Sale reports / Missouri / Interstate Regional Stockyards / 2021-01-19

Interstate Regional Stockyards

Feeder Cattle · Slaughter Cattle · Replacement Cattle · Cuba, Missouri · Tue, Jan 19
● Final53 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 1814
Feeder Cattle receipts
530 head
723 vs last sale 1,253 134 vs year ago 664 · 20.2%
Slaughter Cattle receipts
60 head
24 vs last sale 84 25 vs year ago 35 · +71.4%
Replacement Cattle receipts
25 head
5 vs last sale 20 5 vs year ago 20 · +25.0%
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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to last Tuesday, feeder steers and heifers 1.00-5.00 higher on a limited market test. Slaughter cows steady to 1.00 higher. Demand good. Supply light. Much better environment to sell feeders than last weeks sale with corn down somewhat and most feeder contracts 1.10 to 1.90 points higher. The choice cutout was also higher Tuesday continuing last weeks trend.

Weight class

Steers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot
0–100 lb steers averaged $139.21/cwt on 205 head.
Average price
$139.21
205 head · 615 lb average
Value per head Derived
$856
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
$66
per head · Medium and Large 1-2 over Medium and Large 2
$16.68/cwt at this weight
vs the market
3.17
vs MO average

What quality paid 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 1-2521149.4677852
Medium 1-2463137.576374thin
Medium and Large 1673136.20916126
Medium and Large 2537132.7871323
One grade step is worth $16.68/cwt here — about $66 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 sale205 hd
139.21
MO average18 barns · 16,599 hd
142.38
−3.17
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
BullsAverage1,79274.021,3277thin
CowsBreaker 75-80%Average1,56353.048296thin
CowsBoner 80-85%Average1,30349.1764114
CowsLean 85-90%Average1,08541.2244718

Every lot, as filed

53 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
Cow-Calf PairsMedium and Large 1-21,075938.00/cwt900.00–1,030.0010,0845
Bulls1,80777.79/cwt72.00–81.501,4063
Bulls2,01885.41/cwt83.00–87.501,7242
CowsBreaker 75-80%1,49750.97/cwt50.50–52.507634
CowsBreaker 75-80%1,69557.19/cwt56.50–58.009692
CowsLean 85-90%1,10542.31/cwt40.00–46.5046813
HeifersMedium and Large 1629131.88/cwt128.00–134.0083012
HeifersMedium and Large 1526134.72/cwt127.00–139.5070931
SteersMedium and Large 1555148.37/cwt145.00–152.5082313
HeifersMedium and Large 1687123.08/cwt116.50–126.0084613
HeifersMedium and Large 1438144.00/cwt144.00–144.006313
SteersMedium and Large 1436176.00/cwt176.00–176.007677
SteersMedium and Large 1-2848118.00/cwt118.00–118.001,0013
SteersMedium and Large 1777128.32/cwt127.00–128.759978
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2Fleshy413127.00/cwt127.00–127.005255
BullsMedium and Large 1-2662106.00/cwt106.00–106.007023
CowsLean 85-90%1,03238.39/cwt34.50–40.003965
SteersMedium and Large 1-2502143.35/cwt141.00–148.007206
SteersMedium and Large 1-2575138.77/cwt137.00–140.0079812
SteersMedium and Large 1-2370170.72/cwt160.00–180.006327
SteersMedium and Large 1817124.39/cwt123.00–125.001,01626
SteersMedium and Large 1-2621138.28/cwt135.00–140.508595
SteersMedium and Large 1727126.00/cwt126.00–126.009165
SteersMedium and Large 1-2480156.97/cwt150.00–163.0075315
HeifersMedium and Large 2574112.33/cwt100.00–116.506458
SteersMedium and Large 1-2433162.95/cwt160.00–166.007064
SteersMedium and Large 1Fleshy509143.00/cwt143.00–143.007285
SteersMedium 1-2463137.57/cwt135.00–140.006374
Bred CowsMedium 1-21,019700.37/cwt600.00–800.007,1374
CowsBoner 80-85%1,29649.98/cwt47.00–52.006487
CowsBoner 80-85%1,26545.01/cwt42.50–47.005695
CowsBoner 80-85%1,42356.71/cwt55.50–58.008072
SteersMedium and Large 2506125.00/cwt125.00–125.006334
Bulls1,54556.98/cwt48.00–66.508802
HeifersMedium and Large 1575135.86/cwt128.00–137.5078114
SteersMedium and Large 1659135.39/cwt130.00–137.0089262
Bred CowsMedium and Large 1-21,2841,049.27/cwt1,000.00–1,150.0013,4733
HeifersMedium and Large 1Fleshy468130.00/cwt130.00–130.006083
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2435137.49/cwt137.00–138.005984
HeifersMedium 2476105.00/cwt105.00–105.005004
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2467128.00/cwt128.00–128.005983
SteersMedium and Large 2696123.40/cwt123.00–124.008595
HeifersMedium and Large 2484110.33/cwt109.00–112.005349
SteersMedium and Large 2562133.00/cwt133.00–133.007475
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2697115.00/cwt115.00–115.008029
SteersMedium and Large 2477134.00/cwt134.00–134.006393
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2615128.10/cwt120.00–130.0078822
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2566123.57/cwt120.00–128.5069922
SteersMedium and Large 2433145.00/cwt145.00–145.006286
BullsMedium and Large 1-2780102.73/cwt99.00–108.508015
BullsMedium and Large 1-280395.50/cwt95.50–95.507673
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2788108.00/cwt108.00–108.008514
BullsMedium and Large 1-2443167.00/cwt167.00–167.007403

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.