Sale reports / Missouri / Interstate Regional Stockyards / 2021-10-05

Interstate Regional Stockyards

Feeder Cattle · Slaughter Cattle · Replacement Cattle · Cuba, Missouri · Tue, Oct 5
● Final64 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 1814
Feeder Cattle receipts
815 head
49 vs last sale 864 38 vs year ago 853 · 4.5%
Slaughter Cattle receipts
131 head
8 vs last sale 139 42 vs year ago 89 · +47.2%
Replacement Cattle receipts
5 head
15 vs last sale 20 15 vs year ago 20 · 75.0%
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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to last Tuesday, feeder steers steady to 3.00 higher with advance under 550 lbs. Feeder heifers steady to 2.00 lower. Slaughter cows 1.00-3.00 lower. Demand moderate. Supply moderate. The cattle outlook is a little brighter this week with futures seeing an early week bounce and some indications of possibly tightening fed supplies.

Weight class

Steers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot
0–100 lb steers averaged $158.73/cwt on 309 head.
Average price
$158.73
309 head · 584 lb average
Value per head Derived
$927
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
−$47
per head · Medium and Large 1 over Large 1
$13.66/cwt at this weight
vs the market
+3.75
vs MO average

What quality paid 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 1604160.16967216
Medium and Large 2435158.576907thin
Medium and Large 1-2538155.7083781
Large 1692146.501,0145thin
One grade step is worth $13.66/cwt here — about −$47 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 sale309 hd
158.73
MO average13 barns · 5,506 hd
154.99
+3.75
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
BullsLow1,77882.231,4628thin
CowsBreaker 75-80%Average1,52561.219336thin
CowsBoner 80-85%Average1,39360.1283823
CowsLean 85-90%High1,12249.7655829

Every lot, as filed

64 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
SteersMedium and Large 1Fleshy581149.66/cwt147.50–153.008705
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2585135.55/cwt135.00–136.507938
HeifersMedium and Large 1Unweaned628128.50/cwt128.50–128.508072
SteersMedium and Large 1-2416167.99/cwt166.00–169.006996
SteersMedium and Large 2488150.00/cwt150.00–150.007323
SteersMedium and Large 2396165.00/cwt165.00–165.006534
SteersMedium and Large 1763148.83/cwt144.50–152.251,13633
HeifersMedium and Large 1530146.30/cwt145.00–151.0077518
SteersMedium and Large 1526166.88/cwt157.50–177.0087827
SteersMedium and Large 1691153.50/cwt153.50–153.501,0614
SteersMedium and Large 1-2513153.69/cwt149.00–160.0078820
SteersMedium and Large 1-2461160.56/cwt155.00–173.0074010
SteersLarge 1692146.50/cwt146.50–146.501,0145
HeifersMedium and Large 1645140.80/cwt139.00–142.009085
SteersMedium and Large 1-2335186.35/cwt180.00–192.506247
SteersMedium and Large 1Unweaned662145.00/cwt145.00–145.009608
SteersMedium and Large 1619155.86/cwt154.00–158.0096523
SteersMedium and Large 1-2575151.49/cwt146.00–157.5087119
SteersMedium and Large 1468169.44/cwt161.00–181.0079326
SteersMedium and Large 1369188.29/cwt186.00–194.0069520
SteersMedium and Large 1856139.92/cwt135.00–140.501,19829
SteersMedium and Large 1420184.09/cwt170.00–199.0077311
Dairy SteersLarge 337084.50/cwt84.50–84.503135
SteersMedium and Large 1570155.90/cwt151.50–162.0088914
SteersMedium and Large 1Unweaned649151.50/cwt151.50–151.5098312
SteersMedium and Large 1-2728146.94/cwt142.50–151.501,07010
HeifersMedium and Large 1Fleshy579130.75/cwt125.00–135.0075721
BullsMedium and Large 1-2429170.16/cwt168.00–172.507304
BullsMedium and Large 1-2478153.80/cwt144.00–159.0073516
BullsMedium and Large 1-2571138.02/cwt137.00–140.007886
BullsMedium and Large 1-2670128.71/cwt124.00–131.008626
BullsMedium and Large 1-2707117.50/cwt117.00–118.008314
CowsBoner 80-85%1,39060.81/cwt57.50–62.5084521
CowsBoner 80-85%1,42852.82/cwt50.00–55.007542
CowsLean 85-90%1,17557.78/cwt56.50–58.506793
CowsBreaker 75-80%1,52561.21/cwt60.00–63.009336
CowsLean 85-90%1,01242.87/cwt34.00–48.004349
CowsLean 85-90%1,17151.99/cwt48.00–55.0060917
Bulls1,65066.98/cwt60.00–75.001,1052
Bulls2,03596.50/cwt96.50–96.501,9641
Bulls1,77885.48/cwt84.00–88.501,5205
Cow-Calf PairsMedium and Large 1-21,0251,247.50/cwt1,220.00–1,275.0012,7872
HeifersMedium and Large 1419161.73/cwt159.00–164.006787
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2617135.00/cwt135.00–135.008339
HeifersMedium and Large 2487132.51/cwt130.00–135.006454
BullsMedium and Large 1-2519141.87/cwt136.00–154.007366
BullsMedium and Large 1-2624132.39/cwt130.00–133.008265
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2Full608130.00/cwt130.00–130.007903
HeifersMedium and Large 1656142.10/cwt141.50–143.009325
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2522140.76/cwt137.50–145.0073513
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2431153.01/cwt148.00–159.0065911
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2374153.20/cwt150.00–156.005737
HeifersMedium and Large 1473156.28/cwt150.00–169.0073918
HeifersMedium and Large 1571142.13/cwt138.00–145.0081228
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2463148.93/cwt145.00–155.006905
HeifersMedium and Large 1717141.00/cwt141.00–141.001,0113
HeifersMedium and Large 1395154.25/cwt153.50–155.006094
HeifersMedium and Large 1335157.44/cwt152.00–165.005277
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2701133.50/cwt132.00–135.009364
HeifersMedium and Large 2446138.42/cwt130.00–144.006175
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2694126.50/cwt126.50–126.508784
SteersMedium and Large 1277203.77/cwt202.50–205.005644
SteersMedium and Large 1-2Full654140.00/cwt140.00–140.009165
SteersMedium and Large 1-2Fleshy594143.01/cwt141.00–145.008494

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.