085	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	450–500	466	273.00/cwt	273.00–273.00	1,272	4
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	650–700	667	260.91/cwt	253.00–273.00	1,740	27

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.

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