Sale reports / Missouri / Mid Missouri Stockyards / 2024-01-25

Mid Missouri Stockyards

Feeder Cattle · Slaughter Cattle · Replacement Cattle · Phillipsburg, Missouri · Thu, Jan 25
● Final53 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 3654
Feeder Cattle receipts
652 head
▼ 13 vs last sale 665▼ 235 vs year ago 887 · −26.5%
Slaughter Cattle receipts
74 head
▼ 1 vs last sale 75▲ 6 vs year ago 68 · +8.8%
Replacement Cattle receipts
6 head
▲ 6 vs last sale 0▼ 4 vs year ago 10 · −40.0%
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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to last week feeder steers sold steady to 2.00 higher. Feeder heifers sold 5.00-10.00 higher with spots up to 20.00 higher. In the slaughter portion of the auction slaughter cows and bulls sold steady to 2.00 higher. Supply was light with very 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 $241.41/cwt on 260 head.
Average price
$241.41
260 head · 556 lb average
Value per head Derived
$1,341
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
$299
per head · Medium and Large 1 over Medium and Large 2
$36.93/cwt at this weight
vs the market
+11.02
vs MO average

Price by quality 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 1535252.001,347181
Medium and Large 1-2627217.531,36366
Medium and Large 2487215.081,04813thin
One grade step is worth $36.93/cwt here — about $299 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 sale260 hd
241.41
—
MO average18 barns · 12,072 hd
230.39
+11.02
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—Average1,814123.332,2374thin
CowsBoner 80-85%Average1,266105.591,33716
CowsBreaker 75-80%Average1,549104.171,61419
CowsLean 85-90%Low1,05888.2993422

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
Cow-Calf PairsOpenYoung/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)1,030$1,8005

Every lot

53 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 · Steers17 lots · lightest first
Steers—Medium and Large 1361327.50/cwt327.50–327.501,1824
Steers—Medium and Large 2379265.00/cwt265.00–265.001,0044
Steers—Medium and Large 1440313.48/cwt300.00–319.001,37931
Steers—Medium and Large 1473311.63/cwt305.00–316.001,47413
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2477278.07/cwt272.00–285.001,32613
Steers—Medium and Large 1540281.35/cwt280.00–293.001,51929
Steers—Medium and Large 2568237.00/cwt237.00–237.001,3463
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2575267.38/cwt256.00–272.501,53718
Steers—Medium and Large 1578274.50/cwt274.50–274.501,58711
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2602240.00/cwt240.00–240.001,4452
Steers—Medium and Large 1638255.41/cwt251.50–266.001,63016
Steers—Medium and Large 1660250.34/cwt248.50–251.501,65213
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2674244.32/cwt237.50–245.001,64734
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2706220.40/cwt217.50–225.001,55612
Steers—Medium and Large 1712237.93/cwt232.00–240.001,69445
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2792212.50/cwt212.50–212.501,6834
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2802199.00/cwt199.00–199.001,5963
Feeder Cattle · Heifers18 lots · lightest first
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2320235.00/cwt235.00–235.007523
Heifers—Medium and Large 2328240.00/cwt240.00–240.007873
Heifers—Medium and Large 1343280.00/cwt280.00–280.0096015
Heifers—Medium and Large 2391240.00/cwt240.00–240.009384
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2410234.00/cwt234.00–234.009594
Heifers—Medium and Large 1427273.49/cwt267.50–277.001,16848
Heifers—Medium and Large 1482265.71/cwt259.00–267.001,28118
Heifers—Medium and Large 1518259.73/cwt258.00–261.001,34512
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2536235.36/cwt235.00–236.001,26214
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2552231.00/cwt231.00–231.001,2753
Heifers—Medium and Large 1575250.77/cwt246.50–255.501,44246
Heifers—Medium and Large 1615217.73/cwt216.00–220.001,3397
Heifers—Medium and Large 2631186.00/cwt186.00–186.001,1746
Heifers—Medium and Large 1686219.78/cwt215.00–223.001,50810
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2688211.73/cwt209.50–215.001,45734
Heifers—Medium and Large 1710208.97/cwt200.00–212.501,48421
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2776191.15/cwt185.00–195.001,4838
Heifers—Medium and Large 1924185.00/cwt185.00–185.001,7094
Feeder Cattle · Bulls7 lots · lightest first
Bulls—Medium and Large 1395304.00/cwt304.00–304.001,20111
Bulls—Medium and Large 1481281.00/cwt281.00–281.001,35213
Bulls—Medium and Large 1-2532245.00/cwt245.00–245.001,3032
Bulls—Medium and Large 2592206.00/cwt206.00–206.001,2203
Bulls—Medium and Large 1600237.00/cwt237.00–237.001,4226
Bulls—Medium and Large 1-2655211.00/cwt211.00–211.001,3823
Bulls—Medium and Large 1-2748200.00/cwt200.00–200.001,4964
Slaughter Cattle · Bulls2 lots · lightest first
Bulls——1,580120.18/cwt117.50–122.501,8992
Bulls——2,048126.48/cwt125.00–128.002,5902
Slaughter Cattle · Cows8 lots · lightest first
Cows—Lean 85-90%1,00080.29/cwt72.50–86.008039
Cows—Lean 85-90%1,028104.27/cwt102.50–108.001,0724
Cows—Lean 85-90%1,12989.18/cwt85.00–94.001,0079
Cows—Boner 80-85%1,254102.70/cwt96.50–107.501,28812
Cows—Boner 80-85%1,301114.26/cwt109.00–117.001,4874
Cows—Breaker 75-80%1,547103.25/cwt97.00–108.001,59714
Cows—Breaker 75-80%1,55395.83/cwt94.00–97.501,4882
Cows—Breaker 75-80%1,558114.00/cwt114.00–114.001,7763
Replacement Cattle · Cow-Calf Pairs1 lot · lightest first
Cow-Calf Pairs—Medium and Large 1-21,0301,800.00/head1,800.00–1,800.001,8005

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.