Name: Interstate Regional Stockyards livestock auction prices — 2019-05-07
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2019-05-07

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to last Tuesday, feeder steers near 500 lbs 2.00-4.00 lower, other weights steady to firm. Feeder heifers steady with several near 600 lbs 1.00-3.00 higher. Slaughter cows steady. Demand moderate to good. Supply moderate. Stronger feeder trade than expected after Tuesday futures saw a modest rebound from the large losses of the past couple of weeks.

Weight class

Steers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

0–100 lb steers averaged $160.70/cwt on 570 head.

Average price

$160.70

570 head · 542 lb average

Value per head Derived

$871

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$44

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

$18.42/cwt at this weight

vs the market

−2.52

vs MO average

What quality paid 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1-2	503	163.82	823	151
Medium and Large 1	570	160.77	916	357
Medium and Large 2	435	157.54	686	36
Large 1	541	147.33	797	9thin
Medium 1-2	536	145.41	779	17thin

One grade step is worth $18.42/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 sale570 hd

160.70

—

MO average18 barns · 7,261 hd

163.22

−2.52

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	—	High	1,637	78.52	1,286	9thin
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	Low	1,413	57.51	813	20
Cows	Boner 80-85%	Low	1,249	55.42	692	21
Cows	Lean 85-90%	Average	1,022	44.82	458	32

Every lot, as filed

87 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
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	558	138.19/cwt	135.00–143.00	771	16
Heifers	Medium 1-2	—	571	125.00/cwt	125.00–125.00	714	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Fleshy	—	502	137.50/cwt	137.50–137.50	690	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Fleshy	—	593	126.41/cwt	125.75–127.75	750	9
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Fleshy	—	629	125.00/cwt	125.00–125.00	786	12
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Fleshy	—	692	118.50/cwt	118.50–118.50	820	12
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Full	—	680	124.50/cwt	124.50–124.50	847	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	963	111.00/cwt	111.00–111.00	1,069	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	710	126.50/cwt	126.50–126.50	898	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	661	129.68/cwt	128.75–132.00	857	7
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	622	135.96/cwt	132.00–140.00	846	13
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	338	162.23/cwt	161.75–164.00	548	14
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	418	155.75/cwt	152.00–158.00	651	16
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	378	157.21/cwt	153.00–163.00	594	21
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	566	139.22/cwt	137.25–148.00	788	41
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	461	154.64/cwt	150.50–159.00	713	42
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	526	147.49/cwt	142.25–152.50	776	44
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Fleshy	—	639	125.50/cwt	125.50–125.50	802	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	665	125.00/cwt	125.00–125.00	831	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	928	108.50/cwt	108.50–108.50	1,007	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	855	115.50/cwt	115.50–115.50	988	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	704	121.00/cwt	121.00–121.00	852	7
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	441	149.40/cwt	145.50–154.00	659	11
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	387	149.65/cwt	146.00–154.00	579	12
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	478	145.63/cwt	145.00–147.00	696	13
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	522	141.88/cwt	140.00–146.00	741	35
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Thin Fleshed	—	288	162.00/cwt	162.00–162.00	467	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Thin Fleshed	—	412	154.00/cwt	154.00–154.00	634	15
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	333	145.00/cwt	145.00–145.00	483	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	292	142.00/cwt	142.00–142.00	415	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	460	138.15/cwt	137.50–138.50	635	6
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	371	143.52/cwt	134.00–146.25	532	9
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	521	138.14/cwt	136.00–139.00	720	14
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	422	143.18/cwt	138.50–148.00	604	24
Steers	Large 1	—	619	139.00/cwt	139.00–139.00	860	4
Steers	Large 1	—	479	154.00/cwt	154.00–154.00	738	5
Steers	Medium 1-2	—	419	154.56/cwt	152.50–160.00	648	7
Steers	Medium 1-2	—	618	139.00/cwt	139.00–139.00	859	10
Steers	Medium and Large 1Full	—	614	147.50/cwt	147.50–147.50	906	4
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	329	186.86/cwt	186.00–188.00	615	7
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	376	182.57/cwt	178.00–184.00	686	8
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	772	136.27/cwt	134.00–139.00	1,052	24
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	619	150.95/cwt	147.75–160.00	934	37
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	479	167.46/cwt	164.00–172.00	802	40
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	428	179.05/cwt	171.50–187.50	766	42
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	520	164.64/cwt	156.50–170.50	856	44
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	570	169.75/cwt	160.00–175.00	968	68
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	667	146.68/cwt	142.00–153.75	978	83
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Fleshy	—	750	130.50/cwt	130.50–130.50	979	3
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	670	143.25/cwt	143.25–143.25	960	3
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	612	145.71/cwt	140.00–150.00	892	7
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	717	139.77/cwt	137.00–141.50	1,002	9
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	364	171.45/cwt	167.00–178.00	624	11
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	421	169.02/cwt	165.50–173.00	712	13
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	325	184.51/cwt	178.00–188.00	600	14
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	474	166.14/cwt	159.00–171.00	788	24
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	530	163.37/cwt	155.00–167.50	866	25
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	574	156.87/cwt	149.00–160.00	900	30
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Thin Fleshed	—	373	184.00/cwt	184.00–184.00	686	5
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Thin Fleshed	—	449	182.00/cwt	182.00–182.00	817	7
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	525	152.50/cwt	152.50–152.50	801	3
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	264	175.00/cwt	175.00–175.00	462	4
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	557	144.25/cwt	144.00–144.50	803	4
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	469	157.50/cwt	157.50–157.50	739	7
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	418	157.46/cwt	142.00–163.00	658	18
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,105	885.00/cwt	885.00–885.00	9,779	2
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,284	958.58/cwt	935.00–985.00	12,308	7
Bulls	—	—	2,160	88.50/cwt	88.50–88.50	1,912	1
Bulls	—	—	1,456	72.57/cwt	67.00–75.50	1,057	4
Bulls	—	—	1,688	81.97/cwt	79.00–86.00	1,384	4
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,093	50.21/cwt	49.50–51.50	549	4
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,280	60.31/cwt	59.00–62.00	772	5
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,288	55.12/cwt	51.00–58.00	710	12
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	—	1,428	50.00/cwt	50.00–50.00	714	2
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	—	1,321	61.50/cwt	59.50–63.50	812	6
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	—	1,457	56.77/cwt	54.00–59.50	827	12
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	1,095	49.26/cwt	44.00–52.50	539	14
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	965	41.36/cwt	34.00–43.50	399	18
Heifers	Medium 1-2	—	500	135.00/cwt	135.00–135.00	675	3
Heifers	Large 1	—	411	148.50/cwt	148.50–148.50	610	7
Heifers	Large 1	—	470	144.00/cwt	144.00–144.00	677	3
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	—	424	169.66/cwt	159.00–183.00	719	13
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	—	486	150.00/cwt	145.00–158.50	729	8
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	—	676	132.71/cwt	132.00–133.00	897	7
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	—	629	129.50/cwt	129.50–129.50	815	4
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	—	570	139.26/cwt	138.50–140.00	794	4
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	—	503	159.00/cwt	159.00–159.00	800	3

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.

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