Name: Interstate Regional Stockyards livestock auction prices — 2022-12-20
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2022-12-20

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Feeder supply not sufficient to establish a market trend. Slaughter cows 3.00-4.00 higher. Moderate to good demand for a light clean up feeder trade to end the year.

Weight class

Steers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

0–100 lb steers averaged $183.16/cwt on 91 head.

Average price

$183.16

91 head · 535 lb average

Value per head Derived

$981

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

−$142

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

$44.93/cwt at this weight

vs the market

−1.24

vs MO average

What quality paid 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1-2	457	190.43	870	32
Medium and Large 1	567	182.33	1,034	54
Medium 1-2	695	145.50	1,011	5thin

One grade step is worth $44.93/cwt here — about −$142 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 sale91 hd

183.16

—

MO average16 barns · 11,248 hd

184.40

−1.24

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	—	High	1,637	98.33	1,610	7thin
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	Average	1,449	70.85	1,027	9thin
Cows	Boner 80-85%	Low	1,308	68.64	898	46
Cows	Lean 85-90%	High	1,055	60.69	640	16

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.

Class	Grade / description	Weight	Avg wt	Price	Range	Per head	Head
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	—	600	135.00/cwt	135.00–135.00	810	3
Bulls	Medium 1-2	—	647	130.00/cwt	130.00–130.00	841	3
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	—	572	150.00/cwt	150.00–150.00	858	3
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	—	359	191.00/cwt	191.00–191.00	686	4
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	—	429	176.82/cwt	168.00–190.00	759	5
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	—	340	196.25/cwt	195.00–197.50	667	4
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	577	183.09/cwt	181.50–189.50	1,056	16
Steers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	—	618	170.00/cwt	170.00–170.00	1,051	6
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	471	190.95/cwt	175.00–198.00	899	18
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	421	194.19/cwt	185.00–203.00	818	4
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	392	202.50/cwt	202.50–202.50	794	3
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	258	202.00/cwt	202.00–202.00	521	5
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	788	160.96/cwt	159.50–167.00	1,268	10
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	278	201.00/cwt	201.00–201.00	559	5
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	612	175.00/cwt	175.00–175.00	1,071	5
Steers	Medium 1-2	—	695	145.50/cwt	145.50–145.50	1,011	5
Heifers	Medium 2	—	531	131.44/cwt	126.00–135.00	698	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	563	157.89/cwt	157.00–159.00	889	10
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	420	161.04/cwt	160.00–166.00	676	11
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	529	157.78/cwt	155.00–159.00	835	16
Steers	Medium and Large 1Fleshy	—	570	171.72/cwt	170.00–174.00	979	7
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	480	209.64/cwt	209.50–210.00	1,006	7
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	342	157.00/cwt	157.00–157.00	537	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	409	158.04/cwt	156.00–160.00	646	4
Heifers	Medium 1-2	—	623	125.00/cwt	125.00–125.00	779	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	833	143.00/cwt	143.00–143.00	1,191	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	645	151.49/cwt	149.00–154.00	977	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	690	150.50/cwt	150.50–150.50	1,038	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	473	160.00/cwt	160.00–160.00	757	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Fleshy	—	572	150.00/cwt	150.00–150.00	858	4
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	—	530	162.67/cwt	150.00–169.00	862	6
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	—	728	137.00/cwt	137.00–137.00	997	3
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	—	681	140.75/cwt	136.00–142.50	959	11
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Full	—	635	135.00/cwt	135.00–135.00	857	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	537	162.17/cwt	160.50–165.50	871	6
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	456	161.00/cwt	161.00–161.00	734	5
Bulls	—	—	1,633	107.78/cwt	106.00–109.50	1,760	2
Bulls	—	—	1,570	88.71/cwt	86.00–91.50	1,393	3
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	1,110	70.61/cwt	69.00–72.00	784	2
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	1,032	52.03/cwt	45.00–57.00	537	5
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,266	63.62/cwt	59.00–66.50	805	15
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,324	70.55/cwt	67.50–75.50	934	29
Bulls	—	—	1,743	103.30/cwt	103.00–104.00	1,801	2
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,393	78.70/cwt	77.00–80.50	1,096	2
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	1,056	63.30/cwt	61.50–66.00	668	9
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	—	1,449	70.85/cwt	68.50–73.00	1,027	9

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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