Name: Interstate Regional Stockyards livestock auction prices — 2025-10-14
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2025-10-14

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Feeder steers and heifers steady to 15.00 higher on a very limited test. Slaughter cows steady. Demand good. Supply light. Difficult market to trend with the quality not nearly as good as last week. Price advances show up in the feeder bulls and feeders classified as "1-2's" with the least demand on a few bigger bawling calves. The market is higher in general so far this week with feeder futures contracts going straight up for the past several days.

Weight class

Steers · summary 500–600 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

500–600 lb steers averaged $408.36/cwt on 54 head. That ranks 2 of 24 comparable sales and sits −55.46 against this barn's trailing median of $463.82.

Average price

$408.36

54 head · 555 lb average

Value per head Derived

$2,267

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$401

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

$80.04/cwt at this weight

vs the market

−26.15

vs MO average

−60.68 vs national

What quality paid 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1-2	541	420.04	2,271	11thin
Medium and Large 1	558	414.36	2,313	37
Medium and Large 2	575	360.00	2,070	3thin
Medium 2	550	340.00	1,870	3thin

One grade step is worth $80.04/cwt here — about $401 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 sale54 hd

408.36

—

MO average18 barns · 1,948 hd

434.51

−26.15

National average176 barns · 29,227 hd

469.04

−60.68

This barn, trailing median24 sales

463.82

−55.46

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	—	High	1,890	195.06	3,686	13
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	Average	1,491	165.05	2,461	8thin
Cows	Boner 80-85%	Low	1,299	162.37	2,109	15
Cows	Lean 85-90%	Low	1,129	142.83	1,612	14

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	1st/2nd Stage (1-6 mo)	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	1,268	$2,722	6
Bred Cows	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	Aged (>8 yrs)	1,270	$2,412	2thin

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.

Class	Grade / description	Weight	Avg wt	Price	Range	Per head	Head
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	1,070	128.29/cwt	125.00–132.00	1,373	3
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	1,145	146.79/cwt	140.00–152.00	1,681	11
Bulls	—	—	1,677	204.27/cwt	201.00–208.50	3,426	3
Bulls	—	—	2,625	187.00/cwt	187.00–187.00	4,909	1
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,310	150.00/cwt	150.00–150.00	1,965	1
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	—	1,465	163.51/cwt	157.50–166.50	2,395	3
Steers	Medium and Large 1	550–600	571	416.38/cwt	410.00–425.00	2,378	8
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	500–550	506	408.87/cwt	402.50–415.00	2,069	7
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	550–600	572	378.90/cwt	375.00–385.00	2,167	7
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	550–600	563	413.95/cwt	407.50–420.00	2,331	5
Steers	Medium and Large 1Fleshy	550–600	578	399.39/cwt	387.50–410.00	2,308	14
Steers	Medium and Large 1Fleshy	600–650	617	390.00/cwt	390.00–390.00	2,406	3
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	500–550	527	389.06/cwt	370.00–437.50	2,050	27
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	400–450	438	434.45/cwt	425.00–442.50	1,903	14
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	350–400	363	430.05/cwt	420.00–435.00	1,561	6
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	600–650	622	355.07/cwt	350.00–360.00	2,209	6
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	400–450	441	441.93/cwt	425.00–465.00	1,949	12
Steers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	650–700	658	370.00/cwt	370.00–370.00	2,435	4
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	400–450	421	435.79/cwt	400.00–467.50	1,835	11
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	650–700	658	334.73/cwt	300.00–350.00	2,203	11
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	550–600	558	362.49/cwt	360.00–367.50	2,023	6
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	350–400	363	490.00/cwt	490.00–490.00	1,779	13
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	700–750	718	377.50/cwt	377.50–377.50	2,710	5
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	600–650	618	402.63/cwt	390.00–412.50	2,488	7
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	450–500	483	409.95/cwt	370.00–460.00	1,980	33
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	500–550	522	425.12/cwt	400.00–447.50	2,219	6
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	350–400	380	455.74/cwt	440.00–472.50	1,732	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	650–700	658	349.13/cwt	342.00–360.00	2,297	5
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	450–500	474	473.29/cwt	430.00–505.00	2,243	15
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	450–500	475	430.04/cwt	382.50–455.00	2,043	9
Steers	Medium and Large 1	600–650	620	427.88/cwt	426.00–432.50	2,653	7
Steers	Medium and Large 2	550–600	575	360.00/cwt	360.00–360.00	2,070	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	600–650	635	340.00/cwt	340.00–340.00	2,159	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	500–550	525	362.19/cwt	350.00–370.00	1,901	5
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	650–700	663	376.12/cwt	356.00–389.00	2,494	9
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	400–450	411	460.02/cwt	450.00–470.00	1,891	4
Steers	Medium 2	550–600	550	340.00/cwt	340.00–340.00	1,870	3
Steers	Medium and Large 1Fleshy	500–550	539	400.00/cwt	400.00–400.00	2,156	7
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,270	2,412.30/head	2,400.00–2,425.00	2,412	2
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,268	2,721.79/head	2,475.00–3,050.00	2,722	6
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Fleshy	500–550	522	385.58/cwt	377.50–392.50	2,013	11
Steers	Medium and Large 1	500–550	528	451.08/cwt	435.00–500.00	2,382	8
Bulls	—	—	1,879	192.88/cwt	183.00–199.00	3,624	9
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,273	168.83/cwt	167.00–171.50	2,149	4
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,308	161.02/cwt	155.00–164.00	2,106	10
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	—	1,522	170.71/cwt	168.00–178.50	2,598	4
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	—	1,445	147.00/cwt	147.00–147.00	2,124	1
Bulls	Large 1	450–500	468	350.00/cwt	350.00–350.00	1,638	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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