Sale reports / Missouri / Interstate Regional Stockyards / 2024-08-20

Interstate Regional Stockyards

Feeder Cattle · Slaughter Cattle · Cuba, Missouri · Tue, Aug 20
● Final49 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 1814
Feeder Cattle receipts
393 head
493 vs last sale 886 824 vs year ago 1,217 · 67.7%
Slaughter Cattle receipts
73 head
34 vs last sale 107 22 vs year ago 51 · +43.1%
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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Feeders sold with a lower undertone but with no price trend established. Demand moderate. Supply light. Slaughter cows 1.00-2.00 lower. After seeing a strong rebound in cash feeders last week the market is once again under pressure with feeder futures around 400 points lower on Tuesday due to technical selling with the majority of traders convinced that consumer spending is not going to maintain current beef prices for much longer.

Weight class

Steers · summary 500–600 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot
500–600 lb steers averaged $278.89/cwt on 28 head. That ranks 1 of 24 comparable sales and sits 184.93 against this barn's trailing median of $463.82.
Average price
$278.89
28 head · 561 lb average
Value per head Derived
$1,566
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
$6
per head · Medium and Large 1 over Medium and Large 1-2
$8.19/cwt at this weight
vs the market
11.42
vs MO average
+8.39 vs national

What quality paid 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 1559280.061,56624
Medium and Large 1-2574271.871,5614thin
One grade step is worth $8.19/cwt here — about $6 a head. Across this sale the premium is widest at 300–400 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 sale28 hd
278.89
MO average13 barns · 1,478 hd
290.32
−11.42
National average163 barns · 7,520 hd
270.50
+8.39
This barn, trailing median24 sales
463.82
−184.93
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
BullsAverage1,622158.812,5767thin
CowsBreaker 75-80%Average1,493143.162,13712
CowsBoner 80-85%Low1,241141.301,75318
CowsLean 85-90%High1,099130.011,42915

Every lot, as filed

49 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
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2550–600581251.00/cwt251.00–251.001,4584
HeifersMedium and Large 1650–700655240.00/cwt240.00–240.001,5723
SteersMedium and Large 1-2700–750720245.00/cwt245.00–245.001,7643
SteersMedium 1-2300–350307317.50/cwt317.50–317.509753
SteersMedium and Large 1300–350323366.05/cwt350.00–380.001,1824
SteersMedium and Large 1Full700–750731250.00/cwt250.00–250.001,8284
SteersMedium and Large 1Full650–700695250.00/cwt250.00–250.001,7385
SteersMedium and Large 1Fleshy450–500465300.00/cwt300.00–300.001,3955
SteersMedium and Large 1350–400362350.81/cwt350.00–355.001,2706
SteersMedium and Large 1-2800–850837224.00/cwt224.00–224.001,8753
SteersMedium and Large 1550–600573277.37/cwt274.00–281.001,58914
SteersMedium and Large 1500–550532295.06/cwt290.00–306.001,5706
SteersMedium and Large 1400–450428324.26/cwt324.00–325.001,38811
SteersMedium and Large 1-2550–600574271.87/cwt266.00–277.501,5614
SteersMedium and Large 1-2650–700666266.39/cwt257.50–271.001,7749
SteersMedium and Large 1650–700672270.66/cwt260.00–273.001,81933
SteersLarge 1400–450438312.50/cwt312.50–312.501,3693
SteersMedium and Large 1-2600–650619267.21/cwt260.00–275.001,6547
BullsMedium and Large 1-2450–500485293.52/cwt285.00–299.001,4245
HeifersMedium and Large 1Full550–600570250.00/cwt250.00–250.001,4254
BullsMedium and Large 1-2400–450445292.50/cwt292.50–292.501,3022
BullsMedium 1-2400–450422260.00/cwt260.00–260.001,0973
BullsMedium and Large 1-2550–600559254.99/cwt250.00–260.001,4254
BullsMedium and Large 1-2350–400355350.00/cwt350.00–350.001,2435
HeifersMedium and Large 1500–550513264.78/cwt260.00–270.001,3589
HeifersMedium and Large 1850–900853207.50/cwt207.50–207.501,77011
SteersMedium and Large 1450–500470307.50/cwt300.00–315.001,44515
SteersMedium and Large 1Fleshy550–600552267.00/cwt267.00–267.001,4744
HeifersMedium and Large 1Full850–900889190.00/cwt190.00–190.001,6895
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2450–500475267.25/cwt265.00–275.001,26913
HeifersMedium and Large 1800–850849200.00/cwt200.00–200.001,6985
HeifersMedium and Large 1550–600567265.68/cwt259.00–272.501,50610
SteersMedium and Large 1600–650623275.93/cwt270.00–278.001,71916
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2650–700659238.62/cwt235.00–240.001,57313
HeifersMedium and Large 1400–450437289.44/cwt275.00–302.001,2657
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2Fleshy400–450405260.00/cwt260.00–260.001,0535
HeifersMedium and Large 1Fleshy550–600573249.93/cwt245.00–255.001,4324
HeifersMedium and Large 1Fleshy450–500476273.39/cwt272.50–274.001,3015
SteersMedium and Large 1-2Fleshy600–650613260.00/cwt260.00–260.001,5944
HeifersMedium and Large 1Full700–750743231.50/cwt231.50–231.501,7205
Bulls1,638161.36/cwt156.00–165.002,6436
Bulls1,525143.50/cwt143.50–143.502,1881
CowsBreaker 75-80%1,493143.16/cwt138.00–144.502,13712
CowsLean 85-90%1,015142.12/cwt140.00–144.501,4432
CowsBoner 80-85%1,235135.47/cwt134.00–136.001,6734
CowsBoner 80-85%1,254142.13/cwt136.00–146.001,78212
CowsBoner 80-85%1,175147.95/cwt147.00–149.001,7382
CowsLean 85-90%1,105132.08/cwt129.00–136.501,4599
CowsLean 85-90%1,127119.28/cwt117.00–120.001,3444

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.