Name: Interstate Regional Stockyards livestock auction prices — 2025-01-14
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2025-01-14

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to the last sale four weeks ago, feeder steers 10.00-20.00 higher. Feeder heifers 15.00-30.00 higher. Slaughter cows 5.00-7.00 higher. Demand very good. Supply moderate, It's been a long break at Interstate Regional between the holiday schedule and winter weather while the feeder market has continued to move higher thanks partly to record high fed prices with last weeks northern trade up to 2.05/cwt.

Weight class

Steers · summary 500–600 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

500–600 lb steers averaged $312.20/cwt on 116 head. That ranks 1 of 24 comparable sales and sits −151.63 against this barn's trailing median of $463.82.

Average price

$312.20

116 head · 558 lb average

Value per head Derived

$1,744

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$70

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

$6.64/cwt at this weight

vs the market

−24.74

vs MO average

−30.25 vs national

What quality paid 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1	565	316.26	1,787	45
Medium and Large 1-2	554	309.62	1,717	71

One grade step is worth $6.64/cwt here — about $70 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 sale116 hd

312.20

—

MO average15 barns · 4,049 hd

336.94

−24.74

National average190 barns · 32,836 hd

342.45

−30.25

This barn, trailing median24 sales

463.82

−151.63

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	1,738	144.28	2,508	7thin
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	Average	1,467	127.14	1,865	10
Cows	Boner 80-85%	Average	1,313	124.97	1,641	12
Cows	Lean 85-90%	Low	1,004	91.30	916	10

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)	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	1,355	$2,356	5
Cow-Calf Pairs	Open	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	1,038	$2,488	4thin

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	950–1000	965	205.00/cwt	205.00–205.00	1,978	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	500–550	510	312.61/cwt	299.00–323.00	1,594	12
Steers	Medium and Large 1	300–350	320	410.00/cwt	410.00–410.00	1,312	2
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	600–650	645	296.00/cwt	296.00–296.00	1,909	4
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	500–550	525	324.01/cwt	310.00–335.00	1,701	35
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	550–600	596	250.00/cwt	250.00–250.00	1,490	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	550–600	564	278.20/cwt	270.00–285.00	1,569	30
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	700–750	726	254.56/cwt	250.00–262.50	1,848	27
Steers	Medium and Large 1	700–750	715	283.81/cwt	273.00–292.00	2,029	34
Steers	Medium and Large 1	600–650	624	305.41/cwt	300.00–310.00	1,906	34
Steers	Medium and Large 1	500–550	545	325.12/cwt	321.00–339.00	1,772	17
Steers	Medium and Large 1	750–800	770	280.76/cwt	265.00–282.75	2,162	91
Steers	Medium and Large 1	450–500	476	356.46/cwt	345.00–360.00	1,697	8
Steers	Medium and Large 1	900–950	949	245.00/cwt	245.00–245.00	2,325	5
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	750–800	777	260.63/cwt	255.00–270.00	2,025	8
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	400–450	429	365.39/cwt	347.50–392.00	1,568	6
Steers	Medium and Large 1	650–700	673	297.78/cwt	286.50–301.00	2,004	107
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	550–600	583	295.63/cwt	292.00–302.50	1,724	36
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	700–750	734	266.71/cwt	265.00–273.00	1,958	9
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	450–500	482	330.83/cwt	325.00–345.00	1,595	12
Steers	Medium and Large 2	650–700	690	264.00/cwt	264.00–264.00	1,822	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	350–400	368	360.00/cwt	360.00–360.00	1,325	7
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Value Added	400–450	438	373.00/cwt	373.00–373.00	1,634	9
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	550–600	567	287.92/cwt	280.00–295.00	1,633	7
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	600–650	606	278.00/cwt	278.00–278.00	1,685	8
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	450–500	493	322.50/cwt	322.50–322.50	1,590	6
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	750–800	771	220.00/cwt	220.00–220.00	1,696	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	400–450	423	342.50/cwt	342.50–342.50	1,449	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	450–500	474	322.04/cwt	310.00–347.00	1,526	11
Steers	Medium and Large 1	550–600	577	310.88/cwt	307.00–325.00	1,794	28
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	450–500	477	290.18/cwt	277.50–310.00	1,384	40
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	650–700	682	251.50/cwt	250.00–255.00	1,715	10
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	400–450	441	361.00/cwt	361.00–361.00	1,592	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	600–650	610	282.46/cwt	281.00–286.00	1,723	21
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	550–600	579	280.72/cwt	275.00–286.00	1,625	37
Steers	Medium and Large 1	400–450	424	420.00/cwt	420.00–420.00	1,781	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	750–800	777	248.63/cwt	230.00–255.00	1,932	8
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Fleshy	600–650	631	271.00/cwt	271.00–271.00	1,710	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	500–550	532	289.03/cwt	282.00–292.50	1,538	28
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	300–350	334	303.77/cwt	300.00–307.50	1,015	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Value Added	600–650	618	284.00/cwt	284.00–284.00	1,755	10
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	600–650	610	268.12/cwt	260.00–277.00	1,636	33
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	650–700	688	272.35/cwt	269.00–276.75	1,874	60
Cow-Calf Pairs	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,050	2,600.00/head	2,600.00–2,600.00	2,600	2
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,355	2,355.87/head	2,300.00–2,475.00	2,356	5
Cow-Calf Pairs	Medium 1-2	—	1,025	2,375.00/head	2,375.00–2,375.00	2,375	2
Bulls	—	—	1,803	126.63/cwt	115.00–137.00	2,283	2
Bulls	—	—	1,712	151.34/cwt	144.00–155.00	2,591	5
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	1,044	92.41/cwt	79.00–98.00	965	7
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,307	121.61/cwt	114.00–125.00	1,589	7
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,322	129.68/cwt	127.00–132.00	1,714	5
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	—	1,422	121.52/cwt	119.50–126.00	1,728	4
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	—	1,497	130.89/cwt	127.00–134.00	1,959	6
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	865	76.04/cwt	75.00–77.00	658	2
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	1,000	114.00/cwt	114.00–114.00	1,140	1

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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