Sale reports / Missouri / Mid Missouri Stockyards / 2024-02-22

Mid Missouri Stockyards

Feeder Cattle · Slaughter Cattle · Replacement Cattle · Phillipsburg, Missouri · Thu, Feb 22
● Final68 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 3654
Feeder Cattle receipts
1,143 head
▼ 157 vs last sale 1,300▲ 78 vs year ago 1,065 · +7.3%
Slaughter Cattle receipts
96 head
▼ 45 vs last sale 141▼ 11 vs year ago 107 · −10.3%
Replacement Cattle receipts
21 head
▼ 8 vs last sale 29▼ 16 vs year ago 37 · −43.2%
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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to last week feeder steers and heifers sold 10.00-20.00 higher. In the slaughter portion of the auction slaughter cows and bulls sold steady to 3.00 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 $276.09/cwt on 560 head.
Average price
$276.09
560 head · 643 lb average
Value per head Derived
$1,776
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
$199
per head · Medium and Large 1 over Medium and Large 2
$76.84/cwt at this weight
vs the market
−0.53
vs MO average

Price by quality 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 1633283.841,797399
Medium and Large 1-2675260.281,757150
Medium 2507212.251,0768thin
Medium and Large 2772207.001,5983thin
One grade step is worth $76.84/cwt here — about $199 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 sale560 hd
276.09
—
MO average16 barns · 17,401 hd
276.62
−0.53
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—High1,859134.932,5087thin
CowsBreaker 75-80%Average1,502117.491,76514
CowsBoner 80-85%Low1,200109.181,31028
CowsLean 85-90%Low1,02185.8887726

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)1,188$1,89713
Cow-Calf PairsOpenYoung/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)950$2,3003thin

Every lot

68 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 1-2355318.00/cwt318.00–318.001,1294
Steers—Medium and Large 1371345.69/cwt327.50–357.501,28319
Steers—Medium and Large 1415334.82/cwt330.00–345.001,3909
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2421306.83/cwt290.00–317.501,2928
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2487311.28/cwt300.00–317.501,51624
Steers—Medium and Large 1489331.13/cwt320.00–343.001,61926
Steers—Medium 2507212.25/cwt207.50–220.001,0768
Steers—Medium and Large 1512323.41/cwt304.00–337.001,65633
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2533286.10/cwt275.00–290.001,52515
Steers—Medium and Large 1572303.44/cwt294.00–309.001,73628
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2578268.52/cwt262.00–284.001,55215
Steers—Medium and Large 1626287.80/cwt270.00–296.001,80288
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2637244.25/cwt230.00–258.001,5566
Steers—Medium and Large 1663273.02/cwt266.00–293.001,81090
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2689266.00/cwt266.00–266.001,83314
Steers—Medium and Large 1722251.52/cwt246.00–254.001,81610
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2738236.92/cwt236.00–238.501,7488
Steers—Medium and Large 1769244.74/cwt244.50–245.501,88288
Steers—Medium and Large 2772207.00/cwt207.00–207.001,5983
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2783232.81/cwt225.00–236.001,82323
Steers—Medium and Large 1811242.74/cwt242.00–244.001,9698
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2872221.83/cwt221.00–222.001,93417
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2957214.50/cwt214.50–214.502,05312
Steers—Medium and Large 1-21,111185.00/cwt185.00–185.002,0554
Feeder Cattle · Heifers23 lots · lightest first
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2318272.00/cwt272.00–272.008653
Heifers—Medium and Large 1332286.44/cwt280.00–295.009517
Heifers—Medium and Large 1363309.86/cwt292.50–322.501,1255
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2377271.25/cwt269.00–277.501,0239
Heifers—Medium and Large 1427310.07/cwt292.00–319.001,32412
Heifers—Medium and Large 2431225.00/cwt225.00–225.009704
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2434263.35/cwt250.00–270.001,14314
Heifers—Medium and Large 2468225.00/cwt225.00–225.001,0534
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2472247.55/cwt238.00–263.001,16822
Heifers—Medium and Large 1479294.18/cwt275.00–303.001,40932
Heifers—Medium and Large 1523263.36/cwt245.00–283.001,37718
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2523235.38/cwt232.00–239.001,23118
Heifers—Medium and Large 1562259.83/cwt252.00–268.501,46053
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2Unweaned572220.00/cwt220.00–220.001,2583
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2574239.28/cwt239.00–240.001,3737
Heifers—Medium and Large 1616249.56/cwt237.00–256.501,53728
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2629226.72/cwt221.00–235.001,4265
Heifers—Medium and Large 2639195.00/cwt195.00–195.001,2464
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2678235.00/cwt235.00–235.001,59313
Heifers—Medium and Large 2698200.00/cwt200.00–200.001,3963
Heifers—Medium and Large 1711228.86/cwt226.00–230.001,62721
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2724209.79/cwt200.00–216.001,51914
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2794208.51/cwt204.00–210.001,65624
Feeder Cattle · Bulls7 lots · lightest first
Bulls—Medium and Large 1338337.50/cwt337.50–337.501,1413
Bulls—Medium and Large 1-2378327.50/cwt327.50–327.501,2385
Bulls—Medium and Large 2428280.00/cwt280.00–280.001,1983
Bulls—Medium and Large 1454309.47/cwt309.00–311.001,40513
Bulls—Medium and Large 1-2536267.71/cwt264.00–274.001,4358
Bulls—Medium and Large 1-2563260.86/cwt241.00–268.001,4698
Bulls—Medium 2565217.50/cwt217.50–217.501,2293
Slaughter Cattle · Bulls1 lot · lightest first
Bulls——1,859134.93/cwt133.00–137.502,5087
Slaughter Cattle · Cows9 lots · lightest first
Cows—Lean 85-90%85859.38/cwt58.00–60.005093
Cows—Lean 85-90%98276.29/cwt70.00–80.007498
Cows—Lean 85-90%1,029104.55/cwt101.50–106.501,0764
Cows—Lean 85-90%1,09293.30/cwt90.00–96.001,01911
Cows—Boner 80-85%1,179105.72/cwt100.00–110.001,24615
Cows—Boner 80-85%1,212116.12/cwt112.00–126.501,40711
Cows—Boner 80-85%1,28897.00/cwt97.00–97.001,2492
Cows—Breaker 75-80%1,448111.69/cwt104.50–114.001,6175
Cows—Breaker 75-80%1,532120.71/cwt118.00–127.001,8499
Replacement Cattle · Bred Cows3 lots · lightest first
Bred Cows—Medium 1-29801,425.00/head1,425.00–1,425.001,4253
Bred Cows—Medium and Large 21,0201,900.00/head1,900.00–1,900.001,9002
Bred Cows—Medium and Large 11,3082,073.83/head2,000.00–2,200.002,0748
Replacement Cattle · Cow-Calf Pairs1 lot · lightest first
Cow-Calf Pairs—Medium and Large 1-29502,300.00/head2,300.00–2,300.002,3003

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.