Name: Interstate Regional Stockyards livestock auction prices — 2024-06-11
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2024-06-11

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to last Tuesday, feeder steers and heifers steady to firm based on a limited market test. Slaughter cows steady. Demand good. Supply light. Conditions are completely reversed from last year throughout this area with way more grass than cattle and lots of hay being rolled up this week. Early consignments for next week include two loads of 900 lb steers.

Weight class

Steers · summary 500–600 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

500–600 lb steers averaged $292.56/cwt on 66 head. That ranks 1 of 24 comparable sales and sits −171.27 against this barn's trailing median of $463.82.

Average price

$292.56

66 head · 561 lb average

Value per head Derived

$1,641

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$112

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

$30.88/cwt at this weight

vs the market

−18.90

vs MO average

−6.86 vs national

What quality paid 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1-2	557	299.90	1,669	31
Medium and Large 1	561	290.31	1,629	28
Medium and Large 2	579	269.02	1,558	7thin

One grade step is worth $30.88/cwt here — about $112 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 sale66 hd

292.56

—

MO average18 barns · 3,210 hd

311.46

−18.90

National average149 barns · 7,793 hd

299.42

−6.86

This barn, trailing median24 sales

463.82

−171.27

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	—	Average	1,732	168.57	2,919	9thin
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	Average	1,499	142.03	2,129	6thin
Cows	Boner 80-85%	Average	1,233	137.40	1,695	33
Cows	Lean 85-90%	Low	1,009	116.37	1,174	48

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)	1,198	$1,845	12

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
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	550–600	559	273.61/cwt	240.00–296.00	1,529	13
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	450–500	465	291.41/cwt	283.00–300.00	1,355	4
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	600–650	627	282.20/cwt	275.00–294.00	1,769	12
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,198	1,844.50/head	1,500.00–2,175.00	1,845	12
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	400–450	419	305.51/cwt	297.50–320.00	1,280	6
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	600–650	613	246.84/cwt	242.50–251.00	1,513	4
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	450–500	473	286.90/cwt	275.00–300.00	1,357	4
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	400–450	422	304.06/cwt	300.00–308.00	1,283	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	600–650	643	241.71/cwt	235.00–245.00	1,554	14
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Fleshy	650–700	655	247.00/cwt	247.00–247.00	1,618	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	650–700	677	245.06/cwt	242.50–246.00	1,659	15
Steers	Medium and Large 1	650–700	671	279.39/cwt	260.00–290.00	1,875	8
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	400–450	430	324.97/cwt	320.00–329.00	1,397	6
Steers	Medium and Large 1	700–750	725	254.00/cwt	254.00–254.00	1,842	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	550–600	561	263.09/cwt	260.00–270.00	1,476	10
Steers	Medium and Large 1	500–550	530	310.00/cwt	310.00–310.00	1,643	6
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	500–550	517	269.86/cwt	260.00–275.00	1,395	6
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	550–600	555	272.30/cwt	271.00–274.00	1,511	7
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	500–550	529	275.00/cwt	275.00–275.00	1,455	7
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	650–700	694	242.01/cwt	241.00–242.50	1,680	6
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Fleshy	450–500	480	265.00/cwt	265.00–265.00	1,272	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	550–600	572	257.00/cwt	257.00–257.00	1,470	3
Steers	Medium and Large 1	750–800	775	241.99/cwt	240.00–243.00	1,875	9
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	800–850	819	211.45/cwt	208.00–214.00	1,732	12
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	—	1,563	139.81/cwt	139.00–140.50	2,185	2
Bulls	—	—	1,785	173.18/cwt	162.00–179.00	3,091	6
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,207	136.41/cwt	134.00–140.00	1,646	19
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,268	145.25/cwt	142.00–151.50	1,842	9
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,272	127.01/cwt	126.50–129.00	1,616	5
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	977	114.64/cwt	108.00–118.00	1,120	18
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	350–400	386	311.21/cwt	277.50–337.50	1,201	10
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	350–400	379	363.09/cwt	335.00–380.00	1,376	14
Stock Cows	Medium and Large 1-2	—	889	149.00/cwt	149.00–149.00	1,325	4
Steers	Medium and Large 2	450–500	492	300.00/cwt	300.00–300.00	1,476	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	300–350	338	311.06/cwt	300.00–318.00	1,051	16
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	500–550	525	264.95/cwt	260.00–270.00	1,391	4
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	500–550	521	307.38/cwt	300.00–315.00	1,601	8
Steers	Medium and Large 2	650–700	683	235.00/cwt	235.00–235.00	1,605	3
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	550–600	569	297.30/cwt	290.00–300.00	1,692	23
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	400–450	415	250.00/cwt	250.00–250.00	1,038	3
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	300–350	340	380.03/cwt	367.60–385.00	1,292	7
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	700–750	708	256.00/cwt	256.00–256.00	1,812	4
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	400–450	423	345.01/cwt	321.00–365.00	1,459	18
Steers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	550–600	573	272.25/cwt	270.00–280.00	1,560	13
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	600–650	608	257.00/cwt	257.00–257.00	1,563	5
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	450–500	475	311.46/cwt	310.00–312.00	1,479	15
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	300–350	335	300.00/cwt	300.00–300.00	1,005	4
Steers	Medium and Large 2	550–600	579	269.02/cwt	255.00–280.00	1,558	7
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	500–550	506	266.00/cwt	266.00–266.00	1,346	5
Steers	Medium 2	600–650	602	248.00/cwt	248.00–248.00	1,493	5
Heifers	Medium 2	500–550	538	245.00/cwt	245.00–245.00	1,318	4
Steers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	600–650	640	260.00/cwt	260.00–260.00	1,664	3
Steers	Medium and Large 1	550–600	565	303.26/cwt	300.00–305.00	1,713	9
Steers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	450–500	470	315.00/cwt	315.00–315.00	1,481	4
Steers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	750–800	750	237.50/cwt	237.50–237.50	1,781	5
Bulls	—	—	1,480	145.53/cwt	143.00–148.00	2,154	2
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	—	1,467	143.14/cwt	141.00–144.50	2,100	4
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	901	83.09/cwt	82.00–84.00	749	6
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	1,059	125.44/cwt	120.00–131.50	1,328	23
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	1,095	138.50/cwt	138.50–138.50	1,517	1
Bulls	—	—	1,915	187.00/cwt	187.00–187.00	3,581	1

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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