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Mid Missouri Stockyards

Feeder Cattle · Slaughter Cattle · Phillipsburg, Missouri · Thu, Oct 10
● Final65 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 3654
Feeder Cattle receipts
591 head
▼ 101 vs last sale 692▼ 121 vs year ago 712 · −17.0%
Slaughter Cattle receipts
89 head
▼ 1 vs last sale 90▼ 98 vs year ago 187 · −52.4%
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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to last week feeder steers sold from 6.00 lower to 15.00 higher. Feeder heifers under 425 lbs. sold 15.00-20.00 higher. Heavier weights sold steady to 8.00 lower. Slaughter cows and bulls sold 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 $294.39/cwt on 74 head. That ranks 1 of 33 comparable sales and sits −153.17 against this barn's trailing median of $447.56.
Average price
$294.39
74 head · 554 lb average
Value per head Derived
$1,631
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
$426
per head · Medium and Large 1 over Medium and Large 2
$73.96/cwt at this weight
vs the market
+5.97
vs MO average
+0.08 vs national

Price by quality 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 1551304.961,68057
Medium and Large 1-2572270.601,54912thin
Medium and Large 2543231.001,2545thin
One grade step is worth $73.96/cwt here — about $426 a head. Across this sale the premium is widest at 500–600 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 sale74 hd
294.39
—
MO average17 barns · 1,899 hd
288.42
+5.97
National average177 barns · 23,944 hd
294.31
+0.08
This barn, trailing median33 sales
447.56
−153.17
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—Low1,711144.972,48011
CowsBreaker 75-80%Average1,539124.371,91427
CowsBoner 80-85%Average1,262120.191,51717
CowsLean 85-90%Low1,089106.181,15718

Every lot

65 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 1-2305312.00/cwt312.00–312.009522
Steers350–400Medium and Large 1367338.35/cwt331.00–350.001,2425
Steers350–400Medium and Large 1-2380292.50/cwt292.50–292.501,1122
Steers400–450Medium and Large 2400280.00/cwt280.00–280.001,1202
Steers400–450Medium and Large 1-2410309.17/cwt306.00–322.001,26813
Steers400–450Medium and Large 1437348.02/cwt324.50–349.001,52125
Steers450–500Medium and Large 1-2463307.39/cwt303.00–315.001,42315
Steers450–500Medium and Large 2471281.14/cwt275.00–285.001,3245
Steers450–500Medium and Large 1473327.23/cwt320.00–341.001,54825
Steers500–550Medium and Large 2525240.00/cwt240.00–240.001,2602
Steers500–550Medium and Large 1527308.62/cwt301.00–319.001,62612
Steers500–550Medium and Large 1-2541265.00/cwt265.00–265.001,4344
Steers550–600Medium and Large 2555225.00/cwt225.00–225.001,2493
Steers550–600Medium and Large 1556305.98/cwt292.00–306.751,70139
Steers550–600Medium and Large 1Unweaned566291.00/cwt291.00–291.001,6476
Steers550–600Medium and Large 1-2588273.40/cwt270.00–277.001,6088
Steers600–650Medium and Large 1607271.21/cwt264.00–282.001,6467
Steers600–650Medium and Large 1-2620255.66/cwt252.00–259.501,58524
Steers650–700Medium and Large 1-2658249.97/cwt247.00–253.001,6454
Steers650–700Medium and Large 1691250.00/cwt250.00–250.001,7286
Steers700–750Medium and Large 1725261.50/cwt261.50–261.501,89611
Steers700–750Medium and Large 1-2732239.00/cwt239.00–239.001,7494
Steers750–800Medium and Large 2767194.00/cwt194.00–194.001,4883
Steers800–850Medium and Large 1-2816221.36/cwt217.50–227.001,8065
Steers1000–1050Medium and Large 1-21,027209.00/cwt209.00–209.002,1469
Feeder Cattle · Heifers17 lots · lightest first
Heifers300–350Medium and Large 1321300.03/cwt285.00–327.5096310
Heifers350–400Medium and Large 1-2371275.00/cwt275.00–275.001,0204
Heifers400–450Medium and Large 1408305.89/cwt288.00–308.001,24830
Heifers400–450Medium and Large 1-2415253.85/cwt241.00–269.001,05315
Heifers450–500Medium and Large 1475267.04/cwt265.00–269.001,26812
Heifers450–500Medium and Large 1-2478255.91/cwt239.00–269.001,22310
Heifers500–550Medium and Large 1-2514234.11/cwt225.00–240.001,2035
Heifers500–550Medium and Large 1533255.00/cwt255.00–255.001,35911
Heifers550–600Medium and Large 2560214.00/cwt214.00–214.001,1982
Heifers550–600Medium and Large 1-2577229.62/cwt220.00–240.001,32520
Heifers550–600Medium and Large 1586250.00/cwt250.00–250.001,4655
Heifers600–650Medium and Large 1606236.00/cwt236.00–236.001,4309
Heifers600–650Medium and Large 1-2620227.50/cwt227.50–227.501,4113
Heifers600–650Medium and Large 2638205.00/cwt205.00–205.001,3082
Heifers650–700Medium and Large 1-2676229.11/cwt218.00–235.001,5498
Heifers650–700Medium and Large 1686244.00/cwt244.00–244.001,6744
Heifers700–750Medium and Large 1-2700222.50/cwt222.50–222.501,5582
Feeder Cattle · Bulls13 lots · lightest first
Bulls350–400Medium and Large 1389331.65/cwt330.00–335.001,2906
Bulls400–450Medium and Large 1-2410309.00/cwt309.00–309.001,2672
Bulls450–500Medium and Large 1467313.00/cwt313.00–313.001,4623
Bulls450–500Medium and Large 2475235.00/cwt235.00–235.001,1163
Bulls450–500Medium and Large 1-2490295.00/cwt295.00–295.001,4463
Bulls500–550Medium and Large 2522233.79/cwt233.00–234.001,22010
Bulls500–550Medium and Large 1528280.00/cwt280.00–280.001,4782
Bulls500–550Medium and Large 1-2538260.00/cwt260.00–260.001,3992
Bulls550–600Medium and Large 1-2581248.67/cwt246.00–252.501,4457
Bulls600–650Medium and Large 1-2618240.24/cwt230.00–244.001,48516
Bulls600–650Medium and Large 2622205.00/cwt205.00–205.001,2752
Bulls650–700Medium and Large 1-2671234.68/cwt223.00–241.001,57511
Bulls700–750Medium and Large 2739193.24/cwt185.00–207.001,4288
Feeder Cattle · Dairy Steers1 lot · lightest first
Dairy Steers350–400Large 3383207.50/cwt207.50–207.507959
Slaughter Cattle · Bulls2 lots · lightest first
Bulls——1,523127.66/cwt120.00–135.001,9443
Bulls——1,781151.46/cwt143.00–155.502,6988
Slaughter Cattle · Cows7 lots · lightest first
Cows—Lean 85-90%86075.00/cwt75.00–75.006451
Cows—Lean 85-90%1,097106.31/cwt93.00–112.501,16614
Cows—Lean 85-90%1,130115.97/cwt114.00–117.001,3103
Cows—Boner 80-85%1,248116.11/cwt112.50–123.501,44910
Cows—Boner 80-85%1,282126.01/cwt124.00–128.001,6157
Cows—Breaker 75-80%1,492119.91/cwt113.50–124.501,78910
Cows—Breaker 75-80%1,566127.00/cwt125.00–130.501,98917

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.