Name: Mid Missouri Stockyards livestock auction prices — 2026-05-14
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2026-05-14

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to last week, the steers and heifers sold with a lower to sharply lower undertone. Slaughter cows and bulls sold steady. Demand was good on a moderate supply.

Weight class

Steers · summary 500–600 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

500–600 lb steers averaged $459.82/cwt on 131 head, down $18.16 from the prior sale. That ranks 18 of 30 comparable sales and sits +3.55 against this barn's trailing median of $456.27.

Average price

$459.82

▼ 18.16 vs prior sale

131 head · 552 lb average

Value per head Derived

$2,539

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$273

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

$71.68/cwt at this weight

vs the market

−23.71

vs MO average

−13.88 vs national

What quality paid 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1	531	489.68	2,600	52
Medium and Large 1-2	567	441.66	2,504	74
Medium and Large 2	557	418.00	2,327	5thin

One grade step is worth $71.68/cwt here — about $273 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 sale131 hd

459.82

—

MO average17 barns · 4,576 hd

483.53

−23.71

National average167 barns · 12,191 hd

473.70

−13.88

This barn, trailing median30 sales

456.27

+3.55

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	1,573	216.70	3,409	9thin
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	Low	1,420	174.87	2,484	15
Cows	Boner 80-85%	Low	1,256	169.20	2,124	26
Cows	Lean 85-90%	Average	1,139	148.06	1,687	40

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)	1,268	$3,141	12
Bred Cows	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	Young (2-4 yrs)	1,080	$2,850	1thin
Bred Cows	2nd/3rd Stage (4-9 mo)	Middle Aged/Aged (>5 yrs)	1,372	$2,763	10
Bred Cows	2nd/3rd Stage (4-9 mo)	Aged (>8 yrs)	1,284	$2,398	8
Bred Heifers	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	(<2 yrs)	990	$3,375	1thin
Bulls	N/A	(<2 yrs)	1,150	$3,800	1thin

Every lot, as filed

74 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	400–450	426	416.20/cwt	400.00–450.00	1,773	15
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	500–550	525	377.03/cwt	375.00–378.00	1,979	6
Steers	Medium and Large 2	500–550	540	425.00/cwt	425.00–425.00	2,295	3
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	400–450	434	530.00/cwt	530.00–530.00	2,300	4
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	—	1,150	3,800.00/head	3,800.00–3,800.00	3,800	1
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 1	—	1,303	3,366.72/head	3,250.00–3,550.00	3,367	7
Bred Cows	Medium 1-2	—	1,080	2,850.00/head	2,850.00–2,850.00	2,850	1
Stock Cows	Medium 1-2	—	853	315.07/cwt	307.50–322.50	2,688	2
Bred Heifers	Medium 1	—	990	3,375.00/head	3,375.00–3,375.00	3,375	1
Steers	Medium and Large 2	450–500	483	436.80/cwt	425.00–445.00	2,110	5
Steers	Medium and Large 2	550–600	582	407.50/cwt	407.50–407.50	2,372	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	350–400	381	474.96/cwt	472.50–477.50	1,810	6
Bulls	—	—	1,644	219.40/cwt	215.00–225.00	3,607	7
Bulls	—	—	1,325	207.25/cwt	203.00–213.00	2,746	2
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	—	1,354	167.37/cwt	165.00–170.00	2,266	5
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	—	1,366	176.17/cwt	172.00–180.50	2,406	7
Heifers	Large 2	350–400	370	347.50/cwt	347.50–347.50	1,286	2
Bred Cows	Large 1-2	—	1,193	2,640.57/head	2,350.00–2,900.00	2,641	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	550–600	574	387.50/cwt	387.50–387.50	2,224	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	500–550	528	421.32/cwt	417.50–440.00	2,225	17
Steers	Medium and Large 1	450–500	487	522.07/cwt	520.00–527.50	2,542	12
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	300–350	334	575.00/cwt	575.00–575.00	1,921	4
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	550–600	580	428.35/cwt	415.00–435.00	2,484	55
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	500–550	529	480.18/cwt	465.00–490.00	2,540	19
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	400–450	437	515.59/cwt	507.50–525.00	2,253	16
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	550–600	570	390.00/cwt	390.00–390.00	2,223	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	450–500	477	480.62/cwt	452.50–505.00	2,293	12
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	650–700	666	392.00/cwt	392.00–392.00	2,611	6
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	450–500	464	427.69/cwt	420.00–435.00	1,984	4
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	450–500	474	506.93/cwt	490.00–516.00	2,403	26
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	350–400	376	565.00/cwt	565.00–565.00	2,124	8
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,372	2,763.41/head	2,600.00–2,800.00	2,763	10
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	700–750	714	392.60/cwt	382.50–396.00	2,803	16
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	650–700	677	345.95/cwt	344.00–355.00	2,342	22
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	600–650	614	355.80/cwt	355.00–360.00	2,185	13
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	750–800	787	322.00/cwt	322.00–322.00	2,534	6
Steers	Medium and Large 2	400–450	436	437.50/cwt	437.50–437.50	1,908	4
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	600–650	607	416.24/cwt	415.00–417.50	2,527	12
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	850–900	868	325.00/cwt	325.00–325.00	2,821	8
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	500–550	530	394.00/cwt	394.00–394.00	2,088	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	400–450	408	450.00/cwt	450.00–450.00	1,836	2
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	1,164	153.95/cwt	143.00–165.00	1,792	21
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	1,092	138.14/cwt	120.00–145.00	1,508	17
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	1,280	170.53/cwt	169.00–173.00	2,183	2
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	—	1,658	184.33/cwt	180.50–191.50	3,056	3
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,241	162.19/cwt	157.00–168.50	2,013	12
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,268	175.21/cwt	170.00–180.00	2,222	14
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Unweaned	450–500	468	490.00/cwt	490.00–490.00	2,293	6
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	850–900	896	315.00/cwt	315.00–315.00	2,822	13
Steers	Medium and Large 1	400–450	414	551.12/cwt	530.00–560.00	2,282	14
Steers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	350–400	385	570.00/cwt	570.00–570.00	2,195	5
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	350–400	372	570.00/cwt	570.00–570.00	2,120	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	550–600	574	397.13/cwt	380.00–405.00	2,280	19
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	400–450	419	489.21/cwt	485.00–495.00	2,050	7
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	900–950	949	299.00/cwt	299.00–299.00	2,838	4
Steers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	550–600	581	438.00/cwt	438.00–438.00	2,545	7
Steers	Medium and Large 1	650–700	673	403.81/cwt	393.00–410.00	2,718	14
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	350–400	388	519.97/cwt	515.00–525.00	2,017	4
Steers	Medium and Large 1	300–350	322	600.00/cwt	600.00–600.00	1,932	3
Steers	Medium and Large 1	550–600	555	475.78/cwt	462.00–492.50	2,641	11
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	700–750	700	370.00/cwt	370.00–370.00	2,590	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	800–850	812	325.50/cwt	325.50–325.50	2,643	10
Steers	Medium and Large 1	800–850	809	355.87/cwt	355.00–356.00	2,879	15
Steers	Medium and Large 1	500–550	513	504.82/cwt	500.00–512.50	2,590	34
Steers	Medium and Large 1	600–650	640	415.19/cwt	412.50–420.00	2,657	73
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	600–650	628	377.00/cwt	377.00–377.00	2,368	18
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	350–400	399	525.00/cwt	525.00–525.00	2,095	5
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	500–550	525	407.60/cwt	390.00–425.00	2,140	4
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	450–500	495	460.00/cwt	460.00–460.00	2,277	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	650–700	664	357.00/cwt	357.00–357.00	2,370	14
Steers	Medium and Large 1	700–750	726	408.00/cwt	408.00–408.00	2,962	12
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,284	2,398.22/head	2,350.00–2,700.00	2,398	8
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,235	2,949.73/head	2,850.00–3,050.00	2,950	3
Stock Cows	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,122	233.21/cwt	200.00–295.00	2,617	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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