Name: Interstate Regional Stockyards livestock auction prices — 2024-05-14
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2024-05-14

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to last Tuesday, feeder steers and heifers mostly steady. Slaughter cows 5.00-7.00 higher. Demand good. Lighter run with a nice offering of feeders expected next week. Live and feeder contracts both had a big up day Tuesday thanks largely to early week advances in beef cutout values.

Weight class

Steers · summary 500–600 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

500–600 lb steers averaged $307.57/cwt on 127 head. That ranks 1 of 24 comparable sales and sits −156.26 against this barn's trailing median of $463.82.

Average price

$307.57

127 head · 557 lb average

Value per head Derived

$1,714

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$108

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

$14.81/cwt at this weight

vs the market

−6.81

vs MO average

−3.20 vs national

What quality paid 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1	558	308.97	1,724	115
Medium and Large 1-2	550	294.16	1,616	12thin

One grade step is worth $14.81/cwt here — about $108 a head. Across this sale the premium is widest at 600–700 lb. USDA reports each grade on its own line and never publishes the spread.

This barn's trailing prices 500–600 lb

24 sales

Steers 500–600 lb: high $519.42, low $389.14, median $463.82 across 24 sales. Sales under 10 head in this class are excluded, so a thin day cannot swing the median or the ranking.

How it compared 500–600 lb

Same class and week · spot auction only

This sale127 hd

307.57

—

MO average17 barns · 3,712 hd

314.38

−6.81

National average163 barns · 10,302 hd

310.77

−3.20

This barn, trailing median24 sales

463.82

−156.26

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	1,883	167.04	3,145	8thin
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	High	1,526	138.59	2,115	23
Cows	Boner 80-85%	Average	1,312	132.14	1,734	32
Cows	Lean 85-90%	Low	984	104.05	1,023	21

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	2nd/3rd Stage (4-9 mo)	Young (2-4 yrs)	1,162	$1,970	5
Cow-Calf Pairs	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	1,168	$2,888	6
Cow-Calf Pairs	Open	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	1,320	$2,750	3thin
Cow-Calf Pairs	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	Young (2-4 yrs)	800	$2,575	2thin

Every lot, as filed

61 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
Steers	Medium and Large 1Full	550–600	562	300.83/cwt	300.00–302.00	1,691	12
Steers	Medium and Large 1	650–700	660	275.92/cwt	275.00–280.00	1,821	11
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Fleshy	550–600	577	275.00/cwt	275.00–275.00	1,587	3
Steers	Medium and Large 1Fleshy	600–650	629	275.00/cwt	275.00–275.00	1,730	4
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	250–300	296	335.00/cwt	335.00–335.00	992	4
Steers	Medium and Large 1	550–600	573	312.32/cwt	300.00–316.00	1,790	61
Steers	Medium and Large 1	350–400	366	369.34/cwt	361.00–375.00	1,352	6
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	350–400	373	297.75/cwt	290.00–305.00	1,111	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	250–300	285	327.50/cwt	327.50–327.50	933	3
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	500–550	517	300.81/cwt	300.00–302.50	1,555	6
Steers	Medium and Large 1Full	450–500	491	300.00/cwt	300.00–300.00	1,473	7
Steers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	550–600	586	283.00/cwt	283.00–283.00	1,658	8
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	400–450	431	334.19/cwt	320.00–339.00	1,440	22
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	450–500	452	320.00/cwt	320.00–320.00	1,446	7
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	550–600	587	300.00/cwt	300.00–300.00	1,761	3
Steers	Medium and Large 1	850–900	875	220.00/cwt	220.00–220.00	1,925	3
Steers	Medium and Large 1	700–750	723	249.18/cwt	240.00–253.00	1,802	16
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	350–400	376	360.84/cwt	352.50–369.00	1,357	4
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	400–450	426	342.32/cwt	310.00–359.00	1,458	13
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	550–600	562	269.21/cwt	250.00–283.00	1,513	9
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	600–650	606	241.73/cwt	240.00–250.00	1,465	6
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Fleshy	550–600	551	270.00/cwt	270.00–270.00	1,488	4
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	450–500	472	312.97/cwt	280.00–340.00	1,477	11
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	650–700	676	253.78/cwt	244.00–265.00	1,716	13
Steers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	600–650	629	272.65/cwt	270.00–274.00	1,715	6
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	300–350	314	362.16/cwt	350.00–375.00	1,137	4
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	600–650	632	275.90/cwt	272.00–280.00	1,744	4
Steers	Medium and Large 1	450–500	454	349.37/cwt	330.00–367.00	1,586	13
Steers	Medium and Large 1	400–450	430	364.72/cwt	363.00–366.00	1,568	8
Steers	Medium and Large 1	600–650	615	297.43/cwt	293.00–302.00	1,829	20
Steers	Medium and Large 1	500–550	533	313.12/cwt	309.00–321.00	1,669	21
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	500–550	513	286.27/cwt	280.00–296.00	1,469	22
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	300–350	322	314.26/cwt	310.00–320.00	1,012	7
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	500–550	532	274.31/cwt	271.00–275.00	1,459	19
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	400–450	426	322.76/cwt	316.00–330.00	1,375	24
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	600–650	639	251.14/cwt	245.00–256.00	1,605	14
Steers	Medium and Large 1Full	500–550	508	310.00/cwt	310.00–310.00	1,575	13
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	450–500	479	299.96/cwt	285.00–323.00	1,437	29
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	400–450	415	316.20/cwt	315.00–317.50	1,312	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	750–800	765	217.50/cwt	217.50–217.50	1,664	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	650–700	667	238.38/cwt	235.00–240.00	1,590	6
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Fleshy	550–600	589	240.00/cwt	240.00–240.00	1,414	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	350–400	377	322.84/cwt	315.00–332.50	1,217	12
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Fleshy	500–550	528	282.00/cwt	282.00–282.00	1,489	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	450–500	480	286.19/cwt	277.50–305.00	1,374	20
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	550–600	573	271.88/cwt	261.00–277.00	1,558	22
Cow-Calf Pairs	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,168	2,887.50/head	2,675.00–3,075.00	2,888	6
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,162	1,969.72/head	1,725.00–2,275.00	1,970	5
Cow-Calf Pairs	Medium and Large 1	—	1,320	2,750.00/head	2,750.00–2,750.00	2,750	3
Cow-Calf Pairs	Medium 1-2	—	800	2,575.00/head	2,575.00–2,575.00	2,575	2
Bulls	—	—	1,908	177.77/cwt	175.00–180.00	3,392	3
Bulls	—	—	1,868	160.60/cwt	150.00–168.50	3,000	5
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	1,035	103.27/cwt	99.00–109.00	1,069	5
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	—	1,597	142.97/cwt	138.00–148.00	2,283	12
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	—	1,448	133.81/cwt	130.00–137.50	1,938	11
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	1,096	120.88/cwt	117.00–126.00	1,325	8
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	1,160	130.00/cwt	130.00–130.00	1,508	1
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,268	129.70/cwt	125.50–135.00	1,645	22
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,414	138.94/cwt	136.50–145.50	1,965	9
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,360	124.50/cwt	124.50–124.50	1,693	1
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	793	81.68/cwt	76.00–96.00	648	7

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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