Name: Mid Missouri Stockyards livestock auction prices — 2026-04-09
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2026-04-09

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to last week, steers sold steady to 5.00 higher with spots of 6 weight steers up to 13.00 higher. Heifers sold mostly 5.00 to 15.00 higher. Slaughter cows sold steady to 4.00 higher and slaughter bulls sold 2.00 to 6.00 higher. Demand was good for all classes in the offering on a moderate supply.

Weight class

Steers · summary 500–600 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

500–600 lb steers averaged $501.78/cwt on 133 head, up $10.32 from the prior sale. That ranks 30 of 30 comparable sales and sits +45.51 against this barn's trailing median of $456.27.

Average price

$501.78

▲ 10.32 vs prior sale

133 head · 521 lb average

Value per head Derived

$2,616

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$431

per head · Medium and Large 1 over Medium 2

$109.50/cwt at this weight

vs the market

+4.33

vs MO average

+10.95 vs national

What quality paid 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1	511	522.00	2,667	90
Medium and Large 1-2	539	470.71	2,536	31
Medium and Large 2	557	433.99	2,416	10thin
Medium 2	542	412.50	2,236	2thin

One grade step is worth $109.50/cwt here — about $431 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

501.78

—

MO average16 barns · 2,376 hd

497.45

+4.33

National average167 barns · 10,529 hd

490.83

+10.95

This barn, trailing median30 sales

456.27

+45.51

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	1,720	211.42	3,637	10
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	Low	1,467	178.26	2,616	12
Cows	Boner 80-85%	High	1,182	173.75	2,054	19
Cows	Lean 85-90%	Low	1,028	145.14	1,492	36

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)	1,353	$3,236	3thin
Bred Cows	2nd/3rd Stage (4-9 mo)	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	1,233	$2,855	5
Bred Heifers	2nd/3rd Stage (4-9 mo)	Young (2-4 yrs)	957	$3,104	3thin
Bred Heifers	2nd/3rd Stage (4-9 mo)	(<2 yrs)	960	$2,900	1thin
Cow-Calf Pairs	Open	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	1,118	$3,950	2thin

Every lot, as filed

97 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	450–500	479	462.96/cwt	447.50–475.00	2,218	16
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	800–850	815	312.50/cwt	312.50–312.50	2,547	2
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	650–700	675	393.88/cwt	385.00–402.50	2,659	2
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	800–850	812	337.00/cwt	337.00–337.00	2,736	2
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	550–600	572	448.44/cwt	439.00–467.50	2,565	13
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	600–650	623	426.90/cwt	412.50–434.00	2,660	24
Stock Cows	Medium and Large 1-2	—	764	313.12/cwt	290.00–327.50	2,392	4
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	350–400	370	594.93/cwt	570.00–620.00	2,201	10
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	400–450	421	555.34/cwt	540.00–565.00	2,338	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	400–450	423	492.49/cwt	475.00–505.00	2,083	19
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	550–600	583	396.56/cwt	386.00–425.00	2,312	7
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	700–750	709	324.94/cwt	317.00–327.50	2,304	8
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	850–900	889	309.38/cwt	307.00–315.00	2,750	10
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	950–1000	956	293.00/cwt	293.00–293.00	2,801	11
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	300–350	327	535.88/cwt	525.00–545.00	1,752	12
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	600–650	624	374.25/cwt	374.00–375.00	2,335	4
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	500–550	518	480.93/cwt	475.00–487.50	2,491	11
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	450–500	480	505.04/cwt	495.00–515.00	2,424	17
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	750–800	751	371.18/cwt	362.50–371.50	2,788	28
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	350–400	374	580.22/cwt	570.00–595.00	2,170	5
Stock Cows	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,081	225.73/cwt	200.00–256.00	2,440	4
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Unweaned	350–400	396	582.50/cwt	582.50–582.50	2,307	7
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2Unweaned	600–650	610	365.00/cwt	365.00–365.00	2,227	2
Bred Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	957	3,104.27/head	2,450.00–3,375.00	3,104	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	650–700	653	367.60/cwt	341.00–371.00	2,400	9
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	400–450	408	555.00/cwt	555.00–555.00	2,264	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Unweaned	450–500	464	456.16/cwt	445.00–470.00	2,117	9
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Unweaned	350–400	378	500.00/cwt	500.00–500.00	1,890	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Unweaned	400–450	440	482.00/cwt	482.00–482.00	2,121	8
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	350–400	367	508.61/cwt	485.00–515.00	1,867	7
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	500–550	526	437.56/cwt	435.00–446.00	2,302	6
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	550–600	567	427.22/cwt	410.00–432.50	2,422	14
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Unweaned	500–550	510	496.00/cwt	496.00–496.00	2,530	7
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Unweaned	400–450	405	562.50/cwt	562.50–562.50	2,278	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	400–450	423	451.64/cwt	440.00–460.00	1,910	13
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	500–550	510	380.00/cwt	380.00–380.00	1,938	4
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	500–550	525	412.00/cwt	412.00–412.00	2,163	5
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	450–500	482	425.00/cwt	425.00–425.00	2,049	2
Steers	Medium and Large 2	400–450	418	487.58/cwt	480.00–492.50	2,038	3
Steers	Medium and Large 2	550–600	571	423.74/cwt	420.00–425.00	2,420	8
Steers	Medium and Large 2	500–550	500	475.00/cwt	475.00–475.00	2,375	2
Bulls	—	—	1,793	211.68/cwt	203.00–220.00	3,795	6
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	952	130.99/cwt	122.50–140.00	1,247	10
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	1,140	164.71/cwt	164.00–165.50	1,878	2
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	—	1,513	160.44/cwt	155.00–166.50	2,427	2
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,373	184.33/cwt	182.50–186.00	2,531	2
Bulls	—	—	1,833	231.81/cwt	229.00–235.00	4,249	2
Cow-Calf Pairs	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,118	3,950.00/head	3,950.00–3,950.00	3,950	2
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	1,061	155.04/cwt	146.00–164.00	1,645	21
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	975	110.00/cwt	110.00–110.00	1,073	3
Bulls	—	—	1,390	190.26/cwt	179.00–200.00	2,645	2
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	—	1,448	184.99/cwt	184.00–186.00	2,679	4
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	—	1,465	179.71/cwt	173.00–183.00	2,633	6
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,135	165.11/cwt	163.00–168.50	1,874	4
Bulls	Medium 2	350–400	398	435.00/cwt	435.00–435.00	1,731	2
Steers	Medium 2	400–450	403	447.48/cwt	445.00–450.00	1,803	2
Steers	Medium 2	450–500	488	422.00/cwt	422.00–422.00	2,059	6
Bulls	Medium 2	450–500	498	380.00/cwt	380.00–380.00	1,892	3
Steers	Medium 2	500–550	542	412.50/cwt	412.50–412.50	2,236	2
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,167	174.78/cwt	168.00–183.00	2,040	13
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	350–400	370	436.58/cwt	425.00–450.00	1,615	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	550–600	570	370.00/cwt	370.00–370.00	2,109	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	450–500	482	434.33/cwt	422.50–445.00	2,093	14
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	300–350	311	473.10/cwt	450.00–490.00	1,471	4
Steers	Medium and Large 2	450–500	486	449.98/cwt	445.00–462.50	2,187	8
Bulls	Medium 2	300–350	325	450.00/cwt	450.00–450.00	1,463	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	450–500	452	530.00/cwt	530.00–530.00	2,396	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	350–400	399	503.00/cwt	503.00–503.00	2,007	4
Bulls	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	450–500	457	516.26/cwt	507.50–525.00	2,359	10
Steers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	500–550	502	515.50/cwt	515.50–515.50	2,588	23
Steers	Medium and Large 1	500–550	514	524.23/cwt	512.50–526.00	2,695	67
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 2	—	1,100	2,205.91/head	1,750.00–2,600.00	2,206	2
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,320	2,982.62/head	2,750.00–3,175.00	2,983	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	600–650	648	388.00/cwt	388.00–388.00	2,514	45
Bred Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	960	2,900.00/head	2,900.00–2,900.00	2,900	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	700–750	743	359.43/cwt	355.00–361.00	2,671	15
Steers	Medium and Large 1	300–350	324	701.68/cwt	700.00–705.00	2,273	6
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	850–900	885	310.00/cwt	310.00–310.00	2,744	6
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	500–550	538	445.00/cwt	445.00–445.00	2,394	2
Steers	Medium and Large 1	450–500	465	541.41/cwt	530.00–555.00	2,518	15
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	450–500	475	479.88/cwt	477.50–482.50	2,279	8
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	450–500	457	488.66/cwt	482.50–490.00	2,233	26
Steers	Medium and Large 1	350–400	352	635.00/cwt	635.00–635.00	2,235	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	550–600	560	436.76/cwt	435.00–437.50	2,446	7
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	400–450	424	520.02/cwt	505.00–527.50	2,205	16
Steers	Medium and Large 1	850–900	880	360.00/cwt	360.00–360.00	3,168	64
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	350–400	364	546.32/cwt	545.00–550.00	1,989	4
Steers	Medium and Large 1	750–800	795	381.50/cwt	381.50–381.50	3,033	66
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 1	—	1,353	3,236.33/head	3,075.00–3,400.00	3,236	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	750–800	778	340.23/cwt	335.00–360.00	2,647	11
Steers	Medium and Large 1	400–450	427	585.01/cwt	570.00–600.00	2,498	14
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	450–500	453	472.00/cwt	472.00–472.00	2,138	6
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	300–350	304	575.02/cwt	570.00–580.00	1,748	6
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	300–350	320	571.27/cwt	565.00–575.00	1,828	8
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 1	—	1,325	3,900.00/head	3,900.00–3,900.00	3,900	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1	600–650	602	452.00/cwt	440.00–453.00	2,721	13
Steers	Medium and Large 1	650–700	654	449.19/cwt	449.00–450.00	2,938	48

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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