Name: Interstate Regional Stockyards livestock auction prices — 2025-09-23
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2025-09-23

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to last Tuesday, feeder steers and heifers 5.00-15.00 higher on a limited market test. Slaughter cows 1.00-2.00 higher. Demand very good. Supply light. The feeder market is higher with feeder futures seeing huge gains to start the week. Much of the offering were unweaned calves, several of which had either one or two rounds of shots.

Weight class

Heifers · summary 500–600 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

500–600 lb heifers averaged $357.87/cwt on 27 head. That ranks 1 of 23 comparable sales and sits −57.41 against this barn's trailing median of $415.28.

Average price

$357.87

27 head · 567 lb average

Value per head Derived

$2,029

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

−$24

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

$3.06/cwt at this weight

vs the market

−17.00

vs MO average

−7.98 vs national

What quality paid 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1-2	562	359.12	2,019	16thin
Medium and Large 1	574	356.05	2,043	11thin

One grade step is worth $3.06/cwt here — about −$24 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

23 sales

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 sale27 hd

357.87

—

MO average14 barns · 1,449 hd

374.87

−17.00

National average172 barns · 11,458 hd

365.85

−7.98

This barn, trailing median23 sales

415.28

−57.41

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	1,706	184.91	3,155	12
Cows	Boner 80-85%	High	1,285	162.47	2,087	28
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	Low	1,569	159.84	2,508	11
Cows	Lean 85-90%	Low	1,032	131.49	1,357	20

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)	1,278	$3,001	7
Bred Cows	All Stages (1-9 mo)	Aged (>8 yrs)	1,198	$2,161	12

Every lot, as filed

58 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
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	650–700	684	322.50/cwt	322.50–322.50	2,206	4
Steers	Medium and Large 1	550–600	576	424.22/cwt	415.00–432.50	2,444	7
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	450–500	488	413.74/cwt	412.50–415.00	2,019	6
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	600–650	633	322.50/cwt	322.50–322.50	2,041	4
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	400–450	438	435.00/cwt	435.00–435.00	1,905	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Fleshy	550–600	572	340.00/cwt	340.00–340.00	1,945	3
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Fleshy	500–550	506	380.00/cwt	380.00–380.00	1,923	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	550–600	576	354.00/cwt	354.00–354.00	2,039	7
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	800–850	821	322.00/cwt	322.00–322.00	2,644	6
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	450–500	461	437.00/cwt	437.00–437.00	2,015	4
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	550–600	575	351.10/cwt	342.50–360.00	2,019	4
Steers	Medium and Large 1	350–400	395	435.00/cwt	435.00–435.00	1,718	6
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	750–800	784	315.00/cwt	315.00–315.00	2,470	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Fleshy	550–600	570	359.65/cwt	350.00–370.00	2,050	4
Steers	Medium and Large 1Fleshy	550–600	565	377.51/cwt	375.00–380.00	2,133	14
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	600–650	636	352.29/cwt	350.00–354.00	2,241	16
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Fleshy	450–500	489	362.50/cwt	362.50–362.50	1,773	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	950–1000	952	270.00/cwt	270.00–270.00	2,570	4
Steers	Medium and Large 1	600–650	627	407.01/cwt	395.00–432.50	2,552	12
Steers	Medium and Large 1	450–500	470	438.03/cwt	429.00–445.00	2,059	19
Steers	Medium and Large 1	800–850	821	331.32/cwt	320.00–337.00	2,720	6
Steers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	650–700	656	375.00/cwt	375.00–375.00	2,460	8
Steers	Medium and Large 1	500–550	534	412.05/cwt	403.00–435.00	2,200	10
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,294	169.73/cwt	166.00–172.00	2,196	9
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,284	159.59/cwt	152.00–165.00	2,049	18
Bulls	—	—	1,526	172.45/cwt	171.00–177.00	2,632	4
Bulls	—	—	1,796	191.14/cwt	185.00–198.00	3,433	8
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	988	120.02/cwt	110.00–133.00	1,186	4
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	1,055	158.50/cwt	158.50–158.50	1,672	2
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	1,086	142.93/cwt	139.00–150.00	1,552	11
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	877	86.84/cwt	80.00–91.00	762	3
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	—	1,855	147.50/cwt	147.50–147.50	2,736	1
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	—	1,350	169.50/cwt	169.50–169.50	2,288	1
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	—	1,562	160.14/cwt	156.00–162.00	2,501	9
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,210	149.00/cwt	149.00–149.00	1,803	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	650–700	696	322.00/cwt	322.00–322.00	2,241	8
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,278	3,000.96/head	2,675.00–3,500.00	3,001	7
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,198	2,160.65/head	1,900.00–2,475.00	2,161	12
Bulls	Medium 2	550–600	573	280.00/cwt	280.00–280.00	1,604	3
Heifers	Medium 1-2	300–350	315	377.50/cwt	377.50–377.50	1,189	4
Steers	Medium 1-2	350–400	386	420.00/cwt	420.00–420.00	1,621	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	550–600	560	363.53/cwt	360.00–369.00	2,036	13
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	450–500	474	371.39/cwt	360.00–382.50	1,760	10
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	750–800	755	350.00/cwt	350.00–350.00	2,643	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	350–400	371	403.01/cwt	400.00–405.00	1,495	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	300–350	342	410.00/cwt	410.00–410.00	1,402	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	400–450	423	400.00/cwt	400.00–400.00	1,692	5
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	450–500	469	415.69/cwt	402.50–430.00	1,950	4
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	700–750	727	292.31/cwt	285.00–300.00	2,125	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	400–450	420	387.32/cwt	370.00–400.00	1,627	18
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2Unweaned	600–650	634	303.36/cwt	300.00–310.00	1,923	6
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	600–650	633	394.35/cwt	375.00–414.00	2,496	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	600–650	615	338.00/cwt	338.00–338.00	2,079	3
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Fleshy	550–600	582	367.50/cwt	367.50–367.50	2,139	3
Steers	Medium and Large 1	400–450	415	435.00/cwt	435.00–435.00	1,805	4
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	500–550	533	397.96/cwt	372.50–412.50	2,121	6
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	350–400	370	384.40/cwt	382.50–387.50	1,422	8
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	550–600	587	317.50/cwt	317.50–317.50	1,864	3

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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