Sale reports / Missouri / Mid Missouri Stockyards / 2024-07-25

Mid Missouri Stockyards

Feeder Cattle · Slaughter Cattle · Phillipsburg, Missouri · Thu, Jul 25
● Final56 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 3654
Feeder Cattle receipts
687 head
▲ 161 vs last sale 526▼ 341 vs year ago 1,028 · −33.2%
Slaughter Cattle receipts
51 head
▼ 5 vs last sale 56▼ 173 vs year ago 224 · −77.2%
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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to the sale last week feeder steers sold from 3.00 lower to 3.00 higher. Feeder heifers sold mostly steady with light 5 weight heifers selling up to 10.00 higher. Slaughter cows and bulls sold steady to 3.00 lower. Supply was light 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 $306.70/cwt on 80 head. That ranks 1 of 33 comparable sales and sits −140.87 against this barn's trailing median of $447.56.
Average price
$306.70
80 head · 551 lb average
Value per head Derived
$1,690
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
$373
per head · Medium and Large 1 over Medium and Large 2
$71.60/cwt at this weight
vs the market
−7.79
vs MO average
+8.88 vs national

Price by quality 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 1553314.601,73856
Medium and Large 1-2545294.711,60721
Medium and Large 2562243.001,3663thin
One grade step is worth $71.60/cwt here — about $373 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 sale80 hd
306.70
—
MO average15 barns · 1,758 hd
314.49
−7.79
National average149 barns · 6,483 hd
297.82
+8.88
This barn, trailing median33 sales
447.56
−140.87
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—High1,791165.712,96814
CowsBreaker 75-80%High1,530139.552,1359thin
CowsBoner 80-85%Average1,215138.971,6897thin
CowsLean 85-90%Average1,044114.571,19616

Every lot

56 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 · Steers19 lots · lightest first
Steers300–350Medium and Large 1-2330337.50/cwt337.50–337.501,1143
Steers400–450Medium and Large 2432273.86/cwt270.00–280.001,1838
Steers450–500Medium and Large 2452280.00/cwt280.00–280.001,2664
Steers450–500Medium and Large 1455329.00/cwt329.00–329.001,4972
Steers450–500Medium and Large 1-2472321.62/cwt318.00–324.001,5189
Steers450–500Medium 2493254.50/cwt254.00–255.001,2556
Steers500–550Medium and Large 1525317.84/cwt310.00–325.001,66933
Steers500–550Medium and Large 1-2541294.00/cwt294.00–294.001,59118
Steers550–600Medium and Large 2562243.00/cwt243.00–243.001,3663
Steers550–600Medium and Large 1-2572299.00/cwt299.00–299.001,7103
Steers550–600Medium and Large 1592309.96/cwt303.00–311.501,83523
Steers600–650Medium and Large 1628300.56/cwt286.50–310.501,88830
Steers650–700Medium and Large 1-2669268.39/cwt261.00–278.001,7969
Steers700–750Medium and Large 1728268.70/cwt260.00–272.501,95658
Steers700–750Medium and Large 1-2748234.00/cwt234.00–234.001,7503
Steers800–850Medium and Large 1-2810225.00/cwt225.00–225.001,8232
Steers800–850Medium and Large 1829253.59/cwt245.00–255.002,10274
Steers950–1000Medium and Large 2967197.00/cwt197.00–197.001,9059
Steers950–1000Medium and Large 1-2995213.39/cwt209.00–216.002,1238
Feeder Cattle · Heifers18 lots · lightest first
Heifers300–350Medium and Large 1-2328275.00/cwt275.00–275.009023
Heifers350–400Medium and Large 1-2388270.00/cwt270.00–270.001,0483
Heifers400–450Medium and Large 1-2429270.61/cwt254.00–280.001,1618
Heifers450–500Medium and Large 1458290.00/cwt290.00–290.001,3283
Heifers450–500Medium and Large 1-2495272.01/cwt270.00–274.001,3466
Heifers500–550Medium and Large 1-2510261.28/cwt259.00–265.001,3338
Heifers500–550Medium and Large 1533301.30/cwt294.00–311.001,60678
Heifers550–600Medium and Large 1556285.61/cwt279.00–290.001,58810
Heifers550–600Medium and Large 2568239.00/cwt239.00–239.001,3583
Heifers550–600Medium and Large 1-2579253.76/cwt241.00–268.001,46917
Heifers600–650Medium and Large 2600218.00/cwt218.00–218.001,3083
Heifers600–650Medium and Large 1-2625249.12/cwt233.00–259.001,55722
Heifers600–650Medium and Large 1636274.50/cwt274.50–274.501,74636
Heifers650–700Medium and Large 1-2667241.70/cwt233.00–249.001,61212
Heifers650–700Medium and Large 1683256.46/cwt254.00–257.501,75240
Heifers700–750Medium and Large 1-2700228.00/cwt228.00–228.001,5963
Heifers700–750Medium and Large 1703248.00/cwt248.00–248.001,74316
Heifers750–800Medium and Large 1783239.19/cwt233.00–240.501,87323
Feeder Cattle · Bulls8 lots · lightest first
Bulls350–400Medium and Large 1-2392325.00/cwt325.00–325.001,2743
Bulls350–400Medium and Large 1395340.00/cwt340.00–340.001,3433
Bulls400–450Medium and Large 1444320.00/cwt320.00–320.001,4214
Bulls550–600Medium and Large 1593285.00/cwt285.00–285.001,6903
Bulls550–600Medium and Large 2595260.00/cwt260.00–260.001,5473
Bulls650–700Medium and Large 1698271.00/cwt271.00–271.001,8924
Bulls700–750Medium and Large 1-2725239.00/cwt239.00–239.001,7333
Bulls750–800Medium and Large 1-2790213.00/cwt213.00–213.001,6833
Slaughter Cattle · Bulls3 lots · lightest first
Bulls——1,505150.00/cwt150.00–150.002,2581
Bulls——1,751164.51/cwt157.00–172.502,88111
Bulls——2,153180.20/cwt175.00–185.003,8802
Slaughter Cattle · Cows8 lots · lightest first
Cows—Lean 85-90%95894.63/cwt85.00–100.009074
Cows—Lean 85-90%1,021123.75/cwt120.00–128.001,2635
Cows—Lean 85-90%1,093113.08/cwt105.00–117.501,2365
Cows—Lean 85-90%1,150135.20/cwt133.50–137.001,5552
Cows—Boner 80-85%1,196138.22/cwt130.00–141.501,6536
Cows—Boner 80-85%1,330143.50/cwt143.50–143.501,9091
Cows—Breaker 75-80%1,516137.77/cwt130.00–143.002,0897
Cows—Breaker 75-80%1,580145.78/cwt145.00–146.502,3032

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.