Name: Interstate Regional Stockyards livestock auction prices — 2024-12-03
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2024-12-03

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Based on limited comparisons with the sale two weeks ago, feeder steers under 600 lbs 10.00-20.00 higher, over 600 lbs 5.00-10.00 higher. Feeder heifers 5.00-15.00 higher. Slaughter cows 2.00-4.00 lower. Demand very good. Supply moderate. The feeder market is stronger this week, especially on the lighter grazing cattle where sharply higher prices suggest demand is running quite a bit ahead of the supply. The lastest feeder index sits at 259.38, closing in on the record top of 261.88/cwt.

Weight class

Steers · summary 500–600 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

500–600 lb steers averaged $310.00/cwt on 177 head. That ranks 1 of 24 comparable sales and sits −153.82 against this barn's trailing median of $463.82.

Average price

$310.00

177 head · 548 lb average

Value per head Derived

$1,700

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$203

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

$57.79/cwt at this weight

vs the market

−7.91

vs MO average

−15.37 vs national

What quality paid 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1	548	312.79	1,716	129
Medium and Large 1-2	545	305.67	1,666	45
Medium and Large 2	593	255.00	1,512	3thin

One grade step is worth $57.79/cwt here — about $203 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 sale177 hd

310.00

—

MO average9 barns · 2,569 hd

317.91

−7.91

National average187 barns · 33,494 hd

325.37

−15.37

This barn, trailing median24 sales

463.82

−153.82

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	1,769	149.18	2,639	12
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	High	1,626	118.39	1,925	7thin
Cows	Boner 80-85%	Average	1,288	115.59	1,489	43
Cows	Lean 85-90%	Low	1,083	97.51	1,056	25

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)	1,216	$2,381	10

Every lot, as filed

83 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 1Unweaned	550–600	561	253.50/cwt	253.50–253.50	1,422	10
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	650–700	682	233.00/cwt	233.00–233.00	1,589	6
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	600–650	645	254.00/cwt	254.00–254.00	1,638	37
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	300–350	335	358.62/cwt	350.00–367.50	1,201	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Unweaned	500–550	529	250.00/cwt	250.00–250.00	1,323	7
Steers	Medium and Large 1	550–600	575	304.24/cwt	294.00–317.50	1,749	56
Steers	Medium and Large 1	650–700	681	275.70/cwt	268.00–280.00	1,878	42
Steers	Medium and Large 2	700–750	746	234.20/cwt	233.00–235.00	1,747	5
Steers	Medium and Large 2	600–650	610	246.25/cwt	240.00–250.00	1,502	8
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	400–450	428	340.45/cwt	336.00–350.00	1,457	6
Steers	Medium and Large 1Fleshy	700–750	727	246.43/cwt	244.00–249.00	1,792	4
Steers	Medium and Large 1	450–500	482	333.60/cwt	329.00–345.00	1,608	7
Steers	Medium and Large 1	600–650	621	288.51/cwt	280.00–298.00	1,792	33
Steers	Medium and Large 1	350–400	380	361.17/cwt	353.00–370.00	1,372	7
Steers	Medium and Large 1	850–900	852	239.00/cwt	239.00–239.00	2,036	3
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	500–550	524	314.57/cwt	305.00–320.00	1,648	28
Steers	Medium and Large 1	300–350	326	388.77/cwt	365.00–412.00	1,267	5
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	550–600	580	291.01/cwt	279.00–305.00	1,688	17
Steers	Medium and Large 1	750–800	760	256.82/cwt	250.00–265.00	1,952	29
Steers	Medium and Large 1	400–450	419	360.99/cwt	345.00–377.50	1,513	13
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	450–500	467	327.07/cwt	320.00–335.00	1,527	10
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	650–700	685	262.62/cwt	260.00–268.00	1,799	6
Steers	Medium 1-2	450–500	490	279.50/cwt	279.00–280.00	1,370	4
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	650–700	697	273.80/cwt	273.80–273.80	1,908	82
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	800–850	825	246.50/cwt	246.50–246.50	2,034	42
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	600–650	616	272.72/cwt	270.00–274.00	1,680	15
Steers	Medium and Large 1	700–750	733	266.90/cwt	258.00–271.00	1,956	46
Steers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	650–700	651	260.00/cwt	260.00–260.00	1,693	7
Steers	Medium and Large 1	500–550	519	328.69/cwt	309.00–344.00	1,706	55
Steers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	700–750	703	242.00/cwt	242.00–242.00	1,701	6
Steers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	550–600	570	284.57/cwt	280.00–289.00	1,622	9
Steers	Medium and Large 2	550–600	593	255.00/cwt	255.00–255.00	1,512	3
Steers	Medium and Large 2	650–700	678	249.00/cwt	249.00–249.00	1,688	2
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	750–800	789	242.00/cwt	240.00–244.00	1,909	4
Steers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	500–550	542	297.00/cwt	297.00–297.00	1,610	9
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	350–400	396	302.50/cwt	302.50–302.50	1,198	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Fleshy	600–650	634	254.03/cwt	250.00–258.00	1,611	4
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	500–550	535	274.70/cwt	272.50–279.00	1,470	6
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	800–850	802	190.00/cwt	190.00–190.00	1,524	3
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	700–750	720	220.00/cwt	220.00–220.00	1,584	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	650–700	695	227.00/cwt	227.00–227.00	1,578	3
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	1,077	91.15/cwt	80.00–103.00	982	13
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	—	1,763	123.50/cwt	123.00–124.00	2,177	2
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,274	115.40/cwt	110.00–120.00	1,470	37
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,332	106.00/cwt	106.00–106.00	1,412	2
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,400	122.14/cwt	120.00–124.00	1,710	4
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	1,109	107.81/cwt	104.00–112.50	1,196	11
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	—	1,670	112.82/cwt	112.00–113.50	1,884	2
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	—	1,505	118.69/cwt	118.00–120.00	1,786	3
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	870	67.00/cwt	67.00–67.00	583	1
Bulls	—	—	1,750	150.33/cwt	144.00–158.00	2,631	9
Bulls	—	—	1,668	136.85/cwt	133.50–140.00	2,283	2
Bulls	—	—	2,140	163.50/cwt	163.50–163.50	3,499	1
Stock Cows	Medium and Large 1-2	—	808	155.00/cwt	155.00–155.00	1,252	8
Stock Cows	Medium and Large 1-2	—	994	142.00/cwt	142.00–142.00	1,411	5
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,216	2,380.60/head	2,225.00–2,500.00	2,381	10
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	750–800	762	242.80/cwt	239.00–247.00	1,850	15
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	350–400	379	323.94/cwt	317.50–327.50	1,228	7
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	550–600	572	269.81/cwt	265.00–277.00	1,543	57
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	650–700	696	249.88/cwt	244.00–252.00	1,739	15
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	600–650	603	238.34/cwt	235.00–240.00	1,437	6
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	750–800	758	190.00/cwt	190.00–190.00	1,440	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	450–500	479	263.78/cwt	263.00–275.00	1,264	15
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Full	600–650	622	245.00/cwt	245.00–245.00	1,524	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	900–950	932	205.50/cwt	205.50–205.50	1,915	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	500–550	518	282.95/cwt	263.00–293.00	1,466	40
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	300–350	305	318.61/cwt	310.00–327.50	972	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	600–650	633	257.08/cwt	240.00–261.50	1,627	32
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	500–550	511	267.74/cwt	260.00–273.00	1,368	6
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	600–650	616	262.40/cwt	258.00–265.00	1,616	28
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	450–500	468	287.03/cwt	275.00–300.00	1,343	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	400–450	412	301.39/cwt	295.00–306.00	1,242	14
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	650–700	678	235.00/cwt	235.00–235.00	1,593	10
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	750–800	780	226.48/cwt	223.00–230.00	1,767	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	600–650	621	250.00/cwt	250.00–250.00	1,553	6
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	700–750	729	242.96/cwt	240.00–245.75	1,771	27
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Value Added	750–800	752	243.85/cwt	243.85–243.85	1,834	68
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Value Added	800–850	846	225.00/cwt	225.00–225.00	1,904	31
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	300–350	336	305.06/cwt	300.00–315.00	1,025	6
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	1000–1050	1,020	199.00/cwt	199.00–199.00	2,030	4
Steers	Medium and Large 1Fleshy	750–800	790	244.00/cwt	244.00–244.00	1,928	8
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	350–400	367	314.61/cwt	312.50–316.00	1,155	7
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	550–600	563	277.50/cwt	277.50–277.50	1,562	36

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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