Name: Mid Missouri Stockyards livestock auction prices — 2025-11-13
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2025-11-13

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to last week feeder steers sold from 10.00 lower to 15.00 higher. Feeder heifers sold from 2.00 lower to 10.00 higher. Slaughter cows sold 3.00-6.00 lower with slaughter bulls selling steady. Supply was moderate with good demand.

Weight class

Steers · summary 500–600 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

500–600 lb steers averaged $373.96/cwt on 133 head. That ranks 1 of 30 comparable sales and sits −82.31 against this barn's trailing median of $456.27.

Average price

$373.96

133 head · 558 lb average

Value per head Derived

$2,088

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$485

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

$71.68/cwt at this weight

vs the market

−25.44

vs MO average

−50.91 vs national

What quality paid 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1	556	384.18	2,135	100
Medium and Large 1-2	569	344.94	1,962	31
Medium and Large 2	528	312.50	1,650	2thin

One grade step is worth $71.68/cwt here — about $485 a head. Across this sale the premium is widest at 600–700 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 sale133 hd

373.96

—

MO average21 barns · 3,472 hd

399.39

−25.44

National average177 barns · 31,012 hd

424.87

−50.91

This barn, trailing median30 sales

456.27

−82.31

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	1,701	173.27	2,948	11
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	High	1,492	147.40	2,200	17
Cows	Boner 80-85%	High	1,234	143.14	1,766	36
Cows	Lean 85-90%	High	1,016	117.37	1,193	50

Every lot, as filed

67 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	650–700	683	315.84/cwt	300.00–330.00	2,157	9
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	600–650	638	309.95/cwt	300.00–315.00	1,977	3
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	750–800	761	320.00/cwt	320.00–320.00	2,435	6
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	650–700	668	331.38/cwt	325.00–335.50	2,214	17
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	500–550	534	354.61/cwt	320.00–372.50	1,894	8
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	650–700	662	311.69/cwt	293.00–330.00	2,063	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	500–550	533	324.66/cwt	297.50–337.50	1,730	23
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	350–400	368	445.00/cwt	445.00–445.00	1,638	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	550–600	580	285.00/cwt	285.00–285.00	1,653	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	600–650	613	315.81/cwt	300.00–319.00	1,936	12
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	700–750	709	324.16/cwt	312.50–330.00	2,298	3
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	850–900	896	291.00/cwt	291.00–291.00	2,607	24
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	600–650	614	326.15/cwt	310.00–337.50	2,003	8
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	450–500	470	402.69/cwt	390.00–407.50	1,893	4
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	300–350	324	441.85/cwt	440.00–445.00	1,432	11
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	450–500	488	335.99/cwt	320.00–355.00	1,640	19
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	350–400	367	367.45/cwt	365.00–372.50	1,349	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	400–450	413	364.12/cwt	345.00–372.50	1,504	14
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	650–700	660	270.00/cwt	270.00–270.00	1,782	2
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	400–450	434	417.06/cwt	360.00–435.00	1,810	11
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	500–550	525	309.00/cwt	309.00–309.00	1,622	5
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	450–500	488	321.64/cwt	320.00–330.00	1,570	6
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	650–700	665	271.31/cwt	267.50–275.00	1,804	2
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	550–600	581	341.58/cwt	325.00–350.00	1,985	23
Steers	Medium and Large 2	450–500	498	372.50/cwt	372.50–372.50	1,855	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	850–900	860	279.00/cwt	279.00–279.00	2,399	31
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	450–500	485	315.00/cwt	315.00–315.00	1,528	2
Bulls	—	—	1,551	165.07/cwt	153.00–172.00	2,560	4
Bulls	—	—	1,787	177.96/cwt	169.00–182.50	3,180	7
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	1,090	137.85/cwt	134.00–143.00	1,503	7
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	—	1,566	159.23/cwt	156.50–163.50	2,494	5
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,115	158.00/cwt	158.00–158.00	1,762	1
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,240	146.60/cwt	140.00–151.50	1,818	25
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	—	1,440	149.85/cwt	146.00–154.00	2,158	7
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	1,088	126.76/cwt	119.00–133.00	1,379	20
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,231	133.01/cwt	127.00–137.00	1,637	10
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	1,000	112.63/cwt	105.00–117.00	1,126	14
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	824	87.93/cwt	75.00–100.00	725	9
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	—	1,492	132.15/cwt	127.50–140.50	1,972	5
Steers	Medium and Large 2	600–650	620	285.00/cwt	285.00–285.00	1,767	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	350–400	385	318.51/cwt	315.00–330.00	1,226	4
Steers	Medium and Large 2	350–400	380	408.25/cwt	405.00–415.00	1,551	3
Steers	Medium and Large 2	300–350	325	395.00/cwt	395.00–395.00	1,284	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	550–600	578	288.09/cwt	285.00–300.00	1,665	5
Steers	Medium and Large 2	500–550	528	312.50/cwt	312.50–312.50	1,650	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	300–350	332	400.00/cwt	400.00–400.00	1,328	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	450–500	489	386.84/cwt	360.00–403.00	1,892	40
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	550–600	583	339.00/cwt	339.00–339.00	1,976	3
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	450–500	450	420.00/cwt	420.00–420.00	1,890	2
Steers	Medium and Large 1	600–650	620	364.53/cwt	345.00–377.00	2,260	49
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	550–600	560	337.34/cwt	337.00–342.50	1,889	16
Steers	Medium and Large 1	350–400	381	458.08/cwt	457.50–460.00	1,745	8
Steers	Medium and Large 1	800–850	830	320.00/cwt	320.00–320.00	2,656	2
Steers	Medium and Large 1	550–600	583	373.79/cwt	360.00–414.00	2,179	61
Steers	Medium and Large 1	700–750	723	341.00/cwt	341.00–341.00	2,465	5
Steers	Medium and Large 1	450–500	480	423.53/cwt	419.00–431.00	2,033	40
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	250–300	289	450.00/cwt	450.00–450.00	1,301	8
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	400–450	412	409.06/cwt	385.00–419.00	1,685	13
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	500–550	523	363.11/cwt	350.00–372.50	1,899	11
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	350–400	387	401.29/cwt	385.00–415.00	1,553	7
Steers	Medium and Large 1	400–450	433	438.19/cwt	438.00–440.00	1,897	21
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	550–600	569	332.05/cwt	325.00–335.00	1,889	7
Steers	Medium and Large 1	500–550	513	400.43/cwt	370.00–425.00	2,054	39
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	500–550	525	322.89/cwt	310.00–335.00	1,695	5
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	350–400	368	415.31/cwt	400.00–430.00	1,528	4
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	700–750	748	312.50/cwt	312.50–312.50	2,338	3
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	450–500	495	390.00/cwt	390.00–390.00	1,931	2

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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