Name: Mid Missouri Stockyards livestock auction prices — 2024-05-02
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2024-05-02

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to last week, steers sold 4.00 to 10.00 higher and heifers sold steady to 5.00 higher, except for 5 weight heifers which sold up to 20.00 higher. Slaughter cows were unevenly steady from 2.00 lower to 3.00 higher and slaughter bulls were steady to 3.00 higher. Demand was good on a light supply.

Weight class

Steers · summary 500–600 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

500–600 lb steers averaged $306.66/cwt on 116 head. That ranks 1 of 30 comparable sales and sits −149.61 against this barn's trailing median of $456.27.

Average price

$306.66

116 head · 549 lb average

Value per head Derived

$1,684

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$364

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

$56.18/cwt at this weight

vs the market

−10.42

vs MO average

−1.95 vs national

What quality paid 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1	551	315.98	1,741	85
Medium and Large 1-2	553	294.55	1,628	19thin
Medium and Large 2	530	259.80	1,377	12thin

One grade step is worth $56.18/cwt here — about $364 a head. Across this sale the premium is widest at 400–500 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 sale116 hd

306.66

—

MO average19 barns · 3,092 hd

317.08

−10.42

National average166 barns · 9,614 hd

308.61

−1.95

This barn, trailing median30 sales

456.27

−149.61

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	—	Low	1,572	153.83	2,418	9thin
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	Average	1,502	126.21	1,895	12
Cows	Boner 80-85%	Average	1,184	123.61	1,463	31
Cows	Lean 85-90%	High	1,010	100.54	1,016	39

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)	1,190	$1,596	12
Bred Heifers	2nd/3rd Stage (4-9 mo)	Young (2-4 yrs)	825	$1,350	2thin

Every lot, as filed

80 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	450–500	482	318.56/cwt	303.00–335.00	1,535	14
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	550–600	573	235.20/cwt	220.00–250.00	1,348	5
Stock Cows	Medium and Large 1-2	—	900	148.55/cwt	130.00–186.00	1,337	12
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	700–750	715	228.00/cwt	228.00–228.00	1,630	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	600–650	634	237.64/cwt	224.00–243.00	1,507	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	350–400	395	275.30/cwt	272.50–281.00	1,087	3
Steers	Medium and Large 2	550–600	585	235.00/cwt	235.00–235.00	1,375	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	550–600	566	268.46/cwt	267.00–273.00	1,519	12
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	600–650	620	285.07/cwt	280.00–290.00	1,767	11
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	500–550	542	260.00/cwt	260.00–260.00	1,409	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	400–450	432	318.00/cwt	318.00–318.00	1,374	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	550–600	574	239.91/cwt	234.00–258.00	1,377	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Unweaned	550–600	573	259.00/cwt	259.00–259.00	1,484	13
Bred Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	825	1,350.00/head	1,350.00–1,350.00	1,350	2
Steers	Medium and Large 1	600–650	619	297.29/cwt	292.50–299.00	1,840	24
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	750–800	754	228.50/cwt	228.50–228.50	1,723	20
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	800–850	801	206.45/cwt	191.50–215.50	1,654	12
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	600–650	630	232.00/cwt	232.00–232.00	1,462	3
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	350–400	376	342.50/cwt	342.50–342.50	1,288	8
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,190	1,596.15/head	1,250.00–1,860.00	1,596	12
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	600–650	627	251.84/cwt	247.00–253.00	1,579	10
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	650–700	658	244.50/cwt	244.50–244.50	1,609	5
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	350–400	375	350.00/cwt	350.00–350.00	1,313	2
Steers	Medium and Large 1	400–450	435	350.98/cwt	350.00–355.00	1,527	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	400–450	438	291.81/cwt	275.00–304.00	1,278	18
Steers	Medium and Large 1	550–600	560	311.91/cwt	307.00–315.50	1,747	34
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Thin Fleshed	500–550	532	312.00/cwt	312.00–312.00	1,660	9
Steers	Medium and Large 1	650–700	656	288.00/cwt	288.00–288.00	1,889	4
Steers	Medium and Large 1	300–350	331	375.00/cwt	375.00–375.00	1,241	6
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	450–500	468	307.00/cwt	307.00–307.00	1,437	4
Steers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	550–600	555	315.73/cwt	315.00–316.00	1,752	29
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	450–500	452	307.00/cwt	307.00–307.00	1,388	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	350–400	369	322.00/cwt	322.00–322.00	1,188	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	550–600	559	282.27/cwt	278.00–286.00	1,578	9
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	—	1,508	126.13/cwt	124.50–128.00	1,902	6
Bulls	—	—	1,505	114.00/cwt	114.00–114.00	1,716	1
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	—	1,500	132.56/cwt	129.00–137.00	1,988	4
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,169	123.72/cwt	119.00–128.50	1,446	20
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,137	111.84/cwt	108.00–118.50	1,272	5
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,273	133.03/cwt	129.50–134.50	1,693	6
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	972	124.21/cwt	124.00–125.00	1,207	5
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	1,044	112.71/cwt	107.00–119.00	1,177	11
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	—	1,485	113.78/cwt	113.50–114.00	1,690	2
Bulls	—	—	1,526	156.64/cwt	142.00–165.50	2,390	7
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	843	72.57/cwt	61.00–80.00	612	4
Bulls	—	—	1,960	174.00/cwt	174.00–174.00	3,410	1
Heifers	Medium 2	700–750	710	175.00/cwt	175.00–175.00	1,243	2
Heifers	Medium 2	350–400	370	210.00/cwt	210.00–210.00	777	3
Bulls	Large 2	1000–1050	1,025	144.00/cwt	144.00–144.00	1,476	4
Bulls	Large 1-2	950–1000	952	186.00/cwt	186.00–186.00	1,771	2
Bulls	Large 1-2	1050–1100	1,060	198.00/cwt	198.00–198.00	2,099	2
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	1,036	93.16/cwt	82.50–103.00	965	19
Steers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	600–650	644	287.00/cwt	287.00–287.00	1,848	7
Steers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	450–500	469	340.97/cwt	339.00–343.00	1,599	10
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	500–550	521	302.35/cwt	298.00–304.00	1,575	45
Steers	Medium and Large 1	350–400	352	360.00/cwt	360.00–360.00	1,267	2
Steers	Medium and Large 1	500–550	532	322.59/cwt	312.00–326.00	1,716	22
Steers	Medium and Large 1	450–500	468	346.44/cwt	338.50–359.00	1,621	23
Steers	Medium and Large 2	650–700	675	230.00/cwt	230.00–230.00	1,553	3
Steers	Medium and Large 2	600–650	624	239.12/cwt	215.00–245.00	1,492	10
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	450–500	473	264.23/cwt	257.50–270.00	1,250	3
Steers	Medium and Large 2	450–500	478	275.99/cwt	256.00–297.50	1,319	2
Steers	Medium and Large 2	750–800	775	218.02/cwt	216.00–219.00	1,690	6
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	600–650	605	208.00/cwt	208.00–208.00	1,258	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	400–450	415	255.00/cwt	255.00–255.00	1,058	2
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	700–750	711	247.88/cwt	230.00–257.00	1,762	4
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	400–450	422	333.88/cwt	331.00–343.00	1,409	4
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	300–350	302	370.00/cwt	370.00–370.00	1,117	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	500–550	528	242.77/cwt	238.00–247.50	1,282	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	600–650	623	200.61/cwt	195.00–206.00	1,250	2
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	550–600	577	293.34/cwt	290.00–297.50	1,693	10
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	500–550	526	295.90/cwt	287.00–307.50	1,556	9
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	800–850	842	200.82/cwt	200.00–202.50	1,691	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	450–500	477	291.77/cwt	274.00–298.00	1,392	24
Steers	Medium and Large 2	500–550	519	264.76/cwt	260.00–270.00	1,374	10
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	500–550	527	227.50/cwt	227.50–227.50	1,199	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	650–700	690	232.50/cwt	232.50–232.50	1,604	3
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	450–500	451	301.01/cwt	286.00–307.00	1,358	7
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	500–550	512	274.10/cwt	272.00–278.00	1,403	15
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	650–700	659	270.36/cwt	250.00–279.00	1,782	8

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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