Sale reports / Missouri / Mid Missouri Stockyards / 2024-06-27

Mid Missouri Stockyards

Feeder Cattle · Slaughter Cattle · Replacement Cattle · Phillipsburg, Missouri · Thu, Jun 27
● Final68 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 3654
Feeder Cattle receipts
911 head
▲ 576 vs last sale 335▼ 193 vs year ago 1,104 · −17.5%
Slaughter Cattle receipts
112 head
▲ 17 vs last sale 95▲ 90 vs year ago 22 · +409.1%
Replacement Cattle receipts
13 head
▼ 94 vs last sale 107▼ 184 vs year ago 197 · −93.4%
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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to the sale last week feeder steers sold 4.00-9.00 higher with six weight steers selling up to 20.00 higher. Feeder heifers sold 15.00-20.00 higher. In the slaughter portion of the auction slaughter cows sold steady to 3.00 higher with slaughter bulls selling steady. Supply was moderate with very 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 $308.67/cwt on 138 head. That ranks 1 of 33 comparable sales and sits −138.89 against this barn's trailing median of $447.56.
Average price
$308.67
138 head · 542 lb average
Value per head Derived
$1,673
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
$292
per head · Medium and Large 1 over Medium and Large 2
$59.63/cwt at this weight
vs the market
−0.87
vs MO average
+9.41 vs national

Price by quality 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 1539314.631,694111
Medium and Large 1-2558287.841,60524
Medium and Large 2550255.001,4033thin
One grade step is worth $59.63/cwt here — about $292 a head. Across this sale the premium is widest at 400–500 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 sale138 hd
308.67
—
MO average13 barns · 1,507 hd
309.54
−0.87
National average143 barns · 6,512 hd
299.26
+9.41
This barn, trailing median33 sales
447.56
−138.89
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—High1,769172.483,0519thin
CowsBoner 80-85%Average1,238145.001,79527
CowsBreaker 75-80%Average1,454142.042,06533
CowsLean 85-90%Average1,030127.271,31129

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)1,400$2,0078
Cow-Calf PairsOpenYoung/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)1,040$2,6853thin

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 · Steers25 lots · lightest first
Steers300–350Medium and Large 1-2308322.50/cwt322.50–322.509933
Steers350–400Medium and Large 1-2387312.50/cwt312.50–312.501,2095
Steers350–400Medium and Large 1391360.76/cwt360.00–361.001,41116
Steers400–450Medium and Large 1-2424335.79/cwt330.00–345.001,42410
Steers400–450Medium and Large 1432353.39/cwt352.50–355.001,52711
Steers450–500Medium and Large 2462305.00/cwt305.00–305.001,4096
Steers450–500Medium and Large 1-2477325.26/cwt322.50–331.001,55113
Steers450–500Medium 2492272.50/cwt272.50–272.501,3413
Steers500–550Medium and Large 1527317.72/cwt306.00–328.501,67471
Steers500–550Medium and Large 1-2535286.00/cwt286.00–286.001,5303
Steers550–600Medium and Large 2550255.00/cwt255.00–255.001,4033
Steers550–600Medium and Large 1559309.14/cwt305.00–309.501,72840
Steers550–600Medium and Large 1-2561288.10/cwt278.00–297.001,61621
Steers600–650Medium and Large 1610302.64/cwt284.00–307.501,84623
Steers600–650Medium and Large 1-2619275.37/cwt272.00–280.501,70532
Steers600–650Medium and Large 2644255.50/cwt255.00–256.001,6456
Steers650–700Medium and Large 1669302.82/cwt281.00–306.502,02682
Steers650–700Medium and Large 1-2670277.46/cwt272.00–280.001,85920
Steers650–700Medium and Large 2684245.00/cwt245.00–245.001,6764
Steers700–750Medium and Large 2708227.50/cwt227.50–227.501,6113
Steers700–750Medium and Large 1748269.00/cwt269.00–269.002,0128
Steers750–800Medium and Large 1-2768247.48/cwt245.00–250.001,9016
Steers750–800Medium and Large 1788270.00/cwt270.00–270.002,1283
Steers800–850Medium and Large 1-2801246.00/cwt246.00–246.001,9704
Steers850–900Medium and Large 1-2880240.00/cwt240.00–240.002,1123
Feeder Cattle · Heifers20 lots · lightest first
Heifers300–350Medium and Large 1-2330277.50/cwt277.50–277.509162
Heifers350–400Medium and Large 1391304.70/cwt300.00–307.501,19115
Heifers350–400Medium and Large 1-2398275.63/cwt270.00–285.001,0978
Heifers400–450Medium and Large 2402250.00/cwt250.00–250.001,0054
Heifers400–450Medium and Large 1412296.67/cwt293.00–305.001,22210
Heifers400–450Medium and Large 1-2429276.93/cwt270.00–281.001,1888
Heifers450–500Medium and Large 1463293.28/cwt292.00–296.001,35838
Heifers450–500Medium and Large 1-2474268.02/cwt265.00–273.001,2708
Heifers450–500Medium and Large 2484251.10/cwt245.00–257.501,2156
Heifers500–550Medium and Large 1512294.88/cwt284.00–301.001,51074
Heifers500–550Medium and Large 2519230.49/cwt230.00–231.001,1968
Heifers500–550Medium and Large 1-2543259.00/cwt257.00–260.001,4069
Heifers500–550Large 1549263.50/cwt263.50–263.501,44712
Heifers550–600Medium and Large 1560291.41/cwt267.00–299.501,63240
Heifers550–600Medium and Large 1-2579258.96/cwt240.00–266.001,49936
Heifers600–650Medium and Large 1-2600246.00/cwt246.00–246.001,4765
Heifers600–650Medium and Large 1621262.16/cwt260.00–266.001,62819
Heifers650–700Medium and Large 1669255.25/cwt248.50–259.501,70819
Heifers650–700Medium and Large 1-2683232.09/cwt228.00–240.001,58520
Heifers750–800Medium and Large 1-2752255.00/cwt255.00–255.001,9185
Feeder Cattle · Bulls9 lots · lightest first
Bulls400–450Medium and Large 1422331.00/cwt331.00–331.001,3974
Bulls400–450Medium and Large 1-2428317.50/cwt317.50–317.501,3593
Bulls500–550Medium and Large 1-2529281.51/cwt280.00–282.001,48912
Bulls550–600Medium and Large 2565247.00/cwt247.00–247.001,3964
Bulls550–600Medium 2569227.00/cwt227.00–227.001,2924
Bulls550–600Medium and Large 1-2593261.00/cwt261.00–261.001,5485
Bulls600–650Medium and Large 1-2636234.57/cwt234.00–235.001,4927
Bulls650–700Medium and Large 1-2658242.50/cwt242.50–242.501,5968
Bulls650–700Medium and Large 2663232.00/cwt232.00–232.001,5383
Slaughter Cattle · Bulls2 lots · lightest first
Bulls——1,689166.78/cwt164.00–170.002,8177
Bulls——2,050192.41/cwt186.00–198.003,9442
Slaughter Cattle · Cows9 lots · lightest first
Cows—Lean 85-90%927109.81/cwt104.00–119.001,0185
Cows—Lean 85-90%1,037128.90/cwt121.50–134.501,33719
Cows—Lean 85-90%1,109138.53/cwt135.50–143.001,5365
Cows—Boner 80-85%1,227139.98/cwt132.00–144.001,71811
Cows—Boner 80-85%1,228152.95/cwt147.50–158.501,87813
Cows—Boner 80-85%1,320129.00/cwt129.00–129.001,7033
Cows—Breaker 75-80%1,437119.84/cwt115.00–129.501,7223
Cows—Breaker 75-80%1,451138.77/cwt132.50–144.002,01416
Cows—Breaker 75-80%1,460150.53/cwt146.50–155.502,19814
Replacement Cattle · Cow-Calf Pairs1 lot · lightest first
Cow-Calf Pairs—Medium and Large 1-21,0402,685.00/head2,685.00–2,685.002,6853
Replacement Cattle · Bred Cows2 lots · lightest first
Bred Cows—Medium and Large 1-21,2531,830.98/head1,685.00–1,950.001,8313
Bred Cows—Medium and Large 11,4882,113.13/head1,975.00–2,210.002,1135

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.