Name: Mid Missouri Stockyards livestock auction prices — 2025-06-19
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2025-06-19

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to last Thursday, feeder steers and heifers steady to 5.00 lower. Slaughter cows and bulls 2.00-4.00 higher. Demand good. Supply light. Cattle futures regained a little more ground on Thursday while beef cutout values continued to surge.

Weight class

Steers · summary 500–600 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

500–600 lb steers averaged $364.89/cwt on 114 head. That ranks 1 of 30 comparable sales and sits −91.38 against this barn's trailing median of $456.27.

Average price

$364.89

114 head · 556 lb average

Value per head Derived

$2,029

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$245

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

$48.15/cwt at this weight

vs the market

−16.02

vs MO average

−7.03 vs national

What quality paid 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1	565	370.66	2,093	61
Medium and Large 1-2	544	361.17	1,964	49
Medium and Large 2	573	322.51	1,848	4thin

One grade step is worth $48.15/cwt here — about $245 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 sale114 hd

364.89

—

MO average15 barns · 3,516 hd

380.91

−16.02

National average146 barns · 8,317 hd

371.92

−7.03

This barn, trailing median30 sales

456.27

−91.38

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	1,804	185.64	3,350	8thin
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	Average	1,450	162.00	2,349	2thin
Cows	Boner 80-85%	Average	1,305	157.83	2,060	13
Cows	Lean 85-90%	Average	1,055	134.31	1,416	14

Every lot, as filed

47 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 1Fleshy	950–1000	997	239.00/cwt	239.00–239.00	2,383	3
Steers	Large 1	600–650	638	331.32/cwt	325.00–335.00	2,114	8
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,280	155.47/cwt	151.00–159.00	1,990	9
Bulls	—	—	1,884	188.36/cwt	181.00–195.00	3,549	5
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	—	1,365	159.00/cwt	159.00–159.00	2,170	1
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,361	163.13/cwt	161.50–166.00	2,220	4
Steers	Medium and Large 2	550–600	573	322.51/cwt	320.00–325.00	1,848	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	650–700	662	315.50/cwt	315.50–315.50	2,089	21
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	450–500	459	375.00/cwt	375.00–375.00	1,721	7
Steers	Medium and Large 1	600–650	639	363.00/cwt	363.00–363.00	2,320	35
Steers	Medium and Large 1	500–550	525	379.01/cwt	375.00–385.00	1,990	17
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Fleshy	850–900	871	248.00/cwt	248.00–248.00	2,160	4
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	550–600	570	354.19/cwt	343.00–365.00	2,019	21
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	600–650	615	348.36/cwt	325.00–356.00	2,142	30
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	450–500	450	332.50/cwt	332.50–332.50	1,496	3
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	—	1,535	165.00/cwt	165.00–165.00	2,533	1
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	1,089	142.45/cwt	134.00–150.00	1,551	5
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	1,040	155.50/cwt	153.50–156.50	1,617	3
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	1,033	116.94/cwt	112.00–125.00	1,208	6
Bulls	—	—	2,435	200.00/cwt	200.00–200.00	4,870	1
Bulls	—	—	1,290	171.66/cwt	168.50–175.00	2,214	2
Steers	Medium and Large 1	450–500	456	406.83/cwt	406.00–410.00	1,855	10
Steers	Medium and Large 1	400–450	402	455.00/cwt	455.00–455.00	1,829	6
Steers	Medium and Large 1	350–400	378	470.73/cwt	465.00–490.00	1,779	10
Steers	Medium and Large 1	550–600	580	367.43/cwt	365.50–380.00	2,131	44
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	500–550	512	366.00/cwt	366.00–366.00	1,874	10
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	550–600	579	318.07/cwt	312.50–320.00	1,842	8
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	450–500	480	330.00/cwt	330.00–330.00	1,584	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	800–850	824	250.00/cwt	250.00–250.00	2,060	6
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	500–550	528	323.17/cwt	310.00–335.00	1,706	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	600–650	622	329.00/cwt	329.00–329.00	2,046	37
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	550–600	568	342.41/cwt	324.00–351.00	1,945	28
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	650–700	666	337.80/cwt	320.00–345.00	2,250	18
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	450–500	472	389.18/cwt	365.00–400.00	1,837	14
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	550–600	570	327.55/cwt	325.00–336.00	1,867	28
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	600–650	628	308.22/cwt	304.00–312.00	1,936	11
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	350–400	358	415.16/cwt	407.50–422.50	1,486	4
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	400–450	415	420.13/cwt	392.50–455.00	1,744	5
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	350–400	363	411.72/cwt	390.00–435.00	1,495	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	350–400	367	399.84/cwt	395.00–407.50	1,467	5
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	700–750	736	314.00/cwt	314.00–314.00	2,311	11
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	400–450	433	364.75/cwt	352.50–385.00	1,579	21
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	500–550	524	366.41/cwt	347.50–378.00	1,920	28
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	400–450	428	418.93/cwt	400.00–442.50	1,793	16
Steers	Medium and Large 2	700–750	732	285.00/cwt	285.00–285.00	2,086	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	550–600	550	290.00/cwt	290.00–290.00	1,595	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	600–650	629	300.00/cwt	300.00–300.00	1,887	5

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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