Name: Mid Missouri Stockyards livestock auction prices — 2025-10-23
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2025-10-23

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to the sale last week feeder steers sold 10.00-20.00 lower. Feeder heifers sold 4.00-8.00 lower. In the slaughter portion of the auction slaughter cows and bulls sold 2.00-4.00 lower. Supply and demand was moderate.

Weight class

Steers · summary 500–600 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

500–600 lb steers averaged $416.22/cwt on 135 head. That ranks 1 of 30 comparable sales and sits −40.05 against this barn's trailing median of $456.27.

Average price

$416.22

135 head · 548 lb average

Value per head Derived

$2,282

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$378

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

$95.86/cwt at this weight

vs the market

−13.79

vs MO average

−41.92 vs national

What quality paid 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1	550	425.86	2,342	101
Medium and Large 1-2	541	391.18	2,115	32
Medium and Large 2	595	330.00	1,964	2thin

One grade step is worth $95.86/cwt here — about $378 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 sale135 hd

416.22

—

MO average17 barns · 2,340 hd

430.01

−13.79

National average182 barns · 38,495 hd

458.14

−41.92

This barn, trailing median30 sales

456.27

−40.05

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	1,818	175.76	3,196	9thin
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	Low	1,471	159.98	2,354	4thin
Cows	Boner 80-85%	High	1,212	155.56	1,886	13
Cows	Lean 85-90%	High	990	130.10	1,288	22

Every lot, as filed

75 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 2	300–350	332	380.00/cwt	380.00–380.00	1,262	3
Steers	Medium and Large 1	350–400	394	505.00/cwt	505.00–505.00	1,990	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	900–950	902	285.00/cwt	285.00–285.00	2,571	2
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	850–900	875	320.00/cwt	320.00–320.00	2,800	2
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	350–400	367	463.31/cwt	435.00–475.00	1,700	8
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	600–650	615	382.50/cwt	382.50–382.50	2,352	2
Steers	Medium and Large 1	500–550	529	423.10/cwt	412.50–433.00	2,238	30
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	550–600	562	392.00/cwt	392.00–392.00	2,203	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	700–750	717	317.50/cwt	317.50–317.50	2,276	3
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	750–800	775	335.00/cwt	335.00–335.00	2,596	2
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	450–500	486	435.21/cwt	405.00–447.50	2,115	23
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	250–300	278	450.00/cwt	450.00–450.00	1,251	5
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	350–400	350	442.50/cwt	442.50–442.50	1,549	2
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	500–550	520	394.04/cwt	370.00–410.00	2,049	19
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	300–350	348	445.00/cwt	445.00–445.00	1,549	10
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	650–700	690	337.50/cwt	337.50–337.50	2,329	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	550–600	553	346.30/cwt	335.00–357.50	1,915	4
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	550–600	571	387.00/cwt	380.00–395.00	2,210	13
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	400–450	420	378.92/cwt	370.00–400.00	1,591	11
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	450–500	481	384.87/cwt	371.00–402.50	1,851	10
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	350–400	372	419.35/cwt	415.00–422.50	1,560	5
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	600–650	624	313.39/cwt	300.00–330.00	1,956	11
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	550–600	556	337.33/cwt	322.50–340.00	1,876	14
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	350–400	390	415.00/cwt	415.00–415.00	1,619	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	550–600	593	353.47/cwt	340.00–355.00	2,096	34
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	700–750	730	345.39/cwt	332.50–357.50	2,521	11
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	650–700	682	307.50/cwt	307.50–307.50	2,097	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	550–600	583	340.32/cwt	332.50–344.00	1,984	12
Steers	Medium and Large 2	550–600	595	330.00/cwt	330.00–330.00	1,964	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	500–550	525	369.40/cwt	360.00–390.00	1,939	14
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	300–350	326	398.27/cwt	375.00–410.00	1,298	7
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	400–450	400	360.00/cwt	352.50–365.00	1,440	5
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	650–700	657	325.89/cwt	300.00–331.00	2,141	12
Steers	Medium and Large 2	350–400	373	409.65/cwt	400.00–425.00	1,528	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	450–500	487	352.19/cwt	350.00–355.00	1,715	7
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	1,030	145.16/cwt	145.00–145.50	1,495	3
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	994	135.85/cwt	127.00–143.00	1,350	14
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	938	94.81/cwt	92.00–97.00	889	2
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	969	111.70/cwt	110.00–115.00	1,082	3
Bulls	—	—	1,678	157.70/cwt	156.00–160.00	2,646	2
Bulls	—	—	2,055	187.78/cwt	187.50–188.00	3,859	2
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	—	1,400	135.00/cwt	135.00–135.00	1,890	1
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	—	1,495	168.30/cwt	167.00–169.50	2,516	3
Bulls	—	—	1,780	178.17/cwt	168.50–187.00	3,171	5
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,235	166.01/cwt	165.00–167.00	2,050	2
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,208	153.66/cwt	145.50–160.50	1,856	11
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	400–450	423	340.77/cwt	320.00–362.00	1,441	10
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	500–550	500	340.00/cwt	340.00–340.00	1,700	3
Heifers	Medium 2	350–400	398	335.00/cwt	335.00–335.00	1,333	4
Heifers	Medium 2	450–500	468	317.50/cwt	317.50–317.50	1,486	3
Steers	Medium 2	300–350	316	377.50/cwt	377.50–377.50	1,193	5
Bulls	Medium 3	350–400	398	320.00/cwt	320.00–320.00	1,274	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	400–450	437	423.44/cwt	412.50–427.50	1,850	18
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	350–400	368	434.42/cwt	427.50–440.00	1,599	11
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	750–800	760	285.00/cwt	285.00–285.00	2,166	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	500–550	518	312.50/cwt	312.50–312.50	1,619	6
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	300–350	331	349.73/cwt	335.00–365.00	1,158	6
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	350–400	378	375.00/cwt	375.00–375.00	1,418	5
Steers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	550–600	570	406.00/cwt	406.00–406.00	2,314	4
Steers	Medium and Large 1	400–450	425	451.43/cwt	447.50–452.50	1,919	9
Steers	Medium and Large 1	550–600	558	428.28/cwt	411.00–436.50	2,390	67
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	600–650	635	352.00/cwt	352.00–352.00	2,235	5
Steers	Medium and Large 1	700–750	716	372.87/cwt	365.00–374.00	2,670	16
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	400–450	424	429.46/cwt	417.50–435.00	1,821	10
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	500–550	516	362.73/cwt	357.50–370.00	1,872	5
Steers	Medium and Large 1	300–350	342	512.50/cwt	512.50–512.50	1,753	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	550–600	556	376.00/cwt	376.00–376.00	2,091	7
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	500–550	508	405.00/cwt	400.00–410.00	2,057	6
Steers	Medium and Large 1	650–700	677	388.53/cwt	384.00–392.00	2,630	16
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	400–450	405	425.97/cwt	420.00–432.50	1,725	8
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	750–800	795	312.50/cwt	312.50–312.50	2,484	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	600–650	622	333.38/cwt	325.00–350.00	2,074	6
Steers	Medium and Large 1	600–650	621	398.35/cwt	387.00–410.00	2,474	28
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	500–550	520	409.67/cwt	400.00–417.50	2,130	22
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	650–700	678	365.73/cwt	352.50–380.00	2,480	16

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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