Sale reports / Missouri / Interstate Regional Stockyards / 2023-11-14

Interstate Regional Stockyards

Feeder Cattle · Slaughter Cattle · Replacement Cattle · Cuba, Missouri · Tue, Nov 14
● Final58 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 1814
Feeder Cattle receipts
836 head
▼ 656 vs last sale 1,492▼ 654 vs year ago 1,490 · −43.9%
Slaughter Cattle receipts
248 head
▲ 45 vs last sale 203▲ 124 vs year ago 124 · +100.0%
Replacement Cattle receipts
30 head
▲ 0 vs last sale 30▲ 11 vs year ago 19 · +57.9%
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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to last week, On a moderate offering and a good demand on today's market, Weaned and vaccinated feeder steers and heifers sold 5.00 to 7.00 higher while the lower quality fleshy and unweaned calves traded steady to firm. Slaughter cows and bulls traded 2.00 to 4.00 lower

Weight classPick one — the panels below update

Steers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot
0–100 lb steers averaged $238.50/cwt on 337 head.
Average price
$238.50
337 head · 566 lb average
Value per head Derived
$1,349
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
$765
per head · Medium and Large 1 over Large 3
$102.47/cwt at this weight
vs the market
−5.57
vs MO average

Price by quality 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 1591253.851,501226
Medium and Large 1-2509241.381,22961
Large 1-2580198.001,1489thin
Medium and Large 2536170.8791715thin
Large 3486151.3873626
One grade step is worth $102.47/cwt here — about $765 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 sale337 hd
238.50
—
MO average16 barns · 10,951 hd
244.07
−5.57
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—Low1,675106.931,79111
CowsBreaker 75-80%Average1,47093.681,37719
CowsBoner 80-85%Average1,29486.411,11839
CowsLean 85-90%Low1,07179.4585135

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)1,233$1,47216

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 · Steers24 lots · lightest first
Steers—Medium and Large 2330175.00/cwt175.00–175.005783
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2364257.00/cwt257.00–257.0093510
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2423248.69/cwt237.50–260.001,05219
Steers—Medium and Large 1437274.10/cwt270.00–277.501,19811
Steers—Large 3452153.00/cwt153.00–153.0069212
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2468234.84/cwt220.00–254.001,0997
Steers—Medium and Large 2468167.50/cwt167.50–167.507844
Steers—Medium and Large 1476269.91/cwt260.00–282.501,28513
Steers—Large 1-2510200.00/cwt200.00–200.001,0203
Steers—Large 3515150.00/cwt150.00–150.0077314
Steers—Medium and Large 1519262.26/cwt256.00–268.001,36140
Steers—Medium and Large 2550173.00/cwt173.00–173.009524
Steers—Medium and Large 1570256.86/cwt249.00–266.001,46467
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2586240.45/cwt234.00–257.001,40911
Steers—Large 1-2Unweaned615197.00/cwt197.00–197.001,2126
Steers—Medium and Large 1621250.39/cwt241.00–256.001,55557
Steers—Medium and Large 1673239.86/cwt234.00–249.001,61411
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2681227.00/cwt227.00–227.001,54610
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2714217.50/cwt217.50–217.501,5534
Steers—Medium and Large 1727238.00/cwt238.00–238.001,7308
Steers—Medium and Large 2746169.00/cwt169.00–169.001,2614
Steers—Medium and Large 1752235.80/cwt233.00–237.001,77310
Steers—Medium and Large 1824220.50/cwt220.50–220.501,8177
Steers—Medium and Large 1888215.00/cwt215.00–215.001,9092
Feeder Cattle · Heifers22 lots · lightest first
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2302217.00/cwt217.00–217.006556
Heifers—Medium 1-2328205.00/cwt205.00–205.006724
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2377225.00/cwt225.00–225.008485
Heifers—Medium 1-2380208.93/cwt200.00–219.0079412
Heifers—Medium and Large 2395200.00/cwt200.00–200.007904
Heifers—Medium 1-2456207.50/cwt207.50–207.509464
Heifers—Large 3468152.00/cwt152.00–152.0071116
Heifers—Medium and Large 1478239.83/cwt235.00–248.001,14634
Heifers—Medium and Large 2478200.00/cwt200.00–200.009563
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2480218.37/cwt210.00–230.001,04812
Heifers—Large 3520147.00/cwt147.00–147.0076411
Heifers—Medium and Large 1527233.86/cwt226.00–238.001,23212
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2548204.00/cwt204.00–204.001,1187
Heifers—Medium and Large 1566226.00/cwt226.00–226.001,2794
Heifers—Medium 1-2570190.00/cwt190.00–190.001,0833
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2583204.16/cwt200.00–210.001,19016
Heifers—Medium and Large 2602179.00/cwt179.00–179.001,0787
Heifers—Medium and Large 1616217.10/cwt215.00–219.001,33715
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2617199.50/cwt191.00–208.001,23117
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2660196.00/cwt196.00–196.001,2943
Heifers—Medium and Large 1691208.00/cwt208.00–208.001,4379
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2781170.00/cwt170.00–170.001,3285
Feeder Cattle · Bulls4 lots · lightest first
Bulls—Medium and Large 1-2359263.49/cwt244.00–277.509467
Bulls—Medium and Large 1-2493243.50/cwt243.50–243.501,2005
Bulls—Medium and Large 1-2516235.14/cwt230.00–240.001,2138
Bulls—Medium and Large 1-2615213.96/cwt210.00–220.001,31610
Slaughter Cattle · Bulls2 lots · lightest first
Bulls——1,57596.21/cwt90.00–101.501,5153
Bulls——1,713110.95/cwt108.00–118.001,9018
Slaughter Cattle · Cows5 lots · lightest first
Cows—Lean 85-90%99175.36/cwt74.50–75.507477
Cows—Lean 85-90%1,09180.47/cwt77.50–86.5087828
Cows—Boner 80-85%1,25480.58/cwt78.50–82.001,0108
Cows—Boner 80-85%1,30487.91/cwt83.00–97.001,14631
Cows—Breaker 75-80%1,47093.68/cwt89.00–97.501,37719
Replacement Cattle · Bred Cows1 lot · lightest first
Bred Cows—Medium and Large 1-21,2331,471.97/head1,300.00–1,650.001,47216

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.