Sale reports / Missouri / Interstate Regional Stockyards / 2023-08-29

Interstate Regional Stockyards

Feeder Cattle · Slaughter Cattle · Replacement Cattle · Cuba, Missouri · Tue, Aug 29
● Final63 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 1814
Feeder Cattle receipts
664 head
▼ 553 vs last sale 1,217▼ 145 vs year ago 809 · −17.9%
Slaughter Cattle receipts
77 head
▲ 26 vs last sale 51▼ 64 vs year ago 141 · −45.4%
Replacement Cattle receipts
60 head
▲ 54 vs last sale 6▲ 40 vs year ago 20 · +200.0%
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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Based on limited comparisons with last week, feeder steers 3.00-6.00 higher. Feeder heifers 6.00-12.00 higher. Slaughter cows 2.00-4.00 higher. Demand good to very good. Light feeder offering with a nice run expected in two weeks after the Labor Day break. Cow sale following the feeders featured 47 good quality black and red SimAngus cross heifers bred to calve 2-21 or 4-8 to a proven calving ease Angus bull.

Weight classPick one — the panels below update

Heifers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot
0–100 lb heifers averaged $258.31/cwt on 218 head.
Average price
$258.31
218 head · 544 lb average
Value per head Derived
$1,406
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
$53
per head · Medium and Large 1-2 over Medium and Large 2
$27.70/cwt at this weight
vs the market
+7.06
vs MO average

Price by quality 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 1-2465262.071,21961
Medium and Large 1581258.551,503146
Medium and Large 2497234.361,16611thin
One grade step is worth $27.70/cwt here — about $53 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 sale218 hd
258.31
—
MO average13 barns · 4,922 hd
251.25
+7.06
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—Average1,668122.902,05014
CowsBreaker 75-80%Average1,433112.751,6162thin
CowsBoner 80-85%High1,321109.081,44124
CowsLean 85-90%Average1,206102.171,23214

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 Cows3rd Stage (7-9 mo)Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)1,495$1,7751thin
Bred Heifers1st/2nd Stage (1-6 mo)(<2 yrs)1,027$2,52847
Cow-Calf PairsOpenYoung/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)925$2,1505

Every lot

63 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 · Steers22 lots · lightest first
Steers—Medium and Large 1322325.00/cwt325.00–325.001,0475
Steers—Medium and Large 2343280.00/cwt280.00–280.009606
Steers—Medium and Large 1378328.75/cwt327.50–330.001,2436
Steers—Medium and Large 1Fleshy388295.00/cwt295.00–295.001,1453
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2416302.92/cwt282.50–312.501,26014
Steers—Medium and Large 1417319.99/cwt317.50–322.501,3344
Steers—Medium and Large 2424260.00/cwt260.00–260.001,1029
Steers—Medium and Large 1Fleshy480269.35/cwt265.00–272.501,29316
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2490283.53/cwt280.00–284.001,38916
Steers—Medium 1-2515252.50/cwt252.50–252.501,3004
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2516272.30/cwt270.00–275.001,40517
Steers—Medium 1-2550250.00/cwt250.00–250.001,3753
Steers—Medium and Large 1Unweaned564264.00/cwt264.00–264.001,4897
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2585259.00/cwt259.00–259.001,5153
Steers—Medium and Large 1591262.00/cwt262.00–262.001,5484
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2609258.94/cwt255.00–260.001,57714
Steers—Medium and Large 1Unweaned612256.02/cwt254.00–258.001,5674
Steers—Medium and Large 1Fleshy651252.00/cwt252.00–252.001,6415
Steers—Medium and Large 1659266.80/cwt263.00–267.001,75860
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2696245.00/cwt245.00–245.001,7056
Steers—Medium and Large 1775242.94/cwt240.00–246.001,8834
Steers—Medium and Large 1843238.00/cwt238.00–238.002,0065
Feeder Cattle · Heifers23 lots · lightest first
Heifers—Medium and Large 1307294.14/cwt292.50–300.0090311
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2316286.00/cwt286.00–286.009047
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2373266.04/cwt262.00–270.0099211
Heifers—Medium and Large 1379296.26/cwt282.50–302.501,1236
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2403272.50/cwt272.50–272.501,0986
Heifers—Medium and Large 1411290.01/cwt285.00–292.501,1926
Heifers—Medium and Large 1468276.00/cwt273.00–279.001,29222
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2471263.29/cwt256.00–274.001,24021
Heifers—Medium and Large 2472234.00/cwt234.00–234.001,1047
Heifers—Medium and Large 1520261.96/cwt260.00–265.001,3625
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2526253.50/cwt251.00–257.501,3335
Heifers—Medium and Large 2542235.00/cwt235.00–235.001,2744
Heifers—Medium and Large 1Unweaned557249.49/cwt247.50–252.501,3905
Heifers—Medium and Large 1582259.03/cwt250.00–261.501,50834
Heifers—Medium and Large 1Fleshy588250.49/cwt247.00–254.001,4734
Heifers—Medium and Large 1617251.30/cwt249.00–252.501,55110
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2627244.00/cwt244.00–244.001,5306
Heifers—Medium and Large 1Unweaned633242.51/cwt240.00–245.001,5354
Heifers—Medium and Large 1663248.24/cwt240.00–251.001,6468
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2Fleshy672232.40/cwt230.00–234.001,5625
Heifers—Medium and Large 1766234.47/cwt229.50–235.501,79612
Heifers—Medium and Large 1820227.00/cwt227.00–227.001,86116
Heifers—Medium and Large 1865214.00/cwt214.00–214.001,8513
Feeder Cattle · Bulls6 lots · lightest first
Bulls—Medium and Large 1-2408313.73/cwt310.00–317.501,2804
Bulls—Medium and Large 1-2466268.24/cwt260.00–272.501,2507
Bulls—Medium and Large 1-2538240.00/cwt240.00–240.001,2912
Bulls—Medium and Large 1-2625243.00/cwt243.00–243.001,5192
Bulls—Medium and Large 1-2685228.00/cwt228.00–228.001,5622
Bulls—Medium and Large 1-2730217.00/cwt217.00–217.001,5842
Feeder Cattle · Dairy Steers2 lots · lightest first
Dairy Steers—Large 3628135.00/cwt135.00–135.008484
Dairy Steers—Large 3909119.50/cwt119.50–119.501,0864
Slaughter Cattle · Bulls3 lots · lightest first
Bulls——1,487113.36/cwt105.00–118.501,6866
Bulls——1,766126.87/cwt121.50–131.502,2416
Bulls——1,915139.59/cwt137.00–142.002,6732
Slaughter Cattle · Cows4 lots · lightest first
Cows—Lean 85-90%1,206102.17/cwt102.00–104.501,23214
Cows—Boner 80-85%1,312108.31/cwt105.50–113.001,42121
Cows—Boner 80-85%1,383114.50/cwt114.50–114.501,5843
Cows—Breaker 75-80%1,433112.75/cwt112.50–113.001,6162
Replacement Cattle · Bred Heifers1 lot · lightest first
Bred Heifers—Medium and Large 11,0272,528.42/head2,400.00–2,550.002,52847
Replacement Cattle · Bred Cows1 lot · lightest first
Bred Cows—Medium and Large 11,4951,775.00/head1,775.00–1,775.001,7751
Replacement Cattle · Cow-Calf Pairs1 lot · lightest first
Cow-Calf Pairs—Medium and Large 1-29252,150.00/head2,150.00–2,150.002,1505

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.