Sale reports / Missouri / Interstate Regional Stockyards / 2023-03-07

Interstate Regional Stockyards

Feeder Cattle · Slaughter Cattle · Replacement Cattle · Cuba, Missouri · Tue, Mar 7
● Final66 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 1814
Feeder Cattle receipts
1,178 head
▲ 378 vs last sale 800▲ 426 vs year ago 752 · +56.6%
Slaughter Cattle receipts
142 head
▲ 76 vs last sale 66▲ 3 vs year ago 139 · +2.2%
Replacement Cattle receipts
20 head
▲ 0 vs last sale 20▼ 10 vs year ago 30 · −33.3%
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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to last Tuesday, feeder steers 2.00-5.00 higher. Feeder heifers 2.00-10.00 higher. Slaughter cows 1.00-3.00 higher. Demand good to very good. Supply moderate. Several light new crop calves in the feeder mix. Feeder futures have made strong advances to start the week with November feeders now at 223.00/cwt while the cash feeder index is also working higher.

Weight classPick one — the panels below update

Steers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot
0–100 lb steers averaged $237.33/cwt on 427 head.
Average price
$237.33
427 head · 503 lb average
Value per head Derived
$1,193
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
$101
per head · Medium and Large 1 over Large 1
$36.44/cwt at this weight
vs the market
+20.13
vs MO average

Price by quality 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 1518238.441,236329
Medium and Large 1-2445236.021,05090
Medium 1-2484208.651,0105thin
Large 1562202.001,1353thin
One grade step is worth $36.44/cwt here — about $101 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 sale427 hd
237.33
—
MO average19 barns · 14,608 hd
217.19
+20.13
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—Low1,754108.541,90412
CowsBreaker 75-80%Average1,51494.501,4304thin
CowsBoner 80-85%Average1,26689.191,12932
CowsLean 85-90%Very Low1,05476.9881154

Replacement cattle Per head

By class, stage and age
Bred stock and pairs are reported per head, not per hundredweight — these prices are never mixed with the $/cwt figures above.
ClassStageAgeAvg wt$/headHead
Bred Cows2nd/3rd Stage (4-9 mo)Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)1,085$1,2456

Every lot

66 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 1-2260250.00/cwt250.00–250.006505
Steers—Medium and Large 1324267.07/cwt260.00–275.0086518
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2326258.09/cwt254.00–267.0084115
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2372246.91/cwt228.00–270.0091916
Steers—Medium and Large 1381269.10/cwt265.00–292.501,02519
Steers—Medium and Large 1428266.48/cwt259.00–280.001,14154
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2431258.00/cwt258.00–258.001,1126
Steers—Medium and Large 1Fleshy431257.70/cwt250.00–264.001,1117
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2463232.22/cwt228.00–238.001,07532
Steers—Medium and Large 1Fleshy464233.27/cwt232.50–235.001,08210
Steers—Medium and Large 1472248.92/cwt235.00–267.001,17548
Steers—Medium 1-2484208.65/cwt200.00–214.001,0105
Steers—Medium and Large 1Fleshy517220.47/cwt210.00–237.001,14021
Steers—Medium and Large 1533247.67/cwt241.00–256.001,32035
Steers—Large 1562202.00/cwt202.00–202.001,1353
Steers—Medium and Large 1572232.37/cwt230.50–237.001,32922
Steers—Medium and Large 1Fleshy573201.55/cwt190.00–215.001,15523
Steers—Medium and Large 1Fleshy605212.00/cwt212.00–212.001,2833
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2607201.00/cwt201.00–201.001,2203
Steers—Medium and Large 1639224.54/cwt209.50–229.001,43540
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2668199.09/cwt196.00–200.501,33013
Steers—Medium and Large 1Fleshy691192.00/cwt192.00–192.001,3277
Steers—Medium and Large 1729187.46/cwt185.00–190.001,36715
Steers—Medium and Large 1803176.00/cwt176.00–176.001,4137
Feeder Cattle · Heifers24 lots · lightest first
Heifers—Medium and Large 1262232.00/cwt232.00–232.006088
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2322219.45/cwt212.50–222.5070720
Heifers—Medium and Large 1335235.15/cwt230.00–246.0078823
Heifers—Medium and Large 1363232.58/cwt224.00–237.0084434
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2370211.08/cwt206.00–219.007817
Heifers—Medium and Large 1Fleshy382222.50/cwt222.50–222.508504
Heifers—Medium and Large 1Value Added383243.00/cwt243.00–243.0093112
Heifers—Medium and Large 1420231.77/cwt223.00–235.0097367
Heifers—Medium 1-2437183.00/cwt183.00–183.008003
Heifers—Medium and Large 1Fleshy448210.00/cwt210.00–210.009414
Heifers—Medium and Large 1465223.12/cwt213.00–232.001,03831
Heifers—Medium and Large 1Fleshy494204.53/cwt200.00–205.001,01021
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2513195.33/cwt189.00–202.001,00222
Heifers—Medium and Large 1525213.51/cwt197.00–223.001,12121
Heifers—Medium and Large 2529175.17/cwt169.00–178.009276
Heifers—Medium and Large 1Fleshy538192.23/cwt182.00–200.001,0347
Heifers—Medium and Large 1578197.88/cwt195.00–199.001,14429
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2584187.65/cwt182.50–190.001,0969
Heifers—Large 1604181.49/cwt180.00–183.001,0964
Heifers—Medium and Large 1Value Added610195.54/cwt195.00–196.501,19317
Heifers—Medium and Large 1636196.34/cwt191.00–200.001,24917
Heifers—Medium and Large 1682186.33/cwt183.00–188.001,27133
Heifers—Medium and Large 1736178.76/cwt178.00–179.001,3168
Heifers—Medium and Large 1769175.00/cwt175.00–175.001,3464
Feeder Cattle · Bulls4 lots · lightest first
Bulls—Medium and Large 1-2431252.12/cwt251.00–254.001,08711
Bulls—Medium and Large 1-2521190.84/cwt180.00–220.0099411
Bulls—Medium and Large 1-2626176.15/cwt175.00–177.001,1037
Bulls—Medium and Large 1-2764158.93/cwt153.00–163.001,2147
Slaughter Cattle · Bulls3 lots · lightest first
Bulls——1,63795.40/cwt82.00–101.001,5623
Bulls——1,761110.59/cwt103.00–116.001,9477
Bulls——1,905121.10/cwt119.00–123.002,3072
Slaughter Cattle · Cows10 lots · lightest first
Cows—Lean 85-90%90451.27/cwt42.00–61.004634
Cows—Lean 85-90%98869.74/cwt65.00–76.5068910
Cows—Lean 85-90%1,06986.82/cwt85.50–87.509283
Cows—Lean 85-90%1,08780.92/cwt77.50–85.5088037
Cows—Boner 80-85%Heavy Weight1,25084.50/cwt84.50–84.501,0561
Cows—Boner 80-85%1,25389.16/cwt85.50–92.001,11725
Cows—Boner 80-85%1,29396.15/cwt95.00–97.501,2433
Cows—Boner 80-85%1,35284.00/cwt84.00–84.001,1363
Cows—Breaker 75-80%1,48391.66/cwt89.50–94.501,3593
Cows—Breaker 75-80%1,605103.00/cwt103.00–103.001,6531
Replacement Cattle · Bred Cows1 lot · lightest first
Bred Cows—Medium and Large 1-21,0851,245.17/head1,200.00–1,360.001,2456

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.