Name: Mid Missouri Stockyards livestock auction prices — 2025-09-25
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2025-09-25

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to last week feeder steers sold 10.00-20.00 higher with feeder heifers selling 5.00-15.00 higher. Slaughter cows and bulls sold 2.00-6.00 lower. Supply was light with good demand.

Weight class

Steers · summary 500–600 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

500–600 lb steers averaged $412.43/cwt on 68 head. That ranks 1 of 30 comparable sales and sits −43.84 against this barn's trailing median of $456.27.

Average price

$412.43

68 head · 555 lb average

Value per head Derived

$2,289

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$233

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

$52.55/cwt at this weight

vs the market

−14.16

vs MO average

−4.66 vs national

What quality paid 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1	552	424.03	2,339	53
Medium and Large 1-2	567	371.47	2,106	15thin

One grade step is worth $52.55/cwt here — about $233 a head. Across this sale the premium is widest at 300–400 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 sale68 hd

412.43

—

MO average13 barns · 1,790 hd

426.59

−14.16

National average168 barns · 11,658 hd

417.09

−4.66

This barn, trailing median30 sales

456.27

−43.84

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	1,819	180.61	3,285	4thin
Cows	Boner 80-85%	Average	1,223	153.47	1,877	22
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	Low	1,399	150.22	2,102	11
Cows	Lean 85-90%	Average	1,068	129.11	1,379	27

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 (2-4 yrs)	1,220	$3,050	2thin
Bred Cows	2nd/3rd Stage (4-9 mo)	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	1,267	$2,808	5
Bred Heifers	2nd/3rd Stage (4-9 mo)	(<2 yrs)	815	$2,625	4thin

Every lot, as filed

59 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	600–650	636	327.60/cwt	307.50–340.00	2,084	14
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	500–550	528	338.49/cwt	330.00–345.00	1,787	7
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	650–700	690	332.50/cwt	332.50–332.50	2,294	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	550–600	569	332.14/cwt	305.00–340.00	1,890	9
Steers	Medium and Large 1	550–600	572	418.25/cwt	407.50–425.00	2,392	24
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	350–400	372	419.85/cwt	405.00–432.50	1,562	15
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	400–450	404	419.92/cwt	410.00–437.50	1,696	7
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	450–500	482	406.30/cwt	365.00–412.50	1,958	13
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	—	1,401	140.50/cwt	138.00–144.50	1,968	6
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	—	1,412	167.70/cwt	165.00–169.50	2,368	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	600–650	618	350.00/cwt	350.00–350.00	2,163	2
Steers	Medium and Large 1	600–650	623	408.78/cwt	400.00–413.00	2,547	70
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	700–750	724	342.86/cwt	341.00–344.00	2,482	8
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	—	1,375	153.18/cwt	149.50–157.00	2,106	2
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,169	154.42/cwt	148.00–159.00	1,805	8
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,261	163.66/cwt	159.00–169.00	2,064	7
Bulls	—	—	1,807	183.81/cwt	182.50–185.00	3,321	3
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,246	142.19/cwt	134.00–147.00	1,772	7
Bulls	—	—	1,855	171.00/cwt	171.00–171.00	3,172	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	600–650	600	300.00/cwt	300.00–300.00	1,800	2
Steers	Medium and Large 1	400–450	426	458.85/cwt	455.00–462.50	1,955	5
Steers	Medium and Large 1	500–550	529	439.52/cwt	417.00–448.00	2,325	20
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,303	2,913.03/head	2,850.00–2,950.00	2,913	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	650–700	660	322.50/cwt	322.50–322.50	2,129	2
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	700–750	728	323.36/cwt	317.50–327.50	2,354	6
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	450–500	475	426.73/cwt	400.00–430.00	2,027	19
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	500–550	526	347.91/cwt	342.50–350.00	1,830	10
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	600–650	633	352.88/cwt	337.50–370.00	2,234	5
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	650–700	675	336.00/cwt	336.00–336.00	2,268	5
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	350–400	373	434.35/cwt	430.00–440.00	1,620	6
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	550–600	574	373.24/cwt	355.00–385.00	2,142	13
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	550–600	568	297.50/cwt	297.50–297.50	1,690	5
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	750–800	770	310.00/cwt	310.00–310.00	2,387	3
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	500–550	520	360.00/cwt	360.00–360.00	1,872	2
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	1,075	136.58/cwt	125.00–143.00	1,468	15
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	961	99.88/cwt	79.00–113.00	960	5
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	1,093	118.87/cwt	114.00–121.00	1,299	3
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	1,159	145.34/cwt	144.00–147.00	1,684	4
Bred Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	815	2,625.00/head	2,625.00–2,625.00	2,625	4
Steers	Medium and Large 2	350–400	370	375.00/cwt	375.00–375.00	1,388	2
Steers	Medium and Large 2	300–350	330	365.00/cwt	365.00–365.00	1,205	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	300–350	345	300.00/cwt	300.00–300.00	1,035	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	600–650	640	285.00/cwt	285.00–285.00	1,824	2
Bred Cows	Medium 1-2	—	1,025	2,000.00/head	2,000.00–2,000.00	2,000	1
Stock Cows	Medium and Large 1	—	915	285.00/cwt	285.00–285.00	2,608	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	500–550	517	373.02/cwt	360.00–395.00	1,929	10
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	450–500	483	329.99/cwt	312.50–362.50	1,594	10
Steers	Medium and Large 1	450–500	479	434.58/cwt	417.50–442.50	2,082	17
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	650–700	654	357.12/cwt	357.00–357.50	2,336	4
Steers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	500–550	547	405.00/cwt	405.00–405.00	2,215	9
Steers	Medium and Large 1	650–700	674	385.95/cwt	384.00–390.00	2,601	9
Steers	Medium and Large 1	700–750	731	368.85/cwt	350.00–380.00	2,696	19
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	950–1000	992	273.00/cwt	273.00–273.00	2,708	3
Steers	Medium and Large 1	750–800	772	365.00/cwt	365.00–365.00	2,818	2
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 1	—	1,400	3,300.00/head	3,300.00–3,300.00	3,300	1
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 1	—	1,220	3,050.00/head	3,050.00–3,050.00	3,050	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	400–450	436	411.10/cwt	400.00–414.00	1,792	18
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	450–500	493	394.84/cwt	383.00–397.50	1,947	11
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	550–600	558	375.51/cwt	350.00–383.00	2,095	41

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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