Name: Interstate Regional Stockyards livestock auction prices — 2026-05-12
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2026-05-12

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to last Tuesday, feeder steers 5.00-15.00 lower with best demand on high quality weaned steers near 475 lbs. Feeder heifers under 450 lbs steady to 5.00 higher, over 450 lbs 5.00-10.00 lower. Slaughter cows steady. Demand moderate. Supply moderate. Several consignments of very good quality, mostly weaned calves this week. Administration talk of increasing beef imports spooked the market sending feeder futures sharply lower with a reaction similar to what we saw last fall and making buyers more cautious than we've seen for a while. Meanwhile very tight numbers have helped push fed cattle to all-time highs although there is some concern that gas prices may be holding back beef cutout values.

Weight class

Steers · summary 500–600 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

500–600 lb steers averaged $472.05/cwt on 229 head, down $32.71 from the prior sale. That ranks 16 of 24 comparable sales and sits +8.23 against this barn's trailing median of $463.82.

Average price

$472.05

▼ 32.71 vs prior sale

229 head · 551 lb average

Value per head Derived

$2,599

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$146

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

$10.81/cwt at this weight

vs the market

−18.61

vs MO average

−1.65 vs national

What quality paid 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1	553	473.66	2,621	195
Medium and Large 1-2	535	462.85	2,475	34

One grade step is worth $10.81/cwt here — about $146 a head. Across this sale the premium is widest at 300–400 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 sale229 hd

472.05

—

MO average19 barns · 5,671 hd

490.66

−18.61

National average167 barns · 12,191 hd

473.70

−1.65

This barn, trailing median24 sales

463.82

+8.23

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	—	High	1,784	216.10	3,855	8thin
Cows	Boner 80-85%	Average	1,340	175.60	2,352	12
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	Low	1,501	173.67	2,606	6thin
Cows	Lean 85-90%	Low	1,069	149.27	1,596	13

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)	Middle Aged/Aged (>5 yrs)	1,167	$2,802	9
Bred Heifers	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	(<2 yrs)	940	$3,500	2thin

Every lot, as filed

62 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	521	474.63/cwt	450.00–505.00	2,473	21
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	300–350	310	614.40/cwt	610.00–617.50	1,905	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Replacement	600–650	620	424.24/cwt	417.50–430.00	2,630	11
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	400–450	435	483.22/cwt	480.00–487.50	2,102	10
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	350–400	375	532.62/cwt	500.00–550.00	1,997	12
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Replacement	550–600	574	455.00/cwt	455.00–455.00	2,612	11
Steers	Medium and Large 1	400–450	422	565.30/cwt	535.00–585.00	2,386	34
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	550–600	557	443.81/cwt	410.00–470.00	2,472	13
Steers	Medium and Large 1Fleshy	750–800	755	360.00/cwt	360.00–360.00	2,718	5
Steers	Medium and Large 1Fleshy	450–500	488	490.00/cwt	490.00–490.00	2,391	4
Steers	Medium and Large 1Fleshy	500–550	509	490.50/cwt	475.00–495.00	2,497	16
Steers	Medium and Large 1Fleshy	600–650	625	405.00/cwt	405.00–405.00	2,531	3
Steers	Medium and Large 1	550–600	571	459.13/cwt	427.50–500.00	2,622	121
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	350–400	383	550.07/cwt	540.00–560.00	2,107	4
Steers	Medium and Large 1	500–550	529	499.32/cwt	470.00–520.00	2,641	58
Steers	Medium and Large 1	650–700	670	407.48/cwt	395.00–422.00	2,730	39
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Fleshy	450–500	457	475.00/cwt	475.00–475.00	2,171	5
Steers	Medium and Large 1Fleshy	650–700	674	401.40/cwt	400.00–405.00	2,705	7
Steers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	600–650	611	390.00/cwt	390.00–390.00	2,383	7
Steers	Medium and Large 1	900–950	907	328.00/cwt	328.00–328.00	2,975	7
Steers	Medium and Large 1	450–500	473	540.60/cwt	512.50–563.00	2,557	87
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	600–650	627	410.23/cwt	406.00–413.00	2,572	10
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	450–500	469	503.63/cwt	487.50–522.50	2,362	7
Steers	Medium 1-2	350–400	375	515.00/cwt	515.00–515.00	1,931	2
Steers	Medium and Large 1	300–350	317	602.56/cwt	575.00–620.00	1,910	6
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Fleshy	650–700	670	330.00/cwt	330.00–330.00	2,211	5
Bulls	Medium 1-2	300–350	310	595.00/cwt	595.00–595.00	1,845	3
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	500–550	517	469.47/cwt	445.00–485.00	2,427	8
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	400–450	427	512.36/cwt	502.50–532.50	2,188	15
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	350–400	375	533.02/cwt	500.00–547.50	1,999	7
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	450–500	483	472.77/cwt	455.00–490.00	2,283	4
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	991	140.93/cwt	130.00–148.00	1,397	6
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	1,136	156.42/cwt	150.00–166.00	1,777	7
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	—	1,705	164.00/cwt	164.00–164.00	2,796	1
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	—	1,460	175.60/cwt	174.50–177.00	2,564	5
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,336	176.65/cwt	172.00–182.00	2,360	8
Bulls	—	—	2,060	253.00/cwt	253.00–253.00	5,212	1
Bulls	—	—	1,730	214.79/cwt	205.00–220.00	3,716	5
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,328	160.00/cwt	160.00–160.00	2,125	2
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,365	186.98/cwt	185.00–189.00	2,552	2
Bulls	—	—	1,780	200.93/cwt	199.00–203.00	3,577	2
Stock Cows	Medium and Large 1-2	—	846	318.00/cwt	318.00–318.00	2,690	4
Bred Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	940	3,500.00/head	3,500.00–3,500.00	3,500	2
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,167	2,802.19/head	2,550.00–3,000.00	2,802	9
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	400–450	421	514.73/cwt	500.00–545.00	2,167	25
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	450–500	469	468.10/cwt	450.00–477.50	2,195	24
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	300–350	327	540.09/cwt	500.00–585.00	1,766	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	650–700	660	361.25/cwt	359.00–366.00	2,384	15
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	850–900	875	235.00/cwt	235.00–235.00	2,056	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Fleshy	700–750	731	333.00/cwt	333.00–333.00	2,434	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	500–550	510	439.35/cwt	417.50–462.50	2,241	29
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	550–600	560	410.90/cwt	400.00–416.00	2,301	17
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	750–800	774	330.19/cwt	326.00–335.00	2,556	22
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	450–500	464	442.17/cwt	415.00–465.00	2,052	14
Heifers	Medium 1-2	450–500	452	430.00/cwt	430.00–430.00	1,944	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Fleshy	800–850	814	320.00/cwt	320.00–320.00	2,605	5
Steers	Medium and Large 1	600–650	617	434.15/cwt	417.50–444.00	2,679	18
Steers	Medium and Large 1	350–400	372	600.00/cwt	600.00–600.00	2,232	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	600–650	615	372.34/cwt	357.50–390.00	2,290	8
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	500–550	531	412.94/cwt	400.00–423.00	2,193	8
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	800–850	827	314.00/cwt	314.00–314.00	2,597	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	350–400	369	501.40/cwt	480.00–540.00	1,850	8

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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