Name: Interstate Regional Stockyards livestock auction prices — 2024-11-19
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2024-11-19

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

feeder cattle traded unevenly steady with lots of unweaned calves and small packages slaughter cows and bulls traded steady reminder no sale next week due to thanksgiving

Weight class

Steers · summary 500–600 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

500–600 lb steers averaged $278.29/cwt on 52 head. That ranks 1 of 24 comparable sales and sits −185.53 against this barn's trailing median of $463.82.

Average price

$278.29

52 head · 554 lb average

Value per head Derived

$1,543

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$230

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

$25.58/cwt at this weight

vs the market

−15.07

vs MO average

−30.97 vs national

What quality paid 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1	573	284.08	1,629	24
Medium and Large 1-2	535	281.06	1,504	18thin
Medium 1	546	260.00	1,420	6thin
Medium 1-2	541	258.50	1,398	4thin

One grade step is worth $25.58/cwt here — about $230 a head. Across this sale the premium is widest at 400–500 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 sale52 hd

278.29

—

MO average17 barns · 3,163 hd

293.36

−15.07

National average182 barns · 24,645 hd

309.26

−30.97

This barn, trailing median24 sales

463.82

−185.53

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	—	Low	1,729	145.33	2,513	9thin
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	Low	1,643	122.21	2,008	11
Cows	Boner 80-85%	Average	1,345	117.84	1,585	51
Cows	Lean 85-90%	High	1,101	103.16	1,136	18

Every lot, as filed

57 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	Medium and Large 1-2	600–650	620	240.73/cwt	234.00–244.00	1,493	6
Steers	Medium and Large 1	450–500	484	316.00/cwt	316.00–316.00	1,529	7
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	550–600	560	287.00/cwt	287.00–287.00	1,607	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Unweaned	450–500	460	260.00/cwt	260.00–260.00	1,196	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	600–650	616	245.00/cwt	245.00–245.00	1,509	8
Steers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	350–400	358	325.00/cwt	325.00–325.00	1,164	2
Steers	Medium and Large 1Fleshy	750–800	769	240.00/cwt	240.00–240.00	1,846	9
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	850–900	870	201.00/cwt	201.00–201.00	1,749	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	450–500	481	274.00/cwt	274.00–274.00	1,318	4
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2Unweaned	700–750	738	207.56/cwt	202.00–213.00	1,532	4
Steers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	400–450	438	305.41/cwt	300.00–311.00	1,338	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	500–550	516	269.04/cwt	263.00–272.00	1,388	22
Steers	Medium and Large 1Value Added	550–600	596	274.93/cwt	272.00–276.00	1,639	15
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	400–450	418	276.00/cwt	276.00–276.00	1,154	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2Unweaned	600–650	628	222.00/cwt	222.00–222.00	1,394	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Unweaned	400–450	442	260.00/cwt	260.00–260.00	1,149	2
Steers	Medium and Large 1	650–700	661	260.00/cwt	260.00–260.00	1,719	5
Steers	Medium and Large 1	500–550	523	300.00/cwt	300.00–300.00	1,569	3
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	550–600	553	289.00/cwt	289.00–289.00	1,598	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Unweaned	750–800	770	206.00/cwt	206.00–206.00	1,586	3
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	700–750	742	257.00/cwt	257.00–257.00	1,907	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Unweaned	550–600	569	230.00/cwt	230.00–230.00	1,309	10
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,358	118.52/cwt	112.00–124.00	1,610	40
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	1,146	108.26/cwt	104.50–110.00	1,241	11
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	1,106	99.44/cwt	88.50–106.00	1,100	4
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	929	89.43/cwt	79.00–93.00	831	3
Bulls	—	—	1,594	132.35/cwt	125.00–142.00	2,110	4
Bulls	—	—	1,837	155.72/cwt	152.00–163.00	2,861	5
Steers	Large 1-2Unweaned	650–700	653	240.00/cwt	240.00–240.00	1,567	7
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	—	1,705	116.00/cwt	116.00–116.00	1,978	1
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	—	1,355	134.50/cwt	134.50–134.50	1,822	1
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	—	1,668	121.54/cwt	117.50–128.50	2,027	9
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,343	110.61/cwt	110.00–113.00	1,485	8
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,185	128.00/cwt	125.00–133.00	1,517	3
Steers	Medium 1-2Unweaned	550–600	552	260.00/cwt	260.00–260.00	1,435	2
Steers	Medium 1-2Unweaned	350–400	395	271.00/cwt	271.00–271.00	1,070	3
Steers	Medium 1-2Unweaned	500–550	530	257.00/cwt	257.00–257.00	1,362	2
Steers	Medium 1-2Unweaned	450–500	451	270.00/cwt	270.00–270.00	1,218	4
Steers	Large 1-2	750–800	785	244.00/cwt	244.00–244.00	1,915	3
Steers	Large 1-2Unweaned	700–750	737	250.00/cwt	250.00–250.00	1,843	7
Steers	Medium 1Unweaned	450–500	492	250.00/cwt	250.00–250.00	1,230	11
Steers	Medium 1Unweaned	550–600	560	280.00/cwt	280.00–280.00	1,568	2
Heifers	Medium 1-2Unweaned	350–400	352	250.00/cwt	250.00–250.00	880	3
Bulls	Medium 1-2Unweaned	600–650	612	240.00/cwt	240.00–240.00	1,469	2
Steers	Medium 1-2Unweaned	400–450	412	265.00/cwt	265.00–265.00	1,092	2
Heifers	Medium 1-2Unweaned	550–600	552	200.00/cwt	200.00–200.00	1,104	3
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	450–500	470	310.00/cwt	310.00–310.00	1,457	2
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Unweaned	500–550	514	274.00/cwt	274.00–274.00	1,408	9
Heifers	Medium and Large 2Unweaned	350–400	378	235.00/cwt	235.00–235.00	888	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 2Unweaned	550–600	561	223.48/cwt	220.00–234.00	1,254	8
Steers	Medium and Large 2Unweaned	600–650	604	235.00/cwt	235.00–235.00	1,419	5
Steers	Medium 1Unweaned	500–550	539	250.00/cwt	250.00–250.00	1,348	4
Steers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	500–550	542	299.00/cwt	299.00–299.00	1,621	6
Steers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	450–500	462	300.00/cwt	300.00–300.00	1,386	2
Steers	Medium and Large 1	600–650	643	275.00/cwt	275.00–275.00	1,768	20
Steers	Medium and Large 1Fleshy	650–700	691	254.00/cwt	254.00–254.00	1,755	5
Steers	Medium and Large 1	350–400	372	325.00/cwt	325.00–325.00	1,209	2

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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