Name: Interstate Regional Stockyards livestock auction prices — 2021-12-14
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2021-12-14

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to last Tuesday, feeder steers under 700 lbs 2.00-5.00 higher, over 700 lbs steady. Feeder heifers 450-600 lbs 2.00-4.00 higher, other weights steady. Slaughter cows steady. Demand good. Supply heavy. Active trade on a good quality feeder offering this week.

Weight class

Steers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

0–100 lb steers averaged $166.47/cwt on 731 head.

Average price

$166.47

731 head · 600 lb average

Value per head Derived

$999

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$349

per head · Medium and Large 1 over Medium 2

$34.99/cwt at this weight

vs the market

−1.83

vs MO average

What quality paid 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1	608	169.99	1,033	515
Medium 1	582	163.00	949	8thin
Medium and Large 1-2	581	161.76	940	136
Large 1	584	152.62	892	49
Medium 1-2	606	148.33	899	6thin
Medium and Large 2	589	147.67	870	14thin
Medium 2	507	135.00	684	3thin

One grade step is worth $34.99/cwt here — about $349 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 sale731 hd

166.47

—

MO average14 barns · 15,068 hd

168.30

−1.83

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	1,791	87.68	1,570	8thin
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	Average	1,439	61.07	879	4thin
Cows	Boner 80-85%	High	1,311	58.39	766	10
Cows	Lean 85-90%	High	1,106	42.88	474	26

Every lot, as filed

87 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	—	542	183.00/cwt	183.00–183.00	992	12
Steers	Large 1	—	534	154.50/cwt	154.50–154.50	825	9
Steers	Large 1Unweaned	—	668	146.00/cwt	146.00–146.00	975	5
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	789	129.50/cwt	129.50–129.50	1,022	5
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	581	159.61/cwt	157.00–163.00	927	61
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	752	143.50/cwt	143.50–143.50	1,079	5
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	517	166.67/cwt	164.00–170.00	862	12
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	473	191.74/cwt	179.00–198.00	907	41
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	574	172.90/cwt	163.00–182.00	992	72
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	364	195.34/cwt	192.50–197.50	711	8
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	726	147.73/cwt	145.00–152.50	1,073	19
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	631	157.20/cwt	150.00–162.00	992	10
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Value Added	—	755	137.00/cwt	137.00–137.00	1,034	6
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Value Added	—	474	166.29/cwt	164.00–171.00	788	18
Steers	Medium 2	—	507	135.00/cwt	135.00–135.00	684	3
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	469	175.57/cwt	168.50–184.00	823	17
Steers	Medium 1-2	—	575	155.00/cwt	155.00–155.00	891	2
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	622	165.27/cwt	157.50–169.00	1,028	62
Steers	Medium 1Value Added	—	632	158.00/cwt	158.00–158.00	999	3
Steers	Medium 1-2	—	622	145.00/cwt	145.00–145.00	902	4
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	711	156.03/cwt	151.00–157.00	1,109	22
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	427	194.34/cwt	187.00–197.00	830	16
Steers	Large 1	—	461	164.50/cwt	164.50–164.50	758	7
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	692	160.44/cwt	156.00–161.50	1,110	35
Steers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	—	619	150.00/cwt	150.00–150.00	929	4
Steers	Large 1Value Added	—	594	159.50/cwt	159.50–159.50	947	10
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	388	198.02/cwt	192.50–213.00	768	10
Steers	Medium and Large 1Value Added	—	575	176.79/cwt	173.00–180.00	1,017	58
Steers	Medium and Large 1Value Added	—	619	165.96/cwt	163.50–167.50	1,027	42
Steers	Large 1Value Added	—	671	144.00/cwt	144.00–144.00	966	5
Steers	Medium and Large 1Value Added	—	717	155.35/cwt	154.50–156.50	1,114	75
Steers	Medium 1Value Added	—	552	166.00/cwt	166.00–166.00	916	5
Steers	Medium and Large 1Value Added	—	478	194.50/cwt	194.50–194.50	930	4
Steers	Medium and Large 1Value Added	—	526	187.15/cwt	187.00–187.50	984	20
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	—	649	155.00/cwt	155.00–155.00	1,006	4
Steers	Medium and Large 1Value Added	—	691	159.49/cwt	157.50–160.50	1,102	28
Steers	Large 1Unweaned	—	612	145.50/cwt	145.50–145.50	890	13
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	—	674	134.86/cwt	123.00–149.00	909	19
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	—	778	128.00/cwt	128.00–128.00	996	4
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	—	631	142.59/cwt	139.00–154.00	900	4
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	—	518	149.73/cwt	135.00–156.00	776	16
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	—	813	114.50/cwt	114.50–114.50	931	3
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	—	491	168.08/cwt	164.00–172.00	825	13
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	1,145	56.50/cwt	56.50–56.50	647	1
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	1,190	52.82/cwt	49.00–55.00	629	9
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	—	1,439	61.07/cwt	59.00–63.00	879	4
Bulls	—	—	1,940	93.02/cwt	91.00–95.00	1,805	2
Bulls	—	—	1,682	72.18/cwt	60.00–84.00	1,214	3
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	958	26.51/cwt	20.00–29.00	254	3
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	1,079	38.72/cwt	35.00–43.00	418	13
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,295	63.00/cwt	63.00–63.00	816	1
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,313	57.88/cwt	57.00–59.00	760	9
Bulls	—	—	1,800	99.62/cwt	96.50–104.00	1,793	3
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,328	912.27/cwt	800.00–1,080.00	12,115	3
Cow-Calf Pairs	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,250	1,400.00/cwt	1,400.00–1,400.00	17,500	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	478	153.56/cwt	150.00–156.00	734	44
Heifers	Medium 2-3	—	578	114.50/cwt	114.50–114.50	662	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	659	143.16/cwt	141.00–143.50	943	41
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	738	145.00/cwt	145.00–145.00	1,070	24
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	—	573	143.02/cwt	135.00–150.00	820	11
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	581	150.94/cwt	143.00–153.50	877	51
Heifers	Medium 1-2	—	475	136.77/cwt	130.00–145.00	650	6
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	532	151.35/cwt	147.00–157.00	805	75
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	477	162.72/cwt	157.00–167.00	776	45
Heifers	Large 1	—	548	142.50/cwt	142.50–142.50	781	15
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	689	136.00/cwt	135.00–138.50	937	10
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	524	147.49/cwt	140.00–152.00	773	50
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Value Added	—	571	146.31/cwt	145.00–150.00	835	48
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	375	160.27/cwt	160.00–161.00	601	11
Heifers	Medium 2-3	—	416	115.00/cwt	115.00–115.00	478	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	575	139.61/cwt	135.00–143.50	803	19
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	622	143.67/cwt	140.00–146.00	894	42
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	813	128.00/cwt	128.00–128.00	1,041	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Unweaned	—	603	130.00/cwt	130.00–130.00	784	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	420	161.58/cwt	151.00–168.00	679	21
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	645	139.09/cwt	138.50–140.50	897	10
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	325	155.00/cwt	155.00–155.00	504	7
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	—	472	159.00/cwt	159.00–159.00	750	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Value Added	—	624	145.00/cwt	145.00–145.00	905	14
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	478	157.77/cwt	150.00–160.00	754	9
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	385	175.47/cwt	174.00–177.00	676	11
Heifers	Large 1	—	457	159.00/cwt	159.00–159.00	727	12
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	414	166.12/cwt	160.00–174.00	688	21
Steers	Medium and Large 1Fleshy	—	480	173.50/cwt	173.50–173.50	833	5
Steers	Medium and Large 1Fleshy	—	761	144.50/cwt	144.50–144.50	1,100	4
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	761	149.50/cwt	149.50–149.50	1,138	5
Heifers	Large 1Unweaned	—	630	138.50/cwt	138.50–138.50	873	10

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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