Name: Mid Missouri Stockyards livestock auction prices — 2025-01-09
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2025-01-09

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

No market comparison due to low receipts. Many roads in the trade area are still ice covered and cattle cannot be moved. Supply was light with very good demand.

Weight class

Steers · summary 500–600 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

500–600 lb steers averaged $298.78/cwt on 14 head. That ranks 1 of 30 comparable sales and sits −157.49 against this barn's trailing median of $456.27.

Average price

$298.78

14 head · 551 lb average

Value per head Derived

$1,646

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$173

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

$51.29/cwt at this weight

vs the market

−25.61

vs MO average

−43.30 vs national

What quality paid 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1	549	311.29	1,707	10thin
Medium and Large 1-2	547	270.00	1,476	3thin
Medium and Large 2	590	260.00	1,534	1thin

One grade step is worth $51.29/cwt here — about $173 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 sale14 hd

298.78

—

MO average9 barns · 1,997 hd

324.38

−25.61

National average155 barns · 22,672 hd

342.08

−43.30

This barn, trailing median30 sales

456.27

−157.49

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	—	Average	1,816	145.70	2,645	4thin
Cows	Boner 80-85%	Average	1,225	119.00	1,458	1thin
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	Average	1,564	117.19	1,833	12
Cows	Lean 85-90%	Low	1,105	89.13	985	10

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)	1,642	$2,070	4thin
Bred Cows	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	1,635	$1,700	1thin
Bred Heifers	2nd/3rd Stage (4-9 mo)	(<2 yrs)	1,170	$2,250	1thin

Every lot, as filed

42 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	750–800	780	242.57/cwt	239.00–251.00	1,892	5
Steers	Medium and Large 1	600–650	637	285.00/cwt	285.00–285.00	1,815	3
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	700–750	730	235.00/cwt	235.00–235.00	1,716	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	750–800	770	207.50/cwt	207.50–207.50	1,598	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	600–650	626	253.08/cwt	250.00–255.00	1,584	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	600–650	622	253.00/cwt	253.00–253.00	1,574	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	500–550	540	240.00/cwt	240.00–240.00	1,296	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	350–400	358	283.48/cwt	275.00–285.00	1,015	7
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	550–600	550	267.50/cwt	267.50–267.50	1,471	2
Steers	Medium and Large 1	300–350	312	409.95/cwt	400.00–415.00	1,279	3
Steers	Medium and Large 1	500–550	517	318.96/cwt	307.50–325.00	1,649	3
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	950–1000	968	205.00/cwt	205.00–205.00	1,984	2
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	650–700	676	270.00/cwt	270.00–270.00	1,825	4
Steers	Medium and Large 1	550–600	562	308.00/cwt	308.00–308.00	1,731	7
Steers	Medium and Large 1	700–750	722	265.74/cwt	264.00–266.00	1,919	8
Steers	Medium and Large 1	400–450	418	356.98/cwt	340.00–375.00	1,492	2
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	500–550	540	275.00/cwt	275.00–275.00	1,485	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	900–950	940	206.00/cwt	206.00–206.00	1,936	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	600–650	616	264.12/cwt	264.00–265.00	1,627	8
Steers	Medium and Large 2	550–600	590	260.00/cwt	260.00–260.00	1,534	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	450–500	459	316.10/cwt	310.00–325.00	1,451	7
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	600–650	632	281.83/cwt	275.00–283.00	1,781	7
Steers	Medium and Large 1	850–900	885	241.00/cwt	241.00–241.00	2,133	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1	350–400	375	357.80/cwt	350.00–365.00	1,342	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	350–400	395	320.00/cwt	320.00–320.00	1,264	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	650–700	655	251.02/cwt	248.00–254.00	1,644	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	500–550	527	260.11/cwt	250.00–272.50	1,371	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	550–600	563	265.91/cwt	250.00–270.00	1,497	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	400–450	420	305.00/cwt	305.00–305.00	1,281	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	800–850	815	212.50/cwt	212.50–212.50	1,732	2
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 1	—	1,635	1,700.00/head	1,700.00–1,700.00	1,700	1
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 1	—	1,642	2,070.15/head	1,900.00–2,200.00	2,070	4
Bred Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	1,170	2,250.00/head	2,250.00–2,250.00	2,250	1
Bulls	—	—	1,683	141.06/cwt	135.00–145.00	2,374	2
Bulls	—	—	1,948	150.35/cwt	148.00–153.00	2,929	2
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	—	1,571	117.19/cwt	112.00–121.00	1,841	7
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	—	1,615	124.48/cwt	123.00–126.00	2,010	3
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	—	1,463	106.26/cwt	105.50–107.00	1,555	2
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	1,135	86.76/cwt	81.00–93.00	985	4
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	1,048	70.27/cwt	65.00–75.00	736	2
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	1,103	100.94/cwt	94.00–106.00	1,113	4
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,225	119.00/cwt	119.00–119.00	1,458	1

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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