Name: Mid Missouri Stockyards livestock auction prices — 2024-12-05
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2024-12-05

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to two weeks ago, feeder steers weighing from 400 lbs to 550 lbs sold 5.00 to 20.00 higher. 600 - 750 lb steers sold mostly steady. Heifers under 600 lbs sold 5.00 to 20.00 higher, over 600 lbs sold steady to 10.00 higher. Slaughter cattle traded steady to 4.00 higher. Demand was good on a moderate supply of feeders and slaughter cattle.

Weight class

Steers · summary 500–600 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

500–600 lb steers averaged $305.56/cwt on 237 head. That ranks 1 of 30 comparable sales and sits −150.71 against this barn's trailing median of $456.27.

Average price

$305.56

237 head · 543 lb average

Value per head Derived

$1,660

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$351

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

$83.74/cwt at this weight

vs the market

−13.74

vs MO average

−19.81 vs national

What quality paid 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1	534	318.27	1,699	168
Medium and Large 1-2	564	285.72	1,612	54
Medium and Large 2	575	234.53	1,348	15thin

One grade step is worth $83.74/cwt here — about $351 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 sale237 hd

305.56

—

MO average17 barns · 5,051 hd

319.30

−13.74

National average187 barns · 33,494 hd

325.37

−19.81

This barn, trailing median30 sales

456.27

−150.71

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	1,706	143.63	2,450	21
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	Low	1,548	116.09	1,797	14
Cows	Boner 80-85%	High	1,223	107.88	1,319	45
Cows	Lean 85-90%	Low	1,023	86.51	885	38

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)	1,218	$1,955	5
Bred Cows	2nd/3rd Stage (4-9 mo)	Middle Aged/Aged (>5 yrs)	1,307	$1,920	5
Bred Cows	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	1,223	$1,742	3thin
Bred Cows	2nd/3rd Stage (4-9 mo)	Young (2-4 yrs)	843	$1,250	4thin
Bulls	N/A	Young (2-4 yrs)	1,175	$1,600	1thin
Cow-Calf Pairs	Open	Young (2-4 yrs)	900	$2,650	1thin

Every lot, as filed

74 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 1-2	500–550	526	269.63/cwt	253.00–278.00	1,418	34
Heifers	Large 2	850–900	860	204.00/cwt	204.00–204.00	1,754	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	550–600	584	245.73/cwt	241.00–255.00	1,435	16
Steers	Large 2	700–750	718	219.58/cwt	216.00–230.00	1,577	4
Steers	Medium and Large 2	550–600	593	234.00/cwt	234.00–234.00	1,388	11
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	750–800	777	226.00/cwt	226.00–226.00	1,756	3
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	350–400	375	314.12/cwt	310.00–318.00	1,178	18
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	450–500	493	274.77/cwt	260.00–286.00	1,355	31
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	600–650	618	255.00/cwt	255.00–255.00	1,576	3
Steers	Medium and Large 1	750–800	769	261.00/cwt	261.00–261.00	2,007	5
Steers	Medium and Large 1	650–700	680	272.50/cwt	270.00–276.00	1,853	19
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	550–600	574	237.46/cwt	235.00–240.00	1,363	4
Steers	Medium and Large 1	500–550	522	326.32/cwt	302.50–339.00	1,703	127
Steers	Medium and Large 1	300–350	300	350.00/cwt	350.00–350.00	1,050	3
Steers	Large 1-2	600–650	630	262.77/cwt	257.50–269.00	1,655	19
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	400–450	438	304.73/cwt	290.00–317.50	1,335	10
Steers	Large 1-2	700–750	709	245.00/cwt	245.00–245.00	1,737	4
Steers	Medium and Large 2	500–550	525	236.00/cwt	236.00–236.00	1,239	4
Steers	Medium and Large 1	450–500	460	341.33/cwt	332.50–349.00	1,570	28
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	500–550	531	293.07/cwt	280.00–300.00	1,556	22
Steers	Medium and Large 1	600–650	638	280.11/cwt	275.00–281.00	1,787	98
Steers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	550–600	558	285.00/cwt	285.00–285.00	1,590	13
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	450–500	486	295.31/cwt	288.00–305.00	1,435	16
Steers	Medium and Large 1	800–850	832	247.61/cwt	247.50–248.00	2,060	27
Steers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	400–450	405	331.00/cwt	331.00–331.00	1,341	3
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	600–650	627	269.20/cwt	261.00–271.00	1,688	65
Steers	Medium and Large 1	400–450	419	332.01/cwt	320.00–347.00	1,391	14
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	550–600	587	280.66/cwt	271.50–285.50	1,647	32
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	650–700	671	267.47/cwt	265.00–270.00	1,795	30
Steers	Medium and Large 1	550–600	576	297.23/cwt	286.00–312.50	1,712	28
Steers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	450–500	460	312.50/cwt	312.50–312.50	1,438	3
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	450–500	468	285.00/cwt	285.00–285.00	1,334	5
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	400–450	418	275.00/cwt	275.00–275.00	1,150	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	700–750	710	217.00/cwt	217.00–217.00	1,541	2
Bulls	Large 1-2	1000–1050	1,029	159.00/cwt	159.00–159.00	1,636	4
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	350–400	352	302.00/cwt	302.00–302.00	1,063	4
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	500–550	540	264.00/cwt	264.00–264.00	1,426	5
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,233	124.05/cwt	120.50–129.00	1,530	4
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	1,011	84.60/cwt	76.00–94.00	855	15
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	—	1,608	99.78/cwt	99.50–100.00	1,604	2
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	1,063	100.49/cwt	94.00–108.00	1,068	14
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	—	1,586	124.05/cwt	121.50–130.50	1,967	5
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	—	1,504	115.06/cwt	105.00–120.00	1,731	7
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,229	110.31/cwt	105.00–117.50	1,356	26
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,210	99.35/cwt	92.00–104.00	1,202	15
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	979	67.96/cwt	65.00–71.00	665	9
Bulls	—	—	1,791	154.82/cwt	152.00–157.00	2,773	4
Bulls	—	—	1,687	144.94/cwt	140.00–151.00	2,445	9
Bulls	—	—	1,684	136.57/cwt	130.00–139.00	2,300	8
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,223	1,741.89/head	1,550.00–2,050.00	1,742	3
Cow-Calf Pairs	Medium 1-2	—	900	2,650.00/head	2,650.00–2,650.00	2,650	1
Stock Cows	Medium and Large 1-2	—	925	131.00/cwt	131.00–131.00	1,212	1
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,307	1,919.59/head	1,550.00–2,075.00	1,920	5
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,218	1,955.46/head	1,700.00–2,450.00	1,955	5
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 1-2	—	843	1,250.00/head	1,250.00–1,250.00	1,250	4
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,175	1,600.00/head	1,600.00–1,600.00	1,600	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	600–650	613	261.00/cwt	250.00–265.25	1,600	119
Heifers	Large 1-2	500–550	528	267.50/cwt	267.50–267.50	1,412	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	700–750	715	235.00/cwt	235.00–235.00	1,680	6
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	650–700	679	189.50/cwt	185.00–199.00	1,287	9
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	650–700	663	239.00/cwt	239.00–239.00	1,585	14
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	550–600	583	245.93/cwt	220.00–273.00	1,434	6
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	500–550	515	297.00/cwt	283.00–306.50	1,530	32
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	400–450	421	319.02/cwt	291.00–327.00	1,343	40
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	450–500	489	304.94/cwt	292.00–316.00	1,491	56
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	300–350	324	290.44/cwt	283.00–297.50	941	6
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	400–450	448	275.00/cwt	275.00–275.00	1,232	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	400–450	425	255.00/cwt	255.00–255.00	1,084	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	350–400	360	285.00/cwt	285.00–285.00	1,026	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	650–700	660	239.50/cwt	239.50–239.50	1,581	25
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	600–650	623	243.08/cwt	234.00–248.00	1,514	16
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	500–550	515	296.00/cwt	296.00–296.00	1,524	14
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	500–550	533	232.79/cwt	220.00–245.00	1,241	6
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	350–400	363	330.00/cwt	318.00–332.00	1,198	15

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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