Sale reports / Missouri / Mid Missouri Stockyards / 2025-06-12

Mid Missouri Stockyards

Feeder Cattle · Slaughter Cattle · Phillipsburg, Missouri · Thu, Jun 12
● Final78 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 3654
Feeder Cattle receipts
1,105 head
▲ 266 vs last sale 839▲ 290 vs year ago 815 · +35.6%
Slaughter Cattle receipts
113 head
▼ 5 vs last sale 118▼ 3 vs year ago 116 · −2.6%
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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to the sale last week feeder steers and heifers sold 4.00-8.00 lower. Slaughter cows sold 2.00-4.00 lower with Slaughter bulls selling 3.00-6.00 higher. Supply and demand was moderate. The unweaned and non vaccinated calves were generally discounted by the buyers.

Weight classPick one — the panels below update

Heifers · summary 500–600 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot
500–600 lb heifers averaged $331.08/cwt on 196 head. That ranks 1 of 33 comparable sales and sits −62.16 against this barn's trailing median of $393.23.
Average price
$331.08
196 head · 567 lb average
Value per head Derived
$1,878
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
$401
per head · Medium and Large 1 over Medium and Large 2
$32.37/cwt at this weight
vs the market
−14.21
vs MO average
−9.84 vs national

Price by quality 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 1580337.001,955133
Medium and Large 1-2552324.151,79045
Medium and Large 2510304.631,55418thin
One grade step is worth $32.37/cwt here — about $401 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 sale196 hd
331.08
—
MO average16 barns · 2,977 hd
345.29
−14.21
National average161 barns · 10,769 hd
340.92
−9.84
This barn, trailing median33 sales
393.23
−62.16
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—Low1,835185.583,40617
CowsPremium White 65-75%High1,430170.502,4381thin
CowsBoner 80-85%Low1,229150.781,85320
CowsBreaker 75-80%High1,502150.402,25925
CowsLean 85-90%Low1,062137.721,46333

Every lot

78 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 · Steers32 lots · lightest first
Steers300–350Medium 2-3320297.74/cwt292.50–302.509538
Steers300–350Medium and Large 1335460.63/cwt447.50–467.501,5433
Steers350–400Medium and Large 1-2366392.13/cwt380.00–400.001,4355
Steers350–400Medium and Large 1370427.68/cwt400.00–435.001,5827
Steers350–400Medium and Large 2-3373355.00/cwt355.00–355.001,3243
Steers350–400Medium and Large 2385387.50/cwt387.50–387.501,4922
Steers400–450Medium and Large 1407419.92/cwt400.00–429.001,70916
Steers400–450Medium and Large 2416334.80/cwt325.00–352.501,3933
Steers400–450Medium and Large 1-2437374.75/cwt350.00–385.001,6387
Steers450–500Medium and Large 1459415.84/cwt402.50–422.501,9096
Steers450–500Medium and Large 1-2474373.37/cwt365.00–385.001,7709
Steers450–500Medium and Large 2485341.87/cwt340.00–342.501,6584
Steers500–550Medium and Large 1-2Unweaned501360.00/cwt360.00–360.001,8047
Steers500–550Medium and Large 1-2525364.33/cwt345.00–375.001,91311
Steers500–550Medium and Large 2528320.98/cwt312.50–337.501,6958
Steers500–550Medium and Large 1532385.79/cwt385.00–386.002,0529
Steers550–600Medium and Large 1-2574351.19/cwt340.00–367.502,01623
Steers550–600Medium and Large 1576381.52/cwt373.00–385.002,19825
Steers550–600Medium and Large 2580326.15/cwt315.00–332.001,89214
Steers550–600Medium and Large 1-2Unweaned592352.00/cwt352.00–352.002,08415
Steers600–650Medium and Large 2612318.46/cwt300.00–325.001,9494
Steers600–650Medium and Large 1-2616338.34/cwt330.00–340.002,08424
Steers600–650Medium and Large 1619371.97/cwt361.00–379.002,30291
Steers600–650Medium and Large 1-2Unweaned623341.71/cwt333.00–351.002,12924
Steers650–700Medium and Large 1656355.11/cwt353.00–356.002,33017
Steers650–700Medium and Large 2682309.22/cwt307.50–315.002,10915
Steers700–750Medium and Large 2735289.25/cwt285.00–298.002,1263
Steers700–750Medium and Large 1737328.05/cwt325.00–337.502,4184
Steers750–800Medium and Large 1786326.50/cwt326.50–326.502,5668
Steers800–850Medium and Large 1812323.00/cwt323.00–323.002,6232
Steers800–850Medium and Large 2-3829244.00/cwt244.00–244.002,0236
Steers850–900Medium and Large 2882270.00/cwt270.00–270.002,3813
Feeder Cattle · Heifers20 lots · lightest first
Heifers300–350Medium and Large 2328345.00/cwt345.00–345.001,1323
Heifers300–350Medium and Large 1345387.89/cwt380.00–402.501,33824
Heifers350–400Medium and Large 2366346.45/cwt317.50–355.001,26814
Heifers350–400Medium and Large 1-2386385.93/cwt375.00–395.001,4906
Heifers400–450Medium and Large 2400325.00/cwt325.00–325.001,3004
Heifers400–450Medium and Large 1-2422349.84/cwt330.00–362.501,47620
Heifers400–450Medium and Large 1430400.83/cwt382.00–415.001,72427
Heifers450–500Medium and Large 1478356.53/cwt356.00–375.001,70434
Heifers450–500Medium and Large 2479317.33/cwt312.50–327.501,52015
Heifers450–500Medium and Large 1-2490345.40/cwt327.50–360.001,69239
Heifers500–550Medium and Large 2510304.63/cwt295.00–307.501,55418
Heifers500–550Medium and Large 1519350.34/cwt341.50–359.001,81829
Heifers500–550Medium and Large 1-2527333.62/cwt330.00–336.001,75826
Heifers550–600Medium and Large 1-2587311.19/cwt302.00–318.001,82719
Heifers550–600Medium and Large 1597333.28/cwt320.00–345.001,990104
Heifers600–650Medium and Large 1-2611305.16/cwt300.00–311.001,86530
Heifers600–650Medium and Large 1618329.61/cwt322.00–338.002,03720
Heifers600–650Medium and Large 2620284.02/cwt275.00–292.001,7615
Heifers800–850Medium and Large 1-2834245.00/cwt245.00–245.002,0435
Heifers850–900Medium and Large 1-2867239.00/cwt239.00–239.002,0723
Feeder Cattle · Bulls12 lots · lightest first
Bulls300–350Medium and Large 1342445.00/cwt445.00–445.001,5225
Bulls350–400Medium and Large 1365413.71/cwt390.00–422.501,5104
Bulls400–450Medium and Large 1-2422385.00/cwt385.00–385.001,6253
Bulls400–450Medium and Large 2427337.50/cwt337.50–337.501,44113
Bulls400–450Medium and Large 1437399.00/cwt399.00–399.001,7445
Bulls450–500Medium and Large 1458412.50/cwt412.50–412.501,8892
Bulls450–500Medium and Large 2478347.53/cwt340.00–354.001,6618
Bulls500–550Medium and Large 1520360.00/cwt360.00–360.001,8722
Bulls500–550Medium and Large 1-2534347.68/cwt325.00–352.501,85715
Bulls550–600Medium and Large 2568336.08/cwt332.50–337.501,9097
Bulls600–650Medium and Large 1-2614316.00/cwt316.00–316.001,9407
Bulls700–750Medium and Large 2706283.14/cwt280.00–292.501,9994
Feeder Cattle · Dairy Steers1 lot · lightest first
Dairy Steers450–500Large 3489307.00/cwt307.00–307.001,50117
Slaughter Cattle · Bulls3 lots · lightest first
Bulls——1,681173.82/cwt165.00–178.002,9226
Bulls——1,877185.30/cwt182.00–189.003,4786
Bulls——1,970200.02/cwt194.50–208.003,9405
Slaughter Cattle · Cows10 lots · lightest first
Cows—Lean 85-90%932113.77/cwt110.50–119.001,0604
Cows—Lean 85-90%1,068137.41/cwt125.00–144.001,46821
Cows—Lean 85-90%1,113150.52/cwt148.00–154.001,6758
Cows—Boner 80-85%1,187157.29/cwt155.50–160.001,8675
Cows—Boner 80-85%1,235149.97/cwt145.00–156.001,85212
Cows—Boner 80-85%1,276143.14/cwt142.50–144.501,8263
Cows—Premium White 65-75%1,430170.50/cwt170.50–170.502,4381
Cows—Breaker 75-80%1,450148.58/cwt142.50–155.002,15413
Cows—Breaker 75-80%1,517138.00/cwt138.00–138.002,0933
Cows—Breaker 75-80%1,572157.15/cwt155.00–160.502,4709

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.