Sale reports / Missouri / Mid Missouri Stockyards / 2024-06-13

Mid Missouri Stockyards

Feeder Cattle · Slaughter Cattle · Phillipsburg, Missouri · Thu, Jun 13
● Final59 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 3654
Feeder Cattle receipts
815 head
▲ 73 vs last sale 742▼ 568 vs year ago 1,383 · −41.1%
Slaughter Cattle receipts
116 head
▲ 27 vs last sale 89▼ 127 vs year ago 243 · −52.3%
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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to last week feeder steers sold steady to 3.00 higher with feeder heifers selling 3.00-6.00 lower. In the slaughter portion of the auction slaughter cows and bulls sold steady to 3.00 higher. Supply was moderate with good demand.

Weight classPick one — the panels below update

Steers · summary 500–600 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot
500–600 lb steers averaged $294.99/cwt on 121 head. That ranks 1 of 33 comparable sales and sits −152.57 against this barn's trailing median of $447.56.
Average price
$294.99
121 head · 563 lb average
Value per head Derived
$1,661
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
$198
per head · Medium and Large 1 over Medium and Large 2
$52.02/cwt at this weight
vs the market
−15.84
vs MO average
−4.43 vs national

Price by quality 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 1553306.971,69773
Medium and Large 1-2575284.061,63536
Medium and Large 2588254.951,49912thin
One grade step is worth $52.02/cwt here — about $198 a head. Across this sale the premium is widest at 300–400 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 sale121 hd
294.99
—
MO average18 barns · 2,918 hd
310.84
−15.84
National average149 barns · 7,793 hd
299.42
−4.43
This barn, trailing median33 sales
447.56
−152.57
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
516461406350median 447.5603/0504/3006/2509/0310/29
Steers 500–600 lb: high $501.78, low $364.36, median $447.56 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—High1,722166.252,86310
CowsBreaker 75-80%High1,427143.612,04917
CowsBoner 80-85%Low1,221133.211,62723
CowsLean 85-90%Average1,003118.741,19137

Every lot

59 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 · Steers20 lots · lightest first
Steers300–350Medium and Large 1309365.66/cwt357.50–377.501,1305
Steers300–350Medium and Large 1-2349325.00/cwt325.00–325.001,1346
Steers350–400Medium and Large 2350297.50/cwt297.50–297.501,0412
Steers350–400Medium and Large 1352390.00/cwt390.00–390.001,3734
Steers350–400Medium and Large 1-2372337.50/cwt337.50–337.501,2563
Steers400–450Medium and Large 1-2434328.53/cwt320.00–332.001,42635
Steers450–500Medium and Large 1-2478316.66/cwt305.00–325.001,51421
Steers450–500Medium and Large 2491285.00/cwt285.00–285.001,3995
Steers500–550Medium and Large 1534313.15/cwt301.00–331.001,67235
Steers500–550Medium and Large 1-2535282.66/cwt276.00–292.501,5125
Steers550–600Medium and Large 1570301.27/cwt294.00–305.001,71738
Steers550–600Medium and Large 1-2582284.29/cwt275.00–292.001,65531
Steers550–600Medium and Large 2588254.95/cwt250.00–267.001,49912
Steers600–650Medium and Large 1-2601250.00/cwt250.00–250.001,5035
Steers600–650Medium and Large 1626286.94/cwt275.00–295.001,79684
Steers650–700Medium and Large 1654286.49/cwt285.00–288.001,8746
Steers650–700Medium and Large 1-2678255.59/cwt255.00–257.501,73317
Steers700–750Medium and Large 1-2748239.00/cwt239.00–239.001,7883
Steers800–850Medium and Large 1811238.00/cwt238.00–238.001,9304
Steers800–850Medium and Large 1-2847230.00/cwt230.00–230.001,94819
Feeder Cattle · Heifers20 lots · lightest first
Heifers300–350Medium and Large 1310332.50/cwt332.50–332.501,0312
Heifers300–350Medium and Large 2345270.00/cwt270.00–270.009323
Heifers350–400Medium and Large 1-2371297.51/cwt295.00–300.001,1046
Heifers350–400Medium and Large 2373285.00/cwt285.00–285.001,0637
Heifers350–400Medium and Large 1395370.00/cwt370.00–370.001,4622
Heifers400–450Medium and Large 1-2411270.41/cwt263.00–277.501,1114
Heifers400–450Medium and Large 1422302.05/cwt282.50–316.001,27530
Heifers450–500Medium and Large 2472231.00/cwt231.00–231.001,0904
Heifers450–500Medium and Large 1-2477274.00/cwt274.00–274.001,3076
Heifers450–500Medium and Large 1487286.13/cwt282.50–290.001,39315
Heifers500–550Medium and Large 1522269.41/cwt252.00–280.001,40652
Heifers500–550Medium and Large 1-2543238.39/cwt236.00–240.001,2945
Heifers550–600Medium and Large 1567259.02/cwt256.00–261.001,4695
Heifers550–600Medium and Large 1-2583243.20/cwt230.00–250.001,41826
Heifers600–650Medium and Large 1-2618233.22/cwt228.00–239.001,44125
Heifers600–650Medium and Large 1630251.00/cwt251.00–251.001,5813
Heifers650–700Medium and Large 1-2658231.13/cwt225.00–234.001,52129
Heifers650–700Medium and Large 1669247.50/cwt247.50–247.501,6565
Heifers650–700Medium and Large 2678208.47/cwt207.00–210.001,4136
Heifers750–800Medium and Large 1-2790216.00/cwt216.00–216.001,7068
Feeder Cattle · Bulls8 lots · lightest first
Bulls300–350Medium and Large 1348362.50/cwt362.50–362.501,2623
Bulls350–400Medium and Large 1365356.00/cwt356.00–356.001,2993
Bulls350–400Medium and Large 2398310.00/cwt310.00–310.001,2348
Bulls450–500Medium and Large 2479273.00/cwt273.00–273.001,3084
Bulls450–500Medium and Large 1-2488284.42/cwt280.00–291.001,3885
Bulls500–550Medium and Large 1-2532269.63/cwt265.00–272.001,4349
Bulls600–650Medium and Large 1614253.35/cwt251.00–255.001,5565
Bulls700–750Medium and Large 1-2712227.00/cwt227.00–227.001,6165
Slaughter Cattle · Bulls2 lots · lightest first
Bulls——1,700162.54/cwt155.00–171.002,7638
Bulls——1,810181.08/cwt180.00–182.503,2782
Slaughter Cattle · Cows9 lots · lightest first
Cows—Lean 85-90%88883.43/cwt70.00–90.007413
Cows—Lean 85-90%976107.64/cwt100.00–114.001,0518
Cows—Lean 85-90%1,019121.79/cwt116.00–127.001,24118
Cows—Lean 85-90%1,038136.21/cwt130.00–144.001,4148
Cows—Boner 80-85%1,179122.22/cwt119.50–125.001,4414
Cows—Boner 80-85%1,209142.61/cwt139.00–145.001,7245
Cows—Boner 80-85%1,238132.99/cwt128.00–137.001,64614
Cows—Breaker 75-80%1,396136.35/cwt130.00–140.001,9034
Cows—Breaker 75-80%1,436145.85/cwt143.00–155.002,09413

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.