Name: Mid Missouri Stockyards livestock auction prices — 2025-01-23
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2025-01-23

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to last week feeder steers and heifers sold from 6.00 lower to 14.00 higher. 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 $318.13/cwt on 101 head. That ranks 1 of 30 comparable sales and sits −138.14 against this barn's trailing median of $456.27.

Average price

$318.13

101 head · 544 lb average

Value per head Derived

$1,730

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$382

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

$64.03/cwt at this weight

vs the market

−17.14

vs MO average

−22.81 vs national

What quality paid 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1	540	329.03	1,775	61
Medium and Large 1-2	553	305.57	1,689	36
Medium and Large 2	526	265.00	1,394	4thin

One grade step is worth $64.03/cwt here — about $382 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 sale101 hd

318.13

—

MO average15 barns · 3,517 hd

335.27

−17.14

National average147 barns · 15,667 hd

340.94

−22.81

This barn, trailing median30 sales

456.27

−138.14

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	1,611	144.73	2,331	6thin
Cows	Boner 80-85%	Low	1,223	125.49	1,535	18
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	Average	1,506	123.53	1,861	14
Cows	Lean 85-90%	High	1,104	105.27	1,162	16

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)	1,388	$2,425	2thin
Bred Cows	2nd/3rd Stage (4-9 mo)	Aged (>8 yrs)	1,203	$1,567	6
Bred Heifers	2nd/3rd Stage (4-9 mo)	(<2 yrs)	784	$1,738	4thin

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
Steers	Medium and Large 1	550–600	575	311.20/cwt	305.00–316.00	1,789	25
Steers	Medium and Large 1	750–800	780	271.62/cwt	268.00–277.00	2,119	79
Steers	Medium and Large 1	450–500	469	363.44/cwt	347.50–377.50	1,705	15
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	550–600	571	292.61/cwt	285.00–302.00	1,671	19
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	800–850	811	251.26/cwt	250.00–255.00	2,038	4
Steers	Medium and Large 1	800–850	811	269.00/cwt	269.00–269.00	2,182	15
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	550–600	584	278.98/cwt	270.00–286.00	1,629	16
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	500–550	533	284.21/cwt	283.00–286.00	1,515	12
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	700–750	709	241.50/cwt	241.50–241.50	1,712	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	650–700	692	271.00/cwt	271.00–271.00	1,875	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	300–350	325	357.50/cwt	357.50–357.50	1,162	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	650–700	694	255.36/cwt	249.00–256.50	1,772	46
Steers	Medium and Large 1	600–650	615	322.02/cwt	297.00–325.75	1,980	111
Steers	Medium and Large 2	500–550	526	265.00/cwt	265.00–265.00	1,394	4
Steers	Medium and Large 2	450–500	495	302.50/cwt	302.50–302.50	1,497	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	700–750	708	235.00/cwt	235.00–235.00	1,664	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	450–500	485	304.35/cwt	290.00–314.00	1,476	34
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	400–450	445	305.00/cwt	305.00–305.00	1,357	2
Steers	Medium and Large 1	500–550	515	341.42/cwt	331.00–348.00	1,758	36
Steers	Medium and Large 1	350–400	366	393.59/cwt	390.00–397.50	1,441	4
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	350–400	383	347.70/cwt	342.50–352.50	1,332	4
Steers	Medium and Large 1	400–450	428	373.81/cwt	367.50–380.00	1,600	13
Steers	Medium and Large 1	300–350	312	406.88/cwt	385.00–418.00	1,269	6
Steers	Medium and Large 1	650–700	665	298.43/cwt	289.00–299.00	1,985	52
Steers	Medium and Large 2	400–450	430	315.00/cwt	315.00–315.00	1,355	2
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	700–750	727	253.60/cwt	245.00–270.00	1,844	8
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	500–550	532	320.05/cwt	277.50–329.00	1,703	17
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	750–800	785	260.00/cwt	260.00–260.00	2,041	3
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	450–500	474	337.30/cwt	320.00–345.00	1,599	13
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	300–350	323	363.08/cwt	350.00–372.50	1,173	8
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	650–700	660	258.52/cwt	251.00–266.00	1,706	6
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	600–650	625	282.56/cwt	281.00–287.00	1,766	5
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	400–450	414	341.07/cwt	339.00–356.00	1,412	13
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	450–500	466	341.08/cwt	340.00–342.50	1,589	7
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	400–450	425	339.00/cwt	339.00–339.00	1,441	3
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	700–750	728	255.00/cwt	255.00–255.00	1,856	9
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	550–600	596	283.00/cwt	283.00–283.00	1,687	4
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	750–800	791	213.00/cwt	213.00–213.00	1,685	4
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	650–700	662	236.00/cwt	236.00–236.00	1,562	5
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,258	114.45/cwt	113.50–115.50	1,440	2
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,206	133.11/cwt	129.00–135.00	1,605	8
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,232	120.62/cwt	117.50–128.00	1,486	8
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	1,078	115.01/cwt	110.00–121.00	1,240	8
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	1,188	104.95/cwt	100.00–107.50	1,247	5
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	930	73.00/cwt	73.00–73.00	679	1
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	—	1,498	124.82/cwt	121.00–127.50	1,870	4
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	1,083	83.25/cwt	83.00–83.50	902	2
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	—	1,476	109.63/cwt	104.00–114.00	1,618	4
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	—	1,532	131.94/cwt	130.00–134.50	2,021	6
Bulls	—	—	2,175	167.50/cwt	167.50–167.50	3,643	1
Bulls	—	—	1,735	151.10/cwt	148.00–154.00	2,622	2
Bulls	—	—	1,340	132.90/cwt	125.00–137.50	1,781	3
Stock Cows	Medium and Large 1	—	955	192.00/cwt	192.00–192.00	1,834	2
Stock Cows	Medium and Large 1-2	—	855	182.50/cwt	182.50–182.50	1,560	2
Bred Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	840	1,975.00/head	1,975.00–1,975.00	1,975	2
Bred Heifers	Medium 2	—	728	1,500.00/head	1,500.00–1,500.00	1,500	2
Bred Cows	Medium 2	—	1,075	1,300.00/head	1,300.00–1,300.00	1,300	2
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 1	—	1,620	2,750.00/head	2,750.00–2,750.00	2,750	1
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,155	2,100.00/head	2,100.00–2,100.00	2,100	1
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,267	1,700.00/head	1,700.00–1,700.00	1,700	4
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	550–600	585	288.22/cwt	286.50–293.00	1,686	29
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	300–350	307	367.50/cwt	367.50–367.50	1,128	3
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	450–500	488	327.28/cwt	322.50–331.00	1,597	7
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	500–550	542	277.00/cwt	277.00–277.00	1,501	3
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	500–550	505	261.00/cwt	261.00–261.00	1,318	4
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	600–650	641	256.36/cwt	245.00–262.00	1,643	6
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	400–450	427	322.15/cwt	316.00–331.00	1,376	11
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	450–500	459	330.50/cwt	316.00–336.00	1,517	19
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	650–700	665	230.00/cwt	230.00–230.00	1,530	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	600–650	642	230.00/cwt	230.00–230.00	1,477	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	600–650	614	258.57/cwt	253.00–266.00	1,588	11
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	350–400	378	311.92/cwt	302.50–322.50	1,179	9
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	750–800	761	247.64/cwt	247.00–248.50	1,885	71
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	600–650	630	281.13/cwt	280.00–287.00	1,771	18
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	550–600	564	298.36/cwt	295.00–305.00	1,683	15
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	350–400	372	354.55/cwt	342.50–367.50	1,319	8
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	900–950	926	215.50/cwt	215.50–215.50	1,996	6
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	500–550	535	298.24/cwt	289.00–311.00	1,596	81

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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