Sale reports / Missouri / Mid Missouri Stockyards / 2023-05-18

Mid Missouri Stockyards

Feeder Cattle · Slaughter Cattle · Replacement Cattle · Phillipsburg, Missouri · Thu, May 18
● Final51 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 3654
Feeder Cattle receipts
1,521 head
▲ 245 vs last sale 1,276▲ 1,521 vs year ago 0 · no sale a year ago
Slaughter Cattle receipts
141 head
▼ 52 vs last sale 193▲ 141 vs year ago 0 · no sale a year ago
Replacement Cattle receipts
20 head
▼ 12 vs last sale 32▲ 20 vs year ago 0 · no sale a year ago
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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to last week, Feeder Steers under 600 lbs sold 5.00 lower, 600-700 lbs sold steady to 1.00 higher. Feeder Heifers 400-500 lbs sold steady to 3.00 higher, and 500-600 lbs sold 5.00 to 10.00 higher. Slaughter Cows and Bulls sold steady. Supply was moderate with good demand.

Weight classPick one — the panels below update

Heifers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot
0–100 lb heifers averaged $216.47/cwt on 509 head.
Average price
$216.47
509 head · 547 lb average
Value per head Derived
$1,185
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
$291
per head · Medium and Large 1 over Medium and Large 1-2
$7.98/cwt at this weight
vs the market
−5.27
vs MO average

Price by quality 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 1557217.141,210466
Medium and Large 1-2440209.1692043
One grade step is worth $7.98/cwt here — about $291 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 sale509 hd
216.47
—
MO average18 barns · 12,071 hd
221.74
−5.27
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—Average1,308111.661,4615thin
CowsBreaker 75-80%Average1,38395.921,32714
CowsBoner 80-85%Low1,17391.201,07037
CowsLean 85-90%High94970.9167326

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 Stage (4-6 mo)Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)1,266$1,2584thin
Cow-Calf PairsOpenMiddle Aged (5-8 yrs)1,190$1,5185
Cow-Calf PairsOpenMiddle Aged/Aged (>5 yrs)989$1,1004thin

Every lot

51 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 · Steers21 lots · lightest first
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2385247.85/cwt243.00–250.0095413
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2427245.00/cwt245.00–245.001,0463
Steers—Medium and Large 1434254.84/cwt251.00–256.001,10617
Steers—Medium and Large 2445216.00/cwt216.00–216.009612
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2468239.25/cwt239.00–240.001,1208
Steers—Medium and Large 2473217.50/cwt217.50–217.501,0296
Steers—Medium and Large 1485253.83/cwt248.00–263.001,23143
Steers—Medium and Large 1530240.85/cwt237.00–253.001,27740
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2532225.25/cwt220.00–227.501,19811
Steers—Medium and Large 2548200.00/cwt200.00–200.001,0962
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2Unweaned557233.00/cwt233.00–233.001,29819
Steers—Medium and Large 2562188.00/cwt188.00–188.001,0575
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2568234.15/cwt230.00–236.001,33018
Steers—Medium and Large 1582243.85/cwt239.00–246.501,419182
Steers—Medium and Large 2600195.00/cwt195.00–195.001,1705
Steers—Medium and Large 1617230.86/cwt222.00–238.001,42438
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2620215.00/cwt215.00–215.001,3334
Steers—Medium and Large 2666203.16/cwt201.00–205.001,35311
Steers—Medium and Large 1668224.48/cwt219.00–226.001,50024
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2687216.50/cwt216.50–216.501,4875
Steers—Medium and Large 1831195.50/cwt195.50–195.501,62525
Feeder Cattle · Heifers13 lots · lightest first
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2340220.00/cwt220.00–220.0074811
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2386229.41/cwt229.00–230.0088615
Heifers—Medium and Large 1Thin Fleshed404232.00/cwt232.00–232.0093710
Heifers—Medium and Large 1433223.94/cwt215.00–229.0097024
Heifers—Medium and Large 1486221.03/cwt214.00–233.001,07460
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2515191.14/cwt185.00–196.0098413
Heifers—Medium and Large 1523222.86/cwt204.00–232.501,166141
Heifers—Medium and Large 1577220.59/cwt199.00–229.001,273140
Heifers—Medium and Large 1633202.13/cwt188.00–209.501,27962
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2670162.00/cwt162.00–162.001,0854
Heifers—Medium and Large 1689190.44/cwt189.00–191.001,3127
Heifers—Medium and Large 1797185.50/cwt185.50–185.501,47820
Heifers—Medium and Large 1820176.00/cwt176.00–176.001,4432
Feeder Cattle · Bulls3 lots · lightest first
Bulls—Medium and Large 1-2361251.00/cwt251.00–251.009069
Bulls—Medium and Large 1-2520242.35/cwt239.00–246.001,26036
Bulls—Medium and Large 1-2584203.00/cwt203.00–203.001,1867
Slaughter Cattle · Bulls1 lot · lightest first
Bulls——1,308111.66/cwt110.00–115.001,4615
Slaughter Cattle · Cows9 lots · lightest first
Cows—Lean 85-90%89147.87/cwt38.00–55.004275
Cows—Lean 85-90%92264.48/cwt60.00–70.005957
Cows—Lean 85-90%96688.05/cwt85.00–90.008515
Cows—Lean 85-90%99279.19/cwt75.00–84.007869
Cows—Boner 80-85%1,092101.98/cwt100.00–103.001,1143
Cows—Boner 80-85%1,17490.93/cwt85.00–95.501,06832
Cows—Boner 80-85%1,28379.27/cwt75.00–83.501,0172
Cows—Breaker 75-80%1,37695.07/cwt90.00–97.501,30812
Cows—Breaker 75-80%1,425101.04/cwt100.00–102.001,4402
Replacement Cattle · Bred Cows2 lots · lightest first
Bred Cows—Medium and Large 1-21,2331,197.26/head1,100.00–1,275.001,1972
Bred Cows—Medium and Large 11,2981,319.02/head1,300.00–1,335.001,3192
Replacement Cattle · Cow-Calf Pairs2 lots · lightest first
Cow-Calf Pairs—Medium and Large 1-29891,100.00/head1,100.00–1,100.001,1004
Cow-Calf Pairs—Medium and Large 1-21,1901,518.00/head1,485.00–1,650.001,5185

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.