Sale reports / Missouri / Mid Missouri Stockyards / 2025-04-10

Mid Missouri Stockyards

Feeder Cattle · Slaughter Cattle · Phillipsburg, Missouri · Thu, Apr 10
● Final63 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 3654
Feeder Cattle receipts
901 head
350 vs last sale 551 96 vs year ago 805 · +11.9%
Slaughter Cattle receipts
53 head
2 vs last sale 55 41 vs year ago 94 · 43.6%
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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to last week feeder steers under 425 lbs. sold 15.00-25.00 lower with heavier weights selling from 7.00 lower to 3.00 higher. Feeder heifers sold 4.00-8.00 lower. In the slaughter portion of the auction 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 $344.25/cwt on 166 head. That ranks 1 of 30 comparable sales and sits 112.02 against this barn's trailing median of $456.27.
Average price
$344.25
166 head · 548 lb average
Value per head Derived
$1,886
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
$276
per head · Medium and Large 1 over Medium and Large 2
$60.67/cwt at this weight
vs the market
+0.67
vs MO average
10.05 vs national

What quality paid 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 1544354.311,92792
Medium and Large 1-2552335.731,85267
Medium and Large 2562293.641,6517thin
One grade step is worth $60.67/cwt here — about $276 a head. Across this sale the premium is widest at 500–600 lb. USDA reports each grade on its own line and never publishes the spread.

This barn's trailing prices 500–600 lb

30 sales
516479443407median 456.2712/1802/2604/2306/1108/06
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 sale166 hd
344.25
MO average14 barns · 1,484 hd
343.58
+0.67
National average175 barns · 9,187 hd
354.30
−10.05
This barn, trailing median30 sales
456.27
−112.02
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 · $/cwt
Cull cows and bulls are graded, not weight-classed — grade is what moves the money here.
ClassGradeDressingAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
BullsLow1,752163.012,8568thin
CowsBreaker 75-80%Low1,456145.762,1227thin
CowsBoner 80-85%High1,238142.411,76213
CowsLean 85-90%Very Low1,018110.961,12917

Every lot, as filed

63 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.
ClassGrade / descriptionWeightAvg wtPriceRangePer headHead
HeifersMedium and Large 1400–450408392.78/cwt371.00–400.001,60345
HeifersMedium and Large 1750–800755273.00/cwt273.00–273.002,0615
HeifersMedium and Large 1300–350315393.49/cwt387.50–400.001,23920
SteersMedium and Large 1300–350309433.24/cwt412.50–437.501,33913
SteersMedium and Large 2550–600570293.83/cwt293.00–294.001,6756
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2300–350322350.63/cwt330.00–365.001,1296
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2350–400390335.00/cwt335.00–335.001,3071
HeifersMedium and Large 1600–650633282.07/cwt275.00–283.001,78624
SteersMedium and Large 1-2550–600593305.92/cwt293.00–332.501,81420
SteersMedium and Large 1-2250–300283410.00/cwt410.00–410.001,1606
SteersMedium and Large 1-2350–400372400.00/cwt400.00–400.001,4884
SteersMedium and Large 1650–700677310.10/cwt277.50–320.002,09921
SteersMedium and Large 1600–650637330.01/cwt320.00–336.002,10216
SteersMedium and Large 1750–800779271.24/cwt270.00–275.002,1134
SteersMedium and Large 1-2300–350312375.00/cwt375.00–375.001,1702
SteersMedium and Large 1550–600562344.45/cwt339.00–363.001,93654
SteersMedium and Large 1350–400389404.63/cwt387.50–407.001,57424
SteersMedium and Large 1-2450–500468358.85/cwt335.00–369.001,67916
SteersMedium and Large 2500–550515292.50/cwt292.50–292.501,5061
SteersMedium and Large 1-2400–450429367.67/cwt340.00–387.001,57716
SteersMedium and Large 1450–500464387.94/cwt372.50–404.001,800104
SteersMedium and Large 1-2500–550534348.41/cwt325.00–355.001,86147
SteersMedium and Large 1500–550518368.31/cwt357.50–391.001,90838
SteersMedium and Large 1-2600–650618295.20/cwt275.00–316.001,8248
SteersMedium and Large 1-2650–700682284.25/cwt275.00–288.001,9394
BullsMedium and Large 2450–500483312.50/cwt312.50–312.501,5093
BullsMedium and Large 2750–800773233.00/cwt233.00–233.001,8013
BullsMedium and Large 1-2400–450430335.00/cwt335.00–335.001,4412
BullsMedium and Large 1-2450–500452340.62/cwt335.00–350.001,5404
BullsMedium and Large 1-2700–750708255.38/cwt250.00–266.001,8083
BullsMedium and Large 1400–450422385.00/cwt385.00–385.001,6252
CowsBoner 80-85%1,251146.62/cwt143.50–149.501,8348
CowsBoner 80-85%1,216135.68/cwt128.50–140.001,6505
CowsLean 85-90%92885.45/cwt75.00–94.507936
CowsBreaker 75-80%1,585125.00/cwt125.00–125.001,9811
CowsBreaker 75-80%1,434149.22/cwt144.50–154.002,1406
Bulls1,568147.72/cwt138.50–158.002,3163
CowsLean 85-90%1,026114.94/cwt105.00–118.501,1796
CowsLean 85-90%1,105138.74/cwt132.50–142.501,5334
CowsLean 85-90%1,160129.00/cwt129.00–129.001,4961
Bulls1,975180.00/cwt180.00–180.003,5551
Bulls1,834170.22/cwt160.50–178.503,1224
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2650–700665259.00/cwt259.00–259.001,7223
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2750–800755246.00/cwt246.00–246.001,8571
HeifersMedium and Large 1650–700682275.26/cwt270.00–276.001,87716
BullsMedium and Large 1-2300–350315368.89/cwt360.00–377.501,1624
BullsMedium and Large 1-2600–650637287.67/cwt275.00–300.001,8324
BullsMedium and Large 2400–450440327.50/cwt327.50–327.501,4412
HeifersMedium and Large 1800–850800240.00/cwt240.00–240.001,9202
HeifersMedium and Large 1450–500473363.97/cwt352.50–375.001,72226
HeifersMedium and Large 1500–550523337.11/cwt317.50–345.001,76315
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2500–550543288.67/cwt267.50–311.001,5679
HeifersMedium and Large 2350–400388325.98/cwt320.00–337.501,2657
HeifersMedium and Large 1700–750725269.50/cwt269.50–269.501,9545
HeifersMedium and Large 1550–600594293.70/cwt292.00–307.501,7459
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2600–650630278.46/cwt277.00–280.001,7544
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2450–500485337.40/cwt320.00–347.001,63686
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2400–450443357.96/cwt355.00–370.001,58618
HeifersMedium and Large 2450–500460322.50/cwt322.50–322.501,4842
HeifersMedium and Large 1350–400393384.64/cwt360.00–392.501,5124
SteersMedium and Large 2700–750727254.00/cwt254.00–254.001,8473
SteersMedium and Large 1400–450436392.79/cwt389.00–405.001,71331
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2550–600592275.00/cwt275.00–275.001,6283

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.