Sale reports / Missouri / Interstate Regional Stockyards / 2026-02-03

Interstate Regional Stockyards

Feeder Cattle · Slaughter Cattle · Replacement Cattle · Cuba, Missouri · Tue, Feb 3
● Final27 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 1814
Feeder Cattle receipts
140 head
351 vs last sale 491 822 vs year ago 962 · 85.4%
Slaughter Cattle receipts
27 head
58 vs last sale 85 56 vs year ago 83 · 67.5%
Replacement Cattle receipts
40 head
110 vs last sale 150 0 vs year ago 40 · +0.0%
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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Feeder supply not sufficient to establish a market trend. Very light offering with outer road conditions delaying most consignments another week. Most cattle news is positive right now with the fed cattle trade higher last week, futures higher so far this week and the January inventory report still showing mild contraction in U. S. cattle numbers.

Weight class

Steers · summary 500–600 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot
500–600 lb steers averaged $423.18/cwt on 12 head, up $34.05 from the prior sale. That ranks 4 of 24 comparable sales and sits 40.64 against this barn's trailing median of $463.82.
Average price
$423.18
34.05 vs prior sale
12 head · 544 lb average
Value per head Derived
$2,304
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
$371
per head · Medium and Large 1 over Medium and Large 1-2
$17.74/cwt at this weight
vs the market
58.85
vs MO average
59.85 vs national

What quality paid 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 1587435.012,5544thin
Medium and Large 1-2523417.272,1828thin
One grade step is worth $17.74/cwt here — about $371 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 sale12 hd
423.18
MO average12 barns · 1,587 hd
482.03
−58.85
National average143 barns · 13,122 hd
483.03
−59.85
This barn, trailing median24 sales
463.82
−40.64
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
BullsLow1,345169.002,2731thin
CowsBoner 80-85%Average1,375159.032,1875thin
CowsBreaker 75-80%Average1,598158.742,5373thin
CowsLean 85-90%Average1,066141.151,50514

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 Cows2nd/3rd Stage (4-9 mo)Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)1,323$3,0685
Bred Cows3rd Stage (7-9 mo)Aged (>8 yrs)1,280$2,6003thin
Cow-Calf PairsOpenMiddle Aged (5-8 yrs)1,225$3,0752thin

Every lot, as filed

27 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 1550–600568397.48/cwt390.00–402.502,2585
BullsMedium and Large 1-2450–500490490.00/cwt490.00–490.002,4013
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2400–450435420.00/cwt420.00–420.001,8273
HeifersMedium and Large 1350–400378500.00/cwt500.00–500.001,8904
SteersMedium and Large 1Fleshy850–900870325.00/cwt325.00–325.002,8283
SteersMedium and Large 1450–500472502.50/cwt502.50–502.502,3722
HeifersMedium and Large 1450–500453443.81/cwt430.00–455.002,0109
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2300–350309467.96/cwt450.00–480.001,44610
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2350–400360452.47/cwt450.00–455.001,6294
SteersMedium and Large 1600–650620406.00/cwt400.00–415.002,5175
SteersMedium and Large 1-2400–450424476.18/cwt450.00–490.002,0195
SteersLarge 1450–500457435.00/cwt435.00–435.001,9883
SteersMedium and Large 1550–600587435.01/cwt430.00–440.002,5544
HeifersMedium and Large 1600–650642372.50/cwt372.50–372.502,3912
HeifersLarge 1400–450415412.50/cwt412.50–412.501,7124
SteersMedium and Large 1-2500–550523417.27/cwt400.00–440.002,1828
SteersMedium and Large 1-2300–350322543.06/cwt530.00–550.001,7496
SteersMedium and Large 1-2450–500468456.48/cwt430.00–490.002,1366
Cow-Calf PairsMedium and Large 21,2253,075.00/head2,900.00–3,250.003,0752
Bred CowsMedium and Large 1-21,3233,068.15/head2,600.00–3,525.003,0685
Bred CowsMedium and Large 1-21,2802,600.00/head2,600.00–2,600.002,6003
Bulls1,345169.00/cwt169.00–169.002,2731
CowsBoner 80-85%1,375159.03/cwt157.00–161.002,1875
CowsBreaker 75-80%1,575164.11/cwt158.00–171.002,5852
CowsBreaker 75-80%1,645148.00/cwt148.00–148.002,4351
CowsLean 85-90%1,103146.06/cwt145.00–149.001,6118
CowsLean 85-90%1,017134.60/cwt129.00–141.001,3696

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.