Sale reports / Missouri / Interstate Regional Stockyards / 2020-12-15

Interstate Regional Stockyards

Feeder Cattle · Slaughter Cattle · Replacement Cattle · Cuba, Missouri · Tue, Dec 15
● Final76 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 1814
Feeder Cattle receipts
1,191 head
▼ 787 vs last sale 1,978▲ 767 vs year ago 424 · +180.9%
Slaughter Cattle receipts
101 head
▼ 92 vs last sale 193▲ 71 vs year ago 30 · +236.7%
Replacement Cattle receipts
50 head
▲ 20 vs last sale 30▲ 41 vs year ago 9 · +455.6%
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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to last Tuesday, feeder steers and heifers steady to 2.00 lower. Slaughter cows steady to 2.00 lower. Demand good. Supply moderate.

Weight classPick one — the panels below update

Heifers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot
0–100 lb heifers averaged $124.94/cwt on 430 head.
Average price
$124.94
430 head · 585 lb average
Value per head Derived
$731
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
$200
per head · Medium and Large 1 over Medium and Large 2
$8.29/cwt at this weight
vs the market
−7.55
vs MO average

Price by quality 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 1638125.60801172
Medium and Large 1-2556125.45697221
Medium 1-2472121.675749thin
Large 1535118.3163317thin
Medium and Large 2513117.3160111thin
One grade step is worth $8.29/cwt here — about $200 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 sale430 hd
124.94
—
MO average17 barns · 10,076 hd
132.49
−7.55
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—High1,70675.691,2919thin
CowsBreaker 75-80%High1,47453.3478611
CowsBoner 80-85%Average1,35047.6864424
CowsLean 85-90%High1,11839.6244326

Every lot

76 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 · Steers24 lots · lightest first
Steers—Medium and Large 1322198.00/cwt198.00–198.006383
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2328168.63/cwt162.00–177.005537
Steers—Medium and Large 1365178.00/cwt178.00–178.006503
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2383160.67/cwt160.00–161.006156
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2441155.29/cwt150.00–160.006859
Steers—Medium 1-2463135.00/cwt135.00–135.006253
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2475147.96/cwt145.00–152.0070332
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2526141.03/cwt140.00–143.0074214
Steers—Medium and Large 1537153.25/cwt149.00–157.0082314
Steers—Medium and Large 1Unweaned552136.00/cwt136.00–136.0075110
Steers—Large 1560125.00/cwt125.00–125.007003
Steers—Medium and Large 1577148.54/cwt143.00–152.5085752
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2585145.77/cwt137.00–149.0085327
Steers—Medium and Large 1618144.00/cwt144.00–144.008903
Steers—Medium and Large 1665141.69/cwt134.50–144.0094258
Steers—Large 1Unweaned670125.00/cwt125.00–125.0083811
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2686132.10/cwt130.00–138.5090612
Steers—Medium and Large 1712133.89/cwt132.00–136.0095320
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2Unweaned725121.00/cwt121.00–121.008773
Steers—Medium and Large 1Fleshy747124.00/cwt124.00–124.009263
Steers—Medium and Large 1778129.13/cwt125.00–131.251,00542
Steers—Medium and Large 1815127.07/cwt125.00–128.101,03618
Steers—Medium and Large 1Unweaned834120.50/cwt120.50–120.501,0054
Steers—Medium and Large 1972110.00/cwt110.00–110.001,0693
Feeder Cattle · Heifers31 lots · lightest first
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2338140.00/cwt140.00–140.004733
Heifers—Medium and Large 1363159.00/cwt159.00–159.005779
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2368140.31/cwt135.00–143.0051611
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2426137.97/cwt132.00–140.0058820
Heifers—Medium 1-2431130.00/cwt130.00–130.005604
Heifers—Medium and Large 1463140.35/cwt134.00–145.0065016
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2476132.15/cwt130.00–135.5062940
Heifers—Medium and Large 2483119.23/cwt115.00–128.005766
Heifers—Medium and Large 1Fleshy502117.50/cwt117.50–117.505905
Heifers—Medium 1-2504115.00/cwt115.00–115.005805
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2513125.82/cwt122.00–133.0064528
Heifers—Medium and Large 1518133.29/cwt128.50–135.0069016
Heifers—Large 1519119.88/cwt110.00–122.5062214
Heifers—Medium and Large 2548115.00/cwt115.00–115.006305
Heifers—Medium and Large 1Fleshy571122.05/cwt120.00–123.506975
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2578120.00/cwt120.00–120.0069411
Heifers—Medium and Large 1582126.98/cwt125.00–129.5073914
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2Fleshy596115.00/cwt115.00–115.006859
Heifers—Medium and Large 1608128.30/cwt127.50–129.5078033
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2Fleshy610120.00/cwt120.00–120.007326
Heifers—Large 1612111.00/cwt111.00–111.006793
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2615121.85/cwt115.00–124.0074951
Heifers—Medium and Large 1Fleshy620120.00/cwt120.00–120.007443
Heifers—Medium and Large 1Unweaned645112.50/cwt112.50–112.507267
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2681120.38/cwt119.00–120.7582024
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2709111.92/cwt110.00–120.0079418
Heifers—Medium and Large 1718118.50/cwt118.50–118.508513
Heifers—Medium and Large 1Unweaned773100.00/cwt100.00–100.007733
Heifers—Medium and Large 1776120.58/cwt120.00–120.7593639
Heifers—Medium and Large 1806110.87/cwt110.00–111.0089415
Heifers—Medium and Large 1984104.00/cwt104.00–104.001,0234
Feeder Cattle · Bulls7 lots · lightest first
Bulls—Medium and Large 1-2400165.00/cwt165.00–165.0066010
Bulls—Medium and Large 1-2Full405135.00/cwt135.00–135.005474
Bulls—Medium and Large 1-2479144.82/cwt134.50–146.5069414
Bulls—Medium and Large 1-2520129.84/cwt123.50–136.0067516
Bulls—Medium and Large 1-2578128.37/cwt116.50–134.5074216
Bulls—Medium and Large 1-2634126.43/cwt123.50–128.008029
Bulls—Medium and Large 1-2680119.00/cwt119.00–119.008096
Slaughter Cattle · Bulls3 lots · lightest first
Bulls——1,61675.63/cwt72.50–80.001,2225
Bulls——1,67363.34/cwt60.00–67.001,0602
Bulls——1,96388.19/cwt85.50–90.501,7312
Slaughter Cattle · Cows8 lots · lightest first
Cows—Lean 85-90%1,08333.68/cwt30.00–36.003658
Cows—Lean 85-90%1,12341.41/cwt38.00–45.0046515
Cows—Lean 85-90%1,18246.50/cwt46.50–46.505503
Cows—Breaker 75-80%1,31545.00/cwt45.00–45.005921
Cows—Boner 80-85%1,34648.13/cwt45.00–50.0064821
Cows—Boner 80-85%1,37544.53/cwt43.50–45.006123
Cows—Breaker 75-80%1,43650.82/cwt50.00–52.007307
Cows—Breaker 75-80%1,61762.00/cwt62.00–62.001,0033
Replacement Cattle · Stock Cows1 lot · lightest first
Stock Cows—Medium and Large 1-296382.00/cwt82.00–82.007909
Replacement Cattle · Bred Cows2 lots · lightest first
Bred Cows—Medium and Large 1-21,140881.13/cwt610.00–1,050.0010,04512
Bred Cows—Medium and Large 11,3461,375.00/cwt1,375.00–1,375.0018,5084

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.