Name: Interstate Regional Stockyards livestock auction prices — 2024-07-30
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2024-07-30

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Feeder supply not sufficient to establish a market trend. Slaughter cows steady. Very light numbers with humidity levels in the danger zone for cattle movement.

Weight class

Steers · summary 500–600 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

500–600 lb steers averaged $288.20/cwt on 13 head. That ranks 1 of 24 comparable sales and sits −175.62 against this barn's trailing median of $463.82.

Average price

$288.20

13 head · 564 lb average

Value per head Derived

$1,626

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$197

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

$42.50/cwt at this weight

vs the market

−26.43

vs MO average

+0.41 vs national

What quality paid 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1	545	312.50	1,703	2thin
Medium and Large 1-2	579	300.32	1,739	5thin
Medium and Large 2	558	270.00	1,507	6thin

One grade step is worth $42.50/cwt here — about $197 a head. Across this sale the premium is widest at 500–600 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 sale13 hd

288.20

—

MO average15 barns · 1,218 hd

314.63

−26.43

National average138 barns · 5,135 hd

287.79

+0.41

This barn, trailing median24 sales

463.82

−175.62

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	1,699	170.22	2,891	10
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	High	1,640	155.70	2,554	7thin
Cows	Boner 80-85%	High	1,226	141.64	1,736	25
Cows	Lean 85-90%	Average	1,116	123.38	1,377	22

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/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	1,209	$2,137	11

Every lot, as filed

29 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	—	—	1,759	170.77/cwt	161.00–181.00	3,004	5
Bulls	—	—	1,748	192.53/cwt	192.00–193.00	3,365	2
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	1,181	131.35/cwt	128.00–135.00	1,551	11
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	1,130	142.50/cwt	142.50–142.50	1,610	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	450–500	467	321.05/cwt	310.00–336.00	1,499	7
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Unweaned	450–500	468	267.75/cwt	267.50–268.00	1,253	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	650–700	663	240.00/cwt	240.00–240.00	1,591	4
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	550–600	579	300.32/cwt	290.00–316.00	1,739	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Fleshy	550–600	555	265.00/cwt	265.00–265.00	1,471	3
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,209	2,136.54/head	1,975.00–2,375.00	2,137	11
Steers	Medium and Large 2	550–600	558	270.00/cwt	264.00–282.00	1,507	6
Steers	Medium and Large 2	400–450	443	292.20/cwt	281.00–320.00	1,294	7
Steers	Medium and Large 2	450–500	490	282.50/cwt	282.50–282.50	1,384	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	500–550	525	261.51/cwt	260.00–263.00	1,373	4
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	550–600	581	262.36/cwt	255.00–270.00	1,524	4
Steers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	500–550	545	312.50/cwt	312.50–312.50	1,703	2
Steers	Medium and Large 1	650–700	668	280.00/cwt	280.00–280.00	1,870	2
Steers	Medium and Large 1	700–750	722	259.00/cwt	259.00–259.00	1,870	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	450–500	466	274.18/cwt	270.00–280.00	1,278	7
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	650–700	670	251.00/cwt	251.00–251.00	1,682	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	450–500	490	275.00/cwt	275.00–275.00	1,348	5
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,230	148.19/cwt	147.50–149.00	1,823	2
Bulls	—	—	1,565	154.42/cwt	148.00–157.00	2,417	3
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	—	1,648	157.65/cwt	155.50–158.00	2,598	6
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	1,043	112.70/cwt	104.00–120.00	1,175	10
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,194	142.62/cwt	138.00–148.00	1,703	17
Steers	Medium and Large 1Fleshy	600–650	633	276.26/cwt	275.00–277.50	1,749	4
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,315	136.68/cwt	133.00–137.50	1,797	6
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	—	1,595	144.00/cwt	144.00–144.00	2,297	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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