Name: Mid Missouri Stockyards livestock auction prices — 2025-08-21
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2025-08-21

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to last week, steers sold mostly 12.00 to 22.00 higher, and heifers were 6.00 to 18.00 higher based on a limited offering today. Slaughter cows were mostly 1.00 to 4.00 higher and slaughter bulls were steady to 3.00 lower. Demand was very good on a light supply.

Weight class

Steers · summary 500–600 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

500–600 lb steers averaged $443.19/cwt on 63 head. That ranks 9 of 30 comparable sales and sits −13.09 against this barn's trailing median of $456.27.

Average price

$443.19

63 head · 568 lb average

Value per head Derived

$2,517

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$217

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

$28.77/cwt at this weight

vs the market

+24.67

vs MO average

+43.30 vs national

What quality paid 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1	569	445.47	2,535	58
Medium and Large 1-2	556	416.70	2,318	5thin

One grade step is worth $28.77/cwt here — about $217 a head. Across this sale the premium is widest at 600–700 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 sale63 hd

443.19

—

MO average12 barns · 955 hd

418.52

+24.67

National average156 barns · 7,040 hd

399.89

+43.30

This barn, trailing median30 sales

456.27

−13.09

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	—	Low	1,785	183.26	3,271	13
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	Average	1,546	164.24	2,539	4thin
Cows	Boner 80-85%	Average	1,204	163.44	1,968	11
Cows	Lean 85-90%	Low	1,083	136.10	1,474	8thin

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)	1,275	$2,818	5
Bred Cows	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	1,084	$2,514	4thin
Bred Heifers	2nd/3rd Stage (4-9 mo)	Young (2-4 yrs)	1,135	$3,450	1thin
Bred Heifers	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	Young (2-4 yrs)	1,190	$2,800	1thin
Bred Heifers	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	(<2 yrs)	803	$2,475	2thin

Every lot, as filed

69 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	550–600	569	358.85/cwt	345.00–376.00	2,042	7
Steers	Medium and Large 1	400–450	414	492.98/cwt	485.00–497.50	2,041	8
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	600–650	618	328.88/cwt	320.00–335.00	2,032	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	750–800	778	313.54/cwt	300.00–327.00	2,439	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	700–750	715	331.00/cwt	331.00–331.00	2,367	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	350–400	384	446.00/cwt	446.00–446.00	1,713	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	800–850	802	317.50/cwt	317.50–317.50	2,546	6
Steers	Medium and Large 1	550–600	585	432.40/cwt	427.50–447.50	2,530	33
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	650–700	658	339.90/cwt	320.00–350.00	2,237	3
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	750–800	777	315.00/cwt	315.00–315.00	2,448	5
Steers	Medium and Large 1	650–700	682	406.59/cwt	400.00–411.00	2,773	45
Steers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	400–450	440	480.00/cwt	480.00–480.00	2,112	5
Steers	Medium and Large 1	500–550	537	463.50/cwt	440.00–471.00	2,489	12
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	400–450	427	438.05/cwt	425.00–445.00	1,870	3
Steers	Medium and Large 1	600–650	627	429.12/cwt	407.50–435.00	2,691	19
Steers	Medium and Large 1	300–350	343	533.72/cwt	530.00–537.50	1,831	2
Steers	Medium and Large 1	700–750	715	392.66/cwt	387.50–394.00	2,808	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	450–500	474	419.00/cwt	419.00–419.00	1,986	11
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	550–600	572	378.85/cwt	377.00–392.50	2,167	10
Bred Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	1,135	3,450.00/head	3,450.00–3,450.00	3,450	1
Bred Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	1,190	2,800.00/head	2,800.00–2,800.00	2,800	1
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 1	—	1,220	3,163.93/head	3,100.00–3,250.00	3,164	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	350–400	356	463.70/cwt	440.00–471.00	1,651	13
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	650–700	651	376.00/cwt	376.00–376.00	2,448	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	600–650	607	381.76/cwt	375.00–388.00	2,317	10
Steers	Medium and Large 1Fancy	550–600	558	462.00/cwt	462.00–462.00	2,578	13
Steers	Medium and Large 1	350–400	391	510.07/cwt	490.00–514.00	1,994	7
Steers	Medium and Large 1	450–500	464	459.85/cwt	455.00–465.00	2,134	2
Bulls	—	—	1,535	173.91/cwt	170.00–179.50	2,670	3
Bulls	—	—	2,190	200.00/cwt	200.00–200.00	4,380	1
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	1,005	120.68/cwt	112.50–129.00	1,213	3
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	1,130	145.35/cwt	136.00–150.50	1,642	5
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	—	1,485	167.22/cwt	165.00–169.50	2,483	2
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,204	163.44/cwt	157.50–168.50	1,968	11
Steers	Medium 2-3	600–650	632	229.16/cwt	228.00–230.00	1,448	12
Heifers	Medium 2	300–350	345	342.50/cwt	342.50–342.50	1,182	2
Heifers	Medium 2	450–500	492	327.50/cwt	327.50–327.50	1,611	4
Bulls	—	—	1,823	184.51/cwt	177.50–190.00	3,364	9
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	—	1,525	150.00/cwt	150.00–150.00	2,288	1
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	—	1,690	172.50/cwt	172.50–172.50	2,915	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	450–500	466	456.00/cwt	456.00–456.00	2,125	8
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	350–400	378	502.50/cwt	502.50–502.50	1,899	3
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 1-2	—	983	2,049.87/head	2,000.00–2,100.00	2,050	2
Bred Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	803	2,475.00/head	2,475.00–2,475.00	2,475	2
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,312	2,587.55/head	2,350.00–2,900.00	2,588	3
Steers	Medium 2	350–400	378	370.00/cwt	370.00–370.00	1,399	5
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	750–800	783	339.91/cwt	320.00–350.00	2,661	3
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	300–350	345	440.00/cwt	440.00–440.00	1,518	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	550–600	595	325.00/cwt	325.00–325.00	1,934	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	300–350	308	387.50/cwt	387.50–387.50	1,194	2
Steers	Medium and Large 2	600–650	630	350.00/cwt	350.00–350.00	2,205	2
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 1	—	1,185	2,978.27/head	2,950.00–3,000.00	2,978	2
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	700–750	742	370.00/cwt	370.00–370.00	2,745	3
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	550–600	562	295.00/cwt	295.00–295.00	1,658	2
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	650–700	695	395.00/cwt	395.00–395.00	2,745	2
Steers	Medium and Large 2	450–500	480	396.53/cwt	377.50–412.50	1,903	9
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	550–600	588	393.00/cwt	393.00–393.00	2,311	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Unweaned	400–450	418	405.00/cwt	405.00–405.00	1,693	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	700–750	733	324.79/cwt	315.00–337.50	2,381	6
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	450–500	475	429.75/cwt	420.00–440.00	2,041	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	500–550	522	380.11/cwt	370.00–385.00	1,984	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	300–350	310	437.50/cwt	437.50–437.50	1,356	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	450–500	485	379.42/cwt	375.00–380.00	1,840	8
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	350–400	369	433.78/cwt	427.50–452.50	1,601	4
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	550–600	573	366.22/cwt	362.50–370.00	2,098	4
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	500–550	535	432.50/cwt	432.50–432.50	2,314	3
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	450–500	475	387.50/cwt	387.50–387.50	1,841	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	400–450	435	405.00/cwt	385.00–415.00	1,762	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	650–700	688	324.86/cwt	321.00–342.50	2,235	11

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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