Name: Interstate Regional Stockyards livestock auction prices — 2022-03-29
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2022-03-29

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to last Tuesday, feeder steers and heifers under 600 lbs 2.00-6.00 higher, over 600 lbs near steady though lightly tested. Slaughter cows steady to 1.00 higher. Demand good to very good. Supply moderate. Feeder contracts moved sharply higher Tuesday with live futures higher and grains lower.

Weight class

Heifers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

0–100 lb heifers averaged $152.08/cwt on 335 head.

Average price

$152.08

335 head · 539 lb average

Value per head Derived

$820

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$245

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

$18.80/cwt at this weight

vs the market

−5.32

vs MO average

What quality paid 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1	575	154.62	889	159
Medium and Large 1-2	520	153.44	798	137
Medium 1-2	385	143.39	552	6thin
Medium and Large 2	473	135.82	643	33

One grade step is worth $18.80/cwt here — about $245 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 sale335 hd

152.08

—

MO average16 barns · 9,046 hd

157.40

−5.32

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	—	Low	1,648	104.81	1,727	23
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	Low	1,447	87.55	1,267	26
Cows	Boner 80-85%	Low	1,303	86.27	1,124	38
Cows	Lean 85-90%	Low	1,092	69.86	763	61

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
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	319	169.99/cwt	169.00–172.50	542	7
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Fleshy	—	535	155.48/cwt	154.00–156.00	832	19
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	731	133.93/cwt	132.00–137.00	979	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	851	130.00/cwt	130.00–130.00	1,106	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	671	146.54/cwt	146.00–147.00	983	11
Steers	Medium 1	—	288	180.00/cwt	180.00–180.00	518	4
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	396	200.00/cwt	200.00–200.00	792	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	514	166.83/cwt	164.00–169.00	858	14
Heifers	Medium 1-2	—	385	143.39/cwt	140.00–147.00	552	6
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	617	122.15/cwt	119.00–127.00	754	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	617	149.01/cwt	148.00–150.50	919	5
Steers	Medium and Large 1Fleshy	—	562	175.22/cwt	165.00–182.00	985	21
Steers	Medium and Large 1Fleshy	—	521	185.90/cwt	170.00–195.00	969	15
Steers	Medium and Large 1Fleshy	—	620	166.34/cwt	160.00–172.50	1,031	11
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	680	145.00/cwt	145.00–145.00	986	7
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	440	161.72/cwt	151.00–173.00	712	32
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	383	167.71/cwt	165.00–169.00	642	6
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	428	188.29/cwt	178.00–200.00	806	16
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	358	175.00/cwt	175.00–175.00	627	3
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	519	189.08/cwt	180.50–195.00	981	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	430	175.16/cwt	174.00–177.00	753	12
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	712	139.00/cwt	139.00–139.00	990	3
Steers	Medium and Large 1Fleshy	—	694	160.00/cwt	160.00–160.00	1,110	23
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	623	172.18/cwt	165.00–177.00	1,073	12
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	563	177.40/cwt	173.00–182.00	999	4
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	781	143.50/cwt	143.50–143.50	1,121	4
Steers	Medium and Large 1Fleshy	—	1,078	120.00/cwt	120.00–120.00	1,294	3
Steers	Medium and Large 1Fleshy	—	496	202.50/cwt	202.50–202.50	1,004	8
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	468	194.26/cwt	184.00–212.50	909	16
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	838	145.50/cwt	145.50–145.50	1,219	8
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	371	180.58/cwt	177.00–184.00	670	4
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	478	226.28/cwt	213.00–238.00	1,082	19
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	767	148.13/cwt	146.50–150.50	1,136	10
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Fleshy	—	570	160.00/cwt	160.00–160.00	912	5
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	716	147.60/cwt	140.00–155.50	1,057	4
Steers	Medium 1	—	388	172.51/cwt	172.00–173.00	669	6
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	298	203.00/cwt	203.00–203.00	605	6
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	328	192.05/cwt	190.00–194.00	630	4
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	572	198.02/cwt	187.00–207.00	1,133	14
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	427	220.29/cwt	220.00–221.00	941	7
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	645	176.50/cwt	176.50–176.50	1,138	6
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	521	208.42/cwt	199.00–218.00	1,086	18
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	—	569	152.80/cwt	150.00–155.50	869	4
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	—	387	183.00/cwt	183.00–183.00	708	3
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	—	629	142.17/cwt	135.00–153.00	894	16
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	—	521	171.18/cwt	165.00–179.00	892	23
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	—	423	193.81/cwt	184.00–215.00	820	10
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	—	469	170.29/cwt	164.00–176.00	799	13
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	—	1,335	80.00/cwt	80.00–80.00	1,068	1
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	1,061	65.36/cwt	55.00–70.00	693	25
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	1,130	80.28/cwt	79.50–82.00	907	6
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	—	1,467	90.94/cwt	89.50–91.50	1,334	4
Bulls	—	—	1,581	94.52/cwt	84.50–103.00	1,494	10
Bulls	—	—	2,055	122.50/cwt	122.50–122.50	2,517	1
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	—	1,448	87.27/cwt	83.00–89.00	1,264	21
Bulls	—	—	1,669	111.91/cwt	107.00–118.00	1,868	12
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,335	77.76/cwt	77.50–78.00	1,038	2
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	1,130	73.84/cwt	70.00–78.00	834	28
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	820	39.00/cwt	39.00–39.00	320	2
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,289	90.65/cwt	89.00–92.00	1,168	8
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,305	85.63/cwt	81.50–88.00	1,117	28
Stock Cows	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,004	91.66/cwt	89.00–93.50	920	5
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,180	1,210.18/cwt	975.00–1,375.00	14,280	14
Cow-Calf Pairs	Medium and Large 1-2	—	950	1,460.00/cwt	1,460.00–1,460.00	13,870	5
Cow-Calf Pairs	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,035	987.50/cwt	975.00–1,000.00	10,221	12
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	401	144.00/cwt	144.00–144.00	577	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Fleshy	—	590	144.00/cwt	144.00–144.00	850	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	1,016	122.86/cwt	122.00–125.00	1,248	7
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Fleshy	—	494	158.46/cwt	155.00–162.00	783	8
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Fleshy	—	409	158.00/cwt	158.00–158.00	646	5
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2Fleshy	—	498	167.00/cwt	167.00–167.00	832	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	1,092	115.00/cwt	115.00–115.00	1,256	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	551	130.00/cwt	130.00–130.00	716	8
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	624	144.91/cwt	143.00–148.00	904	12
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	495	145.00/cwt	145.00–145.00	718	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Fleshy	—	634	144.62/cwt	143.00–146.00	917	11
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	513	154.76/cwt	148.00–158.00	794	39
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	379	139.61/cwt	137.00–141.00	529	12
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	834	128.00/cwt	128.00–128.00	1,068	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	339	155.01/cwt	150.00–160.00	525	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	470	158.85/cwt	157.00–162.50	747	8
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	759	142.00/cwt	142.00–142.00	1,078	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	1,115	118.00/cwt	118.00–118.00	1,316	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	378	162.16/cwt	160.00–165.00	613	10
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	571	152.95/cwt	151.00–154.00	873	6
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	459	165.50/cwt	162.00–169.00	760	26
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	567	147.67/cwt	145.00–152.00	837	16

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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