Sale reports / Missouri / Mid Missouri Stockyards / 2025-06-19

Mid Missouri Stockyards

Feeder Cattle · Slaughter Cattle · Phillipsburg, Missouri · Thu, Jun 19
● Final47 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 3654
Feeder Cattle receipts
612 head
▼ 493 vs last sale 1,105▲ 277 vs year ago 335 · +82.7%
Slaughter Cattle receipts
70 head
▼ 43 vs last sale 113▼ 25 vs year ago 95 · −26.3%
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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to last Thursday, feeder steers and heifers steady to 5.00 lower. Slaughter cows and bulls 2.00-4.00 higher. Demand good. Supply light. Cattle futures regained a little more ground on Thursday while beef cutout values continued to surge.

Weight classPick one — the panels below update

Steers · summary 500–600 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot
500–600 lb steers averaged $364.89/cwt on 114 head. That ranks 2 of 33 comparable sales and sits −82.67 against this barn's trailing median of $447.56.
Average price
$364.89
114 head · 556 lb average
Value per head Derived
$2,029
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
$245
per head · Medium and Large 1 over Medium and Large 2
$48.15/cwt at this weight
vs the market
−16.02
vs MO average
−7.03 vs national

Price by quality 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 1565370.662,09361
Medium and Large 1-2544361.171,96449
Medium and Large 2573322.511,8484thin
One grade step is worth $48.15/cwt here — about $245 a head. Across this sale the premium is widest at 300–400 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 sale114 hd
364.89
—
MO average15 barns · 3,516 hd
380.91
−16.02
National average146 barns · 8,317 hd
371.92
−7.03
This barn, trailing median33 sales
447.56
−82.67
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—Average1,804185.643,3508thin
CowsBreaker 75-80%Average1,450162.002,3492thin
CowsBoner 80-85%Average1,305157.832,06013
CowsLean 85-90%Average1,055134.311,41614

Every lot

47 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 · Steers18 lots · lightest first
Steers350–400Medium and Large 1-2363411.72/cwt390.00–435.001,4954
Steers350–400Medium and Large 1378470.73/cwt465.00–490.001,77910
Steers400–450Medium and Large 1402455.00/cwt455.00–455.001,8296
Steers400–450Medium and Large 1-2428418.93/cwt400.00–442.501,79316
Steers450–500Medium and Large 1456406.83/cwt406.00–410.001,85510
Steers450–500Medium and Large 1-2472389.18/cwt365.00–400.001,83714
Steers500–550Medium and Large 1-2524366.41/cwt347.50–378.001,92028
Steers500–550Medium and Large 1525379.01/cwt375.00–385.001,99017
Steers550–600Medium and Large 1-2570354.19/cwt343.00–365.002,01921
Steers550–600Medium and Large 2573322.51/cwt320.00–325.001,8484
Steers550–600Medium and Large 1580367.43/cwt365.50–380.002,13144
Steers600–650Medium and Large 1-2615348.36/cwt325.00–356.002,14230
Steers600–650Large 1638331.32/cwt325.00–335.002,1148
Steers600–650Medium and Large 1639363.00/cwt363.00–363.002,32035
Steers650–700Medium and Large 1-2666337.80/cwt320.00–345.002,25018
Steers700–750Medium and Large 2732285.00/cwt285.00–285.002,0863
Steers700–750Medium and Large 1-2736314.00/cwt314.00–314.002,31111
Steers950–1000Medium and Large 1Fleshy997239.00/cwt239.00–239.002,3833
Feeder Cattle · Heifers17 lots · lightest first
Heifers350–400Medium and Large 1358415.16/cwt407.50–422.501,4864
Heifers350–400Medium and Large 1-2367399.84/cwt395.00–407.501,4675
Heifers400–450Medium and Large 1-2433364.75/cwt352.50–385.001,57921
Heifers450–500Medium and Large 2450332.50/cwt332.50–332.501,4963
Heifers450–500Medium and Large 1459375.00/cwt375.00–375.001,7217
Heifers450–500Medium and Large 1-2480330.00/cwt330.00–330.001,5843
Heifers500–550Medium and Large 1512366.00/cwt366.00–366.001,87410
Heifers500–550Medium and Large 1-2528323.17/cwt310.00–335.001,7065
Heifers550–600Medium and Large 2550290.00/cwt290.00–290.001,5953
Heifers550–600Medium and Large 1568342.41/cwt324.00–351.001,94528
Heifers550–600Medium and Large 1-2570327.55/cwt325.00–336.001,86728
Heifers600–650Medium and Large 1622329.00/cwt329.00–329.002,04637
Heifers600–650Medium and Large 1-2628308.22/cwt304.00–312.001,93611
Heifers600–650Medium and Large 2629300.00/cwt300.00–300.001,8875
Heifers650–700Medium and Large 1662315.50/cwt315.50–315.502,08921
Heifers800–850Medium and Large 1-2824250.00/cwt250.00–250.002,0606
Heifers850–900Medium and Large 1Fleshy871248.00/cwt248.00–248.002,1604
Feeder Cattle · Bulls2 lots · lightest first
Bulls400–450Medium and Large 1-2415420.13/cwt392.50–455.001,7445
Bulls550–600Medium and Large 1-2579318.07/cwt312.50–320.001,8428
Slaughter Cattle · Bulls3 lots · lightest first
Bulls——1,290171.66/cwt168.50–175.002,2142
Bulls——1,884188.36/cwt181.00–195.003,5495
Bulls——2,435200.00/cwt200.00–200.004,8701
Slaughter Cattle · Cows7 lots · lightest first
Cows—Lean 85-90%1,033116.94/cwt112.00–125.001,2086
Cows—Lean 85-90%1,040155.50/cwt153.50–156.501,6173
Cows—Lean 85-90%1,089142.45/cwt134.00–150.001,5515
Cows—Boner 80-85%1,280155.47/cwt151.00–159.001,9909
Cows—Boner 80-85%1,361163.13/cwt161.50–166.002,2204
Cows—Breaker 75-80%1,365159.00/cwt159.00–159.002,1701
Cows—Breaker 75-80%1,535165.00/cwt165.00–165.002,5331

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.