Sale reports / Missouri / Interstate Regional Stockyards / 2025-08-12

Interstate Regional Stockyards

Feeder Cattle · Slaughter Cattle · Replacement Cattle · Cuba, Missouri · Tue, Aug 12
● Final48 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 1814
Feeder Cattle receipts
417 head
409 vs last sale 826 469 vs year ago 886 · 52.9%
Slaughter Cattle receipts
36 head
17 vs last sale 53 71 vs year ago 107 · 66.4%
Replacement Cattle receipts
30 head
20 vs last sale 10 5 vs year ago 25 · +20.0%
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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Based on a limited market test, feeder steers 5.00-10.00 higher. Feeder heifers steady to 5.00 higher. Slaughter cows steady. Demand very good. Supply light. Friday's futures sell-off is already well in the rear view with the board and beef cutout values both sharply higher on Tuesday.

Weight class

Steers · summary 500–600 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot
500–600 lb steers averaged $401.98/cwt on 33 head. That ranks 2 of 24 comparable sales and sits 61.84 against this barn's trailing median of $463.82.
Average price
$401.98
33 head · 555 lb average
Value per head Derived
$2,232
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
$359
per head · Medium and Large 1 over Large 1
$52.55/cwt at this weight
vs the market
17.42
vs MO average
+14.49 vs national

What quality paid 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 1550412.552,26716thin
Medium and Large 1-2567398.902,26214thin
Large 1530360.001,9083thin
One grade step is worth $52.55/cwt here — about $359 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
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 sale33 hd
401.98
MO average15 barns · 1,742 hd
419.40
−17.42
National average151 barns · 7,160 hd
387.49
+14.49
This barn, trailing median24 sales
463.82
−61.84
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
BullsAverage1,645202.303,3288thin
CowsBoner 80-85%Low1,289164.462,1194thin
CowsBreaker 75-80%Average1,565156.032,4423thin
CowsLean 85-90%Average1,044141.461,47612

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)1,383$3,2188
Cow-Calf Pairs1st/2nd Stage (1-6 mo)Aged (>8 yrs)1,350$3,8002thin
Cow-Calf PairsOpenMiddle Aged (5-8 yrs)1,205$3,5105

Every lot, as filed

48 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
CowsLean 85-90%1,057144.04/cwt141.50–148.001,5239
CowsLean 85-90%1,003133.73/cwt128.00–140.001,3413
Cow-Calf PairsMedium and Large 1-21,2053,510.00/head3,200.00–3,900.003,5105
Cow-Calf PairsMedium and Large 1-21,3503,800.00/head3,800.00–3,800.003,8002
Bulls1,690199.92/cwt195.00–206.003,3797
Bulls1,330219.00/cwt219.00–219.002,9131
CowsBreaker 75-80%1,565156.03/cwt155.00–158.002,4423
CowsBoner 80-85%1,415148.00/cwt148.00–148.002,0941
HeifersMedium and Large 1500–550523395.93/cwt389.00–405.002,07114
SteersMedium and Large 1Fleshy550–600553389.95/cwt380.00–400.002,1564
HeifersMedium and Large 1300–350340486.77/cwt475.00–490.001,6559
SteersMedium and Large 1Value Added600–650638393.00/cwt393.00–393.002,50721
SteersMedium and Large 1750–800767342.00/cwt326.00–347.002,62321
BullsMedium and Large 1-2500–550523385.00/cwt385.00–385.002,0145
BullsMedium and Large 1-2700–750720287.18/cwt277.50–304.002,0686
HeifersMedium and Large 1550–600580369.11/cwt362.50–377.502,14112
HeifersMedium and Large 1450–500474414.63/cwt404.00–430.001,96516
SteersMedium and Large 1600–650613388.08/cwt374.00–402.502,3794
BullsMedium and Large 1-2650–700669328.26/cwt301.50–370.002,19614
SteersMedium and Large 1-2350–400360487.50/cwt480.00–495.001,7554
BullsMedium and Large 1-2550–600580370.83/cwt365.00–382.502,1513
SteersMedium and Large 1650–700676373.55/cwt367.00–386.002,52514
SteersMedium and Large 1550–600568408.97/cwt405.00–412.002,3237
HeifersMedium and Large 1600–650636354.84/cwt348.00–359.002,25734
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2250–300270470.00/cwt470.00–470.001,2696
SteersMedium and Large 1-2300–350318530.24/cwt500.00–560.001,6864
SteersMedium and Large 1-2400–450423466.50/cwt445.00–485.001,9736
BullsMedium and Large 1-2400–450425451.83/cwt430.00–470.001,9209
SteersMedium and Large 1450–500463467.21/cwt445.00–482.502,16315
HeifersMedium and Large 1350–400389440.00/cwt430.00–445.001,7125
SteersMedium and Large 1-2450–500480425.81/cwt420.00–435.002,0446
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2400–450421410.83/cwt400.00–415.001,73010
HeifersMedium and Large 2550–600564313.67/cwt302.50–325.001,7694
BullsMedium and Large 1-2450–500480430.00/cwt430.00–430.002,0644
SteersMedium and Large 1700–750719368.18/cwt366.50–372.002,64713
HeifersMedium and Large 1400–450422440.20/cwt430.00–445.001,8583
SteersMedium and Large 1500–550521435.64/cwt425.00–448.002,2705
Bred CowsMedium and Large 11,3833,217.86/head2,925.00–3,500.003,2188
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2550–600581345.02/cwt340.00–350.002,00510
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2500–550532382.50/cwt382.50–382.502,0352
SteersMedium and Large 1-2550–600567398.90/cwt390.00–406.002,26214
SteersMedium and Large 1-2600–650609382.70/cwt374.00–400.002,3319
CowsBoner 80-85%1,160166.17/cwt161.00–171.001,9282
CowsBoner 80-85%1,420177.50/cwt177.50–177.502,5211
SteersLarge 1500–550530360.00/cwt360.00–360.001,9083
HeifersMedium 1550–600567325.00/cwt325.00–325.001,8433
SteersMedium and Large 1Fleshy400–450405480.00/cwt480.00–480.001,9442
HeifersMedium and Large 1Fleshy550–600582348.00/cwt348.00–348.002,0253

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.