Sale reports / Missouri / Interstate Regional Stockyards / 2020-10-20

Interstate Regional Stockyards

Feeder Cattle · Slaughter Cattle · Replacement Cattle · Cuba, Missouri · Tue, Oct 20
● Final54 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 1814
Feeder Cattle receipts
655 head
250 vs last sale 905 418 vs year ago 1,073 · 39.0%
Slaughter Cattle receipts
76 head
27 vs last sale 103 59 vs year ago 135 · 43.7%
Replacement Cattle receipts
20 head
0 vs last sale 20 5 vs year ago 15 · +33.3%
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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to last Tuesday, feeder steers and heifers 2.00-6.00 lower except several better quality 475-550 lbs steady to firm. Slaughter cows steady. Demand uneven. Supply light. Turbulent times in the feeder market at the moment with the board moving sharply lower in recent days. Seasonally large price spreads seen depending on quality and weaning status.

Weight class

Steers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot
0–100 lb steers averaged $139.15/cwt on 206 head.
Average price
$139.15
206 head · 585 lb average
Value per head Derived
$814
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
$140
per head · Medium and Large 1 over Medium and Large 2
$23.97/cwt at this weight
vs the market
1.46
vs MO average

What quality paid 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 1593141.08836146
Medium and Large 1-2563136.7477053
Medium and Large 2595117.106967thin
One grade step is worth $23.97/cwt here — about $140 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 sale206 hd
139.15
MO average16 barns · 8,497 hd
140.61
−1.46
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
BullsLow1,76579.921,41114
CowsBoner 80-85%Average1,19353.8264223
CowsBreaker 75-80%Average1,49453.7280311
CowsLean 85-90%Very Low1,07846.935068thin

Every lot, as filed

54 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
SteersMedium and Large 1-2566135.21/cwt130.00–136.5076510
SteersMedium and Large 1435161.82/cwt156.00–167.007045
SteersMedium and Large 1-2755120.00/cwt120.00–120.009068
SteersMedium and Large 1772123.41/cwt122.50–125.009538
HeifersMedium and Large 1584120.90/cwt115.00–133.0070650
BullsMedium and Large 1-2334141.00/cwt141.00–141.004715
BullsMedium and Large 1-2432132.77/cwt125.00–136.505743
SteersMedium and Large 1-2617130.00/cwt130.00–130.008023
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2408130.89/cwt125.00–137.005344
SteersMedium and Large 1533150.89/cwt150.00–154.0080426
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2717110.50/cwt110.50–110.507923
SteersMedium and Large 1472157.82/cwt154.00–165.0074519
SteersMedium and Large 1660134.14/cwt128.00–135.5088523
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2Fleshy606110.50/cwt110.50–110.506704
SteersMedium and Large 1574136.79/cwt131.00–143.0078517
HeifersMedium and Large 1476132.91/cwt132.00–134.006339
HeifersMedium and Large 1606119.15/cwt117.50–120.2572215
HeifersMedium and Large 1424140.25/cwt139.00–142.005958
SteersMedium and Large 1629134.64/cwt131.00–136.0084729
SteersMedium and Large 1370161.07/cwt156.00–166.005964
SteersMedium and Large 1729131.02/cwt129.00–133.009558
HeifersMedium and Large 1395143.00/cwt143.00–143.005657
Bred CowsMedium and Large 1-21,400888.34/cwt700.00–1,050.0012,43713
HeifersMedium and Large 1512136.66/cwt130.00–142.0070018
HeifersMedium and Large 1Full725105.00/cwt105.00–105.007613
SteersMedium and Large 1Fleshy699124.50/cwt124.50–124.508707
HeifersMedium and Large 1Fleshy659113.50/cwt113.50–113.507487
CowsLean 85-90%91525.00/cwt25.00–25.002291
Bulls1,51560.00/cwt60.00–60.009091
Bulls1,84886.50/cwt86.50–86.501,5992
CowsLean 85-90%1,07753.00/cwt53.00–53.005713
Bulls1,77380.53/cwt76.50–82.751,42811
CowsBoner 80-85%1,19353.82/cwt50.50–55.5064223
CowsLean 85-90%1,12047.86/cwt45.00–50.005364
CowsBreaker 75-80%1,49453.72/cwt50.00–55.0080311
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2574115.12/cwt110.00–117.0066116
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2472127.88/cwt121.00–135.0060413
SteersMedium and Large 1-2531137.46/cwt133.00–140.007309
SteersMedium and Large 2625110.00/cwt110.00–110.006883
SteersMedium and Large 2572122.43/cwt120.00–125.007004
HeifersMedium and Large 2417117.37/cwt110.50–121.004899
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2357131.88/cwt121.00–139.004718
SteersMedium and Large 1-2669124.51/cwt123.00–125.508336
HeifersMedium and Large 2483111.71/cwt110.00–115.005406
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2627116.67/cwt113.50–120.007324
BullsMedium and Large 1-2747101.49/cwt99.00–104.007584
SteersMedium and Large 1-2461142.00/cwt136.00–156.006558
BullsMedium and Large 1-2634104.00/cwt104.00–104.006594
BullsMedium and Large 1-2660103.00/cwt103.00–103.006803
BullsMedium and Large 1-2479131.53/cwt128.00–134.006305
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2501116.25/cwt115.50–117.005824
BullsMedium and Large 1-2531116.64/cwt111.50–125.006195
SteersMedium and Large 1-2425158.32/cwt145.00–166.006739
BullsMedium and Large 1-2573103.00/cwt103.00–103.005903

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.