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Mid Missouri Stockyards

Name: Mid Missouri Stockyards livestock auction prices — 2024-02-29
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2024-02-29

Feeder Cattle · Slaughter Cattle · Replacement Cattle · Phillipsburg, Missouri · Thu, Feb 29

● Final67 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 3654

← Feb 22Feb 29Mar 7 →

Feeder Cattle receipts

1,108 head

▼ 35 vs last sale 1,143▼ 207 vs year ago 1,315 · −15.7%

Slaughter Cattle receipts

85 head

▼ 11 vs last sale 96▼ 82 vs year ago 167 · −49.1%

Replacement Cattle receipts

17 head

▼ 4 vs last sale 21▼ 23 vs year ago 40 · −57.5%

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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to last week feeder steers under 725 lbs. sold 5.00-10.00 higher with the exception of light 4 weight calves selling up to 30.00 higher. Feeder steers over 725 lbs. sold steady to 2.00 higher. Feeder heifers sold unevenly from 4.00 lower to 12.00 higher. Slaughter cows and bulls sold steady to 3.00 higher. Supply was moderate with very good demand.

Weight class — the figures below change to match

Weight classPick one — the panels below update

Steers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

0–100 lb steers averaged $273.98/cwt on 635 head.

Average price

$273.98

635 head · 667 lb average

Value per head Derived

$1,827

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$104

per head · Medium and Large 1-2 over Medium and Large 2

$26.41/cwt at this weight

vs the market

−1.81

vs MO average

Price by quality 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1-2	548	285.97	1,566	99
Medium and Large 1	694	272.29	1,890	514
Medium and Large 2	563	259.55	1,462	22

One grade step is worth $26.41/cwt here — about $104 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 sale635 hd

273.98

—

MO average15 barns · 12,639 hd

275.79

−1.81

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.

Class	Grade	Dressing	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Bulls	—	High	1,711	134.60	2,304	9thin
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	High	1,461	116.19	1,698	14
Cows	Boner 80-85%	Average	1,196	113.26	1,354	29
Cows	Lean 85-90%	Low	978	85.50	837	26

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.

Class	Stage	Age	Avg wt	$/head	Head
Bred Cows	2nd/3rd Stage (4-9 mo)	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	1,181	$1,666	14
Bred Cows	2nd/3rd Stage (4-9 mo)	Aged (>8 yrs)	1,398	$1,593	2thin

Every lot

67 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.

Class	Weight	Grade / description	Avg wt	Price	Range	Per head	Head
Feeder Cattle · Steers23 lots · lightest first
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1	364	370.51/cwt	362.50–377.50	1,349	8
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	379	323.53/cwt	307.50–335.00	1,226	15
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1	430	366.03/cwt	345.00–392.00	1,574	22
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	441	330.00/cwt	330.00–330.00	1,455	9
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1	475	325.00/cwt	325.00–325.00	1,544	9
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	479	312.55/cwt	302.50–322.50	1,497	12
Steers	—	Medium and Large 2	480	275.22/cwt	270.00–281.00	1,321	9
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1	520	318.28/cwt	305.00–343.00	1,655	46
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	521	280.28/cwt	270.00–285.00	1,460	18
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	567	287.03/cwt	272.00–295.00	1,627	17
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1	578	312.15/cwt	297.50–315.00	1,804	12
Steers	—	Medium and Large 2	578	263.45/cwt	262.00–265.00	1,523	6
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1	608	294.12/cwt	279.00–304.00	1,788	15
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	635	260.17/cwt	246.00–266.00	1,652	13
Steers	—	Medium and Large 2	636	235.00/cwt	235.00–235.00	1,495	4
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1	658	283.04/cwt	277.50–289.50	1,862	76
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	662	252.00/cwt	252.00–252.00	1,668	3
Steers	—	Medium and Large 2	688	237.50/cwt	237.50–237.50	1,634	3
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1	709	263.62/cwt	260.50–265.00	1,869	99
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	742	232.00/cwt	232.00–232.00	1,721	3
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1	783	245.91/cwt	244.50–250.50	1,925	167
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	815	219.83/cwt	205.00–224.00	1,792	9
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1	819	242.35/cwt	239.50–242.50	1,985	60
Feeder Cattle · Heifers25 lots · lightest first
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	345	267.50/cwt	267.50–267.50	923	3
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 2	360	235.00/cwt	235.00–235.00	846	2
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	382	268.96/cwt	260.00–282.50	1,027	5
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1	388	309.97/cwt	299.00–316.00	1,203	14
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 2	425	242.50/cwt	242.50–242.50	1,031	3
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	439	265.20/cwt	265.00–266.00	1,164	10
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1	468	294.68/cwt	281.00–306.00	1,379	22
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	474	257.02/cwt	254.00–259.00	1,218	10
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	510	256.00/cwt	256.00–256.00	1,306	3
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1	526	277.62/cwt	263.00–297.00	1,460	47
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 2	548	195.00/cwt	195.00–195.00	1,069	3
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	566	236.07/cwt	231.00–242.50	1,336	12
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 2	570	210.00/cwt	210.00–210.00	1,197	4
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1	576	254.75/cwt	250.00–266.00	1,467	18
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	631	225.89/cwt	217.50–234.00	1,425	4
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 2	631	186.04/cwt	183.00–189.00	1,174	6
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1	639	244.49/cwt	242.50–247.00	1,562	36
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1	663	243.38/cwt	240.00–246.00	1,614	29
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	670	230.00/cwt	230.00–230.00	1,541	4
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 2	693	204.35/cwt	190.00–213.00	1,416	8
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1	720	232.00/cwt	232.00–232.00	1,670	67
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 2	730	185.00/cwt	185.00–185.00	1,351	3
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1	762	221.50/cwt	221.50–221.50	1,688	27
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 2	768	185.00/cwt	185.00–185.00	1,421	3
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	830	208.50/cwt	208.50–208.50	1,731	22
Feeder Cattle · Bulls6 lots · lightest first
Bulls	—	Medium and Large 1-2	391	321.00/cwt	321.00–321.00	1,255	5
Bulls	—	Medium and Large 1-2	435	305.00/cwt	305.00–305.00	1,327	3
Bulls	—	Medium and Large 2	485	281.79/cwt	277.50–286.00	1,367	8
Bulls	—	Medium and Large 2	525	247.50/cwt	247.50–247.50	1,299	8
Bulls	—	Medium and Large 1	638	256.00/cwt	256.00–256.00	1,633	8
Bulls	—	Medium and Large 1	660	254.00/cwt	254.00–254.00	1,676	3
Slaughter Cattle · Bulls2 lots · lightest first
Bulls	—	—	1,588	126.49/cwt	123.50–130.00	2,009	3
Bulls	—	—	1,773	138.66/cwt	135.00–144.00	2,458	6
Slaughter Cattle · Cows8 lots · lightest first
Cows	—	Lean 85-90%	891	62.23/cwt	50.00–70.00	554	6
Cows	—	Lean 85-90%	970	93.25/cwt	90.00–97.00	905	6
Cows	—	Lean 85-90%	980	79.76/cwt	75.00–85.00	782	7
Cows	—	Lean 85-90%	1,059	104.55/cwt	99.00–114.00	1,107	7
Cows	—	Boner 80-85%	1,173	107.76/cwt	100.00–113.00	1,264	12
Cows	—	Boner 80-85%	1,212	117.14/cwt	113.00–125.00	1,420	17
Cows	—	Breaker 75-80%	1,456	112.77/cwt	108.50–118.00	1,642	9
Cows	—	Breaker 75-80%	1,471	122.34/cwt	118.00–128.00	1,800	5
Replacement Cattle · Bred Cows3 lots · lightest first
Bred Cows	—	Medium and Large 1-2	1,136	1,480.61/head	1,360.00–1,675.00	1,481	8
Bred Cows	—	Medium and Large 1	1,242	1,914.33/head	1,600.00–2,125.00	1,914	6
Bred Cows	—	Medium and Large 1	1,398	1,592.84/head	1,585.00–1,600.00	1,593	2

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.

Missouri feeder prices, every weight →Every state and region →

Mid Missouri Stockyards Cattle Auction - Phillipsburg, MO

Thu Feb 29, 2024

USDA Livestock, Poultry & Grain Market News · Federal-State Market News Service, Jefferson City, MO (LS-JC)

Feeder CattleReceipts 1,108Last week 1,143Year ago 1,315

Slaughter CattleReceipts 85Last week 96Year ago 167

Replacement CattleReceipts 17Last week 21Year ago 40

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
6	—	631	183.00–189.00	186.04
3	—	768	185.00	185.00
3	—	730	185.00	185.00
8	—	693	190.00–213.00	204.35
3	—	548	195.00	195.00
4	—	570	210.00	210.00
2	—	360	235.00	235.00
3	—	425	242.50	242.50

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
4	—	631	217.50–234.00	225.89
10	—	474	254.00–259.00	257.02
3	—	345	267.50	267.50
12	—	566	231.00–242.50	236.07
4	—	670	230.00	230.00
5	—	382	260.00–282.50	268.96
10	—	439	265.00–266.00	265.20
22	—	830	208.50	208.50
3	—	510	256.00	256.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
67	—	720	232.00	232.00
18	—	576	250.00–266.00	254.75
27	—	762	221.50	221.50
14	—	388	299.00–316.00	309.97
47	—	526	263.00–297.00	277.62
29	—	663	240.00–246.00	243.38
22	—	468	281.00–306.00	294.68
36	—	639	242.50–247.00	244.49

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
167	—	783	244.50–250.50	245.91
60	—	819	239.50–242.50	242.35
22	—	430	345.00–392.00	366.03
76	—	658	277.50–289.50	283.04
9	—	475	325.00	325.00
99	—	709	260.50–265.00	263.62
46	—	520	305.00–343.00	318.28
12	—	578	297.50–315.00	312.15
15	—	608	279.00–304.00	294.12
8	—	364	362.50–377.50	370.51

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	688	237.50	237.50
4	—	636	235.00	235.00
9	—	480	270.00–281.00	275.22
6	—	578	262.00–265.00	263.45

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
18	—	521	270.00–285.00	280.28
9	—	441	330.00	330.00
13	—	635	246.00–266.00	260.17
3	—	662	252.00	252.00
17	—	567	272.00–295.00	287.03
12	—	479	302.50–322.50	312.55
3	—	742	232.00	232.00
9	—	815	205.00–224.00	219.83
15	—	379	307.50–335.00	323.53

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
8	—	638	256.00	256.00
3	—	660	254.00	254.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	435	305.00	305.00
5	—	391	321.00	321.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
8	—	485	277.50–286.00	281.79
8	—	525	247.50	247.50

Slaughter Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cows — Boner 80-85%$ per cwt · actual wt
12	—	1,173	100.00–113.00	107.76
17	—	1,212	113.00–125.00	117.14

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cows — Lean 85-90%$ per cwt · actual wt
7	—	980	75.00–85.00	79.76
6	—	970	90.00–97.00	93.25
6	—	891	50.00–70.00	62.23
7	—	1,059	99.00–114.00	104.55

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cows — Breaker 75-80%$ per cwt · actual wt
5	—	1,471	118.00–128.00	122.34
9	—	1,456	108.50–118.00	112.77

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls$ per cwt · actual wt
6	—	1,773	135.00–144.00	138.66
3	—	1,588	123.50–130.00	126.49

Replacement Cattle

As reported

Age	Stage	Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bred Cows — Medium and Large 1$ per head · actual wt
Aged (>8 yrs)	2nd/3rd Stage (4-9 mo)	2	—	1,398	1,585.00–1,600.00	1,592.84
Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	2nd/3rd Stage (4-9 mo)	6	—	1,242	1,600.00–2,125.00	1,914.33

Age	Stage	Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bred Cows — Medium and Large 1-2$ per head · actual wt
Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	2nd/3rd Stage (4-9 mo)	8	—	1,136	1,360.00–1,675.00	1,480.61

Head, weight ranges, average weights and price ranges are exactly as USDA AMS filed them — nothing recomputed, nothing rounded — in USDA's own reporting structure. This is RaisedBeef's rendering of that data, not a copy of USDA's document.