Name: Interstate Regional Stockyards livestock auction prices — 2026-01-13
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2026-01-13

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to last Tuesday, feeder steers under 550 lbs firm to 10.00 higher, over 550 lbs steady. Feeder heifers under 550 lbs 5.00-15.00 higher, over 550 lbs firm to 5.00 higher. Slaughter cows steady. Demand good. Supply moderate. The cattle market continues to look strong to start the year with cheaper corn and a rising feeder index helping to push futures higher so far this week.

Weight class

Steers · summary 500–600 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

500–600 lb steers averaged $421.06/cwt on 122 head, down $1.76 from the prior sale. That ranks 2 of 24 comparable sales and sits −42.76 against this barn's trailing median of $463.82.

Average price

$421.06

▼ 1.76 vs prior sale

122 head · 554 lb average

Value per head Derived

$2,333

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$190

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

$16.17/cwt at this weight

vs the market

−43.29

vs MO average

−50.92 vs national

What quality paid 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1	562	426.36	2,397	82
Medium and Large 1-2	538	410.19	2,207	40

One grade step is worth $16.17/cwt here — about $190 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

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 sale122 hd

421.06

—

MO average21 barns · 7,366 hd

464.35

−43.29

National average187 barns · 29,067 hd

471.98

−50.92

This barn, trailing median24 sales

463.82

−42.76

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	—	Average	1,688	185.00	3,122	9thin
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	Average	1,489	157.35	2,343	5thin
Cows	Boner 80-85%	High	1,306	156.20	2,040	20
Cows	Lean 85-90%	Average	1,084	132.05	1,431	27

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)	1,237	$3,100	5

Every lot, as filed

74 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
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	500–550	511	418.77/cwt	400.00–430.00	2,140	26
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	600–650	627	383.76/cwt	375.00–400.00	2,406	29
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	450–500	469	425.00/cwt	425.00–425.00	1,993	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	700–750	720	337.92/cwt	336.00–339.00	2,433	11
Heifers	Medium 1Natural	450–500	478	445.00/cwt	445.00–445.00	2,127	3
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	300–350	321	508.84/cwt	480.00–550.00	1,633	8
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	650–700	690	363.13/cwt	360.00–365.00	2,506	8
Steers	Medium and Large 1	600–650	639	397.96/cwt	385.00–410.00	2,543	42
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Fleshy	700–750	723	355.00/cwt	355.00–355.00	2,567	9
Steers	Medium and Large 1Fleshy	600–650	623	384.00/cwt	384.00–384.00	2,392	5
Steers	Medium and Large 1Fleshy	800–850	831	337.69/cwt	337.00–338.00	2,806	19
Steers	Medium and Large 1	450–500	462	481.64/cwt	455.00–500.00	2,225	21
Steers	Medium and Large 1	950–1000	970	310.00/cwt	310.00–310.00	3,007	11
Steers	Medium and Large 1	350–400	375	540.67/cwt	515.00–565.00	2,028	4
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	450–500	481	451.02/cwt	425.00–470.00	2,169	27
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	350–400	370	510.79/cwt	500.00–515.00	1,890	8
Steers	Medium and Large 1	900–950	900	320.00/cwt	320.00–320.00	2,880	3
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	550–600	588	394.26/cwt	390.00–400.00	2,318	14
Steers	Medium and Large 1Value Added	700–750	709	377.50/cwt	377.50–377.50	2,676	13
Steers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	450–500	479	435.00/cwt	435.00–435.00	2,084	5
Steers	Medium and Large 1	700–750	726	371.56/cwt	360.00–378.00	2,698	86
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	400–450	440	452.91/cwt	440.00–470.00	1,993	7
Steers	Medium 1-2	650–700	650	342.50/cwt	342.50–342.50	2,226	3
Steers	Medium and Large 1	650–700	671	394.01/cwt	372.00–398.50	2,644	100
Steers	Medium and Large 1Value Added	750–800	765	361.00/cwt	361.00–361.00	2,762	22
Steers	Medium and Large 1Value Added	650–700	667	395.08/cwt	392.00–398.00	2,635	33
Steers	Medium and Large 1	800–850	823	338.97/cwt	336.00–341.00	2,790	24
Steers	Medium and Large 1	400–450	423	541.86/cwt	527.50–545.00	2,292	29
Steers	Medium and Large 1	550–600	570	421.51/cwt	410.00–431.00	2,403	65
Steers	Medium and Large 1	850–900	866	333.47/cwt	327.50–339.00	2,888	16
Steers	Medium and Large 1	300–350	328	558.50/cwt	520.00–590.00	1,832	6
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	400–450	426	467.90/cwt	450.00–482.50	1,993	7
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	650–700	672	348.50/cwt	335.00–357.50	2,342	5
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	450–500	498	440.00/cwt	440.00–440.00	2,191	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	600–650	605	377.02/cwt	375.00–380.00	2,281	5
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	500–550	512	423.39/cwt	420.00–430.00	2,168	9
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	550–600	578	384.78/cwt	375.00–395.00	2,224	4
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	1,109	139.18/cwt	132.00–145.00	1,544	18
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	1,041	125.49/cwt	120.00–128.00	1,306	5
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	1,140	148.00/cwt	148.00–148.00	1,687	1
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	987	94.89/cwt	88.00–110.00	937	3
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,296	161.25/cwt	160.00–163.00	2,090	5
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,305	156.62/cwt	152.00–160.00	2,044	13
Bulls	—	—	1,704	188.18/cwt	182.00–196.00	3,207	6
Bulls	—	—	1,655	178.63/cwt	176.00–180.50	2,956	3
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	—	1,494	155.44/cwt	154.00–159.00	2,322	4
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	—	1,470	165.00/cwt	165.00–165.00	2,426	1
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,338	140.88/cwt	135.00–147.00	1,885	2
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,237	3,099.56/head	2,775.00–3,375.00	3,100	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	650–700	662	360.63/cwt	345.00–365.00	2,387	53
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	500–550	520	385.73/cwt	380.00–392.50	2,006	7
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	350–400	377	519.23/cwt	485.00–555.00	1,957	10
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	600–650	626	327.33/cwt	320.00–335.00	2,049	6
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	500–550	528	406.62/cwt	390.00–422.50	2,147	57
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Fleshy	550–600	578	361.75/cwt	360.00–370.00	2,091	11
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	400–450	430	463.81/cwt	442.50–485.00	1,994	17
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	600–650	607	373.79/cwt	369.00–376.00	2,269	25
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Replacement	750–800	750	336.00/cwt	336.00–336.00	2,520	10
Heifers	Large 1	750–800	778	310.00/cwt	310.00–310.00	2,412	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	700–750	729	322.68/cwt	315.00–335.00	2,352	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	550–600	566	384.00/cwt	382.50–385.00	2,173	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	600–650	617	347.93/cwt	345.00–350.00	2,147	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Value Added	650–700	669	365.00/cwt	365.00–365.00	2,442	19
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Replacement	850–900	867	306.00/cwt	306.00–306.00	2,653	9
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	350–400	358	480.00/cwt	480.00–480.00	1,718	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	450–500	482	360.00/cwt	360.00–360.00	1,735	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	400–450	435	486.92/cwt	480.00–515.00	2,118	17
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	850–900	896	270.00/cwt	270.00–270.00	2,419	5
Steers	Medium and Large 1	750–800	766	356.86/cwt	350.00–365.00	2,734	21
Steers	Medium and Large 1	500–550	532	444.89/cwt	430.00–475.00	2,367	17
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	450–500	476	414.86/cwt	400.00–427.50	1,975	15
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	450–500	484	443.65/cwt	430.00–465.00	2,147	19
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	550–600	590	384.03/cwt	383.00–387.50	2,266	13
Steers	Medium and Large 1Fleshy	650–700	667	375.00/cwt	375.00–375.00	2,501	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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