Sale reports / Missouri / Mid Missouri Stockyards / 2024-09-12

Mid Missouri Stockyards

Feeder Cattle · Slaughter Cattle · Phillipsburg, Missouri · Thu, Sep 12
● Final76 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 3654
Feeder Cattle receipts
740 head
▲ 163 vs last sale 577▼ 47 vs year ago 787 · −6.0%
Slaughter Cattle receipts
76 head
▲ 10 vs last sale 66▼ 153 vs year ago 229 · −66.8%
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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to last week feeder steers sold 5.00-10.00 lower with feeder heifers 10.00-20.00 lower. Slaughter cows and bulls sold 2.00-4.00 lower. 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 $238.27/cwt on 129 head. That ranks 1 of 33 comparable sales and sits −154.96 against this barn's trailing median of $393.23.
Average price
$238.27
129 head · 562 lb average
Value per head Derived
$1,339
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
$204
per head · Medium and Large 1 over Medium and Large 2
$31.57/cwt at this weight
vs the market
−9.97
vs MO average
−0.34 vs national

Price by quality 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 1562249.291,40260
Medium and Large 1-2566232.281,31552
Medium and Large 2550217.721,19717thin
One grade step is worth $31.57/cwt here — about $204 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 sale129 hd
238.27
—
MO average16 barns · 2,721 hd
248.24
−9.97
National average182 barns · 14,937 hd
238.61
−0.34
This barn, trailing median33 sales
393.23
−154.96
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—Low1,701153.722,6148thin
CowsBreaker 75-80%High1,505127.701,92218
CowsBoner 80-85%Low1,181126.611,49618
CowsLean 85-90%Very Low992112.431,11618

Every lot

76 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 · Steers26 lots · lightest first
Steers350–400Medium and Large 1350312.50/cwt312.50–312.501,0942
Steers350–400Medium and Large 2382281.00/cwt281.00–281.001,0733
Steers400–450Medium and Large 1-2400272.00/cwt272.00–272.001,0883
Steers400–450Medium and Large 1418299.00/cwt299.00–299.001,2503
Steers450–500Medium and Large 1-2Unweaned472276.43/cwt260.00–283.001,30511
Steers450–500Medium and Large 1479286.00/cwt286.00–286.001,3704
Steers450–500Medium and Large 2487254.20/cwt246.00–261.001,23811
Steers500–550Medium and Large 1519284.39/cwt280.00–291.001,47615
Steers500–550Medium and Large 1-2532268.61/cwt255.00–271.001,42928
Steers550–600Medium and Large 2565241.26/cwt234.00–245.001,36310
Steers550–600Medium and Large 1576281.37/cwt280.50–283.001,62111
Steers550–600Medium and Large 1-2579260.09/cwt254.00–273.001,50610
Steers550–600Medium and Large 1-2Unweaned591259.26/cwt258.00–260.001,53219
Steers600–650Medium and Large 1620258.46/cwt254.00–263.001,60212
Steers600–650Medium and Large 1-2641242.82/cwt229.00–250.001,55613
Steers650–700Medium and Large 1-2671248.22/cwt244.00–254.001,6669
Steers650–700Medium and Large 1682259.75/cwt258.00–271.001,77127
Steers650–700Medium and Large 2694221.00/cwt221.00–221.001,5345
Steers700–750Medium and Large 2705200.00/cwt200.00–200.001,4104
Steers700–750Medium and Large 1729241.46/cwt234.00–248.001,76010
Steers750–800Medium and Large 1770230.00/cwt230.00–230.001,7712
Steers800–850Medium and Large 1807244.50/cwt244.50–244.501,9735
Steers800–850Medium and Large 1-2815213.00/cwt213.00–213.001,7363
Steers850–900Medium and Large 1874224.00/cwt224.00–224.001,9585
Steers850–900Medium and Large 1-2885215.54/cwt211.00–219.001,9087
Steers950–1000Medium and Large 1-2958205.00/cwt205.00–205.001,9643
Feeder Cattle · Heifers24 lots · lightest first
Heifers300–350Medium and Large 1-2325272.50/cwt272.50–272.508862
Heifers350–400Medium and Large 2382225.39/cwt220.00–240.0086111
Heifers400–450Medium and Large 1-2425248.12/cwt241.00–250.001,0559
Heifers400–450Medium and Large 1430266.79/cwt261.00–269.001,14713
Heifers400–450Medium and Large 2436220.00/cwt220.00–220.009597
Heifers400–450Medium and Large 1Unweaned441250.00/cwt250.00–250.001,1037
Heifers450–500Medium and Large 1-2480237.57/cwt235.00–244.001,14015
Heifers450–500Medium and Large 2486217.62/cwt205.00–223.001,05822
Heifers450–500Medium 2498205.00/cwt205.00–205.001,0213
Heifers500–550Medium and Large 2515218.74/cwt210.00–228.001,1276
Heifers500–550Medium and Large 1529247.41/cwt242.00–253.001,3096
Heifers500–550Medium and Large 1-2531232.75/cwt228.00–238.001,23612
Heifers550–600Medium and Large 1566249.50/cwt249.50–249.501,41254
Heifers550–600Medium and Large 2569217.16/cwt215.00–220.001,23611
Heifers550–600Medium and Large 1-2Unweaned573228.00/cwt228.00–228.001,30612
Heifers550–600Medium and Large 1-2578233.91/cwt223.00–242.001,35228
Heifers600–650Medium and Large 1-2619215.49/cwt215.00–216.001,3346
Heifers600–650Medium and Large 2629202.15/cwt201.00–204.001,2725
Heifers650–700Medium and Large 1-2672224.50/cwt220.00–228.001,50914
Heifers700–750Medium and Large 1724225.45/cwt224.50–227.001,63223
Heifers750–800Medium and Large 1750219.00/cwt219.00–219.001,6432
Heifers750–800Medium and Large 1-2780195.00/cwt195.00–195.001,5214
Heifers800–850Medium and Large 1-2823200.00/cwt200.00–200.001,6469
Heifers850–900Medium and Large 1-2855201.00/cwt201.00–201.001,7193
Feeder Cattle · Bulls15 lots · lightest first
Bulls300–350Medium and Large 1300302.50/cwt302.50–302.509082
Bulls350–400Medium and Large 1373295.00/cwt295.00–295.001,1003
Bulls400–450Medium and Large 1-2415272.50/cwt272.50–272.501,1312
Bulls400–450Medium and Large 1420280.00/cwt280.00–280.001,1763
Bulls400–450Medium and Large 2437255.00/cwt255.00–255.001,1143
Bulls450–500Medium and Large 1-2472271.00/cwt271.00–271.001,2796
Bulls450–500Medium and Large 2473248.36/cwt239.00–261.001,1757
Bulls450–500Medium and Large 2Unweaned486212.50/cwt212.50–212.501,0334
Bulls500–550Medium and Large 1-2500242.00/cwt242.00–242.001,2106
Bulls500–550Medium and Large 2539231.00/cwt231.00–231.001,2455
Bulls550–600Medium and Large 1-2561250.00/cwt250.00–250.001,4034
Bulls550–600Medium and Large 2Unweaned570207.50/cwt207.50–207.501,1835
Bulls550–600Medium and Large 2584218.35/cwt217.50–220.001,27517
Bulls600–650Medium and Large 2625200.00/cwt200.00–200.001,2504
Bulls650–700Medium and Large 2662200.00/cwt200.00–200.001,3243
Slaughter Cattle · Bulls2 lots · lightest first
Bulls——1,573145.00/cwt145.00–145.002,2812
Bulls——1,743156.62/cwt150.00–160.502,7306
Slaughter Cattle · Cows9 lots · lightest first
Cows—Lean 85-90%88778.83/cwt75.00–85.006993
Cows—Lean 85-90%1,005126.16/cwt122.50–132.001,2687
Cows—Lean 85-90%1,021113.02/cwt105.00–118.501,1548
Cows—Boner 80-85%1,110121.00/cwt121.00–121.001,3431
Cows—Boner 80-85%1,185126.28/cwt122.50–131.501,49616
Cows—Boner 80-85%1,195137.50/cwt137.50–137.501,6431
Cows—Breaker 75-80%1,487127.80/cwt122.00–132.001,90012
Cows—Breaker 75-80%1,535132.41/cwt130.00–134.002,0324
Cows—Breaker 75-80%1,553117.67/cwt115.00–120.001,8272

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.