Name: Mid Missouri Stockyards livestock auction prices — 2024-05-30
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2024-05-30

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to last week feeder steers under 700 lbs. sold 3.00-9.00 higher with heavier weights selling steady. Feeder heifers sold 10.00-20.00 lower. In the slaughter portion of the auction slaughter cows and bulls sold 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 $306.01/cwt on 209 head. That ranks 1 of 30 comparable sales and sits −150.26 against this barn's trailing median of $456.27.

Average price

$306.01

209 head · 549 lb average

Value per head Derived

$1,681

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$310

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

$59.89/cwt at this weight

vs the market

−6.72

vs MO average

+0.87 vs national

What quality paid 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1	545	316.57	1,724	153
Medium and Large 1-2	567	283.99	1,609	42
Medium and Large 2	551	256.68	1,414	14thin

One grade step is worth $59.89/cwt here — about $310 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 sale209 hd

306.01

—

MO average9 barns · 1,230 hd

312.73

−6.72

National average125 barns · 5,668 hd

305.14

+0.87

This barn, trailing median30 sales

456.27

−150.26

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	—	Average	1,466	163.90	2,402	18
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	Average	1,447	134.79	1,950	21
Cows	Boner 80-85%	High	1,204	133.17	1,604	42
Cows	Lean 85-90%	Very Low	984	118.79	1,169	64

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	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	1,110	$1,752	3thin
Bred Cows	2nd/3rd Stage (4-9 mo)	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	1,068	$1,695	6
Bred Cows	2nd/3rd Stage (4-9 mo)	Aged (>8 yrs)	1,043	$1,685	6
Cow-Calf Pairs	Open	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	983	$1,878	8
Cow-Calf Pairs	Open	Aged (>8 yrs)	944	$1,850	13

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	400–450	419	329.70/cwt	323.00–335.00	1,381	25
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	650–700	660	274.00/cwt	274.00–274.00	1,808	2
Cow-Calf Pairs	Medium and Large 2	—	944	1,850.00/head	1,850.00–1,850.00	1,850	13
Cow-Calf Pairs	Medium and Large 2	—	983	1,878.13/head	1,850.00–1,925.00	1,878	8
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	880	84.67/cwt	82.00–89.00	745	4
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	968	118.87/cwt	110.00–125.50	1,151	35
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	1,055	130.39/cwt	125.00–134.50	1,376	20
Bulls	—Return to Feed	—	1,132	145.00/cwt	145.00–145.00	1,641	2
Bulls	—Return to Feed	—	1,038	183.00/cwt	183.00–183.00	1,900	4
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	—	1,405	129.77/cwt	121.00–135.00	1,823	12
Steers	Medium and Large 1	700–750	729	262.21/cwt	259.00–275.00	1,912	52
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	550–600	574	267.00/cwt	267.00–267.00	1,533	10
Steers	Medium and Large 1	1000–1050	1,003	199.00/cwt	199.00–199.00	1,996	3
Steers	Medium and Large 1	450–500	457	356.67/cwt	353.00–369.00	1,630	13
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	700–750	748	224.00/cwt	224.00–224.00	1,676	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	400–450	416	309.52/cwt	300.00–317.00	1,288	24
Steers	Medium and Large 1	650–700	667	284.42/cwt	277.00–290.00	1,897	66
Steers	Medium and Large 1	400–450	422	366.06/cwt	352.50–384.00	1,545	12
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	450–500	485	276.91/cwt	272.00–285.00	1,343	11
Steers	Medium and Large 1	350–400	385	374.00/cwt	374.00–374.00	1,440	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	500–550	519	276.83/cwt	274.00–283.00	1,437	14
Steers	Medium and Large 1	600–650	615	299.36/cwt	283.00–310.00	1,841	42
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	550–600	555	260.00/cwt	260.00–260.00	1,443	3
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	650–700	691	232.00/cwt	232.00–232.00	1,603	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	300–350	311	342.00/cwt	342.00–342.00	1,064	6
Steers	Medium and Large 1	750–800	761	260.90/cwt	257.00–264.00	1,985	44
Steers	Medium and Large 1	300–350	313	384.96/cwt	380.00–411.00	1,205	46
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	600–650	626	253.88/cwt	250.00–259.00	1,589	61
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	300–350	308	321.00/cwt	321.00–321.00	989	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	400–450	424	282.57/cwt	280.00–285.00	1,198	8
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	650–700	652	259.15/cwt	259.00–260.00	1,690	59
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	400–450	425	310.00/cwt	310.00–310.00	1,318	6
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	500–550	525	271.96/cwt	270.00–274.00	1,428	6
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	350–400	372	305.00/cwt	305.00–305.00	1,135	3
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Unweaned	450–500	499	316.00/cwt	316.00–316.00	1,577	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	450–500	470	270.27/cwt	267.50–271.00	1,270	35
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,110	1,752.48/head	1,700.00–1,775.00	1,752	3
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,068	1,694.70/head	1,650.00–1,750.00	1,695	6
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Unweaned	500–550	514	267.00/cwt	267.00–267.00	1,372	4
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Unweaned	600–650	623	271.00/cwt	271.00–271.00	1,688	27
Bulls	—	—	1,782	178.98/cwt	175.00–182.00	3,189	3
Bulls	—	—	1,715	159.66/cwt	155.00–163.00	2,738	5
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,188	141.06/cwt	134.50–151.00	1,676	18
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,190	129.50/cwt	122.50–133.50	1,541	20
Bulls	—	—	1,511	148.25/cwt	144.00–150.00	2,240	4
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,350	116.04/cwt	113.00–117.00	1,567	4
Steers	Medium and Large 1	500–550	520	313.62/cwt	304.00–345.00	1,631	75
Steers	Medium and Large 1	550–600	567	320.29/cwt	303.00–327.00	1,816	74
Dairy Steers	Large 3	800–850	838	147.00/cwt	147.00–147.00	1,232	3
Dairy Steers	Large 3	650–700	698	190.00/cwt	190.00–190.00	1,326	3
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	891	99.16/cwt	93.00–106.00	884	5
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	—	1,503	141.48/cwt	135.00–153.50	2,126	9
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 2	—	1,043	1,685.00/head	1,685.00–1,685.00	1,685	6
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	600–650	638	192.00/cwt	192.00–192.00	1,225	3
Steers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	550–600	589	303.00/cwt	303.00–303.00	1,785	4
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	400–450	448	336.00/cwt	336.00–336.00	1,505	3
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	600–650	627	259.78/cwt	258.00–261.00	1,629	10
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	500–550	518	291.41/cwt	288.00–296.00	1,510	7
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	400–450	438	258.36/cwt	257.00–261.00	1,132	9
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	550–600	580	239.11/cwt	222.50–247.00	1,387	23
Steers	Medium and Large 2	550–600	562	254.14/cwt	252.00–260.00	1,428	11
Steers	Medium and Large 2	500–550	510	266.00/cwt	266.00–266.00	1,357	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 2-3	550–600	588	213.00/cwt	213.00–213.00	1,252	3
Steers	Medium and Large 2-3	400–450	401	255.00/cwt	255.00–255.00	1,023	4
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	550–600	584	286.79/cwt	271.00–298.50	1,675	25
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	450–500	478	319.39/cwt	314.00–325.00	1,527	6
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	600–650	641	255.08/cwt	248.00–262.00	1,635	8
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	500–550	541	279.87/cwt	273.00–282.00	1,514	17
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	450–500	467	248.24/cwt	235.00–257.50	1,159	9
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	500–550	500	246.00/cwt	246.00–246.00	1,230	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	600–650	609	243.56/cwt	242.50–245.00	1,483	7
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	550–600	568	257.00/cwt	255.00–259.00	1,460	9
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	700–750	715	238.00/cwt	238.00–238.00	1,702	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	250–300	298	295.00/cwt	295.00–295.00	879	21
Steers	Medium and Large 2	450–500	495	309.00/cwt	309.00–309.00	1,530	3
Steers	Medium and Large 2	400–450	449	284.00/cwt	284.00–284.00	1,275	7
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	350–400	393	290.03/cwt	285.00–291.00	1,140	30
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	700–750	717	209.13/cwt	205.00–215.00	1,499	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	750–800	758	212.00/cwt	212.00–212.00	1,607	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	500–550	522	259.83/cwt	248.00–271.00	1,356	40

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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