Name: Interstate Regional Stockyards livestock auction prices — 2025-03-18
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2025-03-18

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to last Tuesday, feeder steers and heifers 10.00-15.00 higher. Slaughter cows steady. Demand good to very good. Supply light. The stronger fed cattle trade over the past two weeks has feeders following higher with the feeder index back to setting all-time highs so far this week. One highlight of the feeder offering was 39 head of grazing flesh steers weighing 601 lbs @ 358.50. A bullish placement figure is expected in Friday's Cattle on Feed report which will also push on feed numbers lower.

Weight class

Steers · summary 500–600 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

500–600 lb steers averaged $350.47/cwt on 109 head. That ranks 1 of 24 comparable sales and sits −113.35 against this barn's trailing median of $463.82.

Average price

$350.47

109 head · 550 lb average

Value per head Derived

$1,927

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$276

per head · Medium and Large 1 over Medium 1

$73.94/cwt at this weight

vs the market

−6.28

vs MO average

−6.69 vs national

What quality paid 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1	540	363.94	1,964	67
Medium 1-2	510	346.00	1,765	8thin
Medium and Large 1-2	579	332.48	1,925	28
Medium 1	582	290.00	1,688	6thin

One grade step is worth $73.94/cwt here — about $276 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 sale109 hd

350.47

—

MO average15 barns · 2,689 hd

356.75

−6.28

National average170 barns · 10,920 hd

357.16

−6.69

This barn, trailing median24 sales

463.82

−113.35

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	1,774	161.63	2,868	11
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	Average	1,568	135.52	2,125	5thin
Cows	Boner 80-85%	Average	1,340	132.72	1,779	13
Cows	Lean 85-90%	High	1,074	118.35	1,271	18

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	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	1,288	$2,926	15
Bred Cows	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	Aged (>8 yrs)	1,294	$2,400	4thin
Bred Cows	All Stages (1-9 mo)	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	1,170	$2,278	14
Cow-Calf Pairs	Open	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	1,075	$3,338	4thin

Every lot, as filed

61 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
Cow-Calf Pairs	Medium and Large 1	—	1,075	3,337.50/head	3,300.00–3,375.00	3,338	4
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 1	—	1,294	2,400.00/head	2,400.00–2,400.00	2,400	4
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,170	2,278.07/head	1,850.00–2,600.00	2,278	14
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	850–900	890	221.00/cwt	221.00–221.00	1,967	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	600–650	605	287.51/cwt	285.00–291.00	1,739	19
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	650–700	652	289.00/cwt	289.00–289.00	1,884	10
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	600–650	605	283.00/cwt	283.00–283.00	1,712	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	400–450	428	331.77/cwt	325.00–342.50	1,420	8
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	250–300	258	385.00/cwt	385.00–385.00	993	3
Steers	Medium 1	450–500	480	355.00/cwt	355.00–355.00	1,704	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	550–600	584	315.50/cwt	315.50–315.50	1,843	23
Heifers	Small and Medium 3	250–300	268	291.00/cwt	291.00–291.00	780	4
Steers	Medium and Large 1	700–750	713	300.90/cwt	300.00–301.00	2,145	19
Steers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	500–550	528	336.00/cwt	336.00–336.00	1,774	3
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	450–500	461	371.66/cwt	370.00–375.00	1,713	6
Steers	Medium 1-2	500–550	510	346.00/cwt	346.00–346.00	1,765	8
Steers	Medium 1Fleshy	550–600	582	290.00/cwt	290.00–290.00	1,688	6
Steers	Medium and Large 1Fleshy	450–500	497	360.00/cwt	360.00–360.00	1,789	3
Steers	Medium and Large 1	300–350	323	460.13/cwt	450.00–477.50	1,486	6
Steers	Medium and Large 1	500–550	517	375.73/cwt	361.00–385.00	1,943	38
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	350–400	373	404.28/cwt	379.00–422.50	1,508	12
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	400–450	416	388.51/cwt	360.00–405.00	1,616	8
Steers	Medium and Large 1	650–700	679	311.90/cwt	306.00–325.00	2,118	37
Steers	Medium and Large 1	550–600	574	349.92/cwt	347.00–353.00	2,009	26
Steers	Medium and Large 1	600–650	606	354.50/cwt	327.00–358.50	2,148	48
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	700–750	731	276.97/cwt	275.00–280.00	2,025	5
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	650–700	678	300.39/cwt	285.00–306.00	2,037	23
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	550–600	579	332.48/cwt	312.00–353.50	1,925	28
Bulls	Medium 1-2	500–550	510	286.00/cwt	286.00–286.00	1,459	4
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	500–550	519	332.49/cwt	325.00–340.00	1,726	4
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	350–400	350	435.00/cwt	435.00–435.00	1,523	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	400–450	420	369.70/cwt	345.00–395.00	1,553	4
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	450–500	476	382.64/cwt	352.50–445.00	1,821	19
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	700–750	723	256.93/cwt	254.00–260.00	1,858	4
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,311	134.19/cwt	130.00–141.00	1,759	7
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	1,090	137.48/cwt	137.00–138.00	1,499	2
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	860	76.00/cwt	76.00–76.00	654	1
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	—	1,568	135.52/cwt	129.00–140.00	2,125	5
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,290	122.93/cwt	119.00–128.00	1,586	4
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,543	147.14/cwt	145.00–149.00	2,270	2
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	1,088	108.66/cwt	101.00–114.00	1,182	4
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	1,085	122.25/cwt	116.00–133.50	1,326	11
Bulls	—	—	1,613	145.18/cwt	143.00–148.50	2,342	3
Bulls	—	—	1,820	178.79/cwt	175.00–183.00	3,254	2
Bulls	—	—	1,840	164.14/cwt	155.00–168.00	3,020	6
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 1	—	1,288	2,925.73/head	2,850.00–3,025.00	2,926	15
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	550–600	565	293.81/cwt	285.00–300.00	1,660	12
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	500–550	528	313.81/cwt	300.00–325.00	1,657	13
Bulls	Medium 1-2	550–600	591	278.00/cwt	278.00–278.00	1,643	5
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	550–600	563	319.73/cwt	308.00–325.00	1,800	10
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	600–650	642	288.81/cwt	286.00–293.00	1,854	5
Heifers	Medium 1	450–500	467	320.00/cwt	320.00–320.00	1,494	9
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	450–500	473	328.32/cwt	315.00–335.00	1,553	14
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	500–550	507	330.01/cwt	311.00–336.00	1,673	29
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	650–700	676	272.35/cwt	268.00–278.00	1,841	10
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	400–450	413	367.87/cwt	347.00–377.50	1,519	9
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	300–350	326	381.02/cwt	375.00–387.50	1,242	8
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	350–400	358	367.50/cwt	367.50–367.50	1,316	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	450–500	479	329.07/cwt	322.50–335.00	1,576	10
Heifers	Small and Medium 2	300–350	317	231.32/cwt	230.00–232.50	733	6
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	800–850	810	260.00/cwt	260.00–260.00	2,106	4

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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