Sale reports / Missouri / Interstate Regional Stockyards / 2020-05-26

Interstate Regional Stockyards

Feeder Cattle · Slaughter Cattle · Replacement Cattle · Cuba, Missouri · Tue, May 26
● Final42 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 1814
Feeder Cattle receipts
320 head
936 vs last sale 1,256 274 vs year ago 594 · 46.1%
Slaughter Cattle receipts
70 head
3 vs last sale 67 5 vs year ago 65 · +7.7%
Replacement Cattle receipts
27 head
17 vs last sale 10 7 vs year ago 20 · +35.0%
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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Steers and heifers steady to 2.00 higher based on a limited market test. Slaughter cows steady. Light post-holiday offering that did include a nice load of mixed yearling heifers. Futures were bulled up Tuesday with strong advances in both live and feeder contracts.

Weight class

Heifers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot
0–100 lb heifers averaged $126.77/cwt on 121 head.
Average price
$126.77
121 head · 655 lb average
Value per head Derived
$830
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
−$51
per head · Medium and Large 1-2 over Medium and Large 2
$17.03/cwt at this weight
vs the market
6.80
vs MO average

What quality paid 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 1-2505135.5368535
Medium and Large 1722123.4989181
Medium and Large 2621118.507365thin
One grade step is worth $17.03/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 sale121 hd
126.77
MO average10 barns · 5,445 hd
133.57
−6.80
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
BullsHigh1,77390.191,5995thin
CowsBoner 80-85%Low1,25859.7075116
CowsBreaker 75-80%Average1,38658.708145thin
CowsLean 85-90%Low1,05547.5650228

Every lot, as filed

42 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 1430152.73/cwt149.50–155.5065711
SteersMedium 1-2385156.45/cwt150.00–163.006024
SteersMedium and Large 2691112.92/cwt109.50–120.007809
SteersMedium and Large 1778123.50/cwt123.50–123.509612
SteersMedium and Large 1885117.50/cwt117.50–117.501,0402
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2682114.00/cwt114.00–114.007774
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2430147.14/cwt143.00–151.506336
HeifersMedium and Large 2621118.50/cwt118.50–118.507365
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2376154.56/cwt154.00–155.005818
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2524132.83/cwt130.00–137.006968
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2576122.84/cwt121.00–125.007089
CowsLean 85-90%1,06843.47/cwt40.00–49.504648
CowsLean 85-90%1,07651.71/cwt50.00–54.0055617
CowsBoner 80-85%1,09556.00/cwt56.00–56.006131
CowsBoner 80-85%1,46067.00/cwt67.00–67.009781
CowsBoner 80-85%1,25559.44/cwt57.25–65.0074614
HeifersMedium and Large 1814115.50/cwt115.50–115.5094060
Bulls1,583102.73/cwt99.00–105.501,6262
Bulls2,03885.00/cwt85.00–85.001,7322
CowsBreaker 75-80%1,32562.67/cwt61.00–64.008302
CowsBreaker 75-80%1,42756.05/cwt55.00–56.508003
CowsLean 85-90%94040.00/cwt40.00–40.003761
CowsLean 85-90%88032.49/cwt30.00–35.002862
Bulls1,62575.50/cwt75.50–75.501,2271
Bred CowsMedium and Large 1-21,2071,131.23/cwt1,085.00–1,200.0013,6548
Bred CowsMedium and Large 1-21,316888.80/cwt825.00–925.0011,6977
Stock CowsMedium and Large 1-289286.00/cwt86.00–86.007676
SteersMedium and Large 1-2660130.00/cwt130.00–130.008587
SteersMedium and Large 1-2427159.95/cwt155.00–168.0068310
SteersMedium and Large 1-2534153.37/cwt148.50–157.5081921
SteersMedium and Large 2718123.00/cwt123.00–123.008833
SteersMedium and Large 1-2483155.32/cwt153.00–159.007508
SteersMedium and Large 1-2332179.74/cwt172.00–185.0059710
HeifersMedium and Large 1368157.76/cwt157.50–158.005814
HeifersMedium and Large 1Fleshy483139.00/cwt139.00–139.006713
HeifersMedium and Large 1Fleshy653115.00/cwt115.00–115.007513
SteersMedium and Large 1Fleshy757120.00/cwt120.00–120.009083
BullsMedium and Large 1-2625116.00/cwt112.00–120.007254
BullsMedium and Large 1-2427156.40/cwt141.00–174.006685
BullsMedium and Large 1-2514140.39/cwt138.00–141.007225
BullsMedium and Large 292584.00/cwt84.00–84.007773
BullsMedium and Large 2614101.22/cwt98.00–106.006215

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.