Sale reports / Missouri / Mid Missouri Stockyards / 2023-11-30

Mid Missouri Stockyards

Feeder Cattle · Slaughter Cattle · Phillipsburg, Missouri · Thu, Nov 30
● Final90 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 3654
Feeder Cattle receipts
1,412 head
▲ 28 vs last sale 1,384▼ 874 vs year ago 2,286 · −38.2%
Slaughter Cattle receipts
177 head
▲ 44 vs last sale 133▼ 62 vs year ago 239 · −25.9%
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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

No auction last week due to Thanksgiving holiday. Buyers were looking for high quality weaned calves with very active bidding. The more plain type of calves were not desired. Slaughter cattle were in demand with active buying. Supply was moderate to heavy with 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 $240.71/cwt on 599 head.
Average price
$240.71
599 head · 557 lb average
Value per head Derived
$1,341
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
$365
per head · Medium and Large 1 over Medium 2
$74.53/cwt at this weight
vs the market
+5.57
vs MO average

Price by quality 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 1539259.471,398254
Medium and Large 1-2586234.211,372242
Medium and Large 2519218.591,13474
Large 1668200.001,3364thin
Medium and Large 2-3562185.001,04012thin
Medium 2559184.941,03413thin
One grade step is worth $74.53/cwt here — about $365 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 sale599 hd
240.71
—
MO average13 barns · 10,635 hd
235.14
+5.57
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—Low1,707104.491,78314
CowsBreaker 75-80%Low1,47188.611,30425
CowsBoner 80-85%Low1,20687.661,05732
CowsLean 85-90%High1,04680.0483779

Every lot

90 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 · Steers34 lots · lightest first
Steers—Medium and Large 1325308.05/cwt304.00–312.501,0014
Steers—Medium and Large 2338260.00/cwt260.00–260.008794
Steers—Medium and Large 2354256.09/cwt247.00–265.009076
Steers—Medium and Large 1391315.30/cwt297.50–319.501,23330
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2398283.00/cwt283.00–283.001,1263
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2418258.36/cwt250.00–265.001,08012
Steers—Medium and Large 2418236.65/cwt235.00–240.0098912
Steers—Medium and Large 1436279.35/cwt270.00–286.001,21842
Steers—Medium and Large 1452275.00/cwt275.00–275.001,2435
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2486255.47/cwt249.00–268.001,24237
Steers—Medium and Large 2486225.00/cwt225.00–225.001,0945
Steers—Medium and Large 1508277.59/cwt263.00–288.001,41052
Steers—Medium and Large 2525215.74/cwt207.00–220.001,13312
Steers—Medium 2535170.00/cwt170.00–170.009105
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2537237.34/cwt225.00–245.001,27568
Steers—Medium and Large 1Unweaned538250.90/cwt248.00–257.001,3509
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2Unweaned542248.00/cwt248.00–248.001,34410
Steers—Medium and Large 2Unweaned555220.00/cwt220.00–220.001,2216
Steers—Medium and Large 2-3562185.00/cwt185.00–185.001,04012
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2568232.14/cwt222.00–237.501,31936
Steers—Medium 2574194.28/cwt193.00–195.001,1158
Steers—Medium and Large 2577191.69/cwt185.00–195.001,10612
Steers—Medium and Large 2Unweaned606207.50/cwt207.50–207.501,25711
Steers—Medium and Large 1624228.61/cwt225.00–240.001,42782
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2630223.23/cwt220.00–225.001,40611
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2Unweaned635220.00/cwt220.00–220.001,3974
Steers—Medium and Large 2662191.00/cwt191.00–191.001,2643
Steers—Large 1668200.00/cwt200.00–200.001,3364
Steers—Medium and Large 1681222.08/cwt195.00–230.001,51225
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2689223.36/cwt220.00–225.001,5396
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2737212.71/cwt200.00–216.001,56847
Steers—Medium and Large 2758190.00/cwt190.00–190.001,4403
Steers—Medium and Large 1769223.00/cwt223.00–223.001,7155
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2866203.47/cwt199.00–205.001,7628
Feeder Cattle · Heifers35 lots · lightest first
Heifers—Medium and Large 2320207.48/cwt205.00–210.006648
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2Unweaned329235.00/cwt235.00–235.007735
Heifers—Medium and Large 1340259.00/cwt259.00–259.008813
Heifers—Medium and Large 2370200.00/cwt200.00–200.007403
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2376229.84/cwt225.00–239.008649
Heifers—Medium 2376185.00/cwt185.00–185.006968
Heifers—Medium and Large 1379266.05/cwt260.00–271.001,0087
Heifers—Medium and Large 1Unweaned411246.22/cwt242.50–250.001,01231
Heifers—Medium and Large 2428206.40/cwt200.00–210.0088312
Heifers—Medium and Large 1438253.10/cwt250.00–276.001,10955
Heifers—Medium 2438175.00/cwt175.00–175.007673
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2446234.63/cwt225.00–239.001,04611
Heifers—Medium 2453185.00/cwt185.00–185.008385
Heifers—Medium and Large 1473260.01/cwt246.00–277.001,23021
Heifers—Medium and Large 1Unweaned480243.00/cwt243.00–243.001,1668
Heifers—Medium and Large 2480205.66/cwt200.00–212.5098716
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2487227.23/cwt215.00–235.001,10728
Heifers—Medium 2-3487160.00/cwt160.00–160.0077913
Heifers—Medium and Large 1511229.02/cwt226.00–232.001,1706
Heifers—Medium 2519165.86/cwt165.00–167.008617
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2521206.37/cwt195.00–215.001,07551
Heifers—Medium and Large 2533183.05/cwt180.00–190.0097610
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2564209.35/cwt195.00–218.001,18180
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2Unweaned571195.00/cwt195.00–195.001,1137
Heifers—Medium 2573159.55/cwt154.00–165.009146
Heifers—Medium and Large 2579190.24/cwt185.00–195.501,1018
Heifers—Medium and Large 2Unweaned584187.50/cwt187.50–187.501,09513
Heifers—Medium and Large 2602165.00/cwt165.00–165.009934
Heifers—Medium and Large 1604205.73/cwt195.00–208.001,24337
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2610185.00/cwt185.00–185.001,12915
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2689178.76/cwt175.00–192.001,2329
Heifers—Medium and Large 1697197.52/cwt195.00–198.001,37725
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2715185.00/cwt185.00–185.001,3233
Heifers—Medium and Large 1820185.44/cwt180.00–187.001,5219
Heifers—Medium and Large 2980136.44/cwt135.00–137.001,3377
Feeder Cattle · Bulls11 lots · lightest first
Bulls—Medium 2373226.00/cwt226.00–226.008435
Bulls—Medium and Large 1413252.10/cwt247.50–260.001,0418
Bulls—Medium and Large 2424225.00/cwt225.00–225.009544
Bulls—Medium 2-3470151.00/cwt151.00–151.007105
Bulls—Medium and Large 2475226.33/cwt220.00–231.001,0757
Bulls—Medium 2494185.00/cwt185.00–185.009148
Bulls—Medium and Large 2503205.00/cwt205.00–205.001,0313
Bulls—Medium 2598160.00/cwt160.00–160.009573
Bulls—Medium and Large 1-2626195.00/cwt195.00–195.001,2217
Bulls—Medium and Large 1627208.00/cwt208.00–208.001,3043
Bulls—Large 1720140.00/cwt140.00–140.001,0085
Slaughter Cattle · Bulls2 lots · lightest first
Bulls——1,689108.19/cwt105.00–112.501,8279
Bulls——1,73897.82/cwt90.00–102.501,7005
Slaughter Cattle · Cows8 lots · lightest first
Cows—Lean 85-90%91851.22/cwt40.00–59.504709
Cows—Lean 85-90%97070.93/cwt65.00–77.0068811
Cows—Lean 85-90%1,07285.36/cwt81.00–89.0091549
Cows—Lean 85-90%1,11589.95/cwt88.00–92.501,00310
Cows—Boner 80-85%1,17484.68/cwt80.00–87.509949
Cows—Boner 80-85%1,21888.83/cwt87.00–93.001,08223
Cows—Breaker 75-80%1,46489.82/cwt87.50–95.001,31521
Cows—Breaker 75-80%1,50982.26/cwt80.00–86.501,2414

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.