Name: Mid Missouri Stockyards livestock auction prices — 2026-02-12
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2026-02-12

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to last week feeder steers and heifers sold 5.00-30.00 higher. Slaughter cows and bulls sold steady to 3.00 higher. Supply was moderate with very good demand. A number of barn records were set. Heifers were in very good demand with 18 head weighing 467 lbs. selling for 518.00/cwt.. Another group of 18 head weighing 700 lbs. sold for 381.50/cwt. A quality lot of 26 steers weighing 752 lbs. sold for 387.50/cwt.

Weight class

Steers · summary 500–600 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

500–600 lb steers averaged $467.61/cwt on 133 head, up $5.15 from the prior sale. That ranks 23 of 30 comparable sales and sits +11.34 against this barn's trailing median of $456.27.

Average price

$467.61

▲ 5.15 vs prior sale

133 head · 554 lb average

Value per head Derived

$2,590

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$521

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

$75.55/cwt at this weight

vs the market

−14.52

vs MO average

−10.78 vs national

What quality paid 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1	555	490.55	2,721	77
Medium and Large 1-2	554	436.84	2,420	54
Medium and Large 2	530	415.00	2,200	2thin

One grade step is worth $75.55/cwt here — about $521 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 sale133 hd

467.61

—

MO average18 barns · 4,852 hd

482.13

−14.52

National average184 barns · 16,706 hd

478.39

−10.78

This barn, trailing median30 sales

456.27

+11.34

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	1,980	192.31	3,808	6thin
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	High	1,551	167.81	2,602	11
Cows	Boner 80-85%	Low	1,215	160.35	1,948	20
Cows	Lean 85-90%	High	1,029	140.61	1,447	14

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)	1,410	$2,869	9
Bred Cows	2nd/3rd Stage (4-9 mo)	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	1,276	$2,767	4thin
Bred Cows	2nd/3rd Stage (4-9 mo)	Aged (>8 yrs)	1,365	$2,175	1thin

Every lot, as filed

72 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 1	300–350	331	612.50/cwt	612.50–612.50	2,027	4
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,365	2,175.00/head	2,175.00–2,175.00	2,175	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	600–650	629	419.94/cwt	382.50–433.00	2,641	59
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	350–400	366	457.83/cwt	450.00–475.00	1,676	5
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	550–600	577	414.52/cwt	407.50–420.00	2,392	6
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	350–400	381	506.91/cwt	500.00–520.00	1,931	6
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	450–500	473	486.85/cwt	475.00–510.00	2,303	6
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	650–700	663	387.74/cwt	375.00–400.00	2,571	2
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	500–550	534	460.21/cwt	415.00–482.50	2,458	29
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	700–750	720	376.22/cwt	375.00–377.00	2,709	5
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,276	2,767.09/head	2,700.00–2,950.00	2,767	4
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,055	2,525.00/head	2,525.00–2,525.00	2,525	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	450–500	479	428.55/cwt	410.00–460.00	2,053	22
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	650–700	664	335.87/cwt	325.00–347.50	2,230	13
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	750–800	757	323.00/cwt	323.00–323.00	2,445	6
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	400–450	423	506.61/cwt	475.00–525.00	2,143	24
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	350–400	399	550.00/cwt	550.00–550.00	2,195	5
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	300–350	329	522.74/cwt	505.00–525.00	1,720	9
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	400–450	433	424.44/cwt	420.00–435.00	1,838	7
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	550–600	577	409.74/cwt	387.50–432.50	2,364	25
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	500–550	512	389.26/cwt	375.00–417.50	1,993	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	850–900	888	325.00/cwt	325.00–325.00	2,886	2
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	750–800	785	360.16/cwt	335.00–369.00	2,827	17
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	850–900	878	345.00/cwt	345.00–345.00	3,029	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	300–350	328	440.00/cwt	440.00–440.00	1,443	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	400–450	438	442.46/cwt	435.00–450.00	1,938	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	350–400	350	430.00/cwt	430.00–430.00	1,505	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	700–750	740	300.00/cwt	300.00–300.00	2,220	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	600–650	626	350.08/cwt	340.00–362.50	2,192	11
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	550–600	579	383.55/cwt	380.00–385.00	2,221	10
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	—	1,653	175.18/cwt	174.50–175.50	2,896	3
Bulls	—	—	2,030	190.27/cwt	185.00–195.00	3,862	5
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	—	1,555	146.00/cwt	146.00–146.00	2,270	1
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	—	1,506	167.77/cwt	159.00–171.50	2,527	7
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	1,015	156.58/cwt	152.00–160.00	1,589	4
Bulls	—	—	1,730	202.50/cwt	202.50–202.50	3,503	1
Bred Cows	Medium 1-2	—	1,035	2,300.00/head	2,300.00–2,300.00	2,300	1
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,227	147.07/cwt	143.00–150.50	1,805	3
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	997	128.73/cwt	125.00–131.00	1,283	5
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,196	158.27/cwt	151.00–165.00	1,893	11
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	1,072	139.70/cwt	135.00–144.00	1,498	5
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,244	170.81/cwt	167.50–180.00	2,125	6
Steers	Medium and Large 2	450–500	478	441.00/cwt	441.00–441.00	2,108	2
Steers	Medium and Large 2	650–700	698	370.00/cwt	370.00–370.00	2,583	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	450–500	475	392.26/cwt	385.00–400.00	1,863	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	550–600	598	321.00/cwt	321.00–321.00	1,920	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	500–550	538	357.50/cwt	357.50–357.50	1,923	2
Steers	Medium and Large 2	500–550	530	415.00/cwt	415.00–415.00	2,200	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	550–600	558	432.50/cwt	432.50–432.50	2,413	8
Steers	Medium and Large 1	600–650	612	454.03/cwt	444.00–490.00	2,779	70
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	450–500	464	507.59/cwt	475.00–518.00	2,355	47
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	700–750	717	370.00/cwt	356.00–381.50	2,653	32
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	400–450	414	500.25/cwt	470.00–520.00	2,071	22
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	650–700	667	366.70/cwt	359.00–372.00	2,446	32
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	600–650	623	379.16/cwt	365.00–392.50	2,362	80
Steers	Medium and Large 1	350–400	376	597.81/cwt	597.50–600.00	2,248	8
Steers	Medium and Large 1	750–800	778	378.86/cwt	374.00–387.50	2,948	106
Steers	Medium and Large 1	500–550	527	510.16/cwt	485.00–539.00	2,689	21
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 1	—	1,514	2,999.17/head	2,725.00–3,100.00	2,999	7
Steers	Medium and Large 1	650–700	667	422.51/cwt	414.50–428.00	2,818	31
Steers	Medium and Large 1	800–850	805	388.00/cwt	388.00–388.00	3,123	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	550–600	565	414.28/cwt	397.50–422.50	2,341	24
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	350–400	390	532.81/cwt	505.00–535.00	2,078	13
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	500–550	518	452.34/cwt	430.00–471.00	2,343	61
Steers	Medium and Large 1	400–450	439	585.42/cwt	535.00–601.00	2,570	23
Steers	Medium and Large 1	550–600	565	483.19/cwt	437.50–496.50	2,730	56
Steers	Medium and Large 1	450–500	479	531.80/cwt	528.00–535.00	2,547	25
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	650–700	683	372.50/cwt	372.50–372.50	2,544	3
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	400–450	438	482.50/cwt	482.50–482.50	2,113	3
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	600–650	625	370.00/cwt	370.00–370.00	2,313	2
Steers	Medium and Large 1	700–750	722	398.75/cwt	379.00–425.00	2,879	30
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	750–800	770	337.83/cwt	336.75–346.50	2,601	53

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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