Name: Mid Missouri Stockyards livestock auction prices — 2024-08-15
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2024-08-15

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to last week, steers sold mostly 7.00 to 12.00 higher, and heifers were mostly steady to 5.00 higher. A few high quality groups of long weaned yearlings were in town this week and created very good demand. Slaughter cows and bulls sold steady to 3.00 lower. Demand was good on a moderate supply.

Weight class

Steers · summary 500–600 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

500–600 lb steers averaged $302.86/cwt on 51 head. That ranks 1 of 30 comparable sales and sits −153.41 against this barn's trailing median of $456.27.

Average price

$302.86

51 head · 537 lb average

Value per head Derived

$1,626

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$324

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

$44.04/cwt at this weight

vs the market

+3.22

vs MO average

+22.52 vs national

What quality paid 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1	538	314.04	1,690	30
Medium and Large 1-2	542	290.85	1,577	17thin
Medium 1-2	506	270.00	1,366	4thin

One grade step is worth $44.04/cwt here — about $324 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 sale51 hd

302.86

—

MO average12 barns · 1,345 hd

299.64

+3.22

National average153 barns · 6,707 hd

280.34

+22.52

This barn, trailing median30 sales

456.27

−153.41

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	1,633	159.15	2,599	13
Cows	Boner 80-85%	Average	1,223	136.37	1,668	22
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	Low	1,477	135.60	2,002	22
Cows	Lean 85-90%	Average	1,008	105.98	1,069	24

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)	1,053	$1,694	8
Bred Cows	2nd/3rd Stage (4-9 mo)	Aged (>8 yrs)	958	$1,165	3thin
Bred Cows	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	829	$1,112	4thin
Bred Heifers	2nd/3rd Stage (4-9 mo)	Young (2-4 yrs)	1,305	$2,425	1thin
Cow-Calf Pairs	Open	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	1,183	$1,916	11
Cow-Calf Pairs	Open	Aged (>8 yrs)	900	$925	2thin

Every lot, as filed

78 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	600–650	624	262.87/cwt	251.00–264.00	1,640	39
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	550–600	595	266.07/cwt	266.00–267.00	1,583	28
Steers	Medium and Large 2	650–700	692	245.00/cwt	245.00–245.00	1,695	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	350–400	390	284.00/cwt	284.00–284.00	1,108	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	350–400	373	267.55/cwt	265.00–270.00	998	6
Heifers	Medium and Large 2-3	450–500	460	211.00/cwt	211.00–211.00	971	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	600–650	621	244.57/cwt	236.00–248.00	1,519	13
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	500–550	516	274.42/cwt	271.00–278.00	1,416	6
Steers	Medium and Large 1	400–450	421	332.92/cwt	332.50–335.00	1,402	7
Steers	Medium and Large 1	900–950	922	234.00/cwt	234.00–234.00	2,157	2
Steers	Medium 1-2	500–550	506	270.00/cwt	270.00–270.00	1,366	4
Steers	Medium and Large 1	600–650	625	305.54/cwt	303.00–308.50	1,910	25
Steers	Medium and Large 1	650–700	677	287.87/cwt	284.50–291.50	1,949	88
Steers	Medium and Large 2	600–650	643	240.00/cwt	240.00–240.00	1,543	3
Steers	Medium and Large 1	750–800	767	252.65/cwt	252.00–255.00	1,938	9
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	450–500	469	308.31/cwt	307.00–311.00	1,446	6
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	700–750	723	252.20/cwt	251.00–254.00	1,823	5
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	650–700	685	260.61/cwt	250.00–271.00	1,785	4
Steers	Medium and Large 1	700–750	740	266.39/cwt	264.00–271.50	1,971	34
Steers	Medium and Large 1	550–600	565	309.00/cwt	309.00–309.00	1,746	7
Steers	Medium and Large 2	450–500	454	266.00/cwt	266.00–266.00	1,208	4
Steers	Medium and Large 2	400–450	413	257.67/cwt	251.00–275.00	1,064	4
Steers	Medium and Large 1	800–850	825	247.06/cwt	242.00–248.50	2,038	40
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	300–350	310	316.25/cwt	315.00–320.00	980	4
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	800–850	822	240.00/cwt	240.00–240.00	1,973	2
Steers	Medium and Large 1	500–550	530	315.58/cwt	310.00–318.00	1,673	23
Dairy Steers	Large 3	400–450	409	207.20/cwt	200.00–208.00	847	21
Steers	Medium and Large 2	700–750	710	205.00/cwt	205.00–205.00	1,456	2
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	750–800	767	241.24/cwt	229.00–250.00	1,850	7
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	500–550	529	301.22/cwt	292.00–305.00	1,593	11
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	600–650	623	278.10/cwt	271.00–286.00	1,733	10
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	550–600	566	271.85/cwt	263.00–280.00	1,539	6
Dairy Steers	Large 3	350–400	370	207.50/cwt	207.50–207.50	768	7
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	600–650	615	258.00/cwt	258.00–258.00	1,587	3
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	350–400	385	281.90/cwt	272.50–300.00	1,085	3
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	450–500	468	301.00/cwt	301.00–301.00	1,409	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	300–350	340	300.00/cwt	300.00–300.00	1,020	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	500–550	536	282.89/cwt	269.00–290.00	1,516	3
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	650–700	663	244.63/cwt	242.50–249.00	1,622	6
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,207	138.74/cwt	132.50–144.00	1,675	11
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,166	127.01/cwt	122.00–132.00	1,481	7
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,369	146.25/cwt	146.00–147.00	2,002	4
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	1,042	119.76/cwt	114.00–126.50	1,248	11
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	959	80.08/cwt	65.00–90.00	768	5
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	993	103.22/cwt	94.50–114.00	1,025	8
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	—	1,509	125.68/cwt	124.00–133.00	1,897	9
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	—	1,454	142.47/cwt	135.00–146.00	2,072	13
Bulls	—	—	1,664	148.41/cwt	145.00–153.00	2,470	4
Bulls	—	—	1,619	163.93/cwt	158.50–172.00	2,654	9
Bred Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	1,305	2,425.00/head	2,425.00–2,425.00	2,425	1
Bred Cows	Medium 2	—	808	979.12/head	925.00–1,000.00	979	3
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,265	1,750.00/head	1,750.00–1,750.00	1,750	1
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 2	—	805	872.67/head	800.00–950.00	873	2
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 1	—	1,328	2,436.39/head	2,425.00–2,450.00	2,436	2
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,115	1,913.45/head	1,900.00–1,935.00	1,913	3
Stock Cows	Medium and Large 1-2	—	955	157.56/cwt	140.00–173.00	1,505	5
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 2	—	829	1,111.69/head	775.00–1,325.00	1,112	4
Cow-Calf Pairs	Medium 2	—	900	925.00/head	850.00–1,000.00	925	2
Cow-Calf Pairs	Medium 2	—	958	1,300.00/head	1,250.00–1,350.00	1,300	2
Cow-Calf Pairs	Large 1-2	—	1,124	2,125.00/head	2,125.00–2,125.00	2,125	4
Cow-Calf Pairs	Medium and Large 2	—	1,308	1,750.00/head	1,750.00–1,750.00	1,750	3
Cow-Calf Pairs	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,338	2,362.50/head	2,300.00–2,425.00	2,363	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	700–750	742	250.50/cwt	250.50–250.50	1,859	18
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Unweaned	500–550	507	261.00/cwt	261.00–261.00	1,323	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	700–750	748	208.00/cwt	208.00–208.00	1,556	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	400–450	435	250.00/cwt	250.00–250.00	1,088	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	300–350	340	259.85/cwt	250.00–270.00	883	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	400–450	410	332.50/cwt	332.50–332.50	1,363	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	550–600	585	253.44/cwt	243.00–261.00	1,483	15
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	450–500	478	271.84/cwt	261.00–280.00	1,299	14
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	350–400	375	307.50/cwt	307.50–307.50	1,153	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	400–450	420	295.00/cwt	295.00–295.00	1,239	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	650–700	694	249.00/cwt	249.00–249.00	1,728	25
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	450–500	455	285.00/cwt	285.00–285.00	1,297	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	650–700	669	240.32/cwt	222.50–245.00	1,608	6
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	700–750	738	231.22/cwt	230.00–232.00	1,706	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	750–800	761	225.00/cwt	225.00–225.00	1,712	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	400–450	415	278.46/cwt	272.00–281.00	1,156	6

How this sale compares

Missouri weighted averages

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