Sale reports / Missouri / Interstate Regional Stockyards / 2023-08-29

Interstate Regional Stockyards

Feeder Cattle · Slaughter Cattle · Replacement Cattle · Cuba, Missouri · Tue, Aug 29
● Final63 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 1814
Feeder Cattle receipts
664 head
▼ 553 vs last sale 1,217▼ 145 vs year ago 809 · −17.9%
Slaughter Cattle receipts
77 head
▲ 26 vs last sale 51▼ 64 vs year ago 141 · −45.4%
Replacement Cattle receipts
60 head
▲ 54 vs last sale 6▲ 40 vs year ago 20 · +200.0%
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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Based on limited comparisons with last week, feeder steers 3.00-6.00 higher. Feeder heifers 6.00-12.00 higher. Slaughter cows 2.00-4.00 higher. Demand good to very good. Light feeder offering with a nice run expected in two weeks after the Labor Day break. Cow sale following the feeders featured 47 good quality black and red SimAngus cross heifers bred to calve 2-21 or 4-8 to a proven calving ease Angus bull.

Weight class

Heifers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot
0–100 lb heifers averaged $258.31/cwt on 218 head.
Average price
$258.31
218 head · 544 lb average
Value per head Derived
$1,406
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
$53
per head · Medium and Large 1-2 over Medium and Large 2
$27.70/cwt at this weight
vs the market
+7.06
vs MO average

What quality paid 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 1-2465262.071,21961
Medium and Large 1581258.551,503146
Medium and Large 2497234.361,16611thin
One grade step is worth $27.70/cwt here — about $53 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 sale218 hd
258.31
—
MO average13 barns · 4,922 hd
251.25
+7.06
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
Bulls—Average1,668122.902,05014
CowsBreaker 75-80%Average1,433112.751,6162thin
CowsBoner 80-85%High1,321109.081,44124
CowsLean 85-90%Average1,206102.171,23214

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 Cows3rd Stage (7-9 mo)Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)1,495$1,7751thin
Bred Heifers1st/2nd Stage (1-6 mo)(<2 yrs)1,027$2,52847
Cow-Calf PairsOpenYoung/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)925$2,1505

Every lot, as filed

63 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 and Large 1-2—627244.00/cwt244.00–244.001,5306
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2—471263.29/cwt256.00–274.001,24021
SteersMedium and Large 1Fleshy—388295.00/cwt295.00–295.001,1453
SteersMedium 1-2—550250.00/cwt250.00–250.001,3753
SteersMedium and Large 1-2—490283.53/cwt280.00–284.001,38916
SteersMedium and Large 1-2—609258.94/cwt255.00–260.001,57714
HeifersMedium and Large 1Unweaned—633242.51/cwt240.00–245.001,5354
HeifersMedium and Large 1—766234.47/cwt229.50–235.501,79612
SteersMedium and Large 2—424260.00/cwt260.00–260.001,1029
SteersMedium and Large 1—659266.80/cwt263.00–267.001,75860
SteersMedium and Large 1-2—696245.00/cwt245.00–245.001,7056
SteersMedium and Large 1-2—585259.00/cwt259.00–259.001,5153
SteersMedium and Large 1Fleshy—651252.00/cwt252.00–252.001,6415
SteersMedium and Large 1Fleshy—480269.35/cwt265.00–272.501,29316
SteersMedium 1-2—515252.50/cwt252.50–252.501,3004
SteersMedium and Large 1—417319.99/cwt317.50–322.501,3344
SteersMedium and Large 1—378328.75/cwt327.50–330.001,2436
SteersMedium and Large 1—591262.00/cwt262.00–262.001,5484
SteersMedium and Large 1-2—416302.92/cwt282.50–312.501,26014
SteersMedium and Large 1—843238.00/cwt238.00–238.002,0065
SteersMedium and Large 1Unweaned—612256.02/cwt254.00–258.001,5674
SteersMedium and Large 1-2—516272.30/cwt270.00–275.001,40517
SteersMedium and Large 1Unweaned—564264.00/cwt264.00–264.001,4897
Dairy SteersLarge 3—909119.50/cwt119.50–119.501,0864
Dairy SteersLarge 3—628135.00/cwt135.00–135.008484
BullsMedium and Large 1-2—466268.24/cwt260.00–272.501,2507
BullsMedium and Large 1-2—408313.73/cwt310.00–317.501,2804
BullsMedium and Large 1-2—730217.00/cwt217.00–217.001,5842
BullsMedium and Large 1-2—685228.00/cwt228.00–228.001,5622
BullsMedium and Large 1-2—625243.00/cwt243.00–243.001,5192
BullsMedium and Large 1-2—538240.00/cwt240.00–240.001,2912
CowsLean 85-90%—1,206102.17/cwt102.00–104.501,23214
Bulls——1,766126.87/cwt121.50–131.502,2416
Bulls——1,915139.59/cwt137.00–142.002,6732
Bulls——1,487113.36/cwt105.00–118.501,6866
CowsBreaker 75-80%—1,433112.75/cwt112.50–113.001,6162
CowsBoner 80-85%—1,383114.50/cwt114.50–114.501,5843
CowsBoner 80-85%—1,312108.31/cwt105.50–113.001,42121
Bred HeifersMedium and Large 1—1,0272,528.42/head2,400.00–2,550.002,52847
Bred CowsMedium and Large 1—1,4951,775.00/head1,775.00–1,775.001,7751
Cow-Calf PairsMedium and Large 1-2—9252,150.00/head2,150.00–2,150.002,1505
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2—373266.04/cwt262.00–270.0099211
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2—403272.50/cwt272.50–272.501,0986
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2—526253.50/cwt251.00–257.501,3335
HeifersMedium and Large 2—542235.00/cwt235.00–235.001,2744
HeifersMedium and Large 1—582259.03/cwt250.00–261.501,50834
HeifersMedium and Large 1—820227.00/cwt227.00–227.001,86116
HeifersMedium and Large 2—472234.00/cwt234.00–234.001,1047
HeifersMedium and Large 1—617251.30/cwt249.00–252.501,55110
HeifersMedium and Large 1—379296.26/cwt282.50–302.501,1236
HeifersMedium and Large 1—468276.00/cwt273.00–279.001,29222
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2Fleshy—672232.40/cwt230.00–234.001,5625
HeifersMedium and Large 1Fleshy—588250.49/cwt247.00–254.001,4734
HeifersMedium and Large 1—411290.01/cwt285.00–292.501,1926
HeifersMedium and Large 1—663248.24/cwt240.00–251.001,6468
HeifersMedium and Large 1—865214.00/cwt214.00–214.001,8513
HeifersMedium and Large 1Unweaned—557249.49/cwt247.50–252.501,3905
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2—316286.00/cwt286.00–286.009047
HeifersMedium and Large 1—520261.96/cwt260.00–265.001,3625
HeifersMedium and Large 1—307294.14/cwt292.50–300.0090311
SteersMedium and Large 2—343280.00/cwt280.00–280.009606
SteersMedium and Large 1—775242.94/cwt240.00–246.001,8834
SteersMedium and Large 1—322325.00/cwt325.00–325.001,0475

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.