Name: Interstate Regional Stockyards livestock auction prices — 2023-02-07
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2023-02-07

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to the last trended sale three weeks ago, feeder steers 7.00-15.00 higher. Feeder heifers under 500 lbs 10.00-20.00 higher, over 500 lbs 7.00-10.00 higher. Slaughter cows 4.00-5.00 higher compared to two weeks ago. The feeder market has been trending higher but sellers are squarely in the drivers seat this week with firming cutout values, bullish carcass weight data and higher fed cattle prices adding to the upward pull of tight feeder numbers.

Weight class

Steers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

0–100 lb steers averaged $198.35/cwt on 783 head.

Average price

$198.35

783 head · 642 lb average

Value per head Derived

$1,273

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

−$113

per head · Medium 1-2 over Medium 2

$45.30/cwt at this weight

vs the market

−3.75

vs MO average

What quality paid 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium 1-2	466	201.30	938	8thin
Medium and Large 1-2	585	200.22	1,172	164
Medium and Large 1	662	198.47	1,314	595
Medium and Large 2	421	180.67	761	9thin
Large 1	778	173.00	1,346	3thin
Medium 2	674	156.00	1,051	4thin

One grade step is worth $45.30/cwt here — about −$113 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 sale783 hd

198.35

—

MO average19 barns · 19,997 hd

202.10

−3.75

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	1,686	99.05	1,670	13
Cows	Boner 80-85%	High	1,336	84.67	1,132	18
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	Average	1,543	84.24	1,300	10
Cows	Lean 85-90%	Very Low	1,086	69.69	757	24

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.

Class	Stage	Age	Avg wt	$/head	Head
Bred Cows	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	Young (2-4 yrs)	1,205	$1,425	1thin
Bred Heifers	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	(<2 yrs)	902	$1,725	6
Cow-Calf Pairs	Open	Young (2-4 yrs)	925	$1,725	1thin

Every lot, as filed

97 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	—	670	174.44/cwt	173.00–177.00	1,169	36
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	577	213.85/cwt	211.00–220.00	1,234	29
Steers	Medium and Large 1Fleshy	—	763	176.00/cwt	176.00–176.00	1,343	9
Steers	Medium and Large 1Fleshy	—	696	183.50/cwt	183.50–183.50	1,277	5
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	360	208.00/cwt	208.00–208.00	749	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Value Added	—	712	178.50/cwt	178.50–178.50	1,271	7
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Value Added	—	558	187.00/cwt	187.00–187.00	1,043	11
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	528	210.25/cwt	195.00–215.50	1,110	18
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	668	177.23/cwt	175.00–179.00	1,184	14
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	469	217.40/cwt	207.00–227.00	1,020	11
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	625	205.95/cwt	201.00–212.00	1,287	52
Steers	Medium and Large 1Fleshy	—	562	205.89/cwt	202.00–207.00	1,157	11
Steers	Large 1	—	778	173.00/cwt	173.00–173.00	1,346	3
Steers	Medium 1-2	—	466	201.30/cwt	200.00–205.00	938	8
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	763	173.31/cwt	172.00–176.00	1,322	6
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	563	201.15/cwt	193.00–205.00	1,132	31
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	481	228.96/cwt	227.00–231.00	1,101	41
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	416	221.44/cwt	215.00–225.00	921	16
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	870	170.25/cwt	170.25–170.25	1,481	46
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	896	161.00/cwt	161.00–161.00	1,443	14
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	813	168.00/cwt	168.00–168.00	1,366	10
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	366	226.70/cwt	218.00–242.50	830	9
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	913	164.76/cwt	163.50–166.00	1,504	6
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	452	167.00/cwt	167.00–167.00	755	6
Steers	Medium 2	—	674	156.00/cwt	156.00–156.00	1,051	4
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	611	200.44/cwt	189.00–208.00	1,225	19
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	527	220.29/cwt	215.00–235.00	1,161	25
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	333	241.41/cwt	239.00–245.00	804	6
Steers	Medium and Large 1Value Added	—	467	235.50/cwt	235.50–235.50	1,100	9
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	416	231.22/cwt	225.00–237.00	962	20
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	808	179.62/cwt	178.00–183.00	1,451	16
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	—	574	213.00/cwt	213.00–213.00	1,223	10
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	716	184.05/cwt	180.50–188.00	1,318	15
Steers	Medium and Large 1Value Added	—	733	187.00/cwt	187.00–187.00	1,371	48
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	341	245.46/cwt	242.50–246.00	837	6
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	676	186.35/cwt	183.50–198.00	1,260	57
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	352	242.76/cwt	235.00–248.00	855	5
Steers	Medium and Large 1Value Added	—	621	214.75/cwt	214.75–214.75	1,334	13
Steers	Medium and Large 1Value Added	—	586	214.00/cwt	214.00–214.00	1,254	12
Steers	Medium and Large 1Value Added	—	773	182.34/cwt	182.00–184.00	1,409	41
Steers	Medium and Large 1Value Added	—	679	199.55/cwt	195.50–200.25	1,355	93
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	766	179.05/cwt	178.00–182.00	1,372	31
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	—	708	158.05/cwt	150.00–164.00	1,119	6
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	—	668	157.58/cwt	156.00–160.00	1,053	5
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	—	567	176.12/cwt	160.00–192.00	999	10
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	—	413	222.92/cwt	215.00–227.00	921	6
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	—	340	235.20/cwt	232.50–236.00	800	12
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	—	465	210.81/cwt	190.00–226.00	980	14
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,328	92.10/cwt	89.00–93.50	1,223	4
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,293	84.69/cwt	80.00–87.50	1,095	11
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,507	74.71/cwt	73.00–77.50	1,126	3
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	810	51.00/cwt	51.00–51.00	413	1
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	1,073	64.39/cwt	60.00–70.00	691	9
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	—	1,551	83.88/cwt	81.50–85.50	1,301	9
Bulls	—	—	1,831	104.72/cwt	99.00–110.00	1,917	5
Bulls	—	—	1,556	87.83/cwt	79.00–95.00	1,367	6
Bulls	—	—	1,715	118.52/cwt	115.00–123.00	2,033	2
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	1,114	74.44/cwt	71.00–78.50	829	14
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	—	1,475	87.50/cwt	87.50–87.50	1,291	1
Cow-Calf Pairs	Medium and Large 1-2	—	925	1,725.00/head	1,725.00–1,725.00	1,725	1
Bred Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	902	1,725.00/head	1,725.00–1,725.00	1,725	6
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 1	—	1,205	1,425.00/head	1,425.00–1,425.00	1,425	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Fleshy	—	321	202.50/cwt	202.50–202.50	650	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Fleshy	—	624	170.07/cwt	165.00–172.00	1,061	20
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Fleshy	—	850	152.00/cwt	152.00–152.00	1,292	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	466	174.03/cwt	170.00–176.00	811	14
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Fleshy	—	577	171.25/cwt	170.00–172.00	988	8
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	—	290	250.00/cwt	250.00–250.00	725	8
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	626	178.53/cwt	176.00–185.00	1,118	41
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	867	154.00/cwt	154.00–154.00	1,335	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Fleshy	—	495	183.00/cwt	183.00–183.00	906	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	624	167.02/cwt	162.50–176.00	1,042	28
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	830	164.00/cwt	164.00–164.00	1,361	38
Steers	Medium and Large 1Fleshy	—	502	218.50/cwt	218.50–218.50	1,097	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	419	211.29/cwt	208.00–215.00	885	22
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	790	169.50/cwt	169.00–171.00	1,339	12
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	—	539	180.00/cwt	180.00–180.00	970	7
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	467	192.90/cwt	180.00–198.00	901	42
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	532	179.52/cwt	175.00–190.00	955	27
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Value Added	—	444	215.00/cwt	215.00–215.00	955	10
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	517	187.47/cwt	182.00–190.00	969	38
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	314	221.00/cwt	221.00–221.00	694	14
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	483	196.05/cwt	190.00–206.00	947	25
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	680	165.89/cwt	164.50–169.00	1,128	27
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	277	217.00/cwt	217.00–217.00	601	6
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	366	214.15/cwt	205.00–223.00	784	21
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	428	197.05/cwt	185.00–210.00	843	40
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	737	140.00/cwt	140.00–140.00	1,032	3
Heifers	Medium 1-2	—	563	165.00/cwt	165.00–165.00	929	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	714	171.00/cwt	167.00–174.00	1,221	16
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	581	175.58/cwt	171.50–178.00	1,020	31
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	571	178.75/cwt	175.00–184.50	1,021	19
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	708	168.00/cwt	168.00–168.00	1,189	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	785	153.00/cwt	153.00–153.00	1,201	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	379	189.68/cwt	188.00–192.50	719	14
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Fleshy	—	652	170.00/cwt	170.00–170.00	1,108	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Fleshy	—	420	206.00/cwt	206.00–206.00	865	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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