Name: Mid Missouri Stockyards livestock auction prices — 2024-12-19
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2024-12-19

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to last week, steers sold unevenly steady from 2.00 lower to 6.00 higher. Heifers under 550lbs were not well tested, and heifers over 550lbs sold steady to firm. Slaughter cows and bull were steady to 2.00 higher. Demand was moderate on a light supply.

Weight class

Heifers · summary 500–600 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

500–600 lb heifers averaged $275.39/cwt on 94 head. That ranks 1 of 30 comparable sales and sits −125.93 against this barn's trailing median of $401.31.

Average price

$275.39

94 head · 546 lb average

Value per head Derived

$1,503

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$321

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

$51.12/cwt at this weight

vs the market

−2.15

vs MO average

−9.56 vs national

What quality paid 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1	555	286.16	1,588	40
Medium and Large 1-2	539	279.85	1,509	39
Medium and Large 2	539	235.04	1,267	15thin

One grade step is worth $51.12/cwt here — about $321 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

Heifers 500–600 lb: high $442.30, low $373.72, median $401.31 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 sale94 hd

275.39

—

MO average16 barns · 2,444 hd

277.54

−2.15

National average180 barns · 17,940 hd

284.95

−9.56

This barn, trailing median30 sales

401.31

−125.93

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	1,732	146.85	2,543	12
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	Low	1,473	111.15	1,637	17
Cows	Boner 80-85%	Low	1,212	110.78	1,342	31
Cows	Lean 85-90%	Low	1,038	86.56	899	36

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)	1,305	$2,113	12
Bred Cows	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	1,115	$1,729	3thin
Bred Cows	2nd/3rd Stage (4-9 mo)	Aged (>8 yrs)	1,228	$1,697	3thin
Bred Cows	1st/2nd Stage (1-6 mo)	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	998	$1,200	2thin
Bred Heifers	2nd/3rd Stage (4-9 mo)	Young (2-4 yrs)	1,395	$2,400	1thin
Bred Heifers	2nd/3rd Stage (4-9 mo)	(<2 yrs)	1,043	$1,988	2thin

Every lot, as filed

87 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	350–400	398	335.00/cwt	335.00–335.00	1,333	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	700–750	735	230.00/cwt	230.00–230.00	1,691	2
Steers	Medium and Large 1	600–650	610	289.49/cwt	284.00–293.50	1,766	27
Steers	Medium and Large 1	300–350	328	381.73/cwt	380.00–385.00	1,252	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	750–800	750	227.50/cwt	227.00–230.00	1,706	6
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	500–550	535	282.33/cwt	275.00–285.00	1,510	34
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	550–600	569	262.99/cwt	253.00–279.00	1,496	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	650–700	652	219.00/cwt	219.00–219.00	1,428	2
Steers	Medium and Large 1	350–400	390	355.00/cwt	355.00–355.00	1,385	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	300–350	330	317.50/cwt	317.50–317.50	1,048	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	650–700	685	237.86/cwt	232.00–248.00	1,629	6
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	400–450	421	281.73/cwt	270.00–287.50	1,186	9
Steers	Medium and Large 1	750–800	750	266.00/cwt	266.00–266.00	1,995	2
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	800–850	827	239.17/cwt	230.00–247.00	1,978	6
Steers	Medium and Large 1	700–750	721	264.95/cwt	261.50–271.00	1,910	9
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Unweaned	650–700	693	256.00/cwt	256.00–256.00	1,774	3
Steers	Medium and Large 2	450–500	485	266.00/cwt	266.00–266.00	1,290	3
Heifers	Medium 2	400–450	429	229.42/cwt	224.00–235.00	984	4
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	400–450	428	315.79/cwt	305.00–327.50	1,352	4
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	500–550	523	302.10/cwt	293.00–307.50	1,580	17
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	950–1000	982	220.00/cwt	220.00–220.00	2,160	9
Steers	Medium and Large 1	650–700	664	271.73/cwt	265.00–274.50	1,804	7
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	700–750	721	255.00/cwt	255.00–255.00	1,839	4
Steers	Medium and Large 1	500–550	509	316.61/cwt	310.00–324.00	1,612	8
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	300–350	328	329.48/cwt	325.00–342.00	1,081	4
Steers	Medium and Large 2	400–450	445	266.00/cwt	266.00–266.00	1,184	2
Steers	Medium and Large 2	350–400	395	315.00/cwt	315.00–315.00	1,244	2
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	600–650	618	273.47/cwt	270.00–277.00	1,690	6
Steers	Medium and Large 1	450–500	473	344.35/cwt	332.50–353.00	1,629	16
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	750–800	759	244.23/cwt	235.00–251.00	1,854	5
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	450–500	477	307.29/cwt	292.50–315.00	1,466	3
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	650–700	687	265.00/cwt	265.00–265.00	1,821	6
Steers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	600–650	602	275.00/cwt	275.00–275.00	1,656	4
Steers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	400–450	435	327.50/cwt	327.50–327.50	1,425	2
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	550–600	582	283.45/cwt	282.00–286.00	1,650	6
Steers	Medium and Large 2	550–600	592	235.00/cwt	235.00–235.00	1,391	4
Steers	Medium and Large 1	550–600	569	302.51/cwt	296.00–311.50	1,721	26
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	600–650	620	247.76/cwt	240.00–254.00	1,536	9
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	700–750	710	233.00/cwt	233.00–233.00	1,654	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	850–900	855	211.00/cwt	211.00–211.00	1,804	4
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	350–400	351	272.00/cwt	272.00–272.00	955	4
Bulls	Medium 2	400–450	445	242.00/cwt	242.00–242.00	1,077	5
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	450–500	492	270.00/cwt	270.00–270.00	1,328	3
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	—	1,408	101.63/cwt	95.00–105.00	1,431	3
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,201	102.93/cwt	101.00–104.50	1,236	6
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,215	122.00/cwt	122.00–122.00	1,482	1
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	1,021	82.22/cwt	76.00–92.50	839	14
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	—	1,430	119.74/cwt	118.00–121.50	1,712	2
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	—	1,496	112.10/cwt	107.50–117.00	1,677	12
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,214	112.28/cwt	105.50–116.50	1,363	24
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	1,093	99.06/cwt	90.00–110.00	1,083	16
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	932	63.33/cwt	50.00–76.00	590	6
Bulls	—	—	1,860	136.00/cwt	136.00–136.00	2,530	1
Bulls	—	—	1,720	147.84/cwt	139.00–154.50	2,543	11
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,115	1,728.55/head	1,600.00–1,800.00	1,729	3
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 1-2	—	998	1,200.00/head	1,200.00–1,200.00	1,200	2
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 1	—	1,274	2,245.35/head	2,200.00–2,400.00	2,245	8
Stock Cows	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,124	121.50/cwt	113.50–155.00	1,366	8
Stock Cows	Medium and Large 1-2	—	938	149.42/cwt	120.00–166.00	1,402	5
Stock Cows	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,050	171.25/cwt	161.00–177.50	1,798	3
Bred Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,043	1,987.77/head	1,975.00–2,000.00	1,988	2
Bred Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	1,395	2,400.00/head	2,400.00–2,400.00	2,400	1
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,228	1,697.22/head	1,525.00–1,900.00	1,697	3
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,366	1,849.27/head	1,750.00–2,000.00	1,849	4
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	450–500	475	300.50/cwt	292.50–303.00	1,427	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	650–700	664	257.55/cwt	250.00–261.00	1,710	6
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	550–600	564	283.38/cwt	281.00–285.00	1,598	33
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	450–500	456	299.56/cwt	298.00–304.00	1,366	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	550–600	592	239.18/cwt	221.00–248.00	1,416	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	850–900	873	205.10/cwt	200.00–210.00	1,791	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	700–750	713	262.00/cwt	262.00–262.00	1,868	6
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	400–450	429	244.83/cwt	240.00–254.00	1,050	7
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	500–550	526	234.01/cwt	230.00–250.00	1,231	12
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	450–500	472	247.33/cwt	236.00–250.00	1,167	21
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	600–650	621	243.67/cwt	241.00–247.00	1,513	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	500–550	512	299.26/cwt	287.50–306.00	1,532	7
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	650–700	652	248.88/cwt	235.00–257.50	1,623	13
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	400–450	428	311.96/cwt	300.00–317.50	1,335	8
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	350–400	380	313.83/cwt	307.50–325.00	1,193	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	600–650	616	260.80/cwt	256.00–265.00	1,607	22
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	450–500	464	290.08/cwt	282.50–294.00	1,346	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	350–400	380	300.00/cwt	300.00–300.00	1,140	3
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	800–850	838	206.00/cwt	206.00–206.00	1,726	3
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	500–550	535	300.00/cwt	300.00–300.00	1,605	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	700–750	701	250.00/cwt	250.00–250.00	1,753	5
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	500–550	502	274.55/cwt	256.00–279.00	1,378	14
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	300–350	325	265.46/cwt	250.00–280.00	863	2

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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