Sale reports / Missouri / Interstate Regional Stockyards / 2024-06-18

Interstate Regional Stockyards

Feeder Cattle · Slaughter Cattle · Replacement Cattle · Cuba, Missouri · Tue, Jun 18
● Final58 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 1814
Feeder Cattle receipts
687 head
131 vs last sale 556 126 vs year ago 813 · 15.5%
Slaughter Cattle receipts
66 head
67 vs last sale 133 277 vs year ago 343 · 80.8%
Replacement Cattle receipts
10 head
30 vs last sale 40 10 vs year ago 0 · no sale a year ago
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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to last Tuesday, feeder steers and heifers under 700 lbs 2.00-8.00 higher based on a limited market test. Several consignments of steers weighing 800-965 lbs sold with a higher undertone following last weeks record breaking feedlot trade and with the current feeder index also at a record 257.07/cwt. Slaughter cows 3.00-4.00 higher. Some of the light cattle under 550 lbs were still carrying considerable hair and appeared to find discounts of 5.00-10.00 in spots.

Weight class

Steers · summary 500–600 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot
500–600 lb steers averaged $312.90/cwt on 70 head. That ranks 1 of 24 comparable sales and sits 150.93 against this barn's trailing median of $463.82.
Average price
$312.90
70 head · 546 lb average
Value per head Derived
$1,707
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
$188
per head · Medium and Large 1 over Medium 1-2
$39.76/cwt at this weight
vs the market
0.06
vs MO average
+12.24 vs national

What quality paid 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 1549319.581,75446
Medium and Large 1-2522317.231,65413thin
Medium 1-2560279.821,56611thin
One grade step is worth $39.76/cwt here — about $188 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
533481428375median 463.8212/1602/1704/0705/1908/04
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 sale70 hd
312.90
MO average15 barns · 2,285 hd
312.95
−0.06
National average144 barns · 7,865 hd
300.66
+12.24
This barn, trailing median24 sales
463.82
−150.93
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
BullsAverage1,771171.243,0334thin
CowsBreaker 75-80%Low1,508143.082,15811
CowsBoner 80-85%High1,295141.301,83025
CowsLean 85-90%Low972123.451,20019

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)1,053$2,1033thin

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
SteersMedium and Large 1-2350–400361372.00/cwt368.00–375.001,3438
SteersMedium and Large 1500–550523326.68/cwt320.00–335.001,70929
SteersMedium and Large 1550–600593307.47/cwt307.00–308.001,82317
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2Thin Fleshed550–600556284.00/cwt284.00–284.001,57919
SteersMedium and Large 1-2Thin Fleshed500–550516332.00/cwt332.00–332.001,7137
BullsMedium and Large 1-2350–400385370.00/cwt370.00–370.001,4252
SteersMedium and Large 1-2500–550528300.00/cwt300.00–300.001,5846
HeifersMedium and Large 1700–750744240.86/cwt239.00–241.001,79242
SteersMedium and Large 1600–650636300.00/cwt300.00–300.001,90811
SteersMedium and Large 1-2650–700689268.80/cwt268.00–270.001,8525
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2450–500468300.00/cwt300.00–300.001,4046
CowsLean 85-90%960114.60/cwt99.00–123.001,1003
CowsLean 85-90%79793.63/cwt88.00–97.007463
CowsBoner 80-85%1,200149.11/cwt143.50–153.001,78911
Bulls1,590170.98/cwt169.00–173.002,7192
CowsBreaker 75-80%1,580130.00/cwt130.00–130.002,0542
CowsLean 85-90%1,006127.47/cwt124.00–134.001,2829
SteersMedium and Large 1850–900862247.50/cwt247.50–247.502,13353
HeifersMedium and Large 1500–550523292.43/cwt280.00–298.501,52940
HeifersMedium and Large 1300–350311345.60/cwt342.50–350.001,0757
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2Fleshy600–650609242.00/cwt240.00–244.001,4744
BullsMedium and Large 1-2500–550517283.17/cwt270.00–300.001,4648
SteersMedium and Large 1-2700–750730256.20/cwt255.00–260.001,8708
SteersMedium and Large 1-2600–650603297.21/cwt285.00–300.001,79235
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2350–400386320.00/cwt320.00–320.001,2357
HeifersMedium and Large 1400–450446314.23/cwt314.00–315.001,40113
SteersMedium and Large 1400–450434357.26/cwt356.00–360.001,55112
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2550–600573260.87/cwt250.00–265.001,49511
Bred CowsMedium and Large 1-21,0532,102.53/head2,000.00–2,300.002,1033
CowsLean 85-90%1,036143.43/cwt138.50–148.001,4864
Bulls2,135184.00/cwt184.00–184.003,9281
CowsBreaker 75-80%1,496147.83/cwt146.00–152.002,2127
CowsBreaker 75-80%1,480139.51/cwt138.00–141.002,0652
CowsBoner 80-85%1,363125.44/cwt124.00–127.001,7102
Bulls1,770159.00/cwt159.00–159.002,8141
SteersMedium 1-2500–550526297.00/cwt297.00–297.001,5624
SteersMedium 2-3700–750722222.00/cwt222.00–222.001,6034
SteersMedium 1-2550–600579270.00/cwt270.00–270.001,5637
SteersMedium 1-2600–650642246.00/cwt246.00–246.001,5798
HeifersLarge 1600–650620242.00/cwt242.00–242.001,5005
CowsBoner 80-85%1,371136.79/cwt132.00–143.001,87512
HeifersMedium and Large 1600–650636254.00/cwt254.00–254.001,61510
HeifersMedium and Large 1650–700668246.00/cwt246.00–246.001,6437
SteersMedium and Large 1750–800799257.38/cwt254.90–264.002,05677
SteersMedium and Large 1950–1000965233.60/cwt233.60–233.602,25454
SteersMedium and Large 1300–350340390.00/cwt390.00–390.001,3264
SteersMedium and Large 1650–700695269.23/cwt265.00–281.001,87115
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2750–800771231.00/cwt231.00–231.001,7814
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2500–550535270.57/cwt268.00–280.001,4489
SteersMedium and Large 1-2750–800798244.00/cwt244.00–244.001,9473
HeifersMedium and Large 2800–850837209.00/cwt209.00–209.001,7493
HeifersMedium and Large 2700–750722223.00/cwt223.00–223.001,6103
HeifersMedium and Large 2650–700694238.00/cwt238.00–238.001,6525
BullsMedium and Large 1-2550–600585265.63/cwt250.00–281.001,5544
BullsMedium and Large 1-2450–500469319.80/cwt315.00–325.001,5004
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2700–750730242.00/cwt242.00–242.001,7674
SteersMedium and Large 2700–750739247.00/cwt247.00–247.001,8259
SteersMedium and Large 2750–800783218.00/cwt218.00–218.001,7076

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.