Mid Missouri Stockyards Cattle Auction Market Report

Phillipsburg, Missouri · USDA-reported Auction Livestock

Sale of Thursday, December 18, 2025

750 head sold ·Official USDA report

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light 6-weight M&L 1-2 steers $386.04/cwt +27.32 vs last sale · ≈ $2,409/hd at 624 lb · 45 head

light 5-weight M&L 1 steers $456.94/cwt +31.51 vs last sale · ≈ $2,432/hd at 532 lb · 41 head

light 5-weight M&L 1 heifers $405.44/cwt -3.61 vs last sale · ≈ $2,100/hd at 518 lb · 38 head

Receipts

Head	This sale	Last sale	Last year
Head itemized in priced lots	750	—	—

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Feeder Steers

Medium and Large 1 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
320–340	327	17	520.00–550.00	$527.48	$1,725	+13.17
360	360	3	530.00	$530.00	$1,908	+15.00
400–419	414	11	510.00–530.00	$514.02	$2,128	+11.77
483	483	12	472.50	$472.50	$2,282	-5.76
510 unweaned	510	5	450.00	$450.00	$2,295	—
533 fancy	533	16	478.00	$478.00	$2,548	—
527–543	537	20	436.00–453.00	$441.83	$2,373	+16.40
555–594	586	25	402.50–440.00	$409.60	$2,400	-1.85
600–606	603	20	404.00–407.50	$405.74	$2,447	-2.40
655–665	656	14	375.00–382.50	$381.96	$2,506	+0.47
663 unweaned	663	14	365.00	$365.00	$2,420	±0.00
706–717	711	31	352.50–358.00	$356.25	$2,533	+0.95

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
395	395	3	440.00	$440.00	$1,738	—
424–447	435	15	445.00–472.50	$459.30	$1,998	+37.76
480	480	3	425.00	$425.00	$2,040	-5.08
525–548	540	13	405.00–430.00	$424.76	$2,294	+14.93
558–565	562	4	380.00–385.00	$382.48	$2,150	-5.04
620–627	624	45	362.50–392.50	$386.04	$2,409	+27.32
678–679	678	20	355.00–372.00	$367.75	$2,493	+31.83
700–745	717	11	322.50–345.00	$342.63	$2,457	+6.73
760	760	2	330.00	$330.00	$2,508	-1.29
832	832	2	320.00	$320.00	$2,662	+3.42
850	850	2	312.50	$312.50	$2,656	—

Medium and Large 2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
342–345	343	3	365.00–400.00	$376.73	$1,292	—
400–442	430	4	340.00–375.00	$358.43	$1,541	—
515	515	3	350.00	$350.00	$1,802	—
590	590	2	320.00	$320.00	$1,888	-4.17

Large 2-3 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
548	548	4	275.00	$275.00	$1,507	—

Medium 2-3 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
353	353	3	305.00	$305.00	$1,077	—

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Feeder Heifers

Medium and Large 1 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
385	385	6	440.00	$440.00	$1,694	-12.22
408	408	9	435.00	$435.00	$1,775	+6.10
453–498	473	15	412.50–444.00	$425.61	$2,013	+1.25
500–524	516	33	395.00–415.00	$406.27	$2,096	-2.78
531 unweaned	531	5	400.00	$400.00	$2,124	—
568–571	570	8	390.00–395.00	$393.75	$2,244	+40.07
606–608	607	37	387.50–398.00	$392.90	$2,385	+42.91
650–657	656	12	355.00–360.00	$355.41	$2,331	+19.56
705	705	2	335.00	$335.00	$2,362	+14.28

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
300	300	3	405.00	$405.00	$1,215	—
355–385	367	3	385.00–400.00	$391.48	$1,437	-37.95
425–438	430	8	380.00–400.00	$387.64	$1,667	-3.77
452–485	458	6	390.00–405.00	$401.52	$1,839	+24.51
513–545	518	7	340.00–365.00	$348.01	$1,803	-7.53
550	550	2	365.00	$365.00	$2,008	+33.14
605–645	631	24	320.00–350.00	$341.86	$2,157	+25.68
660	660	2	310.00	$310.00	$2,046	-8.03
873	873	3	287.50	$287.50	$2,510	-11.40

Medium and Large 2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
400–425	414	6	345.00–375.00	$354.65	$1,468	+19.59
475–488	481	6	325.00–345.00	$331.77	$1,596	-3.11
505–540	523	2	300.00–320.00	$310.33	$1,623	-7.17
560–595	580	4	310.00–317.50	$313.20	$1,817	+13.20
610–615	613	2	275.00–300.00	$287.55	$1,763	—

Medium 2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
305	305	3	340.00	$340.00	$1,037	—
387	387	3	345.00	$345.00	$1,335	—
400–448	424	4	320.00–322.50	$321.32	$1,362	—
463–482	473	6	315.00–317.50	$316.28	$1,496	—

Medium 2-3 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
370	370	2	305.00	$305.00	$1,128	—
460	460	4	275.00	$275.00	$1,265	—

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Feeder Bulls

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
410	410	2	400.00	$400.00	$1,640	—
490	490	2	382.50	$382.50	$1,874	-2.78
511 unweaned	511	7	372.50	$372.50	$1,903	—
515–518	517	5	375.00–402.50	$380.47	$1,967	+5.46
558–590	569	3	330.00–340.00	$333.46	$1,897	—
650–668	663	5	325.00–340.00	$328.94	$2,181	—
816–847	835	15	272.50–296.00	$281.69	$2,352	—

Medium and Large 1 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
370	370	2	520.00	$520.00	$1,924	—
552	552	4	390.00	$390.00	$2,153	—

Medium 2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
419	419	5	310.00	$310.00	$1,299	—

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Slaughter Cows

Lean ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Dressing	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
835–1110	968	85-90%	5	85.00–105.00	$95.30	$923	-46.89
815–1200	1034	85-90%	18	112.50–125.00	$119.47	$1,235	-9.58
960–1135	1048	85-90%	2	148.00–151.00	$149.37	$1,565	+20.32
890–1357	1146	85-90%	35	126.00–144.00	$133.12	$1,526	—

Boner ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Dressing	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
1060–1465	1294	80-85%	21	145.50–164.50	$153.28	$1,983	—
1275–1430	1378	80-85%	3	166.00–169.50	$167.56	$2,309	—
1205–1433	1379	80-85%	11	132.00–145.00	$134.58	$1,856	—

Breaker ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Dressing	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
1362–1465	1391	75-80%	6	133.50–144.00	$137.94	$1,919	+0.24
1310–1900	1477	75-80%	9	150.00–165.50	$160.00	$2,363	+7.81
1475–1775	1581	75-80%	4	166.00–169.50	$167.47	$2,648	+1.59

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Slaughter Bulls

YG1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
1560–1925	1765	3	179.00–183.00	$181.45	$3,203	—

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Stock Cows

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd
740–845	793	(<2 yrs)	Open	2	270.00–305.00	$286.34	$2,271
710–1435	990	Young (2-4 yrs)	Open	6	165.50–242.50	$194.26	$1,923
825–1190	1032	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	Open	3	177.50–185.00	$181.26	$1,871

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Bred Cows

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $
965–1050	1008	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	2nd/3rd Stage (4-9 mo)	2	1,975.00–2,750.00	$2,346.15
1020–1400	1244	Aged (>8 yrs)	2nd/3rd Stage (4-9 mo)	5	2,250.00–2,850.00	$2,582.51

Medium and Large 1 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $
1260–1445	1353	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	2nd/3rd Stage (4-9 mo)	2	3,150.00–3,200.00	$3,176.71

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Bred Heifers

Medium and Large 2 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $
679	679	(<2 yrs)	2nd/3rd Stage (4-9 mo)	5	1,550.00	$1,550.00

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $
865	865	(<2 yrs)	2nd/3rd Stage (4-9 mo)	3	2,950.00	$2,950.00

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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
1015	1015	Young (2-4 yrs)	Open	1	2,900.00	$2,900.00	+175.00

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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.