Sale reports / Missouri / Interstate Regional Stockyards / 2020-05-19

Interstate Regional Stockyards

Feeder Cattle · Slaughter Cattle · Replacement Cattle · Cuba, Missouri · Tue, May 19
● Final78 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 1814
Feeder Cattle receipts
1,256 head
83 vs last sale 1,173 156 vs year ago 1,100 · +14.2%
Slaughter Cattle receipts
67 head
11 vs last sale 78 98 vs year ago 165 · 59.4%
Replacement Cattle receipts
10 head
4 vs last sale 6 5 vs year ago 15 · 33.3%
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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to last Tuesday, feeder steers and heifers steady to 4.00 higher. Slaughter cows 1.00-2.00 higher. Demand good. Supply moderate. Feeder offering mostly fall calves weighing 650 lbs and down with some high quality consignments in the mix. The market is showing some further strength following last weeks advance with the CME feeder index making gradual gains for the past several days.

Weight class

Steers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot
0–100 lb steers averaged $154.70/cwt on 527 head.
Average price
$154.70
527 head · 555 lb average
Value per head Derived
$859
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
−$31
per head · Medium and Large 1-2 over Medium and Large 2
$28.66/cwt at this weight
vs the market
+4.84
vs MO average

What quality paid 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 1-2513156.47803117
Medium and Large 1568156.15886374
Medium 1-2520152.837956thin
Large 1451136.146137thin
Medium and Large 2-3410130.005334thin
Medium and Large 2652127.8283319thin
One grade step is worth $28.66/cwt here — about −$31 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 sale527 hd
154.70
MO average19 barns · 15,015 hd
149.86
+4.84
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
BullsAverage1,75887.751,5424thin
CowsBreaker 75-80%Average1,42667.109574thin
CowsBoner 80-85%Low1,28762.3480211
CowsLean 85-90%Low1,03151.1552718

Every lot, as filed

78 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 1630125.25/cwt124.00–127.0078915
HeifersMedium and Large 1784104.00/cwt104.00–104.0081510
HeifersMedium and Large 1676118.21/cwt117.00–120.007995
HeifersMedium and Large 1368151.03/cwt150.00–152.005564
HeifersMedium and Large 1315161.29/cwt157.00–166.005084
HeifersMedium and Large 1Fleshy708115.00/cwt115.00–115.0081411
HeifersMedium and Large 1Fleshy838103.00/cwt103.00–103.008633
HeifersMedium and Large 1Fleshy777104.00/cwt104.00–104.008083
HeifersMedium 1-2414143.00/cwt143.00–143.005924
HeifersLarge 1399122.50/cwt122.50–122.504895
HeifersLarge 1296130.00/cwt130.00–130.003855
BullsMedium and Large 1-2456146.00/cwt146.00–146.0066624
BullsMedium and Large 1-2757110.00/cwt110.00–110.008339
BullsMedium and Large 1-286699.50/cwt99.50–99.508624
BullsMedium and Large 1-2673118.91/cwt114.00–120.508004
CowsBoner 80-85%1,33755.66/cwt55.00–56.007443
CowsBoner 80-85%1,25569.78/cwt66.00–74.008762
Bulls2,22583.00/cwt83.00–83.001,8471
SteersMedium and Large 1365180.51/cwt174.00–182.0065911
SteersMedium and Large 1723133.66/cwt133.50–134.009666
SteersMedium and Large 1662140.50/cwt140.50–140.509304
SteersMedium and Large 1905118.00/cwt118.00–118.001,0683
SteersMedium and Large 1Fleshy536147.50/cwt147.50–147.5079111
SteersMedium and Large 1Fleshy776111.00/cwt111.00–111.0086110
SteersMedium and Large 1Fleshy741126.50/cwt126.50–126.509377
SteersMedium and Large 1Fleshy687134.50/cwt134.50–134.509247
SteersMedium 1-2520152.83/cwt152.00–154.507956
SteersLarge 1421140.00/cwt140.00–140.005894
SteersLarge 1490131.00/cwt131.00–131.006423
HeifersMedium and Large 2332152.00/cwt152.00–152.0050513
HeifersMedium and Large 2384134.00/cwt134.00–134.0051511
HeifersMedium and Large 2670106.00/cwt106.00–106.007103
HeifersMedium and Large 2427126.00/cwt126.00–126.005383
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2674117.01/cwt110.00–120.5078926
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2514134.98/cwt127.00–140.5069422
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2569123.08/cwt118.00–126.0070015
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2467140.45/cwt134.00–142.0065615
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2384146.49/cwt144.00–149.0056312
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2418145.00/cwt145.00–145.006067
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2332144.89/cwt142.00–151.004816
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2272144.00/cwt144.00–144.003926
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2772109.13/cwt105.00–112.008425
Bulls1,92093.00/cwt93.00–93.001,7861
Bulls1,670100.50/cwt100.50–100.501,6781
Bulls1,21574.50/cwt74.50–74.509051
Bred CowsMedium and Large 1-21,2691,005.74/cwt960.00–1,085.0012,7637
SteersMedium and Large 2-3410130.00/cwt130.00–130.005334
SteersMedium and Large 2706124.50/cwt124.50–124.5087910
SteersMedium and Large 2592131.50/cwt131.50–131.507789
SteersMedium and Large 1-2533158.44/cwt156.00–165.0084426
SteersMedium and Large 1-2330176.88/cwt174.00–182.0058422
SteersMedium and Large 1-2383170.10/cwt164.00–179.0065116
SteersMedium and Large 1-2734130.91/cwt130.00–131.2596111
SteersMedium and Large 1-2424165.81/cwt161.00–172.5070310
SteersMedium and Large 1-2802117.00/cwt117.00–117.009388
SteersMedium and Large 1-2565149.72/cwt147.50–151.008468
SteersMedium and Large 1-2638146.00/cwt146.00–146.009317
SteersMedium and Large 1-2468155.44/cwt153.00–159.007275
SteersMedium and Large 1-2676136.00/cwt136.00–136.009194
SteersMedium and Large 1Unweaned624133.75/cwt133.75–133.7583519
SteersMedium and Large 1Unweaned673130.00/cwt130.00–130.008755
SteersMedium and Large 1522165.75/cwt160.50–176.0086581
SteersMedium and Large 1623153.07/cwt144.50–157.5095478
CowsLean 85-90%1,00746.70/cwt40.50–49.0047010
CowsLean 85-90%1,02654.50/cwt52.00–56.005595
CowsLean 85-90%1,11760.40/cwt58.50–63.506753
CowsBreaker 75-80%1,25564.96/cwt64.00–65.508153
CowsBreaker 75-80%1,94073.50/cwt73.50–73.501,4261
CowsBoner 80-85%1,27363.20/cwt62.00–64.008056
SteersMedium and Large 1568159.83/cwt152.00–163.2590878
SteersMedium and Large 1476168.21/cwt163.50–176.0080129
SteersMedium and Large 1430169.44/cwt164.50–175.5072925
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2800103.00/cwt103.00–103.008243
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2647120.00/cwt120.00–120.007763
HeifersMedium and Large 1555136.56/cwt127.50–141.0075860
HeifersMedium and Large 1431150.67/cwt145.00–152.5064947
HeifersMedium and Large 1526140.86/cwt136.00–143.5074133
HeifersMedium and Large 1486147.02/cwt145.00–147.5071521

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.