Sale reports / Missouri / Interstate Regional Stockyards / 2023-05-02

Interstate Regional Stockyards

Feeder Cattle · Slaughter Cattle · Replacement Cattle · Cuba, Missouri · Tue, May 2
● Final81 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 1814
Feeder Cattle receipts
1,592 head
538 vs last sale 1,054 158 vs year ago 1,750 · 9.0%
Slaughter Cattle receipts
226 head
19 vs last sale 245 59 vs year ago 167 · +35.3%
Replacement Cattle receipts
15 head
0 vs last sale 15 5 vs year ago 10 · +50.0%
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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to last Tuesday, feeder steers under 550 lbs steady to 3.00 lower, over 550 lbs steady to firm. Feeder heifers steady to 3.00 higher. Slaughter cows steady to 1.00 lower. Demand good. Supply moderate. Several nice quality medium flesh calves this week weighing 400-600 lbs with some weaned and some not. The feeder market held together pretty well despite a poor showing by the cattle complex overall with fed cattle, cutout values and fed futures all lower and feeder contracts sharply lower on Tuesday. Packers have been able to back down the fed trade the past few weeks with help from the usual steep June live contract discount which may or may not be warranted this year.

Weight class

Steers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot
0–100 lb steers averaged $250.61/cwt on 526 head.
Average price
$250.61
526 head · 527 lb average
Value per head Derived
$1,321
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
$102
per head · Medium and Large 1 over Large 1
$48.94/cwt at this weight
vs the market
+12.22
vs MO average

What quality paid 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 1508262.941,335330
Medium 1-2376240.6990413thin
Medium and Large 1-2560234.381,312110
Medium 1604226.221,36737
Medium and Large 2582217.051,26321
Large 1576214.001,23315thin
One grade step is worth $48.94/cwt here — about $102 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 sale526 hd
250.61
MO average17 barns · 12,769 hd
238.39
+12.22
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
BullsAverage1,642115.171,8917thin
CowsBreaker 75-80%High1,45696.691,40818
CowsBoner 80-85%Low1,25191.001,13853
CowsLean 85-90%Very Low1,03976.2179247

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 Cows1st Stage (1-3 mo)Young (2-4 yrs)1,295$1,3501thin

Every lot, as filed

81 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
HeifersMedium 1-2551202.00/cwt202.00–202.001,1135
HeifersMedium and Large 1330256.73/cwt251.00–260.0084717
SteersMedium and Large 2573210.00/cwt210.00–210.001,2035
SteersMedium and Large 2511239.37/cwt230.00–245.001,2238
SteersMedium and Large 1-2519248.53/cwt243.00–252.001,2909
HeifersMedium and Large 1425250.09/cwt241.00–256.001,06350
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2473232.79/cwt225.00–240.001,10123
HeifersMedium and Large 1563223.23/cwt207.00–230.501,25740
SteersMedium and Large 1-2799188.00/cwt188.00–188.001,5024
SteersMedium 1-2362241.83/cwt230.00–250.008755
SteersMedium and Large 2735181.00/cwt181.00–181.001,3303
SteersMedium and Large 1-2Fleshy638216.00/cwt216.00–216.001,37812
SteersLarge 1Fleshy597210.00/cwt210.00–210.001,25412
SteersMedium and Large 1Fleshy536240.00/cwt240.00–240.001,2866
SteersMedium and Large 1-2422265.12/cwt257.50–275.001,11913
SteersMedium and Large 1-2357263.14/cwt260.00–269.0093910
SteersMedium and Large 1-2472261.70/cwt250.00–267.001,23515
SteersMedium and Large 1-2308259.92/cwt250.00–270.008014
SteersMedium and Large 1327277.35/cwt267.00–282.5090714
SteersLarge 1493230.00/cwt230.00–230.001,1343
SteersMedium and Large 1526265.33/cwt250.00–278.501,39690
SteersMedium 1694190.00/cwt190.00–190.001,3197
SteersMedium and Large 1423279.39/cwt265.00–287.001,18242
SteersMedium and Large 1-2612219.03/cwt213.00–221.001,34013
SteersMedium and Large 1-2708215.00/cwt215.00–215.001,5222
SteersMedium 1-2456229.96/cwt225.00–235.001,0494
SteersMedium and Large 1563256.96/cwt250.00–265.001,44752
SteersMedium 1564242.00/cwt242.00–242.001,36520
SteersMedium and Large 1-2558237.04/cwt230.00–245.001,32310
SteersMedium and Large 1660229.48/cwt217.00–233.001,51525
SteersMedium 1-2312250.00/cwt250.00–250.007804
SteersMedium and Large 2612210.00/cwt210.00–210.001,2855
SteersMedium and Large 1364277.25/cwt269.00–287.501,00921
SteersMedium and Large 1478270.75/cwt260.00–278.501,29460
BullsMedium and Large 1-2690168.99/cwt168.00–170.001,1664
BullsMedium and Large 1-2518226.38/cwt210.00–245.001,17321
BullsMedium and Large 1-2627192.14/cwt185.50–204.001,2059
BullsMedium and Large 1-2578211.69/cwt206.00–217.001,22412
BullsMedium and Large 1-2385278.14/cwt265.00–282.001,07110
BullsMedium and Large 1-2470231.89/cwt225.00–246.001,09014
CowsLean 85-90%92760.08/cwt55.00–64.005576
CowsLean 85-90%1,09884.91/cwt79.50–87.0093220
HeifersMedium 1-2309220.00/cwt220.00–220.006804
CowsLean 85-90%1,01069.74/cwt67.00–74.0070418
CowsLean 85-90%1,03789.32/cwt89.00–89.509263
Bulls1,648114.84/cwt109.00–120.001,8935
Bulls1,750105.00/cwt105.00–105.001,8381
CowsBreaker 75-80%1,47898.73/cwt95.00–100.501,45913
CowsBreaker 75-80%1,39991.37/cwt88.50–94.001,2785
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2694182.00/cwt182.00–182.001,2634
CowsBoner 80-85%1,23486.00/cwt84.00–87.001,0615
CowsBoner 80-85%1,29997.57/cwt96.50–99.001,26710
CowsBoner 80-85%1,24089.93/cwt87.00–95.501,11538
Bulls1,505127.00/cwt127.00–127.001,9111
Bred CowsMedium and Large 11,2951,350.00/head1,350.00–1,350.001,3501
HeifersMedium 1-2500215.00/cwt215.00–215.001,07511
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2570209.90/cwt200.00–215.001,19610
HeifersMedium and Large 1664207.91/cwt206.00–210.001,38131
HeifersMedium and Large 1700201.00/cwt201.00–201.001,4072
HeifersMedium and Large 2Full557190.00/cwt190.00–190.001,0583
BullsMedium and Large 1-2438265.25/cwt260.00–278.001,16218
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2723185.69/cwt184.00–187.001,3437
HeifersMedium and Large 2632185.00/cwt185.00–185.001,1696
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2427235.82/cwt225.00–247.001,00722
HeifersMedium and Large 1Full538229.00/cwt229.00–229.001,2328
HeifersMedium and Large 1Fleshy593206.03/cwt200.00–208.001,22220
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2641198.00/cwt198.00–198.001,2694
HeifersLarge 1456223.50/cwt223.50–223.501,0194
HeifersMedium and Large 1624212.47/cwt205.00–217.501,3265
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2518218.58/cwt210.00–230.001,13211
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2381240.08/cwt230.00–244.009159
HeifersMedium and Large 2584200.00/cwt200.00–200.001,1684
HeifersMedium and Large 2518206.00/cwt206.00–206.001,0675
HeifersMedium and Large 1375255.87/cwt248.00–259.0096019
HeifersLarge 1Unweaned517209.00/cwt209.00–209.001,08112
HeifersMedium and Large 1528240.02/cwt233.00–246.001,26741
HeifersMedium 1-2368220.00/cwt220.00–220.008105
SteersMedium 1622220.00/cwt220.00–220.001,36810
SteersMedium and Large 1629233.38/cwt220.00–252.001,46820
SteersMedium and Large 1-2Fleshy762195.00/cwt195.00–195.001,48618
HeifersMedium and Large 1472248.32/cwt232.50–260.001,17296

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.