Sale reports / Missouri / Interstate Regional Stockyards / 2022-08-16

Interstate Regional Stockyards

Feeder Cattle · Slaughter Cattle · Replacement Cattle · Cuba, Missouri · Tue, Aug 16
● Final72 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 1814
Feeder Cattle receipts
890 head
433 vs last sale 1,323 385 vs year ago 505 · +76.2%
Slaughter Cattle receipts
118 head
40 vs last sale 78 59 vs year ago 59 · +100.0%
Replacement Cattle receipts
20 head
10 vs last sale 10 5 vs year ago 25 · 20.0%
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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to last Tuesday, feeder steers 2.00-5.00 higher. Feeder heifers 5.00-10.00 higher. Slaughter cows steady. Demand good to very good. Supply moderate. The feeder market continues to move higher with the latest feeder index (800 lb steer) at 179.35/cwt. Fed cattle gained nearly 4.00/cwt last week with another solid advance expected this week.

Weight class

Steers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot
0–100 lb steers averaged $192.64/cwt on 310 head.
Average price
$192.64
310 head · 538 lb average
Value per head Derived
$1,036
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
$467
per head · Medium and Large 1 over Medium 2-3
$73.66/cwt at this weight
vs the market
+3.53
vs MO average

What quality paid 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 1567201.661,143108
Medium and Large 1-2510199.291,016133
Large 1484190.009205thin
Medium and Large 2566168.1995346
Medium 2466162.8675810thin
Medium and Large 2-3611151.509264thin
Medium 2-3528128.006764thin
One grade step is worth $73.66/cwt here — about $467 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 sale310 hd
192.64
MO average13 barns · 5,439 hd
189.11
+3.53
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
BullsAverage1,852112.402,0826thin
CowsBreaker 75-80%Average1,47090.561,3317thin
CowsBoner 80-85%Low1,23687.601,08326
CowsLean 85-90%Average1,03771.2773944

Replacement cattle Per head

By class, stage and age
Bred stock and pairs are reported per head, not per hundredweight — these prices are never mixed with the $/cwt figures above.
ClassStageAgeAvg wt$/headHead
Bred Cows2nd/3rd Stage (4-9 mo)Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)1,077$1,0958

Every lot, as filed

72 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
SteersLarge 1484190.00/cwt190.00–190.009205
SteersMedium and Large 1Fleshy536197.56/cwt189.00–204.001,05914
SteersMedium and Large 1Fleshy431211.00/cwt211.00–211.009094
SteersMedium and Large 1Fleshy557196.00/cwt196.00–196.001,0923
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2Unweaned630145.00/cwt145.00–145.009144
HeifersMedium and Large 1Unweaned707161.00/cwt161.00–161.001,1383
SteersMedium 2483154.65/cwt150.00–161.007477
SteersMedium 2425182.00/cwt182.00–182.007743
SteersMedium 2-3528128.00/cwt128.00–128.006764
SteersMedium and Large 2-3611151.50/cwt151.50–151.509264
SteersMedium and Large 2492185.00/cwt185.00–185.009103
SteersMedium and Large 1481211.90/cwt209.00–216.501,01913
SteersMedium and Large 1-2467207.89/cwt199.00–213.5097124
SteersMedium and Large 1-2705179.22/cwt175.00–182.001,2645
SteersMedium and Large 2433179.98/cwt175.00–186.007799
SteersMedium and Large 2741140.50/cwt140.50–140.501,0414
SteersMedium and Large 2563173.89/cwt171.00–178.0097918
SteersMedium and Large 2632155.84/cwt144.50–174.5098512
SteersMedium and Large 1525214.28/cwt203.50–222.001,12515
SteersMedium and Large 1-2575193.15/cwt185.00–197.501,11118
SteersMedium and Large 1-2522195.70/cwt190.50–206.001,02226
SteersMedium and Large 1-2632185.26/cwt182.00–194.001,17119
SteersMedium and Large 1-2359210.77/cwt207.00–216.007579
SteersMedium and Large 1-2434207.45/cwt194.00–211.5090032
SteersMedium and Large 1Unweaned651185.50/cwt185.50–185.501,2087
SteersMedium and Large 1567204.53/cwt201.50–207.501,16010
SteersMedium and Large 1614195.90/cwt194.50–199.001,2038
SteersMedium and Large 1425219.72/cwt219.00–221.009348
SteersMedium and Large 1722183.00/cwt183.00–183.001,3215
SteersMedium and Large 1668191.85/cwt191.50–194.001,28221
BullsMedium and Large 1-2422201.02/cwt186.00–212.0084817
BullsMedium and Large 1-2573163.93/cwt152.00–178.0093911
BullsMedium and Large 1-2488183.25/cwt172.00–190.508945
BullsMedium and Large 1-2717141.64/cwt140.50–145.001,0164
BullsMedium and Large 1-2659151.76/cwt149.00–154.501,0004
BullsMedium and Large 1-2617152.14/cwt149.00–164.009395
CowsBoner 80-85%1,28579.15/cwt78.50–80.001,0173
CowsBoner 80-85%1,28194.51/cwt89.00–99.501,2117
CowsBoner 80-85%1,20786.16/cwt82.00–89.001,04016
CowsLean 85-90%1,07575.41/cwt72.00–79.0081127
CowsLean 85-90%85053.89/cwt48.50–59.504585
CowsLean 85-90%1,02468.02/cwt56.00–70.0069711
CowsLean 85-90%1,07582.00/cwt82.00–82.008821
CowsBreaker 75-80%1,47387.98/cwt86.50–89.001,2964
CowsBreaker 75-80%1,46594.01/cwt93.00–96.001,3773
Bulls1,781105.36/cwt105.00–106.001,8764
Bulls1,995126.47/cwt123.00–130.002,5232
Bred CowsMedium and Large 1-21,0771,095.48/head1,060.00–1,135.001,0958
HeifersMedium and Large 1508189.53/cwt174.00–196.0096315
HeifersMedium 2Fleshy500150.00/cwt150.00–150.007502
HeifersMedium and Large 1Fleshy532191.00/cwt191.00–191.001,0165
HeifersMedium and Large 1Fleshy557174.00/cwt174.00–174.009693
BullsMedium and Large 1-2760137.37/cwt136.00–140.001,0446
BullsMedium and Large 1-2519174.62/cwt165.00–185.0090610
HeifersMedium and Large 2510163.68/cwt159.00–165.0083524
HeifersMedium 2468149.00/cwt149.00–149.006973
HeifersMedium and Large 1620175.66/cwt170.00–180.001,0899
HeifersMedium and Large 1465203.07/cwt198.00–206.0094437
HeifersMedium 2367160.00/cwt160.00–160.005873
HeifersMedium and Large 1574183.06/cwt173.50–192.001,05135
HeifersMedium and Large 2466170.16/cwt158.00–187.5079324
HeifersMedium and Large 2417173.42/cwt160.00–186.5072319
HeifersMedium and Large 2575160.10/cwt155.00–172.0092112
HeifersMedium and Large 2631144.01/cwt142.50–145.009095
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2467191.74/cwt187.00–197.0089526
HeifersMedium 2548147.00/cwt147.00–147.008062
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2571177.29/cwt176.00–180.001,0126
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2418188.35/cwt183.00–191.007876
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2522184.34/cwt174.00–193.0096220
HeifersMedium 2437160.00/cwt160.00–160.006993
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2382190.37/cwt170.00–207.0072718
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2326186.93/cwt176.00–194.0060915

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.