Sale reports / Missouri / Interstate Regional Stockyards / 2020-02-18

Interstate Regional Stockyards

Feeder Cattle · Slaughter Cattle · Replacement Cattle · Cuba, Missouri · Tue, Feb 18
● Final55 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 1814
Feeder Cattle receipts
741 head
291 vs last sale 450 741 vs year ago 0 · no sale a year ago
Slaughter Cattle receipts
58 head
13 vs last sale 45 58 vs year ago 0 · no sale a year ago
Replacement Cattle receipts
6 head
12 vs last sale 18 6 vs year ago 0 · no sale a year ago
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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to last Tuesday, feeder steers 5.00-10.00 higher. Feeder heifers under 600 lbs 8.00-16.00 higher, over 600 lbs 3.00-6.00 higher. Slaughter cows 2.00-4.00 higher. Demand very good. Supply light. The market looks go be on the comeback trail with fed cattle and futures seemingly finding a coronavirus bottom. Demand continues to grow for the light cattle with expected lower supplies and good grazing prospects along with projections for increasing 2020 beef exports creating some longer term bullishness.

Weight class

Steers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot
0–100 lb steers averaged $160.90/cwt on 315 head.
Average price
$160.90
315 head · 598 lb average
Value per head Derived
$961
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
−$51
per head · Medium and Large 1-2 over Medium and Large 2
$25.97/cwt at this weight
vs the market
+3.51
vs MO average

What quality paid 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 1-2520164.42854103
Medium and Large 1633161.241,021193
Medium and Large 2654138.4590619thin
One grade step is worth $25.97/cwt here — about −$51 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 sale315 hd
160.90
MO average16 barns · 13,377 hd
157.39
+3.51
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
BullsLow1,68785.051,43511
CowsBreaker 75-80%Average1,66559.899974thin
CowsBoner 80-85%Average1,37658.218019thin
CowsLean 85-90%Average1,16752.186099thin

Every lot, as filed

55 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
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2463154.37/cwt149.50–158.007157
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2360153.01/cwt152.00–155.0055111
HeifersMedium and Large 2563127.00/cwt127.00–127.007153
HeifersMedium and Large 1Fleshy635125.00/cwt125.00–125.007943
CowsBoner 80-85%1,30058.76/cwt58.50–59.007642
CowsBreaker 75-80%1,71763.18/cwt59.00–65.501,0853
CowsLean 85-90%1,11053.25/cwt52.00–54.505916
Dairy SteersLarge 344160.00/cwt60.00–60.0026516
SteersMedium and Large 1777140.37/cwt138.00–141.751,09130
SteersMedium and Large 1720141.70/cwt141.00–142.001,02019
SteersMedium and Large 1882130.25/cwt130.25–130.251,1497
SteersMedium and Large 1569175.71/cwt163.50–185.001,00045
SteersMedium and Large 1528180.87/cwt177.00–185.0095527
SteersMedium and Large 1623158.83/cwt153.25–164.0099016
SteersMedium and Large 2488160.00/cwt160.00–160.007813
SteersMedium and Large 1-2614148.14/cwt143.75–158.0091016
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2698124.43/cwt123.00–128.008697
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2526155.50/cwt155.50–155.508184
HeifersMedium and Large 1512161.12/cwt154.00–164.0082523
Stock CowsMedium and Large 1-21,02162.50/cwt62.50–62.506384
Bulls1,54378.50/cwt75.00–80.001,2113
Bulls1,74187.51/cwt83.00–91.501,5248
SteersMedium and Large 1-2661145.81/cwt144.50–149.009647
SteersMedium and Large 1-2563168.00/cwt167.00–169.009464
SteersMedium and Large 1674151.06/cwt143.75–162.001,01830
SteersMedium and Large 1476181.04/cwt178.50–187.0086219
SteersMedium and Large 2768124.75/cwt124.75–124.7595810
SteersMedium and Large 1-2535169.69/cwt160.00–175.0090824
SteersMedium and Large 1-2427168.29/cwt162.50–183.0071910
SteersMedium and Large 1-2752135.00/cwt135.00–135.001,0156
SteersMedium and Large 2548150.50/cwt150.50–150.508256
SteersMedium and Large 1-2469176.19/cwt175.00–180.0082620
HeifersMedium and Large 1616134.18/cwt133.00–134.758279
HeifersMedium and Large 1Fleshy781118.50/cwt118.50–118.509255
HeifersMedium and Large 2754125.00/cwt125.00–125.009437
HeifersMedium and Large 2517125.00/cwt125.00–125.006463
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2436154.28/cwt152.00–156.006739
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2279163.57/cwt162.00–169.004569
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2567142.66/cwt136.00–153.008095
HeifersMedium and Large 1801128.10/cwt128.10–128.101,02663
HeifersMedium and Large 1562155.53/cwt154.00–157.0087415
HeifersMedium and Large 1385164.00/cwt164.00–164.006313
SteersMedium and Large 1-2383173.46/cwt168.00–189.0066410
SteersMedium and Large 1-2332174.76/cwt170.00–178.005806
CowsBoner 80-85%1,39369.44/cwt69.00–70.009672
CowsLean 85-90%1,05064.50/cwt64.50–64.506771
CowsBoner 80-85%1,40053.50/cwt53.50–53.507495
CowsLean 85-90%1,39542.83/cwt40.50–44.505972
CowsBreaker 75-80%1,51050.00/cwt50.00–50.007551
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2743123.50/cwt123.50–123.509183
HeifersMedium and Large 1468161.68/cwt155.00–167.7575719
HeifersMedium and Large 1720124.00/cwt124.00–124.008933
HeifersMedium and Large 1Fleshy664125.00/cwt125.00–125.008305
HeifersMedium and Large 2432143.53/cwt140.00–145.006207
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2612130.01/cwt123.50–133.0079618

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.