Sale reports / Missouri / Mid Missouri Stockyards / 2023-03-23

Mid Missouri Stockyards

Feeder Cattle · Slaughter Cattle · Replacement Cattle · Phillipsburg, Missouri · Thu, Mar 23
● Final66 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 3654
Feeder Cattle receipts
765 head
▼ 455 vs last sale 1,220▲ 765 vs year ago 0 · no sale a year ago
Slaughter Cattle receipts
124 head
▼ 19 vs last sale 143▲ 124 vs year ago 0 · no sale a year ago
Replacement Cattle receipts
27 head
▼ 21 vs last sale 48▲ 27 vs year ago 0 · no sale a year ago
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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to last week feeder steers sold steady to 4.00 higher with feeder heifers selling steady. Slaughter cows and bulls sold steady. Supply was light with very good demand.

Weight classPick one — the panels below update

Steers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot
0–100 lb steers averaged $222.74/cwt on 319 head.
Average price
$222.74
319 head · 572 lb average
Value per head Derived
$1,274
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
$284
per head · Medium and Large 1 over Medium and Large 2
$35.40/cwt at this weight
vs the market
+9.79
vs MO average

Price by quality 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 1562231.851,302217
Medium and Large 1-2601204.031,22693
Medium and Large 2518196.451,0189thin
One grade step is worth $35.40/cwt here — about $284 a head. Across this sale the premium is widest at 0–100 lb. USDA reports each grade on its own line and never publishes the spread.

How it compared 0–100 lb

Same class and week · spot auction only
This sale319 hd
222.74
—
MO average16 barns · 8,951 hd
212.95
+9.79
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 · $/cwt
Cull cows and bulls are graded, not weight-classed — grade is what moves the money here.
ClassGradeDressingAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Bulls—Low1,579112.401,77517
CowsBreaker 75-80%High1,48092.361,36714
CowsBoner 80-85%High1,18990.671,07817
CowsLean 85-90%Very Low99971.6071557

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 $/cwt figures above.
ClassStageAgeAvg wt$/headHead
Bred Cows2nd/3rd Stage (4-9 mo)Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)1,052$1,12111
Bred Heifers2nd/3rd Stage (4-9 mo)(<2 yrs)737$1,03812

Every lot

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. Grouped by class and set lightest first; USDA files them in sale-ring order.
ClassWeightGrade / descriptionAvg wtPriceRangePer headHead
Feeder Cattle · Steers22 lots · lightest first
Steers—Medium and Large 1330252.00/cwt252.00–252.008322
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2345229.00/cwt229.00–229.007902
Steers—Medium and Large 1Fancy358276.00/cwt276.00–276.009888
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2370234.00/cwt234.00–234.008662
Steers—Medium and Large 1417251.48/cwt249.00–258.001,04915
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2419223.12/cwt216.00–235.0093511
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2465219.15/cwt216.00–225.001,0197
Steers—Medium and Large 2474203.14/cwt200.00–208.009635
Steers—Medium and Large 1478244.67/cwt239.50–249.001,17020
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2508222.34/cwt220.00–223.001,12914
Steers—Medium and Large 1529234.77/cwt230.00–240.001,24232
Steers—Medium and Large 2573188.08/cwt185.00–191.001,0784
Steers—Medium and Large 1574233.34/cwt228.50–239.001,33947
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2584218.49/cwt214.00–224.001,27614
Steers—Medium and Large 1625221.62/cwt207.00–227.001,38583
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2637193.03/cwt181.00–202.001,2307
Steers—Medium and Large 1652218.50/cwt218.00–219.501,4256
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2680192.65/cwt187.50–195.001,31013
Steers—Medium and Large 1708187.00/cwt187.00–187.001,3244
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2722175.98/cwt175.00–177.001,2718
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2779180.05/cwt178.00–182.001,40312
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2965155.00/cwt155.00–155.001,4963
Feeder Cattle · Heifers21 lots · lightest first
Heifers—Medium and Large 1319231.31/cwt219.00–238.007388
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2328204.70/cwt202.50–207.506718
Heifers—Medium and Large 2350182.50/cwt182.50–182.506392
Heifers—Medium and Large 1384223.63/cwt217.00–228.0085923
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2423196.31/cwt193.00–200.008304
Heifers—Medium and Large 1427218.11/cwt214.50–222.0093121
Heifers—Medium and Large 1454220.19/cwt206.00–226.001,00014
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2475183.80/cwt183.00–184.0087310
Heifers—Medium and Large 2498174.00/cwt174.00–174.008673
Heifers—Medium and Large 1520198.01/cwt193.00–203.001,03057
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2521175.55/cwt172.00–178.0091516
Heifers—Medium and Large 1568192.38/cwt192.00–192.501,0939
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2583178.26/cwt173.00–182.501,03940
Heifers—Medium and Large 1615188.43/cwt184.00–197.001,15925
Heifers—Medium and Large 2Fleshy630145.00/cwt145.00–145.009143
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2642174.00/cwt174.00–174.001,11710
Heifers—Large 1-2650172.00/cwt172.00–172.001,1183
Heifers—Medium and Large 1688178.96/cwt177.00–183.001,2316
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2712159.40/cwt155.00–165.001,1358
Heifers—Medium and Large 1728162.50/cwt162.50–162.501,1833
Heifers—Medium and Large 1797164.00/cwt164.00–164.001,30711
Feeder Cattle · Bulls8 lots · lightest first
Bulls—Medium and Large 1324251.00/cwt251.00–251.008136
Bulls—Medium and Large 1-2398224.00/cwt224.00–224.008923
Bulls—Medium and Large 1-2455200.00/cwt200.00–200.009104
Bulls—Medium and Large 1-2521204.00/cwt204.00–204.001,0638
Bulls—Medium and Large 1570211.24/cwt209.00–215.001,2048
Bulls—Medium and Large 1-2572192.00/cwt192.00–192.001,0982
Bulls—Medium and Large 1686182.00/cwt182.00–182.001,24910
Bulls—Medium and Large 1-2730170.00/cwt170.00–170.001,2413
Slaughter Cattle · Bulls4 lots · lightest first
Bulls——Return to Feed979118.00/cwt118.00–118.001,1554
Bulls——1,46898.18/cwt97.50–99.001,4412
Bulls——1,733109.70/cwt105.00–114.001,9016
Bulls——1,918116.84/cwt112.50–125.002,2415
Slaughter Cattle · Cows8 lots · lightest first
Cows—Lean 85-90%87055.50/cwt40.00–60.004839
Cows—Lean 85-90%99667.02/cwt60.00–70.0066814
Cows—Lean 85-90%1,01575.29/cwt70.00–83.0076427
Cows—Lean 85-90%1,10687.19/cwt82.00–100.009647
Cows—Boner 80-85%1,17989.07/cwt87.50–92.001,05013
Cows—Boner 80-85%1,22395.88/cwt95.00–97.001,1734
Cows—Breaker 75-80%1,42989.20/cwt87.50–93.501,2758
Cows—Breaker 75-80%1,54896.57/cwt95.00–100.001,4956
Replacement Cattle · Bred Heifers1 lot · lightest first
Bred Heifers—Medium 1-27371,037.73/head800.00–1,125.001,03812
Replacement Cattle · Bred Cows2 lots · lightest first
Bred Cows—Medium 1-2900933.86/head850.00–1,075.009345
Bred Cows—Medium and Large 1-21,1791,277.66/head1,000.00–1,425.001,2786

This sale against other markets

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.