Name: Mid Missouri Stockyards livestock auction prices — 2025-03-27
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2025-03-27

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to last week feeder steers sold steady to 8.00 higher with feeder heifers selling steady. Slaughter cows and bulls sold steady to 2.00 higher. 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 $357.24/cwt on 61 head. That ranks 1 of 30 comparable sales and sits −99.03 against this barn's trailing median of $456.27.

Average price

$357.24

61 head · 544 lb average

Value per head Derived

$1,944

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$231

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

$58.43/cwt at this weight

vs the market

−8.79

vs MO average

−6.74 vs national

What quality paid 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1	536	381.07	2,043	25
Medium and Large 1-2	546	345.84	1,890	28
Medium and Large 2	562	322.65	1,812	8thin

One grade step is worth $58.43/cwt here — about $231 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 sale61 hd

357.24

—

MO average17 barns · 2,419 hd

366.03

−8.79

National average170 barns · 13,177 hd

363.98

−6.74

This barn, trailing median30 sales

456.27

−99.03

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	1,646	159.76	2,630	15
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	Average	1,477	142.81	2,109	15
Cows	Boner 80-85%	Average	1,217	136.85	1,666	33
Cows	Lean 85-90%	Very Low	1,061	113.12	1,200	31

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)	1,111	$2,411	11
Bred Cows	2nd/3rd Stage (4-9 mo)	Young (2-4 yrs)	1,098	$2,160	9
Bred Cows	2nd/3rd Stage (4-9 mo)	Aged (>8 yrs)	1,124	$2,113	4thin
Bred Cows	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	1,070	$2,000	1thin
Cow-Calf Pairs	Open	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	960	$3,050	6
Cow-Calf Pairs	Open	Young (2-4 yrs)	720	$2,500	7
Cow-Calf Pairs	Open	Aged (>8 yrs)	985	$2,450	2thin

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	650–700	671	261.02/cwt	240.00–276.00	1,751	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	450–500	482	320.13/cwt	275.00–345.00	1,543	8
Steers	Medium and Large 1	500–550	536	381.07/cwt	370.00–382.00	2,043	25
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	600–650	613	306.40/cwt	290.00–309.00	1,878	29
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	800–850	834	225.00/cwt	225.00–225.00	1,877	6
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	700–750	727	250.00/cwt	250.00–250.00	1,818	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	350–400	377	352.06/cwt	340.00–375.00	1,327	6
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	600–650	630	265.00/cwt	265.00–265.00	1,670	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	400–450	415	350.00/cwt	350.00–350.00	1,453	2
Steers	Medium and Large 2	400–450	435	340.08/cwt	322.50–350.00	1,479	6
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	400–450	421	363.45/cwt	345.00–375.00	1,530	13
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	300–350	330	366.17/cwt	360.00–377.50	1,208	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	850–900	885	223.00/cwt	223.00–223.00	1,974	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1	400–450	428	413.10/cwt	407.50–415.00	1,768	5
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	500–550	540	349.58/cwt	340.00–357.50	1,888	19
Steers	Medium and Large 2	500–550	500	325.00/cwt	325.00–325.00	1,625	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	500–550	521	337.74/cwt	320.00–347.50	1,760	29
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	550–600	587	311.73/cwt	298.00–317.50	1,830	51
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	450–500	479	372.89/cwt	365.00–377.50	1,786	17
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	350–400	366	372.40/cwt	362.50–387.50	1,363	5
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	550–600	560	337.94/cwt	330.00–348.00	1,892	9
Steers	Medium and Large 1	700–750	711	300.79/cwt	289.00–305.00	2,139	13
Steers	Medium and Large 2	850–900	855	223.00/cwt	223.00–223.00	1,907	2
Steers	Medium and Large 2	600–650	625	272.58/cwt	267.50–277.50	1,704	2
Steers	Medium and Large 1	650–700	674	312.86/cwt	305.00–322.00	2,109	43
Steers	Medium and Large 1	850–900	879	265.00/cwt	265.00–265.00	2,329	7
Steers	Medium and Large 2	550–600	582	321.86/cwt	320.00–325.00	1,873	6
Steers	Medium and Large 1	450–500	474	395.39/cwt	390.00–398.00	1,874	21
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	450–500	474	376.82/cwt	367.50–385.00	1,786	4
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	600–650	639	313.42/cwt	308.50–318.00	2,003	14
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	650–700	695	307.10/cwt	300.00–308.00	2,134	27
Steers	Medium and Large 1	350–400	379	421.77/cwt	410.00–440.00	1,599	26
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	800–850	815	254.47/cwt	250.00–259.00	2,074	4
Steers	Medium and Large 1	600–650	603	337.00/cwt	337.00–337.00	2,032	11
Steers	Medium and Large 1	800–850	830	271.00/cwt	271.00–271.00	2,249	20
Steers	Medium and Large 1	300–350	326	415.26/cwt	400.00–422.50	1,354	3
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	700–750	720	284.00/cwt	284.00–284.00	2,045	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	650–700	684	270.32/cwt	267.00–275.00	1,849	5
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	550–600	567	337.50/cwt	337.50–337.50	1,914	3
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	500–550	500	357.50/cwt	357.50–357.50	1,788	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	400–450	435	395.00/cwt	395.00–395.00	1,718	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	650–700	678	296.00/cwt	296.00–296.00	2,007	4
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	350–400	355	420.00/cwt	420.00–420.00	1,491	2
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	—	1,487	137.55/cwt	136.00–138.00	2,045	4
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	—	1,473	144.72/cwt	141.50–149.00	2,132	11
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	975	70.12/cwt	50.00–82.00	684	4
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	1,146	100.87/cwt	97.50–104.00	1,156	4
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	1,042	131.84/cwt	129.50–135.00	1,374	6
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	1,068	119.51/cwt	108.00–127.00	1,276	17
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,208	132.63/cwt	125.00–138.00	1,602	19
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,230	142.58/cwt	138.50–152.50	1,754	14
Bulls	—	—	2,040	178.00/cwt	178.00–178.00	3,631	1
Bulls	—	—	1,672	164.77/cwt	157.50–170.00	2,755	6
Bulls	—	—	1,578	153.73/cwt	150.00–158.50	2,426	8
Bred Cows	Medium 2	—	985	2,075.00/head	2,075.00–2,075.00	2,075	1
Stock Cows	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,080	187.50/cwt	187.50–187.50	2,025	2
Stock Cows	Medium 2	—	770	207.50/cwt	207.50–207.50	1,598	3
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,070	2,000.00/head	2,000.00–2,000.00	2,000	1
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 1	—	1,555	2,150.00/head	2,150.00–2,150.00	2,150	1
Cow-Calf Pairs	Medium and Large 2	—	960	3,050.00/head	3,050.00–3,050.00	3,050	6
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 1	—	1,298	2,774.71/head	2,725.00–2,825.00	2,775	2
Bred Cows	Medium 1-2	—	995	2,400.00/head	2,400.00–2,400.00	2,400	5
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,220	2,299.59/head	2,275.00–2,325.00	2,300	3
Cow-Calf Pairs	Medium and Large 2	—	985	2,450.00/head	2,450.00–2,450.00	2,450	2
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 1	—	1,335	2,775.00/head	2,775.00–2,775.00	2,775	1
Bred Cows	Medium 2	—	805	1,875.00/head	1,875.00–1,875.00	1,875	3
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,226	2,208.30/head	2,150.00–2,475.00	2,208	5
Bred Cows	Medium 1-2	—	980	2,100.00/head	2,100.00–2,100.00	2,100	3
Cow-Calf Pairs	Medium 2	—	720	2,500.00/head	2,500.00–2,500.00	2,500	7
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	350–400	380	358.90/cwt	355.00–375.00	1,364	5
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	350–400	385	320.00/cwt	320.00–320.00	1,232	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	400–450	445	332.50/cwt	332.50–332.50	1,480	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	500–550	528	310.00/cwt	310.00–310.00	1,637	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	700–750	727	252.56/cwt	249.00–258.00	1,836	5
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	900–950	908	211.00/cwt	211.00–211.00	1,916	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	550–600	590	274.38/cwt	270.00–287.50	1,619	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	450–500	482	290.00/cwt	290.00–290.00	1,398	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	350–400	375	385.59/cwt	382.00–402.50	1,446	14
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	600–650	633	275.63/cwt	275.00–277.50	1,745	4
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	450–500	465	340.00/cwt	340.00–340.00	1,581	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	500–550	530	336.98/cwt	315.00–347.50	1,786	12
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	550–600	575	267.50/cwt	267.50–267.50	1,538	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	650–700	679	278.98/cwt	273.50–290.00	1,894	26
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	500–550	500	280.00/cwt	280.00–280.00	1,400	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	400–450	429	391.04/cwt	387.50–402.50	1,678	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	300–350	340	398.84/cwt	395.00–400.00	1,356	4

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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