Name: Mid Missouri Stockyards livestock auction prices — 2024-10-10
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2024-10-10

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to last week feeder steers sold from 6.00 lower to 15.00 higher. Feeder heifers under 425 lbs. sold 15.00-20.00 higher. Heavier weights sold steady to 8.00 lower. Slaughter cows and bulls sold steady. 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 $294.39/cwt on 74 head. That ranks 1 of 30 comparable sales and sits −161.88 against this barn's trailing median of $456.27.

Average price

$294.39

74 head · 554 lb average

Value per head Derived

$1,631

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$426

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

$73.96/cwt at this weight

vs the market

+5.97

vs MO average

+0.08 vs national

What quality paid 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1	551	304.96	1,680	57
Medium and Large 1-2	572	270.60	1,549	12thin
Medium and Large 2	543	231.00	1,254	5thin

One grade step is worth $73.96/cwt here — about $426 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 sale74 hd

294.39

—

MO average17 barns · 1,899 hd

288.42

+5.97

National average177 barns · 23,944 hd

294.31

+0.08

This barn, trailing median30 sales

456.27

−161.88

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	1,711	144.97	2,480	11
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	Average	1,539	124.37	1,914	27
Cows	Boner 80-85%	Average	1,262	120.19	1,517	17
Cows	Lean 85-90%	Low	1,089	106.18	1,157	18

Every lot, as filed

65 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	500–550	527	308.62/cwt	301.00–319.00	1,626	12
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	350–400	380	292.50/cwt	292.50–292.50	1,112	2
Steers	Medium and Large 1	550–600	556	305.98/cwt	292.00–306.75	1,701	39
Steers	Medium and Large 1	650–700	691	250.00/cwt	250.00–250.00	1,728	6
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	300–350	321	300.03/cwt	285.00–327.50	963	10
Steers	Medium and Large 2	750–800	767	194.00/cwt	194.00–194.00	1,488	3
Steers	Medium and Large 1	700–750	725	261.50/cwt	261.50–261.50	1,896	11
Steers	Medium and Large 1	600–650	607	271.21/cwt	264.00–282.00	1,646	7
Steers	Medium and Large 1	450–500	473	327.23/cwt	320.00–341.00	1,548	25
Steers	Medium and Large 1	400–450	437	348.02/cwt	324.50–349.00	1,521	25
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	450–500	478	255.91/cwt	239.00–269.00	1,223	10
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	300–350	305	312.00/cwt	312.00–312.00	952	2
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	700–750	732	239.00/cwt	239.00–239.00	1,749	4
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	400–450	410	309.17/cwt	306.00–322.00	1,268	13
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	650–700	658	249.97/cwt	247.00–253.00	1,645	4
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	1000–1050	1,027	209.00/cwt	209.00–209.00	2,146	9
Steers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	550–600	566	291.00/cwt	291.00–291.00	1,647	6
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	550–600	588	273.40/cwt	270.00–277.00	1,608	8
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	600–650	620	255.66/cwt	252.00–259.50	1,585	24
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	450–500	463	307.39/cwt	303.00–315.00	1,423	15
Steers	Medium and Large 2	400–450	400	280.00/cwt	280.00–280.00	1,120	2
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	500–550	541	265.00/cwt	265.00–265.00	1,434	4
Steers	Medium and Large 1	350–400	367	338.35/cwt	331.00–350.00	1,242	5
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	800–850	816	221.36/cwt	217.50–227.00	1,806	5
Steers	Medium and Large 2	550–600	555	225.00/cwt	225.00–225.00	1,249	3
Dairy Steers	Large 3	350–400	383	207.50/cwt	207.50–207.50	795	9
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	350–400	389	331.65/cwt	330.00–335.00	1,290	6
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	600–650	622	205.00/cwt	205.00–205.00	1,275	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	600–650	618	240.24/cwt	230.00–244.00	1,485	16
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	550–600	581	248.67/cwt	246.00–252.50	1,445	7
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	400–450	410	309.00/cwt	309.00–309.00	1,267	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	500–550	522	233.79/cwt	233.00–234.00	1,220	10
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,248	116.11/cwt	112.50–123.50	1,449	10
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	—	1,492	119.91/cwt	113.50–124.50	1,789	10
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	—	1,566	127.00/cwt	125.00–130.50	1,989	17
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,282	126.01/cwt	124.00–128.00	1,615	7
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	860	75.00/cwt	75.00–75.00	645	1
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	1,130	115.97/cwt	114.00–117.00	1,310	3
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	1,097	106.31/cwt	93.00–112.50	1,166	14
Bulls	—	—	1,523	127.66/cwt	120.00–135.00	1,944	3
Bulls	—	—	1,781	151.46/cwt	143.00–155.50	2,698	8
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	450–500	490	295.00/cwt	295.00–295.00	1,446	3
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	500–550	528	280.00/cwt	280.00–280.00	1,478	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	450–500	475	235.00/cwt	235.00–235.00	1,116	3
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	700–750	739	193.24/cwt	185.00–207.00	1,428	8
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	500–550	538	260.00/cwt	260.00–260.00	1,399	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	450–500	467	313.00/cwt	313.00–313.00	1,462	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	450–500	475	267.04/cwt	265.00–269.00	1,268	12
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	550–600	586	250.00/cwt	250.00–250.00	1,465	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	350–400	371	275.00/cwt	275.00–275.00	1,020	4
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	650–700	671	234.68/cwt	223.00–241.00	1,575	11
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	600–650	638	205.00/cwt	205.00–205.00	1,308	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	550–600	560	214.00/cwt	214.00–214.00	1,198	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	600–650	620	227.50/cwt	227.50–227.50	1,411	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	650–700	676	229.11/cwt	218.00–235.00	1,549	8
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	400–450	408	305.89/cwt	288.00–308.00	1,248	30
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	500–550	533	255.00/cwt	255.00–255.00	1,359	11
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	600–650	606	236.00/cwt	236.00–236.00	1,430	9
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	400–450	415	253.85/cwt	241.00–269.00	1,053	15
Steers	Medium and Large 2	500–550	525	240.00/cwt	240.00–240.00	1,260	2
Steers	Medium and Large 2	450–500	471	281.14/cwt	275.00–285.00	1,324	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	700–750	700	222.50/cwt	222.50–222.50	1,558	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	550–600	577	229.62/cwt	220.00–240.00	1,325	20
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	650–700	686	244.00/cwt	244.00–244.00	1,674	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	500–550	514	234.11/cwt	225.00–240.00	1,203	5

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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