Sale reports / Missouri / Interstate Regional Stockyards / 2020-02-18

Interstate Regional Stockyards

Feeder Cattle · Slaughter Cattle · Replacement Cattle · Cuba, Missouri · Tue, Feb 18
● Final55 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 1814
Feeder Cattle receipts
741 head
▲ 291 vs last sale 450▲ 741 vs year ago 0 · no sale a year ago
Slaughter Cattle receipts
58 head
▲ 13 vs last sale 45▲ 58 vs year ago 0 · no sale a year ago
Replacement Cattle receipts
6 head
▼ 12 vs last sale 18▲ 6 vs year ago 0 · no sale a year ago
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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to last Tuesday, feeder steers 5.00-10.00 higher. Feeder heifers under 600 lbs 8.00-16.00 higher, over 600 lbs 3.00-6.00 higher. Slaughter cows 2.00-4.00 higher. Demand very good. Supply light. The market looks go be on the comeback trail with fed cattle and futures seemingly finding a coronavirus bottom. Demand continues to grow for the light cattle with expected lower supplies and good grazing prospects along with projections for increasing 2020 beef exports creating some longer term bullishness.

Weight classPick one — the panels below update

Steers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot
0–100 lb steers averaged $160.90/cwt on 315 head.
Average price
$160.90
315 head · 598 lb average
Value per head Derived
$961
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
−$51
per head · Medium and Large 1-2 over Medium and Large 2
$25.97/cwt at this weight
vs the market
+3.51
vs MO average

Price by quality 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 1-2520164.42854103
Medium and Large 1633161.241,021193
Medium and Large 2654138.4590619thin
One grade step is worth $25.97/cwt here — about −$51 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 sale315 hd
160.90
—
MO average16 barns · 13,377 hd
157.39
+3.51
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—Low1,68785.051,43511
CowsBreaker 75-80%Average1,66559.899974thin
CowsBoner 80-85%Average1,37658.218019thin
CowsLean 85-90%Average1,16752.186099thin

Every lot

55 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 · Steers20 lots · lightest first
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2332174.76/cwt170.00–178.005806
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2383173.46/cwt168.00–189.0066410
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2427168.29/cwt162.50–183.0071910
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2469176.19/cwt175.00–180.0082620
Steers—Medium and Large 1476181.04/cwt178.50–187.0086219
Steers—Medium and Large 2488160.00/cwt160.00–160.007813
Steers—Medium and Large 1528180.87/cwt177.00–185.0095527
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2535169.69/cwt160.00–175.0090824
Steers—Medium and Large 2548150.50/cwt150.50–150.508256
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2563168.00/cwt167.00–169.009464
Steers—Medium and Large 1569175.71/cwt163.50–185.001,00045
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2614148.14/cwt143.75–158.0091016
Steers—Medium and Large 1623158.83/cwt153.25–164.0099016
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2661145.81/cwt144.50–149.009647
Steers—Medium and Large 1674151.06/cwt143.75–162.001,01830
Steers—Medium and Large 1720141.70/cwt141.00–142.001,02019
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2752135.00/cwt135.00–135.001,0156
Steers—Medium and Large 2768124.75/cwt124.75–124.7595810
Steers—Medium and Large 1777140.37/cwt138.00–141.751,09130
Steers—Medium and Large 1882130.25/cwt130.25–130.251,1497
Feeder Cattle · Heifers23 lots · lightest first
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2279163.57/cwt162.00–169.004569
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2360153.01/cwt152.00–155.0055111
Heifers—Medium and Large 1385164.00/cwt164.00–164.006313
Heifers—Medium and Large 2432143.53/cwt140.00–145.006207
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2436154.28/cwt152.00–156.006739
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2463154.37/cwt149.50–158.007157
Heifers—Medium and Large 1468161.68/cwt155.00–167.7575719
Heifers—Medium and Large 1512161.12/cwt154.00–164.0082523
Heifers—Medium and Large 2517125.00/cwt125.00–125.006463
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2526155.50/cwt155.50–155.508184
Heifers—Medium and Large 1562155.53/cwt154.00–157.0087415
Heifers—Medium and Large 2563127.00/cwt127.00–127.007153
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2567142.66/cwt136.00–153.008095
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2612130.01/cwt123.50–133.0079618
Heifers—Medium and Large 1616134.18/cwt133.00–134.758279
Heifers—Medium and Large 1Fleshy635125.00/cwt125.00–125.007943
Heifers—Medium and Large 1Fleshy664125.00/cwt125.00–125.008305
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2698124.43/cwt123.00–128.008697
Heifers—Medium and Large 1720124.00/cwt124.00–124.008933
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2743123.50/cwt123.50–123.509183
Heifers—Medium and Large 2754125.00/cwt125.00–125.009437
Heifers—Medium and Large 1Fleshy781118.50/cwt118.50–118.509255
Heifers—Medium and Large 1801128.10/cwt128.10–128.101,02663
Feeder Cattle · Dairy Steers1 lot · lightest first
Dairy Steers—Large 344160.00/cwt60.00–60.0026516
Slaughter Cattle · Bulls2 lots · lightest first
Bulls——1,54378.50/cwt75.00–80.001,2113
Bulls——1,74187.51/cwt83.00–91.501,5248
Slaughter Cattle · Cows8 lots · lightest first
Cows—Lean 85-90%1,05064.50/cwt64.50–64.506771
Cows—Lean 85-90%1,11053.25/cwt52.00–54.505916
Cows—Boner 80-85%1,30058.76/cwt58.50–59.007642
Cows—Boner 80-85%1,39369.44/cwt69.00–70.009672
Cows—Lean 85-90%1,39542.83/cwt40.50–44.505972
Cows—Boner 80-85%1,40053.50/cwt53.50–53.507495
Cows—Breaker 75-80%1,51050.00/cwt50.00–50.007551
Cows—Breaker 75-80%1,71763.18/cwt59.00–65.501,0853
Replacement Cattle · Stock Cows1 lot · lightest first
Stock Cows—Medium and Large 1-21,02162.50/cwt62.50–62.506384

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.