Name: Interstate Regional Stockyards livestock auction prices — 2024-08-13
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2024-08-13

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

No recent price comparisons available on feeders. Slaughter cows steady. Demand good. Supply moderate. Cash feeders are recovering much of their losses following last Monday's futures crash with some light weight calves about steady with recent highs. The board was higher Tuesday but still bearish longer term showing fed prices to be at least 10.00/cwt lower next year despite what is likely to be another smaller calf crop. There were several nice feeder consignments this week highlighted by a front end load of black steers weighing 698 lbs @ 275.85.

Weight class

Steers · summary 500–600 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

500–600 lb steers averaged $310.17/cwt on 91 head. That ranks 1 of 24 comparable sales and sits −153.65 against this barn's trailing median of $463.82.

Average price

$310.17

91 head · 546 lb average

Value per head Derived

$1,694

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$69

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

$11.80/cwt at this weight

vs the market

+12.43

vs MO average

+29.83 vs national

What quality paid 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1	547	315.62	1,726	49
Medium and Large 1-2	545	303.82	1,657	42

One grade step is worth $11.80/cwt here — about $69 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 sale91 hd

310.17

—

MO average15 barns · 1,371 hd

297.75

+12.43

National average153 barns · 6,707 hd

280.34

+29.83

This barn, trailing median24 sales

463.82

−153.65

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	1,728	179.79	3,107	6thin
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	Average	1,465	151.77	2,223	5thin
Cows	Boner 80-85%	High	1,333	141.34	1,884	55
Cows	Lean 85-90%	Very Low	1,126	126.93	1,429	27

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	1st/2nd Stage (1-6 mo)	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	1,222	$2,151	9
Cow-Calf Pairs	Open	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	1,040	$2,653	3thin

Every lot, as filed

55 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
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	400–450	413	305.77/cwt	280.00–332.50	1,263	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	350–400	374	337.05/cwt	325.00–345.00	1,261	13
Steers	Medium and Large 1	700–750	733	263.40/cwt	262.50–265.00	1,931	83
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	700–750	740	228.50/cwt	228.50–228.50	1,691	3
Steers	Medium and Large 1	850–900	878	239.00/cwt	239.00–239.00	2,098	4
Steers	Medium and Large 2	400–450	424	289.43/cwt	280.00–300.00	1,227	4
Steers	Medium and Large 2	650–700	682	232.00/cwt	232.00–232.00	1,582	3
Steers	Medium and Large 1Full	800–850	812	235.00/cwt	235.00–235.00	1,908	4
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	650–700	684	270.00/cwt	270.00–270.00	1,847	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	600–650	648	238.00/cwt	238.00–238.00	1,542	3
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	400–450	403	317.90/cwt	315.00–323.00	1,281	11
Steers	Medium and Large 1	600–650	620	284.39/cwt	270.00–295.00	1,763	34
Steers	Medium and Large 1	650–700	683	278.51/cwt	272.00–282.50	1,902	163
Steers	Medium and Large 1	450–500	465	334.51/cwt	334.00–335.00	1,555	4
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	450–500	476	319.32/cwt	319.00–320.00	1,520	6
Steers	Medium and Large 1	550–600	572	313.00/cwt	313.00–313.00	1,790	24
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	600–650	613	284.71/cwt	270.00–286.50	1,745	62
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	550–600	582	280.00/cwt	280.00–280.00	1,630	13
Steers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	650–700	686	244.43/cwt	240.00–250.00	1,677	12
Steers	Medium and Large 1	500–550	523	318.13/cwt	310.00–330.00	1,664	25
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	500–550	529	314.50/cwt	308.00–317.00	1,664	29
Bulls	Medium 1-2	600–650	633	235.00/cwt	235.00–235.00	1,488	3
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	500–550	528	293.13/cwt	288.00–297.00	1,548	8
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	550–600	590	268.95/cwt	260.00–275.00	1,587	5
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	750–800	750	224.50/cwt	224.50–224.50	1,684	3
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	300–350	334	334.39/cwt	325.00–370.00	1,117	10
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	400–450	408	360.00/cwt	360.00–360.00	1,469	6
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,310	151.21/cwt	148.50–158.00	1,981	16
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	—	1,525	147.50/cwt	147.50–147.50	2,249	1
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	—	1,380	157.78/cwt	154.50–164.00	2,177	3
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	805	104.00/cwt	104.00–104.00	837	1
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,366	138.99/cwt	137.00–147.50	1,899	27
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,290	133.48/cwt	128.00–134.00	1,722	12
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	1,184	128.96/cwt	127.00–135.00	1,527	19
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	—	1,660	138.00/cwt	138.00–138.00	2,291	1
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	996	111.39/cwt	105.00–124.00	1,109	4
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	1,040	142.48/cwt	139.00–148.00	1,482	3
Bulls	—	—	1,735	185.52/cwt	185.00–186.00	3,219	2
Bulls	—	—	1,725	176.93/cwt	174.00–179.50	3,052	4
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,222	2,150.85/head	2,000.00–2,300.00	2,151	9
Cow-Calf Pairs	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,040	2,653.33/head	2,550.00–2,710.00	2,653	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	750–800	754	216.00/cwt	216.00–216.00	1,629	7
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	700–750	714	221.50/cwt	221.50–221.50	1,582	5
Heifers	Medium 2	500–550	505	249.00/cwt	249.00–249.00	1,257	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	500–550	536	287.50/cwt	274.00–289.50	1,541	26
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	650–700	658	247.50/cwt	246.00–248.00	1,629	8
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	450–500	459	312.42/cwt	292.50–326.00	1,434	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	450–500	470	282.17/cwt	260.00–297.50	1,326	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	550–600	565	270.57/cwt	257.00–275.00	1,529	59
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	350–400	363	316.21/cwt	310.00–322.50	1,148	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	250–300	291	330.00/cwt	330.00–330.00	960	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	650–700	696	218.50/cwt	218.00–220.00	1,521	8
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	400–450	400	348.00/cwt	348.00–348.00	1,392	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	550–600	592	245.00/cwt	245.00–245.00	1,450	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	600–650	634	255.68/cwt	250.00–260.00	1,621	44

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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