Name: Mid Missouri Stockyards livestock auction prices — 2025-09-11
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2025-09-11

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to the sale last week feeder steers and heifers sold 10.00-20.00 lower. Slaughter cows and bulls sold 2.00-4.00 lower. Supply and demand was moderate.

Weight class

Heifers · summary 500–600 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

500–600 lb heifers averaged $350.72/cwt on 113 head. That ranks 1 of 30 comparable sales and sits −50.59 against this barn's trailing median of $401.31.

Average price

$350.72

113 head · 549 lb average

Value per head Derived

$1,926

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$291

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

$65.97/cwt at this weight

vs the market

−31.15

vs MO average

−17.62 vs national

What quality paid 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1	537	377.03	2,026	34
Medium and Large 1-2	553	349.66	1,934	58
Medium and Large 2	558	311.05	1,735	21

One grade step is worth $65.97/cwt here — about $291 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

Heifers 500–600 lb: high $442.30, low $373.72, median $401.31 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 sale113 hd

350.72

—

MO average16 barns · 2,854 hd

381.87

−31.15

National average171 barns · 13,169 hd

368.34

−17.62

This barn, trailing median30 sales

401.31

−50.59

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	—	High	1,768	184.42	3,261	10
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	High	1,473	162.82	2,399	15
Cows	Boner 80-85%	High	1,250	161.71	2,022	25
Cows	Lean 85-90%	High	1,002	132.51	1,328	35

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 (2-4 yrs)	1,000	$2,500	1thin
Bred Cows	2nd/3rd Stage (4-9 mo)	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	1,224	$2,465	9
Bred Cows	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	Young (2-4 yrs)	970	$2,400	2thin
Bred Cows	2nd/3rd Stage (4-9 mo)	Aged (>8 yrs)	1,330	$1,925	3thin
Bulls	N/A	(<2 yrs)	1,178	$2,136	2thin

Every lot, as filed

84 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	571	351.52/cwt	322.00–370.00	2,007	29
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	700–750	731	350.98/cwt	332.50–358.00	2,566	7
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Unweaned	550–600	579	325.00/cwt	325.00–325.00	1,882	6
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	800–850	832	298.92/cwt	275.00–308.00	2,487	11
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	600–650	630	379.00/cwt	379.00–379.00	2,388	11
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	950–1000	962	273.00/cwt	273.00–273.00	2,626	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	500–550	546	355.00/cwt	355.00–355.00	1,938	7
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	750–800	767	346.16/cwt	340.00–351.00	2,655	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	650–700	687	325.00/cwt	325.00–325.00	2,233	10
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	800–850	830	313.50/cwt	313.50–313.50	2,602	3
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	300–350	328	473.35/cwt	472.50–475.00	1,553	3
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	450–500	465	437.95/cwt	387.50–467.50	2,036	14
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	500–550	516	405.27/cwt	387.50–435.00	2,091	20
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	900–950	908	305.00/cwt	305.00–305.00	2,769	4
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	650–700	683	354.00/cwt	354.00–354.00	2,418	9
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,182	2,274.16/head	2,100.00–2,650.00	2,274	7
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	400–450	423	433.85/cwt	432.50–440.00	1,835	11
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	500–550	524	353.76/cwt	340.00–372.50	1,854	23
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	350–400	367	395.67/cwt	385.00–415.00	1,452	6
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	400–450	427	425.44/cwt	395.00–452.50	1,817	15
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	550–600	583	389.46/cwt	370.00–400.00	2,271	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	700–750	729	317.50/cwt	317.50–317.50	2,315	14
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	450–500	481	369.60/cwt	350.00–380.00	1,778	27
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	400–450	411	377.18/cwt	375.00–392.50	1,550	16
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	600–650	620	355.74/cwt	349.00–357.50	2,206	14
Steers	Medium and Large 2	400–450	432	350.00/cwt	350.00–350.00	1,512	3
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	650–700	670	322.50/cwt	322.50–322.50	2,161	3
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	750–800	768	297.50/cwt	297.50–297.50	2,285	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	450–500	480	370.00/cwt	370.00–370.00	1,776	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	550–600	563	333.22/cwt	320.00–360.00	1,876	11
Steers	Medium and Large 2	600–650	615	320.00/cwt	320.00–320.00	1,968	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	500–550	527	317.50/cwt	317.50–317.50	1,673	7
Steers	Medium and Large 2	450–500	463	363.88/cwt	350.00–385.00	1,685	11
Steers	Medium and Large 2	550–600	583	334.50/cwt	317.50–340.00	1,950	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	400–450	423	342.01/cwt	340.00–345.00	1,447	15
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	550–600	573	307.83/cwt	275.00–320.00	1,764	14
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	—	1,473	173.46/cwt	172.00–176.00	2,555	4
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	—	1,507	164.93/cwt	157.50–170.00	2,485	5
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,315	171.81/cwt	169.00–175.50	2,259	5
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,235	160.82/cwt	154.00–168.00	1,986	17
Bulls	—	—	2,058	196.48/cwt	193.50–200.00	4,044	2
Bulls	—	—	1,786	189.16/cwt	184.00–192.50	3,378	5
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	1,034	153.33/cwt	148.00–159.50	1,585	7
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	860	98.65/cwt	82.00–108.00	848	3
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	—	1,445	153.96/cwt	152.50–156.50	2,225	6
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,230	149.91/cwt	148.00–151.00	1,844	3
Bulls	—	—	1,545	168.49/cwt	159.50–176.00	2,603	3
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	1,020	140.01/cwt	134.00–145.00	1,428	14
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	600–650	648	322.50/cwt	322.50–322.50	2,090	3
Bred Cows	Medium 1-2	—	1,000	2,500.00/head	2,500.00–2,500.00	2,500	1
Stock Cows	Medium 1-2	—	1,020	165.00/cwt	165.00–165.00	1,683	2
Bred Cows	Medium 1-2	—	970	2,400.00/head	2,400.00–2,400.00	2,400	2
Bulls	Medium 2	400–450	422	335.00/cwt	335.00–335.00	1,414	3
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	997	118.94/cwt	107.50–129.00	1,186	11
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	550–600	584	367.56/cwt	360.00–370.00	2,147	8
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	350–400	367	359.00/cwt	350.00–377.50	1,318	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	850–900	862	288.00/cwt	288.00–288.00	2,483	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	450–500	484	333.36/cwt	325.00–347.50	1,613	10
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	600–650	620	333.97/cwt	325.00–337.00	2,071	10
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	650–700	679	330.00/cwt	330.00–330.00	2,241	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	400–450	420	411.70/cwt	395.00–427.50	1,729	22
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	800–850	810	314.00/cwt	314.00–314.00	2,543	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	500–550	523	379.94/cwt	365.00–393.00	1,987	26
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	450–500	473	401.44/cwt	392.50–415.00	1,899	15
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	600–650	604	361.62/cwt	360.00–362.00	2,184	21
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 1	—	1,373	3,132.60/head	3,075.00–3,200.00	3,133	2
Steers	Medium and Large 1	750–800	770	352.68/cwt	350.00–354.00	2,716	6
Steers	Medium and Large 1	600–650	624	402.98/cwt	387.50–410.00	2,515	41
Steers	Medium and Large 1	500–550	520	445.70/cwt	425.00–458.00	2,318	29
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	350–400	368	423.58/cwt	420.00–430.00	1,559	6
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	450–500	466	405.80/cwt	395.00–420.00	1,891	13
Steers	Medium and Large 1	700–750	710	367.46/cwt	365.00–370.00	2,609	4
Steers	Medium and Large 1	300–350	337	495.50/cwt	480.00–505.00	1,670	5
Steers	Medium and Large 1	650–700	689	388.76/cwt	366.00–400.00	2,679	33
Steers	Medium and Large 1	550–600	574	421.75/cwt	400.00–445.00	2,421	23
Steers	Medium and Large 1	400–450	414	483.38/cwt	452.50–512.50	2,001	15
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,178	2,135.67/head	2,050.00–2,200.00	2,136	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	750–800	779	305.40/cwt	305.00–306.00	2,379	5
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	850–900	868	270.00/cwt	270.00–270.00	2,344	6
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	500–550	508	382.01/cwt	352.50–397.50	1,941	6
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	550–600	555	372.50/cwt	372.50–372.50	2,067	3
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	600–650	611	359.02/cwt	342.50–365.00	2,194	17
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	350–400	371	439.70/cwt	425.00–450.00	1,631	11
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,330	1,925.00/head	1,925.00–1,925.00	1,925	3

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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