Name: Interstate Regional Stockyards livestock auction prices — 2025-04-15
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2025-04-15

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to last Tuesday, feeder steers and heifers under 600 lbs 10.00-20.00 higher, few over 600 lbs steady to 5.00 higher. Slaughter cows 4.00-6.00 higher. Demand good to very good. Supply moderate. Tariff concerns are in the rear view this week with cash and futures prices higher and with hopes for a higher feedlot trade as well.

Weight class

Heifers · summary 500–600 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

500–600 lb heifers averaged $318.97/cwt on 77 head. That ranks 1 of 23 comparable sales and sits −96.31 against this barn's trailing median of $415.28.

Average price

$318.97

77 head · 550 lb average

Value per head Derived

$1,755

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$207

per head · Medium and Large 1 over Large 1

$66.38/cwt at this weight

vs the market

−2.93

vs MO average

−2.21 vs national

What quality paid 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1	541	331.38	1,792	53
Medium and Large 1-2	569	299.91	1,706	15thin
Medium and Large 2	562	284.00	1,596	6thin
Large 1	598	265.00	1,585	3thin

One grade step is worth $66.38/cwt here — about $207 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

23 sales

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 sale77 hd

318.97

—

MO average16 barns · 2,446 hd

321.90

−2.93

National average175 barns · 12,815 hd

321.18

−2.21

This barn, trailing median23 sales

415.28

−96.31

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	—	High	1,773	169.23	3,000	13
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	Average	1,594	148.67	2,370	8thin
Cows	Boner 80-85%	High	1,329	146.00	1,940	26
Cows	Lean 85-90%	Very Low	1,084	118.33	1,282	35

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	All Stages (1-9 mo)	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	1,172	$2,214	24
Bred Cows	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	Middle Aged/Aged (>5 yrs)	1,245	$1,998	6
Cow-Calf Pairs	Open	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	1,060	$2,700	2thin
Cow-Calf Pairs	Open	Aged (>8 yrs)	1,075	$2,425	2thin

Every lot, as filed

74 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 2	550–600	562	284.00/cwt	284.00–284.00	1,596	6
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	200–250	222	460.00/cwt	460.00–460.00	1,021	6
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	250–300	278	451.97/cwt	450.00–455.00	1,256	12
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	400–450	412	411.33/cwt	400.00–430.00	1,695	6
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	350–400	383	412.27/cwt	400.00–432.50	1,579	9
Heifers	Large 1	450–500	475	325.00/cwt	325.00–325.00	1,544	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	300–350	318	400.68/cwt	392.00–417.50	1,274	11
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	550–600	574	319.04/cwt	302.50–338.00	1,831	17
Steers	Medium and Large 1	400–450	421	431.15/cwt	412.50–455.00	1,815	9
Steers	Medium and Large 1	450–500	473	414.47/cwt	385.00–445.00	1,960	21
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	200–250	225	480.00/cwt	480.00–480.00	1,080	7
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	850–900	899	230.00/cwt	230.00–230.00	2,068	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	250–300	292	414.50/cwt	402.50–427.00	1,210	20
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	400–450	418	366.75/cwt	350.00–387.50	1,533	16
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	650–700	691	289.69/cwt	288.00–290.00	2,002	19
Steers	Medium and Large 1	250–300	285	482.73/cwt	462.50–500.00	1,376	20
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	700–750	731	285.81/cwt	285.00–287.00	2,089	5
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	600–650	618	335.40/cwt	332.00–347.50	2,073	16
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	550–600	567	343.59/cwt	335.00–347.00	1,948	11
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	300–350	319	437.32/cwt	425.00–465.00	1,395	10
Steers	Medium and Large 1	650–700	662	339.27/cwt	331.00–342.00	2,246	8
Steers	Medium and Large 1	600–650	623	344.69/cwt	342.00–347.50	2,147	4
Steers	Medium and Large 1	350–400	388	445.59/cwt	420.00–458.00	1,729	3
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	500–550	522	363.63/cwt	353.00–376.00	1,898	22
Steers	Medium and Large 1	550–600	568	352.12/cwt	350.00–355.00	2,000	7
Steers	Medium and Large 1	500–550	511	387.57/cwt	362.50–391.50	1,980	34
Steers	Large 1	650–700	685	261.00/cwt	261.00–261.00	1,788	4
Steers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	700–750	742	270.00/cwt	270.00–270.00	2,003	3
Steers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	500–550	530	357.50/cwt	357.50–357.50	1,895	3
Dairy Steers	Large 3	500–550	543	230.00/cwt	230.00–230.00	1,249	3
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Thin Fleshed	250–300	296	400.00/cwt	400.00–400.00	1,184	4
Bulls	Medium 2	450–500	480	300.00/cwt	300.00–300.00	1,440	4
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	600–650	615	293.59/cwt	285.00–307.00	1,806	12
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	550–600	582	284.00/cwt	284.00–284.00	1,653	6
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	500–550	533	341.55/cwt	330.00–352.50	1,820	13
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	550–600	557	334.18/cwt	325.00–339.00	1,861	24
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	350–400	375	421.94/cwt	421.00–422.50	1,582	11
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,334	151.64/cwt	149.50–155.00	2,023	9
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	965	87.00/cwt	87.00–87.00	840	1
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	1,089	107.34/cwt	91.00–116.00	1,169	17
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	1,018	146.17/cwt	141.50–148.50	1,488	3
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	—	1,577	144.99/cwt	140.00–148.50	2,286	5
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,326	143.01/cwt	137.00–149.00	1,896	17
Bulls	—	—	1,500	183.00/cwt	183.00–183.00	2,745	1
Bulls	—	—	1,848	150.46/cwt	147.00–153.00	2,781	3
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	1,100	127.94/cwt	120.00–139.00	1,407	14
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	—	1,623	154.79/cwt	152.00–159.00	2,512	3
Bulls	—	—	1,778	173.95/cwt	164.00–183.00	3,093	9
Cow-Calf Pairs	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,075	2,425.00/head	2,425.00–2,425.00	2,425	2
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,172	2,213.69/head	1,950.00–2,550.00	2,214	24
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,245	1,997.56/head	1,925.00–2,125.00	1,998	6
Cow-Calf Pairs	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,060	2,700.00/head	2,700.00–2,700.00	2,700	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	450–500	465	365.89/cwt	333.00–382.50	1,701	25
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	500–550	525	337.20/cwt	320.00–351.00	1,770	36
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	750–800	785	226.42/cwt	220.00–233.00	1,777	4
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	650–700	658	275.00/cwt	275.00–275.00	1,810	3
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	700–750	708	260.62/cwt	257.50–268.00	1,845	5
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	450–500	475	370.50/cwt	332.50–425.00	1,760	6
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	400–450	424	384.54/cwt	365.00–390.00	1,630	26
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	500–550	548	300.00/cwt	300.00–300.00	1,644	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	450–500	466	344.96/cwt	330.00–360.00	1,608	7
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	600–650	627	284.78/cwt	280.00–292.50	1,786	9
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	300–350	308	392.25/cwt	392.00–392.50	1,208	4
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	400–450	421	401.97/cwt	375.00–430.00	1,692	14
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	350–400	358	363.84/cwt	345.00–390.00	1,303	6
Heifers	Large 1	550–600	598	265.00/cwt	265.00–265.00	1,585	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Thin Fleshed	550–600	560	310.00/cwt	310.00–310.00	1,736	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	750–800	778	252.50/cwt	252.50–252.50	1,964	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	650–700	661	280.25/cwt	276.00–288.00	1,852	11
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	550–600	584	292.66/cwt	287.50–298.00	1,709	7
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	750–800	771	256.76/cwt	242.00–260.50	1,980	10
Steers	Medium and Large 1	300–350	339	428.16/cwt	418.00–450.00	1,451	9
Steers	Medium and Large 1Fleshy	700–750	713	280.00/cwt	280.00–280.00	1,996	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	350–400	377	388.71/cwt	370.00–400.00	1,465	17

How this sale compares

Missouri weighted averages

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