Name: Mid Missouri Stockyards livestock auction prices — 2025-10-30
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2025-10-30

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to last week, steers sold 20.00 to 40.00 lower and heifers were 15.00 to 30.00 lower. Slaughter cows and bulls sold mostly steady to 3.00 higher. Some major drops in the feeder cattle futures board over the past week was the major contributor to the lower trade today. Demand was light on a light supply.

Weight class

Steers · summary 500–600 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

500–600 lb steers averaged $365.85/cwt on 56 head. That ranks 1 of 30 comparable sales and sits −90.42 against this barn's trailing median of $456.27.

Average price

$365.85

56 head · 543 lb average

Value per head Derived

$1,985

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$208

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

$59.66/cwt at this weight

vs the market

−12.58

vs MO average

−63.87 vs national

What quality paid 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1	527	392.66	2,070	17thin
Medium and Large 1-2	554	359.46	1,991	29
Medium 1-2	500	347.50	1,738	4thin
Medium and Large 2	559	333.00	1,861	6thin

One grade step is worth $59.66/cwt here — about $208 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 sale56 hd

365.85

—

MO average17 barns · 2,073 hd

378.42

−12.58

National average179 barns · 33,800 hd

429.72

−63.87

This barn, trailing median30 sales

456.27

−90.42

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	1,592	179.14	2,852	6thin
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	Low	1,518	155.87	2,366	16
Cows	Boner 80-85%	High	1,191	151.84	1,809	21
Cows	Lean 85-90%	Low	1,046	128.34	1,342	25

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)	1,193	$2,290	5
Bred Cows	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	869	$1,210	5
Bred Heifers	2nd/3rd Stage (4-9 mo)	Young (2-4 yrs)	1,098	$2,875	2thin

Every lot, as filed

74 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	630	325.00/cwt	325.00–325.00	2,048	10
Steers	Medium and Large 1	600–650	618	343.94/cwt	342.50–345.00	2,126	7
Steers	Medium and Large 1	500–550	519	397.00/cwt	393.00–407.50	2,060	14
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	450–500	474	405.28/cwt	400.00–427.50	1,921	5
Steers	Medium and Large 1	450–500	475	445.00/cwt	445.00–445.00	2,114	16
Steers	Medium and Large 1	400–450	424	449.78/cwt	440.00–460.00	1,907	8
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	650–700	690	346.00/cwt	346.00–346.00	2,387	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	350–400	374	381.14/cwt	372.50–387.50	1,425	16
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	400–450	420	357.56/cwt	352.50–372.50	1,502	4
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Unweaned	500–550	518	360.00/cwt	360.00–360.00	1,865	2
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	400–450	434	383.95/cwt	377.50–390.00	1,666	4
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	850–900	882	296.73/cwt	280.00–305.00	2,617	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	500–550	533	342.73/cwt	330.00–362.50	1,827	7
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	700–750	728	280.00/cwt	280.00–280.00	2,038	6
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	350–400	390	432.50/cwt	432.50–432.50	1,687	4
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	450–500	478	351.25/cwt	340.00–360.00	1,679	8
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	450–500	495	396.25/cwt	380.00–412.50	1,961	2
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	550–600	574	359.65/cwt	350.00–361.00	2,064	15
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	500–550	510	377.50/cwt	377.50–377.50	1,925	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	400–450	439	390.76/cwt	385.00–410.00	1,715	14
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	550–600	569	320.43/cwt	315.00–330.00	1,823	15
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	550–600	565	337.50/cwt	337.50–337.50	1,907	9
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	450–500	463	356.80/cwt	340.00–367.50	1,652	10
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	650–700	654	304.47/cwt	300.00–307.50	1,991	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	450–500	476	384.29/cwt	370.00–390.00	1,829	10
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	600–650	617	335.20/cwt	330.00–342.50	2,068	5
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	550–600	577	323.36/cwt	312.50–340.00	1,866	8
Steers	Medium and Large 1	650–700	689	346.17/cwt	342.50–346.50	2,385	12
Steers	Medium and Large 1	350–400	360	469.86/cwt	465.00–475.00	1,691	2
Steers	Medium and Large 1	300–350	339	480.88/cwt	465.00–500.00	1,630	5
Steers	Medium and Large 1	550–600	565	372.38/cwt	371.00–375.00	2,104	3
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	1,026	116.98/cwt	114.00–121.00	1,200	6
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	1,025	144.52/cwt	144.00–145.00	1,481	2
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	1,003	99.67/cwt	95.00–104.00	1,000	2
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	—	1,420	145.05/cwt	143.50–148.50	2,060	4
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,190	169.00/cwt	169.00–169.00	2,011	1
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	—	1,542	158.39/cwt	150.00–166.00	2,442	11
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,205	154.20/cwt	148.00–161.50	1,858	15
Bulls	—	—	1,611	184.28/cwt	178.50–192.00	2,969	4
Bulls	—	—	1,555	168.85/cwt	164.00–175.00	2,626	2
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	—	1,645	171.50/cwt	171.50–171.50	2,821	1
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,151	141.33/cwt	135.00–148.00	1,627	5
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	1,062	134.55/cwt	123.00–143.00	1,429	15
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,193	2,289.50/head	2,075.00–2,400.00	2,290	5
Stock Cows	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,025	187.50/cwt	187.50–187.50	1,922	1
Bred Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	1,098	2,875.00/head	2,875.00–2,875.00	2,875	2
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 1-2	—	948	1,824.41/head	1,600.00–2,050.00	1,824	2
Steers	Medium 1-2	500–550	500	347.50/cwt	347.50–347.50	1,738	4
Bred Cows	Medium 2	—	817	800.00/head	800.00–800.00	800	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	800–850	808	255.00/cwt	255.00–255.00	2,060	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	450–500	471	322.63/cwt	302.50–335.00	1,520	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	500–550	526	317.29/cwt	300.00–325.00	1,669	7
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	600–650	608	287.50/cwt	287.50–287.50	1,748	2
Stock Cows	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,041	190.97/cwt	182.50–203.00	1,988	4
Stock Cows	Medium and Large 1-2	—	850	290.00/cwt	290.00–290.00	2,465	2
Steers	Medium and Large 2	450–500	480	342.40/cwt	337.50–347.50	1,644	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 2Unweaned	600–650	615	285.00/cwt	285.00–285.00	1,753	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	450–500	460	325.00/cwt	315.00–335.00	1,495	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	400–450	423	329.16/cwt	325.00–335.00	1,392	5
Steers	Medium and Large 2	400–450	440	335.00/cwt	335.00–335.00	1,474	2
Steers	Medium and Large 2	650–700	667	290.72/cwt	272.50–300.00	1,939	3
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	500–550	535	359.14/cwt	347.50–375.00	1,921	12
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	650–700	676	331.26/cwt	330.00–335.00	2,239	12
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Unweaned	500–550	517	337.50/cwt	337.50–337.50	1,745	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	550–600	568	296.73/cwt	275.00–307.50	1,685	3
Steers	Medium and Large 2	500–550	546	342.00/cwt	342.00–342.00	1,867	4
Steers	Medium and Large 2	550–600	585	315.00/cwt	315.00–315.00	1,843	2
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	700–750	735	327.97/cwt	320.00–332.00	2,411	3
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	600–650	621	337.04/cwt	335.00–340.00	2,093	20
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	750–800	775	328.73/cwt	327.50–330.00	2,548	2
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	300–350	330	415.00/cwt	415.00–415.00	1,370	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Unweaned	600–650	632	300.00/cwt	300.00–300.00	1,896	6
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	350–400	369	395.07/cwt	382.50–405.00	1,458	4
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	400–450	438	405.32/cwt	390.00–410.00	1,775	4

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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