Name: Mid Missouri Stockyards livestock auction prices — 2026-01-22
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2026-01-22

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to last week, steers sold mostly 6.00 to 12.00 lower, and heifers sold unevenly from 2.00 lower to 6.00 higher. Slaughter cows and bulls were steady to 5.00 higher. Demand was moderate to light mainly due to some serious winter weather headed into the area this weekend that made bidders show some caution throughout the day. Supply was moderate to light.

Weight class

Heifers · summary 500–600 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

500–600 lb heifers averaged $373.72/cwt on 106 head, down $15.05 from the prior sale. That ranks 1 of 30 comparable sales and sits −27.59 against this barn's trailing median of $401.31.

Average price

$373.72

▼ 15.05 vs prior sale

106 head · 558 lb average

Value per head Derived

$2,085

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$280

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

$74.12/cwt at this weight

vs the market

−29.72

vs MO average

−37.15 vs national

What quality paid 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1	545	395.85	2,156	61
Medium and Large 1-2	571	361.32	2,063	25
Medium and Large 2	583	321.73	1,876	20

One grade step is worth $74.12/cwt here — about $280 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

Heifers 500–600 lb: high $442.30, low $373.72, median $401.31 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 sale106 hd

373.72

—

MO average19 barns · 3,477 hd

403.44

−29.72

National average175 barns · 20,266 hd

410.87

−37.15

This barn, trailing median30 sales

401.31

−27.59

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	1,703	168.11	2,862	8thin
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	Low	1,585	156.25	2,477	5thin
Cows	Boner 80-85%	Low	1,314	148.43	1,950	17
Cows	Lean 85-90%	Low	1,078	125.22	1,350	29

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	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	1,322	$2,625	7
Bred Cows	2nd/3rd Stage (4-9 mo)	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	1,078	$2,246	9
Bred Cows	2nd/3rd Stage (4-9 mo)	Aged (>8 yrs)	1,293	$2,239	5
Bred Heifers	2nd/3rd Stage (4-9 mo)	Young (2-4 yrs)	1,054	$3,027	4thin
Bred Heifers	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	Young (2-4 yrs)	1,090	$2,728	2thin
Bred Heifers	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	(<2 yrs)	870	$2,375	1thin
Bulls	N/A	(<2 yrs)	1,335	$3,000	1thin

Every lot, as filed

76 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 2	600–650	627	301.13/cwt	285.00–317.00	1,888	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	400–450	417	468.10/cwt	461.00–485.00	1,952	11
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	650–700	671	281.28/cwt	275.00–300.00	1,887	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	400–450	425	352.50/cwt	350.00–355.00	1,498	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	350–400	363	447.28/cwt	427.50–455.00	1,624	10
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	700–750	704	314.62/cwt	312.50–325.00	2,215	13
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Unweaned	500–550	533	365.00/cwt	365.00–365.00	1,945	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	350–400	383	380.04/cwt	375.00–385.00	1,456	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	300–350	326	429.02/cwt	425.00–442.50	1,399	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	400–450	437	450.00/cwt	450.00–450.00	1,967	8
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	800–850	845	329.00/cwt	329.00–329.00	2,780	6
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	350–400	362	482.30/cwt	470.00–490.00	1,746	8
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	500–550	532	375.60/cwt	355.00–385.00	1,998	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	550–600	583	321.73/cwt	300.00–327.50	1,876	20
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	450–500	468	449.24/cwt	448.00–460.00	2,102	28
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	550–600	583	358.49/cwt	355.00–370.00	2,090	19
Steers	Medium and Large 1	650–700	661	396.00/cwt	396.00–396.00	2,618	21
Steers	Medium and Large 2	300–350	318	420.00/cwt	420.00–420.00	1,336	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	650–700	675	340.11/cwt	335.00–345.00	2,296	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	600–650	624	338.39/cwt	328.00–347.50	2,112	6
Steers	Medium and Large 2	450–500	465	386.49/cwt	370.00–395.00	1,797	3
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	650–700	677	359.05/cwt	345.00–360.00	2,431	16
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	600–650	600	410.00/cwt	410.00–410.00	2,460	2
Steers	Medium and Large 1	450–500	479	488.78/cwt	486.00–491.00	2,341	22
Steers	Medium and Large 1	550–600	574	439.91/cwt	420.00–449.00	2,525	31
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	350–400	390	512.50/cwt	512.50–512.50	1,999	2
Steers	Medium and Large 1	600–650	604	417.50/cwt	417.50–417.50	2,522	7
Steers	Medium and Large 1	400–450	445	505.00/cwt	505.00–505.00	2,247	5
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	400–450	429	487.97/cwt	455.00–500.00	2,093	4
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	750–800	792	332.48/cwt	330.00–337.50	2,633	3
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	450–500	477	480.25/cwt	475.00–482.50	2,291	11
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	500–550	528	423.76/cwt	400.00–450.00	2,237	33
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	650–700	664	368.00/cwt	368.00–368.00	2,444	4
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	500–550	518	343.36/cwt	327.50–360.00	1,779	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	600–650	615	300.00/cwt	300.00–300.00	1,845	3
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	650–700	683	307.50/cwt	307.50–307.50	2,100	6
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2Unweaned	650–700	663	347.50/cwt	347.50–347.50	2,304	3
Bulls	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	500–550	505	410.00/cwt	410.00–410.00	2,071	3
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	1,073	121.53/cwt	119.00–123.00	1,304	8
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	—	1,455	145.00/cwt	145.00–145.00	2,110	1
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,254	135.63/cwt	132.00–138.00	1,701	4
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	1,095	130.22/cwt	124.50–135.00	1,426	19
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	935	92.49/cwt	75.00–105.00	865	2
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	—	1,565	155.62/cwt	150.00–160.50	2,435	2
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	—	1,670	162.50/cwt	162.50–162.50	2,714	2
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,318	165.50/cwt	163.00–168.00	2,181	2
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,335	149.98/cwt	141.50–154.50	2,002	11
Bulls	—	—	1,556	158.80/cwt	150.00–164.50	2,471	4
Bulls	—	—	1,849	177.41/cwt	168.00–185.00	3,280	4
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 1	—	1,493	3,250.25/head	3,000.00–3,450.00	3,250	2
Stock Cows	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,190	177.24/cwt	160.00–187.50	2,109	3
Stock Cows	Medium and Large 1-2	—	868	300.00/cwt	300.00–300.00	2,604	2
Bred Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	1,243	3,631.29/head	3,500.00–3,750.00	3,631	2
Bred Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,090	2,728.44/head	2,650.00–2,800.00	2,728	2
Bred Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	870	2,375.00/head	2,375.00–2,375.00	2,375	1
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,322	2,625.00/head	2,625.00–2,625.00	2,625	7
Bred Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	865	2,422.83/head	2,350.00–2,500.00	2,423	2
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,127	2,384.02/head	2,000.00–2,550.00	2,384	3
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,218	2,198.56/head	2,100.00–2,300.00	2,199	2
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 2	—	833	1,640.54/head	1,500.00–1,750.00	1,641	4
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 1-2Broken Mouth	—	1,343	2,266.19/head	2,000.00–2,525.00	2,266	3
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,335	3,000.00/head	3,000.00–3,000.00	3,000	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	650–700	660	341.39/cwt	307.50–352.50	2,253	13
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	800–850	847	292.00/cwt	292.00–292.00	2,473	5
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	500–550	524	381.62/cwt	370.00–405.00	2,000	5
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	350–400	389	532.50/cwt	532.50–532.50	2,071	4
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	600–650	648	356.11/cwt	355.00–360.00	2,308	9
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	750–800	798	300.00/cwt	300.00–300.00	2,394	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	450–500	470	340.00/cwt	340.00–340.00	1,598	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	450–500	489	404.57/cwt	381.00–422.50	1,978	7
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	700–750	712	344.50/cwt	344.50–344.50	2,453	14
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	650–700	698	352.50/cwt	352.50–352.50	2,460	13
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	600–650	610	373.44/cwt	357.50–377.50	2,278	15
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	450–500	489	341.98/cwt	325.00–350.00	1,672	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	550–600	580	385.65/cwt	377.50–397.50	2,237	31
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	500–550	508	406.38/cwt	400.00–412.50	2,064	30

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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