Name: Mid Missouri Stockyards livestock auction prices — 2025-02-06
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2025-02-06

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to last week, steers sold unevenly from 5.00 lower to 7.00 higher. Heifers sold mostly steady to 5.00 lower. Despite the futures board ending sharply lower for the day, demand was good with many buyers active throughout the day. Slaughter cows and bulls sold unevenly steady from 2.00 lower to 4.00 higher. Supply was moderate.

Weight class

Steers · summary 500–600 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

500–600 lb steers averaged $317.66/cwt on 79 head. That ranks 1 of 30 comparable sales and sits −138.61 against this barn's trailing median of $456.27.

Average price

$317.66

79 head · 556 lb average

Value per head Derived

$1,765

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$243

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

$61.01/cwt at this weight

vs the market

−22.94

vs MO average

−24.72 vs national

What quality paid 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1	551	332.92	1,833	51
Medium and Large 1-2	558	295.84	1,651	21
Medium and Large 2	585	271.91	1,591	7thin

One grade step is worth $61.01/cwt here — about $243 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 sale79 hd

317.66

—

MO average17 barns · 3,703 hd

340.60

−22.94

National average187 barns · 18,766 hd

342.38

−24.72

This barn, trailing median30 sales

456.27

−138.61

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	1,660	149.28	2,477	9thin
Cows	Boner 80-85%	Low	1,228	128.77	1,582	34
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	Average	1,496	127.89	1,913	23
Cows	Lean 85-90%	Very Low	1,029	96.62	994	22

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	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	1,210	$2,275	1thin
Bred Cows	2nd/3rd Stage (4-9 mo)	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	1,053	$1,841	4thin
Bred Cows	2nd/3rd Stage (4-9 mo)	Aged (>8 yrs)	1,194	$1,487	5
Bred Heifers	2nd/3rd Stage (4-9 mo)	Young (2-4 yrs)	710	$1,510	2thin

Every lot, as filed

80 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	600–650	612	258.52/cwt	255.00–264.00	1,582	15
Steers	Medium and Large 1	650–700	666	298.68/cwt	287.00–306.50	1,989	40
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	650–700	676	226.95/cwt	221.00–231.00	1,534	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	350–400	367	320.41/cwt	312.50–335.00	1,176	9
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	450–500	492	301.80/cwt	295.00–309.00	1,485	18
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	500–550	515	291.67/cwt	286.00–305.00	1,502	7
Steers	Medium and Large 1	600–650	613	309.08/cwt	302.00–311.00	1,895	45
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	600–650	608	281.73/cwt	271.00–285.25	1,713	67
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	400–450	441	311.24/cwt	295.00–315.00	1,373	10
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	450–500	475	315.60/cwt	315.00–317.50	1,499	22
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	450–500	473	341.12/cwt	332.50–350.00	1,613	18
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	350–400	386	355.80/cwt	347.50–377.50	1,373	4
Steers	Medium and Large 1	700–750	746	274.36/cwt	270.00–279.00	2,047	28
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Unweaned	400–450	434	275.00/cwt	275.00–275.00	1,194	17
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	400–450	417	276.59/cwt	275.00–277.00	1,153	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	550–600	596	230.00/cwt	230.00–230.00	1,371	4
Steers	Medium and Large 1	400–450	440	378.00/cwt	378.00–378.00	1,663	2
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	500–550	526	307.05/cwt	295.00–315.00	1,615	8
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	750–800	770	259.92/cwt	255.00–265.00	2,001	16
Steers	Medium and Large 1	500–550	523	358.02/cwt	351.00–362.50	1,872	24
Steers	Medium and Large 1	750–800	780	266.89/cwt	265.00–269.00	2,082	38
Steers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	550–600	589	300.00/cwt	300.00–300.00	1,767	4
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	550–600	578	288.94/cwt	280.00–310.00	1,670	13
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	800–850	849	230.00/cwt	230.00–230.00	1,953	8
Steers	Medium and Large 2	550–600	585	271.91/cwt	237.50–333.50	1,591	7
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	300–350	343	380.10/cwt	360.00–390.00	1,304	3
Steers	Medium and Large 1	550–600	573	312.46/cwt	312.00–317.50	1,790	23
Steers	Medium and Large 1	450–500	465	379.33/cwt	365.00–388.00	1,764	16
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	700–750	718	260.04/cwt	250.00–265.00	1,867	9
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Unweaned	450–500	480	332.00/cwt	332.00–332.00	1,594	5
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Unweaned	650–700	687	274.00/cwt	274.00–274.00	1,882	3
Steers	Medium and Large 2	450–500	493	305.00/cwt	305.00–305.00	1,504	2
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	650–700	685	286.43/cwt	275.00–287.00	1,962	47
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	600–650	609	296.50/cwt	290.00–300.00	1,806	14
Bulls	Medium and Large 2Unweaned	300–350	322	320.00/cwt	320.00–320.00	1,030	5
Bulls	Medium and Large 2Unweaned	400–450	405	322.50/cwt	322.50–322.50	1,306	3
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2Unweaned	550–600	550	296.00/cwt	296.00–296.00	1,628	11
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2Unweaned	600–650	649	262.00/cwt	262.00–262.00	1,700	5
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	850–900	855	174.00/cwt	174.00–174.00	1,488	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	550–600	562	245.00/cwt	245.00–245.00	1,377	2
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	872	68.53/cwt	65.00–70.00	598	3
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,160	115.55/cwt	113.50–118.00	1,340	2
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	1,120	110.21/cwt	101.00–120.50	1,234	12
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	—	1,504	130.13/cwt	123.50–136.50	1,957	14
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	—	1,475	117.77/cwt	110.50–122.50	1,737	6
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,226	128.44/cwt	123.50–134.50	1,575	28
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,278	137.73/cwt	137.00–139.00	1,760	4
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	—	1,502	137.66/cwt	136.50–139.00	2,068	3
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	939	85.35/cwt	76.00–96.00	801	7
Bulls	—	—	1,433	142.99/cwt	142.50–143.50	2,049	3
Bulls	—	—	1,773	152.42/cwt	150.50–155.00	2,702	6
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,350	1,703.89/head	1,650.00–1,750.00	1,704	2
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 2	—	835	963.10/head	950.00–975.00	963	2
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 1	—	1,210	2,275.00/head	2,275.00–2,275.00	2,275	1
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 1	—	1,168	2,497.11/head	2,300.00–2,650.00	2,497	2
Stock Cows	Medium and Large 1-2	—	975	204.00/cwt	204.00–204.00	1,989	2
Stock Cows	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,011	162.60/cwt	147.00–179.00	1,644	5
Bred Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	710	1,510.00/head	1,510.00–1,510.00	1,510	2
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 1	—	1,600	2,100.00/head	2,100.00–2,100.00	2,100	1
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 2	—	938	1,184.40/head	910.00–1,400.00	1,184	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	800–850	812	205.00/cwt	205.00–205.00	1,665	3
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	400–450	400	343.00/cwt	343.00–343.00	1,372	5
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	550–600	572	301.00/cwt	301.00–301.00	1,722	4
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	550–600	580	279.10/cwt	272.50–285.00	1,619	5
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	700–750	714	249.53/cwt	232.00–255.00	1,782	13
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	600–650	613	271.41/cwt	267.00–284.00	1,664	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	550–600	578	269.24/cwt	259.00–274.00	1,556	16
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	700–750	711	241.37/cwt	240.00–244.00	1,716	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	550–600	576	281.06/cwt	278.00–289.50	1,619	34
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	700–750	723	249.66/cwt	249.50–250.00	1,805	24
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	450–500	454	370.00/cwt	370.00–370.00	1,680	7
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	650–700	680	251.00/cwt	251.00–251.00	1,707	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	350–400	395	350.00/cwt	350.00–350.00	1,383	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	500–550	536	276.10/cwt	265.00–283.00	1,480	8
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	300–350	325	331.33/cwt	330.00–332.50	1,077	6
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Unweaned	550–600	576	256.00/cwt	256.00–256.00	1,475	9
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Unweaned	600–650	605	245.00/cwt	245.00–245.00	1,482	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Fancy	600–650	607	288.00/cwt	288.00–288.00	1,748	14
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	650–700	677	247.83/cwt	240.00–252.50	1,678	18
Steers	Medium and Large 2	700–750	734	231.96/cwt	230.00–235.00	1,703	10

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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