Mid Missouri Stockyards Cattle Auction Market Report

Phillipsburg, Missouri · USDA-reported Auction Livestock

Sale of Thursday, July 16, 2026

783 head sold ·Official USDA report

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heavy 6-weight M&L 1 steers $417.27/cwt -9.32 vs last sale · ≈ $2,716/hd at 651 lb · 38 head

heavy 5-weight M&L 1-2 steers $413.77/cwt -30.26 vs last sale · ≈ $2,449/hd at 592 lb · 28 head

light 7-weight M&L 1-2 steers $370.20/cwt ≈ $2,603/hd at 703 lb · 23 head

Phillipsburg 6-weight steers sold at $418/cwt, mid-pack for the state and $10/cwt below the MO average ($428). MO 6-weight steers are down $21/cwt from their late June peak of $438. What this means — computed from this report and its neighbors

Receipts

Head	This sale	Last sale	Last year
Total receipts	783	918	817
Feeder cattle	667	843	719
Slaughter cattle	58	51	71
Replacement cattle	58	24	27

Market comments — USDA reporter

Compared to last week, the best tests of steers and heifers weighing 450lbs to 700lbs sold mostly 6.00 to 15.00 lower. Slaughter cows sold from 1.00 lower to 2.00 higher, and slaughter bulls were 2.00 to 4.00 higher. The feeder cattle futures board has been consistently trending down the past couple weeks, and many buyers are proceeding with caution in the auction barns and keeping decisions more conservative this week.

→ Feeder cattle: The feeder cattle futures board has been consistently trending down the past couple weeks
▼ Feeder heifers: the best tests of steers and heifers weighing 450lbs to 700lbs sold mostly 6.00 to 15.00 lower
▼ Feeder steers: the best tests of steers and heifers weighing 450lbs to 700lbs sold mostly 6.00 to 15.00 lower
▲ Slaughter bulls: and slaughter bulls were 2.00 to 4.00 higher
▼ Slaughter cows: Slaughter cows sold from 1.00 lower to 2.00 higher

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Feeder Steers

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
325	325	9	525.00–575.00	$563.89	$1,833	—
380–385	382	3	525.00	$525.00	$2,006	-51.95
400–448	432	5	465.00–490.00	$474.66	$2,051	-45.44
480–488	487	8	465.00–480.00	$469.35	$2,286	-18.15
490 unweaned	490	3	462.50	$462.50	$2,266	—
518–548	533	10	427.50–450.00	$439.06	$2,340	-5.91
591 unweaned	591	4	408.00	$408.00	$2,411	-34.00
560–598	592	24	407.50–420.00	$414.73	$2,455	-29.44
630–647	641	9	390.00–415.00	$398.19	$2,552	-24.20
658–695	668	11	351.00–383.00	$369.27	$2,467	-39.53
701–710	703	23	340.00–375.00	$370.20	$2,603	—
771–790	774	6	329.00–343.00	$340.62	$2,636	-24.69
800–818	812	3	333.00–340.00	$337.70	$2,742	—

Medium and Large 1 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
375–383	382	8	565.00–575.00	$566.23	$2,163	—
415–440	436	7	500.00–520.00	$517.28	$2,255	-50.23
475–480	477	22	490.00–501.00	$493.53	$2,354	-13.35
505–541	529	14	455.00–470.00	$457.95	$2,423	-40.64
577	577	19	428.00	$428.00	$2,470	-32.00
600	600	2	422.50	$422.50	$2,535	—
650–652	651	38	416.00–420.00	$417.27	$2,716	-9.32

Medium and Large 2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
440	440	2	420.00	$420.00	$1,848	—
472	472	3	422.50	$422.50	$1,994	-12.50
540	540	2	385.00–415.00	$400.00	$2,160	—
565–585	570	10	370.00–400.00	$382.06	$2,178	-20.83
665–692	679	4	300.00–302.50	$301.27	$2,046	-96.23

Medium 2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
386	386	4	455.00	$455.00	$1,756	—
452–497	485	15	415.00–435.00	$430.03	$2,086	—

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Feeder Heifers

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
342	342	2	475.00	$475.00	$1,624	—
352–382	368	7	450.00–475.00	$460.97	$1,696	-52.91
435	435	5	445.00	$445.00	$1,936	-20.31
462 unweaned	462	2	432.50	$432.50	$1,998	—
465–490	480	11	400.00–420.00	$410.02	$1,968	-31.18
503–535	513	12	385.00–407.50	$397.35	$2,038	-19.67
565–590	578	5	370.00–387.50	$382.43	$2,210	-14.38
583 unweaned	583	3	377.50	$377.50	$2,201	—
625–640	631	4	347.50–363.00	$359.04	$2,266	-9.99
700–745	719	11	315.00–337.00	$325.41	$2,340	—
760	760	3	315.00	$315.00	$2,394	—

Medium and Large 1 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
424	424	4	460.00	$460.00	$1,950	-42.47
486–497	493	14	423.00–442.00	$429.69	$2,118	-44.30
506	506	19	422.50–425.00	$423.95	$2,145	-32.54
580–596	591	6	391.00–405.00	$395.58	$2,338	-17.31
602–631	615	9	375.00–387.50	$380.17	$2,338	-16.19

Medium and Large 2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
387–395	392	7	415.00–420.00	$417.12	$1,635	-52.88
421	421	4	415.00	$415.00	$1,747	—
450–495	465	3	385.00–387.50	$385.89	$1,794	—
520 unweaned	520	4	357.50	$357.50	$1,859	—
515–538	533	5	362.50–372.50	$364.43	$1,942	—
588	588	4	340.00–347.00	$343.50	$2,020	-19.00

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Feeder Bulls

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
335	335	3	595.00	$595.00	$1,993	—
382	382	3	540.00	$540.00	$2,063	-15.70
447	447	5	477.50	$477.50	$2,134	—
455–488	472	4	430.00–470.00	$449.30	$2,121	—
500–510	505	4	385.00–397.50	$391.19	$1,976	-25.55
553–598	565	8	370.00–392.00	$383.78	$2,168	-21.22
685–695	692	3	330.00–334.00	$332.68	$2,302	—
772	772	2	293.00	$293.00	$2,262	—

Medium and Large 1 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
348	348	3	625.00	$625.00	$2,175	—
516	516	6	435.00	$435.00	$2,245	-26.00

Medium and Large 2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
342	342	2	485.00	$485.00	$1,659	—
530–535	533	2	325.00–395.00	$359.84	$1,918	—

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Slaughter Cows

Boner ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Dressing	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
1110–1120	1115	80-85%	2	178.50–181.00	$179.76	$2,004	—
1075–1400	1219	80-85%	11	167.50–179.00	$173.89	$2,120	-6.82
1240–1360	1300	80-85%	2	158.00–166.00	$161.82	$2,104	—

Lean ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Dressing	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
815	815	85-90%	1	104.00	$104.00	$848	—
895–1135	990	85-90%	4	122.00–140.00	$131.52	$1,302	+19.35
935–1085	1017	85-90%	6	141.00–161.00	$150.95	$1,535	-1.55

Breaker ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Dressing	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
1330–1565	1427	75-80%	3	174.00–179.50	$177.18	$2,528	—
1435–1680	1558	75-80%	2	163.00–167.50	$165.43	$2,577	—

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Slaughter Bulls

YG1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
1450–1725	1588	2	201.00–202.00	$201.46	$3,199	—
1360–1730	1619	4	211.00–220.00	$216.22	$3,501	—
1610–1990	1800	2	223.00–227.00	$225.21	$4,054	—

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Stock Cows

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd
780–1100	881	(<2 yrs)	Open	4	287.50–323.00	$306.22	$2,698
885–1032	983	Young (2-4 yrs)	Open	3	207.50–240.00	$217.25	$2,136

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Bred Cows

Medium and Large 1 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $
1028–1465	1188	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	2nd/3rd Stage (4-9 mo)	11	3,400.00–3,500.00	$3,469.13

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $
750–1235	985	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	4	1,800.00–2,900.00	$2,455.08
975–1220	1060	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	2nd/3rd Stage (4-9 mo)	3	2,700.00–3,300.00	$2,930.19
1025–1210	1132	Aged (>8 yrs)	2nd/3rd Stage (4-9 mo)	3	2,000.00–2,850.00	$2,408.62

Medium and Large 2 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $
820–845	833	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	2nd/3rd Stage (4-9 mo)	2	1,600.00–1,950.00	$1,772.37

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Bred Heifers

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $
895–950	923	(<2 yrs)	2nd/3rd Stage (4-9 mo)	2	2,850.00–3,150.00	$3,004.47
835–1060	945	(<2 yrs)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	3	2,850.00–3,400.00	$3,088.80

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Cow-Calf Pairs

Medium and Large 1 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $	Δ last sale
1132	1132	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	Open	2	4,100.00	$4,100.00	—
1445	1445	Aged (>8 yrs)	Open	2	3,850.00	$3,850.00	—

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $	Δ last sale
1350	1350	Aged (>8 yrs)	Open	1	4,050.00	$4,050.00	—
1510	1510	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	1	4,200.00	$4,200.00	—

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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.