Name: Mid Missouri Stockyards livestock auction prices — 2026-07-23
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2026-07-23

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to last week feeder steers sold 5.00-20.00 lower with feeder heifers selling 2.00-15.00 lower. Slaughter cows and bulls sold steady. Supply was moderate with very good demand.

Weight class

Steers · summary 500–600 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

500–600 lb steers averaged $426.86/cwt on 151 head, up $3.48 from the prior sale. That ranks 4 of 30 comparable sales and sits −29.41 against this barn's trailing median of $456.27.

Average price

$426.86

▲ 3.48 vs prior sale

151 head · 558 lb average

Value per head Derived

$2,380

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

−$23

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

$25.19/cwt at this weight

vs the market

+0.60

vs MO average

+7.82 vs national

What quality paid 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1	542	437.20	2,368	89
Medium and Large 1-2	580	412.01	2,392	62

One grade step is worth $25.19/cwt here — about −$23 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 sale151 hd

426.86

—

MO average11 barns · 704 hd

426.26

+0.60

National average142 barns · 5,313 hd

419.04

+7.82

This barn, trailing median30 sales

456.27

−29.41

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	1,770	225.65	3,994	3thin
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	Average	1,547	171.25	2,648	4thin
Cows	Boner 80-85%	Low	1,248	164.12	2,049	5thin
Cows	Lean 85-90%	Very Low	951	135.66	1,290	8thin

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 (2-4 yrs)	1,285	$3,251	2thin
Bred Cows	2nd/3rd Stage (4-9 mo)	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	1,429	$3,169	5
Bred Cows	2nd/3rd Stage (4-9 mo)	Aged (>8 yrs)	1,196	$2,600	5
Cow-Calf Pairs	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	Aged (>8 yrs)	1,270	$4,500	4thin
Cow-Calf Pairs	Open	Aged (>8 yrs)	933	$2,950	3thin

Every lot, as filed

64 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	450–500	458	440.00/cwt	440.00–440.00	2,015	3
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	550–600	558	381.31/cwt	365.00–392.50	2,128	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	650–700	668	353.65/cwt	352.00–358.00	2,362	18
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	500–550	534	416.05/cwt	385.00–435.00	2,222	14
Steers	Medium and Large 1	800–850	804	349.00/cwt	349.00–349.00	2,806	43
Steers	Medium and Large 1	550–600	575	425.00/cwt	425.00–425.00	2,444	37
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	300–350	325	525.00/cwt	525.00–525.00	1,706	2
Steers	Medium and Large 1	450–500	485	480.00/cwt	480.00–480.00	2,328	4
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	600–650	600	363.00/cwt	363.00–363.00	2,178	17
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	350–400	354	522.97/cwt	520.00–530.00	1,851	10
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	400–450	416	503.02/cwt	495.00–505.00	2,093	10
Steers	Medium and Large 1	500–550	518	445.88/cwt	442.00–455.00	2,310	52
Steers	Medium and Large 1	300–350	310	570.00/cwt	570.00–570.00	1,767	3
Steers	Medium and Large 1	700–750	715	378.75/cwt	378.75–378.75	2,708	71
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	500–550	522	400.87/cwt	398.00–417.50	2,093	50
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	650–700	667	383.34/cwt	370.00–389.00	2,557	18
Steers	Medium and Large 1	400–450	417	510.00/cwt	510.00–510.00	2,127	7
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	400–450	440	436.98/cwt	436.00–445.00	1,923	27
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	600–650	618	377.35/cwt	369.00–382.00	2,332	113
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,285	3,250.92/head	3,050.00–3,475.00	3,251	2
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,435	3,000.00/head	3,000.00–3,000.00	3,000	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	500–550	541	372.68/cwt	357.50–395.00	2,016	9
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	450–500	484	426.92/cwt	424.00–435.00	2,066	7
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,212	154.04/cwt	151.00–158.00	1,867	3
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,303	179.24/cwt	177.50–181.00	2,335	2
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	808	112.65/cwt	110.00–115.00	910	2
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	818	125.39/cwt	124.00–127.00	1,026	2
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	—	1,458	175.75/cwt	175.00–176.50	2,562	2
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	—	1,635	166.74/cwt	165.50–168.00	2,726	2
Cow-Calf Pairs	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,120	3,750.00/head	3,750.00–3,750.00	3,750	1
Cow-Calf Pairs	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,270	4,500.00/head	4,500.00–4,500.00	4,500	4
Cow-Calf Pairs	Medium 2-3	—	840	2,550.00/head	2,550.00–2,550.00	2,550	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	650–700	670	367.50/cwt	367.50–367.50	2,462	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	600–650	608	341.28/cwt	335.00–347.50	2,075	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	500–550	510	387.50/cwt	387.50–387.50	1,976	2
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	450–500	492	455.52/cwt	452.50–460.00	2,241	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	550–600	569	366.13/cwt	345.00–371.00	2,083	20
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	450–500	479	407.47/cwt	405.00–410.00	1,952	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	850–900	858	297.50/cwt	297.50–297.50	2,553	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	700–750	701	332.50/cwt	332.50–332.50	2,331	7
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	450–500	472	350.00/cwt	350.00–350.00	1,652	2
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	600–650	620	400.72/cwt	382.50–406.00	2,484	18
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	550–600	594	410.83/cwt	410.00–411.00	2,440	48
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	400–450	425	435.00/cwt	435.00–435.00	1,849	4
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	500–550	529	389.21/cwt	377.50–410.00	2,059	17
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	400–450	426	405.07/cwt	395.00–410.00	1,726	6
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	450–500	482	418.12/cwt	412.50–425.00	2,015	6
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	350–400	392	425.00/cwt	425.00–425.00	1,666	2
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	750–800	779	348.29/cwt	347.00–349.00	2,713	11
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	700–750	708	350.00/cwt	350.00–350.00	2,478	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	350–400	383	455.00/cwt	455.00–455.00	1,743	4
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	400–450	427	472.43/cwt	460.00–485.00	2,017	10
Steers	Medium and Large 1	600–650	637	414.87/cwt	413.50–418.50	2,643	42
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 1	—	1,448	3,418.65/head	3,375.00–3,450.00	3,419	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	700–750	717	320.00/cwt	320.00–320.00	2,294	3
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	300–350	331	545.00/cwt	545.00–545.00	1,804	4
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	550–600	558	325.00/cwt	325.00–325.00	1,814	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	600–650	628	337.50/cwt	337.50–337.50	2,120	4
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	1,020	143.50/cwt	143.00–144.00	1,464	2
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	1,158	161.08/cwt	157.50–165.00	1,865	2
Bulls	—	—	1,770	225.65/cwt	223.00–228.00	3,994	3
Bred Cows	Medium 1-2	—	1,136	2,500.00/head	2,500.00–2,500.00	2,500	4
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,417	3,002.01/head	2,925.00–3,150.00	3,002	3
Steers	Medium and Large 1	650–700	671	392.00/cwt	392.00–392.00	2,630	23

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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