Sale reports / Missouri / Interstate Regional Stockyards / 2021-03-02

Interstate Regional Stockyards

Feeder Cattle · Slaughter Cattle · Replacement Cattle · Cuba, Missouri · Tue, Mar 2
● Final58 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 1814
Feeder Cattle receipts
949 head
▲ 55 vs last sale 894▲ 634 vs year ago 315 · +201.3%
Slaughter Cattle receipts
86 head
▼ 29 vs last sale 115▲ 16 vs year ago 70 · +22.9%
Replacement Cattle receipts
18 head
▲ 3 vs last sale 15▲ 16 vs year ago 2 · +800.0%
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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to last Tuesday, feeder steers under 650 lbs steady to firm, over 650 lbs steady to 2.00 lower. Feeder heifers steady. Slaughter cows steady to 2.00 lower. Demand moderate. Supply moderate. Live cattle futures finally saw a bit of a turnaround Tuesday although the fed trade started off on the wrong foot with a handful of cattle trading in Texas nearly 1.00/cwt lower.

Weight classPick one — the panels below update

Steers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot
0–100 lb steers averaged $143.20/cwt on 459 head.
Average price
$143.20
459 head · 680 lb average
Value per head Derived
$974
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
−$17
per head · Medium and Large 1-2 over Medium 1
$13.65/cwt at this weight
vs the market
−6.41
vs MO average

Price by quality 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 1-2617143.9088881
Medium and Large 1693143.22993373
Medium 1695130.259055thin
One grade step is worth $13.65/cwt here — about −$17 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 sale459 hd
143.20
—
MO average17 barns · 20,326 hd
149.61
−6.41
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—Average1,87183.261,5589thin
CowsBreaker 75-80%High1,45261.7789717
CowsBoner 80-85%Average1,33358.6278224
CowsLean 85-90%Low1,11447.2752711

Every lot

58 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 · Steers18 lots · lightest first
Steers—Medium and Large 1329177.66/cwt173.00–182.505854
Steers—Medium and Large 1442177.00/cwt177.00–177.0078210
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2463154.36/cwt151.00–161.007157
Steers—Medium and Large 1523166.95/cwt152.50–176.0087332
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2526162.33/cwt157.00–171.0085413
Steers—Medium and Large 1560167.20/cwt151.00–173.7593618
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2588147.08/cwt140.00–157.0086521
Steers—Medium and Large 1620157.65/cwt149.50–162.0097776
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2637135.00/cwt135.00–135.008603
Steers—Medium and Large 1683139.07/cwt135.50–145.5095049
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2688137.22/cwt136.00–138.0094428
Steers—Medium 1695130.25/cwt130.25–130.259055
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2710125.50/cwt125.50–125.508919
Steers—Medium and Large 1724135.73/cwt129.50–137.2598362
Steers—Medium and Large 1791129.81/cwt125.50–130.501,02744
Steers—Medium and Large 1829125.07/cwt122.50–128.501,03764
Steers—Medium and Large 1877122.20/cwt122.00–122.501,07210
Steers—Medium and Large 1991110.00/cwt110.00–110.001,0904
Feeder Cattle · Heifers22 lots · lightest first
Heifers—Medium 1-2383131.00/cwt131.00–131.005023
Heifers—Medium and Large 2423130.00/cwt130.00–130.005503
Heifers—Medium and Large 1427139.32/cwt138.50–140.005959
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2429137.00/cwt137.00–137.005884
Heifers—Medium and Large 1497136.00/cwt136.00–136.006765
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2498131.00/cwt131.00–131.006523
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2522123.62/cwt121.00–125.5064510
Heifers—Medium and Large 1527140.04/cwt132.50–142.0073814
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2568126.88/cwt122.00–129.0072119
Heifers—Medium and Large 1579130.50/cwt130.50–130.507567
Heifers—Medium and Large 1610127.57/cwt127.00–128.007787
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2623124.65/cwt123.00–125.5077710
Heifers—Medium 1647124.50/cwt124.50–124.508065
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2652121.00/cwt121.00–121.007893
Heifers—Medium and Large 1662125.75/cwt121.00–127.2583213
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2711113.18/cwt112.00–116.008057
Heifers—Medium and Large 1712123.69/cwt123.00–125.5088138
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2770110.00/cwt110.00–110.008474
Heifers—Medium and Large 1781114.85/cwt111.50–120.5089732
Heifers—Medium and Large 2802100.00/cwt100.00–100.008023
Heifers—Medium and Large 1809111.74/cwt109.50–115.009045
Heifers—Medium and Large 1887104.66/cwt104.00–107.009289
Feeder Cattle · Bulls6 lots · lightest first
Bulls—Medium and Large 1-2448144.00/cwt144.00–144.006454
Bulls—Medium and Large 1-2490143.50/cwt143.50–143.507037
Bulls—Medium and Large 1-2517142.72/cwt139.00–148.007386
Bulls—Medium and Large 1-2629127.85/cwt125.00–133.0080412
Bulls—Medium and Large 1-2665124.00/cwt124.00–124.008253
Bulls—Medium and Large 1-2721118.67/cwt115.00–121.008565
Slaughter Cattle · Bulls2 lots · lightest first
Bulls——1,34564.50/cwt64.50–64.508681
Bulls——1,93785.60/cwt82.00–90.501,6588
Slaughter Cattle · Cows9 lots · lightest first
Cows—Lean 85-90%91517.00/cwt17.00–17.001561
Cows—Lean 85-90%1,12150.83/cwt46.50–54.005709
Cows—Lean 85-90%1,25045.50/cwt45.50–45.505691
Cows—Boner 80-85%1,32156.93/cwt54.00–60.5075215
Cows—Boner 80-85%1,34762.55/cwt60.50–63.508438
Cows—Boner 80-85%1,41052.50/cwt52.50–52.507401
Cows—Breaker 75-80%1,43358.96/cwt57.00–60.008457
Cows—Breaker 75-80%1,45554.00/cwt54.00–54.007861
Cows—Breaker 75-80%1,46664.81/cwt63.25–65.009509
Replacement Cattle · Bred Cows1 lot · lightest first
Bred Cows—Medium and Large 1-21,2471,008.16/cwt750.00–1,325.0012,5729

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.