Name: Mid Missouri Stockyards livestock auction prices — 2025-03-13
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2025-03-13

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to last week feeder steers sold 5.00-15.00 higher. Feeder heifers sold 5.00-25.00 higher. In the slaughter portion of the auction slaughter cows sold steady to 2.00 lower. A limited number of slaughter bulls sold 3.00-5.00 higher. Supply was moderate with very good demand.

Weight class

Heifers · summary 500–600 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

500–600 lb heifers averaged $301.20/cwt on 104 head. That ranks 1 of 30 comparable sales and sits −100.11 against this barn's trailing median of $401.31.

Average price

$301.20

104 head · 542 lb average

Value per head Derived

$1,631

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$297

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

$77.35/cwt at this weight

vs the market

−14.99

vs MO average

−13.76 vs national

What quality paid 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1	522	329.28	1,718	50
Medium and Large 1-2	560	282.78	1,585	40
Medium 2	530	263.00	1,394	2thin
Medium and Large 2	564	251.93	1,420	12thin

One grade step is worth $77.35/cwt here — about $297 a head. Across this sale the premium is widest at 300–400 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 sale104 hd

301.20

—

MO average16 barns · 2,513 hd

316.19

−14.99

National average179 barns · 17,787 hd

314.96

−13.76

This barn, trailing median30 sales

401.31

−100.11

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	1,474	143.42	2,114	16
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	High	1,458	137.73	2,008	14
Cows	Boner 80-85%	High	1,224	133.92	1,639	23
Cows	Lean 85-90%	High	1,055	113.47	1,197	32

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 (2-4 yrs)	905	$2,050	1thin
Bred Cows	2nd/3rd Stage (4-9 mo)	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	1,006	$1,699	12
Bred Cows	2nd/3rd Stage (4-9 mo)	Aged (>8 yrs)	1,040	$1,519	4thin
Bred Cows	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	975	$1,325	1thin
Bred Cows	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	Aged (>8 yrs)	1,050	$1,325	1thin
Cow-Calf Pairs	Open	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	887	$1,942	3thin

Every lot, as filed

86 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	450–500	469	350.02/cwt	318.00–355.00	1,642	32
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	750–800	753	270.00/cwt	270.00–270.00	2,033	32
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	350–400	391	406.69/cwt	387.50–421.00	1,590	25
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	600–650	610	255.81/cwt	250.00–260.00	1,560	11
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	400–450	440	281.22/cwt	275.00–290.00	1,237	6
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	600–650	623	292.21/cwt	267.50–305.00	1,820	97
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	400–450	427	388.90/cwt	365.00–405.00	1,661	15
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	450–500	462	399.53/cwt	372.50–420.00	1,846	23
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	300–350	322	387.50/cwt	387.50–387.50	1,248	3
Steers	Medium and Large 2	500–550	537	287.38/cwt	270.00–305.00	1,543	14
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	350–400	378	348.54/cwt	340.00–358.00	1,317	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	700–750	711	260.79/cwt	260.00–262.00	1,854	5
Heifers	Medium 2	350–400	387	282.50/cwt	282.50–282.50	1,093	3
Heifers	Medium 2	500–550	530	263.00/cwt	263.00–263.00	1,394	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	500–550	544	251.98/cwt	240.00–260.00	1,371	5
Steers	Medium and Large 1	350–400	370	410.83/cwt	380.00–442.50	1,520	2
Steers	Medium and Large 1	450–500	482	397.52/cwt	375.00–411.00	1,916	31
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	500–550	510	281.00/cwt	270.00–295.00	1,433	9
Steers	Medium and Large 1	300–350	321	404.13/cwt	397.70–420.00	1,297	7
Steers	Medium and Large 2	550–600	579	295.10/cwt	287.00–299.00	1,709	5
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	500–550	522	333.77/cwt	320.00–345.00	1,742	12
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	600–650	624	297.88/cwt	297.50–298.00	1,859	4
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	700–750	739	272.00/cwt	272.00–272.00	2,010	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	350–400	352	315.00/cwt	315.00–315.00	1,109	2
Steers	Medium and Large 1	700–750	718	292.55/cwt	283.00–294.50	2,101	12
Steers	Medium and Large 1	550–600	590	343.65/cwt	336.00–349.00	2,028	30
Steers	Medium and Large 1	500–550	516	368.86/cwt	347.50–381.00	1,903	33
Steers	Medium and Large 1	650–700	682	307.46/cwt	302.00–333.00	2,097	48
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	550–600	578	323.49/cwt	317.50–337.50	1,870	11
Steers	Medium and Large 1	600–650	629	320.07/cwt	302.50–345.00	2,013	70
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	450–500	485	360.92/cwt	341.00–372.50	1,750	15
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	400–450	426	356.22/cwt	340.00–377.50	1,517	4
Steers	Medium and Large 1	800–850	839	272.00/cwt	272.00–272.00	2,282	22
Steers	Medium and Large 1	400–450	417	402.78/cwt	382.50–417.00	1,680	21
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	350–400	382	364.78/cwt	346.00–377.50	1,393	7
Steers	Medium and Large 1	950–1000	988	237.00/cwt	237.00–237.00	2,342	8
Steers	Medium and Large 2	450–500	458	322.50/cwt	322.50–322.50	1,477	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	350–400	371	335.42/cwt	330.00–337.50	1,244	7
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	450–500	490	338.00/cwt	338.00–338.00	1,656	6
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	600–650	643	274.08/cwt	257.50–282.50	1,762	8
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	450–500	472	326.67/cwt	322.50–332.50	1,542	5
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	550–600	558	292.50/cwt	292.50–292.50	1,632	5
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	800–850	833	198.00/cwt	198.00–198.00	1,649	5
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	1,054	131.43/cwt	127.00–136.50	1,385	5
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	1,114	117.04/cwt	108.00–124.00	1,304	19
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,208	140.52/cwt	137.00–144.50	1,697	9
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	955	80.00/cwt	80.00–80.00	764	1
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	911	95.71/cwt	85.00–101.00	872	7
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,253	131.59/cwt	127.00–136.50	1,649	10
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,188	124.89/cwt	122.00–127.00	1,484	4
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	—	1,469	141.51/cwt	140.00–142.50	2,079	6
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	—	1,457	136.02/cwt	134.00–138.00	1,982	7
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	—	1,400	127.00/cwt	127.00–127.00	1,778	1
Bulls	—	—	1,793	149.87/cwt	145.00–154.00	2,687	2
Bulls	—	—	1,854	165.00/cwt	157.50–171.00	3,059	7
Bulls	—Return to Feed	—	1,003	120.00/cwt	120.00–120.00	1,204	7
Bred Cows	Medium 1-2	—	975	1,325.00/head	1,325.00–1,325.00	1,325	1
Bred Cows	Medium 1-2	—	950	1,425.00/head	1,425.00–1,425.00	1,425	2
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 1	—	1,575	2,350.00/head	2,350.00–2,350.00	2,350	1
Bred Cows	Medium 1-2	—	905	2,050.00/head	2,050.00–2,050.00	2,050	1
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,050	1,325.00/head	1,325.00–1,325.00	1,325	1
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,159	2,051.29/head	1,950.00–2,175.00	2,051	4
Cow-Calf Pairs	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,020	2,725.00/head	2,725.00–2,725.00	2,725	1
Cow-Calf Pairs	Medium and Large 2	—	820	1,550.00/head	1,550.00–1,550.00	1,550	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	450–500	476	303.21/cwt	277.50–317.50	1,443	9
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	400–450	413	326.25/cwt	320.00–335.00	1,347	11
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	300–350	336	343.98/cwt	337.50–355.00	1,156	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	500–550	507	337.54/cwt	302.50–344.50	1,711	38
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	700–750	714	225.49/cwt	212.50–240.00	1,610	6
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	550–600	568	303.14/cwt	294.00–310.00	1,722	12
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	550–600	581	306.71/cwt	290.00–319.00	1,782	7
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	450–500	479	345.21/cwt	335.00–350.00	1,654	10
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	550–600	578	251.90/cwt	248.00–255.00	1,456	7
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	650–700	672	258.11/cwt	257.50–260.00	1,734	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	250–300	299	356.64/cwt	337.50–363.00	1,066	8
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	550–600	575	283.30/cwt	270.00–291.00	1,629	31
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	550–600	562	334.00/cwt	334.00–334.00	1,877	8
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	350–400	390	385.80/cwt	385.00–387.50	1,505	6
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	400–450	445	395.00/cwt	395.00–395.00	1,758	3
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	650–700	665	291.36/cwt	288.00–293.00	1,938	3
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	750–800	795	250.00/cwt	250.00–250.00	1,988	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	400–450	416	342.84/cwt	332.50–350.00	1,426	8
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,130	1,612.50/head	1,350.00–1,875.00	1,613	2
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 2	—	888	1,593.86/head	1,425.00–1,675.00	1,594	3
Bred Cows	Medium 2-3	—	700	1,025.00/head	1,025.00–1,025.00	1,025	2
Bred Cows	Medium 1-2	—	898	1,501.53/head	1,400.00–1,625.00	1,502	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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