Sale reports / Missouri / Interstate Regional Stockyards / 2025-03-04

Interstate Regional Stockyards

Feeder Cattle · Slaughter Cattle · Replacement Cattle · Cuba, Missouri · Tue, Mar 4
● Final55 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 1814
Feeder Cattle receipts
437 head
330 vs last sale 767 610 vs year ago 1,047 · 58.3%
Slaughter Cattle receipts
93 head
46 vs last sale 47 147 vs year ago 240 · 61.3%
Replacement Cattle receipts
30 head
20 vs last sale 10 10 vs year ago 40 · 25.0%
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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to last Tuesday, feeder steers and heifers steady on a limited market test. Slaughter cows steady. Demand very good. Supply light. Tight feeder supplies are helping to keep the feeder trade strong despite seasonal weakness in beef demand which has caused fed cattle and live cattle futures to trend lower in recent weeks. Rain moved into the area early Tuesday with weather conditions looking more favorable for cattle movement next week.

Weight class

Heifers · summary 500–600 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot
500–600 lb heifers averaged $294.76/cwt on 64 head. That ranks 1 of 23 comparable sales and sits 120.52 against this barn's trailing median of $415.28.
Average price
$294.76
64 head · 539 lb average
Value per head Derived
$1,589
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
$46
per head · Medium and Large 1 over Medium and Large 1-2
$22.48/cwt at this weight
vs the market
10.43
vs MO average
10.26 vs national

What quality paid 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 1527305.301,60934
Medium and Large 1-2553282.821,56330
One grade step is worth $22.48/cwt here — about $46 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 sale64 hd
294.76
MO average16 barns · 3,522 hd
305.19
−10.43
National average185 barns · 16,988 hd
305.02
−10.26
This barn, trailing median23 sales
415.28
−120.52
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
BullsHigh1,759162.992,86815
CowsBreaker 75-80%High1,544142.872,20611
CowsBoner 80-85%Average1,305139.641,82229
CowsLean 85-90%Average1,107117.351,29919

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 $/cwt figures above.
ClassStageAgeAvg wt$/headHead
Bred CowsAll Stages (1-9 mo)Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)1,286$2,32810

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.
ClassGrade / descriptionWeightAvg wtPriceRangePer headHead
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2550–600571278.61/cwt270.00–285.001,59117
SteersMedium and Large 1350–400354400.00/cwt400.00–400.001,4164
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2600–650617263.20/cwt260.00–270.001,62412
SteersMedium and Large 1Unweaned500–550513357.00/cwt357.00–357.001,8316
SteersMedium and Large 1-2550–600575314.97/cwt307.00–327.501,8117
SteersMedium and Large 1-2400–450425378.50/cwt362.50–385.001,6097
SteersMedium and Large 1-2450–500466343.20/cwt332.50–348.001,5999
SteersMedium and Large 1-2300–350328387.44/cwt380.00–395.001,2714
HeifersMedium and Large 1Unweaned400–450406341.41/cwt339.00–343.001,3865
SteersMedium and Large 1500–550519359.49/cwt346.00–367.501,86613
SteersMedium and Large 1600–650609321.01/cwt320.00–323.001,9559
SteersMedium and Large 1400–450436399.39/cwt397.50–400.001,7418
SteersMedium and Large 1300–350332414.78/cwt402.50–427.501,3776
SteersMedium and Large 1-2Unweaned500–550530319.00/cwt319.00–319.001,6913
SteersMedium and Large 1650–700679288.00/cwt288.00–288.001,9564
SteersMedium and Large 1-2Unweaned550–600580285.00/cwt285.00–285.001,6533
SteersMedium and Large 1-2600–650621303.39/cwt303.00–304.001,8845
SteersMedium and Large 1-2700–750715270.00/cwt270.00–270.001,9314
SteersMedium and Large 1-2650–700695275.00/cwt275.00–275.001,9114
SteersMedium and Large 1-2500–550518348.88/cwt325.00–357.001,8078
SteersMedium and Large 1800–850816265.00/cwt265.00–265.002,1625
BullsMedium and Large 1-2450–500485332.50/cwt307.00–353.001,6139
BullsMedium and Large 1-2500–550540307.45/cwt299.00–315.001,66011
BullsMedium and Large 1-2400–450432363.67/cwt337.50–372.501,57111
BullsMedium and Large 1-2650–700688241.31/cwt235.00–257.501,6609
BullsMedium and Large 1-2550–600581288.29/cwt270.00–300.001,67512
BullsMedium and Large 1-2350–400390392.50/cwt392.50–392.501,5313
CowsBoner 80-85%1,310139.40/cwt130.00–144.501,82625
CowsLean 85-90%1,135123.42/cwt118.00–133.001,40112
CowsLean 85-90%99387.14/cwt85.00–89.008652
CowsLean 85-90%1,06899.72/cwt97.00–101.001,0653
CowsBreaker 75-80%1,518147.73/cwt146.00–150.502,2435
CowsBoner 80-85%1,235124.50/cwt124.50–124.501,5381
CowsLean 85-90%1,110137.58/cwt135.00–140.001,5272
CowsBoner 80-85%1,285146.72/cwt146.00–148.001,8853
CowsBreaker 75-80%1,566138.82/cwt133.00–143.002,1746
Bulls1,360174.00/cwt174.00–174.002,3661
Bulls1,863169.46/cwt160.00–176.003,1578
Bulls1,688152.54/cwt140.00–157.002,5756
Bred CowsMedium and Large 1-21,2862,328.35/head2,050.00–2,810.002,32810
HeifersMedium and Large 1850–900888225.00/cwt225.00–225.001,9984
HeifersMedium and Large 1500–550512315.55/cwt310.00–320.501,61626
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2450–500487305.09/cwt300.00–310.001,4866
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2Full550–600582265.00/cwt265.00–265.001,5423
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2350–400372334.91/cwt330.00–340.001,2464
HeifersMedium and Large 1300–350313375.61/cwt370.00–385.001,1767
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2500–550513295.32/cwt285.00–302.501,51510
HeifersMedium and Large 1600–650624273.44/cwt271.00–275.001,7068
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2400–450431328.54/cwt325.00–339.001,4168
HeifersMedium and Large 1650–700651277.00/cwt277.00–277.001,8034
HeifersMedium and Large 1Unweaned550–600576271.97/cwt271.00–275.001,5678
HeifersMedium and Large 1350–400392346.54/cwt340.00–360.001,3586
HeifersMedium and Large 1Unweaned450–500488300.00/cwt300.00–300.001,4644
HeifersMedium and Large 1Replacement650–700650286.00/cwt286.00–286.001,85915
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2650–700671271.00/cwt271.00–271.001,8184

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.