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Mid Missouri Stockyards

Name: Mid Missouri Stockyards livestock auction prices — 2025-12-18
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2025-12-18

Feeder Cattle · Slaughter Cattle · Replacement Cattle · Phillipsburg, Missouri · Thu, Dec 18

● Final88 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 3654

← Dec 11Dec 18Jan 8 →

Feeder Cattle receipts

783 head

▼ 716 vs last sale 1,499▲ 78 vs year ago 705 · +11.1%

Slaughter Cattle receipts

147 head

▲ 53 vs last sale 94▲ 47 vs year ago 100 · +47.0%

Replacement Cattle receipts

49 head

▲ 22 vs last sale 27▲ 6 vs year ago 43 · +14.0%

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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to last week, steers under 550lbs sold mostly 2.00 to 10.00 higher and steers over 550lbs were mostly steady. Heifers under 550lbs were steady to 6.00 higher, and heifers over 550lbs sold 15.00 to 40.00 higher on an impressive offering of 6 weight heifers. Slaughter cows were 4.00 to 7.00 higher and slaughter bulls were steady. Demand was very good on a moderate supply.

Weight class — the figures below change to match

Weight classPick one — the panels below update

Steers · summary 500–600 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

500–600 lb steers averaged $421.92/cwt on 92 head. That ranks 13 of 33 comparable sales and sits −25.65 against this barn's trailing median of $447.56.

Average price

$421.92

92 head · 551 lb average

Value per head Derived

$2,323

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$919

per head · Medium and Large 1 over Large 2-3

$164.01/cwt at this weight

vs the market

−9.63

vs MO average

−22.18 vs national

Price by quality 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1	553	439.01	2,426	66
Medium and Large 1-2	545	414.81	2,261	17thin
Medium and Large 2	545	338.00	1,842	5thin
Large 2-3	548	275.00	1,507	4thin

One grade step is worth $164.01/cwt here — about $919 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 sale92 hd

421.92

—

MO average21 barns · 3,700 hd

431.55

−9.63

National average163 barns · 16,063 hd

444.10

−22.18

This barn, trailing median33 sales

447.56

−25.65

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

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.

Class	Grade	Dressing	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Bulls	—	Average	1,765	181.45	3,203	3thin
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	Low	1,472	154.61	2,275	19
Cows	Boner 80-85%	Average	1,328	148.63	1,974	35
Cows	Lean 85-90%	High	1,094	126.41	1,383	60

Replacement cattle Per head

By class, stage and age

Bred stock and pairs are reported per head, not per hundredweight — these prices are never mixed with the $/cwt figures above.

Class	Stage	Age	Avg wt	$/head	Head
Bred Cows	2nd/3rd Stage (4-9 mo)	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	1,181	$2,761	4thin
Bred Cows	2nd/3rd Stage (4-9 mo)	Aged (>8 yrs)	1,244	$2,583	5
Bred Heifers	2nd/3rd Stage (4-9 mo)	(<2 yrs)	749	$2,075	8
Cow-Calf Pairs	Open	Young (2-4 yrs)	1,015	$2,900	1thin

Every lot

88 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.

Class	Weight	Grade / description	Avg wt	Price	Range	Per head	Head
Feeder Cattle · Steers29 lots · lightest first
Steers	300–350	Medium and Large 1	327	527.48/cwt	520.00–550.00	1,725	17
Steers	300–350	Medium and Large 2	343	376.73/cwt	365.00–400.00	1,292	3
Steers	350–400	Medium 2-3	353	305.00/cwt	305.00–305.00	1,077	3
Steers	350–400	Medium and Large 1	360	530.00/cwt	530.00–530.00	1,908	3
Steers	350–400	Medium and Large 1-2	395	440.00/cwt	440.00–440.00	1,738	3
Steers	400–450	Medium and Large 1	414	514.02/cwt	510.00–530.00	2,128	11
Steers	400–450	Medium and Large 2	430	358.43/cwt	340.00–375.00	1,541	4
Steers	400–450	Medium and Large 1-2	435	459.30/cwt	445.00–472.50	1,998	15
Steers	450–500	Medium and Large 1-2	480	425.00/cwt	425.00–425.00	2,040	3
Steers	450–500	Medium and Large 1	483	472.50/cwt	472.50–472.50	2,282	12
Steers	500–550	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	510	450.00/cwt	450.00–450.00	2,295	5
Steers	500–550	Medium and Large 2	515	350.00/cwt	350.00–350.00	1,803	3
Steers	500–550	Medium and Large 1Fancy	533	478.00/cwt	478.00–478.00	2,548	16
Steers	500–550	Medium and Large 1	537	441.83/cwt	436.00–453.00	2,373	20
Steers	500–550	Medium and Large 1-2	540	424.76/cwt	405.00–430.00	2,294	13
Steers	500–550	Large 2-3	548	275.00/cwt	275.00–275.00	1,507	4
Steers	550–600	Medium and Large 1-2	562	382.48/cwt	380.00–385.00	2,150	4
Steers	550–600	Medium and Large 1	586	409.60/cwt	402.50–440.00	2,400	25
Steers	550–600	Medium and Large 2	590	320.00/cwt	320.00–320.00	1,888	2
Steers	600–650	Medium and Large 1	603	405.74/cwt	404.00–407.50	2,447	20
Steers	600–650	Medium and Large 1-2	624	386.04/cwt	362.50–392.50	2,409	45
Steers	650–700	Medium and Large 1	656	381.96/cwt	375.00–382.50	2,506	14
Steers	650–700	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	663	365.00/cwt	365.00–365.00	2,420	14
Steers	650–700	Medium and Large 1-2	678	367.75/cwt	355.00–372.00	2,493	20
Steers	700–750	Medium and Large 1	711	356.25/cwt	352.50–358.00	2,533	31
Steers	700–750	Medium and Large 1-2	717	342.63/cwt	322.50–345.00	2,457	11
Steers	750–800	Medium and Large 1-2	760	330.00/cwt	330.00–330.00	2,508	2
Steers	800–850	Medium and Large 1-2	832	320.00/cwt	320.00–320.00	2,662	2
Steers	850–900	Medium and Large 1-2	850	312.50/cwt	312.50–312.50	2,656	2
Feeder Cattle · Heifers29 lots · lightest first
Heifers	300–350	Medium and Large 1-2	300	405.00/cwt	405.00–405.00	1,215	3
Heifers	300–350	Medium 2	305	340.00/cwt	340.00–340.00	1,037	3
Heifers	350–400	Medium and Large 1-2	367	391.48/cwt	385.00–400.00	1,437	3
Heifers	350–400	Medium 2-3	370	305.00/cwt	305.00–305.00	1,129	2
Heifers	350–400	Medium and Large 1	385	440.00/cwt	440.00–440.00	1,694	6
Heifers	350–400	Medium 2	387	345.00/cwt	345.00–345.00	1,335	3
Heifers	400–450	Medium and Large 1	408	435.00/cwt	435.00–435.00	1,775	9
Heifers	400–450	Medium and Large 2	414	354.65/cwt	345.00–375.00	1,468	6
Heifers	400–450	Medium 2	424	321.32/cwt	320.00–322.50	1,362	4
Heifers	400–450	Medium and Large 1-2	430	387.64/cwt	380.00–400.00	1,667	8
Heifers	450–500	Medium and Large 1-2	458	401.52/cwt	390.00–405.00	1,839	6
Heifers	450–500	Medium 2-3	460	275.00/cwt	275.00–275.00	1,265	4
Heifers	450–500	Medium and Large 1	473	425.61/cwt	412.50–444.00	2,013	15
Heifers	450–500	Medium 2	473	316.28/cwt	315.00–317.50	1,496	6
Heifers	450–500	Medium and Large 2	481	331.77/cwt	325.00–345.00	1,596	6
Heifers	500–550	Medium and Large 1	516	406.27/cwt	395.00–415.00	2,096	33
Heifers	500–550	Medium and Large 1-2	518	348.01/cwt	340.00–365.00	1,803	7
Heifers	500–550	Medium and Large 2	523	310.33/cwt	300.00–320.00	1,623	2
Heifers	500–550	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	531	400.00/cwt	400.00–400.00	2,124	5
Heifers	550–600	Medium and Large 1-2	550	365.00/cwt	365.00–365.00	2,008	2
Heifers	550–600	Medium and Large 1	570	393.75/cwt	390.00–395.00	2,244	8
Heifers	550–600	Medium and Large 2	580	313.20/cwt	310.00–317.50	1,817	4
Heifers	600–650	Medium and Large 1	607	392.90/cwt	387.50–398.00	2,385	37
Heifers	600–650	Medium and Large 2	613	287.55/cwt	275.00–300.00	1,763	2
Heifers	600–650	Medium and Large 1-2	631	341.86/cwt	320.00–350.00	2,157	24
Heifers	650–700	Medium and Large 1	656	355.41/cwt	355.00–360.00	2,331	12
Heifers	650–700	Medium and Large 1-2	660	310.00/cwt	310.00–310.00	2,046	2
Heifers	700–750	Medium and Large 1	705	335.00/cwt	335.00–335.00	2,362	2
Heifers	850–900	Medium and Large 1-2	873	287.50/cwt	287.50–287.50	2,510	3
Feeder Cattle · Bulls10 lots · lightest first
Bulls	350–400	Medium and Large 1	370	520.00/cwt	520.00–520.00	1,924	2
Bulls	400–450	Medium and Large 1-2	410	400.00/cwt	400.00–400.00	1,640	2
Bulls	400–450	Medium 2	419	310.00/cwt	310.00–310.00	1,299	5
Bulls	450–500	Medium and Large 1-2	490	382.50/cwt	382.50–382.50	1,874	2
Bulls	500–550	Medium and Large 1-2Unweaned	511	372.50/cwt	372.50–372.50	1,903	7
Bulls	500–550	Medium and Large 1-2	517	380.47/cwt	375.00–402.50	1,967	5
Bulls	550–600	Medium and Large 1	552	390.00/cwt	390.00–390.00	2,153	4
Bulls	550–600	Medium and Large 1-2	569	333.46/cwt	330.00–340.00	1,897	3
Bulls	650–700	Medium and Large 1-2	663	328.94/cwt	325.00–340.00	2,181	5
Bulls	800–850	Medium and Large 1-2	835	281.69/cwt	272.50–296.00	2,352	15
Slaughter Cattle · Bulls1 lot · lightest first
Bulls	—	—	1,765	181.45/cwt	179.00–183.00	3,203	3
Slaughter Cattle · Cows10 lots · lightest first
Cows	—	Lean 85-90%	968	95.30/cwt	85.00–105.00	923	5
Cows	—	Lean 85-90%	1,034	119.47/cwt	112.50–125.00	1,235	18
Cows	—	Lean 85-90%	1,048	149.37/cwt	148.00–151.00	1,565	2
Cows	—	Lean 85-90%	1,146	133.12/cwt	126.00–144.00	1,526	35
Cows	—	Boner 80-85%	1,294	153.28/cwt	145.50–164.50	1,983	21
Cows	—	Boner 80-85%	1,378	167.56/cwt	166.00–169.50	2,309	3
Cows	—	Boner 80-85%	1,379	134.58/cwt	132.00–145.00	1,856	11
Cows	—	Breaker 75-80%	1,391	137.94/cwt	133.50–144.00	1,919	6
Cows	—	Breaker 75-80%	1,477	160.00/cwt	150.00–165.50	2,363	9
Cows	—	Breaker 75-80%	1,581	167.47/cwt	166.00–169.50	2,648	4
Replacement Cattle · Cow-Calf Pairs1 lot · lightest first
Cow-Calf Pairs	—	Medium and Large 1-2	1,015	2,900.00/head	2,900.00–2,900.00	2,900	1
Replacement Cattle · Stock Cows3 lots · lightest first
Stock Cows	—	Medium and Large 1-2	793	286.34/cwt	270.00–305.00	2,271	2
Stock Cows	—	Medium and Large 1-2	990	194.26/cwt	165.50–242.50	1,923	6
Stock Cows	—	Medium and Large 1-2	1,032	181.26/cwt	177.50–185.00	1,871	3
Replacement Cattle · Bred Heifers2 lots · lightest first
Bred Heifers	—	Medium and Large 2	679	1,550.00/head	1,550.00–1,550.00	1,550	5
Bred Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	865	2,950.00/head	2,950.00–2,950.00	2,950	3
Replacement Cattle · Bred Cows3 lots · lightest first
Bred Cows	—	Medium and Large 1-2	1,008	2,346.15/head	1,975.00–2,750.00	2,346	2
Bred Cows	—	Medium and Large 1-2	1,244	2,582.51/head	2,250.00–2,850.00	2,583	5
Bred Cows	—	Medium and Large 1	1,353	3,176.71/head	3,150.00–3,200.00	3,177	2

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.

Missouri feeder prices, every weight →Every state and region →

Mid Missouri Stockyards Cattle Auction - Phillipsburg, MO

Thu Dec 18, 2025

USDA Livestock, Poultry & Grain Market News · Federal-State Market News Service, Jefferson City, MO (LS-JC)

Feeder CattleReceipts 783Last week 1,499Year ago 705

Slaughter CattleReceipts 147Last week 94Year ago 100

Replacement CattleReceipts 49Last week 27Year ago 43

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1 · Fancy$ per cwt · actual wt
16	500–550	533	478.00	478.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
3	300–350	343	365.00–400.00	376.73
4	400–450	430	340.00–375.00	358.43
3	500–550	515	350.00	350.00
2	550–600	590	320.00	320.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
17	300–350	327	520.00–550.00	527.48
3	350–400	360	530.00	530.00
11	400–450	414	510.00–530.00	514.02
12	450–500	483	472.50	472.50
20	500–550	537	436.00–453.00	441.83
25	550–600	586	402.50–440.00	409.60
20	600–650	603	404.00–407.50	405.74
14	650–700	656	375.00–382.50	381.96
31	700–750	711	352.50–358.00	356.25

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
3	350–400	395	440.00	440.00
15	400–450	435	445.00–472.50	459.30
3	450–500	480	425.00	425.00
13	500–550	540	405.00–430.00	424.76
4	550–600	562	380.00–385.00	382.48
45	600–650	624	362.50–392.50	386.04
20	650–700	678	355.00–372.00	367.75
11	700–750	717	322.50–345.00	342.63
2	750–800	760	330.00	330.00
2	800–850	832	320.00	320.00
2	850–900	850	312.50	312.50

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Large 2-3$ per cwt · actual wt
4	500–550	548	275.00	275.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1 · Unweaned$ per cwt · actual wt
5	500–550	510	450.00	450.00
14	650–700	663	365.00	365.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium 2-3$ per cwt · actual wt
3	350–400	353	305.00	305.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
3	300–350	300	405.00	405.00
3	350–400	367	385.00–400.00	391.48
8	400–450	430	380.00–400.00	387.64
6	450–500	458	390.00–405.00	401.52
7	500–550	518	340.00–365.00	348.01
2	550–600	550	365.00	365.00
24	600–650	631	320.00–350.00	341.86
2	650–700	660	310.00	310.00
3	850–900	873	287.50	287.50

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Unweaned$ per cwt · actual wt
5	500–550	531	400.00	400.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
6	350–400	385	440.00	440.00
9	400–450	408	435.00	435.00
15	450–500	473	412.50–444.00	425.61
33	500–550	516	395.00–415.00	406.27
8	550–600	570	390.00–395.00	393.75
37	600–650	607	387.50–398.00	392.90
12	650–700	656	355.00–360.00	355.41
2	700–750	705	335.00	335.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium 2$ per cwt · actual wt
3	300–350	305	340.00	340.00
3	350–400	387	345.00	345.00
4	400–450	424	320.00–322.50	321.32
6	450–500	473	315.00–317.50	316.28

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium 2-3$ per cwt · actual wt
2	350–400	370	305.00	305.00
4	450–500	460	275.00	275.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
6	400–450	414	345.00–375.00	354.65
6	450–500	481	325.00–345.00	331.77
2	500–550	523	300.00–320.00	310.33
4	550–600	580	310.00–317.50	313.20
2	600–650	613	275.00–300.00	287.55

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
2	400–450	410	400.00	400.00
2	450–500	490	382.50	382.50
5	500–550	517	375.00–402.50	380.47
3	550–600	569	330.00–340.00	333.46
5	650–700	663	325.00–340.00	328.94
15	800–850	835	272.50–296.00	281.69

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
2	350–400	370	520.00	520.00
4	550–600	552	390.00	390.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls — Medium and Large 1-2 · Unweaned$ per cwt · actual wt
7	500–550	511	372.50	372.50

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls — Medium 2$ per cwt · actual wt
5	400–450	419	310.00	310.00

Slaughter Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cows — Lean 85-90%$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	1,048	148.00–151.00	149.37
35	—	1,146	126.00–144.00	133.12
18	—	1,034	112.50–125.00	119.47
5	—	968	85.00–105.00	95.30

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cows — Boner 80-85%$ per cwt · actual wt
21	—	1,294	145.50–164.50	153.28
11	—	1,379	132.00–145.00	134.58
3	—	1,378	166.00–169.50	167.56

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cows — Breaker 75-80%$ per cwt · actual wt
6	—	1,391	133.50–144.00	137.94
4	—	1,581	166.00–169.50	167.47
9	—	1,477	150.00–165.50	160.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	1,765	179.00–183.00	181.45

Replacement Cattle

As reported

Age	Stage	Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cow-Calf Pairs — Medium and Large 1-2$ per head · estimate wt
Young (2-4 yrs)	Open	1	—	1,015	2,900.00	2,900.00

Age	Stage	Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Stock Cows — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
Young (2-4 yrs)	Open	6	—	990	165.50–242.50	194.26
(<2 yrs)	Open	2	—	793	270.00–305.00	286.34
Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	Open	3	—	1,032	177.50–185.00	181.26

Age	Stage	Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bred Heifers — Medium and Large 2$ per head · actual wt
(<2 yrs)	2nd/3rd Stage (4-9 mo)	5	—	679	1,550.00	1,550.00

Age	Stage	Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bred Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per head · actual wt
(<2 yrs)	2nd/3rd Stage (4-9 mo)	3	—	865	2,950.00	2,950.00

Age	Stage	Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bred Cows — Medium and Large 1-2$ per head · actual wt
Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	2nd/3rd Stage (4-9 mo)	2	—	1,008	1,975.00–2,750.00	2,346.15
Aged (>8 yrs)	2nd/3rd Stage (4-9 mo)	5	—	1,244	2,250.00–2,850.00	2,582.51

Age	Stage	Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bred Cows — Medium and Large 1$ per head · actual wt
Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	2nd/3rd Stage (4-9 mo)	2	—	1,353	3,150.00–3,200.00	3,176.71

Head, weight ranges, average weights and price ranges are exactly as USDA AMS filed them — nothing recomputed, nothing rounded — in USDA's own reporting structure. This is RaisedBeef's rendering of that data, not a copy of USDA's document.