Name: Interstate Regional Stockyards livestock auction prices — 2026-02-17
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2026-02-17

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to last Tuesday, feeder steers and heifers firm to 5.00 higher. Slaughter cows steady. Demand very good. Supply light. Cattle futures had a strong up day Tuesday following last week's new record weighted average price for fed cattle .

Weight class

Steers · summary 500–600 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

500–600 lb steers averaged $471.90/cwt on 40 head, up $16.31 from the prior sale. That ranks 15 of 24 comparable sales and sits +8.08 against this barn's trailing median of $463.82.

Average price

$471.90

▲ 16.31 vs prior sale

40 head · 530 lb average

Value per head Derived

$2,501

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$25

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

$6.57/cwt at this weight

vs the market

−11.41

vs MO average

−15.45 vs national

What quality paid 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1	529	474.69	2,512	23
Medium and Large 1-2	531	468.13	2,487	17thin

One grade step is worth $6.57/cwt here — about $25 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

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 sale40 hd

471.90

—

MO average18 barns · 3,127 hd

483.31

−11.41

National average178 barns · 13,390 hd

487.35

−15.45

This barn, trailing median24 sales

463.82

+8.08

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	1,623	186.73	3,030	8thin
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	Average	1,875	163.00	3,056	1thin
Cows	Boner 80-85%	Average	1,371	161.43	2,214	8thin
Cows	Lean 85-90%	Average	1,114	147.65	1,645	21

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)	1,203	$3,285	4thin
Bred Cows	2nd/3rd Stage (4-9 mo)	Middle Aged/Aged (>5 yrs)	1,383	$3,030	6

Every lot, as filed

59 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	800–850	844	340.00/cwt	340.00–340.00	2,870	5
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	400–450	444	514.05/cwt	512.50–515.00	2,282	8
Steers	Medium 1-2	650–700	680	378.00/cwt	378.00–378.00	2,570	7
Steers	Medium and Large 1	650–700	661	424.77/cwt	420.00–440.00	2,808	27
Steers	Medium and Large 1	400–450	420	540.80/cwt	525.00–560.00	2,271	15
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	700–750	724	371.17/cwt	350.00–378.00	2,687	12
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	500–550	510	390.00/cwt	390.00–390.00	1,989	3
Steers	Medium and Large 2	650–700	656	375.00/cwt	375.00–375.00	2,460	4
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	350–400	382	550.00/cwt	550.00–550.00	2,101	6
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	450–500	483	479.88/cwt	470.00–485.00	2,318	6
Steers	Medium and Large 1	500–550	524	496.54/cwt	472.50–510.00	2,602	12
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	350–400	373	501.05/cwt	475.00–515.00	1,869	6
Steers	Medium and Large 1	600–650	633	447.98/cwt	420.00–477.50	2,836	34
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	500–550	517	479.51/cwt	465.00–500.00	2,479	14
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	550–600	598	415.00/cwt	415.00–415.00	2,482	3
Steers	Medium and Large 1	750–800	773	362.65/cwt	359.00–377.50	2,803	10
Steers	Medium and Large 1	300–350	327	566.58/cwt	560.00–570.00	1,853	6
Steers	Medium and Large 1	700–750	745	391.78/cwt	390.25–405.00	2,919	30
Steers	Medium and Large 1	350–400	378	600.00/cwt	600.00–600.00	2,268	2
Steers	Medium and Large 1	850–900	893	337.50/cwt	337.50–337.50	3,014	7
Steers	Medium and Large 1Value Added	700–750	733	390.25/cwt	390.25–390.25	2,861	75
Steers	Medium and Large 1Value Added	800–850	817	358.75/cwt	358.75–358.75	2,931	139
Steers	Medium and Large 1	550–600	563	451.58/cwt	440.00–465.00	2,542	6
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	700–750	734	346.27/cwt	345.00–347.50	2,542	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Fleshy	450–500	474	470.00/cwt	470.00–470.00	2,228	4
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	550–600	574	427.84/cwt	425.00–429.00	2,456	7
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	500–550	509	483.51/cwt	482.50–485.00	2,461	5
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	350–400	399	555.00/cwt	555.00–555.00	2,214	7
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	700–750	722	337.50/cwt	337.50–337.50	2,437	2
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,378	163.49/cwt	158.00–168.00	2,253	7
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	1,161	152.11/cwt	147.00–157.00	1,766	14
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	—	1,875	163.00/cwt	163.00–163.00	3,056	1
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	970	113.78/cwt	108.00–120.00	1,104	2
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	1,023	144.25/cwt	138.00–147.00	1,476	4
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	1,105	166.50/cwt	166.50–166.50	1,840	1
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,325	147.00/cwt	147.00–147.00	1,948	1
Bulls	—	—	1,770	196.66/cwt	191.00–201.00	3,481	2
Bulls	—	—	1,524	177.91/cwt	175.00–184.00	2,711	5
Bulls	—	—	1,820	211.00/cwt	211.00–211.00	3,840	1
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,203	3,284.54/head	2,700.00–3,750.00	3,285	4
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,383	3,029.61/head	2,750.00–3,525.00	3,030	6
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	400–450	405	486.37/cwt	460.00–525.00	1,970	8
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	300–350	330	566.83/cwt	535.00–580.00	1,871	11
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	400–450	425	518.07/cwt	510.00–525.00	2,202	30
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	550–600	581	430.55/cwt	400.00–440.00	2,501	14
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	450–500	493	471.53/cwt	440.00–485.00	2,325	8
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	650–700	673	352.07/cwt	350.00–357.50	2,369	11
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	450–500	480	436.84/cwt	410.00–452.50	2,097	10
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	600–650	634	370.64/cwt	352.50–380.00	2,350	6
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	500–550	519	436.49/cwt	420.00–452.50	2,265	8
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	600–650	614	404.99/cwt	400.00–410.00	2,487	6
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	550–600	582	390.00/cwt	390.00–390.00	2,270	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	250–300	267	640.00/cwt	640.00–640.00	1,709	3
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	650–700	657	402.00/cwt	402.00–402.00	2,641	9
Steers	Medium and Large 1	450–500	474	516.35/cwt	500.00–525.00	2,447	13
Steers	Medium and Large 1Fleshy	1000–1050	1,030	315.39/cwt	300.00–319.00	3,249	62
Steers	Medium and Large 1Fleshy	500–550	501	450.00/cwt	450.00–450.00	2,255	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	450–500	476	479.31/cwt	462.50–500.00	2,282	24
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	350–400	366	530.00/cwt	520.00–550.00	1,940	14

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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