Name: Mid Missouri Stockyards livestock auction prices — 2024-05-23
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2024-05-23

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to last week feeder steers sold 4.00-9.00 higher. Feeder heifers sold 3.00-10.00 higher with six weight heifers up to 15.00 higher. Slaughter cows sold 3.00-5.00 higher with slaughter bulls 2.00-4.00 higher. Supply was moderate with very good demand.

Weight class

Steers · summary 500–600 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

500–600 lb steers averaged $309.05/cwt on 150 head. That ranks 1 of 30 comparable sales and sits −147.22 against this barn's trailing median of $456.27.

Average price

$309.05

150 head · 540 lb average

Value per head Derived

$1,668

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$438

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

$77.44/cwt at this weight

vs the market

−7.46

vs MO average

−5.05 vs national

What quality paid 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1	537	318.44	1,710	112
Medium and Large 1-2	551	288.96	1,593	32
Medium and Large 2	528	241.00	1,272	6thin

One grade step is worth $77.44/cwt here — about $438 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 sale150 hd

309.05

—

MO average15 barns · 3,778 hd

316.51

−7.46

National average158 barns · 11,390 hd

314.10

−5.05

This barn, trailing median30 sales

456.27

−147.22

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	1,710	166.74	2,851	15
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	Average	1,501	137.12	2,058	13
Cows	Boner 80-85%	High	1,231	134.34	1,654	17
Cows	Lean 85-90%	High	967	115.79	1,120	36

Every lot, as filed

59 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
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	450–500	468	300.00/cwt	300.00–300.00	1,404	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	500–550	521	260.87/cwt	250.00–274.00	1,359	14
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	750–800	771	215.62/cwt	213.00–217.00	1,662	9
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	300–350	320	339.92/cwt	337.50–342.50	1,088	6
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	350–400	382	323.40/cwt	320.00–327.50	1,235	15
Steers	Medium and Large 1	650–700	662	285.79/cwt	279.00–290.00	1,892	14
Steers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	500–550	516	316.54/cwt	312.50–324.00	1,633	14
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Unweaned	600–650	620	232.00/cwt	232.00–232.00	1,438	12
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	600–650	643	260.00/cwt	260.00–260.00	1,672	16
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Unweaned	650–700	672	260.84/cwt	260.00–263.00	1,753	14
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	500–550	532	291.70/cwt	275.00–305.00	1,552	15
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	650–700	681	245.60/cwt	242.00–250.00	1,673	11
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	550–600	581	282.12/cwt	280.00–284.00	1,639	24
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	800–850	811	221.50/cwt	221.50–221.50	1,796	16
Steers	Medium and Large 1	600–650	623	296.83/cwt	282.00–313.50	1,849	118
Steers	Medium and Large 1	500–550	520	324.09/cwt	303.00–339.00	1,685	64
Steers	Medium and Large 1	550–600	578	308.59/cwt	306.00–314.50	1,784	34
Steers	Medium and Large 1	300–350	320	355.00/cwt	355.00–355.00	1,136	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	350–400	386	325.00/cwt	325.00–325.00	1,255	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	700–750	723	244.46/cwt	241.00–248.00	1,767	6
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	500–550	520	298.40/cwt	279.00–306.00	1,552	36
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	400–450	430	304.51/cwt	295.00–315.00	1,309	26
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	450–500	459	305.62/cwt	297.00–315.50	1,403	27
Bulls	—	—	1,738	174.23/cwt	165.50–186.00	3,028	7
Bulls	—	—	1,685	160.19/cwt	154.00–165.00	2,699	8
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,214	137.04/cwt	134.00–139.50	1,664	11
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,263	129.39/cwt	126.50–133.00	1,634	6
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	1,020	132.45/cwt	123.50–144.50	1,351	12
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	917	101.72/cwt	92.00–109.00	933	15
Steers	Medium and Large 1	400–450	434	375.35/cwt	362.50–381.00	1,629	14
Steers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	600–650	630	295.29/cwt	288.00–299.00	1,860	12
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	600–650	628	259.00/cwt	259.00–259.00	1,627	6
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	—	1,552	130.17/cwt	122.00–133.00	2,020	5
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	980	117.02/cwt	109.00–124.00	1,147	9
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	—	1,469	141.46/cwt	135.50–151.50	2,078	8
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	300–350	347	272.50/cwt	272.50–272.50	946	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	450–500	480	287.08/cwt	282.50–290.00	1,378	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	450–500	462	260.00/cwt	260.00–260.00	1,201	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	600–650	614	262.33/cwt	240.00–273.00	1,611	10
Steers	Medium and Large 1	450–500	471	353.98/cwt	344.50–367.50	1,667	24
Steers	Medium and Large 1	700–750	742	269.00/cwt	269.00–269.00	1,996	3
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	450–500	499	327.00/cwt	327.00–327.00	1,632	13
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	400–450	445	260.00/cwt	260.00–260.00	1,157	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	500–550	524	238.70/cwt	237.50–240.00	1,251	6
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	550–600	581	242.54/cwt	240.00–245.00	1,409	6
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	350–400	368	272.65/cwt	265.00–280.00	1,003	6
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	650–700	695	224.00/cwt	224.00–224.00	1,557	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	550–600	583	264.26/cwt	253.00–275.00	1,541	38
Steers	Medium and Large 2	450–500	466	286.17/cwt	281.00–290.00	1,334	7
Steers	Medium and Large 2	500–550	528	241.00/cwt	241.00–241.00	1,272	6
Steers	Medium and Large 2	650–700	680	242.50/cwt	242.50–242.50	1,649	4
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	550–600	595	252.00/cwt	252.00–252.00	1,499	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	600–650	620	222.67/cwt	215.00–235.00	1,381	8
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	400–450	421	274.48/cwt	274.00–275.00	1,156	6
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	400–450	413	333.80/cwt	323.00–342.50	1,379	11
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	650–700	662	270.00/cwt	270.00–270.00	1,787	9
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	750–800	778	232.38/cwt	228.00–237.50	1,808	19
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	550–600	568	286.54/cwt	279.00–299.00	1,628	17
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	350–400	375	330.00/cwt	330.00–330.00	1,238	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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