Name: Mid Missouri Stockyards livestock auction prices — 2025-04-03
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2025-04-03

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to last week, steers and heifers sold 5.00 to 10.00 higher. Supply was light with good demand. Slaughter cattle traded steady.

Weight class

Steers · summary 500–600 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

500–600 lb steers averaged $362.61/cwt on 53 head. That ranks 1 of 30 comparable sales and sits −93.66 against this barn's trailing median of $456.27.

Average price

$362.61

53 head · 535 lb average

Value per head Derived

$1,939

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$65

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

$34.40/cwt at this weight

vs the market

−6.10

vs MO average

−6.40 vs national

What quality paid 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1	522	375.59	1,961	33
Medium and Large 1-2	556	341.19	1,896	20

One grade step is worth $34.40/cwt here — about $65 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

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 sale53 hd

362.61

—

MO average17 barns · 2,535 hd

368.71

−6.10

National average168 barns · 11,835 hd

369.01

−6.40

This barn, trailing median30 sales

456.27

−93.66

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	1,781	163.37	2,909	7thin
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	Average	1,372	145.98	2,003	9thin
Cows	Boner 80-85%	Low	1,184	137.21	1,625	10
Cows	Lean 85-90%	Low	1,018	109.57	1,116	9thin

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)	1,233	$2,183	3thin
Bred Cows	2nd/3rd Stage (4-9 mo)	Middle Aged/Aged (>5 yrs)	1,090	$1,463	2thin

Every lot, as filed

48 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	450–500	474	385.55/cwt	377.50–391.00	1,828	22
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	450–500	458	397.50/cwt	397.50–397.50	1,821	2
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	550–600	561	337.32/cwt	325.00–349.00	1,892	12
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	650–700	698	300.00/cwt	300.00–300.00	2,094	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	450–500	453	377.50/cwt	377.50–377.50	1,710	3
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	500–550	542	340.00/cwt	340.00–340.00	1,843	3
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	400–450	436	397.00/cwt	397.00–397.00	1,731	4
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	550–600	570	329.00/cwt	329.00–329.00	1,875	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	1000–1050	1,002	191.00/cwt	191.00–191.00	1,914	2
Steers	Medium and Large 1	300–350	304	448.33/cwt	415.00–460.00	1,363	4
Steers	Medium and Large 1	800–850	848	271.00/cwt	271.00–271.00	2,298	19
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	450–500	474	379.94/cwt	365.00–387.50	1,801	10
Steers	Medium and Large 2	300–350	330	327.50/cwt	327.50–327.50	1,081	4
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	400–450	415	395.00/cwt	395.00–395.00	1,639	3
Steers	Medium and Large 1	350–400	352	442.50/cwt	442.50–442.50	1,558	4
Steers	Medium and Large 1	700–750	714	299.77/cwt	299.00–300.00	2,140	13
Steers	Medium and Large 1	400–450	421	420.89/cwt	405.00–435.00	1,772	15
Steers	Medium and Large 1	600–650	618	330.34/cwt	326.00–345.00	2,042	48
Steers	Medium and Large 1	550–600	553	335.00/cwt	335.00–335.00	1,853	3
Steers	Medium and Large 1	650–700	680	306.23/cwt	305.00–308.00	2,082	22
Steers	Medium and Large 1	500–550	519	379.65/cwt	371.00–385.00	1,970	30
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	700–750	735	280.00/cwt	280.00–280.00	2,058	3
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	500–550	548	347.00/cwt	347.00–347.00	1,902	8
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	550–600	573	301.81/cwt	296.00–304.00	1,729	15
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	975	84.88/cwt	78.00–100.00	828	3
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	1,040	121.91/cwt	115.00–125.50	1,268	6
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	—	1,433	142.27/cwt	140.50–143.50	2,039	3
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	—	1,342	147.83/cwt	143.50–150.00	1,984	6
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,460	125.00/cwt	125.00–125.00	1,825	1
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,191	143.68/cwt	143.00–144.00	1,711	3
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,135	136.01/cwt	131.00–141.50	1,544	6
Bulls	—	—	1,613	148.15/cwt	147.00–149.00	2,390	2
Bulls	—	—	1,848	169.46/cwt	160.00–176.50	3,132	5
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,255	2,275.00/head	2,275.00–2,275.00	2,275	1
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,090	1,462.79/head	1,400.00–1,525.00	1,463	2
Bred Cows	Medium 1-2	—	900	1,775.00/head	1,775.00–1,775.00	1,775	1
Bred Cows	Large 1-2	—	1,545	2,500.00/head	2,500.00–2,500.00	2,500	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	350–400	392	382.50/cwt	382.50–382.50	1,499	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	300–350	308	382.50/cwt	382.50–382.50	1,178	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	400–450	436	365.02/cwt	357.50–372.50	1,591	6
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	700–750	731	255.57/cwt	254.00–258.00	1,868	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	450–500	490	343.48/cwt	337.50–347.50	1,683	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	650–700	686	277.00/cwt	269.00–295.00	1,900	24
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	700–750	735	282.32/cwt	274.00–287.00	2,075	14
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	500–550	515	343.25/cwt	330.00–350.00	1,768	49
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	400–450	425	399.97/cwt	391.00–408.00	1,700	17
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	600–650	613	290.00/cwt	290.00–290.00	1,778	6
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	600–650	617	302.18/cwt	300.00–315.00	1,864	16

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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