Name: Interstate Regional Stockyards livestock auction prices — 2025-12-09
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2025-12-09

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to the sale last Tuesday, feeder steers under 650 lbs 10.00-25.00 higher, over 650 lbs 5.00-10.00 higher. Feeder heifers under 450 lbs 20.00-50.00 higher, 450-600 lbs 5.00-10.00 higher and over 600 lbs steady. Slaughter cows steady. Demand good to very good. Supply moderate. Feeder cattle are stronger again so far this week aided by the much higher fed cattle trade seen last week.

Weight class

Steers · summary 500–600 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

500–600 lb steers averaged $412.41/cwt on 223 head. That ranks 2 of 24 comparable sales and sits −51.41 against this barn's trailing median of $463.82.

Average price

$412.41

223 head · 552 lb average

Value per head Derived

$2,277

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$114

per head · Medium and Large 1 over Medium 1

$21.03/cwt at this weight

vs the market

−10.06

vs MO average

−18.22 vs national

What quality paid 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1	553	421.03	2,326	118
Medium and Large 1-2	551	402.98	2,221	96
Medium 1	553	400.00	2,212	9thin

One grade step is worth $21.03/cwt here — about $114 a head. Across this sale the premium is widest at 700–800 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 sale223 hd

412.41

—

MO average20 barns · 5,016 hd

422.47

−10.06

National average179 barns · 20,601 hd

430.63

−18.22

This barn, trailing median24 sales

463.82

−51.41

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	1,687	190.99	3,221	10
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	Average	1,562	159.06	2,485	12
Cows	Boner 80-85%	Low	1,308	156.31	2,045	19
Cows	Lean 85-90%	Average	1,088	136.44	1,484	45

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	All Stages (1-9 mo)	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	1,170	$2,810	6

Every lot, as filed

82 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	700–750	717	311.14/cwt	310.00–312.00	2,231	14
Steers	Medium and Large 1Value Added	550–600	558	426.00/cwt	426.00–426.00	2,377	11
Steers	Medium and Large 1Value Added	600–650	629	396.50/cwt	396.50–396.50	2,494	14
Steers	Medium and Large 1	400–450	428	481.50/cwt	460.00–510.00	2,061	13
Steers	Medium and Large 1	850–900	852	298.00/cwt	298.00–298.00	2,539	3
Steers	Medium and Large 1	550–600	569	410.78/cwt	390.00–424.00	2,337	72
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	450–500	469	402.23/cwt	385.00–425.00	1,886	37
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	650–700	669	312.98/cwt	300.00–325.00	2,094	11
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	550–600	575	395.00/cwt	395.00–395.00	2,271	11
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	350–400	365	478.33/cwt	447.50–495.00	1,746	18
Steers	Medium and Large 1Value Added	700–750	716	354.00/cwt	354.00–354.00	2,535	20
Steers	Medium and Large 1	800–850	811	322.96/cwt	318.00–327.00	2,619	18
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	500–550	519	383.92/cwt	381.00–390.00	1,993	40
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	550–600	583	360.47/cwt	352.50–365.00	2,102	10
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	500–550	536	381.56/cwt	370.00–400.00	2,045	9
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Replacement	550–600	551	388.00/cwt	388.00–388.00	2,138	23
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	650–700	663	338.60/cwt	330.00–341.00	2,245	9
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	300–350	318	493.08/cwt	490.00–495.00	1,568	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	550–600	577	356.45/cwt	348.00–370.00	2,057	43
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	650–700	683	307.50/cwt	307.50–307.50	2,100	3
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,170	2,810.27/head	2,375.00–3,100.00	2,810	6
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	250–300	257	515.00/cwt	515.00–515.00	1,324	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Replacement	450–500	486	424.00/cwt	424.00–424.00	2,061	9
Steers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	800–850	830	297.00/cwt	297.00–297.00	2,465	3
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	400–450	405	440.00/cwt	440.00–440.00	1,782	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	400–450	426	408.89/cwt	400.00–415.00	1,742	11
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	500–550	528	412.52/cwt	392.50–425.00	2,178	50
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	500–550	519	371.88/cwt	360.00–380.00	1,930	33
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	600–650	624	385.50/cwt	385.50–385.50	2,406	20
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	300–350	308	486.62/cwt	455.00–505.00	1,499	6
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	800–850	848	302.00/cwt	302.00–302.00	2,561	4
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	650–700	697	342.50/cwt	342.50–342.50	2,387	3
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	450–500	454	405.04/cwt	385.00–425.00	1,839	6
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	350–400	377	437.73/cwt	400.00–455.00	1,650	15
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	450–500	480	395.45/cwt	372.50–402.50	1,898	13
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	1,097	140.02/cwt	133.00–147.50	1,536	36
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	1,130	100.00/cwt	100.00–100.00	1,130	1
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	1,028	120.84/cwt	118.00–125.00	1,242	7
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	1,140	153.00/cwt	153.00–153.00	1,744	1
Bulls	—	—	1,593	175.80/cwt	169.00–179.00	2,800	4
Bulls	—	—	1,770	209.14/cwt	202.00–215.00	3,702	3
Steers	Medium 2	650–700	664	300.00/cwt	300.00–300.00	1,992	5
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	—	1,562	159.06/cwt	153.00–161.50	2,485	12
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,235	138.00/cwt	138.00–138.00	1,704	1
Bulls	—	—	1,728	193.08/cwt	181.00–200.00	3,336	3
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,370	164.27/cwt	163.00–165.50	2,250	4
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,296	155.34/cwt	152.50–161.00	2,013	14
Steers	Medium 1	400–450	411	437.23/cwt	425.00–450.00	1,797	10
Heifers	Medium 2	500–550	511	349.00/cwt	349.00–349.00	1,783	4
Heifers	Medium 2	450–500	458	340.00/cwt	340.00–340.00	1,557	5
Heifers	Medium 2-3	500–550	534	260.00/cwt	260.00–260.00	1,388	4
Heifers	Medium 2-3	600–650	628	271.00/cwt	271.00–271.00	1,702	3
Steers	Medium 2	750–800	798	243.00/cwt	243.00–243.00	1,939	3
Heifers	Medium 1	350–400	376	400.00/cwt	400.00–400.00	1,504	4
Heifers	Medium 1	450–500	495	365.00/cwt	365.00–365.00	1,807	3
Steers	Medium 1	700–750	722	310.00/cwt	310.00–310.00	2,238	5
Steers	Medium 1Value Added	700–750	713	343.50/cwt	343.50–343.50	2,449	20
Heifers	Medium 1-2	600–650	636	329.00/cwt	329.00–329.00	2,092	7
Steers	Medium 1	550–600	553	400.00/cwt	400.00–400.00	2,212	9
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	450–500	493	424.83/cwt	417.00–435.00	2,094	10
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	500–550	500	350.00/cwt	350.00–350.00	1,750	4
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	600–650	618	375.80/cwt	364.00–384.00	2,322	18
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	400–450	431	455.61/cwt	435.00–480.00	1,964	11
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	550–600	575	353.90/cwt	344.00–363.00	2,035	22
Steers	Medium 1	450–500	469	433.00/cwt	425.00–440.00	2,031	18
Steers	Medium and Large 1	300–350	325	505.54/cwt	500.00–515.00	1,643	5
Steers	Medium and Large 1	600–650	623	390.98/cwt	382.00–396.00	2,436	82
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Fleshy	750–800	772	287.50/cwt	287.50–287.50	2,220	3
Steers	Medium and Large 1	750–800	769	334.06/cwt	323.00–338.00	2,569	40
Steers	Medium and Large 1Fleshy	750–800	757	325.00/cwt	325.00–325.00	2,460	3
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	550–600	577	391.86/cwt	380.00–405.00	2,261	35
Steers	Medium and Large 1	450–500	489	461.78/cwt	450.00–502.50	2,258	26
Steers	Medium and Large 1	500–550	517	440.57/cwt	422.50–456.00	2,278	35
Steers	Medium and Large 1Fleshy	700–750	715	340.00/cwt	340.00–340.00	2,431	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Fleshy	500–550	514	355.00/cwt	355.00–355.00	1,825	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Fleshy	550–600	582	350.00/cwt	350.00–350.00	2,037	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Fleshy	850–900	862	270.00/cwt	270.00–270.00	2,327	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	600–650	625	335.98/cwt	330.00–349.00	2,100	36
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	400–450	427	441.09/cwt	410.00–460.00	1,883	36
Steers	Medium and Large 1	700–750	720	360.15/cwt	339.00–365.30	2,593	92
Steers	Medium and Large 1	650–700	676	372.73/cwt	359.50–386.00	2,520	122
Steers	Medium and Large 1	350–400	362	484.84/cwt	475.00–500.00	1,755	6

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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