Name: Mid Missouri Stockyards livestock auction prices — 2025-07-31
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2025-07-31

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to last week, feeder steers and heifers sold 3.00 to 8.00 higher with the lighter weight steers and heifers under 500 lbs selling 5.00 to 15.00 higher. Slaughter cows sold 1.00 to 3.00 higher, with the slaughter bulls trading steady. Demand was good on a moderate to light supply.

Weight class

Steers · summary 500–600 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

500–600 lb steers averaged $404.83/cwt on 52 head. That ranks 1 of 30 comparable sales and sits −51.44 against this barn's trailing median of $456.27.

Average price

$404.83

52 head · 553 lb average

Value per head Derived

$2,240

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$200

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

$9.47/cwt at this weight

vs the market

−4.52

vs MO average

+23.15 vs national

What quality paid 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1	559	406.29	2,271	44
Medium and Large 1-2	522	396.82	2,071	8thin

One grade step is worth $9.47/cwt here — about $200 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 sale52 hd

404.83

—

MO average9 barns · 662 hd

409.36

−4.52

National average143 barns · 4,821 hd

381.68

+23.15

This barn, trailing median30 sales

456.27

−51.44

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	1,678	188.42	3,162	9thin
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	Average	1,382	163.71	2,262	14
Cows	Boner 80-85%	Low	1,168	155.57	1,817	13
Cows	Lean 85-90%	High	985	125.63	1,238	13

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)	1,305	$3,081	6
Bred Cows	2nd/3rd Stage (4-9 mo)	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	1,348	$2,522	3thin
Bred Cows	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	1,225	$2,500	1thin
Bred Heifers	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	(<2 yrs)	910	$2,425	1thin
Bulls	N/A	(<2 yrs)	1,150	$3,150	1thin

Every lot, as filed

58 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
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	650–700	697	340.00/cwt	340.00–340.00	2,370	3
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	550–600	563	377.50/cwt	377.50–377.50	2,125	5
Steers	Medium and Large 1	700–750	726	345.00/cwt	345.00–345.00	2,505	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	500–550	538	388.02/cwt	385.00–390.00	2,088	5
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	500–550	522	396.82/cwt	395.00–400.00	2,071	8
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	350–400	363	402.22/cwt	380.00–405.00	1,460	29
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	600–650	602	337.50/cwt	337.50–337.50	2,032	2
Steers	Medium and Large 1	400–450	435	453.00/cwt	453.00–453.00	1,971	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	400–450	431	402.09/cwt	400.00–405.00	1,733	7
Steers	Medium and Large 1	600–650	623	379.13/cwt	375.00–384.00	2,362	8
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	750–800	762	329.50/cwt	329.50–329.50	2,511	62
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	400–450	421	443.85/cwt	435.00–452.00	1,869	6
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	600–650	621	351.83/cwt	340.00–370.00	2,185	5
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,150	3,150.00/head	3,150.00–3,150.00	3,150	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1	450–500	480	423.00/cwt	423.00–423.00	2,030	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	650–700	671	338.50/cwt	338.50–338.50	2,271	8
Steers	Medium and Large 1	650–700	697	373.50/cwt	373.50–373.50	2,603	76
Steers	Medium and Large 1	500–550	532	416.58/cwt	408.00–419.00	2,216	22
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	700–750	720	313.50/cwt	313.50–313.50	2,257	6
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	350–400	369	424.33/cwt	412.50–432.50	1,566	6
Steers	Medium and Large 1	300–350	327	499.48/cwt	490.00–510.00	1,633	8
Steers	Medium and Large 1	550–600	586	396.00/cwt	396.00–396.00	2,321	22
Stock Cows	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,013	166.19/cwt	159.00–173.00	1,684	2
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	935	153.00/cwt	153.00–153.00	1,431	1
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	—	1,356	156.74/cwt	152.00–159.50	2,125	4
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,135	139.41/cwt	138.00–141.00	1,582	2
Bulls	—	—	1,678	188.42/cwt	179.50–197.50	3,162	9
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,213	161.86/cwt	160.00–163.00	1,963	4
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,151	156.60/cwt	154.00–159.50	1,802	7
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,348	2,522.34/head	2,300.00–2,675.00	2,522	3
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,305	3,081.29/head	2,700.00–3,425.00	3,081	6
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,225	2,500.00/head	2,500.00–2,500.00	2,500	1
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	—	1,392	166.50/cwt	160.00–170.00	2,318	10
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	994	109.16/cwt	93.00–121.00	1,085	5
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	986	133.48/cwt	126.00–148.00	1,316	7
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Unweaned	450–500	492	376.00/cwt	376.00–376.00	1,850	8
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	350–400	369	420.58/cwt	420.00–425.00	1,552	18
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	400–450	445	387.50/cwt	387.50–387.50	1,724	3
Steers	Medium and Large 1	800–850	825	335.00/cwt	335.00–335.00	2,764	34
Steers	Medium and Large 1	750–800	758	344.00/cwt	344.00–344.00	2,608	6
Bred Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	910	2,425.00/head	2,425.00–2,425.00	2,425	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2Unweaned	400–450	408	407.50/cwt	407.50–407.50	1,663	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	450–500	472	383.00/cwt	383.00–383.00	1,808	7
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	850–900	869	311.50/cwt	311.50–311.50	2,707	59
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	550–600	556	330.91/cwt	315.00–337.00	1,840	11
Steers	Medium and Large 2	400–450	445	364.00/cwt	364.00–364.00	1,620	11
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	650–700	662	293.00/cwt	293.00–293.00	1,940	7
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	300–350	300	500.00/cwt	500.00–500.00	1,500	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	450–500	465	391.50/cwt	391.50–391.50	1,820	12
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2Unweaned	600–650	637	334.00/cwt	334.00–334.00	2,128	6
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	650–700	686	354.34/cwt	351.00–368.00	2,431	5
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	450–500	492	391.34/cwt	377.50–417.50	1,925	29
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2Unweaned	500–550	548	343.00/cwt	343.00–343.00	1,880	7
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	500–550	500	400.00/cwt	400.00–400.00	2,000	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	600–650	632	347.50/cwt	347.50–347.50	2,196	2
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	700–750	742	331.00/cwt	331.00–331.00	2,456	3
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	600–650	622	357.50/cwt	357.50–357.50	2,224	4
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	400–450	444	410.00/cwt	410.00–410.00	1,820	35

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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