Name: Mid Missouri Stockyards livestock auction prices — 2026-04-30
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2026-04-30

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to last week, the 450-500 lb. steers sold 20.00 higher and the 600-650 lb. steers sold 8.00 higher. The rest of the steers and heifers sold with a higher undertone, based on limited comparisons. The slaughter cows and bulls sold steady to 5.00 higher. There was a complete herd dispersal of bred cows and cow-calf pairs in the offering this week that sold with good demand. Supply was light and demand was good.

Weight class

Steers · summary 500–600 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

500–600 lb steers averaged $476.96/cwt on 58 head, up $24.30 from the prior sale. That ranks 24 of 30 comparable sales and sits +20.69 against this barn's trailing median of $456.27.

Average price

$476.96

▲ 24.30 vs prior sale

58 head · 561 lb average

Value per head Derived

$2,675

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

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

$32.60/cwt at this weight

vs the market

−10.42

vs MO average

−4.06 vs national

What quality paid 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1-2	541	494.94	2,677	26
Medium and Large 1	577	462.34	2,668	32

One grade step is worth $32.60/cwt here — about $9 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 sale58 hd

476.96

—

MO average19 barns · 3,369 hd

487.37

−10.42

National average169 barns · 10,621 hd

481.02

−4.06

This barn, trailing median30 sales

456.27

+20.69

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	—	High	1,559	212.95	3,320	10
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	High	1,461	173.81	2,539	6thin
Cows	Boner 80-85%	High	1,235	170.44	2,105	12
Cows	Lean 85-90%	Very Low	1,111	147.80	1,642	32

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)	1,250	$3,719	6
Bred Cows	2nd/3rd Stage (4-9 mo)	Young (2-4 yrs)	1,308	$3,084	2thin
Bred Cows	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	1,075	$3,000	2thin
Bred Cows	All Stages (1-9 mo)	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	953	$2,765	3thin
Bred Cows	2nd/3rd Stage (4-9 mo)	Aged (>8 yrs)	1,240	$2,547	4thin
Bulls	N/A	(<2 yrs)	1,120	$4,050	1thin
Cow-Calf Pairs	Open	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	1,197	$4,212	19
Cow-Calf Pairs	Open	Aged (>8 yrs)	1,103	$3,896	7

Every lot, as filed

78 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
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	800–850	802	337.50/cwt	337.50–337.50	2,707	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	350–400	393	572.34/cwt	565.00–585.00	2,249	8
Steers	Medium and Large 1	550–600	577	462.34/cwt	457.50–465.00	2,668	32
Steers	Medium and Large 1	600–650	621	451.24/cwt	441.00–459.00	2,802	35
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	450–500	482	536.51/cwt	525.00–555.00	2,586	5
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,308	3,083.56/head	3,050.00–3,125.00	3,084	2
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,240	2,547.03/head	2,400.00–2,700.00	2,547	4
Steers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	300–350	332	657.50/cwt	657.50–657.50	2,183	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	400–450	423	554.57/cwt	545.00–570.00	2,346	5
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,075	3,000.00/head	3,000.00–3,000.00	3,000	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	500–550	534	456.01/cwt	450.00–465.00	2,435	5
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	350–400	375	590.00/cwt	590.00–590.00	2,213	3
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	650–700	665	410.00/cwt	410.00–410.00	2,727	2
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	500–550	532	504.48/cwt	500.00–512.50	2,684	22
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	450–500	467	493.53/cwt	480.00–500.00	2,305	9
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	300–350	340	600.00/cwt	600.00–600.00	2,040	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	350–400	392	557.50/cwt	557.50–557.50	2,185	9
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	600–650	615	434.66/cwt	432.50–437.50	2,673	7
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	550–600	598	447.50/cwt	447.50–447.50	2,676	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	550–600	577	404.29/cwt	385.00–410.00	2,333	26
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	450–500	474	493.36/cwt	480.00–497.50	2,339	21
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	600–650	622	370.00/cwt	370.00–370.00	2,301	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	800–850	800	315.00/cwt	315.00–315.00	2,520	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	600–650	628	410.00/cwt	410.00–410.00	2,575	3
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	550–600	553	432.50/cwt	432.50–432.50	2,392	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	350–400	360	546.30/cwt	540.00–550.00	1,967	11
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	300–350	313	570.00/cwt	570.00–570.00	1,784	11
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	—	1,620	181.50/cwt	181.50–181.50	2,940	1
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	—	1,429	172.27/cwt	168.50–175.00	2,462	5
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,630	186.00/cwt	186.00–186.00	3,032	1
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,199	169.02/cwt	161.00–172.00	2,027	11
Bulls	—	—	1,725	219.41/cwt	214.00–224.00	3,785	4
Bulls	—	—	1,448	208.65/cwt	201.00–212.00	3,021	6
Cow-Calf Pairs	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,128	3,062.50/head	2,950.00–3,175.00	3,063	2
Cow-Calf Pairs	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,082	3,968.75/head	3,925.00–4,100.00	3,969	4
Cow-Calf Pairs	Medium and Large 1	—	1,153	4,250.00/head	4,100.00–4,400.00	4,250	2
Cow-Calf Pairs	Medium and Large 1	—	1,159	4,533.33/head	4,450.00–4,600.00	4,533	9
Cow-Calf Pairs	Large 1	—	1,293	4,100.00/head	4,100.00–4,100.00	4,100	6
Cow-Calf Pairs	Large 1	—	1,132	3,800.00/head	3,800.00–3,800.00	3,800	3
Heifers	Large 1-2	550–600	592	352.50/cwt	352.50–352.50	2,087	2
Heifers	Large 1-2	600–650	618	327.50/cwt	327.50–327.50	2,024	2
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	1,035	113.33/cwt	110.00–116.00	1,173	2
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	1,012	134.02/cwt	120.00–144.00	1,356	10
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	1,365	169.70/cwt	166.00–173.00	2,316	4
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	1,119	155.24/cwt	146.00–166.00	1,737	16
Steers	Medium and Large 2	300–350	312	580.00/cwt	580.00–580.00	1,810	2
Steers	Medium and Large 2	400–450	447	501.65/cwt	485.00–515.00	2,242	9
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	300–350	340	540.00/cwt	540.00–540.00	1,836	3
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	350–400	387	532.68/cwt	485.00–552.50	2,061	7
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	450–500	495	450.00/cwt	440.00–460.00	2,228	4
Bred Cows	Medium 1	—	953	2,764.55/head	2,550.00–2,875.00	2,765	3
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	500–550	515	505.00/cwt	505.00–505.00	2,601	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	300–350	300	637.50/cwt	637.50–637.50	1,913	3
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	400–450	429	545.00/cwt	545.00–545.00	2,338	8
Steers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	450–500	471	540.00/cwt	540.00–540.00	2,543	18
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	—	1,120	4,050.00/head	4,050.00–4,050.00	4,050	1
Steers	Medium and Large 2	600–650	612	400.00/cwt	400.00–400.00	2,448	2
Steers	Medium and Large 1	450–500	486	550.63/cwt	547.50–560.00	2,676	12
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	450–500	481	506.45/cwt	502.50–521.00	2,436	26
Steers	Medium and Large 1	350–400	373	615.00/cwt	615.00–615.00	2,294	3
Steers	Medium and Large 1	650–700	671	429.00/cwt	429.00–429.00	2,879	6
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 1	—	1,250	3,718.66/head	3,450.00–3,950.00	3,719	6
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	450–500	478	500.00/cwt	500.00–500.00	2,390	5
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	750–800	770	345.00/cwt	345.00–345.00	2,657	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	600–650	638	397.00/cwt	397.00–397.00	2,533	4
Steers	Medium and Large 1	700–750	726	401.88/cwt	394.00–410.00	2,918	10
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	800–850	840	323.00/cwt	323.00–323.00	2,713	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	850–900	852	312.50/cwt	312.50–312.50	2,663	5
Steers	Medium and Large 1	800–850	820	369.00/cwt	369.00–369.00	3,026	6
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	550–600	565	447.50/cwt	447.50–447.50	2,528	4
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	700–750	714	370.86/cwt	370.00–373.00	2,648	7
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	350–400	354	605.00/cwt	605.00–605.00	2,142	4
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	550–600	557	447.50/cwt	447.50–447.50	2,493	3
Steers	Medium and Large 1	400–450	430	575.00/cwt	575.00–575.00	2,473	2
Steers	Medium and Large 1	900–950	902	344.00/cwt	344.00–344.00	3,103	8
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	650–700	675	355.00/cwt	355.00–355.00	2,396	5
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Unweaned	550–600	580	437.50/cwt	437.50–437.50	2,538	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	400–450	405	532.50/cwt	532.50–532.50	2,157	3

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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