Sale reports / Missouri / Interstate Regional Stockyards / 2021-03-09

Interstate Regional Stockyards

Feeder Cattle · Slaughter Cattle · Replacement Cattle · Cuba, Missouri · Tue, Mar 9
● Final82 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 1814
Feeder Cattle receipts
1,543 head
▲ 594 vs last sale 949▲ 935 vs year ago 608 · +153.8%
Slaughter Cattle receipts
85 head
▼ 1 vs last sale 86▲ 48 vs year ago 37 · +129.7%
Replacement Cattle receipts
15 head
▼ 3 vs last sale 18▲ 5 vs year ago 10 · +50.0%
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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to last Tuesday, feeder steers and heifers steady to 3.00 higher with some steers near 550 lbs and heifers near 425 lbs 3.00-5.00 higher. Slaughter cows steady. to 1.00 lower. Demand moderate to good. Supply moderate. The feeder market got a little help from spring feeder contracts which were up 180-240 points on Tuesday.

Weight classPick one — the panels below update

Heifers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot
0–100 lb heifers averaged $130.66/cwt on 526 head.
Average price
$130.66
526 head · 596 lb average
Value per head Derived
$778
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
$271
per head · Medium and Large 1 over Medium 2-3
$22.93/cwt at this weight
vs the market
−5.53
vs MO average

Price by quality 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 1628132.93834276
Medium and Large 1-2551131.47725187
Medium and Large 2581119.3569341
Large 1633118.9375314thin
Medium 2584113.006604thin
Medium 2-3512110.005634thin
One grade step is worth $22.93/cwt here — about $271 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 sale526 hd
130.66
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MO average18 barns · 14,148 hd
136.18
−5.53
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—Low1,64375.111,23410
CowsBreaker 75-80%High1,56858.1391210
CowsBoner 80-85%Average1,27456.597215thin
CowsLean 85-90%Low1,12136.5841019

Every lot

82 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 · Steers27 lots · lightest first
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2314183.81/cwt175.00–185.005778
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2369169.50/cwt168.00–170.006258
Steers—Medium and Large 1Fleshy393163.52/cwt161.00–166.006434
Steers—Medium 1-2419163.00/cwt163.00–163.006834
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2428166.59/cwt161.00–175.0071315
Steers—Medium and Large 1434183.90/cwt181.00–187.007984
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2469169.39/cwt166.00–176.007946
Steers—Medium and Large 1497175.74/cwt174.00–181.008734
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2529160.68/cwt151.00–170.0085033
Steers—Medium and Large 1541171.18/cwt157.50–181.0092615
Steers—Medium and Large 1565172.22/cwt157.50–182.7597332
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2567144.33/cwt140.00–151.0081813
Steers—Medium 1-2585131.72/cwt131.50–132.007719
Steers—Medium and Large 1Fleshy587154.00/cwt154.00–154.009043
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2616146.20/cwt138.00–151.5090141
Steers—Medium and Large 1626152.31/cwt148.50–163.0095332
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2Full635136.50/cwt136.50–136.508673
Steers—Medium and Large 1659143.86/cwt143.75–145.0094823
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2666134.61/cwt131.00–138.5089721
Steers—Medium and Large 1Fleshy669135.00/cwt135.00–135.009038
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2739130.84/cwt127.50–133.5096730
Steers—Medium and Large 2751123.75/cwt123.75–123.7592918
Steers—Medium and Large 1Fleshy753126.00/cwt126.00–126.009499
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2787126.45/cwt121.50–128.5099548
Steers—Medium and Large 1830135.00/cwt135.00–135.001,12111
Steers—Medium and Large 1881123.25/cwt123.25–123.251,08665
Steers—Medium and Large 11,014114.29/cwt113.00–115.251,15914
Feeder Cattle · Heifers36 lots · lightest first
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2239165.00/cwt165.00–165.003947
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2287156.00/cwt156.00–156.004486
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2330143.42/cwt141.00–146.004734
Heifers—Medium and Large 1375149.59/cwt143.00–156.5056119
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2378140.76/cwt140.50–141.005324
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2422143.35/cwt137.00–150.0060526
Heifers—Medium and Large 1440152.31/cwt141.00–161.0067025
Heifers—Medium and Large 1469140.97/cwt140.00–144.006618
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2474134.51/cwt131.00–136.0063813
Heifers—Medium 2-3512110.00/cwt110.00–110.005634
Heifers—Medium and Large 2518123.45/cwt120.50–125.0063922
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2527130.50/cwt125.00–135.5068832
Heifers—Large 1533123.50/cwt123.50–123.506585
Heifers—Medium and Large 1538135.18/cwt134.00–138.5072711
Heifers—Large 1559120.00/cwt120.00–120.006714
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2566129.80/cwt124.00–134.5073525
Heifers—Medium and Large 1580137.24/cwt131.00–140.7579660
Heifers—Medium 2584113.00/cwt113.00–113.006604
Heifers—Medium and Large 2597115.00/cwt115.00–115.006873
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2619124.12/cwt123.50–126.0076813
Heifers—Medium and Large 1Fleshy630125.22/cwt124.50–126.507898
Heifers—Medium and Large 2631118.73/cwt117.50–120.007494
Heifers—Medium and Large 1Unweaned638119.00/cwt119.00–119.007593
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2665125.23/cwt120.00–127.7583312
Heifers—Medium and Large 2666117.50/cwt117.50–117.507839
Heifers—Medium and Large 1676130.17/cwt124.50–132.2588074
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2Full686116.18/cwt116.00–116.5079711
Heifers—Medium and Large 2700100.00/cwt100.00–100.007003
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2724119.86/cwt110.00–126.0086825
Heifers—Medium and Large 1729124.00/cwt124.00–124.009049
Heifers—Medium and Large 1758126.25/cwt126.25–126.2595727
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2759124.50/cwt124.50–124.509456
Heifers—Large 1793113.50/cwt113.50–113.509005
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2817107.50/cwt107.50–107.508783
Heifers—Medium and Large 1818114.75/cwt114.75–114.7593921
Heifers—Medium and Large 1856115.00/cwt115.00–115.0098411
Feeder Cattle · Bulls8 lots · lightest first
Bulls—Medium and Large 1-2424160.12/cwt145.00–169.0067928
Bulls—Medium and Large 1-2473142.09/cwt140.00–145.5067222
Bulls—Medium and Large 1-2527140.86/cwt133.50–151.0074229
Bulls—Medium and Large 1-2575135.00/cwt125.00–142.0077624
Bulls—Medium and Large 1-2617128.23/cwt124.00–132.0079115
Bulls—Medium and Large 1-2671122.70/cwt117.00–127.0082311
Bulls—Medium and Large 1-2726118.27/cwt113.00–123.0085922
Bulls—Medium and Large 1-2816105.87/cwt105.50–107.008648
Slaughter Cattle · Bulls3 lots · lightest first
Bulls——1,60581.52/cwt80.00–84.001,3084
Bulls——1,63466.60/cwt60.00–70.001,0885
Bulls——1,84092.00/cwt92.00–92.001,6931
Slaughter Cattle · Cows7 lots · lightest first
Cows—Lean 85-90%90422.70/cwt20.00–27.002057
Cows—Lean 85-90%1,08347.80/cwt47.00–48.505183
Cows—Lean 85-90%1,12057.50/cwt57.50–57.506441
Cows—Boner 80-85%1,27456.59/cwt55.00–59.007215
Cows—Lean 85-90%1,32641.91/cwt41.50–43.505568
Cows—Breaker 75-80%1,33860.50/cwt60.00–61.508093
Cows—Breaker 75-80%1,66757.11/cwt56.00–60.009527
Replacement Cattle · Bred Cows1 lot · lightest first
Bred Cows—Medium and Large 1-21,3281,033.20/cwt875.00–1,275.0013,7216

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.