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Mid Missouri Stockyards

Feeder Cattle · Slaughter Cattle · Phillipsburg, Missouri · Thu, Apr 10
● Final63 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 3654
Feeder Cattle receipts
901 head
▲ 350 vs last sale 551▲ 96 vs year ago 805 · +11.9%
Slaughter Cattle receipts
53 head
▼ 2 vs last sale 55▼ 41 vs year ago 94 · −43.6%
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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to last week feeder steers under 425 lbs. sold 15.00-25.00 lower with heavier weights selling from 7.00 lower to 3.00 higher. Feeder heifers sold 4.00-8.00 lower. In the slaughter portion of the auction slaughter cows and bulls sold steady to 2.00 higher. 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 $344.25/cwt on 166 head. That ranks 1 of 33 comparable sales and sits −103.32 against this barn's trailing median of $447.56.
Average price
$344.25
166 head · 548 lb average
Value per head Derived
$1,886
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
$276
per head · Medium and Large 1 over Medium and Large 2
$60.67/cwt at this weight
vs the market
+0.67
vs MO average
−10.05 vs national

Price by quality 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 1544354.311,92792
Medium and Large 1-2552335.731,85267
Medium and Large 2562293.641,6517thin
One grade step is worth $60.67/cwt here — about $276 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 sale166 hd
344.25
—
MO average14 barns · 1,484 hd
343.58
+0.67
National average175 barns · 9,187 hd
354.30
−10.05
This barn, trailing median33 sales
447.56
−103.32
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—Low1,752163.012,8568thin
CowsBreaker 75-80%Low1,456145.762,1227thin
CowsBoner 80-85%High1,238142.411,76213
CowsLean 85-90%Very Low1,018110.961,12917

Every lot

63 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 · Steers21 lots · lightest first
Steers250–300Medium and Large 1-2283410.00/cwt410.00–410.001,1606
Steers300–350Medium and Large 1309433.24/cwt412.50–437.501,33913
Steers300–350Medium and Large 1-2312375.00/cwt375.00–375.001,1702
Steers350–400Medium and Large 1-2372400.00/cwt400.00–400.001,4884
Steers350–400Medium and Large 1389404.63/cwt387.50–407.001,57424
Steers400–450Medium and Large 1-2429367.67/cwt340.00–387.001,57716
Steers400–450Medium and Large 1436392.79/cwt389.00–405.001,71331
Steers450–500Medium and Large 1464387.94/cwt372.50–404.001,800104
Steers450–500Medium and Large 1-2468358.85/cwt335.00–369.001,67916
Steers500–550Medium and Large 2515292.50/cwt292.50–292.501,5061
Steers500–550Medium and Large 1518368.31/cwt357.50–391.001,90838
Steers500–550Medium and Large 1-2534348.41/cwt325.00–355.001,86147
Steers550–600Medium and Large 1562344.45/cwt339.00–363.001,93654
Steers550–600Medium and Large 2570293.83/cwt293.00–294.001,6756
Steers550–600Medium and Large 1-2593305.92/cwt293.00–332.501,81420
Steers600–650Medium and Large 1-2618295.20/cwt275.00–316.001,8248
Steers600–650Medium and Large 1637330.01/cwt320.00–336.002,10216
Steers650–700Medium and Large 1677310.10/cwt277.50–320.002,09921
Steers650–700Medium and Large 1-2682284.25/cwt275.00–288.001,9394
Steers700–750Medium and Large 2727254.00/cwt254.00–254.001,8473
Steers750–800Medium and Large 1779271.24/cwt270.00–275.002,1134
Feeder Cattle · Heifers22 lots · lightest first
Heifers300–350Medium and Large 1315393.49/cwt387.50–400.001,23920
Heifers300–350Medium and Large 1-2322350.63/cwt330.00–365.001,1296
Heifers350–400Medium and Large 2388325.98/cwt320.00–337.501,2657
Heifers350–400Medium and Large 1-2390335.00/cwt335.00–335.001,3071
Heifers350–400Medium and Large 1393384.64/cwt360.00–392.501,5124
Heifers400–450Medium and Large 1408392.78/cwt371.00–400.001,60345
Heifers400–450Medium and Large 1-2443357.96/cwt355.00–370.001,58618
Heifers450–500Medium and Large 2460322.50/cwt322.50–322.501,4842
Heifers450–500Medium and Large 1473363.97/cwt352.50–375.001,72226
Heifers450–500Medium and Large 1-2485337.40/cwt320.00–347.001,63686
Heifers500–550Medium and Large 1523337.11/cwt317.50–345.001,76315
Heifers500–550Medium and Large 1-2543288.67/cwt267.50–311.001,5679
Heifers550–600Medium and Large 1-2592275.00/cwt275.00–275.001,6283
Heifers550–600Medium and Large 1594293.70/cwt292.00–307.501,7459
Heifers600–650Medium and Large 1-2630278.46/cwt277.00–280.001,7544
Heifers600–650Medium and Large 1633282.07/cwt275.00–283.001,78624
Heifers650–700Medium and Large 1-2665259.00/cwt259.00–259.001,7223
Heifers650–700Medium and Large 1682275.26/cwt270.00–276.001,87716
Heifers700–750Medium and Large 1725269.50/cwt269.50–269.501,9545
Heifers750–800Medium and Large 1755273.00/cwt273.00–273.002,0615
Heifers750–800Medium and Large 1-2755246.00/cwt246.00–246.001,8571
Heifers800–850Medium and Large 1800240.00/cwt240.00–240.001,9202
Feeder Cattle · Bulls9 lots · lightest first
Bulls300–350Medium and Large 1-2315368.89/cwt360.00–377.501,1624
Bulls400–450Medium and Large 1422385.00/cwt385.00–385.001,6252
Bulls400–450Medium and Large 1-2430335.00/cwt335.00–335.001,4412
Bulls400–450Medium and Large 2440327.50/cwt327.50–327.501,4412
Bulls450–500Medium and Large 1-2452340.62/cwt335.00–350.001,5404
Bulls450–500Medium and Large 2483312.50/cwt312.50–312.501,5093
Bulls600–650Medium and Large 1-2637287.67/cwt275.00–300.001,8324
Bulls700–750Medium and Large 1-2708255.38/cwt250.00–266.001,8083
Bulls750–800Medium and Large 2773233.00/cwt233.00–233.001,8013
Slaughter Cattle · Bulls3 lots · lightest first
Bulls——1,568147.72/cwt138.50–158.002,3163
Bulls——1,834170.22/cwt160.50–178.503,1224
Bulls——1,975180.00/cwt180.00–180.003,5551
Slaughter Cattle · Cows8 lots · lightest first
Cows—Lean 85-90%92885.45/cwt75.00–94.507936
Cows—Lean 85-90%1,026114.94/cwt105.00–118.501,1796
Cows—Lean 85-90%1,105138.74/cwt132.50–142.501,5334
Cows—Lean 85-90%1,160129.00/cwt129.00–129.001,4961
Cows—Boner 80-85%1,216135.68/cwt128.50–140.001,6505
Cows—Boner 80-85%1,251146.62/cwt143.50–149.501,8348
Cows—Breaker 75-80%1,434149.22/cwt144.50–154.002,1406
Cows—Breaker 75-80%1,585125.00/cwt125.00–125.001,9811

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.