Sale reports / Missouri / Mid Missouri Stockyards / 2024-04-11

Mid Missouri Stockyards

Feeder Cattle · Slaughter Cattle · Replacement Cattle · Phillipsburg, Missouri · Thu, Apr 11
● Final64 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 3654
Feeder Cattle receipts
805 head
▲ 218 vs last sale 587▼ 543 vs year ago 1,348 · −40.3%
Slaughter Cattle receipts
94 head
▲ 24 vs last sale 70▼ 53 vs year ago 147 · −36.1%
Replacement Cattle receipts
8 head
▼ 10 vs last sale 18▼ 8 vs year ago 16 · −50.0%
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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to last week feeder steers sold 5.00-10.00 lower with feeder heifers selling 6.00-15.00 higher. Slaughter cows sold 2.00-5.00 lower with slaughter bulls 8.00-10.00 higher. Supply was moderate with very good demand.

Weight classPick one — the panels below update

Heifers · summary 500–600 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot
500–600 lb heifers averaged $266.28/cwt on 57 head. That ranks 1 of 33 comparable sales and sits −126.95 against this barn's trailing median of $393.23.
Average price
$266.28
57 head · 550 lb average
Value per head Derived
$1,464
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
$459
per head · Medium and Large 1 over Medium and Large 2
$75.29/cwt at this weight
vs the market
+2.45
vs MO average
+2.32 vs national

Price by quality 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 1548277.291,52041
Medium and Large 1-2561246.391,38213thin
Medium and Large 2525202.001,0613thin
One grade step is worth $75.29/cwt here — about $459 a head. Across this sale the premium is widest at 500–600 lb. USDA reports each grade on its own line and never publishes the spread.

How it compared 500–600 lb

Same class and week · spot auction only
This sale57 hd
266.28
—
MO average15 barns · 2,131 hd
263.83
+2.45
National average181 barns · 13,137 hd
263.96
+2.32
This barn, trailing median33 sales
393.23
−126.95
A barn can sit above the state average at one weight and below it at another — check the class you actually sell.

This barn's trailing prices 500–600 lb

33 sales
456411365320median 393.2303/0504/3006/2509/0310/29
Heifers 500–600 lb: high $442.30, low $334.00, median $393.23 across 33 sales. Sales under 10 head in this class are excluded, so a thin day cannot swing the median or the ranking.

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—High1,698151.842,57813
CowsBreaker 75-80%Low1,465126.661,85523
CowsBoner 80-85%Average1,206125.531,51417
CowsLean 85-90%Low1,019101.221,03227

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)Aged (>8 yrs)1,425$1,6001thin
Bred Cows2nd/3rd Stage (4-9 mo)Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)1,041$1,3893thin

Every lot

64 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 · Steers23 lots · lightest first
Steers300–350Medium and Large 1340355.72/cwt350.00–370.001,20925
Steers350–400Medium and Large 2392300.00/cwt300.00–300.001,1763
Steers400–450Medium and Large 1432321.62/cwt317.50–327.001,38910
Steers400–450Medium and Large 1-2434305.65/cwt300.00–310.001,3278
Steers450–500Medium and Large 1454328.18/cwt319.00–330.001,49041
Steers450–500Medium and Large 2455280.00/cwt280.00–280.001,2743
Steers450–500Medium and Large 1-2485311.60/cwt302.50–315.001,51112
Steers500–550Medium and Large 2520244.82/cwt237.50–250.001,27313
Steers500–550Medium and Large 1529302.66/cwt292.50–317.501,6019
Steers500–550Medium and Large 1-2545289.00/cwt289.00–289.001,5754
Steers550–600Medium and Large 1562289.00/cwt289.00–289.001,62426
Steers550–600Medium and Large 1-2567277.35/cwt260.00–284.001,57344
Steers550–600Medium and Large 2577249.24/cwt235.00–257.501,43816
Steers600–650Medium and Large 1619279.35/cwt273.00–281.001,72928
Steers600–650Medium and Large 1-2622256.97/cwt251.00–260.001,59813
Steers650–700Medium and Large 2658227.00/cwt227.00–227.001,4943
Steers650–700Medium and Large 1-2686257.50/cwt257.50–257.501,7664
Steers650–700Medium and Large 1688269.00/cwt269.00–269.001,8513
Steers700–750Medium and Large 1706252.50/cwt252.50–252.501,78331
Steers700–750Medium and Large 1-2729230.00/cwt230.00–230.001,6774
Steers750–800Medium and Large 1-2789238.00/cwt238.00–238.001,87814
Steers800–850Medium and Large 1-2800220.00/cwt220.00–220.001,7602
Steers800–850Medium and Large 1802236.00/cwt236.00–236.001,8934
Feeder Cattle · Heifers19 lots · lightest first
Heifers300–350Medium and Large 1-2300300.00/cwt300.00–300.009002
Heifers300–350Medium and Large 1327324.59/cwt322.50–327.501,06115
Heifers350–400Medium and Large 1366324.97/cwt322.00–330.001,1898
Heifers350–400Medium and Large 1-2383306.00/cwt306.00–306.001,17223
Heifers400–450Medium and Large 1431308.90/cwt287.50–320.001,33132
Heifers400–450Medium and Large 1-2446270.29/cwt263.00–277.501,2056
Heifers450–500Medium and Large 1-2455270.00/cwt270.00–270.001,2293
Heifers450–500Medium and Large 1482287.95/cwt280.00–291.001,38841
Heifers500–550Medium and Large 1510296.36/cwt292.00–305.001,51115
Heifers500–550Medium and Large 1-2525249.63/cwt235.00–265.001,3116
Heifers500–550Medium and Large 2525202.00/cwt202.00–202.001,0613
Heifers550–600Medium and Large 1570266.29/cwt263.00–274.001,51826
Heifers550–600Medium and Large 1-2592243.61/cwt235.00–250.001,4427
Heifers600–650Medium and Large 1608253.14/cwt237.00–255.001,53997
Heifers600–650Medium and Large 1-2645225.00/cwt225.00–225.001,4513
Heifers650–700Medium and Large 1659250.34/cwt239.00–253.001,65011
Heifers650–700Medium and Large 1-2672225.00/cwt225.00–225.001,5123
Heifers700–750Medium and Large 1-2720180.00/cwt180.00–180.001,2963
Heifers700–750Medium and Large 1734221.31/cwt211.00–225.501,62428
Feeder Cattle · Bulls9 lots · lightest first
Bulls300–350Medium and Large 1340387.50/cwt387.50–387.501,3183
Bulls350–400Medium and Large 1385340.23/cwt338.00–342.501,3106
Bulls450–500Medium and Large 1453315.62/cwt314.00–316.001,43016
Bulls500–550Medium 2500220.00/cwt220.00–220.001,1003
Bulls500–550Medium and Large 1-2512270.00/cwt270.00–270.001,3823
Bulls500–550Medium and Large 2528236.00/cwt236.00–236.001,2463
Bulls550–600Medium and Large 1-2562276.00/cwt276.00–276.001,5514
Bulls550–600Medium 2587220.00/cwt220.00–220.001,2913
Bulls600–650Medium and Large 1-2628238.50/cwt238.50–238.501,4983
Slaughter Cattle · Bulls2 lots · lightest first
Bulls——1,670147.82/cwt140.00–155.002,46910
Bulls——1,792165.22/cwt160.50–170.002,9613
Slaughter Cattle · Cows8 lots · lightest first
Cows—Lean 85-90%90472.15/cwt40.00–90.006527
Cows—Lean 85-90%1,035107.97/cwt99.00–111.501,11713
Cows—Lean 85-90%1,106117.75/cwt114.00–121.001,3027
Cows—Boner 80-85%1,200128.26/cwt122.50–132.001,53914
Cows—Boner 80-85%1,233112.77/cwt109.00–119.501,3903
Cows—Breaker 75-80%1,415111.15/cwt105.00–117.001,5733
Cows—Breaker 75-80%1,472127.67/cwt122.50–133.001,87917
Cows—Breaker 75-80%1,473136.48/cwt135.00–137.502,0103
Replacement Cattle · Stock Cows1 lot · lightest first
Stock Cows—Medium and Large 1-21,180130.00/cwt130.00–130.001,5343
Replacement Cattle · Bred Cows2 lots · lightest first
Bred Cows—Medium and Large 1-21,0411,389.31/head1,300.00–1,525.001,3893
Bred Cows—Medium and Large 1-21,4251,600.00/head1,600.00–1,600.001,6001

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.