Mid Missouri Stockyards Cattle Auction Market Report

Phillipsburg, Missouri · USDA-reported Auction Livestock

Sale of Thursday, January 5, 2023

1,089 head sold ·Official USDA report

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heavy 5-weight M&L 1 heifers $170.75/cwt -1.53 vs last sale · ≈ $987/hd at 578 lb · 90 head

heavy 5-weight M&L 1 steers $198.78/cwt +2.59 vs last sale · ≈ $1,167/hd at 587 lb · 74 head

heavy 4-weight M&L 1-2 heifers $164.19/cwt -7.66 vs last sale · ≈ $778/hd at 474 lb · 34 head

Receipts

Head	This sale	Last sale
Total receipts	1,089	3,507
Feeder cattle	919	3,507
Slaughter cattle	149	—
Replacement cattle	21	—

Market comments — USDA reporter

No recent regular feeder, slaughter and replacement cattle sale for an adequate price comparison, however all classes in the offering traded with higher undertones. After Monday's wean-vac yearling feeder special, supply today was moderate with very good demand.

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Feeder Steers

Medium and Large 1 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
400–440	427	7	217.50–225.00	$221.65	$946	-17.37
455–490	475	9	204.00–227.00	$211.77	$1,006	-9.86
505–525	516	6	195.00–213.00	$205.67	$1,061	-1.81
556–597	587	74	186.00–200.50	$198.78	$1,167	+2.59
628–648	633	34	182.00–186.00	$185.53	$1,174	-2.63
654	654	6	182.00	$182.00	$1,190	-5.25
704	704	5	178.00	$178.00	$1,253	+2.19
750	750	4	175.00	$175.00	$1,312	—
884	884	8	164.00	$164.00	$1,450	—

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
305–313	311	4	200.00–201.00	$200.75	$624	—
443	443	3	190.00	$190.00	$842	-21.36
465–480	473	2	181.00–190.00	$185.57	$878	-21.19
525–546	536	23	183.00–190.00	$186.56	$1,000	-4.54
560–595	590	8	175.00–184.00	$182.05	$1,074	+0.51
622–649	638	12	175.00–181.00	$178.56	$1,139	-2.29
672–693	681	7	165.00	$165.00	$1,124	-9.16
716–745	733	10	165.00–167.50	$166.52	$1,221	-3.82
760–780	771	13	154.00–162.00	$156.75	$1,209	-14.53
888	888	8	156.50	$156.50	$1,390	-5.00

Medium and Large 2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
495	495	4	165.00	$165.00	$817	-18.00
540	540	2	156.00	$156.00	$842	-18.81
550–575	566	6	151.00–161.00	$154.82	$876	-17.18
615–638	624	6	140.00–150.50	$145.22	$906	-9.78
669–672	670	7	130.00–145.00	$140.70	$943	-17.30

Medium 2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
305	305	2	141.00	$141.00	$430	—
493	493	5	145.00	$145.00	$715	—
667	667	7	141.50	$141.50	$944	—

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Feeder Heifers

Medium and Large 1 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
369	369	18	190.00	$190.00	$701	+4.00
422–449	436	26	178.00–190.00	$184.46	$804	+0.87
486–492	488	8	178.00–181.00	$180.24	$880	-3.52
505–512	509	7	171.00–172.00	$171.43	$873	-5.70
578	578	90	170.75	$170.75	$987	-1.53
612	612	15	163.00	$163.00	$998	-2.84
742	742	12	160.50	$160.50	$1,191	—

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
320–322	322	6	169.00–176.00	$174.84	$563	—
370–392	375	9	159.00–167.00	$165.14	$619	-11.74
458–495	474	34	157.50–171.00	$164.19	$778	-7.66
502–535	511	7	160.00–167.00	$164.91	$843	+2.47
551–590	568	24	154.00–161.00	$157.93	$897	-9.14
611	611	4	155.00	$155.00	$947	-5.94
652–691	674	12	147.00–160.00	$153.42	$1,034	-5.02

Medium and Large 2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
325	325	2	163.00	$163.00	$530	—
368	368	4	141.00	$141.00	$519	—
432–445	436	6	135.00–140.00	$138.30	$603	—
505–515	508	3	135.00–144.00	$140.96	$716	—
552–598	591	22	125.00–144.50	$142.15	$840	-6.85
648	648	3	134.00	$134.00	$868	—
655	655	5	128.00	$128.00	$838	-15.00

Medium 2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
482–489	487	9	125.00–140.00	$136.70	$666	—

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Feeder Bulls

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
325	325	2	187.50	$187.50	$609	—
363–390	372	6	170.00–186.00	$176.40	$656	—
445	445	22	176.00	$176.00	$783	—
460–480	473	3	180.00–197.00	$185.51	$877	—
521–525	522	5	161.00–166.00	$164.99	$861	—
687–695	689	4	152.00–155.00	$154.24	$1,063	—
766–789	779	14	140.00–146.00	$145.14	$1,131	—

Medium and Large 1 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
315–330	329	20	200.00–205.00	$200.48	$660	—
426	426	10	208.00	$208.00	$886	—

Medium and Large 2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
392	392	2	165.00	$165.00	$647	—
618	618	3	145.50	$145.50	$899	—

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Slaughter Cows

Lean ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Dressing	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
880–1150	1032	85-90%	5	24.00–40.00	$31.95	$330	—
815–1280	1061	85-90%	23	40.00–56.00	$48.52	$515	—
1030–1135	1083	85-90%	2	69.00–70.00	$69.52	$753	—
1005–1317	1156	85-90%	30	57.50–67.50	$63.02	$729	—

Boner ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Dressing	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
1010–1395	1179	80-85%	7	58.50–67.50	$63.84	$753	—
1000–1390	1199	80-85%	24	65.00–79.50	$74.29	$891	—
1300–1370	1330	80-85%	3	77.00–84.50	$81.92	$1,090	—

Breaker ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Dressing	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
1320–1545	1405	75-80%	3	57.00–66.50	$62.61	$880	—
1315–1670	1536	75-80%	12	68.50–79.00	$74.06	$1,138	—
1395–1840	1615	75-80%	5	78.00–84.50	$80.35	$1,298	—

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Slaughter Bulls

YG1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
1360–1765	1555	4	75.00–85.00	$79.53	$1,237	—
1205–2015	1626	7	85.00–95.00	$89.99	$1,463	—
1790–2030	1910	2	98.00–100.00	$98.94	$1,890	—

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Bred Cows

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $
955–1270	1111	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	2nd/3rd Stage (4-9 mo)	5	835.00–1,110.00	$966.11
1135–1370	1253	Aged (>8 yrs)	2nd/3rd Stage (4-9 mo)	3	750.00–1,010.00	$911.49

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Bred Heifers

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $
865–878	874	(<2 yrs)	2nd/3rd Stage (4-9 mo)	3	800.00–925.00	$883.75
885–1075	980	Young (2-4 yrs)	2nd/3rd Stage (4-9 mo)	2	860.00–1,000.00	$936.79

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Dairy Steers

Large 3 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
823	823	21	115.00	$115.00	$946	—

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Reading this report

What does "Medium and Large 1" mean?

USDA feeder grades describe frame size and muscle thickness, not quality of the individual animal. "Medium and Large" is the frame score; the number is muscle (1 = heaviest muscled). "Medium and Large 1–2" pens mix both muscle scores — common across the Southeast.

What is $/cwt?

Dollars per hundredweight — per 100 lb of animal. A 500-lb calf at $450/cwt brings 5 × $450 = $2,250. Lighter cattle usually bring more per cwt but less per head.

Why are some prices per head?

Bred cows, cow-calf pairs, and some replacement classes sell by the head, not by weight. We show those exactly as USDA reports them — a $/head figure is never converted into $/cwt on this site.

Where do these numbers come from?

From the USDA Agricultural Marketing Service's Livestock Market News — federal reporters at the sale. We publish each report in full and link the official USDA document at the top of the page.