Sale reports / Missouri / Mid Missouri Stockyards / 2024-01-11

Mid Missouri Stockyards

Feeder Cattle · Slaughter Cattle · Replacement Cattle · Phillipsburg, Missouri · Thu, Jan 11
● Final66 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 3654
Feeder Cattle receipts
1,295 head
▼ 1,573 vs last sale 2,868▼ 187 vs year ago 1,482 · −12.6%
Slaughter Cattle receipts
93 head
▼ 137 vs last sale 230▼ 74 vs year ago 167 · −44.3%
Replacement Cattle receipts
14 head
▲ 2 vs last sale 12▼ 15 vs year ago 29 · −51.7%
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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to last week feeder steers sold 6.00-10.00 lower. Feeder heifers sold 10.00-25.00 lower. Slaughter cows and slaughter bulls sold 2.00-4.00 higher. Supply was moderate 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 $242.86/cwt on 570 head.
Average price
$242.86
570 head · 610 lb average
Value per head Derived
$1,482
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
$324
per head · Medium and Large 1 over Medium and Large 2
$19.86/cwt at this weight
vs the market
+2.90
vs MO average

Price by quality 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 1611250.091,528305
Medium and Large 1-2622235.201,463230
Medium and Large 2523230.241,20535
One grade step is worth $19.86/cwt here — about $324 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 sale570 hd
242.86
—
MO average14 barns · 11,543 hd
239.97
+2.90
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—High1,707116.401,9878thin
CowsBreaker 75-80%High1,47797.991,44715
CowsBoner 80-85%High1,19393.981,12126
CowsLean 85-90%Average96676.1373626

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)884$97111

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 · Steers24 lots · lightest first
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2315275.00/cwt275.00–275.008663
Steers—Medium and Large 1359297.00/cwt297.00–297.001,0664
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2365287.50/cwt287.50–287.501,0492
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2410278.00/cwt278.00–278.001,1405
Steers—Medium and Large 2425235.00/cwt235.00–235.009995
Steers—Medium and Large 2470230.55/cwt225.00–235.001,08411
Steers—Medium and Large 1472299.52/cwt293.00–311.001,41465
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2475272.17/cwt264.00–280.001,29315
Steers—Medium and Large 1512287.58/cwt282.00–290.001,47210
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2531253.61/cwt253.00–255.001,34710
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2568252.31/cwt240.00–258.001,43363
Steers—Medium and Large 2576234.95/cwt224.00–238.001,35316
Steers—Medium and Large 2600196.00/cwt196.00–196.001,1763
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2625218.70/cwt217.00–224.001,36738
Steers—Medium and Large 1630239.56/cwt230.00–251.501,509110
Steers—Medium and Large 1658235.50/cwt235.50–235.501,55040
Steers—Medium and Large 1Value Added659234.50/cwt234.50–234.501,54519
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2682222.32/cwt214.00–225.001,51671
Steers—Medium and Large 1719219.62/cwt218.00–220.001,57957
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2722205.00/cwt205.00–205.001,4803
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2784210.00/cwt210.00–210.001,6465
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2810206.98/cwt205.00–209.001,6778
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2876205.00/cwt205.00–205.001,7964
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2963185.00/cwt185.00–185.001,7823
Feeder Cattle · Heifers23 lots · lightest first
Heifers—Medium and Large 2375215.00/cwt215.00–215.008065
Heifers—Medium and Large 1376249.00/cwt249.00–249.0093612
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2383234.29/cwt220.00–237.5089711
Heifers—Medium and Large 1426261.13/cwt248.00–269.001,11228
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2427224.33/cwt214.00–232.0095831
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2451217.94/cwt216.00–224.0098316
Heifers—Medium and Large 2459206.27/cwt205.00–207.509476
Heifers—Medium 2471170.00/cwt170.00–170.008014
Heifers—Medium and Large 1482237.53/cwt234.00–241.001,14522
Heifers—Medium and Large 1519232.74/cwt215.00–245.001,20836
Heifers—Medium and Large 1Value Added523235.00/cwt235.00–235.001,22910
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2523205.65/cwt195.00–217.001,07619
Heifers—Medium and Large 2580188.00/cwt188.00–188.001,09012
Heifers—Medium and Large 1583215.10/cwt214.00–216.001,25437
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2585208.91/cwt205.00–212.001,22223
Heifers—Medium and Large 1612213.61/cwt204.00–218.501,30780
Heifers—Medium and Large 1Value Added629214.00/cwt214.00–214.001,3465
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2636185.00/cwt185.00–185.001,1775
Heifers—Medium and Large 1660213.65/cwt208.50–217.001,41031
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2671201.80/cwt197.00–203.001,35410
Heifers—Medium and Large 1708199.00/cwt199.00–199.001,4093
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2728176.00/cwt176.00–176.001,2813
Heifers—Medium and Large 2772168.00/cwt168.00–168.001,2975
Feeder Cattle · Bulls6 lots · lightest first
Bulls—Medium and Large 2424239.59/cwt239.00–240.001,01610
Bulls—Medium and Large 1-2488248.00/cwt248.00–248.001,2104
Bulls—Medium and Large 2551204.00/cwt204.00–204.001,12411
Bulls—Medium and Large 1-2569223.00/cwt223.00–223.001,26926
Bulls—Medium and Large 1-2668209.50/cwt209.50–209.501,3999
Bulls—Medium and Large 1-2748184.00/cwt184.00–184.001,3763
Slaughter Cattle · Bulls2 lots · lightest first
Bulls——1,704121.50/cwt115.00–126.002,0704
Bulls——1,710111.29/cwt104.50–115.001,9034
Slaughter Cattle · Cows8 lots · lightest first
Cows—Lean 85-90%80056.08/cwt54.00–60.004494
Cows—Lean 85-90%92368.96/cwt61.00–75.006376
Cows—Lean 85-90%1,02281.84/cwt78.00–85.0083613
Cows—Lean 85-90%1,03292.47/cwt90.00–94.009543
Cows—Boner 80-85%1,168100.03/cwt95.00–110.001,1689
Cows—Boner 80-85%1,20690.78/cwt82.50–95.501,09517
Cows—Breaker 75-80%1,464103.09/cwt99.00–109.501,5098
Cows—Breaker 75-80%1,49292.17/cwt87.00–94.501,3757
Replacement Cattle · Bred Cows3 lots · lightest first
Bred Cows—Small and Medium 2-3740560.00/head560.00–560.005604
Bred Cows—Medium 29001,400.00/head1,400.00–1,400.001,4003
Bred Cows—Medium and Large 21,0151,060.00/head1,060.00–1,060.001,0604

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.