Mid Missouri Stockyards Cattle Auction Market Report

Phillipsburg, Missouri · USDA-reported Auction Livestock

Sale of Thursday, February 19, 2026

1,288 head sold ·Official USDA report

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light 8-weight M&L 1 steers $373.00/cwt -15.00 vs last sale · ≈ $3,156/hd at 846 lb · 65 head

heavy 4-weight M&L 1-2 heifers $440.03/cwt +11.48 vs last sale · ≈ $2,156/hd at 490 lb · 49 head

heavy 6-weight M&L 1 steers $417.28/cwt -5.23 vs last sale · ≈ $2,779/hd at 666 lb · 42 head

Receipts

Head	This sale	Last sale
Total receipts	1,288	1,389
Feeder cattle	1,172	1,309
Slaughter cattle	76	63
Replacement cattle	40	17

Market comments — USDA reporter

Compared to last week, steers under 500lbs sold with a 5.00 to 10.00 higher and steers over 500lbs sold with a steady undertone. Heifers sold mostly 5.00 to 15.00 higher. Slaughter cows and bulls sold mostly steady. Demand was good on a moderate supply.

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Feeder Steers

Medium and Large 1 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
346	346	4	607.50	$607.50	$2,102	-5.00
350–374	367	11	592.50–625.00	$608.62	$2,234	+10.81
425–432	430	9	584.00–605.00	$590.92	$2,541	+5.50
454–488	470	25	527.50–580.00	$546.19	$2,567	+14.39
490 unweaned	490	3	507.50	$507.50	$2,487	—
552–591	563	34	466.00–485.00	$480.43	$2,705	-2.76
600–639	630	23	438.00–455.00	$442.04	$2,785	-11.99
665–675	666	42	417.00–422.50	$417.28	$2,779	-5.23
700	700	2	402.50	$402.50	$2,818	+3.75
846	846	65	373.00	$373.00	$3,156	—

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
338	338	2	565.00	$565.00	$1,910	+42.26
371–394	382	12	580.00–585.00	$583.28	$2,228	+33.28
402 unweaned	402	2	510.00	$510.00	$2,050	—
415–430	420	6	540.00–555.00	$545.37	$2,291	+38.76
488 unweaned	488	3	485.00	$485.00	$2,367	—
470–499	489	12	480.00–515.00	$495.49	$2,423	+8.64
515 unweaned	515	2	460.00	$460.00	$2,369	—
505–540	525	12	450.00–485.00	$476.26	$2,500	+16.05
557–596	584	31	445.00–464.50	$457.57	$2,672	+47.83
600–641	624	20	400.00–435.00	$420.12	$2,622	+0.18
662–688	673	39	390.00–414.00	$406.82	$2,738	+19.08
726–728	727	7	345.00–358.00	$354.28	$2,576	-21.94
775–785	778	8	332.50–360.00	$352.65	$2,744	-7.51
805–823	818	27	358.00–362.00	$360.98	$2,953	—

Medium and Large 2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
328	328	2	540.00	$540.00	$1,771	—
372	372	2	490.00	$490.00	$1,823	—
420–449	446	9	460.00–507.50	$502.53	$2,241	—
462–477	473	9	455.00–472.50	$467.31	$2,210	+26.31
508–537	524	15	415.00–430.00	$418.60	$2,193	+3.60
564–585	571	8	415.00–427.50	$422.72	$2,414	—
600	600	2	392.50	$392.50	$2,355	—
688–698	690	10	365.00	$365.00	$2,518	-5.00

Medium 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
334	334	21	605.00	$605.00	$2,021	—
414	414	11	505.00	$505.00	$2,091	—

Large 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
723	723	13	360.00	$360.00	$2,603	—

Medium 2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
420–425	423	2	425.00–432.50	$428.73	$1,814	—
591	591	6	375.00	$375.00	$2,216	—

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Feeder Heifers

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
365 unweaned	365	2	475.00	$475.00	$1,734	—
360–375	370	3	495.00–510.00	$505.14	$1,869	+47.31
432–448	441	22	445.00–470.00	$461.01	$2,033	+36.57
445 unweaned	445	2	475.00	$475.00	$2,114	—
468–495	490	49	430.00–455.00	$440.03	$2,156	+11.48
512 unweaned	512	3	395.00	$395.00	$2,022	—
510–535	522	6	407.50–437.50	$431.14	$2,251	+41.88
555–570	561	27	380.00–407.50	$400.77	$2,248	+17.22
613–649	635	35	355.00–378.00	$368.14	$2,338	+18.06
804–814	808	9	308.00–315.00	$311.13	$2,514	—
902–929	920	6	287.50–307.50	$294.04	$2,705	—

Medium and Large 1 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
358–370	364	14	535.00–577.50	$556.04	$2,024	+23.23
405–415	412	16	485.00–515.00	$506.32	$2,086	+6.07
465–476	467	18	461.00–465.00	$461.91	$2,157	-45.68
498 unweaned	498	4	437.50	$437.50	$2,179	—
503–538	515	8	445.00	$445.00	$2,292	-7.34
552	552	9	429.00	$429.00	$2,368	+14.72
605–635	610	39	396.00–411.00	$403.32	$2,460	+24.16
720	720	7	367.50	$367.50	$2,646	-2.50
759	759	22	356.00	$356.00	$2,702	+18.17

Medium and Large 2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
350–368	363	5	440.00–475.00	$446.75	$1,622	+16.75
415–448	430	5	325.00–435.00	$411.34	$1,769	—
465–492	490	22	395.00–427.50	$419.41	$2,055	+27.15
505–525	513	5	330.00–400.00	$371.35	$1,905	+13.85
572–575	574	6	325.00–370.00	$343.35	$1,971	+22.35
600–646	633	11	290.00–350.00	$338.42	$2,142	—
651	651	4	335.00	$335.00	$2,181	—

Large 2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
456	456	4	375.00	$375.00	$1,710	—
643	643	18	340.00	$340.00	$2,186	—

Medium 2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
350	350	4	340.00	$340.00	$1,190	—
497	497	3	350.00	$350.00	$1,740	—

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Feeder Bulls

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
350	350	3	550.00	$550.00	$1,925	+43.09
418–440	425	3	462.50–500.00	$487.07	$2,070	+4.57
448 unweaned	448	3	465.00	$465.00	$2,083	—
500–545	537	6	382.50–420.00	$393.40	$2,113	—
605	605	5	360.00–395.00	$381.00	$2,305	+11.00
673–695	679	4	332.50–360.00	$352.96	$2,397	-19.54
703–725	709	4	325.00–347.50	$330.76	$2,345	—

Medium and Large 1 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
335	335	2	605.00	$605.00	$2,027	—
375	375	3	610.00	$610.00	$2,288	—
511	511	4	450.00	$450.00	$2,300	—
600	600	2	412.50	$412.50	$2,475	—

Medium and Large 2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
418	418	3	445.00	$445.00	$1,860	+2.54
468	468	2	385.00	$385.00	$1,802	—

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Slaughter Cows

Lean ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Dressing	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
730–895	813	85-90%	2	107.50–112.50	$110.25	$896	—
745–1165	955	85-90%	9	115.00–130.00	$124.86	$1,192	—
820–1220	1040	85-90%	21	130.00–152.00	$139.52	$1,451	-17.06

Boner ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Dressing	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
1010–1240	1126	80-85%	4	146.00–148.50	$146.71	$1,652	—
1110–1310	1234	80-85%	4	150.00–167.00	$161.03	$1,987	+13.96
1430	1430	80-85%	1	174.50	$174.50	$2,495	—

Breaker ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Dressing	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
1290–1300	1295	75-80%	2	148.50–150.00	$149.25	$1,933	—
1305–1545	1441	75-80%	4	157.50–174.50	$164.12	$2,365	—

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Slaughter Bulls

YG1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
1475	1475	1	170.00	$170.00	$2,508	—
1730–2170	1946	9	180.00–200.00	$192.05	$3,737	—
1775–2125	1993	3	200.00–202.50	$200.87	$4,003	—

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Stock Cows

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd
802–815	806	(<2 yrs)	Open	3	300.00–310.00	$303.37	$2,445
675–1115	895	Young (2-4 yrs)	Open	2	232.50–235.00	$234.06	$2,095
1020–1115	1068	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	Open	2	182.00–183.00	$182.52	$1,949

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Bred Cows

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $
1035–1240	1135	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	2nd/3rd Stage (4-9 mo)	4	2,400.00–3,050.00	$2,813.71
1135–1235	1191	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	4	2,700.00–2,950.00	$2,802.36

Medium and Large 2 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $
1155–1295	1222	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	2nd/3rd Stage (4-9 mo)	3	1,550.00–1,800.00	$1,671.49

Medium and Large 1 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $
1305	1305	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	2nd/3rd Stage (4-9 mo)	1	3,500.00	$3,500.00

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Bred Heifers

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $
795–855	818	(<2 yrs)	2nd/3rd Stage (4-9 mo)	3	2,500.00–3,050.00	$2,691.55

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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
1550–1720	1635	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	2	3,550.00–4,350.00	$3,950.00	—

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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.