Sale reports / Missouri / Interstate Regional Stockyards / 2023-11-14

Interstate Regional Stockyards

Feeder Cattle · Slaughter Cattle · Replacement Cattle · Cuba, Missouri · Tue, Nov 14
● Final58 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 1814
Feeder Cattle receipts
836 head
▼ 656 vs last sale 1,492▼ 654 vs year ago 1,490 · −43.9%
Slaughter Cattle receipts
248 head
▲ 45 vs last sale 203▲ 124 vs year ago 124 · +100.0%
Replacement Cattle receipts
30 head
▲ 0 vs last sale 30▲ 11 vs year ago 19 · +57.9%
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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to last week, On a moderate offering and a good demand on today's market, Weaned and vaccinated feeder steers and heifers sold 5.00 to 7.00 higher while the lower quality fleshy and unweaned calves traded steady to firm. Slaughter cows and bulls traded 2.00 to 4.00 lower

Weight class

Steers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot
0–100 lb steers averaged $238.50/cwt on 337 head.
Average price
$238.50
337 head · 566 lb average
Value per head Derived
$1,349
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
$765
per head · Medium and Large 1 over Large 3
$102.47/cwt at this weight
vs the market
−5.57
vs MO average

What quality paid 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 1591253.851,501226
Medium and Large 1-2509241.381,22961
Large 1-2580198.001,1489thin
Medium and Large 2536170.8791715thin
Large 3486151.3873626
One grade step is worth $102.47/cwt here — about $765 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 sale337 hd
238.50
—
MO average16 barns · 10,951 hd
244.07
−5.57
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—Low1,675106.931,79111
CowsBreaker 75-80%Average1,47093.681,37719
CowsBoner 80-85%Average1,29486.411,11839
CowsLean 85-90%Low1,07179.4585135

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 Cows2nd/3rd Stage (4-9 mo)Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)1,233$1,47216

Every lot, as filed

58 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
HeifersLarge 3—468152.00/cwt152.00–152.0071116
HeifersMedium 1-2—456207.50/cwt207.50–207.509464
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2—377225.00/cwt225.00–225.008485
SteersMedium and Large 1—752235.80/cwt233.00–237.001,77310
SteersLarge 3—452153.00/cwt153.00–153.0069212
SteersMedium and Large 2—746169.00/cwt169.00–169.001,2614
SteersMedium and Large 1-2—364257.00/cwt257.00–257.0093510
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2—548204.00/cwt204.00–204.001,1187
HeifersMedium and Large 1—616217.10/cwt215.00–219.001,33715
SteersMedium and Large 1-2—586240.45/cwt234.00–257.001,40911
SteersMedium and Large 1—888215.00/cwt215.00–215.001,9092
SteersMedium and Large 1—673239.86/cwt234.00–249.001,61411
SteersLarge 1-2—510200.00/cwt200.00–200.001,0203
SteersMedium and Large 2—468167.50/cwt167.50–167.507844
SteersMedium and Large 1—437274.10/cwt270.00–277.501,19811
SteersMedium and Large 2—330175.00/cwt175.00–175.005783
SteersMedium and Large 1—519262.26/cwt256.00–268.001,36140
SteersLarge 1-2Unweaned—615197.00/cwt197.00–197.001,2126
SteersMedium and Large 1—476269.91/cwt260.00–282.501,28513
SteersMedium and Large 1-2—714217.50/cwt217.50–217.501,5534
SteersMedium and Large 1-2—423248.69/cwt237.50–260.001,05219
SteersMedium and Large 1—621250.39/cwt241.00–256.001,55557
SteersMedium and Large 1—727238.00/cwt238.00–238.001,7308
SteersMedium and Large 1-2—681227.00/cwt227.00–227.001,54610
HeifersLarge 3—520147.00/cwt147.00–147.0076411
HeifersMedium and Large 1—691208.00/cwt208.00–208.001,4379
BullsMedium and Large 1-2—493243.50/cwt243.50–243.501,2005
BullsMedium and Large 1-2—516235.14/cwt230.00–240.001,2138
BullsMedium and Large 1-2—615213.96/cwt210.00–220.001,31610
BullsMedium and Large 1-2—359263.49/cwt244.00–277.509467
CowsBoner 80-85%—1,30487.91/cwt83.00–97.001,14631
CowsLean 85-90%—99175.36/cwt74.50–75.507477
CowsLean 85-90%—1,09180.47/cwt77.50–86.5087828
CowsBreaker 75-80%—1,47093.68/cwt89.00–97.501,37719
CowsBoner 80-85%—1,25480.58/cwt78.50–82.001,0108
Bulls——1,57596.21/cwt90.00–101.501,5153
Bulls——1,713110.95/cwt108.00–118.001,9018
Bred CowsMedium and Large 1-2—1,2331,471.97/head1,300.00–1,650.001,47216
HeifersMedium and Large 2—478200.00/cwt200.00–200.009563
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2—660196.00/cwt196.00–196.001,2943
HeifersMedium 1-2—570190.00/cwt190.00–190.001,0833
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2—781170.00/cwt170.00–170.001,3285
HeifersMedium and Large 2—602179.00/cwt179.00–179.001,0787
HeifersMedium and Large 2—395200.00/cwt200.00–200.007904
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2—480218.37/cwt210.00–230.001,04812
HeifersMedium and Large 1—478239.83/cwt235.00–248.001,14634
HeifersMedium and Large 1—566226.00/cwt226.00–226.001,2794
HeifersMedium and Large 1—527233.86/cwt226.00–238.001,23212
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2—302217.00/cwt217.00–217.006556
SteersMedium and Large 1—824220.50/cwt220.50–220.501,8177
SteersMedium and Large 1—570256.86/cwt249.00–266.001,46467
HeifersMedium 1-2—328205.00/cwt205.00–205.006724
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2—617199.50/cwt191.00–208.001,23117
HeifersMedium 1-2—380208.93/cwt200.00–219.0079412
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2—583204.16/cwt200.00–210.001,19016
SteersLarge 3—515150.00/cwt150.00–150.0077314
SteersMedium and Large 2—550173.00/cwt173.00–173.009524
SteersMedium and Large 1-2—468234.84/cwt220.00–254.001,0997

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.