Sale reports / Missouri / Mid Missouri Stockyards / 2024-08-01

Mid Missouri Stockyards

Feeder Cattle · Slaughter Cattle · Replacement Cattle · Phillipsburg, Missouri · Thu, Aug 1
● Final51 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 3654
Feeder Cattle receipts
233 head
454 vs last sale 687 24 vs year ago 257 · 9.3%
Slaughter Cattle receipts
47 head
4 vs last sale 51 54 vs year ago 101 · 53.5%
Replacement Cattle receipts
21 head
21 vs last sale 0 5 vs year ago 16 · +31.3%
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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to last week, feeder receipts were too light for an adequate price comparison. Slaughter cows and bulls were unevenly steady from 1.00 lower to 3.00 higher. Demand was light on a light supply due to extreme temperatures in the area this week.

Weight class

Steers · summary 500–600 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot
500–600 lb steers averaged $294.80/cwt on 7 head. That ranks 1 of 30 comparable sales and sits 161.48 against this barn's trailing median of $456.27.
Average price
$294.80
7 head · 528 lb average
Value per head Derived
$1,557
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
$116
per head · Medium and Large 1 over Medium and Large 1-2
$29.81/cwt at this weight
vs the market
21.10
vs MO average
+7.01 vs national

What quality paid 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 1520311.831,6223thin
Medium and Large 1-2534282.021,5064thin
One grade step is worth $29.81/cwt here — about $116 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
516479443407median 456.2712/1802/2604/2306/1108/06
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 sale7 hd
294.80
MO average12 barns · 871 hd
315.89
−21.10
National average138 barns · 5,135 hd
287.79
+7.01
This barn, trailing median30 sales
456.27
−161.48
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 · $/cwt
Cull cows and bulls are graded, not weight-classed — grade is what moves the money here.
ClassGradeDressingAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
BullsAverage1,653164.022,7114thin
CowsBreaker 75-80%Average1,447139.372,0176thin
CowsBoner 80-85%Average1,188138.571,6466thin
CowsLean 85-90%Very Low1,030111.651,15015

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 $/cwt figures above.
ClassStageAgeAvg wt$/headHead
Bred Cows2nd/3rd Stage (4-9 mo)Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)1,405$1,9123thin
Bred Heifers2nd/3rd Stage (4-9 mo)(<2 yrs)1,033$1,9852thin
BullsN/AYoung (2-4 yrs)1,440$2,5751thin
Cow-Calf PairsOpenYoung/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)1,272$2,2333thin

Every lot, as filed

51 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.
ClassGrade / descriptionWeightAvg wtPriceRangePer headHead
SteersMedium and Large 1-2650–700679267.88/cwt267.50–268.001,81921
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2300–350340298.31/cwt295.00–300.001,0143
SteersMedium and Large 1-2500–550534282.02/cwt273.00–285.001,5064
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2650–700672243.00/cwt243.00–243.001,6333
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2500–550542271.35/cwt270.00–272.001,4713
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2600–650631247.42/cwt242.00–252.001,5614
BullsMedium and Large 1-2450–500483278.48/cwt270.00–294.001,3455
BullsMedium and Large 1-2500–550518280.23/cwt265.00–288.001,4523
SteersMedium and Large 1-2350–400368315.80/cwt315.00–316.001,1625
Stock CowsMedium and Large 1-2849152.92/cwt147.00–170.001,2984
BullsMedium and Large 1-21,4402,575.00/head2,575.00–2,575.002,5751
Bred HeifersMedium and Large 1-21,0331,984.75/head1,825.00–2,150.001,9852
HeifersMedium and Large 1400–450403307.32/cwt305.00–309.001,2386
HeifersMedium and Large 1500–550512284.00/cwt284.00–284.001,4542
Stock CowsMedium and Large 1-2890182.49/cwt182.00–183.001,6242
Bred CowsMedium and Large 1-21,4051,912.10/head1,750.00–2,000.001,9123
SteersMedium and Large 1-2700–750730230.96/cwt229.00–233.001,6862
BullsMedium and Large 1-2600–650600222.00/cwt222.00–222.001,3322
SteersMedium and Large 1350–400377363.34/cwt345.00–373.001,3703
SteersMedium and Large 1300–350340370.00/cwt370.00–370.001,2582
BullsMedium and Large 1-2400–450408290.08/cwt277.50–302.501,1842
HeifersMedium and Large 1650–700694249.50/cwt249.50–249.501,73210
CowsLean 85-90%71089.00/cwt89.00–89.006321
Bulls1,653164.02/cwt160.00–168.002,7114
CowsBreaker 75-80%1,506142.30/cwt135.00–145.002,1434
CowsBoner 80-85%1,188138.57/cwt135.00–145.501,6466
CowsLean 85-90%1,047108.08/cwt100.00–115.001,1329
CowsBreaker 75-80%1,330133.50/cwt133.50–133.501,7762
Cow-Calf PairsMedium 1-29402,200.00/head2,200.00–2,200.002,2001
Cow-Calf PairsLarge 1-21,4382,250.00/head2,250.00–2,250.002,2502
HeifersMedium and Large 1350–400384306.00/cwt306.00–306.001,1754
HeifersMedium and Large 1450–500470295.00/cwt295.00–295.001,3872
SteersMedium and Large 1500–550520311.83/cwt302.50–330.001,6223
SteersMedium and Large 1450–500481323.00/cwt323.00–323.001,5544
SteersMedium and Large 1600–650608300.00/cwt300.00–300.001,8245
CowsLean 85-90%1,063122.60/cwt117.50–129.001,3035
SteersMedium and Large 2350–400360282.00/cwt282.00–282.001,0152
BullsMedium and Large 2400–450438250.00/cwt250.00–250.001,0953
HeifersMedium and Large 2600–650633221.51/cwt221.00–222.001,4022
HeifersMedium and Large 2700–750742205.00/cwt205.00–205.001,5213
SteersMedium and Large 2450–500481234.35/cwt232.50–240.001,1274
BullsMedium and Large 1-2550–600563280.41/cwt277.00–294.001,5795
SteersMedium and Large 1-2900–950909232.00/cwt232.00–232.002,1097
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2550–600565242.24/cwt242.00–242.501,3692
HeifersMedium and Large 2300–350330252.50/cwt252.50–252.508333
HeifersMedium and Large 2550–600560227.50/cwt227.50–227.501,2742
HeifersMedium and Large 2450–500450245.00/cwt245.00–245.001,1032
SteersMedium and Large 2650–700690225.50/cwt223.00–228.001,5562
SteersMedium and Large 1-2600–650628270.00/cwt270.00–270.001,6963
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2400–450435284.71/cwt280.00–295.001,2383
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2450–500473277.54/cwt270.00–285.001,3136

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.