Name: Mid Missouri Stockyards livestock auction prices — 2025-10-09
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2025-10-09

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to last week feeder steers under 500 lbs. sold 25.00-30.00 higher. Weights over 500 lbs. sold 5.00-15.00 lower. Feeder heifers sold 5.00-12.00 lower. In the slaughter portion of the auction slaughter cows and bulls sold steady. Supply was moderate with very good demand. Steers that are weaned and vaccinated sold for over 200.00 per head more than bull calves not weaned and worked. Plus the preconditioned steers are in much higher demand.

Weight class

Steers · summary 500–600 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

500–600 lb steers averaged $404.19/cwt on 70 head. That ranks 1 of 30 comparable sales and sits −52.08 against this barn's trailing median of $456.27.

Average price

$404.19

70 head · 557 lb average

Value per head Derived

$2,252

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$438

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

$78.93/cwt at this weight

vs the market

−19.27

vs MO average

−41.66 vs national

What quality paid 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1	560	422.01	2,363	41
Medium and Large 1-2	551	392.67	2,162	21
Medium and Large 2	561	343.08	1,925	8thin

One grade step is worth $78.93/cwt here — about $438 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 sale70 hd

404.19

—

MO average18 barns · 1,667 hd

423.46

−19.27

National average181 barns · 23,254 hd

445.85

−41.66

This barn, trailing median30 sales

456.27

−52.08

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	1,781	181.48	3,231	12
Cows	Boner 80-85%	High	1,217	157.18	1,913	32
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	Low	1,497	155.60	2,330	35
Cows	Lean 85-90%	Low	1,041	132.73	1,381	28

Every lot, as filed

70 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	350–400	390	416.25/cwt	400.00–432.50	1,623	4
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	750–800	775	345.00/cwt	345.00–345.00	2,674	2
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	500–550	538	393.56/cwt	360.00–417.50	2,117	14
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	500–550	525	383.74/cwt	370.00–392.50	2,015	23
Steers	Medium and Large 1	500–550	525	438.05/cwt	432.50–443.00	2,300	15
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	700–750	745	357.50/cwt	357.50–357.50	2,663	2
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	350–400	364	434.83/cwt	425.00–450.00	1,583	8
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	650–700	681	375.70/cwt	362.50–380.00	2,559	10
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	350–400	383	392.66/cwt	370.00–400.00	1,504	6
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	550–600	570	355.00/cwt	355.00–355.00	2,024	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	500–550	500	342.50/cwt	342.50–342.50	1,713	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	650–700	669	330.38/cwt	325.00–335.00	2,210	11
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	500–550	516	356.28/cwt	350.00–365.00	1,838	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	250–300	288	420.00/cwt	420.00–420.00	1,210	3
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	400–450	424	455.22/cwt	442.50–470.00	1,930	14
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	550–600	576	390.88/cwt	382.50–400.00	2,251	7
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	800–850	808	335.00/cwt	335.00–335.00	2,707	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	600–650	626	321.83/cwt	300.00–335.00	2,015	16
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	600–650	615	381.64/cwt	375.00–385.00	2,347	6
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	450–500	475	330.00/cwt	330.00–330.00	1,568	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	600–650	642	287.53/cwt	282.50–290.00	1,846	3
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	300–350	344	437.65/cwt	425.00–450.00	1,506	4
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	450–500	460	437.50/cwt	437.50–437.50	2,013	5
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	250–300	283	385.00/cwt	385.00–385.00	1,090	5
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	650–700	682	315.00/cwt	315.00–315.00	2,148	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	300–350	330	370.00/cwt	370.00–370.00	1,221	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	400–450	413	373.65/cwt	342.50–400.00	1,543	18
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	400–450	423	309.52/cwt	290.00–325.00	1,309	12
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	500–550	517	331.02/cwt	330.00–332.50	1,711	12
Bulls	—	—	1,815	190.65/cwt	189.00–192.50	3,460	2
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	1,010	117.65/cwt	115.00–120.00	1,188	3
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	1,047	150.03/cwt	145.00–154.50	1,571	3
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	—	1,493	145.39/cwt	134.00–149.00	2,171	16
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	—	1,519	170.83/cwt	164.50–178.50	2,595	11
Bulls	—	—	1,829	182.55/cwt	175.50–187.50	3,339	9
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,165	167.35/cwt	165.00–171.00	1,950	4
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,223	158.27/cwt	147.50–164.00	1,936	24
Bulls	—	—	1,275	153.50/cwt	153.50–153.50	1,957	1
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	955	89.00/cwt	89.00–89.00	850	1
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	1,048	134.49/cwt	123.50–145.00	1,409	21
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	—	1,476	155.06/cwt	149.00–163.00	2,289	8
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	650–700	695	277.50/cwt	277.50–277.50	1,929	2
Steers	Medium and Large 2	350–400	394	412.50/cwt	412.50–412.50	1,625	4
Steers	Medium and Large 2	550–600	561	343.08/cwt	335.00–352.50	1,925	8
Steers	Medium and Large 2	450–500	490	350.00/cwt	350.00–350.00	1,715	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	500–550	537	311.12/cwt	305.00–317.50	1,671	4
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,234	140.48/cwt	131.50–147.00	1,734	4
Steers	Medium and Large 1	400–450	430	527.33/cwt	500.00–545.00	2,268	7
Steers	Medium and Large 1	300–350	309	475.00/cwt	475.00–475.00	1,468	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	600–650	634	355.00/cwt	355.00–355.00	2,251	9
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	350–400	380	416.61/cwt	402.50–430.00	1,583	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	300–350	323	419.48/cwt	412.50–427.50	1,355	6
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	350–400	353	365.00/cwt	365.00–365.00	1,288	3
Steers	Medium and Large 1	800–850	803	368.00/cwt	368.00–368.00	2,955	7
Steers	Medium and Large 1	650–700	654	418.25/cwt	397.50–421.00	2,735	17
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	450–500	468	414.60/cwt	400.00–430.00	1,940	4
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	400–450	424	485.00/cwt	485.00–485.00	2,056	4
Steers	Medium and Large 1	250–300	290	490.00/cwt	490.00–490.00	1,421	3
Steers	Medium and Large 1	750–800	750	383.00/cwt	383.00–383.00	2,873	38
Steers	Medium and Large 1	550–600	580	412.76/cwt	405.00–425.00	2,394	26
Steers	Medium and Large 1	600–650	642	405.39/cwt	393.00–431.00	2,603	15
Steers	Medium and Large 1	450–500	478	459.79/cwt	445.00–472.50	2,198	21
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	450–500	480	395.32/cwt	392.50–397.50	1,898	32
Steers	Medium and Large 1	350–400	395	500.00/cwt	500.00–500.00	1,975	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	400–450	420	403.00/cwt	400.00–407.50	1,693	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	550–600	575	331.97/cwt	325.00–345.00	1,909	8
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	750–800	770	310.00/cwt	310.00–310.00	2,387	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	700–750	740	341.00/cwt	341.00–341.00	2,523	5
Steers	Medium and Large 1	700–750	722	371.18/cwt	365.00–380.00	2,680	21
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	400–450	427	365.00/cwt	365.00–365.00	1,559	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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