Sale reports / Missouri / Interstate Regional Stockyards / 2025-09-16

Interstate Regional Stockyards

Feeder Cattle · Slaughter Cattle · Replacement Cattle · Cuba, Missouri · Tue, Sep 16
● Final56 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 1814
Feeder Cattle receipts
544 head
1,153 vs last sale 1,697 191 vs year ago 735 · 26.0%
Slaughter Cattle receipts
68 head
42 vs last sale 110 42 vs year ago 110 · 38.2%
Replacement Cattle receipts
80 head
10 vs last sale 70 65 vs year ago 15 · +433.3%
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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to last Tuesday, feeder steers under 650 lbs 6.00-12.00 lower, few over 650 lbs 3.00-5.00 lower. Feeder heifers under 550 lbs 5.00-15.00 lower, over 550 lbs 3.00-5.00 lower. Slaughter cows 6.00-8.00 lower. Demand moderate. Supply light. Beef cutouts were lower on Tuesday while cattle futures gave back a bit of Monday's big gains. Not a real good test of the market with most of the calves unweaned and/or fleshy and not enough yearling type cattle for buyers to get much traction.

Weight class

Heifers · summary 500–600 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot
500–600 lb heifers averaged $360.61/cwt on 47 head. That ranks 1 of 23 comparable sales and sits 54.66 against this barn's trailing median of $415.28.
Average price
$360.61
47 head · 536 lb average
Value per head Derived
$1,932
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
$144
per head · Medium and Large 1 over Medium and Large 1-2
$6.77/cwt at this weight
vs the market
13.46
vs MO average
+0.95 vs national

What quality paid 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 1546362.921,98131
Medium and Large 1-2516356.151,83816thin
One grade step is worth $6.77/cwt here — about $144 a head. Across this sale the premium is widest at 600–700 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 sale47 hd
360.61
MO average15 barns · 1,967 hd
374.07
−13.46
National average170 barns · 10,929 hd
359.66
+0.95
This barn, trailing median23 sales
415.28
−54.66
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
BullsLow1,740186.283,2417thin
CowsBreaker 75-80%Low1,599159.772,5554thin
CowsBoner 80-85%Average1,282153.701,97123
CowsLean 85-90%Average1,090132.021,43918

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 CowsAll Stages (1-9 mo)Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)1,176$2,93220
Bred CowsAll Stages (1-9 mo)Aged (>8 yrs)1,253$2,4176
Cow-Calf PairsOpenMiddle Aged (5-8 yrs)1,233$3,7333thin

Every lot, as filed

56 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
SteersMedium and Large 1800–850822339.00/cwt339.00–339.002,7874
SteersMedium and Large 1-2400–450429431.35/cwt425.00–450.001,8509
BullsMedium and Large 1-2700–750744281.00/cwt281.00–281.002,0916
BullsMedium and Large 1-2650–700671299.15/cwt292.50–303.002,0077
SteersMedium and Large 1-2450–500466435.00/cwt435.00–435.002,0274
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2Fleshy450–500468340.00/cwt340.00–340.001,5914
HeifersMedium and Large 1500–550513366.03/cwt360.00–374.001,8789
BullsMedium and Large 1-2850–900898225.00/cwt225.00–225.002,0213
SteersMedium and Large 1600–650626385.00/cwt385.00–385.002,4108
SteersMedium and Large 1550–600563390.00/cwt390.00–390.002,1968
SteersMedium and Large 1500–550533391.65/cwt390.00–394.002,0877
SteersMedium and Large 1Fleshy400–450412410.00/cwt410.00–410.001,6893
HeifersMedium and Large 1550–600569363.71/cwt360.00–370.002,07017
BullsMedium and Large 1-2750–800766255.48/cwt254.00–260.001,9578
HeifersMedium and Large 1650–700670347.24/cwt340.00–351.502,32714
SteersMedium and Large 1650–700675367.78/cwt360.00–373.502,4837
HeifersMedium and Large 1600–650640348.82/cwt342.50–353.502,23214
SteersMedium and Large 1450–500464432.62/cwt430.00–438.002,0079
SteersMedium and Large 1Unweaned600–650612361.00/cwt361.00–361.002,2092
SteersMedium and Large 1700–750702368.00/cwt368.00–368.002,5839
HeifersMedium and Large 1Fleshy500–550527354.63/cwt350.00–357.501,8695
CowsBoner 80-85%1,311159.24/cwt152.00–163.502,08815
Bulls1,723178.01/cwt174.00–182.503,0673
CowsBreaker 75-80%1,500148.00/cwt148.00–148.002,2201
CowsBreaker 75-80%1,632163.69/cwt163.00–165.002,6713
CowsBoner 80-85%1,230140.15/cwt130.00–150.001,7247
CowsBoner 80-85%1,220165.50/cwt165.50–165.502,0191
Cow-Calf PairsMedium and Large 1-21,2333,733.33/head3,500.00–3,850.003,7333
CowsLean 85-90%1,144142.21/cwt135.00–148.501,6278
Bulls2,285202.00/cwt202.00–202.004,6161
Bulls1,575189.32/cwt183.50–196.002,9823
CowsLean 85-90%78090.00/cwt90.00–90.007021
CowsLean 85-90%1,077124.22/cwt100.00–130.001,3388
CowsLean 85-90%1,070155.00/cwt155.00–155.001,6591
HeifersMedium and Large 1Fleshy400–450426374.31/cwt370.00–375.001,59514
HeifersMedium and Large 1Fleshy450–500484368.32/cwt365.00–370.001,7836
SteersMedium and Large 1Fleshy500–550533392.72/cwt390.00–395.002,0937
Bred CowsMedium and Large 1-21,2532,416.96/head2,250.00–2,650.002,4176
Bred CowsMedium and Large 1-21,1762,932.01/head2,550.00–3,375.002,93220
HeifersLarge 1250–300298269.00/cwt269.00–269.008025
SteersMedium and Large 1-2350–400388424.84/cwt400.00–450.001,6484
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2500–550516356.15/cwt340.00–360.001,83816
SteersMedium and Large 1-2500–550537385.77/cwt382.50–390.002,07222
SteersMedium and Large 1-2600–650627365.00/cwt365.00–365.002,2896
BullsMedium and Large 1-2500–550522350.00/cwt350.00–350.001,8274
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2400–450444371.97/cwt370.00–372.501,6529
BullsMedium and Large 1-2600–650630310.95/cwt302.00–320.001,9598
BullsMedium and Large 1-2450–500484395.10/cwt390.00–400.001,91212
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2350–400371379.42/cwt370.00–400.001,40815
SteersMedium and Large 1-2550–600567386.19/cwt380.00–392.502,1904
SteersMedium and Large 1-2Fleshy400–450428390.00/cwt390.00–390.001,6694
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2Unweaned650–700673320.00/cwt320.00–320.002,1543
BullsMedium and Large 1-2550–600575354.93/cwt345.00–365.002,0417
BullsMedium and Large 1-2350–400367405.99/cwt400.00–420.001,4907
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2450–500473365.83/cwt350.00–375.001,73012
BullsMedium and Large 1-2400–450411442.50/cwt442.50–442.501,8194

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.