Sale reports / Missouri / Mid Missouri Stockyards / 2025-11-13

Mid Missouri Stockyards

Feeder Cattle · Slaughter Cattle · Phillipsburg, Missouri · Thu, Nov 13
● Final67 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 3654
Feeder Cattle receipts
873 head
▼ 150 vs last sale 1,023▼ 212 vs year ago 1,085 · −19.5%
Slaughter Cattle receipts
158 head
▲ 25 vs last sale 133▲ 26 vs year ago 132 · +19.7%
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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to last week feeder steers sold from 10.00 lower to 15.00 higher. Feeder heifers sold from 2.00 lower to 10.00 higher. Slaughter cows sold 3.00-6.00 lower with slaughter bulls selling steady. Supply was moderate with 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 $373.96/cwt on 133 head. That ranks 2 of 33 comparable sales and sits −73.61 against this barn's trailing median of $447.56.
Average price
$373.96
133 head · 558 lb average
Value per head Derived
$2,088
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
$485
per head · Medium and Large 1 over Medium and Large 2
$71.68/cwt at this weight
vs the market
−25.44
vs MO average
−50.91 vs national

Price by quality 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 1556384.182,135100
Medium and Large 1-2569344.941,96231
Medium and Large 2528312.501,6502thin
One grade step is worth $71.68/cwt here — about $485 a head. Across this sale the premium is widest at 600–700 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 sale133 hd
373.96
—
MO average21 barns · 3,472 hd
399.39
−25.44
National average177 barns · 31,012 hd
424.87
−50.91
This barn, trailing median33 sales
447.56
−73.61
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—Low1,701173.272,94811
CowsBreaker 75-80%High1,492147.402,20017
CowsBoner 80-85%High1,234143.141,76636
CowsLean 85-90%High1,016117.371,19350

Every lot

67 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 · Steers23 lots · lightest first
Steers300–350Medium and Large 2325395.00/cwt395.00–395.001,2842
Steers350–400Medium and Large 1-2368445.00/cwt445.00–445.001,6382
Steers350–400Medium and Large 2380408.25/cwt405.00–415.001,5513
Steers350–400Medium and Large 1381458.08/cwt457.50–460.001,7458
Steers400–450Medium and Large 1433438.19/cwt438.00–440.001,89721
Steers400–450Medium and Large 1-2434417.06/cwt360.00–435.001,81011
Steers450–500Medium and Large 1-2470402.69/cwt390.00–407.501,8934
Steers450–500Medium and Large 1480423.53/cwt419.00–431.002,03340
Steers450–500Medium and Large 2498372.50/cwt372.50–372.501,8553
Steers500–550Medium and Large 1513400.43/cwt370.00–425.002,05439
Steers500–550Medium and Large 2528312.50/cwt312.50–312.501,6502
Steers500–550Medium and Large 1-2534354.61/cwt320.00–372.501,8948
Steers550–600Medium and Large 1-2581341.58/cwt325.00–350.001,98523
Steers550–600Medium and Large 1583373.79/cwt360.00–414.002,17961
Steers600–650Medium and Large 1-2614326.15/cwt310.00–337.502,0038
Steers600–650Medium and Large 1620364.53/cwt345.00–377.002,26049
Steers600–650Medium and Large 2620285.00/cwt285.00–285.001,7672
Steers650–700Medium and Large 1-2662311.69/cwt293.00–330.002,0635
Steers700–750Medium and Large 1-2709324.16/cwt312.50–330.002,2983
Steers700–750Medium and Large 1723341.00/cwt341.00–341.002,4655
Steers750–800Medium and Large 1-2761320.00/cwt320.00–320.002,4356
Steers800–850Medium and Large 1830320.00/cwt320.00–320.002,6562
Steers850–900Medium and Large 1-2896291.00/cwt291.00–291.002,60724
Feeder Cattle · Heifers20 lots · lightest first
Heifers250–300Medium and Large 1289450.00/cwt450.00–450.001,3018
Heifers300–350Medium and Large 1332400.00/cwt400.00–400.001,3282
Heifers350–400Medium and Large 1-2367367.45/cwt365.00–372.501,3493
Heifers350–400Medium and Large 2385318.51/cwt315.00–330.001,2264
Heifers350–400Medium and Large 1387401.29/cwt385.00–415.001,5537
Heifers400–450Medium and Large 1412409.06/cwt385.00–419.001,68513
Heifers400–450Medium and Large 1-2413364.12/cwt345.00–372.501,50414
Heifers450–500Medium and Large 2485315.00/cwt315.00–315.001,5282
Heifers450–500Medium and Large 1-2488335.99/cwt320.00–355.001,64019
Heifers450–500Medium and Large 1489386.84/cwt360.00–403.001,89240
Heifers500–550Medium and Large 1523363.11/cwt350.00–372.501,89911
Heifers500–550Medium and Large 1-2533324.66/cwt297.50–337.501,73023
Heifers550–600Medium and Large 1560337.34/cwt337.00–342.501,88916
Heifers550–600Medium and Large 2578288.09/cwt285.00–300.001,6655
Heifers550–600Medium and Large 1-2580285.00/cwt285.00–285.001,6532
Heifers600–650Medium and Large 1-2638309.95/cwt300.00–315.001,9773
Heifers650–700Medium and Large 2665271.31/cwt267.50–275.001,8042
Heifers650–700Medium and Large 1668331.38/cwt325.00–335.502,21417
Heifers650–700Medium and Large 1-2683315.84/cwt300.00–330.002,1579
Heifers850–900Medium and Large 1-2860279.00/cwt279.00–279.002,39931
Feeder Cattle · Bulls12 lots · lightest first
Bulls300–350Medium and Large 1-2324441.85/cwt440.00–445.001,43211
Bulls350–400Medium and Large 1-2368415.31/cwt400.00–430.001,5284
Bulls450–500Medium and Large 1450420.00/cwt420.00–420.001,8902
Bulls450–500Medium and Large 2488321.64/cwt320.00–330.001,5706
Bulls450–500Medium and Large 1-2495390.00/cwt390.00–390.001,9312
Bulls500–550Medium and Large 1-2525322.89/cwt310.00–335.001,6955
Bulls500–550Medium and Large 2525309.00/cwt309.00–309.001,6225
Bulls550–600Medium and Large 1-2569332.05/cwt325.00–335.001,8897
Bulls550–600Medium and Large 1583339.00/cwt339.00–339.001,9763
Bulls600–650Medium and Large 1-2613315.81/cwt300.00–319.001,93612
Bulls650–700Medium and Large 2660270.00/cwt270.00–270.001,7822
Bulls700–750Medium and Large 1-2748312.50/cwt312.50–312.502,3383
Slaughter Cattle · Bulls2 lots · lightest first
Bulls——1,551165.07/cwt153.00–172.002,5604
Bulls——1,787177.96/cwt169.00–182.503,1807
Slaughter Cattle · Cows10 lots · lightest first
Cows—Lean 85-90%82487.93/cwt75.00–100.007259
Cows—Lean 85-90%1,000112.63/cwt105.00–117.001,12614
Cows—Lean 85-90%1,088126.76/cwt119.00–133.001,37920
Cows—Lean 85-90%1,090137.85/cwt134.00–143.001,5037
Cows—Boner 80-85%1,115158.00/cwt158.00–158.001,7621
Cows—Boner 80-85%1,231133.01/cwt127.00–137.001,63710
Cows—Boner 80-85%1,240146.60/cwt140.00–151.501,81825
Cows—Breaker 75-80%1,440149.85/cwt146.00–154.002,1587
Cows—Breaker 75-80%1,492132.15/cwt127.50–140.501,9725
Cows—Breaker 75-80%1,566159.23/cwt156.50–163.502,4945

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.