Name: Mid Missouri Stockyards livestock auction prices — 2025-06-26
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2025-06-26

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to last week not enough receipts for a comparison. Supply was light with moderate demand.

Weight class

Steers · summary 500–600 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

500–600 lb steers averaged $338.40/cwt on 17 head. That ranks 1 of 30 comparable sales and sits −117.87 against this barn's trailing median of $456.27.

Average price

$338.40

17 head · 526 lb average

Value per head Derived

$1,781

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

—

single grade reported

vs the market

−35.95

vs MO average

−31.18 vs national

What quality paid 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1-2	526	338.40	1,781	17thin

Only one grade was reported at this weight, so there is no spread to compute.

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 sale17 hd

338.40

—

MO average12 barns · 1,617 hd

374.35

−35.95

National average140 barns · 6,212 hd

369.58

−31.18

This barn, trailing median30 sales

456.27

−117.87

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	1,723	186.16	3,208	3thin
Cows	Boner 80-85%	High	1,240	159.11	1,973	7thin
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	High	1,465	157.77	2,312	4thin
Cows	Lean 85-90%	Low	1,016	129.66	1,317	11

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)	1,199	$2,189	13
Bred Cows	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	925	$1,500	2thin
Bred Heifers	2nd/3rd Stage (4-9 mo)	(<2 yrs)	905	$2,400	4thin
Bulls	N/A	Young (2-4 yrs)	1,725	$3,456	2thin

Every lot, as filed

43 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 1-2	300–350	324	408.75/cwt	400.00–422.50	1,324	5
Steers	Medium and Large 2	450–500	472	350.00/cwt	350.00–350.00	1,652	4
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	500–550	530	297.50/cwt	297.50–297.50	1,577	3
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,725	3,455.80/head	3,000.00–3,850.00	3,456	2
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	550–600	560	325.00/cwt	325.00–325.00	1,820	3
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	1,036	119.43/cwt	117.00–120.00	1,237	4
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	1,004	135.51/cwt	126.00–144.50	1,361	7
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	—	1,477	163.02/cwt	159.00–167.50	2,408	3
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	—	1,430	142.00/cwt	142.00–142.00	2,031	1
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,255	162.11/cwt	158.50–167.00	2,034	5
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,203	151.61/cwt	149.50–153.50	1,824	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	350–400	369	367.68/cwt	357.50–377.50	1,357	4
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	950–1000	952	255.00/cwt	255.00–255.00	2,428	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	450–500	480	327.50/cwt	327.50–327.50	1,572	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	300–350	348	405.00/cwt	405.00–405.00	1,409	4
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	550–600	575	303.00/cwt	303.00–303.00	1,742	2
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	650–700	671	318.73/cwt	315.00–324.00	2,139	12
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	550–600	598	281.00/cwt	281.00–281.00	1,680	2
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	700–750	743	307.50/cwt	307.50–307.50	2,285	6
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	300–350	348	391.00/cwt	391.00–391.00	1,361	11
Bred Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	905	2,400.00/head	2,400.00–2,400.00	2,400	4
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	500–550	519	341.27/cwt	337.50–345.00	1,771	14
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	600–650	613	339.38/cwt	335.00–340.00	2,080	24
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	400–450	410	422.79/cwt	400.00–427.50	1,733	12
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	450–500	465	378.91/cwt	375.00–385.00	1,762	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	400–450	410	365.93/cwt	357.50–370.00	1,500	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	650–700	675	275.00/cwt	275.00–275.00	1,856	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	300–350	315	345.00/cwt	345.00–345.00	1,087	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	350–400	380	347.50/cwt	347.50–347.50	1,321	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	550–600	590	265.00/cwt	265.00–265.00	1,564	2
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,199	2,189.36/head	2,050.00–2,400.00	2,189	13
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	550–600	584	310.00/cwt	310.00–310.00	1,810	6
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	450–500	480	315.00/cwt	315.00–315.00	1,512	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	400–450	437	289.11/cwt	275.00–319.00	1,263	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	850–900	868	249.00/cwt	249.00–249.00	2,161	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	500–550	526	315.05/cwt	285.00–323.00	1,657	18
Steers	Medium and Large 1	250–300	292	460.00/cwt	460.00–460.00	1,343	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	400–450	420	367.50/cwt	367.50–367.50	1,544	3
Bulls	—	—	1,723	186.16/cwt	184.00–189.00	3,208	3
Dairy Steers	Large 3	450–500	456	247.50/cwt	247.50–247.50	1,129	4
Heifers	Medium 2	300–350	300	290.00/cwt	290.00–290.00	870	2
Bred Cows	Medium 2	—	925	1,500.00/head	1,500.00–1,500.00	1,500	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	650–700	660	260.00/cwt	260.00–260.00	1,716	2

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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