Mid Missouri Stockyards Cattle Auction Market Report

Phillipsburg, Missouri · USDA-reported Auction Livestock

Sale of Thursday, January 16, 2025

2,293 head sold ·Official USDA report

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heavy 6-weight M&L 1 steers $292.55/cwt ≈ $1,960/hd at 670 lb · 216 head

light 7-weight M&L 1 steers $282.19/cwt +16.45 vs last sale · ≈ $2,023/hd at 717 lb · 151 head

light 6-weight M&L 1 steers $305.83/cwt +20.83 vs last sale · ≈ $1,939/hd at 634 lb · 142 head

Receipts

Head	This sale	Last sale	Last year
Total receipts	2,293	161	740
Feeder cattle	2,101	121	665
Slaughter cattle	116	33	75
Replacement cattle	76	7	0

Market comments — USDA reporter

Compared to last week's very light run, steers sold mostly 8.00 to 20.00 higher. Most weights of heifers had very few to compare to, but the best test of 600lb heifers sold 12.00 higher. Demand was very good on a heavy supply of feeder cattle, with many high quality groups of long weaned and vaccinated yearlings in town. Slaughter cows and bulls sold 2.00 to 6.00 higher and sold with moderate demand.

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Feeder Steers

Medium and Large 1 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
315–339	335	11	380.00–405.00	$400.72	$1,342	-9.23
375–390	383	9	386.00–400.00	$396.27	$1,518	+38.47
402–427	421	32	371.00–400.00	$378.12	$1,592	+21.14
452–497	477	68	350.00–367.50	$361.08	$1,722	—
503–548	522	82	331.00–362.00	$350.70	$1,831	+31.74
555–590	576	69	307.50–326.00	$316.27	$1,822	+8.27
619–649	634	142	297.00–311.00	$305.83	$1,939	+20.83
650–695	670	216	286.50–304.50	$292.55	$1,960	—
703–744	717	151	276.00–286.50	$282.19	$2,023	+16.45
761–780	768	11	270.00–272.50	$270.92	$2,081	—
805–815	808	7	260.00–267.00	$264.98	$2,141	—

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
367–395	381	12	345.00–375.00	$366.97	$1,398	—
400–442	427	11	325.00–347.00	$341.64	$1,459	—
455 unweaned	455	3	334.00	$334.00	$1,520	—
452–498	480	24	322.50–350.00	$337.06	$1,618	+20.96
500–545	533	57	312.50–330.00	$323.56	$1,725	+48.56
554–590	574	58	280.00–309.00	$298.55	$1,714	+31.05
606–648	623	44	265.00–287.00	$271.90	$1,694	-9.93
652–696	680	59	263.00–280.00	$275.35	$1,872	+5.35
735–746	744	38	258.00–272.50	$268.97	$2,001	—
753–785	767	7	245.00–268.50	$253.31	$1,943	+10.74
802–841	826	12	236.00–258.00	$251.01	$2,073	—
855–895	880	4	220.00–245.00	$227.32	$2,000	—

Medium and Large 2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
455–492	470	12	294.00–316.00	$301.34	$1,416	—
500–544	524	9	265.00–300.00	$279.66	$1,465	—
550–595	574	6	256.00–270.00	$263.92	$1,515	+3.92
611–645	628	10	225.00–250.00	$236.71	$1,487	—
715–730	727	5	226.00–247.00	$242.87	$1,766	—

Medium 2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
455–488	472	4	262.50–285.00	$273.36	$1,290	—

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Feeder Heifers

Medium and Large 1 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
365–398	380	18	327.50–352.50	$339.58	$1,290	+19.58
406–438	426	42	320.00–345.00	$331.14	$1,411	+26.14
455–492	476	41	318.00–333.00	$327.94	$1,561	—
498 unweaned	498	7	298.00	$298.00	$1,484	—
520 unweaned	520	3	285.00	$285.00	$1,482	—
515–547	528	28	294.00–320.00	$305.83	$1,615	—
550–598	574	90	289.50–305.00	$293.81	$1,686	—
610 unweaned	610	4	260.00	$260.00	$1,586	—
600–638	625	70	270.00–290.00	$277.43	$1,734	+13.31
654–666	661	32	263.00–275.00	$266.24	$1,760	—

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
325	325	3	300.00	$300.00	$975	—
380–390	381	8	297.50–320.00	$314.63	$1,199	+31.15
400–445	424	8	272.50–297.50	$280.31	$1,189	—
459–496	483	30	270.00–290.00	$283.59	$1,370	—
506–539	524	25	271.00–291.00	$279.59	$1,465	+19.48
555–598	578	47	271.00–287.00	$278.42	$1,609	+12.51
603 unweaned	603	3	241.00	$241.00	$1,453	—
631–645	635	12	250.00–265.00	$261.19	$1,659	+8.19
655–675	664	7	242.00–258.00	$249.70	$1,658	-1.32
708–728	720	6	227.00–239.00	$232.45	$1,674	—
752–782	768	6	220.00–231.00	$224.10	$1,721	—

Medium and Large 2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
400	400	2	270.00	$270.00	$1,080	—
500–538	529	6	252.00–260.00	$255.60	$1,352	+15.60
560–593	581	11	235.00–257.00	$247.04	$1,435	—
615	615	3	220.00–241.00	$234.00	$1,439	—
675–690	683	7	217.00–234.00	$225.32	$1,539	—
773	773	3	215.00	$215.00	$1,662	—

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Feeder Bulls

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
380	380	2	341.00	$341.00	$1,296	—
469	469	8	317.50	$317.50	$1,489	—
535	535	2	262.00	$262.00	$1,402	—
614–642	626	7	260.00–267.50	$264.20	$1,654	+11.12
737	737	3	239.00	$239.00	$1,761	+4.00
869	869	5	200.00	$200.00	$1,738	—

Medium and Large 1 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
510	510	3	300.00	$300.00	$1,530	—
660	660	5	290.00	$290.00	$1,914	—

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $	Δ last sale
1425	1425	Young (2-4 yrs)	N/A	1	2,600.00	$2,600.00	—

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Slaughter Cows

Lean ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Dressing	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
805–1120	926	85-90%	19	75.00–93.00	$81.29	$753	—
795–1140	1006	85-90%	6	50.00–75.00	$64.11	$645	—
875–1295	1098	85-90%	16	94.50–116.00	$104.94	$1,152	—

Boner ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Dressing	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
1050–1230	1150	80-85%	3	114.50–115.00	$114.82	$1,320	—
1060–1435	1220	80-85%	25	117.00–125.00	$121.42	$1,481	+2.42
1195–1400	1282	80-85%	5	129.50–140.00	$134.29	$1,722	—

Breaker ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Dressing	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
1365–1705	1497	75-80%	3	110.00–115.00	$113.27	$1,696	+7.01
1405–1625	1515	75-80%	2	130.50–136.00	$133.45	$2,022	—
1395–1870	1548	75-80%	19	117.50–125.00	$123.05	$1,905	—

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Slaughter Bulls

YG1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
1355–2150	1714	4	135.00–143.50	$138.90	$2,381	—
1605–2202	1863	9	144.50–159.00	$148.99	$2,776	—

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Stock Cows

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd
882	882	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	Open	2	143.00	$143.00	$1,261
778–1050	898	(<2 yrs)	Open	4	178.00–201.00	$188.02	$1,688
625–1225	1009	Young (2-4 yrs)	Open	9	135.00–195.00	$155.29	$1,567

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Bred Cows

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $
1030–1140	1067	Aged (>8 yrs)	2nd/3rd Stage (4-9 mo)	3	1,200.00–1,250.00	$1,217.81
980–1270	1109	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	2nd/3rd Stage (4-9 mo)	4	1,750.00–2,150.00	$1,968.32
1055–1305	1162	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	3	1,250.00–1,600.00	$1,471.88
1088–1310	1218	Aged (>8 yrs)	2nd/3rd Stage (4-9 mo)	8	1,300.00–1,925.00	$1,589.07

Medium and Large 1 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $
1245–1520	1383	Aged (>8 yrs)	2nd/3rd Stage (4-9 mo)	2	2,100.00–2,150.00	$2,127.49
1280–1630	1455	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	2nd/3rd Stage (4-9 mo)	2	2,625.00–2,850.00	$2,751.03

Medium and Large 2 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $
760–1015	905	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	2nd/3rd Stage (4-9 mo)	3	1,000.00	$1,000.00

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Bred Heifers

Medium 1 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $
934–936	934	Young (2-4 yrs)	2nd/3rd Stage (4-9 mo)	17	2,300.00–2,585.00	$2,517.83

Medium 1-2 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $
721	721	(<2 yrs)	2nd/3rd Stage (4-9 mo)	6	1,550.00	$1,550.00

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $
805–870	838	(<2 yrs)	2nd/3rd Stage (4-9 mo)	2	1,525.00–1,725.00	$1,628.88

Medium and Large 1 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $
1145	1145	(<2 yrs)	2nd/3rd Stage (4-9 mo)	1	2,600.00	$2,600.00

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Dairy Steers

Medium 3 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
500	500	7	181.00	$181.00	$905	—

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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.