Name: Mid Missouri Stockyards livestock auction prices — 2025-07-24
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2025-07-24

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to last week feeder steers sold steady with feeder heifers selling steady to 10.00 lower. Slaughter cows sold steady with slaughter bulls selling 2.00-8.00 lower. Supply was light with very good demand.

Weight class

Steers · summary 500–600 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

500–600 lb steers averaged $381.48/cwt on 38 head. That ranks 1 of 30 comparable sales and sits −74.79 against this barn's trailing median of $456.27.

Average price

$381.48

38 head · 557 lb average

Value per head Derived

$2,124

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$383

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

$65.09/cwt at this weight

vs the market

−8.98

vs MO average

+5.74 vs national

What quality paid 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1	573	400.09	2,293	16thin
Medium and Large 1-2	542	371.25	2,013	20
Medium and Large 2	570	335.00	1,910	2thin

One grade step is worth $65.09/cwt here — about $383 a head. Across this sale the premium is widest at 400–500 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 sale38 hd

381.48

—

MO average12 barns · 898 hd

390.46

−8.98

National average142 barns · 5,388 hd

375.74

+5.74

This barn, trailing median30 sales

456.27

−74.79

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	1,466	186.49	2,734	6thin
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	High	1,464	164.15	2,403	4thin
Cows	Boner 80-85%	Low	1,250	143.00	1,788	1thin
Cows	Lean 85-90%	Low	955	131.16	1,253	6thin

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	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	1,300	$2,625	1thin
Bred Cows	2nd/3rd Stage (4-9 mo)	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	940	$2,500	2thin
Bred Cows	2nd/3rd Stage (4-9 mo)	Aged (>8 yrs)	1,168	$2,083	3thin
Bred Heifers	2nd/3rd Stage (4-9 mo)	(<2 yrs)	1,020	$2,675	1thin
Cow-Calf Pairs	Open	Aged (>8 yrs)	1,150	$2,975	2thin

Every lot, as filed

56 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	650–700	670	348.01/cwt	340.00–350.00	2,332	5
Steers	Medium and Large 1	550–600	573	400.09/cwt	397.00–404.00	2,293	16
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	350–400	377	428.86/cwt	410.00–445.00	1,617	7
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	300–350	319	420.42/cwt	410.00–437.50	1,341	5
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	700–750	740	312.50/cwt	312.50–312.50	2,313	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	300–350	328	376.65/cwt	375.00–377.50	1,235	3
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	550–600	568	342.58/cwt	341.00–345.00	1,946	5
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	350–400	386	425.84/cwt	392.50–434.00	1,644	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	350–400	390	355.00/cwt	355.00–355.00	1,385	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	600–650	619	362.00/cwt	362.00–362.00	2,241	18
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	600–650	607	330.93/cwt	312.50–340.00	2,009	3
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	450–500	475	392.50/cwt	392.50–392.50	1,864	2
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	550–600	569	361.55/cwt	351.00–377.50	2,057	7
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	750–800	760	320.00/cwt	320.00–320.00	2,432	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	550–600	582	332.56/cwt	302.50–342.00	1,935	27
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	450–500	467	340.00/cwt	340.00–340.00	1,588	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	400–450	405	340.00/cwt	340.00–340.00	1,377	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	650–700	660	275.00/cwt	275.00–275.00	1,815	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	550–600	570	287.50/cwt	287.50–287.50	1,639	2
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	500–550	528	376.47/cwt	342.50–396.00	1,988	13
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	650–700	685	360.00/cwt	360.00–360.00	2,466	3
Bulls	—	—	1,429	186.11/cwt	181.50–191.00	2,660	4
Bulls	—	—	1,315	174.50/cwt	174.50–174.50	2,295	1
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	948	117.04/cwt	116.00–118.00	1,110	2
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	—	1,464	164.15/cwt	162.50–165.50	2,403	4
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	959	138.22/cwt	128.50–145.00	1,326	4
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,250	143.00/cwt	143.00–143.00	1,788	1
Cow-Calf Pairs	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,150	2,975.00/head	2,950.00–3,000.00	2,975	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	400–450	440	367.50/cwt	367.50–367.50	1,617	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	450–500	468	320.00/cwt	320.00–320.00	1,498	3
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	550–600	595	295.00/cwt	295.00–295.00	1,755	2
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 2	—	940	2,500.00/head	2,500.00–2,500.00	2,500	2
Steers	Medium and Large 2	450–500	495	342.50/cwt	342.50–342.50	1,695	2
Bulls	—	—	1,765	200.00/cwt	200.00–200.00	3,530	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	350–400	365	395.10/cwt	392.50–397.50	1,442	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	400–450	426	413.74/cwt	407.50–417.50	1,763	5
Stock Cows	Medium and Large 1	—	1,020	212.50/cwt	212.50–212.50	2,168	2
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 1	—	1,195	2,550.00/head	2,550.00–2,550.00	2,550	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	500–550	518	367.55/cwt	345.00–378.00	1,904	31
Steers	Medium and Large 2	550–600	570	335.00/cwt	335.00–335.00	1,910	2
Steers	Medium and Large 1	400–450	428	434.28/cwt	427.50–437.50	1,859	17
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	550–600	579	359.50/cwt	359.50–359.50	2,082	15
Steers	Medium and Large 1	750–800	774	341.41/cwt	340.00–342.00	2,643	68
Steers	Medium and Large 1	600–650	639	380.73/cwt	376.00–400.00	2,433	65
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	750–800	758	310.00/cwt	310.00–310.00	2,350	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	300–350	340	398.81/cwt	385.00–420.00	1,356	7
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	400–450	440	385.36/cwt	370.00–392.50	1,696	20
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	600–650	616	349.34/cwt	349.00–350.00	2,152	6
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	650–700	667	315.31/cwt	310.00–316.00	2,103	18
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	500–550	506	365.95/cwt	340.00–372.50	1,852	10
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 1	—	1,300	2,625.00/head	2,625.00–2,625.00	2,625	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1	650–700	670	369.00/cwt	369.00–369.00	2,472	10
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	600–650	620	342.50/cwt	342.50–342.50	2,124	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	450–500	452	385.00/cwt	385.00–385.00	1,740	2
Bred Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,020	2,675.00/head	2,675.00–2,675.00	2,675	1
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,155	1,850.00/head	1,850.00–1,850.00	1,850	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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