Sale reports / Missouri / Mid Missouri Stockyards / 2026-02-05

Mid Missouri Stockyards

Feeder Cattle · Slaughter Cattle · Replacement Cattle · Phillipsburg, Missouri · Thu, Feb 5
● Final63 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 3654
Feeder Cattle receipts
1,634 head
▲ 960 vs last sale 674▲ 593 vs year ago 1,041 · +57.0%
Slaughter Cattle receipts
61 head
▼ 22 vs last sale 83▼ 42 vs year ago 103 · −40.8%
Replacement Cattle receipts
20 head
▼ 42 vs last sale 62▼ 8 vs year ago 28 · −28.6%
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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to the sale two weeks ago, feeder steers and heifers 10.00-25.00 higher. Slaughter cows and bulls 3.00-5.00 higher. Demand very good. Supply moderate. Producers took advantage of the stronger feeder trade this week with several nice consignments in the offering. The market seemed to shrug off the sharply lower futures on Thursday with the board apparently spooked by news of a potential worker strike at the JBS plant in Greeley, Co.

Weight classPick one — the panels below update

Steers · summary 500–600 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot
500–600 lb steers averaged $462.46/cwt on 187 head. That ranks 24 of 33 comparable sales and sits +14.90 against this barn's trailing median of $447.56.
Average price
$462.46
187 head · 556 lb average
Value per head Derived
$2,570
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
$359
per head · Large 1 over Medium and Large 2
$72.00/cwt at this weight
vs the market
−22.11
vs MO average
−20.57 vs national

Price by quality 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Large 1505490.002,4753thin
Medium and Large 1564465.952,630130
Medium and Large 1-2542456.842,47448
Medium and Large 2506418.002,1156thin
One grade step is worth $72.00/cwt here — about $359 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 sale187 hd
462.46
—
MO average18 barns · 2,359 hd
484.57
−22.11
National average143 barns · 13,122 hd
483.03
−20.57
This barn, trailing median33 sales
447.56
+14.90
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—Low1,827184.363,36814
CowsBreaker 75-80%Average1,450161.932,3482thin
CowsBoner 80-85%Low1,356150.052,03512
CowsLean 85-90%Very Low1,074133.421,43315

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 $/cwt figures above.
ClassStageAgeAvg wt$/headHead
Bred Cows1st/2nd Stage (1-6 mo)Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)1,278$3,0318

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 · Steers28 lots · lightest first
Steers250–300Medium and Large 2261520.00/cwt520.00–520.001,3574
Steers300–350Medium and Large 1312604.62/cwt595.00–625.001,8866
Steers350–400Medium and Large 1374588.09/cwt560.00–600.002,19914
Steers350–400Medium and Large 1-2390565.00/cwt565.00–565.002,2043
Steers350–400Medium and Large 1Fleshy398480.00/cwt480.00–480.001,9104
Steers400–450Medium 1-2432425.00/cwt425.00–425.001,8364
Steers400–450Medium and Large 1435559.59/cwt520.00–589.002,43437
Steers450–500Medium and Large 1-2469474.40/cwt465.00–487.502,2255
Steers450–500Medium and Large 1473523.60/cwt510.00–529.002,47731
Steers500–550Large 1505490.00/cwt490.00–490.002,4753
Steers500–550Medium and Large 2506418.00/cwt418.00–418.002,1156
Steers500–550Medium and Large 1Full529478.00/cwt478.00–478.002,5298
Steers500–550Medium and Large 1535503.42/cwt485.00–519.002,69334
Steers500–550Medium and Large 1-2536465.68/cwt449.00–490.002,49636
Steers550–600Medium and Large 1-2558430.33/cwt425.00–437.002,40112
Steers550–600Medium and Large 1579450.38/cwt424.00–480.002,60888
Steers600–650Medium and Large 1615437.43/cwt415.00–449.002,69076
Steers600–650Medium and Large 1-2618416.34/cwt410.00–420.002,57323
Steers600–650Medium and Large 2626396.00/cwt396.00–396.002,4798
Steers650–700Medium and Large 1Fleshy662400.00/cwt400.00–400.002,6489
Steers650–700Large 1667384.00/cwt384.00–384.002,5613
Steers650–700Medium and Large 1673415.71/cwt415.00–425.002,798101
Steers650–700Medium and Large 2676356.00/cwt356.00–356.002,4077
Steers700–750Medium and Large 1725393.45/cwt376.00–406.002,85371
Steers700–750Medium and Large 2732346.00/cwt346.00–346.002,5334
Steers750–800Medium and Large 1758381.20/cwt371.50–386.002,88952
Steers750–800Medium and Large 1-2771360.92/cwt355.50–375.002,78335
Steers800–850Medium and Large 1816368.05/cwt364.00–368.503,00336
Feeder Cattle · Heifers20 lots · lightest first
Heifers250–300Medium and Large 2272370.00/cwt370.00–370.001,0069
Heifers300–350Medium and Large 1-2306525.00/cwt525.00–525.001,6074
Heifers300–350Medium and Large 2310375.00/cwt375.00–375.001,1634
Heifers400–450Medium and Large 1414512.28/cwt450.00–526.002,12141
Heifers400–450Medium and Large 1-2417457.10/cwt445.00–477.501,90620
Heifers450–500Medium and Large 1468472.68/cwt456.00–491.002,21244
Heifers450–500Medium and Large 1-2480453.70/cwt437.50–466.502,17828
Heifers500–550Large 1507400.00/cwt400.00–400.002,0283
Heifers500–550Medium and Large 1-2512410.00/cwt405.00–411.002,09912
Heifers500–550Medium and Large 1518440.98/cwt412.50–454.002,284105
Heifers550–600Medium and Large 1566408.30/cwt391.00–417.002,31133
Heifers550–600Medium and Large 1-2574370.71/cwt365.00–375.002,1287
Heifers600–650Medium and Large 1-2606354.43/cwt350.00–360.002,14819
Heifers600–650Medium and Large 1631375.76/cwt365.00–382.002,37145
Heifers650–700Medium and Large 1663366.04/cwt350.50–369.502,427147
Heifers650–700Medium and Large 1-2681344.00/cwt344.00–344.002,3434
Heifers650–700Large 1694335.00/cwt335.00–335.002,3257
Heifers700–750Medium and Large 1713342.00/cwt342.00–342.002,4389
Heifers750–800Medium and Large 1Fleshy754324.50/cwt324.50–324.502,4478
Heifers750–800Medium and Large 1-2773310.00/cwt310.00–310.002,3969
Feeder Cattle · Bulls4 lots · lightest first
Bulls300–350Medium and Large 2329450.00/cwt450.00–450.001,4817
Bulls400–450Medium and Large 1-2401520.00/cwt520.00–520.002,0854
Bulls450–500Medium and Large 1-2470435.00/cwt435.00–435.002,0453
Bulls500–550Large 1535405.00/cwt405.00–405.002,1673
Slaughter Cattle · Bulls3 lots · lightest first
Bulls——1,755200.69/cwt198.50–202.503,5222
Bulls——1,780176.21/cwt168.00–179.503,1376
Bulls——1,898187.07/cwt180.00–192.003,5516
Slaughter Cattle · Cows7 lots · lightest first
Cows—Lean 85-90%1,070105.00/cwt105.00–105.001,1241
Cows—Lean 85-90%1,071129.87/cwt122.50–135.001,3919
Cows—Lean 85-90%1,080145.50/cwt137.50–151.001,5715
Cows—Boner 80-85%1,311140.56/cwt129.50–147.001,8436
Cows—Boner 80-85%1,383158.04/cwt154.00–163.502,1865
Cows—Breaker 75-80%1,450161.93/cwt159.00–165.002,3482
Cows—Boner 80-85%1,490167.00/cwt167.00–167.002,4881
Replacement Cattle · Bred Cows1 lot · lightest first
Bred Cows—Medium and Large 1-21,2783,030.81/head2,700.00–3,300.003,0318

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.