Sale reports / Missouri / Interstate Regional Stockyards / 2023-01-24

Interstate Regional Stockyards

Feeder Cattle · Slaughter Cattle · Cuba, Missouri · Tue, Jan 24
● Final40 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 1814
Feeder Cattle receipts
242 head
▼ 897 vs last sale 1,139▼ 1,437 vs year ago 1,679 · −85.6%
Slaughter Cattle receipts
110 head
▲ 3 vs last sale 107▲ 12 vs year ago 98 · +12.2%
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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Feeder supply not sufficient to establish a market trend. Slaughter cows 3.00-5.00 higher. Light numbers with the winter storm approaching but still a good feeder trade with several buyers on hand.

Weight classPick one — the panels below update

Heifers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot
0–100 lb heifers averaged $170.24/cwt on 80 head.
Average price
$170.24
80 head · 506 lb average
Value per head Derived
$861
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
−$248
per head · Medium and Large 1-2 over Medium and Large 1
$2.67/cwt at this weight
vs the market
−1.85
vs MO average

Price by quality 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 1-2429171.5773640
Medium and Large 1582168.9198440
One grade step is worth $2.67/cwt here — about −$248 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 sale80 hd
170.24
—
MO average19 barns · 6,916 hd
172.09
−1.85
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—High1,662104.221,73211
CowsBreaker 75-80%Average1,50080.901,21410
CowsBoner 80-85%Low1,23979.5298539
CowsLean 85-90%Low1,05869.0873126

Every lot

40 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 · Steers10 lots · lightest first
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2263206.00/cwt206.00–206.005423
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2333210.00/cwt210.00–210.006994
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2392207.91/cwt205.00–210.008157
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2477199.83/cwt199.00–200.009536
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2523197.80/cwt190.00–205.001,0348
Steers—Medium and Large 1535202.94/cwt198.00–209.001,08610
Steers—Medium and Large 1620188.03/cwt182.50–192.001,1665
Steers—Medium and Large 1668172.50/cwt172.50–172.501,1524
Steers—Medium and Large 1702171.50/cwt171.50–171.501,2042
Steers—Medium and Large 1765168.31/cwt165.00–170.001,2886
Feeder Cattle · Heifers16 lots · lightest first
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2269170.00/cwt170.00–170.004575
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2313174.06/cwt160.00–180.005457
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2388174.19/cwt169.00–177.506765
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2408181.57/cwt181.00–182.007417
Heifers—Medium and Large 1437180.00/cwt180.00–180.007873
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2478172.58/cwt170.00–180.008259
Heifers—Medium and Large 1487184.00/cwt184.00–184.008967
Heifers—Medium and Large 1508181.00/cwt181.00–181.009193
Heifers—Medium and Large 1565176.49/cwt175.00–178.009974
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2568166.85/cwt160.00–174.009484
Heifers—Medium and Large 1Fleshy581162.50/cwt160.00–164.009449
Heifers—Medium and Large 1615164.31/cwt163.00–165.001,0116
Heifers—Medium and Large 1655160.00/cwt160.00–160.001,0484
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2753144.00/cwt144.00–144.001,0843
Heifers—Medium and Large 1758151.00/cwt151.00–151.001,1452
Heifers—Medium and Large 1870144.50/cwt144.50–144.501,2572
Feeder Cattle · Bulls3 lots · lightest first
Bulls—Medium 2399145.00/cwt145.00–145.005795
Bulls—Medium and Large 1-2466185.36/cwt173.00–197.008644
Bulls—Medium and Large 1-2627150.34/cwt150.00–151.009436
Slaughter Cattle · Bulls3 lots · lightest first
Bulls——1,36589.00/cwt89.00–89.001,2151
Bulls——1,632102.96/cwt98.00–109.001,6807
Bulls——1,832112.24/cwt109.00–115.002,0563
Slaughter Cattle · Cows8 lots · lightest first
Cows—Lean 85-90%1,01364.35/cwt58.00–68.0065211
Cows—Lean 85-90%1,05270.33/cwt67.50–74.0074012
Cows—Boner 80-85%1,21385.45/cwt82.00–87.001,03711
Cows—Boner 80-85%1,23872.06/cwt64.00–75.008928
Cows—Lean 85-90%1,24581.43/cwt77.00–84.001,0143
Cows—Boner 80-85%1,25479.25/cwt76.00–82.5099420
Cows—Breaker 75-80%1,47885.00/cwt85.00–85.001,2564
Cows—Breaker 75-80%1,51578.17/cwt75.50–81.001,1846

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.