Sale reports / Missouri / Mid Missouri Stockyards / 2024-02-08

Mid Missouri Stockyards

Feeder Cattle · Slaughter Cattle · Replacement Cattle · Phillipsburg, Missouri · Thu, Feb 8
● Final75 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 3654
Feeder Cattle receipts
1,633 head
▼ 785 vs last sale 2,418▲ 434 vs year ago 1,199 · +36.2%
Slaughter Cattle receipts
198 head
▲ 74 vs last sale 124▲ 39 vs year ago 159 · +24.5%
Replacement Cattle receipts
12 head
▼ 14 vs last sale 26▲ 2 vs year ago 10 · +20.0%
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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to last week feeder steers sold 2.00-8.00 lower with feeder heifers selling steady. Slaughter cows sold 2.00-4.00 lower with slaughter bulls selling steady. Supply was heavy with good demand. The offering included several drafts of quality weaned and vaccinated calves.

Weight classPick one — the panels below update

Steers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot
0–100 lb steers averaged $273.47/cwt on 733 head.
Average price
$273.47
733 head · 613 lb average
Value per head Derived
$1,676
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
$466
per head · Medium and Large 1 over Medium 2
$54.23/cwt at this weight
vs the market
+2.68
vs MO average

Price by quality 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 1610282.231,722461
Medium and Large 1-2626260.551,630245
Medium and Large 2538254.951,37113thin
Medium 2551228.001,25614thin
One grade step is worth $54.23/cwt here — about $466 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 sale733 hd
273.47
—
MO average18 barns · 23,633 hd
270.79
+2.68
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—High1,632122.682,00211
CowsBreaker 75-80%Low1,456104.641,52332
CowsBoner 80-85%Low1,176101.731,19674
CowsLean 85-90%Very Low1,01289.9491060

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)1,251$1,4177
Bred Heifers2nd/3rd Stage (4-9 mo)Young (2-4 yrs)975$1,7844thin

Every lot

75 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 · Steers26 lots · lightest first
Steers—Medium and Large 1341355.66/cwt350.00–360.001,2137
Steers—Medium and Large 1352350.00/cwt340.00–357.501,2327
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2398325.00/cwt325.00–325.001,2944
Steers—Medium 2415250.00/cwt250.00–250.001,0383
Steers—Medium and Large 1423339.30/cwt338.00–340.001,43517
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2433310.80/cwt300.00–318.001,34614
Steers—Medium and Large 1460333.62/cwt322.00–341.001,53521
Steers—Medium and Large 2461285.00/cwt285.00–285.001,3144
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2485307.48/cwt305.00–314.001,4919
Steers—Medium and Large 1522307.24/cwt290.00–323.001,60471
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2533280.54/cwt269.00–285.001,49540
Steers—Medium and Large 2547255.00/cwt255.00–255.001,3953
Steers—Medium and Large 1560303.75/cwt290.00–309.501,70171
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2579277.84/cwt267.00–288.001,60952
Steers—Medium and Large 2584234.90/cwt217.50–253.001,3726
Steers—Medium 2588222.00/cwt216.00–227.001,30511
Steers—Medium and Large 1626268.27/cwt258.00–283.001,679101
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2630249.71/cwt232.00–256.001,57349
Steers—Medium and Large 1683262.41/cwt252.00–269.001,79291
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2691250.50/cwt250.50–250.501,73111
Steers—Medium and Large 1713247.98/cwt244.00–252.001,76825
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2718226.78/cwt220.50–230.501,62840
Steers—Medium and Large 1767242.14/cwt237.00–243.501,85719
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2778229.97/cwt217.00–233.001,78916
Steers—Medium and Large 1808233.58/cwt224.00–235.001,88731
Steers—Medium and Large 1-21,022200.50/cwt200.50–200.502,04910
Feeder Cattle · Heifers23 lots · lightest first
Heifers—Medium and Large 2323245.00/cwt245.00–245.007913
Heifers—Medium and Large 1329285.00/cwt285.00–285.009388
Heifers—Medium and Large 2352235.00/cwt235.00–235.008273
Heifers—Medium and Large 1365291.99/cwt287.00–305.001,06621
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2372272.08/cwt270.00–280.001,01221
Heifers—Medium and Large 2400229.00/cwt229.00–229.009163
Heifers—Medium and Large 1417292.28/cwt291.00–292.501,21921
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2423266.70/cwt257.50–275.001,12822
Heifers—Medium and Large 2471237.89/cwt231.00–245.001,12010
Heifers—Medium and Large 1473288.41/cwt284.00–297.001,36434
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2489256.28/cwt252.00–264.001,25321
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2520239.75/cwt228.00–248.001,24727
Heifers—Medium and Large 2525219.45/cwt217.50–220.001,15213
Heifers—Medium and Large 1536256.66/cwt250.00–263.001,37668
Heifers—Medium and Large 1561250.49/cwt243.00–265.001,40528
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2579234.94/cwt225.00–239.001,36098
Heifers—Medium and Large 2592212.00/cwt212.00–212.001,2553
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2624209.58/cwt205.00–221.001,30817
Heifers—Medium and Large 1628235.51/cwt227.00–239.001,47975
Heifers—Medium and Large 1652237.50/cwt237.50–237.501,54938
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2664217.75/cwt217.50–218.001,4466
Heifers—Medium and Large 1700210.00/cwt210.00–210.001,4703
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2762186.00/cwt186.00–186.001,4173
Feeder Cattle · Bulls11 lots · lightest first
Bulls—Medium and Large 1-2320319.00/cwt319.00–319.001,0217
Bulls—Medium and Large 1-2380302.50/cwt302.50–302.501,1505
Bulls—Medium and Large 2397265.00/cwt265.00–265.001,0523
Bulls—Medium and Large 1-2417282.54/cwt260.00–289.001,1789
Bulls—Medium and Large 1434295.00/cwt295.00–295.001,2804
Bulls—Medium and Large 1-2470281.59/cwt274.00–295.001,32324
Bulls—Medium and Large 1482317.50/cwt317.50–317.501,5303
Bulls—Medium and Large 1536274.41/cwt263.00–305.001,47114
Bulls—Medium and Large 1-2581259.02/cwt257.00–262.501,5058
Bulls—Medium and Large 1654230.00/cwt230.00–230.001,5045
Bulls—Medium and Large 1-2691205.00/cwt205.00–205.001,4178
Slaughter Cattle · Bulls3 lots · lightest first
Bulls——1,534109.50/cwt99.00–117.501,6804
Bulls——1,634126.82/cwt123.00–129.002,0724
Bulls——1,760134.73/cwt133.00–137.502,3713
Slaughter Cattle · Cows10 lots · lightest first
Cows—Lean 85-90%89563.15/cwt52.00–70.005657
Cows—Lean 85-90%988104.66/cwt100.00–110.001,03411
Cows—Lean 85-90%1,00980.81/cwt75.00–86.008158
Cows—Lean 85-90%1,04492.84/cwt87.50–99.0096934
Cows—Boner 80-85%1,163101.11/cwt94.50–107.001,17651
Cows—Boner 80-85%1,188111.06/cwt107.00–119.001,31914
Cows—Boner 80-85%1,22890.76/cwt85.00–94.001,1159
Cows—Breaker 75-80%1,436114.12/cwt110.00–122.001,63910
Cows—Breaker 75-80%1,43890.85/cwt82.50–94.501,3066
Cows—Breaker 75-80%1,475103.88/cwt97.50–108.501,53216
Replacement Cattle · Bred Heifers1 lot · lightest first
Bred Heifers—Medium and Large 1-29751,783.97/head1,725.00–1,850.001,7844
Replacement Cattle · Bred Cows1 lot · lightest first
Bred Cows—Medium and Large 1-21,2511,417.35/head1,300.00–1,500.001,4177

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.