Mid Missouri Stockyards Cattle Auction Market Report

Phillipsburg, Missouri · USDA-reported Auction Livestock

Sale of Thursday, September 19, 2024

622 head sold ·Official USDA report

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light 5-weight M&L 1 heifers $274.83/cwt +27.42 vs last sale · ≈ $1,432/hd at 521 lb · 21 head

heavy 6-weight M&L 1-2 steers $245.82/cwt -2.40 vs last sale · ≈ $1,669/hd at 679 lb · 20 head

heavy 5-weight M&L 1 steers $282.17/cwt +0.80 vs last sale · ≈ $1,639/hd at 581 lb · 15 head

Receipts

Head	This sale	Last sale	Last year
Total receipts	622	816	1,087
Feeder cattle	507	740	838
Slaughter cattle	85	76	163
Replacement cattle	30	—	86

Market comments — USDA reporter

Compared to last week, steers sold mostly steady to 5.00 higher, with spots up to 10.00 higher. Heifers under 700lbs sold mostly 6.00 to 12.00 higher with spots up to 20.00 higher, and heifers over 700lbs were not well tested. Slaughter cows and bulls were mostly 5.00 to 8.00 lower. Demand was moderate on a light supply.

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Feeder Steers

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
390	390	3	300.00	$300.00	$1,170	—
410–432	424	8	270.00–285.00	$273.72	$1,161	+1.72
465	465	3	282.00	$282.00	$1,311	—
505–525	515	4	265.00–275.00	$269.90	$1,390	+1.29
575–598	587	8	256.00–266.50	$264.29	$1,551	+4.20
615–645	641	10	250.00–255.00	$252.50	$1,619	+9.68
664–695	679	20	231.00–254.00	$245.82	$1,669	-2.40
702–748	727	14	230.00–246.00	$240.07	$1,745	—
750–795	774	15	226.00–234.00	$232.04	$1,796	—
865–890	873	4	213.00–221.00	$215.54	$1,882	±0.00

Medium and Large 1 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
360	360	5	341.00	$341.00	$1,228	+28.50
442–448	445	9	317.00–323.00	$321.34	$1,430	+22.34
455–475	467	5	282.00–303.00	$290.18	$1,355	+4.18
510–540	522	9	281.00–290.00	$283.32	$1,479	-1.07
526 value added	526	5	280.00	$280.00	$1,473	—
568–591	581	15	272.00–286.00	$282.17	$1,639	+0.80
600–634	624	8	263.00–266.00	$263.73	$1,646	+5.27
709–718	713	7	252.50–256.00	$254.01	$1,811	+12.55
880	880	4	225.50	$225.50	$1,984	+1.50

Medium and Large 2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
385–395	390	2	259.00–267.50	$263.20	$1,026	-17.80
530	530	3	241.00	$241.00	$1,277	—
555	555	2	238.00–243.00	$240.50	$1,335	-0.76
640	640	2	224.00	$224.00	$1,434	—

Medium 2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
628	628	2	177.50	$177.50	$1,115	—

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Feeder Heifers

Medium and Large 1 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
420–438	429	4	289.00–299.00	$294.10	$1,262	+27.31
450–495	471	6	280.00–295.00	$287.98	$1,356	—
502–525	521	21	274.50–276.00	$274.83	$1,432	+27.42
604–619	613	13	236.00–244.00	$239.03	$1,465	—
653–689	666	12	231.50–237.50	$234.64	$1,563	—
740	740	5	223.00	$223.00	$1,650	-2.45
838	838	5	220.00	$220.00	$1,844	—
885	885	5	205.50	$205.50	$1,819	—

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
345	345	2	283.00	$283.00	$976	+10.50
400–440	419	5	260.00–271.00	$265.31	$1,112	+17.19
505–547	528	10	235.00–257.00	$247.89	$1,309	+15.14
550–588	576	8	229.00–249.00	$235.75	$1,358	+1.84
605–630	616	7	218.00–226.00	$223.56	$1,377	+8.07
675–686	684	8	211.00–230.00	$224.63	$1,536	+0.13
705–729	713	6	201.00–220.00	$213.52	$1,522	—
767–772	769	9	215.50–218.00	$216.62	$1,666	+21.62
850–880	865	2	194.00–200.00	$196.95	$1,704	-4.05
927	927	3	185.00	$185.00	$1,715	—

Medium and Large 2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
350–360	358	4	250.00	$250.00	$895	+24.61
442	442	2	230.00	$230.00	$1,017	+10.00
538	538	2	220.00	$220.00	$1,184	+1.26
600–620	607	8	205.00–212.50	$210.98	$1,281	+8.83
735	735	4	195.00	$195.00	$1,433	—
750–775	763	2	172.00–191.00	$181.66	$1,386	—

Large 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
876	876	9	196.50	$196.50	$1,721	—

Medium 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
555	555	5	237.00	$237.00	$1,315	—
635	635	3	216.00	$216.00	$1,372	—

Medium 2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
328	328	2	183.00	$183.00	$600	—

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Feeder Bulls

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
448	448	2	296.00	$296.00	$1,326	+23.50
472	472	5	250.00	$250.00	$1,180	-21.00
525–540	535	14	220.00–249.00	$235.35	$1,259	-6.65
610–635	621	6	216.00–235.00	$225.43	$1,400	—
665–680	673	2	219.00–234.00	$226.58	$1,525	—
700–745	717	5	210.00–225.00	$218.49	$1,567	—
755–772	770	7	199.00–215.00	$212.76	$1,638	—

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Slaughter Cows

Lean ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Dressing	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
905	905	85-90%	1	65.00	$65.00	$588	—
780–1190	979	85-90%	8	77.00–95.00	$89.49	$876	—
895–1195	1076	85-90%	21	95.00–115.00	$105.39	$1,134	—

Boner ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Dressing	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
1065–1315	1222	80-85%	5	107.50–113.00	$110.17	$1,346	—
1165–1390	1260	80-85%	14	114.00–125.00	$117.54	$1,481	—
1455–1460	1458	80-85%	2	125.00–130.00	$127.50	$1,859	—

Breaker ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Dressing	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
1250–1645	1446	75-80%	7	116.00–125.00	$120.54	$1,743	—
1350–1575	1463	75-80%	2	108.00–112.50	$110.42	$1,615	-17.38
1545–1625	1585	75-80%	2	127.00–127.50	$127.26	$2,017	+9.59

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Slaughter Bulls

YG1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
1235–1505	1370	2	120.00–143.00	$132.63	$1,817	—
1125–1975	1607	6	145.00–158.50	$150.79	$2,423	—

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Stock Cows

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd
885–1178	1080	(<2 yrs)	Open	3	154.00–165.00	$157.00	$1,696
765–1565	1107	Young (2-4 yrs)	Open	3	114.50–139.00	$125.09	$1,385

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Bred Cows

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $
912–1265	1035	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	2nd/3rd Stage (4-9 mo)	6	1,400.00–1,800.00	$1,582.32
1155–1325	1215	Aged (>8 yrs)	2nd/3rd Stage (4-9 mo)	3	1,350.00–1,750.00	$1,535.01

Medium and Large 2 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $
725–1215	970	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	2nd/3rd Stage (4-9 mo)	2	800.00–1,250.00	$1,081.83

Medium and Large 1 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $
1405	1405	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	2nd/3rd Stage (4-9 mo)	1	2,150.00	$2,150.00

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Bred Heifers

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $
742–810	765	(<2 yrs)	2nd/3rd Stage (4-9 mo)	3	1,300.00–1,350.00	$1,317.65

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Cow-Calf Pairs

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $	Δ last sale
1520	1520	Aged (>8 yrs)	Open	1	2,000.00	$2,000.00	—

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Dairy Steers

Large 3 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
741	741	5	158.00	$158.00	$1,171	—

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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.