Name: Interstate Regional Stockyards livestock auction prices — 2025-09-09
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2025-09-09

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to the sale two weeks ago, feeder steers 3.00-10.00 lower with some unweaned calves 15.00 lower. Feeder heifers under 450 lbs 10.00-20.00 lower, over 450 lbs 3.00-10.00 lower. Slaughter cows steady. Demand moderate to good. Supply moderate. Feeder futures closed down the 925 point limit on Tuesday breaking the upward trend seen in feeder prices over the past several weeks. Bawling calves will be getting harder to keep healthy with the warm days and cool nights of fall upon us.

Weight class

Steers · summary 500–600 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

500–600 lb steers averaged $399.73/cwt on 133 head. That ranks 2 of 24 comparable sales and sits −64.10 against this barn's trailing median of $463.82.

Average price

$399.73

133 head · 551 lb average

Value per head Derived

$2,204

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$424

per head · Medium and Large 1 over Medium 2

$78.37/cwt at this weight

vs the market

−25.91

vs MO average

−13.79 vs national

What quality paid 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1	545	408.37	2,226	58
Medium and Large 1-2	552	401.40	2,217	56
Medium 1-2	589	387.50	2,282	5thin
Large 1	565	374.20	2,114	10thin
Medium 2	546	330.00	1,802	4thin

One grade step is worth $78.37/cwt here — about $424 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

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 sale133 hd

399.73

—

MO average15 barns · 2,404 hd

425.64

−25.91

National average170 barns · 13,807 hd

413.52

−13.79

This barn, trailing median24 sales

463.82

−64.10

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	—	Low	1,670	194.37	3,247	12
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	High	1,483	169.44	2,512	13
Cows	Boner 80-85%	High	1,298	168.03	2,180	19
Cows	Lean 85-90%	Low	1,113	147.34	1,640	23

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 Stage (4-6 mo)	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	1,468	$3,075	6
Bred Cows	All Stages (1-9 mo)	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	1,147	$2,672	20
Bred Heifers	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	(<2 yrs)	810	$2,775	5

Every lot, as filed

91 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	Medium and Large 1-2	450–500	475	391.74/cwt	370.00–410.00	1,861	20
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	550–600	574	358.06/cwt	330.00–381.50	2,055	33
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	750–800	759	349.00/cwt	349.00–349.00	2,649	50
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Fleshy	400–450	418	375.00/cwt	375.00–375.00	1,568	3
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Fleshy	600–650	631	365.00/cwt	365.00–365.00	2,303	6
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Fleshy	450–500	491	375.00/cwt	375.00–375.00	1,841	9
Steers	Medium and Large 1Value Added	800–850	830	350.00/cwt	350.00–350.00	2,905	133
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	400–450	440	395.00/cwt	395.00–395.00	1,738	5
Steers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	650–700	678	345.00/cwt	345.00–345.00	2,339	3
Steers	Medium and Large 1	300–350	349	508.00/cwt	508.00–508.00	1,773	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	600–650	648	339.00/cwt	339.00–339.00	2,197	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Replacement	750–800	784	345.00/cwt	345.00–345.00	2,705	18
Steers	Medium and Large 1	350–400	384	472.08/cwt	455.00–482.50	1,813	9
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	550–600	574	371.74/cwt	350.00–392.50	2,134	19
Steers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	450–500	481	405.00/cwt	405.00–405.00	1,948	5
Steers	Medium and Large 1	400–450	425	463.89/cwt	457.00–472.50	1,972	8
Steers	Medium and Large 1Value Added	700–750	740	367.75/cwt	367.75–367.75	2,721	76
Steers	Medium and Large 1	800–850	817	345.31/cwt	345.00–350.00	2,821	33
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	650–700	691	350.00/cwt	345.00–352.00	2,419	33
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	400–450	445	440.00/cwt	440.00–440.00	1,958	5
Steers	Medium and Large 1	650–700	679	373.44/cwt	370.00–375.00	2,536	13
Steers	Medium and Large 1	500–550	532	430.93/cwt	420.00–451.00	2,293	24
Steers	Medium and Large 1	550–600	575	414.52/cwt	412.50–417.50	2,383	11
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	450–500	477	426.51/cwt	400.00–445.00	2,034	13
Steers	Medium and Large 1	600–650	617	408.45/cwt	391.00–429.00	2,520	69
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	550–600	588	371.67/cwt	364.50–388.00	2,185	36
Steers	Medium and Large 1	700–750	720	370.98/cwt	365.00–374.50	2,671	51
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	700–750	728	340.00/cwt	340.00–340.00	2,475	5
Steers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	750–800	750	325.00/cwt	325.00–325.00	2,438	4
Steers	Medium and Large 1	950–1000	960	298.00/cwt	298.00–298.00	2,861	3
Steers	Medium and Large 1	750–800	767	359.98/cwt	350.00–365.00	2,761	13
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	500–550	516	399.06/cwt	394.00–410.00	2,059	16
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Fleshy	600–650	634	333.10/cwt	327.50–344.00	2,112	6
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	350–400	384	440.86/cwt	432.50–445.00	1,693	6
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Fleshy	400–450	427	373.51/cwt	370.00–385.00	1,595	16
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Fleshy	550–600	575	354.59/cwt	347.50–360.00	2,039	9
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Fleshy	450–500	458	380.00/cwt	380.00–380.00	1,740	7
Steers	Medium and Large 1	850–900	862	350.00/cwt	350.00–350.00	3,017	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	600–650	621	358.77/cwt	355.00–359.00	2,228	34
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,327	180.21/cwt	176.00–187.00	2,391	3
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,292	165.75/cwt	160.00–171.50	2,141	16
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	1,148	137.99/cwt	130.00–144.00	1,584	6
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	1,101	150.64/cwt	144.00–162.00	1,659	17
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	—	1,515	179.98/cwt	177.00–183.00	2,727	2
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	—	1,477	167.52/cwt	164.50–172.50	2,474	11
Steers	Large 1	550–600	595	361.00/cwt	361.00–361.00	2,148	4
Steers	Large 1	450–500	481	360.00/cwt	360.00–360.00	1,732	5
Heifers	Large 1	250–300	291	357.50/cwt	357.50–357.50	1,040	5
Heifers	Large 1	350–400	363	400.00/cwt	400.00–400.00	1,452	5
Bulls	—	—	1,675	181.00/cwt	181.00–181.00	3,032	1
Bulls	—	—	1,670	195.58/cwt	189.00–205.00	3,266	11
Steers	Medium 2	500–550	546	330.00/cwt	330.00–330.00	1,802	4
Heifers	Medium 1-2	300–350	335	395.00/cwt	395.00–395.00	1,323	3
Steers	Medium 1-2	550–600	589	387.50/cwt	387.50–387.50	2,282	5
Heifers	Medium 1-2	550–600	570	340.00/cwt	340.00–340.00	1,938	3
Bred Heifers	Medium 1-2	—	810	2,775.00/head	2,775.00–2,775.00	2,775	5
Steers	Large 1	500–550	545	383.00/cwt	383.00–383.00	2,087	6
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Value Added	550–600	562	395.50/cwt	395.50–395.50	2,223	34
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Fleshy	500–550	524	381.86/cwt	379.00–385.00	2,001	17
Steers	Medium and Large 1Fleshy	550–600	561	369.61/cwt	365.00–397.50	2,074	14
Steers	Medium and Large 1Fleshy	450–500	484	407.29/cwt	390.00–440.00	1,971	10
Bulls	Medium 2	400–450	418	360.00/cwt	360.00–360.00	1,505	4
Heifers	Medium 2	700–750	707	310.00/cwt	310.00–310.00	2,192	3
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	650–700	663	394.75/cwt	394.75–394.75	2,617	62
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	500–550	508	368.44/cwt	357.50–377.50	1,872	9
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	400–450	431	438.36/cwt	435.00–440.00	1,889	6
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	550–600	574	396.02/cwt	380.00–402.50	2,273	29
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,147	2,672.07/head	2,375.00–2,950.00	2,672	20
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 1	—	1,468	3,075.00/head	3,075.00–3,075.00	3,075	6
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Unweaned	400–450	400	375.00/cwt	375.00–375.00	1,500	7
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Unweaned	450–500	464	390.00/cwt	390.00–390.00	1,810	10
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	350–400	379	420.87/cwt	412.50–447.50	1,595	12
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	400–450	415	435.00/cwt	435.00–435.00	1,805	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	700–750	737	325.00/cwt	325.00–325.00	2,395	3
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	600–650	628	388.62/cwt	375.00–399.00	2,441	22
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	450–500	479	421.87/cwt	417.50–435.00	2,021	20
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	500–550	529	407.18/cwt	390.00–420.00	2,154	27
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	500–550	523	379.29/cwt	360.00–397.50	1,984	23
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	700–750	707	285.26/cwt	275.00–290.50	2,017	8
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	350–400	387	430.00/cwt	430.00–430.00	1,664	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	450–500	477	398.99/cwt	397.50–400.00	1,903	5
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	600–650	630	332.50/cwt	332.50–332.50	2,095	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Fleshy	500–550	509	369.00/cwt	369.00–369.00	1,878	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Full	700–750	718	320.00/cwt	320.00–320.00	2,298	3
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Full	600–650	634	370.00/cwt	370.00–370.00	2,346	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	600–650	626	343.75/cwt	340.00–346.00	2,152	17
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	650–700	665	360.39/cwt	350.00–365.00	2,397	25
Steers	Medium and Large 1	450–500	463	451.00/cwt	432.50–467.50	2,088	14
Steers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	500–550	519	400.99/cwt	399.00–405.00	2,081	9
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	650–700	689	314.00/cwt	314.00–314.00	2,163	7
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	900–950	936	225.00/cwt	225.00–225.00	2,106	4

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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