Name: Interstate Regional Stockyards livestock auction prices — 2025-01-21
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2025-01-21

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to last Tuesday, feeder steers under 600 lbs steady, over 600 lbs 1.00-3.00 lower. Feeder heifers steady. Slaughter cows 4.00-6.00 higher. Demand good. Supply light. Several feeder consignments passed on the bitter cold in expectation of warmer weather next week. A steady trade on the fed cattle will be a pretty high bar following last week's record weighted average of 203.67/cwt.

Weight class

Steers · summary 500–600 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

500–600 lb steers averaged $315.17/cwt on 40 head. That ranks 1 of 24 comparable sales and sits −148.65 against this barn's trailing median of $463.82.

Average price

$315.17

40 head · 545 lb average

Value per head Derived

$1,717

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$233

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

$63.94/cwt at this weight

vs the market

−17.83

vs MO average

−25.77 vs national

What quality paid 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1	535	335.47	1,794	19thin
Medium and Large 1-2	544	309.45	1,682	14thin
Medium 1-2	575	271.53	1,561	7thin

One grade step is worth $63.94/cwt here — about $233 a head. Across this sale the premium is widest at 500–600 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 sale40 hd

315.17

—

MO average15 barns · 3,965 hd

333.00

−17.83

National average147 barns · 15,667 hd

340.94

−25.77

This barn, trailing median24 sales

463.82

−148.65

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	1,650	152.60	2,518	6thin
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	High	1,605	133.50	2,143	2thin
Cows	Boner 80-85%	Average	1,314	123.03	1,617	15
Cows	Lean 85-90%	Very Low	1,048	112.16	1,175	27

Every lot, as filed

48 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
Steers	Medium and Large 2	600–650	641	265.00/cwt	265.00–265.00	1,699	5
Steers	Medium and Large 2	650–700	662	260.00/cwt	260.00–260.00	1,721	3
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	650–700	676	273.43/cwt	270.00–279.00	1,848	14
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	400–450	442	324.37/cwt	320.00–340.00	1,434	9
Steers	Medium and Large 1	400–450	412	402.50/cwt	402.50–402.50	1,658	2
Steers	Medium and Large 1	500–550	532	338.84/cwt	330.50–350.00	1,803	16
Steers	Medium and Large 1	800–850	828	250.00/cwt	250.00–250.00	2,070	9
Steers	Medium and Large 1	850–900	862	245.00/cwt	245.00–245.00	2,112	8
Steers	Medium and Large 1	700–750	726	282.61/cwt	265.00–286.00	2,052	105
Steers	Medium and Large 1	650–700	671	288.92/cwt	280.00–294.00	1,939	36
Steers	Medium and Large 1	600–650	605	297.00/cwt	297.00–297.00	1,797	33
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	550–600	583	281.34/cwt	280.00–282.00	1,640	6
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	600–650	606	296.00/cwt	296.00–296.00	1,794	5
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	400–450	428	338.90/cwt	335.00–342.50	1,450	4
Steers	Medium 1-2	550–600	575	271.53/cwt	268.00–276.00	1,561	7
Steers	Medium and Large 1	550–600	550	317.50/cwt	317.50–317.50	1,746	3
Steers	Medium and Large 1	450–500	469	366.04/cwt	362.50–375.00	1,717	7
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	500–550	514	330.53/cwt	325.00–340.00	1,699	8
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	550–600	571	283.08/cwt	277.50–285.00	1,616	41
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	700–750	702	255.00/cwt	255.00–255.00	1,790	3
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	550–600	563	295.68/cwt	280.00–302.50	1,665	8
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	500–550	523	312.02/cwt	305.00–320.00	1,632	9
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	350–400	372	367.56/cwt	345.00–385.00	1,367	6
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	700–750	710	232.48/cwt	231.00–234.00	1,651	4
Steers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	650–700	695	274.00/cwt	274.00–274.00	1,904	3
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	450–500	469	335.00/cwt	335.00–335.00	1,571	8
Heifers	Medium 1-2	550–600	561	263.14/cwt	260.00–265.00	1,476	11
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	450–500	473	301.13/cwt	290.00–325.00	1,424	15
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	600–650	620	258.44/cwt	250.00–266.50	1,602	17
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	300–350	328	350.00/cwt	340.00–360.00	1,148	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	350–400	375	337.50/cwt	337.50–337.50	1,266	6
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	650–700	675	252.19/cwt	240.00–265.00	1,702	8
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	400–450	412	341.00/cwt	341.00–341.00	1,405	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	350–400	385	344.75/cwt	342.50–347.00	1,327	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	450–500	475	309.38/cwt	300.00–325.00	1,470	11
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	650–700	671	263.27/cwt	260.00–265.00	1,767	15
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	500–550	515	283.38/cwt	277.50–292.50	1,459	18
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	700–750	721	266.81/cwt	250.00–270.00	1,924	17
Bulls	—	—	1,750	141.03/cwt	140.00–142.00	2,468	2
Bulls	—	—	1,600	158.39/cwt	153.00–163.00	2,534	4
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	—	1,545	134.50/cwt	134.50–134.50	2,078	1
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	925	75.00/cwt	75.00–75.00	694	1
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	1,059	118.09/cwt	115.00–125.50	1,251	16
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	1,185	127.00/cwt	127.00–127.00	1,505	1
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	1,027	104.10/cwt	87.00–109.50	1,069	9
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,254	126.03/cwt	121.00–132.00	1,580	11
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,480	114.77/cwt	114.00–115.00	1,699	4
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	—	1,665	132.50/cwt	132.50–132.50	2,206	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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