Sale reports / Missouri / Mid Missouri Stockyards / 2024-07-11

Mid Missouri Stockyards

Feeder Cattle · Slaughter Cattle · Replacement Cattle · Phillipsburg, Missouri · Thu, Jul 11
● Final68 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 3654
Feeder Cattle receipts
976 head
▲ 65 vs last sale 911▼ 721 vs year ago 1,697 · −42.5%
Slaughter Cattle receipts
137 head
▲ 25 vs last sale 112▼ 310 vs year ago 447 · −69.4%
Replacement Cattle receipts
8 head
▼ 5 vs last sale 13▼ 30 vs year ago 38 · −78.9%
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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to the sale 2 weeks ago feeder steers sold steady with feeder heifers selling 4.00-10.00 lower. In the slaughter portion of the auction slaughter cows and bulls sold steady to 4.00 higher. Supply was moderate with 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 $273.27/cwt on 225 head. That ranks 1 of 33 comparable sales and sits −119.96 against this barn's trailing median of $393.23.
Average price
$273.27
225 head · 560 lb average
Value per head Derived
$1,530
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
$229
per head · Medium and Large 1 over Medium and Large 2
$45.99/cwt at this weight
vs the market
−12.56
vs MO average
+4.41 vs national

Price by quality 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 1555280.911,559161
Medium and Large 1-2574259.421,49050
Medium and Large 2566234.921,33014thin
One grade step is worth $45.99/cwt here — about $229 a head. Across this sale the premium is widest at 600–700 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 sale225 hd
273.27
—
MO average14 barns · 3,204 hd
285.83
−12.56
National average164 barns · 12,328 hd
268.86
+4.41
This barn, trailing median33 sales
393.23
−119.96
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—High1,717173.632,98012
CowsBreaker 75-80%Low1,435144.432,07218
CowsBoner 80-85%Average1,214144.341,75237
CowsLean 85-90%Very Low1,016121.371,23449

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)1,428$2,1014thin
Bred Cows1st Stage (1-3 mo)Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)1,235$1,9503thin

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 · Steers23 lots · lightest first
Steers350–400Medium and Large 1378362.50/cwt362.50–362.501,3703
Steers350–400Medium and Large 1-2388328.79/cwt310.00–337.001,27611
Steers400–450Medium and Large 1-2433307.50/cwt307.50–307.501,3313
Steers400–450Medium and Large 1437343.52/cwt335.00–352.501,5016
Steers450–500Medium and Large 1486334.63/cwt331.00–336.501,62621
Steers450–500Medium and Large 1-2497308.00/cwt308.00–308.001,5315
Steers500–550Medium and Large 1514321.39/cwt311.00–332.501,65220
Steers500–550Medium 2527227.97/cwt227.00–230.001,2019
Steers500–550Medium and Large 1-2538297.69/cwt285.00–306.001,60214
Steers550–600Medium and Large 2561267.42/cwt263.00–275.001,5008
Steers550–600Medium and Large 1-2573286.45/cwt280.00–300.001,64115
Steers550–600Medium and Large 1581306.14/cwt303.00–307.001,77928
Steers600–650Medium and Large 1614301.29/cwt292.50–304.501,85082
Steers600–650Medium and Large 1-2620278.95/cwt270.00–284.001,72928
Steers650–700Medium and Large 1653294.00/cwt294.00–294.001,92015
Steers650–700Medium and Large 1-2660276.13/cwt270.00–279.001,82219
Steers650–700Medium 2665219.00/cwt219.00–219.001,4563
Steers650–700Medium and Large 2678251.24/cwt246.00–255.001,7037
Steers700–750Medium and Large 2722222.00/cwt222.00–222.001,60313
Steers700–750Medium and Large 1-2740253.30/cwt250.00–254.001,87426
Steers750–800Medium and Large 1-2769249.39/cwt240.50–256.001,91840
Steers850–900Medium and Large 2867221.00/cwt221.00–221.001,9163
Steers900–950Medium and Large 2938200.00/cwt200.00–200.001,8763
Feeder Cattle · Heifers22 lots · lightest first
Heifers350–400Medium and Large 2380267.50/cwt267.50–267.501,0173
Heifers400–450Medium and Large 2424248.71/cwt240.00–255.001,0557
Heifers400–450Medium and Large 1-2431279.46/cwt270.00–283.001,20421
Heifers450–500Medium and Large 1-2480265.00/cwt265.00–265.001,2726
Heifers450–500Medium and Large 2484247.25/cwt237.00–257.501,19719
Heifers450–500Medium and Large 1488289.16/cwt285.00–291.001,41113
Heifers500–550Medium and Large 1520285.48/cwt272.00–303.001,48455
Heifers500–550Medium and Large 1-2530245.00/cwt245.00–245.001,2993
Heifers500–550Medium and Large 2533234.84/cwt232.50–238.001,2527
Heifers550–600Medium and Large 1573278.54/cwt270.00–286.001,596106
Heifers550–600Medium and Large 1-2577260.34/cwt245.00–268.501,50247
Heifers550–600Medium and Large 2599235.00/cwt235.00–235.001,4087
Heifers600–650Medium and Large 1605265.33/cwt250.00–268.501,60518
Heifers600–650Medium and Large 2605207.00/cwt207.00–207.001,2524
Heifers600–650Medium and Large 1-2619238.74/cwt235.00–244.001,47810
Heifers650–700Medium and Large 1659264.91/cwt249.00–267.501,74636
Heifers650–700Medium and Large 1-2674237.71/cwt231.00–242.001,60215
Heifers650–700Medium and Large 2675222.00/cwt222.00–222.001,4993
Heifers700–750Medium and Large 1-2713223.50/cwt223.00–224.001,5946
Heifers700–750Medium and Large 1719243.67/cwt241.00–249.001,75222
Heifers750–800Medium and Large 1-2775216.00/cwt216.00–216.001,6743
Heifers800–850Medium and Large 1-2800217.00/cwt217.00–217.001,7363
Feeder Cattle · Bulls7 lots · lightest first
Bulls350–400Medium and Large 1365350.00/cwt350.00–350.001,2784
Bulls400–450Medium and Large 1-2440295.00/cwt295.00–295.001,2983
Bulls500–550Medium and Large 2535241.65/cwt235.00–245.001,2939
Bulls550–600Medium and Large 2567225.00/cwt225.00–225.001,2763
Bulls600–650Medium and Large 2618235.00/cwt235.00–235.001,4523
Bulls650–700Medium and Large 2652212.50/cwt212.50–212.501,3864
Bulls750–800Medium and Large 1-2778225.00/cwt225.00–225.001,7513
Slaughter Cattle · Bulls3 lots · lightest first
Bulls——1,558152.25/cwt141.00–160.002,3722
Bulls——1,701184.06/cwt180.00–189.003,1316
Bulls——1,819168.68/cwt165.00–173.003,0684
Slaughter Cattle · Cows10 lots · lightest first
Cows—Lean 85-90%91085.93/cwt75.00–95.007826
Cows—Lean 85-90%979144.87/cwt143.00–147.501,4184
Cows—Lean 85-90%1,031116.06/cwt109.00–123.501,19717
Cows—Lean 85-90%1,041130.86/cwt125.00–138.001,36222
Cows—Boner 80-85%1,194153.53/cwt149.00–160.001,8339
Cows—Boner 80-85%1,215131.07/cwt130.00–133.501,5933
Cows—Boner 80-85%1,221142.62/cwt136.50–147.001,74125
Cows—Breaker 75-80%1,415151.82/cwt149.50–155.502,1487
Cows—Breaker 75-80%1,415143.84/cwt138.00–147.502,0357
Cows—Breaker 75-80%1,503132.51/cwt128.50–135.001,9924
Replacement Cattle · Bred Cows3 lots · lightest first
Bred Cows—Medium and Large 1-21,2351,950.00/head1,950.00–1,950.001,9503
Bred Cows—Medium and Large 1-21,2351,925.00/head1,925.00–1,925.001,9251
Bred Cows—Medium and Large 11,4922,159.50/head2,025.00–2,400.002,1603

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.