Name: Mid Missouri Stockyards livestock auction prices — 2025-04-17
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2025-04-17

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to last week, steers under 700lbs sold mostly 2.00 to 10.00 higher, and heifers under 700lbs sold mostly 5.00 to 15.00 higher. Heavier weights had little to compare to last week. Slaughter cows sold unevenly from 2.00 lower to 4.00 higher, and slaughter bulls sold steady. Demand was good on a moderate supply.

Weight class

Steers · summary 500–600 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

500–600 lb steers averaged $356.20/cwt on 136 head. That ranks 1 of 30 comparable sales and sits −100.07 against this barn's trailing median of $456.27.

Average price

$356.20

136 head · 534 lb average

Value per head Derived

$1,904

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$151

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

$56.68/cwt at this weight

vs the market

−9.02

vs MO average

−8.56 vs national

What quality paid 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1	522	369.18	1,929	83
Medium and Large 1-2	551	339.44	1,871	46
Medium and Large 2	569	312.49	1,777	7thin

One grade step is worth $56.68/cwt here — about $151 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 sale136 hd

356.20

—

MO average18 barns · 3,214 hd

365.22

−9.02

National average169 barns · 11,281 hd

364.76

−8.56

This barn, trailing median30 sales

456.27

−100.07

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	—	Average	1,736	167.39	2,907	11
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	High	1,491	147.43	2,199	14
Cows	Boner 80-85%	Low	1,225	142.07	1,740	34
Cows	Lean 85-90%	Very Low	1,006	107.53	1,082	17

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)	982	$1,938	6
Bred Cows	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	1,180	$1,625	1thin
Bred Cows	2nd/3rd Stage (4-9 mo)	Aged (>8 yrs)	1,098	$1,343	3thin
Bred Heifers	2nd/3rd Stage (4-9 mo)	Young (2-4 yrs)	915	$2,039	4thin
Cow-Calf Pairs	Open	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	1,327	$3,417	9
Cow-Calf Pairs	Open	Aged (>8 yrs)	1,550	$3,000	1thin

Every lot, as filed

92 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	400–450	416	365.22/cwt	347.50–377.50	1,519	34
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	450–500	455	325.00/cwt	325.00–325.00	1,479	2
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Unweaned	550–600	585	318.00/cwt	318.00–318.00	1,860	2
Steers	Medium and Large 2	600–650	640	282.50/cwt	282.50–282.50	1,808	3
Steers	Medium and Large 2	450–500	489	341.44/cwt	325.00–349.00	1,670	13
Steers	Medium and Large 2	500–550	535	320.00/cwt	320.00–320.00	1,712	3
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	700–750	745	274.00/cwt	274.00–274.00	2,041	2
Steers	Medium and Large 1	400–450	432	409.13/cwt	402.50–412.50	1,767	22
Steers	Medium and Large 1	700–750	731	298.91/cwt	298.00–310.00	2,185	26
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Unweaned	450–500	452	332.50/cwt	332.50–332.50	1,503	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	500–550	508	330.00/cwt	330.00–330.00	1,676	2
Steers	Medium and Large 1	850–900	890	265.00/cwt	265.00–265.00	2,359	6
Steers	Medium and Large 1	500–550	510	373.34/cwt	359.00–384.00	1,904	52
Steers	Large 1-2	1250–1300	1,295	205.00/cwt	205.00–205.00	2,655	2
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	450–500	483	369.17/cwt	367.50–370.00	1,783	9
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	350–400	377	357.81/cwt	350.00–370.00	1,349	11
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	600–650	603	302.23/cwt	292.50–315.00	1,822	19
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	450–500	479	342.08/cwt	335.00–351.00	1,639	20
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Unweaned	600–650	606	275.00/cwt	275.00–275.00	1,667	8
Steers	Medium and Large 2	350–400	370	372.37/cwt	360.00–382.50	1,378	9
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	300–350	318	425.69/cwt	407.50–432.50	1,354	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	750–800	789	251.00/cwt	251.00–251.00	1,980	9
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	700–750	734	279.50/cwt	279.50–279.50	2,052	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	650–700	682	261.60/cwt	260.00–265.00	1,784	6
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	350–400	383	425.00/cwt	425.00–425.00	1,628	7
Steers	Medium and Large 1	800–850	816	279.00/cwt	279.00–279.00	2,277	66
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	550–600	575	328.04/cwt	321.00–349.00	1,886	12
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	600–650	620	311.30/cwt	300.00–316.00	1,930	10
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	650–700	688	301.00/cwt	301.00–301.00	2,071	8
Steers	Medium and Large 2	300–350	309	375.79/cwt	340.00–390.00	1,161	4
Steers	Medium and Large 1	300–350	336	434.11/cwt	432.50–437.50	1,459	3
Steers	Medium and Large 1	600–650	614	332.50/cwt	331.00–334.00	2,042	16
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	500–550	540	345.05/cwt	337.50–354.00	1,863	32
Steers	Medium and Large 1	350–400	352	450.00/cwt	450.00–450.00	1,584	3
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	400–450	429	394.91/cwt	390.00–402.50	1,694	10
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	350–400	390	420.79/cwt	417.50–427.50	1,641	3
Dairy Steers	Large 3	550–600	558	202.50/cwt	202.50–202.50	1,130	3
Steers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	600–650	610	314.50/cwt	314.50–314.50	1,918	21
Steers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	500–550	520	370.54/cwt	368.00–377.50	1,927	11
Steers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	450–500	482	380.63/cwt	362.50–382.00	1,835	14
Steers	Medium and Large 1	550–600	556	357.60/cwt	352.00–359.00	1,988	20
Steers	Medium and Large 1	450–500	474	385.02/cwt	377.50–390.00	1,825	12
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	450–500	490	357.50/cwt	357.50–357.50	1,752	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	400–450	430	400.00/cwt	400.00–400.00	1,720	3
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	700–750	735	295.00/cwt	295.00–295.00	2,168	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	450–500	452	367.50/cwt	367.50–367.50	1,661	4
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	500–550	510	360.00/cwt	360.00–360.00	1,836	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	600–650	617	307.75/cwt	305.00–317.50	1,899	9
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	852	70.26/cwt	65.00–81.50	599	3
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	—	1,455	151.07/cwt	147.00–154.50	2,198	4
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	—	1,506	145.98/cwt	136.50–147.50	2,198	10
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,053	128.41/cwt	125.00–132.00	1,352	2
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,398	148.92/cwt	147.00–150.00	2,082	10
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	1,050	110.72/cwt	100.50–117.00	1,163	9
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	1,020	124.15/cwt	117.00–133.00	1,266	5
Bulls	—	—	1,829	172.02/cwt	165.50–177.00	3,146	9
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,162	140.20/cwt	134.50–146.00	1,629	22
Bulls	—	—	1,320	146.57/cwt	144.50–148.50	1,935	2
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,023	1,852.20/head	1,550.00–2,150.00	1,852	2
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 1	—	1,092	2,750.00/head	2,750.00–2,750.00	2,750	2
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 2	—	830	1,212.50/head	1,100.00–1,325.00	1,213	2
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 1-2Broken Mouth	—	1,098	1,342.94/head	1,250.00–1,425.00	1,343	3
Stock Cows	Medium and Large 1-2	—	993	144.83/cwt	136.00–155.00	1,438	6
Cow-Calf Pairs	Medium and Large 1	—	1,550	3,000.00/head	3,000.00–3,000.00	3,000	1
Bred Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	915	2,038.52/head	1,725.00–2,200.00	2,039	4
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,180	1,625.00/head	1,625.00–1,625.00	1,625	1
Cow-Calf Pairs	Medium and Large 1	—	1,371	3,650.00/head	3,650.00–3,650.00	3,650	7
Cow-Calf Pairs	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,172	2,600.00/head	2,600.00–2,600.00	2,600	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	400–450	420	325.00/cwt	325.00–325.00	1,365	4
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	450–500	473	309.84/cwt	300.00–320.00	1,466	4
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	700–750	749	289.00/cwt	289.00–289.00	2,165	5
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	600–650	615	288.69/cwt	287.50–291.00	1,775	3
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	800–850	845	207.50/cwt	207.50–207.50	1,753	3
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	550–600	554	330.00/cwt	330.00–330.00	1,828	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	600–650	618	283.22/cwt	275.00–287.50	1,750	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	350–400	384	325.18/cwt	320.00–330.00	1,249	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	550–600	598	265.00/cwt	265.00–265.00	1,585	6
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	500–550	528	265.00/cwt	265.00–265.00	1,399	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	550–600	576	315.42/cwt	307.50–317.50	1,817	11
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	400–450	442	360.21/cwt	342.50–385.00	1,592	6
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	550–600	587	297.35/cwt	285.00–305.00	1,745	19
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	650–700	663	290.85/cwt	284.00–293.00	1,928	11
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	500–550	515	339.31/cwt	330.00–346.00	1,747	46
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	400–450	428	396.11/cwt	385.00–400.00	1,695	25
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	450–500	468	371.67/cwt	355.00–379.00	1,739	23
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	500–550	513	318.00/cwt	316.00–335.00	1,631	20
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	550–600	557	320.87/cwt	310.00–335.00	1,787	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	750–800	778	267.00/cwt	267.00–267.00	2,077	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	400–450	420	325.46/cwt	320.00–337.50	1,367	6
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	700–750	746	266.50/cwt	266.50–266.50	1,988	4
Steers	Medium and Large 2	550–600	594	306.86/cwt	305.00–312.50	1,823	4
Steers	Medium and Large 1	650–700	677	316.10/cwt	302.50–322.50	2,140	3

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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