Name: Interstate Regional Stockyards livestock auction prices — 2025-07-15
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2025-07-15

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Feeder steers and heifers steady to 5.00 lower based on a very limited market test. Slaughter cows steady. Light offering this week although with some nice small to medium size consignments.

Weight class

Steers · summary 500–600 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

500–600 lb steers averaged $372.57/cwt on 41 head. That ranks 1 of 24 comparable sales and sits −91.26 against this barn's trailing median of $463.82.

Average price

$372.57

41 head · 567 lb average

Value per head Derived

$2,113

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

−$73

per head · Medium and Large 1 over Medium and Large 1-2

$2.84/cwt at this weight

vs the market

−21.19

vs MO average

+0.14 vs national

What quality paid 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1	565	372.84	2,106	37
Medium and Large 1-2	589	370.00	2,179	4thin

One grade step is worth $2.84/cwt here — about −$73 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

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 sale41 hd

372.57

—

MO average16 barns · 2,678 hd

393.76

−21.19

National average147 barns · 7,194 hd

372.43

+0.14

This barn, trailing median24 sales

463.82

−91.26

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	—	Average	1,963	186.82	3,668	3thin
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	Average	1,511	157.41	2,378	5thin
Cows	Boner 80-85%	Low	1,308	154.57	2,022	7thin
Cows	Lean 85-90%	Very Low	1,078	131.04	1,412	10

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	2nd/3rd Stage (4-9 mo)	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	1,136	$2,795	5
Bred Cows	2nd/3rd Stage (4-9 mo)	Aged (>8 yrs)	1,285	$2,475	5

Every lot, as filed

42 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
Bulls	—	—	2,040	192.73/cwt	185.00–198.00	3,932	2
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,200	144.00/cwt	144.00–144.00	1,728	1
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	—	1,511	157.41/cwt	153.00–161.00	2,378	5
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	963	85.14/cwt	80.00–91.00	820	2
Steers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	650–700	654	325.00/cwt	325.00–325.00	2,126	6
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	700–750	710	312.50/cwt	312.50–312.50	2,219	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	750–800	772	282.17/cwt	275.00–285.00	2,178	7
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	1,060	158.26/cwt	158.00–158.50	1,678	2
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	1,098	128.36/cwt	120.00–134.00	1,409	3
Steers	Medium and Large 1	350–400	362	464.03/cwt	460.00–470.00	1,680	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	650–700	669	312.00/cwt	312.00–312.00	2,087	12
Steers	Medium and Large 1	400–450	438	460.01/cwt	457.50–462.50	2,015	4
Steers	Medium and Large 1	750–800	769	318.00/cwt	318.00–318.00	2,445	7
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	350–400	350	435.00/cwt	435.00–435.00	1,523	2
Steers	Medium and Large 1	700–750	732	333.00/cwt	333.00–333.00	2,438	18
Steers	Medium and Large 1	650–700	673	346.63/cwt	335.00–360.00	2,333	22
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Fleshy	650–700	690	285.00/cwt	285.00–285.00	1,967	3
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	600–650	628	330.00/cwt	330.00–330.00	2,072	3
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	550–600	574	302.59/cwt	290.00–315.00	1,737	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	550–600	585	334.02/cwt	330.00–336.00	1,954	9
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	500–550	514	366.85/cwt	365.00–369.00	1,886	13
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	450–500	469	369.72/cwt	350.00–385.00	1,734	13
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	600–650	618	351.24/cwt	350.00–352.50	2,171	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	550–600	590	325.19/cwt	320.00–336.00	1,919	6
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	250–300	268	420.00/cwt	420.00–420.00	1,126	3
Steers	Medium and Large 1	600–650	621	369.48/cwt	365.00–372.00	2,294	10
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	450–500	465	387.50/cwt	387.50–387.50	1,802	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Unweaned	600–650	604	300.00/cwt	300.00–300.00	1,812	5
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	300–350	310	446.93/cwt	445.00–450.00	1,385	5
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	550–600	589	370.00/cwt	370.00–370.00	2,179	4
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,285	2,475.32/head	2,450.00–2,525.00	2,475	5
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,136	2,795.03/head	2,350.00–3,250.00	2,795	5
Steers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	550–600	595	355.00/cwt	355.00–355.00	2,112	7
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	350–400	355	416.05/cwt	410.00–420.00	1,477	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	500–550	518	358.80/cwt	355.00–362.50	1,859	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	600–650	619	313.20/cwt	305.00–318.00	1,939	8
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,326	156.33/cwt	152.00–157.50	2,073	6
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	1,145	146.18/cwt	145.50–147.00	1,674	3
Bulls	—	—	1,810	175.00/cwt	175.00–175.00	3,168	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1	500–550	523	386.31/cwt	385.00–390.00	2,020	11
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	600–650	620	318.31/cwt	315.00–320.00	1,974	9
Steers	Medium and Large 1	550–600	578	371.62/cwt	370.00–375.00	2,148	19

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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