Sale reports / Missouri / Interstate Regional Stockyards / 2020-03-03

Interstate Regional Stockyards

Feeder Cattle · Slaughter Cattle · Replacement Cattle · Cuba, Missouri · Tue, Mar 3
● Final38 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 1814
Feeder Cattle receipts
315 head
▼ 108 vs last sale 423▲ 315 vs year ago 0 · no sale a year ago
Slaughter Cattle receipts
70 head
▲ 17 vs last sale 53▲ 70 vs year ago 0 · no sale a year ago
Replacement Cattle receipts
2 head
▼ 4 vs last sale 6▲ 2 vs year ago 0 · no sale a year ago
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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Steers and heifers near steady though very lightly tested. Slaughter cows steady. Demand moderate. The coronavirus continues to have a large negative impact on prices and is also slowing feeder cattle movement. Although we are likely still early in the virus process in the U.S., so far the event is another case of the rich man dancing while the poor man pays the band with the value of fed cattle seemingly unaffected so far based on slaughter volumes and cutout values just with a higher percentage of the income landing in packer pockets.

Weight class

Steers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot
0–100 lb steers averaged $148.11/cwt on 89 head.
Average price
$148.11
89 head · 582 lb average
Value per head Derived
$862
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
$88
per head · Medium and Large 1 over Medium and Large 1-2
$0.97/cwt at this weight
vs the market
−8.00
vs MO average

What quality paid 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 1604148.5089753
Medium and Large 1-2548147.5480936
One grade step is worth $0.97/cwt here — about $88 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 sale89 hd
148.11
—
MO average15 barns · 5,063 hd
156.11
−8.00
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
Bulls—Low1,74377.101,3447thin
CowsBoner 80-85%Average1,43058.5383724
CowsBreaker 75-80%Average1,31057.507531thin
CowsLean 85-90%Low1,10740.404479thin

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.
ClassGrade / descriptionWeightAvg wtPriceRangePer headHead
BullsMedium and Large 1-2—469150.00/cwt150.00–150.007045
BullsLarge 1—608105.00/cwt105.00–105.006383
Bulls——1,75672.69/cwt70.00–75.001,2764
Bulls——1,72582.97/cwt78.00–86.001,4313
BullsLarge 1—778101.00/cwt101.00–101.007864
BullsMedium and Large 1-2—525130.00/cwt130.00–130.006832
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2—513126.54/cwt125.00–130.006498
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2—805100.50/cwt100.50–100.508093
HeifersMedium and Large 1—362140.00/cwt140.00–140.005074
HeifersMedium and Large 1—340144.00/cwt144.00–144.004903
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2—563126.86/cwt123.00–130.007149
CowsLean 85-90%—1,07137.55/cwt30.00–44.004027
CowsBoner 80-85%—1,43858.94/cwt52.50–60.0084823
Bred CowsMedium and Large 1—1,520820.00/cwt820.00–820.0012,4641
SteersMedium and Large 1-2—570143.00/cwt142.00–145.008156
SteersMedium and Large 1-2—370166.58/cwt160.00–170.006163
SteersMedium and Large 1—469164.77/cwt164.50–165.5077311
SteersMedium and Large 1—345173.00/cwt173.00–173.005973
CowsBreaker 75-80%—1,31057.50/cwt57.50–57.507531
SteersMedium and Large 1-2—794122.50/cwt122.50–122.509737
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2—474139.00/cwt139.00–139.006595
HeifersMedium and Large 1—618125.00/cwt125.00–125.007734
HeifersMedium and Large 1—657122.50/cwt122.50–122.508053
HeifersLarge 1—684110.00/cwt110.00–110.007524
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2—427134.56/cwt130.00–139.0057512
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2—381139.93/cwt135.00–149.005336
HeifersMedium and Large 1—506131.00/cwt131.00–131.006635
HeifersMedium and Large 1—737115.00/cwt115.00–115.008483
HeifersMedium 1-2—523122.50/cwt122.50–122.506413
SteersMedium and Large 1-2—458162.01/cwt160.00–164.007424
SteersMedium and Large 1—828120.00/cwt120.00–120.0099412
SteersMedium and Large 1—572157.50/cwt157.50–157.509013
SteersMedium and Large 1—432167.65/cwt163.00–170.007246
SteersMedium and Large 1—644145.60/cwt145.00–145.7593818
SteersMedium and Large 1-2—437166.60/cwt160.00–170.007286
SteersMedium and Large 1-2—520144.84/cwt143.00–148.0075310
CowsBoner 80-85%—1,23549.00/cwt49.00–49.006051
CowsLean 85-90%—1,23550.39/cwt48.00–53.006222

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.