Sale reports / Missouri / Interstate Regional Stockyards / 2025-10-28

Interstate Regional Stockyards

Feeder Cattle · Slaughter Cattle · Replacement Cattle · Cuba, Missouri · Tue, Oct 28
● Final48 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 1814
Feeder Cattle receipts
406 head
89 vs last sale 495 341 vs year ago 747 · 45.6%
Slaughter Cattle receipts
107 head
17 vs last sale 90 71 vs year ago 178 · 39.9%
Replacement Cattle receipts
30 head
0 vs last sale 30 0 vs year ago 30 · +0.0%
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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Based on limited comparisons with last week, feeder steers and heifers 30.00-50.00 lower. Slaughter cows steady to firm. Demand moderate. Supply light. The feeder market is sharply lower with the latest round of limit down losses seemingly related more to talk of reopening the Mexican border with the out months of feeders off another 11.00-12.00/cwt on Tuesday. The latest feeder index is down 7.30 @ 360.25, an enormous one day drop for a seven day moving average.

Weight class

Steers · summary 500–600 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot
500–600 lb steers averaged $379.43/cwt on 73 head. That ranks 1 of 24 comparable sales and sits 84.39 against this barn's trailing median of $463.82.
Average price
$379.43
73 head · 549 lb average
Value per head Derived
$2,082
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
$59
per head · Medium and Large 1 over Medium and Large 1-2
$13.24/cwt at this weight
vs the market
14.91
vs MO average
50.29 vs national

What quality paid 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 1548383.062,09853
Medium and Large 1-2551369.822,03920
One grade step is worth $13.24/cwt here — about $59 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

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 sale73 hd
379.43
MO average18 barns · 2,558 hd
394.34
−14.91
National average179 barns · 33,800 hd
429.72
−50.29
This barn, trailing median24 sales
463.82
−84.39
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
BullsHigh1,817184.793,3588thin
CowsBreaker 75-80%Average1,580163.482,5839thin
CowsBoner 80-85%Average1,297156.862,03438
CowsLean 85-90%Low1,162140.591,63316

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 Cows1st/2nd Stage (1-6 mo)Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)1,317$2,4063thin
Cow-Calf PairsOpenMiddle Aged (5-8 yrs)1,300$3,9503thin

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.
ClassGrade / descriptionWeightAvg wtPriceRangePer headHead
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2400–450421360.04/cwt342.50–372.001,51610
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2350–400358368.62/cwt362.50–375.001,3204
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2300–350337386.63/cwt370.00–415.001,3036
SteersMedium and Large 1-2700–750724316.30/cwt316.00–316.502,2905
HeifersMedium and Large 11050–11001,083230.00/cwt230.00–230.002,4913
HeifersMedium and Large 1350–400397373.96/cwt365.00–387.501,4855
SteersMedium and Large 1-2450–500471378.27/cwt367.00–385.001,78218
SteersMedium and Large 1-2600–650629352.20/cwt350.00–358.002,21513
BullsMedium and Large 1-2600–650605332.50/cwt332.50–332.502,0122
BullsMedium and Large 1-2500–550536348.32/cwt340.00–365.001,8676
SteersMedium and Large 1650–700683335.00/cwt335.00–335.002,2885
SteersMedium and Large 1700–750725330.51/cwt330.00–331.002,3964
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2Full650–700670300.00/cwt300.00–300.002,0103
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2Fleshy550–600596280.00/cwt280.00–280.001,6694
HeifersMedium and Large 1500–550523356.52/cwt350.00–368.001,86530
HeifersMedium and Large 1250–300274450.00/cwt450.00–450.001,2334
SteersMedium and Large 1600–650620354.10/cwt350.00–360.002,1955
SteersMedium and Large 1500–550539386.96/cwt375.00–412.502,08643
CowsBoner 80-85%1,270161.58/cwt155.00–166.002,05218
CowsBoner 80-85%1,323147.63/cwt144.00–152.001,95315
Bulls1,855205.00/cwt205.00–205.003,8031
Bulls1,799187.07/cwt179.00–192.003,3655
CowsLean 85-90%1,137132.61/cwt125.00–136.001,5085
CowsLean 85-90%1,173144.21/cwt138.00–154.001,69211
BullsMedium and Large 1-2400–450408400.00/cwt400.00–400.001,6324
BullsMedium and Large 1-2350–400363427.50/cwt427.50–427.501,5525
BullsMedium and Large 1-2550–600560365.00/cwt365.00–365.002,0442
SteersMedium and Large 1-2500–550530381.02/cwt372.50–396.002,0199
SteersMedium and Large 1-2400–450425407.55/cwt400.00–415.001,7324
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2550–600576320.88/cwt307.50–335.001,8487
BullsMedium and Large 1-2650–700668306.00/cwt306.00–306.002,0443
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2450–500485346.40/cwt325.00–359.001,68014
SteersMedium and Large 1-2550–600569360.65/cwt350.00–370.002,05211
SteersMedium and Large 1-2250–300285457.50/cwt450.00–465.001,3044
SteersMedium and Large 2650–700668274.00/cwt274.00–274.001,8306
SteersMedium and Large 2750–800761300.00/cwt300.00–300.002,2834
Cow-Calf PairsMedium and Large 1-21,3003,950.00/head3,950.00–3,950.003,9503
Bred CowsMedium and Large 1-21,3172,405.70/head2,200.00–2,650.002,4063
SteersMedium and Large 1450–500471392.47/cwt390.00–395.001,8498
HeifersMedium and Large 1450–500474359.39/cwt350.00–367.501,70420
SteersMedium and Large 1-2Unweaned600–650623327.50/cwt327.50–327.502,0403
SteersMedium and Large 1-2350–400385398.31/cwt391.00–410.001,5338
Bulls1,843169.00/cwt169.00–169.003,1152
CowsBoner 80-85%1,314167.59/cwt167.00–168.002,2025
CowsBreaker 75-80%1,548159.26/cwt153.00–165.002,4655
CowsBreaker 75-80%1,620168.76/cwt168.00–170.002,7344
SteersMedium and Large 1Fleshy700–750727316.00/cwt316.00–316.002,2979
SteersMedium and Large 1550–600585366.28/cwt360.00–385.002,14310

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.