Sale reports / Missouri / Interstate Regional Stockyards / 2021-03-02

Interstate Regional Stockyards

Feeder Cattle · Slaughter Cattle · Replacement Cattle · Cuba, Missouri · Tue, Mar 2
● Final58 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 1814
Feeder Cattle receipts
949 head
55 vs last sale 894 634 vs year ago 315 · +201.3%
Slaughter Cattle receipts
86 head
29 vs last sale 115 16 vs year ago 70 · +22.9%
Replacement Cattle receipts
18 head
3 vs last sale 15 16 vs year ago 2 · +800.0%
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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to last Tuesday, feeder steers under 650 lbs steady to firm, over 650 lbs steady to 2.00 lower. Feeder heifers steady. Slaughter cows steady to 2.00 lower. Demand moderate. Supply moderate. Live cattle futures finally saw a bit of a turnaround Tuesday although the fed trade started off on the wrong foot with a handful of cattle trading in Texas nearly 1.00/cwt lower.

Weight class

Steers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot
0–100 lb steers averaged $143.20/cwt on 459 head.
Average price
$143.20
459 head · 680 lb average
Value per head Derived
$974
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
−$17
per head · Medium and Large 1-2 over Medium 1
$13.65/cwt at this weight
vs the market
6.41
vs MO average

What quality paid 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 1-2617143.9088881
Medium and Large 1693143.22993373
Medium 1695130.259055thin
One grade step is worth $13.65/cwt here — about −$17 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 sale459 hd
143.20
MO average17 barns · 20,326 hd
149.61
−6.41
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
BullsAverage1,87183.261,5589thin
CowsBreaker 75-80%High1,45261.7789717
CowsBoner 80-85%Average1,33358.6278224
CowsLean 85-90%Low1,11447.2752711

Every lot, as filed

58 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 1662125.75/cwt121.00–127.2583213
SteersMedium and Large 1-2588147.08/cwt140.00–157.0086521
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2770110.00/cwt110.00–110.008474
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2652121.00/cwt121.00–121.007893
BullsMedium and Large 1-2448144.00/cwt144.00–144.006454
SteersMedium and Large 1560167.20/cwt151.00–173.7593618
SteersMedium and Large 1791129.81/cwt125.50–130.501,02744
BullsMedium and Large 1-2490143.50/cwt143.50–143.507037
BullsMedium and Large 1-2517142.72/cwt139.00–148.007386
SteersMedium and Large 1-2526162.33/cwt157.00–171.0085413
SteersMedium and Large 1620157.65/cwt149.50–162.0097776
HeifersMedium and Large 1427139.32/cwt138.50–140.005959
SteersMedium and Large 1991110.00/cwt110.00–110.001,0904
SteersMedium and Large 1829125.07/cwt122.50–128.501,03764
HeifersMedium and Large 1712123.69/cwt123.00–125.5088138
BullsMedium and Large 1-2721118.67/cwt115.00–121.008565
SteersMedium and Large 1523166.95/cwt152.50–176.0087332
HeifersMedium and Large 1497136.00/cwt136.00–136.006765
HeifersMedium and Large 1610127.57/cwt127.00–128.007787
SteersMedium and Large 1329177.66/cwt173.00–182.505854
HeifersMedium and Large 1887104.66/cwt104.00–107.009289
HeifersMedium and Large 1809111.74/cwt109.50–115.009045
SteersMedium and Large 1442177.00/cwt177.00–177.0078210
CowsLean 85-90%1,25045.50/cwt45.50–45.505691
CowsLean 85-90%1,12150.83/cwt46.50–54.005709
CowsBreaker 75-80%1,46664.81/cwt63.25–65.009509
CowsBreaker 75-80%1,43358.96/cwt57.00–60.008457
Bulls1,93785.60/cwt82.00–90.501,6588
Bulls1,34564.50/cwt64.50–64.508681
HeifersMedium and Large 1527140.04/cwt132.50–142.0073814
Bred CowsMedium and Large 1-21,2471,008.16/cwt750.00–1,325.0012,5729
HeifersMedium 1647124.50/cwt124.50–124.508065
CowsBoner 80-85%1,32156.93/cwt54.00–60.5075215
CowsBoner 80-85%1,41052.50/cwt52.50–52.507401
CowsLean 85-90%91517.00/cwt17.00–17.001561
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2498131.00/cwt131.00–131.006523
SteersMedium and Large 1-2710125.50/cwt125.50–125.508919
CowsBreaker 75-80%1,45554.00/cwt54.00–54.007861
CowsBoner 80-85%1,34762.55/cwt60.50–63.508438
SteersMedium and Large 1683139.07/cwt135.50–145.5095049
HeifersMedium and Large 1579130.50/cwt130.50–130.507567
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2429137.00/cwt137.00–137.005884
HeifersMedium and Large 2423130.00/cwt130.00–130.005503
HeifersMedium 1-2383131.00/cwt131.00–131.005023
SteersMedium 1695130.25/cwt130.25–130.259055
SteersMedium and Large 1-2463154.36/cwt151.00–161.007157
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2568126.88/cwt122.00–129.0072119
SteersMedium and Large 1-2688137.22/cwt136.00–138.0094428
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2522123.62/cwt121.00–125.5064510
HeifersMedium and Large 1781114.85/cwt111.50–120.5089732
SteersMedium and Large 1877122.20/cwt122.00–122.501,07210
BullsMedium and Large 1-2665124.00/cwt124.00–124.008253
BullsMedium and Large 1-2629127.85/cwt125.00–133.0080412
SteersMedium and Large 1-2637135.00/cwt135.00–135.008603
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2711113.18/cwt112.00–116.008057
HeifersMedium and Large 2802100.00/cwt100.00–100.008023
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2623124.65/cwt123.00–125.5077710
SteersMedium and Large 1724135.73/cwt129.50–137.2598362

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.