Name: Interstate Regional Stockyards livestock auction prices — 2019-04-09
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2019-04-09

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to last Tuesday, feeder steers steady. Feeder heifers steady to 3.00 higher with advance under 500 lbs. Slaughter cows steady. Demand good. Supply moderate.

Weight class

Heifers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

0–100 lb heifers averaged $143.13/cwt on 456 head.

Average price

$143.13

456 head · 525 lb average

Value per head Derived

$752

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$44

per head · Medium and Large 1 over Medium and Large 2

$20.55/cwt at this weight

vs the market

−1.86

vs MO average

What quality paid 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1	525	145.86	765	238
Medium and Large 1-2	527	142.17	749	180
Medium 1-2	350	142.00	497	5thin
Large 1	600	132.00	792	6thin
Medium 2	502	131.27	658	13thin
Medium and Large 2	576	125.31	721	14thin

One grade step is worth $20.55/cwt here — about $44 a head. Across this sale the premium is widest at 0–100 lb. USDA reports each grade on its own line and never publishes the spread.

How it compared 0–100 lb

Same class and week · spot auction only

This sale456 hd

143.13

—

MO average11 barns · 7,144 hd

144.99

−1.86

A barn can sit above the state average at one weight and below it at another — check the class you actually sell.

Slaughter cattle

By class and quality grade · $/cwt

Cull cows and bulls are graded, not weight-classed — grade is what moves the money here.

Class	Grade	Dressing	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Bulls	—	Average	1,687	77.37	1,305	12
Cows	Boner 80-85%	Average	1,258	51.99	654	37
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	High	1,481	51.19	758	5thin
Cows	Lean 85-90%	High	1,055	36.77	388	26
Steers	Choice	Average	1,392	121.00	1,684	52

Every lot, as filed

78 lots · USDA AMS · Interstate Regional Stockyards - Cuba, MO

Nothing removed and nothing rounded — the same lots as the USDA report, with per-head values added.

Class	Grade / description	Weight	Avg wt	Price	Range	Per head	Head
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	—	591	141.28/cwt	131.00–146.00	835	7
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	—	422	172.72/cwt	170.00–176.00	729	11
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	—	532	145.90/cwt	134.00–155.00	776	8
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	—	623	136.97/cwt	133.00–141.00	853	7
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	676	131.93/cwt	129.50–133.75	892	26
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Fleshy	—	582	130.00/cwt	130.00–130.00	757	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	576	137.48/cwt	135.00–140.00	792	25
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Fleshy	—	529	138.60/cwt	135.00–145.00	733	8
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	724	127.21/cwt	125.00–129.25	921	7
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	420	160.39/cwt	157.50–166.00	674	24
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	—	489	155.76/cwt	146.00–163.00	762	12
Bulls	—	—	1,809	81.73/cwt	78.00–85.00	1,478	7
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	—	650	135.00/cwt	135.00–135.00	878	3
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	—	465	148.00/cwt	148.00–148.00	688	5
Bulls	—	—	1,515	71.27/cwt	62.50–75.50	1,080	5
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	1,220	49.00/cwt	49.00–49.00	598	1
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	—	1,410	54.50/cwt	54.50–54.50	768	1
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	—	1,523	51.46/cwt	50.50–52.50	784	2
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,219	51.01/cwt	49.00–53.50	622	18
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	—	1,475	49.26/cwt	49.00–49.50	727	2
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,264	57.07/cwt	55.00–59.00	721	13
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,363	43.91/cwt	41.00–46.00	598	6
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	1,103	41.89/cwt	39.00–46.50	462	13
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	1,023	34.72/cwt	30.00–37.00	355	7
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	942	23.87/cwt	20.00–31.00	225	5
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,171	802.32/cwt	725.00–900.00	9,395	7
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,214	1,083.68/cwt	1,025.00–1,135.00	13,156	5
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	810	129.00/cwt	129.00–129.00	1,045	2
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	385	178.29/cwt	170.00–184.00	686	20
Steers	Medium and Large 1Fleshy	—	552	160.00/cwt	160.00–160.00	883	4
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	676	149.56/cwt	144.00–152.00	1,011	23
Steers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	—	518	170.97/cwt	170.00–172.00	886	8
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	424	176.79/cwt	167.00–184.00	750	15
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	376	187.91/cwt	183.00–192.00	707	20
Steers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	—	632	140.00/cwt	140.00–140.00	885	6
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	458	172.69/cwt	165.00–180.00	791	13
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	—	417	148.46/cwt	146.00–150.00	619	10
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	525	143.59/cwt	140.00–148.50	754	24
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	521	131.65/cwt	130.00–135.00	686	6
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	322	158.90/cwt	156.50–162.00	512	8
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Fleshy	—	492	144.36/cwt	142.00–146.00	710	12
Heifers	Large 1	—	600	132.00/cwt	132.00–132.00	792	6
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	480	146.67/cwt	144.00–150.00	704	28
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	343	149.63/cwt	145.50–158.00	513	6
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	467	155.42/cwt	153.00–157.00	726	39
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	519	151.26/cwt	148.50–155.50	785	19
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Fleshy	—	562	131.00/cwt	126.00–135.00	736	13
Heifers	Medium 1-2	—	350	142.00/cwt	142.00–142.00	497	5
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	429	190.20/cwt	183.00–196.00	816	27
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	723	147.00/cwt	147.00–147.00	1,063	3
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	574	164.69/cwt	157.50–173.00	945	21
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	758	135.50/cwt	135.50–135.50	1,027	5
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	469	183.09/cwt	175.50–186.50	859	34
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	822	132.00/cwt	132.00–132.00	1,085	4
Steers	Choice	—	1,392	121.00/cwt	121.00–121.00	1,684	52
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	627	150.14/cwt	145.50–159.50	941	41
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	511	166.04/cwt	163.00–170.00	848	7
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	518	176.76/cwt	170.00–183.50	916	48
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	614	162.88/cwt	151.00–166.00	1,000	10
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	630	143.50/cwt	143.50–143.50	904	10
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	343	180.55/cwt	175.00–185.00	619	9
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	581	172.16/cwt	165.50–177.50	1,000	48
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	757	141.22/cwt	139.50–143.25	1,069	17
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	621	135.35/cwt	131.00–136.00	841	49
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	733	122.27/cwt	121.50–123.00	896	6
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	576	143.69/cwt	140.50–153.00	828	51
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	605	140.00/cwt	140.00–140.00	847	3
Heifers	Medium 2	—	433	132.00/cwt	132.00–132.00	572	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	688	114.00/cwt	114.00–114.00	784	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	381	152.54/cwt	144.00–158.00	581	19
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	—	672	123.50/cwt	123.50–123.50	830	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	285	153.00/cwt	153.00–153.00	436	4
Heifers	Medium 2	—	553	126.50/cwt	126.50–126.50	700	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	574	124.50/cwt	124.50–124.50	715	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	425	152.46/cwt	148.50–158.00	648	20
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	—	612	127.83/cwt	127.50–128.00	782	6
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	375	162.50/cwt	162.50–162.50	609	5
Heifers	Medium 2	—	509	133.00/cwt	133.00–133.00	677	7

How this sale compares

Missouri weighted averages

One sale is one barn on one day. The state ladder is every Missouri auction USDA reported that week, weighted by head — the fairer test of whether a lot sold well.

Missouri feeder prices, every weight →Every state and region →