Name: Mid Missouri Stockyards livestock auction prices — 2024-04-11
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2024-04-11

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to last week feeder steers sold 5.00-10.00 lower with feeder heifers selling 6.00-15.00 higher. Slaughter cows sold 2.00-5.00 lower with slaughter bulls 8.00-10.00 higher. Supply was moderate with very good demand.

Weight class

Heifers · summary 500–600 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

500–600 lb heifers averaged $266.28/cwt on 57 head. That ranks 1 of 30 comparable sales and sits −135.03 against this barn's trailing median of $401.31.

Average price

$266.28

57 head · 550 lb average

Value per head Derived

$1,464

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$459

per head · Medium and Large 1 over Medium and Large 2

$75.29/cwt at this weight

vs the market

+2.45

vs MO average

+2.32 vs national

What quality paid 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1	548	277.29	1,520	41
Medium and Large 1-2	561	246.39	1,382	13thin
Medium and Large 2	525	202.00	1,061	3thin

One grade step is worth $75.29/cwt here — about $459 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

Heifers 500–600 lb: high $442.30, low $373.72, median $401.31 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 sale57 hd

266.28

—

MO average15 barns · 2,131 hd

263.83

+2.45

National average181 barns · 13,137 hd

263.96

+2.32

This barn, trailing median30 sales

401.31

−135.03

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	1,698	151.84	2,578	13
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	Low	1,465	126.66	1,855	23
Cows	Boner 80-85%	Average	1,206	125.53	1,514	17
Cows	Lean 85-90%	Low	1,019	101.22	1,032	27

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)	Aged (>8 yrs)	1,425	$1,600	1thin
Bred Cows	2nd/3rd Stage (4-9 mo)	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	1,041	$1,389	3thin

Every lot, as filed

64 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
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	450–500	482	287.95/cwt	280.00–291.00	1,388	41
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	400–450	431	308.90/cwt	287.50–320.00	1,331	32
Steers	Medium and Large 1	450–500	454	328.18/cwt	319.00–330.00	1,490	41
Steers	Medium and Large 1	300–350	340	355.72/cwt	350.00–370.00	1,209	25
Steers	Medium and Large 1	800–850	802	236.00/cwt	236.00–236.00	1,893	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	700–750	734	221.31/cwt	211.00–225.50	1,624	28
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	—	1,415	111.15/cwt	105.00–117.00	1,573	3
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	—	1,472	127.67/cwt	122.50–133.00	1,879	17
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	450–500	455	270.00/cwt	270.00–270.00	1,229	3
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,200	128.26/cwt	122.50–132.00	1,539	14
Stock Cows	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,180	130.00/cwt	130.00–130.00	1,534	3
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	450–500	485	311.60/cwt	302.50–315.00	1,511	12
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	700–750	729	230.00/cwt	230.00–230.00	1,677	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	350–400	383	306.00/cwt	306.00–306.00	1,172	23
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	550–600	592	243.61/cwt	235.00–250.00	1,442	7
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	550–600	567	277.35/cwt	260.00–284.00	1,573	44
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	550–600	562	276.00/cwt	276.00–276.00	1,551	4
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	600–650	628	238.50/cwt	238.50–238.50	1,498	3
Steers	Medium and Large 1	650–700	688	269.00/cwt	269.00–269.00	1,851	3
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,425	1,600.00/head	1,600.00–1,600.00	1,600	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	600–650	608	253.14/cwt	237.00–255.00	1,539	97
Steers	Medium and Large 1	400–450	432	321.62/cwt	317.50–327.00	1,389	10
Steers	Medium and Large 1	500–550	529	302.66/cwt	292.50–317.50	1,601	9
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	350–400	385	340.23/cwt	338.00–342.50	1,310	6
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	400–450	434	305.65/cwt	300.00–310.00	1,327	8
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	800–850	800	220.00/cwt	220.00–220.00	1,760	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	550–600	570	266.29/cwt	263.00–274.00	1,518	26
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	300–350	327	324.59/cwt	322.50–327.50	1,061	15
Steers	Medium and Large 1	550–600	562	289.00/cwt	289.00–289.00	1,624	26
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	450–500	453	315.62/cwt	314.00–316.00	1,430	16
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,233	112.77/cwt	109.00–119.50	1,390	3
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	1,035	107.97/cwt	99.00–111.50	1,117	13
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	904	72.15/cwt	40.00–90.00	652	7
Bulls	—	—	1,792	165.22/cwt	160.50–170.00	2,961	3
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	—	1,473	136.48/cwt	135.00–137.50	2,010	3
Bulls	Medium 2	550–600	587	220.00/cwt	220.00–220.00	1,291	3
Bulls	Medium 2	500–550	500	220.00/cwt	220.00–220.00	1,100	3
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	1,106	117.75/cwt	114.00–121.00	1,302	7
Bulls	—	—	1,670	147.82/cwt	140.00–155.00	2,469	10
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	650–700	659	250.34/cwt	239.00–253.00	1,650	11
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	350–400	366	324.97/cwt	322.00–330.00	1,189	8
Steers	Medium and Large 1	600–650	619	279.35/cwt	273.00–281.00	1,729	28
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	500–550	510	296.36/cwt	292.00–305.00	1,511	15
Steers	Medium and Large 1	700–750	706	252.50/cwt	252.50–252.50	1,783	31
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	300–350	340	387.50/cwt	387.50–387.50	1,318	3
Steers	Medium and Large 2	350–400	392	300.00/cwt	300.00–300.00	1,176	3
Steers	Medium and Large 2	450–500	455	280.00/cwt	280.00–280.00	1,274	3
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	500–550	528	236.00/cwt	236.00–236.00	1,246	3
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	650–700	686	257.50/cwt	257.50–257.50	1,766	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	500–550	525	202.00/cwt	202.00–202.00	1,061	3
Steers	Medium and Large 2	550–600	577	249.24/cwt	235.00–257.50	1,438	16
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	750–800	789	238.00/cwt	238.00–238.00	1,878	14
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	400–450	446	270.29/cwt	263.00–277.50	1,205	6
Steers	Medium and Large 2	650–700	658	227.00/cwt	227.00–227.00	1,494	3
Steers	Medium and Large 2	500–550	520	244.82/cwt	237.50–250.00	1,273	13
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	600–650	622	256.97/cwt	251.00–260.00	1,598	13
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	300–350	300	300.00/cwt	300.00–300.00	900	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	500–550	525	249.63/cwt	235.00–265.00	1,311	6
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	600–650	645	225.00/cwt	225.00–225.00	1,451	3
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,041	1,389.31/head	1,300.00–1,525.00	1,389	3
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	500–550	545	289.00/cwt	289.00–289.00	1,575	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	650–700	672	225.00/cwt	225.00–225.00	1,512	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	700–750	720	180.00/cwt	180.00–180.00	1,296	3
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	500–550	512	270.00/cwt	270.00–270.00	1,382	3

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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