Name: Interstate Regional Stockyards livestock auction prices — 2019-08-13
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2019-08-13

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Based on limited comparisons with last week's lighter offering, feeder steers under 700 lbs 3.00-10.00 lower with best demand near 650 lbs. Steers over 700 lbs sold with a lower undertone.. Feeder heifers under 700 lbs 8.00-10.00 lower, over 700 lbs not well tested. Slaughter cows steady. Demand moderate to good. Supply moderate. Lots of good to outstanding consignments this week weighing 550-775 lbs. A fire at the Tyson beef processing plant in Garden City, Ks. has the cattle market in free fall so far this week. The reduction in industry kill capacity (30,000 hd/week) will likely lead to sharply lower fed prices in the immediate future even while lower supplies are causing beef cutout values to skyrocket this week. The hope would be that the staggering profit margins seen by the packing industry in the days ahead will create incentive to ramp up kills enough at other plants to offset most of the loss in capacity.

Weight class

Steers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

0–100 lb steers averaged $143.64/cwt on 843 head.

Average price

$143.64

843 head · 668 lb average

Value per head Derived

$959

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$68

per head · Medium and Large 1 over Large 1

$9.70/cwt at this weight

vs the market

−0.72

vs MO average

What quality paid 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1	678	144.45	979	696
Medium and Large 1-2	609	141.08	859	102
Medium and Large 2	632	140.50	888	16thin
Medium 1-2	481	135.00	649	4thin
Large 1	676	134.75	911	25

One grade step is worth $9.70/cwt here — about $68 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 sale843 hd

143.64

—

MO average15 barns · 4,462 hd

144.36

−0.72

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	1,691	90.54	1,531	5thin
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	Average	1,410	61.68	870	7thin
Cows	Boner 80-85%	Average	1,252	60.68	760	3thin
Cows	Lean 85-90%	Low	879	30.87	271	4thin

Every lot, as filed

46 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	Large 1	—	667	124.25/cwt	124.25–124.25	829	21
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	—	679	121.48/cwt	110.00–125.50	825	11
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	—	470	142.06/cwt	138.00–149.00	668	8
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	—	609	121.43/cwt	115.00–122.50	740	7
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	—	570	130.00/cwt	130.00–130.00	741	4
Heifers	Medium 1-2	—	498	120.00/cwt	120.00–120.00	598	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	470	136.42/cwt	130.50–139.50	641	6
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	539	137.21/cwt	127.50–139.75	740	47
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	624	130.30/cwt	125.00–132.25	813	56
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	574	131.55/cwt	127.75–134.00	755	68
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	652	130.23/cwt	125.00–131.70	849	124
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Fleshy	—	465	122.50/cwt	122.50–122.50	570	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	371	134.00/cwt	134.00–134.00	497	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	419	129.13/cwt	125.50–133.00	541	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	535	125.50/cwt	125.50–125.50	671	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	768	111.00/cwt	111.00–111.00	852	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	740	113.40/cwt	113.00–114.00	839	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	581	125.00/cwt	125.00–125.00	726	8
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	618	129.25/cwt	129.25–129.25	799	34
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	478	117.26/cwt	115.00–121.00	561	5
Steers	Large 1	—	676	134.75/cwt	134.75–134.75	911	25
Steers	Medium 1-2	—	481	135.00/cwt	135.00–135.00	649	4
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	862	123.00/cwt	123.00–123.00	1,060	3
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	355	169.03/cwt	167.00–171.00	600	4
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	904	120.00/cwt	120.00–120.00	1,085	7
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	427	161.46/cwt	158.50–167.00	689	8
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	452	156.43/cwt	152.50–162.00	707	9
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	516	157.15/cwt	155.00–159.00	811	15
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	570	153.40/cwt	148.00–157.00	874	62
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	632	150.04/cwt	144.00–155.50	948	102
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	768	138.51/cwt	132.50–139.50	1,064	149
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	714	139.60/cwt	135.50–141.25	997	166
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	663	146.03/cwt	140.00–148.50	968	171
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	389	152.00/cwt	152.00–152.00	591	4
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	413	159.30/cwt	156.00–161.00	658	6
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	539	146.00/cwt	145.00–146.50	787	6
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	612	140.70/cwt	140.00–142.50	861	7
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	481	145.41/cwt	141.00–148.00	699	10
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	663	137.84/cwt	137.75–137.90	914	69
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	632	140.50/cwt	140.50–140.50	888	16
Bulls	—	—	1,575	95.00/cwt	95.00–95.00	1,496	1
Bulls	—	—	1,720	89.43/cwt	86.00–91.50	1,538	4
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,252	60.68/cwt	60.00–62.00	760	3
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	—	1,410	61.68/cwt	60.00–63.00	870	7
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	1,140	37.50/cwt	37.50–37.50	428	1
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	792	28.66/cwt	27.00–31.50	227	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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