Sale reports / Missouri / Interstate Regional Stockyards / 2025-04-08

Interstate Regional Stockyards

Feeder Cattle · Slaughter Cattle · Replacement Cattle · Cuba, Missouri · Tue, Apr 8
● Final51 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 1814
Feeder Cattle receipts
446 head
399 vs last sale 845 893 vs year ago 1,339 · 66.7%
Slaughter Cattle receipts
66 head
79 vs last sale 145 72 vs year ago 138 · 52.2%
Replacement Cattle receipts
20 head
15 vs last sale 35 20 vs year ago 40 · 50.0%
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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Based on limited comparisons with last week, feeder steers and heifers mostly 5.00-15.00 lower with some greener steers and bulls steady. Slaughter cows steady to firm. Demand good. On a light test the feeder market was fairly resilient Tuesday despite the current tariff chaos and with no time frame for a resolution. The back months of live cattle futures saw a modest bounce after a few trading days of big losses.

Weight class

Steers · summary 500–600 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot
500–600 lb steers averaged $342.25/cwt on 77 head. That ranks 1 of 24 comparable sales and sits 121.57 against this barn's trailing median of $463.82.
Average price
$342.25
77 head · 538 lb average
Value per head Derived
$1,843
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
$56
per head · Medium and Large 1 over Medium 1-2
$8.97/cwt at this weight
vs the market
13.42
vs MO average
12.05 vs national

What quality paid 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 1525343.971,80443
Medium and Large 1-2559340.561,90531
Medium 1-2522335.001,7493thin
One grade step is worth $8.97/cwt here — about $56 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
533481428375median 463.8212/1602/1704/0705/1908/04
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 sale77 hd
342.25
MO average16 barns · 1,889 hd
355.67
−13.42
National average175 barns · 9,187 hd
354.30
−12.05
This barn, trailing median24 sales
463.82
−121.57
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
BullsLow1,816170.573,09811
CowsBreaker 75-80%Average1,508140.332,1163thin
CowsBoner 80-85%Low1,317138.041,81824
CowsLean 85-90%Average1,062112.571,19613

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 Cows1st/2nd Stage (1-6 mo)Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)1,137$2,1635

Every lot, as filed

51 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
SteersMedium and Large 1-2650–700660303.00/cwt303.00–303.002,0007
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2400–450408359.55/cwt356.00–365.001,46711
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2500–550517309.66/cwt309.00–310.001,6016
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2450–500474324.96/cwt310.00–350.001,54028
SteersMedium and Large 1-2500–550536354.14/cwt345.00–358.001,89812
SteersMedium and Large 1Unweaned450–500487356.00/cwt356.00–356.001,7345
SteersMedium and Large 1Unweaned550–600562330.00/cwt330.00–330.001,8553
SteersMedium and Large 1Fleshy500–550506345.00/cwt345.00–345.001,74625
SteersMedium and Large 1Fleshy600–650604320.91/cwt300.00–330.001,93810
SteersMedium and Large 1Fleshy550–600552330.86/cwt320.00–347.001,8265
SteersMedium 1-2450–500493321.00/cwt321.00–321.001,5838
SteersMedium 1-2500–550522335.00/cwt335.00–335.001,7493
SteersMedium and Large 1600–650616333.55/cwt325.00–342.002,0558
SteersMedium and Large 1450–500475386.63/cwt370.00–417.001,83616
SteersMedium 1-2400–450438317.50/cwt317.50–317.501,3913
SteersMedium and Large 1-2550–600574331.99/cwt315.00–336.501,90619
SteersMedium and Large 1350–400393418.99/cwt417.00–420.001,6476
SteersMedium and Large 1-2450–500466384.23/cwt375.00–387.001,7919
SteersMedium and Large 1700–750735307.00/cwt307.00–307.002,2562
BullsMedium and Large 1-2550–600564308.13/cwt280.00–320.001,7387
BullsMedium and Large 1-2650–700663252.64/cwt240.00–265.001,6754
BullsMedium and Large 1-2350–400368401.59/cwt365.00–435.001,47811
BullsMedium and Large 1-2600–650610280.00/cwt280.00–280.001,7083
BullsMedium and Large 1-2450–500459375.10/cwt333.00–390.001,7224
BullsMedium and Large 1-2500–550537333.51/cwt325.00–345.001,79117
CowsBoner 80-85%1,363121.73/cwt118.00–127.001,6592
CowsBoner 80-85%1,318148.52/cwt148.00–149.001,9574
CowsBoner 80-85%1,312137.52/cwt132.00–145.001,80418
Bulls1,575152.13/cwt144.00–158.002,3963
CowsLean 85-90%1,030122.63/cwt118.00–128.001,2635
CowsLean 85-90%84080.00/cwt80.00–80.006721
CowsLean 85-90%1,152106.22/cwt100.00–108.001,2246
CowsLean 85-90%905133.00/cwt133.00–133.001,2041
CowsBreaker 75-80%1,508140.33/cwt134.00–143.502,1163
Bulls1,986171.93/cwt160.00–180.003,4156
Bulls1,668194.17/cwt189.00–198.003,2392
Stock CowsMedium and Large 1-21,015200.06/cwt198.00–201.002,0316
Bred CowsMedium and Large 1-21,1372,163.13/head1,750.00–2,485.002,1635
HeifersMedium 1-2500–550527285.00/cwt285.00–285.001,5023
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2550–600565290.30/cwt285.00–294.001,64011
HeifersMedium and Large 1500–550514313.90/cwt302.00–320.001,61318
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2650–700684269.00/cwt269.00–269.001,8405
HeifersMedium and Large 1350–400371380.14/cwt375.00–384.501,41012
BullsMedium and Large 1-2400–450413391.92/cwt370.00–415.001,6196
SteersMedium and Large 1550–600566347.45/cwt342.50–355.001,9675
SteersMedium and Large 1500–550526356.80/cwt355.00–358.001,8775
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2300–350326363.05/cwt345.00–375.001,18411
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2350–400387334.61/cwt320.00–360.001,29513
HeifersMedium and Large 1450–500457352.00/cwt352.00–352.001,6095
HeifersMedium and Large 1550–600570299.24/cwt296.00–304.001,7066
SteersMedium and Large 1-2400–450427391.56/cwt360.00–402.501,6729

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.