Name: Interstate Regional Stockyards livestock auction prices — 2019-11-19
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2019-11-19

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to last Tuesday, feeder steers and heifers were mostly steady to 10.00 higher. There was high quality offering of feeder steers and heifers and prices reflected that. Slaughter cows and bulls were mostly steady. There were a few replacement females from a complete herd dispersal and those cows were steady.

Weight class

Steers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

0–100 lb steers averaged $143.42/cwt on 430 head.

Average price

$143.42

430 head · 599 lb average

Value per head Derived

$860

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$386

per head · Medium and Large 1 over Medium 2

$52.31/cwt at this weight

vs the market

−5.60

vs MO average

What quality paid 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1	588	150.65	886	150
Medium and Large 1-2	610	142.01	866	250
Medium 1	602	138.33	833	9thin
Medium and Large 2	595	120.25	715	12thin
Medium 2	509	98.33	500	9thin

One grade step is worth $52.31/cwt here — about $386 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 sale430 hd

143.42

—

MO average20 barns · 13,110 hd

149.02

−5.60

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	1,704	71.13	1,212	9thin
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	Average	1,345	49.02	659	20
Cows	Boner 80-85%	Average	1,176	44.70	526	28
Cows	Lean 85-90%	Very Low	1,026	30.19	310	17

Every lot, as filed

67 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	—	520	139.50/cwt	139.50–139.50	725	24
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	557	136.69/cwt	134.00–138.50	761	20
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	377	134.25/cwt	130.00–144.00	506	10
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	416	143.25/cwt	143.25–143.25	596	9
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	684	127.00/cwt	127.00–127.00	869	7
Heifers	Medium 1-2	—	468	111.69/cwt	110.00–115.00	523	9
Heifers	Medium 1-2	—	582	93.56/cwt	90.00–101.00	545	3
Heifers	Medium 1	—	529	130.00/cwt	130.00–130.00	688	5
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	—	492	118.80/cwt	115.00–119.50	584	13
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	—	522	118.10/cwt	114.00–126.00	616	10
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	—	445	125.50/cwt	125.00–126.00	558	6
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	—	677	104.00/cwt	102.00–105.00	704	3
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	—	524	132.57/cwt	125.00–141.50	695	10
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	—	551	126.00/cwt	126.00–126.00	694	7
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	423	140.27/cwt	131.50–146.50	593	13
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	824	115.00/cwt	115.00–115.00	948	4
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	358	151.00/cwt	151.00–151.00	541	2
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	514	157.58/cwt	155.50–158.50	810	37
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	611	145.83/cwt	140.00–147.25	891	32
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	866	135.43/cwt	131.50–136.25	1,173	29
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	418	167.83/cwt	166.00–169.00	702	18
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	712	141.50/cwt	141.50–141.50	1,007	8
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	486	150.00/cwt	150.00–150.00	729	8
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	364	164.66/cwt	151.00–174.00	599	8
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	323	161.39/cwt	156.00–173.00	521	4
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	823	134.50/cwt	134.50–134.50	1,107	3
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	258	151.00/cwt	151.00–151.00	390	3
Steers	Medium 2	—	539	97.00/cwt	97.00–97.00	523	5
Steers	Medium 2	—	471	100.00/cwt	100.00–100.00	471	4
Steers	Medium 1	—	638	140.00/cwt	140.00–140.00	893	6
Steers	Medium 1	—	530	135.00/cwt	135.00–135.00	716	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	564	114.26/cwt	110.00–118.00	644	9
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	536	117.50/cwt	117.50–117.50	630	7
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	719	104.50/cwt	104.50–104.50	751	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	624	130.57/cwt	126.50–132.75	815	47
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	574	128.65/cwt	120.00–132.00	738	38
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	711	127.14/cwt	122.00–130.50	904	37
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	526	131.84/cwt	123.00–140.50	693	37
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	1,026	21.37/cwt	17.50–27.00	219	7
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	1,040	39.98/cwt	30.00–47.50	416	7
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	993	27.91/cwt	26.00–29.00	277	3
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	—	1,318	47.87/cwt	41.00–54.00	631	9
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	—	1,412	57.98/cwt	57.00–64.50	819	7
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	—	1,288	35.92/cwt	35.00–37.00	463	4
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,167	45.19/cwt	40.50–52.50	527	19
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,172	35.22/cwt	30.00–39.50	413	5
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,222	54.22/cwt	53.00–55.50	663	4
Bulls	—	—	1,474	62.83/cwt	55.00–67.00	926	5
Bulls	—	—	1,991	81.51/cwt	78.00–86.50	1,623	4
Stock Cows	Medium and Large 1-2	—	776	90.96/cwt	90.00–95.00	706	5
Cow-Calf Pairs	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,535	1,190.00/cwt	1,190.00–1,190.00	18,267	2
Cow-Calf Pairs	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,493	963.75/cwt	930.00–975.00	14,389	4
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	683	110.50/cwt	110.50–110.50	755	6
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	507	129.99/cwt	120.00–135.00	659	6
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	587	137.91/cwt	132.75–146.50	810	63
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	630	139.94/cwt	136.00–146.00	882	50
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	664	145.64/cwt	137.50–147.75	967	48
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	717	139.09/cwt	131.50–141.00	997	34
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	474	155.17/cwt	151.50–158.50	736	20
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	542	150.55/cwt	148.50–152.50	816	16
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	680	130.17/cwt	120.00–134.25	885	35
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	467	134.03/cwt	128.00–137.00	626	25
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	436	138.12/cwt	130.50–140.25	602	13
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	379	133.14/cwt	130.00–135.00	505	11
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	784	126.50/cwt	126.50–126.50	992	7
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	348	136.00/cwt	136.00–136.00	473	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	486	138.88/cwt	136.00–139.75	675	39

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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