Sale reports / Missouri / Interstate Regional Stockyards / 2019-12-17

Interstate Regional Stockyards

Feeder Cattle · Slaughter Cattle · Replacement Cattle · Cuba, Missouri · Tue, Dec 17
● Final47 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 1814
Feeder Cattle receipts
424 head
1,425 vs last sale 1,849 424 vs year ago 0 · no sale a year ago
Slaughter Cattle receipts
30 head
154 vs last sale 184 30 vs year ago 0 · no sale a year ago
Replacement Cattle receipts
9 head
19 vs last sale 28 9 vs year ago 0 · no sale a year ago
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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to last Tuesday, steers and heifers steady to 3.00 higher based on a limited market test. Slaughter cows steady to 2.00 lower. Demand moderate to good. Supply light due to the snow throughout the area with main roads clear but side roads snow covered.

Weight class

Steers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot
0–100 lb steers averaged $140.78/cwt on 171 head.
Average price
$140.78
171 head · 592 lb average
Value per head Derived
$833
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
$325
per head · Medium and Large 1 over Medium and Large 2
$31.11/cwt at this weight
vs the market
8.32
vs MO average

What quality paid 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 1690147.611,01853
Medium and Large 1-2586142.7483639
Medium 1-2474141.2467035
Small and Medium 1-2380140.005326thin
Large 1637131.0083527
Medium 2449130.005846thin
Medium and Large 2595116.506935thin
One grade step is worth $31.11/cwt here — about $325 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 sale171 hd
140.78
MO average18 barns · 12,063 hd
149.10
−8.32
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 · $/cwt
Cull cows and bulls are graded, not weight-classed — grade is what moves the money here.
ClassGradeDressingAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
BullsLow1,95569.091,3513thin
CowsBreaker 75-80%Average1,45750.077293thin
CowsBoner 80-85%Average1,36842.165777thin
CowsLean 85-90%Low1,22330.803779thin

Every lot, as filed

47 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.
ClassGrade / descriptionWeightAvg wtPriceRangePer headHead
BullsMedium and Large 1-2Full507116.50/cwt116.50–116.505913
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2Full495129.00/cwt129.00–129.006394
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2Full528128.45/cwt128.00–129.0067813
SteersMedium and Large 2Full595116.50/cwt116.50–116.506935
SteersMedium and Large 1-2Full582135.50/cwt135.50–135.507896
SteersMedium 1-2Full667114.00/cwt114.00–114.007603
BullsMedium and Large 1-2465136.00/cwt136.00–136.006322
BullsMedium and Large 1-2510133.00/cwt133.00–133.006782
BullsMedium and Large 1-2610125.00/cwt125.00–125.007632
BullsMedium and Large 1-2789109.00/cwt109.00–109.008606
Bulls1,81065.00/cwt65.00–65.001,1771
Bulls2,02871.13/cwt70.00–72.501,4432
Bred CowsMedium and Large 1-21,295874.60/cwt810.00–925.0011,3264
SteersMedium and Large 1851138.50/cwt138.50–138.501,1796
SteersMedium and Large 1334179.50/cwt179.50–179.506007
SteersMedium and Large 1-2295175.00/cwt175.00–175.005162
SteersMedium 1-2476142.06/cwt140.00–145.0067625
SteersMedium 2449130.00/cwt130.00–130.005846
Bred CowsMedium 1-2998812.84/cwt800.00–825.008,1122
SteersMedium and Large 1-2506146.00/cwt146.00–146.007394
SteersMedium and Large 1-2675137.00/cwt137.00–137.009258
SteersMedium and Large 1-2629143.00/cwt143.00–143.008999
SteersMedium 1-2386150.00/cwt150.00–150.005797
SteersLarge 1Unweaned610134.00/cwt134.00–134.0081719
SteersLarge 1Unweaned675125.00/cwt125.00–125.008445
SteersLarge 1Unweaned747122.00/cwt122.00–122.009113
HeifersLarge 1Unweaned649115.00/cwt115.00–115.0074611
CowsBreaker 75-80%1,47047.85/cwt45.00–50.007032
CowsBreaker 75-80%1,43054.50/cwt54.50–54.507791
CowsBoner 80-85%1,36146.21/cwt42.50–47.506294
CowsBoner 80-85%1,37736.76/cwt31.00–40.005063
CowsLean 85-90%1,20324.79/cwt20.00–32.002985
CowsLean 85-90%1,24838.31/cwt34.00–40.004784
HeifersMedium and Large 1364144.50/cwt144.50–144.505265
HeifersMedium 2372130.00/cwt130.00–130.004843
HeifersMedium 1-2413135.99/cwt135.00–136.505629
HeifersMedium 1-2579121.14/cwt120.00–123.007015
HeifersMedium 1-2392130.00/cwt130.00–130.005103
HeifersLarge 1563125.50/cwt125.50–125.5070715
SteersMedium and Large 1-2568143.69/cwt143.00–144.0081610
SteersMedium and Large 1734144.00/cwt144.00–144.001,05734
HeifersMedium and Large 2525125.00/cwt125.00–125.006563
HeifersMedium and Large 2497127.00/cwt127.00–127.006313
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2619132.43/cwt132.00–133.0082043
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2478138.67/cwt130.00–144.0066312
SteersMedium and Large 1694140.00/cwt140.00–140.009726
SteersSmall and Medium 1-2380140.00/cwt140.00–140.005326

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.