Mid Missouri Stockyards Cattle Auction Market Report

Phillipsburg, Missouri · USDA-reported Auction Livestock

Sale of Thursday, April 23, 2026

616 head sold ·Official USDA report

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light 5-weight M&L 1-2 heifers $429.76/cwt -20.02 vs last sale · ≈ $2,304/hd at 536 lb · 32 head

light 6-weight M&L 1 steers $442.32/cwt -4.91 vs last sale · ≈ $2,751/hd at 622 lb · 24 head

light 4-weight M&L 1-2 steers $539.23/cwt -10.00 vs last sale · ≈ $2,308/hd at 428 lb · 24 head

Receipts

Head	This sale	Last sale	Last year
Total receipts	616	1,509	705
Feeder cattle	497	1,382	498
Slaughter cattle	88	81	155
Replacement cattle	31	46	52

Market comments — USDA reporter

Compared to last week feeder steers and heifers sold 10.00-20.00 lower. Slaughter cows and bulls sold steady to 5.00 lower. Supply was light with moderate demand.

▼ Feeder heifers: Compared to last week feeder steers and heifers sold 10.00-20.00 lower
▼ Feeder steers: Compared to last week feeder steers and heifers sold 10.00-20.00 lower
▼ Slaughter bulls: Slaughter cows and bulls sold steady to 5.00 lower
▼ Slaughter cows: Slaughter cows and bulls sold steady to 5.00 lower

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Feeder Steers

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
345	345	2	580.00	$580.00	$2,001	-66.63
379–390	385	8	585.00–600.00	$592.39	$2,281	-22.44
405–445	428	24	490.00–567.50	$539.23	$2,308	-10.00
470–495	476	7	495.00–515.00	$507.92	$2,418	-20.54
515–540	528	4	465.00–485.00	$474.76	$2,507	-25.73
554–596	580	19	456.00–480.00	$461.87	$2,679	+5.08
622–636	630	14	390.00–428.00	$415.79	$2,619	-17.04
675	675	2	400.00	$400.00	$2,700	-12.63
730	730	2	375.00	$375.00	$2,738	-17.46
777	777	3	357.00	$357.00	$2,774	-1.29
898	898	3	339.00	$339.00	$3,044	—

Medium and Large 1 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
484–488	486	14	525.00–535.00	$530.70	$2,579	-26.14
505	505	2	530.00	$530.00	$2,676	+10.00
607–643	622	24	435.00–447.00	$442.32	$2,751	-4.91
660–685	667	7	420.00–432.50	$428.83	$2,860	-11.55

Medium and Large 2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
365–372	369	4	530.00–560.00	$545.14	$2,012	-19.86
418–428	421	7	450.00–485.00	$467.78	$1,969	—
485	485	2	445.00	$445.00	$2,158	-35.00
570–595	586	14	432.50–447.50	$440.49	$2,581	+4.36

Medium and Large 2-3 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
385	385	2	520.00	$520.00	$2,002	—
502	502	3	370.00	$370.00	$1,857	—

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Feeder Heifers

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
310	310	2	530.00	$530.00	$1,643	-14.17
358–366	363	7	520.00–535.00	$528.65	$1,919	-12.20
428–448	444	21	465.00–505.00	$487.05	$2,163	-36.59
455–490	482	14	445.00–479.00	$471.85	$2,274	-11.17
523–545	536	32	400.00–442.50	$429.76	$2,304	-20.02
575–590	584	7	370.00–395.00	$383.56	$2,240	-29.39
608–645	616	11	340.00–370.00	$359.16	$2,212	-1.72
672	672	3	350.00	$350.00	$2,352	-8.87
820	820	2	317.50	$317.50	$2,604	-2.50
915	915	2	293.00	$293.00	$2,681	—

Medium and Large 1 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
417–448	429	5	510.00–517.50	$514.37	$2,207	-31.40
455–460	457	3	485.00–505.00	$491.72	$2,247	-44.10
502	502	8	475.00–480.00	$476.25	$2,391	-4.33
552–587	573	5	400.00–422.50	$408.67	$2,342	-22.17
605–618	616	6	385.00–390.00	$385.82	$2,377	-16.50
740	740	2	362.50	$362.50	$2,682	—
851	851	4	326.00	$326.00	$2,774	—

Medium and Large 2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
350–395	373	6	470.00–490.00	$479.60	$1,789	+7.48
435–438	437	6	417.50–430.00	$425.85	$1,861	—
468–492	480	6	400.00–440.00	$419.83	$2,015	-15.17
555	555	2	335.00	$335.00	$1,859	-44.25

Medium 2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
360–390	381	7	430.00–460.00	$442.47	$1,686	+42.47
431	431	4	410.00	$410.00	$1,767	+25.00

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Feeder Bulls

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
408	408	2	515.00	$515.00	$2,101	-35.63
480–482	481	5	475.00–485.00	$479.40	$2,306	—
505–542	529	7	445.00–500.00	$478.43	$2,531	—
620	620	2	382.50	$382.50	$2,372	—
655	655	2	375.00	$375.00	$2,456	—
822	822	6	321.00	$321.00	$2,639	—

Medium and Large 2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
445	445	2	430.00	$430.00	$1,914	—
450–470	460	4	425.00–450.00	$437.23	$2,011	-37.77
585–597	594	7	402.50–406.00	$405.01	$2,406	—
695	695	2	340.00	$340.00	$2,363	—

Medium and Large 1 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
549	549	7	485.00	$485.00	$2,663	—
622	622	2	425.00	$425.00	$2,644	—

Medium 1-2 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $	Δ last sale
1210–1285	1237	Young (2-4 yrs)	N/A	3	2,700.00–3,800.00	$3,164.15	—

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Slaughter Cows

Lean ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Dressing	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
775–1065	965	85-90%	3	130.00–135.00	$132.44	$1,278	-37.26
820–1205	1001	85-90%	18	137.50–161.00	$146.43	$1,466	-0.78
1005–1105	1055	85-90%	2	100.00–117.00	$108.90	$1,149	—
1140–1175	1158	85-90%	2	170.00–175.00	$172.46	$1,997	+66.46

Boner ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Dressing	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
1165	1165	80-85%	1	147.50	$147.50	$1,718	—
1085–1335	1219	80-85%	14	159.00–175.00	$163.91	$1,998	+4.32
1165–1350	1257	80-85%	6	174.00–182.00	$177.40	$2,230	—

Breaker ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Dressing	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
1390	1390	75-80%	1	156.00	$156.00	$2,168	—
1350–1600	1459	75-80%	9	164.00–175.00	$170.13	$2,482	—
1460–1715	1553	75-80%	3	178.00–184.50	$181.65	$2,821	+2.65

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Slaughter Bulls

YG1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
1340–2045	1524	5	200.00–210.00	$205.74	$3,135	—
1645	1645	1	224.00	$224.00	$3,685	—
1685–1775	1730	2	180.00–185.00	$182.57	$3,158	—

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Stock Cows

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd
1140–1180	1150	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	Open	4	197.50–212.50	$208.65	$2,399

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Bred Cows

Medium 1-2 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $
965–1070	1007	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	3	1,700.00–2,550.00	$2,154.39
1020	1020	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	2nd/3rd Stage (4-9 mo)	1	1,850.00	$1,850.00

Medium and Large 1 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $
1110–1240	1175	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	2nd/3rd Stage (4-9 mo)	2	3,350.00–3,525.00	$3,432.66
1405	1405	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	1	3,000.00	$3,000.00

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $
1125	1125	Young (2-4 yrs)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	1	2,850.00	$2,850.00
1255	1255	Aged (>8 yrs)	2nd/3rd Stage (4-9 mo)	1	2,650.00	$2,650.00
1300	1300	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	2nd/3rd Stage (4-9 mo)	1	2,400.00	$2,400.00

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Bred Heifers

Medium 2 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $
745	745	Young (2-4 yrs)	2nd/3rd Stage (4-9 mo)	2	2,350.00	$2,350.00

Medium and Large 1 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $
1060–1160	1110	Young (2-4 yrs)	2nd/3rd Stage (4-9 mo)	2	3,300.00–3,450.00	$3,378.38

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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
1140	1140	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	Open	2	4,350.00	$4,350.00	—

Medium 1-2 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $	Δ last sale
985	985	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	Open	1	4,550.00	$4,550.00	—

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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.