Mid Missouri Stockyards Cattle Auction Market Report

Phillipsburg, Missouri · USDA-reported Auction Livestock

Sale of Thursday, December 7, 2023

1,722 head sold ·Official USDA report

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heavy 6-weight M&L 1-2 steers $211.86/cwt -11.50 vs last sale · ≈ $1,453/hd at 686 lb · 117 head

light 6-weight M&L 1 steers $232.36/cwt +3.75 vs last sale · ≈ $1,450/hd at 624 lb · 111 head

heavy 5-weight M&L 1-2 heifers $197.23/cwt -10.97 vs last sale · ≈ $1,162/hd at 589 lb · 71 head

Receipts

Head	This sale	Last sale	Last year
Total receipts	1,722	1,589	1,785
Feeder cattle	1,525	1,412	1,535
Slaughter cattle	153	177	198
Replacement cattle	44	—	52

Market comments — USDA reporter

Compared to last week, steers under 600lbs sold mostly 3.00 to 8.00 lower, 6 weight steers were steady to 4.00 lower, and heavier weight steers sold with a lower undertone. Heifers were mostly 4.00 to 10.00 lower. Supply was heavy and demand was good for the quality yearlings in the offering, and moderate to light for the unweaned or short weaned plain calves. Slaughter cows and bulls sold 2.00 to 5.00 lower with moderate demand.

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Feeder Steers

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
301–335	315	16	260.00–282.50	$273.29	$861	—
350–360	355	3	260.00–275.00	$269.23	$956	—
416–448	430	22	250.00–266.00	$263.07	$1,131	+4.71
465–488	473	15	240.00–257.50	$249.04	$1,178	-6.43
499 unweaned	499	4	231.00	$231.00	$1,153	—
500–549	525	57	227.00–248.00	$237.37	$1,246	+0.03
510–538 unweaned	533	6	215.00–217.50	$217.10	$1,157	-30.90
553–592	573	28	218.00–235.00	$225.59	$1,293	-6.55
605–647	633	26	207.50–220.00	$216.03	$1,367	-7.20
647 unweaned	647	3	200.00	$200.00	$1,294	-20.00
651–697	686	117	200.00–216.00	$211.86	$1,453	-11.50
705–729	724	9	189.00–200.00	$191.38	$1,386	-21.33
764–788	774	8	190.00–203.00	$198.21	$1,534	—
886–890	887	12	180.00–187.50	$185.62	$1,646	-17.85

Medium and Large 1 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
325–347	339	9	297.00–315.00	$304.16	$1,031	-3.89
360	360	2	301.00	$301.00	$1,084	-14.30
475–489	482	11	277.00–282.00	$279.38	$1,347	+4.38
504–536	512	20	256.50–268.00	$258.49	$1,323	-19.10
556–578	562	19	237.50–248.00	$245.16	$1,378	—
611–633	624	111	225.00–237.50	$232.36	$1,450	+3.75
650–676	663	67	217.00–220.00	$217.95	$1,445	-4.13
727–742	737	16	214.00–218.00	$215.86	$1,591	—
762–768	766	8	206.00–213.00	$208.61	$1,598	-14.39

Medium and Large 2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
401–444	419	15	217.50–240.00	$223.43	$936	-13.22
470–492	490	11	215.00–220.00	$219.56	$1,076	-5.44
500–541	532	19	190.00–200.00	$198.29	$1,055	-17.45
560–578	564	10	185.00–205.00	$200.90	$1,133	+9.21
605–637	622	13	185.00–207.50	$196.01	$1,219	—

Medium 2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
379	379	15	205.00	$205.00	$777	—
538	538	3	180.00	$180.00	$968	+10.00

Large 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
673	673	5	207.50	$207.50	$1,396	—

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Feeder Heifers

Medium and Large 1 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
302–345	324	14	247.50–265.00	$261.59	$848	+2.59
362–381	377	19	260.00	$260.00	$980	-6.05
402–430	413	8	245.00–264.00	$255.84	$1,057	+2.74
444 unweaned	444	10	241.00	$241.00	$1,070	-5.22
467–492	478	21	231.00–247.00	$240.06	$1,147	-19.95
508–525	518	14	220.00–230.00	$225.74	$1,169	-3.28
552–584	565	47	216.00–234.00	$223.70	$1,264	—
615–631	629	38	190.50–206.00	$194.73	$1,225	-11.00
667–697	690	56	189.00–194.00	$190.12	$1,312	-7.40

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
320–330	325	2	230.00–237.50	$233.69	$759	—
358–380	374	9	217.50–244.00	$229.63	$859	-0.21
416–435	426	12	220.00–225.00	$222.44	$948	-12.19
440 unweaned	440	2	207.50	$207.50	$913	—
452–497	474	25	218.00–229.00	$222.32	$1,054	-4.91
492 unweaned	492	8	217.00	$217.00	$1,068	—
530–540	532	15	197.00–213.00	$201.52	$1,072	-4.85
553–598	589	71	192.50–211.50	$197.23	$1,162	-12.12
618–645	629	14	175.00–190.00	$183.26	$1,153	-1.74
660–675	668	6	170.00–182.00	$176.07	$1,176	-2.69
730	730	3	180.00	$180.00	$1,314	-5.00
810	810	2	168.00	$168.00	$1,361	—
971	971	13	160.50	$160.50	$1,558	—

Medium and Large 2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
386	386	5	212.50	$212.50	$820	+12.50
410–425	420	13	180.00–201.00	$197.57	$830	-8.83
482	482	6	185.00	$185.00	$892	-20.66
500–540	520	16	170.00–185.00	$179.05	$931	-4.00
570–578	572	14	175.00–184.00	$178.21	$1,019	-12.03
620	620	2	155.00	$155.00	$961	-10.00
748	748	2	140.00	$140.00	$1,047	—
777	777	3	158.00	$158.00	$1,228	—
840	840	4	125.00	$125.00	$1,050	—

Medium 2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
446	446	5	170.00	$170.00	$758	-5.00
463–472	468	6	150.00–170.00	$159.90	$748	-25.10
573–598	586	12	150.00–177.00	$163.21	$956	+3.66
661	661	4	140.00	$140.00	$925	—

Medium 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
316	316	5	212.00	$212.00	$670	—
758	758	8	150.00	$150.00	$1,137	—

Large 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
649	649	6	182.00	$182.00	$1,181	—

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Feeder Bulls

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
355	355	3	252.50	$252.50	$896	—
495	495	3	219.00	$219.00	$1,084	—
510–542	531	5	170.00–180.00	$173.92	$924	—
555–572	567	5	170.00–185.00	$177.03	$1,004	—
662	662	6	184.00	$184.00	$1,218	—
890	890	3	125.00	$125.00	$1,112	—

Medium and Large 2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
478–480	479	12	185.00–207.50	$196.27	$940	-30.06
630	630	4	156.00	$156.00	$983	—

Medium 2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
586	586	7	141.00	$141.00	$826	-19.00
651	651	7	120.00	$120.00	$781	—

Medium and Large 1 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
363	363	6	294.00	$294.00	$1,067	—

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Slaughter Cows

Lean ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Dressing	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
850–1160	966	85-90%	11	60.00–73.00	$66.04	$638	-4.89
920–1020	985	85-90%	3	40.00–50.00	$46.55	$459	-24.38
855–1290	1105	85-90%	42	72.50–85.00	$80.51	$890	-9.44

Boner ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Dressing	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
1025–1375	1215	80-85%	32	82.00–90.00	$86.31	$1,049	-2.52
1070–1380	1225	80-85%	5	80.00–82.50	$81.08	$993	-7.75

Breaker ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Dressing	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
1198–1710	1432	75-80%	23	80.00–90.50	$86.30	$1,236	—
1465–1645	1521	75-80%	5	79.00–82.50	$80.14	$1,219	-2.12
1520–1780	1625	75-80%	3	90.00–95.00	$92.61	$1,505	—

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Slaughter Bulls

YG1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
1230–2035	1553	6	85.00–100.00	$93.64	$1,454	—
1485–1995	1806	5	100.00–110.00	$105.66	$1,908	—

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Stock Cows

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd
872–1025	965	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	Open	14	100.00–103.00	$101.85	$983
800–1340	969	Young (2-4 yrs)	Open	4	105.00–125.00	$112.71	$1,092

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Bred Cows

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $
845–1150	998	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	2	900.00–1,325.00	$1,144.99
895–1565	1191	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	2nd/3rd Stage (4-9 mo)	10	1,050.00–1,575.00	$1,321.25

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Bred Heifers

Medium and Large 2 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $
675–785	730	Young (2-4 yrs)	2nd/3rd Stage (4-9 mo)	2	700.00–725.00	$711.56

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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.