Sale reports / Missouri / Interstate Regional Stockyards / 2024-10-08

Interstate Regional Stockyards

Feeder Cattle · Slaughter Cattle · Cuba, Missouri · Tue, Oct 8
● Final70 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 1814
Feeder Cattle receipts
537 head
120 vs last sale 657 217 vs year ago 754 · 28.8%
Slaughter Cattle receipts
115 head
21 vs last sale 94 21 vs year ago 136 · 15.4%
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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Based on limited comparisons with last week, feeder steers and heifers under 550 lbs firm to 6.00 higher, over 550 lbs steady. Slaughter cows 7.00-9.00 higher. Demand good. Supply light. The cattle market has had a strong few weeks recently with futures and fed prices working higher and choice cutout value also stronger to start the week.

Weight class

Heifers · summary 500–600 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot
500–600 lb heifers averaged $246.77/cwt on 62 head. That ranks 1 of 23 comparable sales and sits 168.50 against this barn's trailing median of $415.28.
Average price
$246.77
62 head · 541 lb average
Value per head Derived
$1,335
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
$103
per head · Medium and Large 1 over Large 1
$19.98/cwt at this weight
vs the market
6.93
vs MO average
5.91 vs national

What quality paid 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 1539254.041,37025
Medium and Large 1-2543243.381,32131
Large 1541234.061,2666thin
One grade step is worth $19.98/cwt here — about $103 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

23 sales
467430393355median 415.2812/1602/1704/0705/1908/04
Heifers 500–600 lb: high $453.15, low $369.35, median $415.28 across 23 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 sale62 hd
246.77
MO average18 barns · 1,329 hd
253.70
−6.93
National average183 barns · 16,319 hd
252.68
−5.91
This barn, trailing median23 sales
415.28
−168.50
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
BullsLow1,556157.252,44620
CowsBoner 80-85%High1,274126.091,60724
CowsBreaker 75-80%Low1,625119.571,9437thin
CowsLean 85-90%Low1,07597.131,04423

Every lot, as filed

70 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 1-2400–450410261.25/cwt257.50–265.001,07113
HeifersMedium and Large 1400–450427292.50/cwt292.50–292.501,2496
HeifersMedium and Large 1Unweaned350–400372277.39/cwt267.50–285.001,0326
SteersMedium and Large 1850–900872229.00/cwt229.00–229.001,9972
SteersMedium and Large 1450–500477322.00/cwt322.00–322.001,53613
SteersMedium and Large 1Fleshy550–600593260.00/cwt260.00–260.001,5423
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2600–650617240.00/cwt240.00–240.001,4813
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2Unweaned400–450432245.00/cwt245.00–245.001,0583
SteersMedium and Large 1350–400399340.00/cwt340.00–340.001,3578
SteersMedium 1500–550528263.00/cwt263.00–263.001,3895
SteersMedium 1600–650637238.00/cwt236.00–240.001,5164
HeifersMedium and Large 1Unweaned450–500484250.00/cwt250.00–250.001,2104
HeifersMedium and Large 1Unweaned550–600598230.00/cwt230.00–230.001,3753
SteersMedium and Large 1400–450401329.00/cwt329.00–329.001,3197
SteersMedium and Large 1600–650642260.00/cwt260.00–260.001,6692
SteersMedium and Large 1500–550542298.32/cwt290.00–303.001,61719
SteersLarge 1500–550544235.00/cwt235.00–235.001,2784
SteersMedium and Large 1Fleshy500–550522275.00/cwt275.00–275.001,4364
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2Unweaned550–600550236.00/cwt236.00–236.001,2984
SteersMedium and Large 1-2600–650625260.00/cwt260.00–260.001,6258
SteersMedium and Large 1Unweaned550–600564275.00/cwt275.00–275.001,5517
SteersMedium and Large 1Unweaned600–650621245.97/cwt240.00–250.001,52717
SteersMedium and Large 1-2300–350324322.53/cwt320.00–325.001,0454
SteersMedium and Large 2900–950900214.00/cwt214.00–214.001,9264
SteersMedium and Large 1250–300297359.00/cwt359.00–359.001,0666
SteersMedium and Large 1-2550–600552263.32/cwt260.00–265.001,4546
SteersMedium and Large 1-2750–800788234.94/cwt230.00–240.001,8514
SteersMedium and Large 1550–600556296.87/cwt270.00–300.001,65119
SteersMedium and Large 1Unweaned450–500492278.00/cwt278.00–278.001,3689
BullsMedium and Large 1-2700–750722225.00/cwt225.00–225.001,6252
BullsMedium and Large 1-2550–600575236.94/cwt225.00–244.001,36214
BullsMedium and Large 1-2350–400375288.60/cwt277.50–300.001,0824
BullsMedium and Large 1-2600–650629220.00/cwt220.00–220.001,3844
BullsMedium and Large 1-2450–500474259.07/cwt255.00–270.001,2287
BullsMedium and Large 1-2Unweaned600–650600210.00/cwt210.00–210.001,2603
CowsBreaker 75-80%1,741112.90/cwt104.00–117.501,9664
CowsBoner 80-85%1,272134.90/cwt132.00–138.501,7163
CowsBoner 80-85%1,277127.09/cwt121.50–130.501,62317
CowsLean 85-90%1,13499.03/cwt93.00–103.001,1237
CowsLean 85-90%1,020132.00/cwt132.00–132.001,3461
CowsBoner 80-85%1,265115.25/cwt115.00–116.001,4584
CowsLean 85-90%1,140113.20/cwt109.00–121.001,2909
CowsLean 85-90%91965.00/cwt65.00–65.005976
CowsBreaker 75-80%1,485138.00/cwt138.00–138.002,0491
CowsBreaker 75-80%1,463123.71/cwt122.50–125.001,8102
Bulls1,376147.80/cwt144.00–148.502,0349
Bulls1,696161.91/cwt150.00–170.002,7469
Bulls1,733178.82/cwt174.00–184.003,0992
HeifersMedium and Large 1350–400396275.00/cwt275.00–275.001,0894
HeifersMedium and Large 1Fleshy700–750721227.00/cwt227.00–227.001,6374
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2Fleshy350–400385240.00/cwt240.00–240.009242
BullsMedium and Large 1-2800–850811210.00/cwt210.00–210.001,7036
BullsMedium and Large 1-2650–700690216.82/cwt212.00–220.001,4965
BullsMedium and Large 1-2500–550516255.34/cwt240.00–260.001,31815
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2350–400388265.00/cwt265.00–265.001,0285
HeifersMedium and Large 1600–650604245.00/cwt245.00–245.001,4804
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2700–750719225.95/cwt224.00–228.001,6254
HeifersLarge 1500–550541234.06/cwt210.00–246.001,2666
HeifersMedium and Large 1450–500482282.00/cwt282.00–282.001,35919
HeifersMedium and Large 1500–550502263.00/cwt263.00–263.001,32012
HeifersMedium and Large 1650–700695233.30/cwt233.00–233.501,6215
HeifersMedium and Large 1300–350324305.00/cwt305.00–305.009888
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2500–550525245.62/cwt242.00–250.001,29013
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2550–600580242.88/cwt240.00–250.001,4098
HeifersMedium and Large 1Fleshy550–600566250.50/cwt250.50–250.501,41810
HeifersMedium and Large 1850–900857206.00/cwt206.00–206.001,7656
HeifersMedium and Large 1Unweaned600–650612232.35/cwt230.00–234.001,4225
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2Unweaned350–400384268.55/cwt260.00–270.001,03114
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2Unweaned500–550527244.09/cwt240.00–247.501,2866
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2450–500470252.07/cwt247.50–260.001,18510

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.