Sale reports / Missouri / Interstate Regional Stockyards / 2025-04-22

Interstate Regional Stockyards

Feeder Cattle · Slaughter Cattle · Replacement Cattle · Cuba, Missouri · Tue, Apr 22
● Final55 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 1814
Feeder Cattle receipts
615 head
212 vs last sale 827 798 vs year ago 1,413 · 56.5%
Slaughter Cattle receipts
88 head
34 vs last sale 122 41 vs year ago 129 · 31.8%
Replacement Cattle receipts
45 head
55 vs last sale 100 15 vs year ago 30 · +50.0%
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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to last Tuesday, feeder steers steady to 5.00 higher. Feeder heifers 5.00-10.00 higher. Slaughter cows steady. Demand very good. Supply light. Feeder offering mostly small to medium size consignments of calves weighing 350-600 lbs. The cattle market continues to be red hot with futures higher again Tuesday although beef cutouts did close lower. Lighter run following heavy rain throughout the area with 1500-2000 head expected next week including several heavier yearling cattle.

Weight class

Heifers · summary 500–600 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot
500–600 lb heifers averaged $328.57/cwt on 62 head. That ranks 1 of 23 comparable sales and sits 86.71 against this barn's trailing median of $415.28.
Average price
$328.57
62 head · 540 lb average
Value per head Derived
$1,774
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
$195
per head · Medium and Large 1 over Medium and Large 1-2
$38.63/cwt at this weight
vs the market
+1.96
vs MO average
1.38 vs national

What quality paid 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 1539340.411,83443
Medium and Large 1-2543301.781,63919thin
One grade step is worth $38.63/cwt here — about $195 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
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 sale62 hd
328.57
MO average16 barns · 1,683 hd
326.61
+1.96
National average175 barns · 11,256 hd
329.95
−1.38
This barn, trailing median23 sales
415.28
−86.71
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
BullsLow1,758161.852,84513
CowsBoner 80-85%Low1,295139.721,81021
CowsBreaker 75-80%Average1,499138.662,0795thin
CowsLean 85-90%Very Low1,020115.751,18017

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)Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)1,275$2,31618
Bred Heifers1st/2nd Stage (1-6 mo)(<2 yrs)988$2,1564thin
Cow-Calf PairsOpenMiddle Aged (5-8 yrs)1,225$3,4002thin

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 1-2350–400381373.30/cwt365.00–390.001,4228
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2600–650605305.00/cwt305.00–305.001,8456
HeifersMedium and Large 1300–350319404.82/cwt385.00–425.001,29112
SteersMedium and Large 1-2300–350313427.93/cwt420.00–445.001,3398
SteersMedium and Large 1Fleshy600–650620320.49/cwt301.00–333.001,98712
SteersMedium and Large 1300–350326450.02/cwt440.00–455.001,4678
HeifersMedium and Large 1250–300255442.65/cwt435.00–450.001,1294
HeifersMedium and Large 1450–500486357.56/cwt348.00–385.001,73854
HeifersMedium and Large 1400–450427387.92/cwt372.50–400.001,65642
SteersMedium and Large 1350–400376464.68/cwt450.00–480.001,74710
SteersMedium 1-2400–450448385.00/cwt385.00–385.001,7253
SteersMedium and Large 1-2950–1000980246.51/cwt245.00–248.002,4164
SteersLarge 1450–500467365.00/cwt365.00–365.001,7053
SteersMedium and Large 1500–550519379.23/cwt370.00–385.001,96823
SteersMedium and Large 1450–500485401.53/cwt392.50–403.001,94720
SteersMedium and Large 1600–650609344.93/cwt340.00–350.002,1014
SteersMedium and Large 1550–600572358.94/cwt347.00–375.002,05333
SteersMedium and Large 1650–700652332.00/cwt331.00–335.002,1658
SteersMedium and Large 1-2Thin Fleshed500–550527382.00/cwt382.00–382.002,0136
SteersMedium and Large 1400–450435446.69/cwt427.50–465.001,94316
SteersMedium and Large 1-2450–500461391.93/cwt375.00–435.001,8077
BullsMedium and Large 1-2500–550515359.04/cwt357.00–365.001,8494
BullsMedium and Large 1-2450–500483370.04/cwt355.00–402.501,78710
BullsMedium and Large 1-2550–600593306.85/cwt289.00–325.001,8208
BullsMedium and Large 1-2350–400370417.84/cwt390.00–440.001,5468
BullsMedium and Large 1-2400–450418421.91/cwt400.00–440.001,7645
BullsMedium and Large 1-2600–650614312.43/cwt305.00–317.501,9185
CowsBoner 80-85%1,317133.61/cwt133.50–134.001,7604
CowsLean 85-90%75567.00/cwt67.00–67.005061
CowsLean 85-90%86397.26/cwt86.00–112.008395
CowsLean 85-90%1,115128.59/cwt120.00–134.501,43411
CowsBreaker 75-80%1,494141.57/cwt137.50–145.002,1154
CowsBoner 80-85%1,290141.16/cwt136.00–148.001,82117
Bulls1,684151.78/cwt141.00–160.002,5566
Bulls1,845179.44/cwt179.00–180.003,3112
Bulls1,811166.91/cwt162.00–177.003,0235
CowsBreaker 75-80%1,520127.00/cwt127.00–127.001,9301
Cow-Calf PairsMedium and Large 11,2253,400.00/head3,400.00–3,400.003,4002
Bred HeifersMedium and Large 1-29882,155.86/head2,135.00–2,175.002,1564
Bred CowsMedium and Large 1-21,2752,315.62/head1,950.00–2,750.002,31618
HeifersMedium and Large 1350–400371394.44/cwt367.50–405.001,46316
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2Fleshy450–500498295.00/cwt295.00–295.001,4694
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2400–450438349.82/cwt340.00–360.001,5329
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2Fleshy500–550533285.00/cwt285.00–285.001,5193
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2500–550525324.16/cwt322.50–325.001,7026
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2Fleshy550–600560280.00/cwt280.00–280.001,5684
HeifersMedium and Large 1700–750724278.97/cwt275.00–280.002,02010
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2550–600555302.32/cwt301.00–305.001,6786
SteersMedium and Large 1Fleshy550–600563337.28/cwt310.00–350.001,89911
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2450–500480333.35/cwt320.00–352.501,60010
HeifersMedium and Large 1500–550523347.96/cwt332.50–352.001,82027
HeifersMedium and Large 1600–650619324.00/cwt324.00–324.002,00616
HeifersMedium and Large 1550–600565327.67/cwt312.50–342.501,85116
HeifersMedium and Large 1Unweaned600–650615312.00/cwt312.00–312.001,9193
SteersMedium and Large 1-2500–550522357.52/cwt355.00–360.001,86610

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.