Sale reports / Missouri / Interstate Regional Stockyards / 2021-05-04

Interstate Regional Stockyards

Feeder Cattle · Slaughter Cattle · Replacement Cattle · Cuba, Missouri · Tue, May 4
● Final59 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 1814
Feeder Cattle receipts
867 head
142 vs last sale 1,009 70 vs year ago 937 · 7.5%
Slaughter Cattle receipts
74 head
106 vs last sale 180 8 vs year ago 66 · +12.1%
Replacement Cattle receipts
8 head
42 vs last sale 50 4 vs year ago 12 · 33.3%
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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to last Tuesday, feeder steers under 600 lbs steady to firm, over 600 lbs steady to 3.00 lower. Feeder heifers under 600 steady, over 600 lbs 1.00-3.00 lower. Slaughter cows steady. Demand moderate to good. Supply moderate. Considerable interest in the lighter cattle despite the feeder board being sharply lower Tuesday. The same problems persist for the cattle with weekly slaughter running well under what is indicated by beef demand, giving us high beef and cheap cattle for an unknown period of time. Feed costs continue to escalate as the corn market looks for a top.

Weight class

Steers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot
0–100 lb steers averaged $146.66/cwt on 406 head.
Average price
$146.66
406 head · 608 lb average
Value per head Derived
$892
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
$110
per head · Medium and Large 1 over Medium and Large 2-3
$38.45/cwt at this weight
vs the market
3.23
vs MO average

What quality paid 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 1576154.45890254
Medium and Large 1-2666135.34902131
Medium and Large 2677130.008806thin
Medium 1-2540127.006866thin
Medium and Large 2-3672116.007809thin
One grade step is worth $38.45/cwt here — about $110 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 sale406 hd
146.66
MO average18 barns · 8,449 hd
149.90
−3.23
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
BullsLow1,67787.121,4616thin
CowsBoner 80-85%Average1,34062.8784220
CowsBreaker 75-80%Low1,57562.109785thin
CowsLean 85-90%Low1,12950.4056919

Every lot, as filed

59 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 1-2487137.20/cwt134.00–138.0066810
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2631119.32/cwt119.00–120.007536
HeifersMedium and Large 1569135.81/cwt125.00–139.0077318
SteersMedium and Large 1-2527161.20/cwt158.00–164.508504
SteersMedium and Large 1-2776125.00/cwt125.00–125.0097035
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2533129.54/cwt124.00–132.0069020
SteersMedium and Large 1333185.66/cwt180.00–190.006186
HeifersMedium and Large 1475141.25/cwt138.00–146.0067120
HeifersMedium and Large 1379148.69/cwt146.00–150.0056422
SteersMedium and Large 1-2813121.00/cwt121.00–121.0098434
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2417138.72/cwt137.00–140.0057822
SteersMedium and Large 1-2416155.91/cwt150.00–164.0064914
SteersMedium and Large 1575155.30/cwt148.50–175.0089372
SteersMedium and Large 1402169.00/cwt169.00–169.006795
SteersMedium and Large 1Unweaned691133.50/cwt133.50–133.5092213
BullsMedium and Large 1-2579118.77/cwt117.00–120.006885
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2Full615114.00/cwt114.00–114.007016
SteersMedium and Large 1-2Fleshy554133.00/cwt133.00–133.007374
HeifersMedium and Large 1439142.98/cwt139.00–145.006288
SteersMedium and Large 1483169.57/cwt166.00–179.0081942
HeifersMedium and Large 1622123.43/cwt123.00–124.007687
HeifersMedium and Large 1524138.79/cwt134.00–141.0072738
SteersMedium and Large 1677138.30/cwt137.50–144.0093628
CowsBreaker 75-80%1,55055.00/cwt55.00–55.008531
CowsBreaker 75-80%1,58163.88/cwt62.50–64.251,0104
CowsBoner 80-85%1,32662.68/cwt57.50–65.0083119
CowsBoner 80-85%1,60566.50/cwt66.50–66.501,0671
Bulls1,41775.23/cwt63.50–82.001,0663
Bulls2,015102.00/cwt102.00–102.002,0551
SteersMedium and Large 1520170.32/cwt157.50–177.0088627
SteersMedium and Large 1Fleshy694130.50/cwt130.50–130.509064
HeifersMedium 1-2536124.50/cwt124.50–124.5066710
SteersMedium 1-2540127.00/cwt127.00–127.006866
CowsLean 85-90%98645.15/cwt40.00–50.004457
CowsLean 85-90%1,21353.47/cwt50.00–57.0064912
SteersMedium and Large 2677130.00/cwt130.00–130.008806
Bulls1,89897.50/cwt97.50–97.501,8512
SteersMedium and Large 1-2586147.55/cwt144.50–154.008656
SteersMedium and Large 1Unweaned622135.50/cwt135.50–135.5084313
HeifersMedium and Large 1340150.00/cwt150.00–150.005103
Bred CowsMedium and Large 1-21,325985.09/cwt935.00–1,010.0013,0523
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2568124.59/cwt122.00–128.0070815
HeifersMedium and Large 1Full1,02588.50/cwt88.50–88.509073
SteersMedium and Large 1-2343167.00/cwt167.00–167.005733
SteersMedium and Large 1-2368168.90/cwt164.00–174.006224
BullsMedium and Large 1-2Thin Fleshed382163.50/cwt163.50–163.506258
SteersMedium and Large 2-3672116.00/cwt116.00–116.007809
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2368145.76/cwt140.00–148.0053612
SteersMedium and Large 1-2661135.76/cwt135.00–138.008978
BullsMedium and Large 1-2514144.00/cwt144.00–144.007404
SteersMedium and Large 1-2873113.50/cwt113.50–113.509915
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2719116.92/cwt114.00–120.008414
BullsMedium and Large 1-2661117.54/cwt111.00–122.007775
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2683119.64/cwt119.50–120.0081711
BullsMedium and Large 1-2464140.62/cwt135.50–151.006529
SteersMedium and Large 1632147.22/cwt145.50–148.5093044
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2Thin Fleshed309155.00/cwt155.00–155.004795
BullsMedium and Large 1-2431151.19/cwt150.00–152.006525
SteersMedium and Large 1-2475154.67/cwt150.00–161.0073514

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.