Sale reports / Missouri / Interstate Regional Stockyards / 2019-12-17

Interstate Regional Stockyards

Feeder Cattle · Slaughter Cattle · Replacement Cattle · Cuba, Missouri · Tue, Dec 17
● Final47 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 1814
Feeder Cattle receipts
424 head
▼ 1,425 vs last sale 1,849▲ 424 vs year ago 0 · no sale a year ago
Slaughter Cattle receipts
30 head
▼ 154 vs last sale 184▲ 30 vs year ago 0 · no sale a year ago
Replacement Cattle receipts
9 head
▼ 19 vs last sale 28▲ 9 vs year ago 0 · no sale a year ago
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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to last Tuesday, steers and heifers steady to 3.00 higher based on a limited market test. Slaughter cows steady to 2.00 lower. Demand moderate to good. Supply light due to the snow throughout the area with main roads clear but side roads snow covered.

Weight classPick one — the panels below update

Steers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot
0–100 lb steers averaged $140.78/cwt on 171 head.
Average price
$140.78
171 head · 592 lb average
Value per head Derived
$833
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
$325
per head · Medium and Large 1 over Medium and Large 2
$31.11/cwt at this weight
vs the market
−8.32
vs MO average

Price by quality 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 1690147.611,01853
Medium and Large 1-2586142.7483639
Medium 1-2474141.2467035
Small and Medium 1-2380140.005326thin
Large 1637131.0083527
Medium 2449130.005846thin
Medium and Large 2595116.506935thin
One grade step is worth $31.11/cwt here — about $325 a head. Across this sale the premium is widest at 0–100 lb. USDA reports each grade on its own line and never publishes the spread.

How it compared 0–100 lb

Same class and week · spot auction only
This sale171 hd
140.78
—
MO average18 barns · 12,063 hd
149.10
−8.32
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
Bulls—Low1,95569.091,3513thin
CowsBreaker 75-80%Average1,45750.077293thin
CowsBoner 80-85%Average1,36842.165777thin
CowsLean 85-90%Low1,22330.803779thin

Every lot

47 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. Grouped by class and set lightest first; USDA files them in sale-ring order.
ClassWeightGrade / descriptionAvg wtPriceRangePer headHead
Feeder Cattle · Steers19 lots · lightest first
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2295175.00/cwt175.00–175.005162
Steers—Medium and Large 1334179.50/cwt179.50–179.506007
Steers—Small and Medium 1-2380140.00/cwt140.00–140.005326
Steers—Medium 1-2386150.00/cwt150.00–150.005797
Steers—Medium 2449130.00/cwt130.00–130.005846
Steers—Medium 1-2476142.06/cwt140.00–145.0067625
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2506146.00/cwt146.00–146.007394
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2568143.69/cwt143.00–144.0081610
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2Full582135.50/cwt135.50–135.507896
Steers—Medium and Large 2Full595116.50/cwt116.50–116.506935
Steers—Large 1Unweaned610134.00/cwt134.00–134.0081719
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2629143.00/cwt143.00–143.008999
Steers—Medium 1-2Full667114.00/cwt114.00–114.007603
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2675137.00/cwt137.00–137.009258
Steers—Large 1Unweaned675125.00/cwt125.00–125.008445
Steers—Medium and Large 1694140.00/cwt140.00–140.009726
Steers—Medium and Large 1734144.00/cwt144.00–144.001,05734
Steers—Large 1Unweaned747122.00/cwt122.00–122.009113
Steers—Medium and Large 1851138.50/cwt138.50–138.501,1796
Feeder Cattle · Heifers13 lots · lightest first
Heifers—Medium and Large 1364144.50/cwt144.50–144.505265
Heifers—Medium 2372130.00/cwt130.00–130.004843
Heifers—Medium 1-2392130.00/cwt130.00–130.005103
Heifers—Medium 1-2413135.99/cwt135.00–136.505629
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2478138.67/cwt130.00–144.0066312
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2Full495129.00/cwt129.00–129.006394
Heifers—Medium and Large 2497127.00/cwt127.00–127.006313
Heifers—Medium and Large 2525125.00/cwt125.00–125.006563
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2Full528128.45/cwt128.00–129.0067813
Heifers—Large 1563125.50/cwt125.50–125.5070715
Heifers—Medium 1-2579121.14/cwt120.00–123.007015
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2619132.43/cwt132.00–133.0082043
Heifers—Large 1Unweaned649115.00/cwt115.00–115.0074611
Feeder Cattle · Bulls5 lots · lightest first
Bulls—Medium and Large 1-2465136.00/cwt136.00–136.006322
Bulls—Medium and Large 1-2Full507116.50/cwt116.50–116.505913
Bulls—Medium and Large 1-2510133.00/cwt133.00–133.006782
Bulls—Medium and Large 1-2610125.00/cwt125.00–125.007632
Bulls—Medium and Large 1-2789109.00/cwt109.00–109.008606
Slaughter Cattle · Bulls2 lots · lightest first
Bulls——1,81065.00/cwt65.00–65.001,1771
Bulls——2,02871.13/cwt70.00–72.501,4432
Slaughter Cattle · Cows6 lots · lightest first
Cows—Lean 85-90%1,20324.79/cwt20.00–32.002985
Cows—Lean 85-90%1,24838.31/cwt34.00–40.004784
Cows—Boner 80-85%1,36146.21/cwt42.50–47.506294
Cows—Boner 80-85%1,37736.76/cwt31.00–40.005063
Cows—Breaker 75-80%1,43054.50/cwt54.50–54.507791
Cows—Breaker 75-80%1,47047.85/cwt45.00–50.007032
Replacement Cattle · Bred Cows2 lots · lightest first
Bred Cows—Medium 1-2998812.84/cwt800.00–825.008,1122
Bred Cows—Medium and Large 1-21,295874.60/cwt810.00–925.0011,3264

This sale against other markets

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.