Name: Mid Missouri Stockyards livestock auction prices — 2025-01-30
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2025-01-30

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to last week, feeders sold uneven from 10.00 lower to 5.00 higher. Supply was light to moderate and demand was moderate to good. Very few true comparisons of the same types and kinds of cattle this week. Except for a few packages overall quality not as attractive as last week. Several calves right off their moms without shots, weaning and still being bulls if they were born as such. A rainy day likely prevented some cattle from making it to town as warmer weather the last few days has resulted in some sloppy mud on the top.

Weight class

Steers · summary 500–600 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

500–600 lb steers averaged $313.85/cwt on 116 head. That ranks 1 of 30 comparable sales and sits −142.42 against this barn's trailing median of $456.27.

Average price

$313.85

116 head · 559 lb average

Value per head Derived

$1,754

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$295

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

$58.21/cwt at this weight

vs the market

−26.07

vs MO average

−34.81 vs national

What quality paid 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1	543	333.21	1,810	60
Large 1-2	537	308.00	1,654	6thin
Medium and Large 1-2	583	292.75	1,707	46
Medium and Large 2	551	275.00	1,515	4thin

One grade step is worth $58.21/cwt here — about $295 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

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 sale116 hd

313.85

—

MO average17 barns · 4,674 hd

339.92

−26.07

National average177 barns · 23,098 hd

348.66

−34.81

This barn, trailing median30 sales

456.27

−142.42

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	1,641	141.70	2,325	9thin
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	Low	1,435	130.13	1,868	10
Cows	Boner 80-85%	Low	1,240	123.23	1,528	20
Cows	Lean 85-90%	High	1,197	98.83	1,183	15

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)	1,228	$2,393	3thin
Bred Cows	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	1,272	$1,792	3thin

Every lot, as filed

92 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	400–450	425	337.39/cwt	320.00–355.00	1,434	37
Steers	Medium 1-2	650–700	694	260.00/cwt	260.00–260.00	1,804	9
Steers	Medium and Large 2	500–550	522	275.00/cwt	275.00–275.00	1,436	2
Steers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	450–500	489	330.00/cwt	330.00–330.00	1,614	8
Steers	Medium and Large 2	550–600	580	275.00/cwt	275.00–275.00	1,595	2
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	300–350	341	369.43/cwt	362.50–390.00	1,260	12
Steers	Large 1-2	500–550	537	308.00/cwt	308.00–308.00	1,654	6
Steers	Medium and Large 1	350–400	371	397.54/cwt	390.00–402.50	1,475	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	550–600	578	240.12/cwt	235.00–251.00	1,388	6
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	550–600	585	265.90/cwt	262.00–270.00	1,556	20
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	350–400	395	272.50/cwt	272.50–272.50	1,076	3
Steers	Medium and Large 1	450–500	469	361.93/cwt	351.00–371.00	1,697	25
Steers	Medium and Large 1	650–700	684	291.14/cwt	287.00–309.00	1,991	97
Steers	Medium and Large 2	750–800	752	250.00/cwt	250.00–250.00	1,880	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	300–350	325	333.29/cwt	322.50–335.00	1,083	7
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	750–800	757	236.00/cwt	236.00–236.00	1,787	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	850–900	866	230.00/cwt	230.00–230.00	1,992	7
Steers	Medium and Large 1	300–350	318	407.15/cwt	400.00–412.50	1,295	7
Steers	Medium and Large 1	500–550	520	335.50/cwt	331.00–340.00	1,745	19
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	700–750	730	235.79/cwt	230.00–240.00	1,721	7
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	400–450	438	336.68/cwt	322.50–344.00	1,475	18
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	600–650	628	265.90/cwt	257.50–270.50	1,670	28
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	650–700	672	273.00/cwt	273.00–273.00	1,835	2
Steers	Medium 1-2	750–800	781	247.00/cwt	247.00–247.00	1,929	5
Steers	Medium and Large 1	700–750	729	270.00/cwt	270.00–270.00	1,968	21
Steers	Medium and Large 1	600–650	607	316.62/cwt	313.00–319.00	1,922	18
Steers	Medium and Large 1	750–800	767	272.66/cwt	270.00–276.00	2,091	9
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	700–750	710	267.91/cwt	267.50–270.00	1,902	19
Steers	Medium 2	400–450	445	235.00/cwt	235.00–235.00	1,046	2
Steers	Medium and Large 2	650–700	670	267.00/cwt	267.00–267.00	1,789	7
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	600–650	638	283.85/cwt	271.00–288.00	1,811	9
Steers	Medium and Large 1	400–450	402	390.00/cwt	390.00–390.00	1,568	3
Steers	Medium and Large 1	550–600	554	332.15/cwt	303.00–338.00	1,840	41
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	500–550	520	297.96/cwt	285.00–302.50	1,549	4
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	450–500	460	331.58/cwt	317.50–334.00	1,525	14
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	350–400	385	351.56/cwt	350.00–355.00	1,354	3
Steers	Medium 1-2	450–500	472	275.00/cwt	275.00–275.00	1,298	2
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	650–700	668	282.66/cwt	272.00–290.00	1,888	12
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	750–800	795	250.00/cwt	250.00–250.00	1,988	7
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	550–600	589	292.25/cwt	286.00–298.00	1,721	42
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	550–600	565	305.00/cwt	305.00–305.00	1,723	3
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	450–500	476	326.47/cwt	321.00–330.00	1,554	8
Bulls	Medium 2	450–500	455	242.50/cwt	242.50–242.50	1,103	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	650–700	678	245.49/cwt	245.00–247.50	1,664	5
Bulls	Medium and Large 1Thin Fleshed	400–450	426	336.00/cwt	336.00–336.00	1,431	4
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	700–750	712	223.00/cwt	223.00–223.00	1,588	3
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,192	115.67/cwt	112.50–118.50	1,379	6
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	1,080	117.50/cwt	117.50–117.50	1,269	1
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	1,225	107.74/cwt	101.00–110.50	1,320	10
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,110	145.00/cwt	145.00–145.00	1,610	1
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,272	125.05/cwt	120.50–131.50	1,591	13
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	1,173	69.02/cwt	67.00–70.00	810	3
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	1,105	80.50/cwt	80.50–80.50	890	1
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	—	1,597	125.28/cwt	125.00–126.00	2,001	3
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	—	1,366	132.21/cwt	128.50–135.00	1,806	7
Bulls	—	—	1,473	132.69/cwt	120.00–151.50	1,955	5
Bulls	—	—	1,851	152.96/cwt	146.00–159.00	2,831	4
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,228	2,392.74/head	2,250.00–2,650.00	2,393	3
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,272	1,792.40/head	1,700.00–2,000.00	1,792	3
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	700–750	727	254.60/cwt	254.00–255.00	1,851	5
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	500–550	532	310.49/cwt	310.00–312.50	1,652	5
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	750–800	753	259.00/cwt	259.00–259.00	1,950	3
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	300–350	315	369.92/cwt	360.00–375.00	1,165	9
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	400–450	424	326.47/cwt	319.00–329.00	1,384	8
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	600–650	627	275.82/cwt	271.00–283.00	1,729	15
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	850–900	897	200.00/cwt	200.00–200.00	1,794	3
Bulls	Medium 1-2	500–550	500	250.00/cwt	250.00–250.00	1,250	3
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	800–850	813	228.00/cwt	228.00–228.00	1,854	3
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	750–800	752	228.00/cwt	228.00–228.00	1,715	6
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	350–400	365	331.04/cwt	310.00–337.50	1,208	11
Steers	Medium and Large 1Fleshy	850–900	862	253.00/cwt	253.00–253.00	2,181	12
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	650–700	674	257.15/cwt	255.50–269.00	1,733	17
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	550–600	581	284.67/cwt	283.50–286.00	1,654	42
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	600–650	642	273.80/cwt	271.50–275.50	1,758	7
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	700–750	739	250.33/cwt	245.00–264.00	1,850	18
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	500–550	534	271.18/cwt	257.00–290.00	1,448	26
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	250–300	290	332.50/cwt	332.50–332.50	964	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	500–550	516	300.30/cwt	289.00–310.00	1,550	11
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	450–500	475	323.37/cwt	323.00–327.50	1,536	23
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	350–400	373	355.59/cwt	350.00–357.50	1,326	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Fleshy	650–700	652	240.00/cwt	240.00–240.00	1,565	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	450–500	470	303.60/cwt	287.50–315.00	1,427	46
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	400–450	438	305.00/cwt	305.00–305.00	1,336	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	700–750	707	213.64/cwt	206.00–222.50	1,510	9
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	600–650	608	230.00/cwt	230.00–230.00	1,398	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	400–450	440	305.00/cwt	305.00–305.00	1,342	3
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	550–600	579	288.43/cwt	285.00–291.00	1,670	7
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	350–400	380	328.70/cwt	320.00–345.00	1,249	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Fleshy	750–800	798	237.50/cwt	237.50–237.50	1,895	19
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	650–700	696	223.01/cwt	215.00–230.00	1,552	6
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	450–500	470	307.48/cwt	287.50–320.00	1,445	15
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	400–450	440	290.00/cwt	290.00–290.00	1,276	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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