Sale reports / Missouri / Interstate Regional Stockyards / 2025-10-07

Interstate Regional Stockyards

Feeder Cattle · Slaughter Cattle · Replacement Cattle · Cuba, Missouri · Tue, Oct 7
● Final52 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 1814
Feeder Cattle receipts
582 head
229 vs last sale 353 45 vs year ago 537 · +8.4%
Slaughter Cattle receipts
78 head
4 vs last sale 82 37 vs year ago 115 · 32.2%
Replacement Cattle receipts
15 head
15 vs last sale 30 15 vs year ago 0 · no sale a year ago
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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to last Tuesday, feeder steers and heifers under 600 lbs 10.00-20.00 higher on a limited test. Weights over 600 lbs were not well tested. Slaughter cows steady. Demand very good. Smaller feeder offering but with several medium sized consignments of good to very good quality calves. The feeder trade is getting even more fuel added to it with feeder futures contracts sharply higher so far this week.

Weight class

Steers · summary 500–600 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot
500–600 lb steers averaged $416.17/cwt on 68 head. That ranks 2 of 24 comparable sales and sits 47.65 against this barn's trailing median of $463.82.
Average price
$416.17
68 head · 550 lb average
Value per head Derived
$2,289
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
$67
per head · Medium and Large 1 over Medium and Large 1-2
$18.78/cwt at this weight
vs the market
2.99
vs MO average
29.68 vs national

What quality paid 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 1549419.212,29957
Medium and Large 1-2558400.442,23311thin
One grade step is worth $18.78/cwt here — about $67 a head. Across this sale the premium is widest at 400–500 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 sale68 hd
416.17
MO average20 barns · 1,579 hd
419.16
−2.99
National average181 barns · 23,254 hd
445.85
−29.68
This barn, trailing median24 sales
463.82
−47.65
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
BullsAverage1,723189.603,2678thin
CowsBoner 80-85%High1,270159.852,03018
CowsBreaker 75-80%Average1,610158.502,5521thin
CowsLean 85-90%Low1,057136.351,44221

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 Heifers1st/2nd Stage (1-6 mo)(<2 yrs)1,050$3,3123thin

Every lot, as filed

52 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
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2Full650–700651344.00/cwt344.00–344.002,2394
SteersMedium and Large 1300–350322546.13/cwt540.00–555.001,7598
SteersMedium and Large 1350–400384535.14/cwt534.00–538.002,0557
BullsMedium and Large 1-2600–650618320.00/cwt320.00–320.001,9784
HeifersMedium and Large 1500–550510430.49/cwt427.00–435.002,19523
SteersMedium and Large 1400–450434497.73/cwt488.00–508.002,16014
SteersMedium and Large 1Unweaned550–600584385.40/cwt385.00–386.002,2515
HeifersMedium and Large 1300–350334450.00/cwt450.00–450.001,5037
HeifersMedium and Large 1400–450426461.31/cwt420.00–480.001,96525
SteersMedium and Large 1-2350–400373509.70/cwt505.00–515.001,9014
HeifersMedium and Large 1450–500484420.01/cwt415.00–430.002,0336
SteersMedium and Large 1550–600558419.69/cwt417.00–425.002,34227
SteersMedium and Large 1500–550522432.97/cwt414.00–439.002,26018
SteersMedium and Large 1450–500481466.64/cwt454.00–470.002,24533
HeifersMedium and Large 1600–650602387.50/cwt387.50–387.502,3335
SteersMedium and Large 1650–700667370.00/cwt370.00–370.002,4683
SteersMedium and Large 1Full500–550508421.00/cwt421.00–421.002,1393
SteersMedium and Large 1Full550–600590395.00/cwt395.00–395.002,3314
SteersMedium and Large 1Full450–500469445.00/cwt445.00–445.002,0874
HeifersMedium and Large 1350–400369444.70/cwt432.50–467.501,64114
CowsLean 85-90%1,047121.82/cwt101.00–133.001,2759
CowsLean 85-90%1,055160.79/cwt158.00–163.501,6962
CowsLean 85-90%1,067144.53/cwt136.00–150.001,54210
CowsBoner 80-85%1,485174.00/cwt174.00–174.002,5842
Bulls1,945190.48/cwt190.00–191.003,7052
Bulls1,500174.51/cwt163.00–183.002,6183
HeifersMedium and Large 1Fleshy550–600592354.00/cwt354.00–354.002,0963
SteersMedium 1-2400–450421404.35/cwt380.00–430.001,7024
CowsBreaker 75-80%1,610158.50/cwt158.50–158.502,5521
CowsBoner 80-85%1,243160.36/cwt153.50–165.501,99313
CowsBoner 80-85%1,242148.22/cwt145.00–150.001,8413
Bulls1,798204.10/cwt194.00–210.003,6703
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2450–500478396.43/cwt385.00–415.001,8959
HeifersMedium and Large 1250–300250510.00/cwt510.00–510.001,2753
HeifersMedium and Large 1550–600562395.40/cwt391.00–400.002,2227
HeifersMedium and Large 1Replacement450–500481460.00/cwt460.00–460.002,2134
Bred HeifersMedium and Large 1-21,0503,311.85/head3,175.00–3,375.003,3123
HeifersMedium and Large 1Fleshy1000–10501,032260.00/cwt260.00–260.002,6834
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2300–350324413.50/cwt410.00–417.501,3404
SteersMedium and Large 1-2600–650610375.00/cwt375.00–375.002,2883
SteersMedium and Large 1-2450–500479415.91/cwt410.00–420.001,9925
BullsMedium and Large 1-2450–500469414.95/cwt355.00–447.501,94622
BullsMedium and Large 1-2400–450429462.83/cwt437.50–485.001,98610
HeifersMedium and Large 2450–500450350.00/cwt350.00–350.001,5753
BullsMedium and Large 1-2500–550512380.95/cwt357.50–400.001,95010
BullsMedium and Large 1-2650–700678300.00/cwt300.00–300.002,0343
BullsMedium and Large 1-2550–600584357.12/cwt350.00–360.002,0867
SteersMedium and Large 1-2700–750732339.00/cwt339.00–339.002,4813
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2400–450404424.95/cwt400.00–450.001,71716
SteersMedium and Large 1-2400–450407453.93/cwt450.00–460.001,8475
SteersMedium and Large 1-2550–600581385.00/cwt385.00–385.002,2375
SteersMedium and Large 1-2500–550538413.30/cwt405.00–425.002,2246

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.