Name: Mid Missouri Stockyards livestock auction prices — 2026-07-09
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2026-07-09

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to the sale 2 weeks ago feeder steers sold 4.00-10.00 lower with the exception of five weight steers which sold 18.00 higher. Feeder heifers sold 3.00-15.00 lower again with the exception of five weights heifers which sold 3.00 higher. Slaughter cows and bulls sold steady to 2.00 lower. Supply was moderate with good demand.

Weight class

Steers · summary 500–600 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

500–600 lb steers averaged $454.56/cwt on 116 head, down $2.37 from the prior sale. That ranks 14 of 30 comparable sales and sits −1.71 against this barn's trailing median of $456.27.

Average price

$454.56

▼ 2.37 vs prior sale

116 head · 558 lb average

Value per head Derived

$2,537

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$314

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

$92.88/cwt at this weight

vs the market

−30.17

vs MO average

−4.92 vs national

What quality paid 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1	526	495.77	2,606	41
Medium and Large 1-2	579	444.14	2,570	53
Medium and Large 2	569	402.89	2,292	22

One grade step is worth $92.88/cwt here — about $314 a head. Across this sale the premium is widest at 500–600 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 sale116 hd

454.56

—

MO average11 barns · 1,995 hd

484.73

−30.17

National average146 barns · 7,211 hd

459.48

−4.92

This barn, trailing median30 sales

456.27

−1.71

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	1,781	217.46	3,874	4thin
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	High	1,480	179.82	2,662	10
Cows	Boner 80-85%	Average	1,256	168.26	2,113	16
Cows	Lean 85-90%	Very Low	1,068	137.20	1,466	11

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)	1,149	$2,975	8
Bred Cows	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	880	$2,400	4thin
Cow-Calf Pairs	Open	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	1,040	$4,000	1thin
Cow-Calf Pairs	Open	Aged (>8 yrs)	1,100	$3,300	1thin
Cow-Calf Pairs	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	735	$3,000	5

Every lot, as filed

66 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 1-2	350–400	390	576.95/cwt	575.00–585.00	2,250	5
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	650–700	669	408.80/cwt	385.00–414.00	2,735	18
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	600–650	635	422.39/cwt	402.50–430.00	2,682	32
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	550–600	595	405.00/cwt	405.00–405.00	2,410	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	400–450	415	502.47/cwt	500.00–505.00	2,085	4
Steers	Medium and Large 1	600–650	648	435.00/cwt	435.00–435.00	2,819	8
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	500–550	519	417.02/cwt	410.00–426.00	2,164	14
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	650–700	676	361.96/cwt	352.50–363.50	2,447	25
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	400–450	424	465.31/cwt	412.50–492.50	1,973	17
Steers	Medium and Large 1	400–450	416	567.51/cwt	540.00–575.00	2,361	9
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	400–450	425	520.00/cwt	520.00–520.00	2,210	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	700–750	700	335.00/cwt	335.00–335.00	2,345	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	500–550	523	416.74/cwt	412.50–425.00	2,180	6
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	700–750	705	342.00/cwt	342.00–342.00	2,411	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	600–650	625	397.50/cwt	397.50–397.50	2,484	2
Steers	Medium and Large 1	650–700	670	426.59/cwt	420.00–431.00	2,858	97
Steers	Medium and Large 1	700–750	726	391.18/cwt	380.00–404.00	2,840	41
Steers	Medium and Large 1	550–600	560	460.00/cwt	460.00–460.00	2,576	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	500–550	514	456.49/cwt	435.00–461.00	2,346	18
Steers	Medium and Large 1	500–550	523	498.59/cwt	480.00–505.00	2,608	38
Steers	Medium and Large 1	450–500	481	506.88/cwt	500.00–535.00	2,438	31
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	600–650	608	396.36/cwt	387.50–405.00	2,410	37
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	550–600	567	412.89/cwt	407.50–420.00	2,341	35
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	450–500	482	473.99/cwt	455.00–491.00	2,285	29
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	975	112.17/cwt	106.00–120.00	1,094	2
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	1,107	131.67/cwt	126.00–136.00	1,458	5
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	1,170	169.00/cwt	169.00–169.00	1,977	1
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	1,032	152.50/cwt	147.00–163.00	1,574	3
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	—	1,509	182.03/cwt	179.00–183.50	2,747	8
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	—	1,365	170.98/cwt	166.00–176.00	2,334	2
Cow-Calf Pairs	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,040	4,000.00/head	4,000.00–4,000.00	4,000	1
Cow-Calf Pairs	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,100	3,300.00/head	3,300.00–3,300.00	3,300	1
Cow-Calf Pairs	Medium 2	—	735	3,000.00/head	3,000.00–3,000.00	3,000	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	450–500	473	441.20/cwt	440.00–442.50	2,087	8
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	600–650	630	369.03/cwt	352.50–377.50	2,325	6
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	400–450	435	520.10/cwt	510.00–537.50	2,262	10
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	450–500	486	487.50/cwt	487.50–487.50	2,369	4
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Unweaned	650–700	655	425.00/cwt	425.00–425.00	2,784	3
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	500–550	527	444.97/cwt	425.00–468.00	2,345	6
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	350–400	368	555.70/cwt	550.00–570.00	2,045	10
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	750–800	768	365.31/cwt	363.00–367.00	2,806	24
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	350–400	368	513.88/cwt	502.50–530.00	1,891	8
Steers	Medium and Large 2	650–700	680	397.50/cwt	397.50–397.50	2,703	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	550–600	583	362.50/cwt	362.50–362.50	2,113	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	300–350	330	475.00/cwt	475.00–475.00	1,568	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	550–600	577	396.81/cwt	375.00–406.00	2,290	7
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Unweaned	550–600	560	442.00/cwt	442.00–442.00	2,475	3
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	550–600	587	444.17/cwt	425.00–453.00	2,607	44
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	500–550	512	461.00/cwt	461.00–461.00	2,360	6
Steers	Medium and Large 1	300–350	305	640.00/cwt	640.00–640.00	1,952	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	350–400	374	470.00/cwt	470.00–470.00	1,758	7
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	550–600	566	388.60/cwt	384.00–395.00	2,199	7
Steers	Medium and Large 2	450–500	478	435.00/cwt	435.00–435.00	2,079	3
Steers	Medium and Large 2	550–600	569	402.89/cwt	397.50–420.00	2,292	22
Dairy Steers	Large 3	300–350	337	380.00/cwt	380.00–380.00	1,281	3
Bred Cows	Medium 2	—	880	2,400.00/head	2,400.00–2,400.00	2,400	4
Heifers	Medium 2	400–450	445	330.00/cwt	330.00–330.00	1,469	4
Bulls	Medium 2	350–400	373	445.00/cwt	445.00–445.00	1,660	3
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,212	3,400.00/head	3,400.00–3,400.00	3,400	4
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 2	—	1,085	2,550.00/head	2,550.00–2,550.00	2,550	4
Bulls	—	—	1,440	209.00/cwt	209.00–209.00	3,010	1
Bulls	—	—	1,895	220.28/cwt	218.00–222.00	4,174	3
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,239	172.71/cwt	165.00–178.00	2,140	7
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,233	180.71/cwt	178.00–185.00	2,228	6
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,340	133.00/cwt	133.00–133.00	1,782	3
Dairy Steers	Large 3	450–500	492	300.00/cwt	300.00–300.00	1,476	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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