Name: Interstate Regional Stockyards livestock auction prices — 2019-09-03
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2019-09-03

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Feeder supply not sufficient to establish a market trend. Slaughter cows 3.00-5..00 lower. Demand good. Typically light post Labor Day run. Live cattle futures were up slightly on Tuesday after the poor showing last Friday. A nice run is expected next week.

Weight class

Steers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

0–100 lb steers averaged $143.36/cwt on 113 head.

Average price

$143.36

113 head · 614 lb average

Value per head Derived

$880

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$196

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

$8.57/cwt at this weight

vs the market

−3.34

vs MO average

What quality paid 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1	609	147.11	895	58
Large 1	634	141.50	897	7thin
Medium and Large 1-2	651	139.27	906	37
Medium and Large 2	504	138.55	699	11thin

One grade step is worth $8.57/cwt here — about $196 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 sale113 hd

143.36

—

MO average11 barns · 5,692 hd

146.70

−3.34

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	—	Low	1,703	75.59	1,287	5thin
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	Average	1,450	58.81	853	4thin
Cows	Boner 80-85%	High	1,263	57.76	729	15
Cows	Lean 85-90%	Very Low	1,070	44.31	474	8thin

Every lot, as filed

38 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	—	525	139.54/cwt	136.50–142.00	733	9
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	—	486	136.80/cwt	134.00–139.00	665	12
Heifers	Large 1	—	935	97.00/cwt	97.00–97.00	907	4
Heifers	Large 1	—	465	131.00/cwt	131.00–131.00	609	11
Heifers	Large 1	—	584	127.00/cwt	127.00–127.00	742	19
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Fleshy	—	554	128.00/cwt	128.00–128.00	709	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	588	130.50/cwt	130.50–130.50	767	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	370	131.84/cwt	129.00–135.00	488	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	444	136.50/cwt	136.50–136.50	606	6
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	—	420	144.81/cwt	141.00–151.00	608	8
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	—	623	125.52/cwt	123.50–127.50	782	4
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	—	694	117.81/cwt	116.00–120.50	818	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	475	135.82/cwt	133.50–137.50	645	6
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	680	124.00/cwt	122.50–124.50	843	12
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	538	129.13/cwt	126.00–132.00	695	15
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	633	115.50/cwt	115.50–115.50	731	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	533	117.96/cwt	117.00–120.00	629	6
Steers	Large 1	—	634	141.50/cwt	141.50–141.50	897	7
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	518	151.86/cwt	149.50–153.50	787	5
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	418	166.03/cwt	154.00–175.00	694	8
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	576	148.00/cwt	148.00–148.00	852	8
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	669	142.19/cwt	140.25–142.75	951	37
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	521	153.00/cwt	153.00–153.00	797	4
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	709	128.50/cwt	128.50–128.50	911	7
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	761	133.25/cwt	133.25–133.25	1,014	12
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	564	145.88/cwt	145.00–147.00	823	14
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	390	130.00/cwt	130.00–130.00	507	3
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	593	140.50/cwt	140.50–140.50	833	3
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	520	142.50/cwt	142.50–142.50	741	5
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,173	950.12/cwt	870.00–970.00	11,145	9
Bulls	—	—	1,355	71.59/cwt	70.00–73.00	970	2
Bulls	—	—	1,935	78.26/cwt	75.00–85.00	1,514	3
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,292	63.83/cwt	60.50–71.50	825	5
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,248	54.73/cwt	53.00–57.00	683	10
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	—	1,450	58.81/cwt	57.00–60.50	853	4
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	963	26.91/cwt	20.00–33.50	259	2
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	1,018	47.25/cwt	47.00–47.50	481	2
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	1,149	51.53/cwt	48.50–53.50	592	4

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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