Name: Interstate Regional Stockyards livestock auction prices — 2023-01-24
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2023-01-24

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Feeder supply not sufficient to establish a market trend. Slaughter cows 3.00-5.00 higher. Light numbers with the winter storm approaching but still a good feeder trade with several buyers on hand.

Weight class

Heifers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

0–100 lb heifers averaged $170.24/cwt on 80 head.

Average price

$170.24

80 head · 506 lb average

Value per head Derived

$861

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

−$248

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

$2.67/cwt at this weight

vs the market

−1.85

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	429	171.57	736	40
Medium and Large 1	582	168.91	984	40

One grade step is worth $2.67/cwt here — about −$248 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 sale80 hd

170.24

—

MO average19 barns · 6,916 hd

172.09

−1.85

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	1,662	104.22	1,732	11
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	Average	1,500	80.90	1,214	10
Cows	Boner 80-85%	Low	1,239	79.52	985	39
Cows	Lean 85-90%	Low	1,058	69.08	731	26

Every lot, as filed

40 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 1-2	—	408	181.57/cwt	181.00–182.00	741	7
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	568	166.85/cwt	160.00–174.00	948	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	313	174.06/cwt	160.00–180.00	545	7
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	615	164.31/cwt	163.00–165.00	1,011	6
Bulls	—	—	1,832	112.24/cwt	109.00–115.00	2,056	3
Bulls	—	—	1,365	89.00/cwt	89.00–89.00	1,215	1
Bulls	—	—	1,632	102.96/cwt	98.00–109.00	1,680	7
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	—	1,515	78.17/cwt	75.50–81.00	1,184	6
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	—	1,478	85.00/cwt	85.00–85.00	1,256	4
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	1,013	64.35/cwt	58.00–68.00	652	11
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	1,052	70.33/cwt	67.50–74.00	740	12
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,238	72.06/cwt	64.00–75.00	892	8
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,254	79.25/cwt	76.00–82.50	994	20
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	1,245	81.43/cwt	77.00–84.00	1,014	3
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,213	85.45/cwt	82.00–87.00	1,037	11
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	—	466	185.36/cwt	173.00–197.00	864	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Fleshy	—	581	162.50/cwt	160.00–164.00	944	9
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	487	184.00/cwt	184.00–184.00	896	7
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	870	144.50/cwt	144.50–144.50	1,257	2
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	523	197.80/cwt	190.00–205.00	1,034	8
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	392	207.91/cwt	205.00–210.00	815	7
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	765	168.31/cwt	165.00–170.00	1,288	6
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	620	188.03/cwt	182.50–192.00	1,166	5
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	668	172.50/cwt	172.50–172.50	1,152	4
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	263	206.00/cwt	206.00–206.00	542	3
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	333	210.00/cwt	210.00–210.00	699	4
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	702	171.50/cwt	171.50–171.50	1,204	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	478	172.58/cwt	170.00–180.00	825	9
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	437	180.00/cwt	180.00–180.00	787	3
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	477	199.83/cwt	199.00–200.00	953	6
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	508	181.00/cwt	181.00–181.00	919	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	269	170.00/cwt	170.00–170.00	457	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	388	174.19/cwt	169.00–177.50	676	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	655	160.00/cwt	160.00–160.00	1,048	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	753	144.00/cwt	144.00–144.00	1,084	3
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	535	202.94/cwt	198.00–209.00	1,086	10
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	758	151.00/cwt	151.00–151.00	1,145	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	565	176.49/cwt	175.00–178.00	997	4
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	—	627	150.34/cwt	150.00–151.00	943	6
Bulls	Medium 2	—	399	145.00/cwt	145.00–145.00	579	5

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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