Sale reports / Missouri / Interstate Regional Stockyards / 2021-08-24

Interstate Regional Stockyards

Feeder Cattle · Slaughter Cattle · Replacement Cattle · Cuba, Missouri · Tue, Aug 24
● Final46 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 1814
Feeder Cattle receipts
392 head
113 vs last sale 505 111 vs year ago 503 · 22.1%
Slaughter Cattle receipts
65 head
6 vs last sale 59 10 vs year ago 75 · 13.3%
Replacement Cattle receipts
5 head
20 vs last sale 25 11 vs year ago 16 · 68.8%
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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Feeder supply not sufficient to establish a market trend. Slaughter cows 1.00-3.00 lower. Light feeder movement this week with what is hopefully the last of the high heat index readings for this year. The cattle outlook continues to be favorable with excellent beef demand and shrinking on feed numbers with Fridays Cattle on Feed report showing the third straight month of low placements. This fall is shaping up to be a good test of the health of the cattle market as we see if packers are able to continue to ration beef and keep a lid on fed prices with exorbitant cutout values or whether supply and demand can push prices to or above the current December board at 137.40/cwt.

Weight class

Heifers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot
0–100 lb heifers averaged $145.03/cwt on 178 head.
Average price
$145.03
178 head · 562 lb average
Value per head Derived
$815
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
$585
per head · Medium and Large 1 over Small 3
$73.24/cwt at this weight
vs the market
5.91
vs MO average

What quality paid 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 1620153.2494963
Medium and Large 1-2540150.3381283
Medium and Large 2501137.0868615thin
Medium 2-3478121.005784thin
Small and Medium 2-355191.505049thin
Small 345580.003644thin
One grade step is worth $73.24/cwt here — about $585 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 sale178 hd
145.03
MO average15 barns · 5,212 hd
150.94
−5.91
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
BullsAverage1,65093.631,5448thin
CowsBreaker 75-80%Average1,38067.939375thin
CowsBoner 80-85%Average1,26467.248507thin
CowsLean 85-90%Average1,37353.717379thin

Every lot, as filed

46 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
BullsMedium and Large 1-2596150.00/cwt150.00–150.008945
BullsMedium and Large 1-2809113.51/cwt95.00–126.009185
BullsMedium and Large 1-2420164.76/cwt160.00–170.006924
BullsMedium 2562119.00/cwt119.00–119.006693
BullsMedium and Large 1-2490150.00/cwt150.00–150.007353
BullsMedium and Large 1-2379199.00/cwt199.00–199.007544
HeifersMedium and Large 1697151.50/cwt151.50–151.501,05631
SteersMedium and Large 1-2379179.00/cwt179.00–179.006786
SteersMedium and Large 1-2500166.00/cwt166.00–166.008303
SteersMedium and Large 1586169.75/cwt169.50–170.009958
SteersMedium and Large 1-2593159.49/cwt156.00–163.009464
SteersMedium and Large 1-2612156.50/cwt156.50–156.5095815
HeifersMedium and Large 2487147.00/cwt147.00–147.007163
SteersMedium and Large 2643150.00/cwt150.00–150.009657
SteersMedium and Large 1-2777138.00/cwt138.00–138.001,0725
SteersMedium and Large 2459158.87/cwt158.00–160.007299
SteersMedium and Large 1-2448179.50/cwt179.50–179.508049
HeifersMedium and Large 2409141.10/cwt139.00–142.005777
HeifersMedium and Large 1529152.00/cwt152.00–152.008044
HeifersMedium and Large 1604152.50/cwt152.50–152.5092113
SteersMedium and Large 1-2682154.95/cwt152.50–156.501,05710
SteersMedium and Large 2574150.00/cwt150.00–150.008614
SteersMedium and Large 2524157.41/cwt151.00–160.008257
HeifersSmall 345580.00/cwt80.00–80.003644
HeifersMedium 2-3478121.00/cwt121.00–121.005784
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2413157.39/cwt156.00–159.0065011
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2365160.48/cwt160.00–161.005864
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2557147.50/cwt147.00–149.5082210
HeifersMedium and Large 2637125.50/cwt125.50–125.507995
HeifersMedium and Large 1394165.40/cwt165.00–166.5065211
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2Fleshy499147.50/cwt147.50–147.507367
HeifersMedium and Large 1780137.00/cwt137.00–137.001,0694
BullsMedium and Large 1-2508157.74/cwt151.00–166.008016
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2518151.51/cwt149.00–154.0078530
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2677145.32/cwt135.00–147.0098421
HeifersSmall and Medium 2-355191.50/cwt91.50–91.505049
Bred CowsMedium and Large 1-21,2801,150.00/cwt1,150.00–1,150.0014,7201
Bulls1,75396.53/cwt93.50–100.501,6924
Bulls1,655102.00/cwt102.00–102.001,6881
CowsBoner 80-85%1,18366.14/cwt65.50–67.507825
CowsBoner 80-85%1,59680.00/cwt80.00–80.001,2771
CowsLean 85-90%1,43158.07/cwt57.50–60.008316
CowsLean 85-90%1,25745.00/cwt45.00–45.005663
Bulls1,51086.96/cwt85.00–89.001,3133
CowsBoner 80-85%1,34060.00/cwt60.00–60.008041
CowsBreaker 75-80%1,38067.93/cwt65.50–68.509375

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.