Name: Interstate Regional Stockyards livestock auction prices — 2021-04-06
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2021-04-06

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to last Tuesday, feeder steers steady to 2.00 higher. Feeder heifers 2.00-6.00 higher. Slaughter cows 1.00-4.00 higher. Demand good to very good. Supply moderate. The cattle market is stronger again this week fueled by a higher trending feedlot trade which is set to see nice gains for the third consecutive week. The fed cattle price chart looks vastly different than a year ago when prices were beginning a rapid descent.

Weight class

Steers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

0–100 lb steers averaged $158.48/cwt on 392 head.

Average price

$158.48

392 head · 593 lb average

Value per head Derived

$939

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$202

per head · Medium and Large 1 over Medium and Large 2

$10.27/cwt at this weight

vs the market

−1.37

vs MO average

What quality paid 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1	614	160.34	984	190
Medium 1-2	416	158.27	658	13thin
Medium and Large 1-2	588	157.11	924	176
Medium and Large 2	521	150.08	782	13thin

One grade step is worth $10.27/cwt here — about $202 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 sale392 hd

158.48

—

MO average15 barns · 11,551 hd

159.85

−1.37

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.

Class	Grade	Dressing	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Bulls	—	Average	1,723	91.06	1,569	9thin
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	High	1,518	68.33	1,037	7thin
Cows	Boner 80-85%	High	1,328	66.61	884	31
Cows	Lean 85-90%	Very Low	1,076	50.61	545	31

Every lot, as filed

80 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.

Class	Grade / description	Weight	Avg wt	Price	Range	Per head	Head
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	615	157.86/cwt	157.00–158.50	971	25
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	—	880	110.50/cwt	106.00–115.00	972	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	525	145.85/cwt	140.00–151.00	766	23
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	422	155.41/cwt	155.00–157.00	656	10
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Fleshy	—	589	147.50/cwt	147.50–147.50	869	7
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	828	130.03/cwt	128.50–132.00	1,077	9
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	480	175.74/cwt	165.00–181.50	844	8
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	438	176.21/cwt	173.00–183.00	772	6
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	361	172.61/cwt	169.00–176.00	623	4
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	313	181.16/cwt	178.00–183.00	567	8
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	625	160.89/cwt	158.50–163.00	1,006	22
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	587	168.53/cwt	163.50–169.75	989	41
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	574	142.43/cwt	135.00–149.00	818	17
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	—	383	159.26/cwt	155.00–167.00	610	9
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Fleshy	—	382	164.14/cwt	160.00–165.00	627	12
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Fleshy	—	703	139.00/cwt	139.00–139.00	977	9
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Thin Fleshed	—	502	172.00/cwt	172.00–172.00	863	7
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	736	143.46/cwt	142.00–143.75	1,056	12
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	472	169.85/cwt	160.00–173.00	802	29
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	575	149.66/cwt	146.50–151.50	861	28
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	527	159.19/cwt	152.00–169.00	839	25
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	714	136.35/cwt	135.00–138.50	974	16
Steers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	—	617	154.00/cwt	154.00–154.00	950	6
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	811	130.00/cwt	130.00–130.00	1,054	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	790	130.53/cwt	127.50–132.50	1,031	10
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	268	166.15/cwt	159.00–176.00	445	9
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	374	163.32/cwt	155.00–173.00	611	6
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2Fleshy	—	420	151.00/cwt	151.00–151.00	634	4
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	760	137.40/cwt	137.00–138.00	1,044	10
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	661	135.93/cwt	135.00–137.00	898	15
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	528	178.73/cwt	178.00–182.50	944	12
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	423	185.33/cwt	181.50–189.00	784	12
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Fleshy	—	674	130.50/cwt	130.50–130.50	880	6
Steers	Medium and Large 1Fleshy	—	622	146.00/cwt	146.00–146.00	908	7
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	—	1,476	69.38/cwt	69.00–71.00	1,024	5
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	—	1,623	65.69/cwt	64.50–67.00	1,066	2
Bulls	—	—	1,828	99.05/cwt	98.00–101.00	1,811	4
Bulls	—	—	1,880	108.00/cwt	108.00–108.00	2,030	1
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,282	68.56/cwt	68.00–71.50	879	7
Bulls	—	—	1,579	78.84/cwt	70.00–86.50	1,245	4
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	825	28.50/cwt	28.50–28.50	235	3
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	923	46.26/cwt	45.50–47.00	427	2
Steers	Medium and Large 1Fleshy	—	854	126.00/cwt	126.00–126.00	1,076	5
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	685	146.85/cwt	146.00–151.00	1,006	35
Steers	Medium 1-2	—	338	161.50/cwt	161.50–161.50	546	6
Heifers	Large 1	—	641	130.50/cwt	130.50–130.50	837	7
Steers	Medium 1-2	—	600	145.50/cwt	145.50–145.50	873	3
Steers	Medium 1-2	—	394	163.00/cwt	163.00–163.00	642	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	443	151.08/cwt	149.00–153.00	669	14
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	542	133.00/cwt	131.00–136.00	721	5
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,341	66.04/cwt	60.00–68.50	886	24
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	1,117	53.49/cwt	50.00–58.00	597	26
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	418	173.34/cwt	165.00–175.00	725	18
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	477	181.15/cwt	177.00–185.50	864	22
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	—	590	130.00/cwt	130.00–130.00	767	3
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	—	475	151.74/cwt	148.50–156.00	721	12
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,321	905.49/cwt	850.00–1,040.00	11,962	6
Steers	Medium and Large 1Fleshy	—	690	141.76/cwt	140.50–143.00	978	6
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	585	126.49/cwt	121.00–130.00	740	5
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	431	160.00/cwt	160.00–160.00	690	6
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Fleshy	—	660	125.00/cwt	125.00–125.00	825	7
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	332	159.18/cwt	156.00–165.00	528	14
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	454	148.00/cwt	148.00–148.00	672	4
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	475	157.00/cwt	157.00–157.00	746	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	348	143.00/cwt	143.00–143.00	498	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	389	146.21/cwt	146.00–146.50	569	7
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	631	132.15/cwt	128.00–134.00	834	10
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	683	144.86/cwt	144.00–146.00	989	12
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	—	579	137.79/cwt	131.50–149.50	798	7
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	763	121.00/cwt	121.00–121.00	923	3
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	—	632	135.75/cwt	135.00–136.50	858	4
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	—	523	150.24/cwt	150.00–150.50	786	4
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	527	172.17/cwt	167.60–181.50	907	27
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	—	432	167.98/cwt	160.00–174.00	726	7
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	479	156.87/cwt	144.00–167.00	751	53
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	670	120.00/cwt	120.00–120.00	804	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	368	151.50/cwt	151.00–152.00	558	10
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	763	122.50/cwt	122.50–122.50	935	3
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	736	140.97/cwt	140.00–143.25	1,038	28
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	581	159.26/cwt	155.00–167.50	925	21

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.

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