Name: Interstate Regional Stockyards livestock auction prices — 2024-06-04
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2024-06-04

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to the sale two weeks ago, feeder steers and heifers mostly steady. Slaughter cows 1.00-2.00 higher. Demand good to very good. Supply moderate. Feeder offering was highlighted by two larger drafts of front end 600 lb steers.

Weight class

Steers · summary 500–600 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

500–600 lb steers averaged $305.09/cwt on 143 head. That ranks 1 of 24 comparable sales and sits −158.73 against this barn's trailing median of $463.82.

Average price

$305.09

143 head · 547 lb average

Value per head Derived

$1,669

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$135

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

$21.83/cwt at this weight

vs the market

−8.97

vs MO average

−4.07 vs national

What quality paid 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1	550	307.54	1,692	110
Medium and Large 1-2	534	299.94	1,601	26
Medium 1-2	545	285.71	1,558	7thin

One grade step is worth $21.83/cwt here — about $135 a head. Across this sale the premium is widest at 400–500 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 sale143 hd

305.09

—

MO average14 barns · 4,177 hd

314.06

−8.97

National average164 barns · 13,053 hd

309.16

−4.07

This barn, trailing median24 sales

463.82

−158.73

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	1,684	164.36	2,768	21
Cows	Boner 80-85%	High	1,259	137.79	1,735	44
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	Low	1,504	136.63	2,055	16
Cows	Lean 85-90%	High	1,054	124.83	1,315	69

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	All Stages (1-9 mo)	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	1,094	$1,863	23

Every lot, as filed

79 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
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,312	147.46/cwt	140.00–151.00	1,935	10
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	450–500	475	309.13/cwt	297.50–323.00	1,468	36
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	1,098	138.37/cwt	136.50–139.50	1,519	8
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	1,035	117.19/cwt	107.00–123.50	1,213	21
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,240	135.68/cwt	129.00–140.00	1,682	31
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,282	127.30/cwt	125.00–130.00	1,632	3
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	—	1,588	127.06/cwt	125.00–129.00	2,018	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	500–550	532	284.71/cwt	275.00–300.00	1,515	22
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	400–450	428	342.24/cwt	335.00–352.50	1,465	13
Steers	Medium and Large 1	900–950	926	212.00/cwt	212.00–212.00	1,963	4
Steers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	500–550	529	300.00/cwt	300.00–300.00	1,587	5
Steers	Medium and Large 1	550–600	569	307.54/cwt	300.00–319.00	1,750	28
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	650–700	675	242.78/cwt	240.00–250.00	1,639	14
Steers	Medium and Large 1	450–500	461	330.17/cwt	325.00–340.00	1,522	17
Steers	Medium and Large 1	650–700	673	264.32/cwt	260.00–270.00	1,779	23
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	550–600	564	280.09/cwt	270.00–291.00	1,580	31
Steers	Medium and Large 1	800–850	838	233.50/cwt	233.50–233.50	1,957	3
Steers	Medium and Large 1	750–800	781	240.00/cwt	240.00–240.00	1,874	4
Steers	Medium and Large 1Value Added	700–750	729	259.00/cwt	259.00–259.00	1,888	11
Steers	Medium and Large 1Value Added	600–650	600	315.50/cwt	315.50–315.50	1,893	44
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	600–650	621	260.32/cwt	255.00–270.50	1,617	18
Steers	Medium and Large 1	500–550	516	317.07/cwt	310.00–321.00	1,636	31
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Value Added	600–650	634	267.00/cwt	267.00–267.00	1,693	12
Steers	Medium and Large 1	400–450	415	380.82/cwt	367.50–392.00	1,580	8
Steers	Medium and Large 1Value Added	550–600	594	311.50/cwt	311.50–311.50	1,850	8
Steers	Medium and Large 1Value Added	450–500	476	338.00/cwt	338.00–338.00	1,609	10
Steers	Medium and Large 1	600–650	608	308.85/cwt	275.00–314.50	1,878	90
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	600–650	618	256.00/cwt	256.00–256.00	1,582	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Value Added	450–500	467	315.00/cwt	315.00–315.00	1,471	15
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	500–550	524	265.00/cwt	265.00–265.00	1,389	8
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	650–700	675	259.33/cwt	258.00–260.00	1,750	6
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	500–550	524	302.93/cwt	294.00–310.00	1,587	22
Steers	Medium and Large 1	700–750	722	250.00/cwt	250.00–250.00	1,805	6
Steers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	600–650	625	272.50/cwt	272.50–272.50	1,703	7
Steers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	550–600	590	282.45/cwt	278.00–288.00	1,666	16
Steers	Medium and Large 1Value Added	500–550	528	323.00/cwt	323.00–323.00	1,705	16
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	600–650	627	250.71/cwt	233.00–259.00	1,572	17
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	500–550	520	276.30/cwt	265.00–285.00	1,437	25
Steers	Medium and Large 1Value Added	650–700	677	267.00/cwt	267.00–267.00	1,808	11
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	—	1,508	135.99/cwt	131.00–140.00	2,051	10
Bulls	—	—	1,983	187.90/cwt	183.00–192.00	3,726	3
Bulls	—	—	1,709	168.90/cwt	163.00–178.00	2,887	10
Bulls	—	—	1,541	149.87/cwt	140.00–162.00	2,309	8
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	835	81.50/cwt	81.50–81.50	681	1
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	1,060	127.28/cwt	122.00–135.00	1,349	39
Steers	Medium 1-2	550–600	564	275.00/cwt	275.00–275.00	1,551	4
Heifers	Medium 1-2	350–400	357	275.00/cwt	275.00–275.00	982	3
Bulls	Medium 1-2	500–550	518	265.00/cwt	265.00–265.00	1,373	3
Heifers	Large 1	750–800	799	215.00/cwt	215.00–215.00	1,718	4
Heifers	Large 1	400–450	400	257.50/cwt	257.50–257.50	1,030	4
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	—	1,451	143.01/cwt	140.00–150.00	2,075	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	350–400	372	357.00/cwt	357.00–357.00	1,328	2
Steers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	650–700	680	251.80/cwt	248.00–254.00	1,712	14
Steers	Medium 1-2	700–750	709	234.00/cwt	234.00–234.00	1,659	4
Heifers	Medium 1-2	450–500	450	250.00/cwt	250.00–250.00	1,125	4
Steers	Medium 1-2	400–450	444	306.00/cwt	306.00–306.00	1,359	4
Steers	Medium 1-2	500–550	520	300.00/cwt	300.00–300.00	1,560	3
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	800–850	826	223.25/cwt	219.50–230.00	1,844	11
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	350–400	375	366.25/cwt	357.50–375.00	1,373	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Fleshy	700–750	712	230.00/cwt	230.00–230.00	1,638	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Fleshy	750–800	787	214.00/cwt	214.00–214.00	1,684	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Fleshy	450–500	497	280.00/cwt	280.00–280.00	1,392	3
Steers	Medium and Large 1Fleshy	550–600	552	285.00/cwt	285.00–285.00	1,573	6
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	400–450	412	310.63/cwt	300.00–332.50	1,280	7
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	650–700	673	234.14/cwt	225.00–240.00	1,576	9
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	750–800	781	238.00/cwt	238.00–238.00	1,859	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	550–600	567	264.59/cwt	255.00–270.00	1,500	10
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	600–650	636	243.50/cwt	243.50–243.50	1,549	4
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	550–600	588	283.49/cwt	283.00–284.00	1,667	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	450–500	466	304.14/cwt	285.00–314.00	1,417	14
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,094	1,863.13/head	1,600.00–2,075.00	1,863	23
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	550–600	580	272.61/cwt	260.00–285.00	1,581	4
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	450–500	463	321.58/cwt	315.00–326.00	1,489	5
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Thin Fleshed	450–500	477	325.00/cwt	325.00–325.00	1,550	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	350–400	378	318.68/cwt	315.00–322.50	1,205	4
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	400–450	414	331.78/cwt	312.50–350.00	1,374	8
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	700–750	715	255.67/cwt	255.00–256.00	1,828	6
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	500–550	501	303.99/cwt	300.00–314.00	1,523	7
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Fleshy	700–750	717	240.00/cwt	240.00–240.00	1,721	3

How this sale compares

Missouri weighted averages

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