Name: Mid Missouri Stockyards livestock auction prices — 2025-12-18
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2025-12-18

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to last week, steers under 550lbs sold mostly 2.00 to 10.00 higher and steers over 550lbs were mostly steady. Heifers under 550lbs were steady to 6.00 higher, and heifers over 550lbs sold 15.00 to 40.00 higher on an impressive offering of 6 weight heifers. Slaughter cows were 4.00 to 7.00 higher and slaughter bulls were steady. Demand was very good on a moderate supply.

Weight class

Steers · summary 500–600 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

500–600 lb steers averaged $421.92/cwt on 92 head. That ranks 2 of 30 comparable sales and sits −34.35 against this barn's trailing median of $456.27.

Average price

$421.92

92 head · 551 lb average

Value per head Derived

$2,323

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$919

per head · Medium and Large 1 over Large 2-3

$164.01/cwt at this weight

vs the market

−9.63

vs MO average

−22.18 vs national

What quality paid 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1	553	439.01	2,426	66
Medium and Large 1-2	545	414.81	2,261	17thin
Medium and Large 2	545	338.00	1,842	5thin
Large 2-3	548	275.00	1,507	4thin

One grade step is worth $164.01/cwt here — about $919 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 sale92 hd

421.92

—

MO average21 barns · 3,700 hd

431.55

−9.63

National average163 barns · 16,063 hd

444.10

−22.18

This barn, trailing median30 sales

456.27

−34.35

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	1,765	181.45	3,203	3thin
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	Low	1,472	154.61	2,275	19
Cows	Boner 80-85%	Average	1,328	148.63	1,974	35
Cows	Lean 85-90%	High	1,094	126.41	1,383	60

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)	1,181	$2,761	4thin
Bred Cows	2nd/3rd Stage (4-9 mo)	Aged (>8 yrs)	1,244	$2,583	5
Bred Heifers	2nd/3rd Stage (4-9 mo)	(<2 yrs)	749	$2,075	8
Cow-Calf Pairs	Open	Young (2-4 yrs)	1,015	$2,900	1thin

Every lot, as filed

88 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
Steers	Medium and Large 1Fancy	500–550	533	478.00/cwt	478.00–478.00	2,548	16
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	850–900	873	287.50/cwt	287.50–287.50	2,510	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	400–450	430	387.64/cwt	380.00–400.00	1,667	8
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	500–550	531	400.00/cwt	400.00–400.00	2,124	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	600–650	607	392.90/cwt	387.50–398.00	2,385	37
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	700–750	705	335.00/cwt	335.00–335.00	2,362	2
Steers	Medium and Large 2	500–550	515	350.00/cwt	350.00–350.00	1,803	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	350–400	367	391.48/cwt	385.00–400.00	1,437	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	400–450	408	435.00/cwt	435.00–435.00	1,775	9
Steers	Medium and Large 1	550–600	586	409.60/cwt	402.50–440.00	2,400	25
Steers	Medium and Large 1	600–650	603	405.74/cwt	404.00–407.50	2,447	20
Steers	Medium and Large 1	400–450	414	514.02/cwt	510.00–530.00	2,128	11
Steers	Medium and Large 2	400–450	430	358.43/cwt	340.00–375.00	1,541	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	550–600	570	393.75/cwt	390.00–395.00	2,244	8
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	450–500	473	425.61/cwt	412.50–444.00	2,013	15
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	850–900	850	312.50/cwt	312.50–312.50	2,656	2
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	450–500	480	425.00/cwt	425.00–425.00	2,040	3
Steers	Medium and Large 2	300–350	343	376.73/cwt	365.00–400.00	1,292	3
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	800–850	832	320.00/cwt	320.00–320.00	2,662	2
Steers	Large 2-3	500–550	548	275.00/cwt	275.00–275.00	1,507	4
Steers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	650–700	663	365.00/cwt	365.00–365.00	2,420	14
Steers	Medium and Large 2	550–600	590	320.00/cwt	320.00–320.00	1,888	2
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	600–650	624	386.04/cwt	362.50–392.50	2,409	45
Steers	Medium 2-3	350–400	353	305.00/cwt	305.00–305.00	1,077	3
Steers	Medium and Large 1	700–750	711	356.25/cwt	352.50–358.00	2,533	31
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	700–750	717	342.63/cwt	322.50–345.00	2,457	11
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	550–600	562	382.48/cwt	380.00–385.00	2,150	4
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	650–700	678	367.75/cwt	355.00–372.00	2,493	20
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	400–450	435	459.30/cwt	445.00–472.50	1,998	15
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	500–550	540	424.76/cwt	405.00–430.00	2,294	13
Steers	Medium and Large 1	300–350	327	527.48/cwt	520.00–550.00	1,725	17
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	350–400	395	440.00/cwt	440.00–440.00	1,738	3
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	750–800	760	330.00/cwt	330.00–330.00	2,508	2
Steers	Medium and Large 1	650–700	656	381.96/cwt	375.00–382.50	2,506	14
Steers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	500–550	510	450.00/cwt	450.00–450.00	2,295	5
Steers	Medium and Large 1	450–500	483	472.50/cwt	472.50–472.50	2,282	12
Steers	Medium and Large 1	350–400	360	530.00/cwt	530.00–530.00	1,908	3
Steers	Medium and Large 1	500–550	537	441.83/cwt	436.00–453.00	2,373	20
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	400–450	410	400.00/cwt	400.00–400.00	1,640	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	800–850	835	281.69/cwt	272.50–296.00	2,352	15
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	500–550	517	380.47/cwt	375.00–402.50	1,967	5
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	350–400	370	520.00/cwt	520.00–520.00	1,924	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2Unweaned	500–550	511	372.50/cwt	372.50–372.50	1,903	7
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	550–600	552	390.00/cwt	390.00–390.00	2,153	4
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	1,048	149.37/cwt	148.00–151.00	1,565	2
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	1,146	133.12/cwt	126.00–144.00	1,526	35
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,294	153.28/cwt	145.50–164.50	1,983	21
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,379	134.58/cwt	132.00–145.00	1,856	11
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	1,034	119.47/cwt	112.50–125.00	1,235	18
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	968	95.30/cwt	85.00–105.00	923	5
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	—	1,391	137.94/cwt	133.50–144.00	1,919	6
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	—	1,581	167.47/cwt	166.00–169.50	2,648	4
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	—	1,477	160.00/cwt	150.00–165.50	2,363	9
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,378	167.56/cwt	166.00–169.50	2,309	3
Bulls	—	—	1,765	181.45/cwt	179.00–183.00	3,203	3
Cow-Calf Pairs	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,015	2,900.00/head	2,900.00–2,900.00	2,900	1
Stock Cows	Medium and Large 1-2	—	990	194.26/cwt	165.50–242.50	1,923	6
Stock Cows	Medium and Large 1-2	—	793	286.34/cwt	270.00–305.00	2,271	2
Stock Cows	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,032	181.26/cwt	177.50–185.00	1,871	3
Bred Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	679	1,550.00/head	1,550.00–1,550.00	1,550	5
Bred Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	865	2,950.00/head	2,950.00–2,950.00	2,950	3
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,008	2,346.15/head	1,975.00–2,750.00	2,346	2
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 1	—	1,353	3,176.71/head	3,150.00–3,200.00	3,177	2
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,244	2,582.51/head	2,250.00–2,850.00	2,583	5
Heifers	Medium 2	400–450	424	321.32/cwt	320.00–322.50	1,362	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	350–400	385	440.00/cwt	440.00–440.00	1,694	6
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	550–600	550	365.00/cwt	365.00–365.00	2,008	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	300–350	300	405.00/cwt	405.00–405.00	1,215	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	500–550	518	348.01/cwt	340.00–365.00	1,803	7
Heifers	Medium 2	450–500	473	316.28/cwt	315.00–317.50	1,496	6
Heifers	Medium 2-3	350–400	370	305.00/cwt	305.00–305.00	1,129	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	650–700	656	355.41/cwt	355.00–360.00	2,331	12
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	650–700	660	310.00/cwt	310.00–310.00	2,046	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	450–500	458	401.52/cwt	390.00–405.00	1,839	6
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	400–450	414	354.65/cwt	345.00–375.00	1,468	6
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	500–550	516	406.27/cwt	395.00–415.00	2,096	33
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	600–650	613	287.55/cwt	275.00–300.00	1,763	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	600–650	631	341.86/cwt	320.00–350.00	2,157	24
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	450–500	481	331.77/cwt	325.00–345.00	1,596	6
Heifers	Medium 2	300–350	305	340.00/cwt	340.00–340.00	1,037	3
Heifers	Medium 2	350–400	387	345.00/cwt	345.00–345.00	1,335	3
Heifers	Medium 2-3	450–500	460	275.00/cwt	275.00–275.00	1,265	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	550–600	580	313.20/cwt	310.00–317.50	1,817	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	500–550	523	310.33/cwt	300.00–320.00	1,623	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	450–500	490	382.50/cwt	382.50–382.50	1,874	2
Bulls	Medium 2	400–450	419	310.00/cwt	310.00–310.00	1,299	5
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	550–600	569	333.46/cwt	330.00–340.00	1,897	3
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	650–700	663	328.94/cwt	325.00–340.00	2,181	5

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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