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Interstate Regional Stockyards

Feeder Cattle · Slaughter Cattle · Cuba, Missouri · Tue, Oct 1
● Final66 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 1814
Feeder Cattle receipts
657 head
▼ 467 vs last sale 1,124▲ 27 vs year ago 630 · +4.3%
Slaughter Cattle receipts
94 head
▲ 20 vs last sale 74▲ 4 vs year ago 90 · +4.4%
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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Based on limited comparisons with last week, feeder steers firm to 4.00 higher. Feeder heifers under 550 lbs 2.00.4.00 lower, over 550 lbs steady. Slaughter cows steady. Demand moderate to good. Supply light.

Weight classPick one — the panels below update

Heifers · summary 500–600 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot
500–600 lb heifers averaged $244.43/cwt on 62 head. That ranks 1 of 24 comparable sales and sits −164.49 against this barn's trailing median of $408.91.
Average price
$244.43
62 head · 545 lb average
Value per head Derived
$1,333
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
$171
per head · Medium and Large 1 over Medium and Large 2
$16.27/cwt at this weight
vs the market
−12.25
vs MO average
−2.35 vs national

Price by quality 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 1559246.881,37925
Medium and Large 1-2538244.241,31433
Medium and Large 2524230.611,2084thin
One grade step is worth $16.27/cwt here — about $171 a head. Across this sale the premium is widest at 300–400 lb. USDA reports each grade on its own line and never publishes the spread.

How it compared 500–600 lb

Same class and week · spot auction only
This sale62 hd
244.43
—
MO average15 barns · 1,718 hd
256.68
−12.25
National average172 barns · 12,740 hd
246.78
−2.35
This barn, trailing median24 sales
408.91
−164.49
A barn can sit above the state average at one weight and below it at another — check the class you actually sell.

This barn's trailing prices 500–600 lb

24 sales
467423379336median 408.9103/0304/2106/0909/2911/03
Heifers 500–600 lb: high $453.15, low $349.60, median $408.91 across 24 sales. Sales under 10 head in this class are excluded, so a thin day cannot swing the median or the ranking.

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—Low1,651151.402,4999thin
CowsBoner 80-85%High1,226122.051,49619
CowsBreaker 75-80%Average1,628117.931,9206thin
CowsLean 85-90%Average1,093107.141,1718thin

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 · Steers28 lots · lightest first
Steers300–350Medium and Large 1-2308358.84/cwt355.00–362.501,1054
Steers350–400Medium and Large 1-2364327.44/cwt317.50–337.501,1926
Steers400–450Medium and Large 1-2439289.73/cwt282.50–297.001,2724
Steers450–500Medium and Large 1-2469284.56/cwt280.00–285.001,33522
Steers450–500Medium and Large 1470297.13/cwt290.00–300.001,3978
Steers450–500Medium and Large 1Unweaned499272.50/cwt272.50–272.501,3605
Steers500–550Medium and Large 1511317.73/cwt315.00–321.001,62412
Steers500–550Medium and Large 1-2518276.44/cwt270.00–290.001,43214
Steers500–550Medium and Large 1-2Fleshy524270.00/cwt270.00–270.001,4155
Steers500–550Medium and Large 2525249.90/cwt239.00–267.501,3125
Steers500–550Medium and Large 1Unweaned536268.00/cwt268.00–268.001,43610
Steers550–600Medium and Large 1Unweaned569266.01/cwt265.00–267.501,5145
Steers550–600Medium and Large 1Fleshy578265.00/cwt265.00–265.001,5326
Steers550–600Medium and Large 1-2Full579245.00/cwt245.00–245.001,4194
Steers550–600Medium and Large 1585283.00/cwt283.00–283.001,6563
Steers550–600Medium and Large 1-2Fleshy592260.00/cwt260.00–260.001,5394
Steers600–650Medium and Large 1Unweaned603245.00/cwt245.00–245.001,4773
Steers600–650Medium and Large 1-2614262.56/cwt260.00–265.001,6124
Steers600–650Medium and Large 1Full615270.00/cwt270.00–270.001,6615
Steers600–650Medium and Large 1Fleshy619263.23/cwt260.00–265.001,62911
Steers650–700Medium and Large 1692257.75/cwt257.50–258.001,7844
Steers650–700Medium and Large 1Unweaned692230.00/cwt230.00–230.001,5924
Steers700–750Medium and Large 1724261.60/cwt253.00–263.501,89416
Steers700–750Medium and Large 1-2733249.62/cwt247.00–255.001,8306
Steers700–750Medium and Large 1-2Full738240.00/cwt240.00–240.001,7713
Steers750–800Medium and Large 1-2770236.58/cwt235.00–239.001,8225
Steers800–850Medium and Large 1831241.12/cwt231.00–246.002,0046
Steers900–950Medium and Large 1911221.50/cwt221.50–221.502,0189
Feeder Cattle · Heifers25 lots · lightest first
Heifers300–350Medium 2332244.00/cwt244.00–244.008103
Heifers350–400Medium and Large 1-2Unweaned359265.00/cwt265.00–265.009514
Heifers350–400Medium and Large 1-2386263.06/cwt260.00–265.001,0155
Heifers350–400Medium and Large 1390280.00/cwt280.00–280.001,0924
Heifers400–450Medium and Large 1-2407267.47/cwt260.00–275.001,0894
Heifers400–450Medium and Large 2426242.51/cwt220.00–260.001,0337
Heifers450–500Medium and Large 1467266.23/cwt260.00–272.501,2434
Heifers450–500Medium and Large 1-2Unweaned470249.80/cwt248.00–250.001,17452
Heifers450–500Medium and Large 1Unweaned475260.00/cwt260.00–260.001,2353
Heifers450–500Medium and Large 1-2487265.98/cwt260.00–270.001,2955
Heifers500–550Medium and Large 1-2522248.96/cwt245.00–252.001,30018
Heifers500–550Medium and Large 2524230.61/cwt228.00–233.001,2084
Heifers500–550Medium and Large 1-2Unweaned537239.00/cwt239.00–239.001,2833
Heifers500–550Medium and Large 1542258.00/cwt258.00–258.001,3983
Heifers550–600Medium and Large 1555250.73/cwt249.00–253.001,39211
Heifers550–600Medium and Large 1-2556245.00/cwt245.00–245.001,3626
Heifers550–600Medium and Large 1Unweaned567240.00/cwt240.00–240.001,36111
Heifers550–600Medium and Large 1-2Fleshy568231.95/cwt230.00–234.001,3176
Heifers600–650Medium and Large 1-2632234.96/cwt229.00–239.001,4859
Heifers600–650Medium and Large 1636243.82/cwt243.00–245.001,55111
Heifers650–700Medium and Large 1-2680226.00/cwt226.00–226.001,5373
Heifers700–750Medium and Large 1Full703233.50/cwt233.50–233.501,6426
Heifers700–750Medium and Large 1-2704225.82/cwt220.00–230.001,5906
Heifers700–750Medium and Large 1707239.60/cwt233.00–240.751,69427
Heifers750–800Medium and Large 1773222.24/cwt219.00–225.001,7189
Feeder Cattle · Bulls5 lots · lightest first
Bulls450–500Medium and Large 1-2480254.02/cwt250.00–265.001,2197
Bulls500–550Medium and Large 1-2533250.80/cwt231.50–265.001,33720
Bulls550–600Medium and Large 1-2570237.38/cwt232.50–240.001,3539
Bulls600–650Medium and Large 2620221.00/cwt221.00–221.001,3705
Bulls700–750Medium and Large 1-2720220.00/cwt220.00–220.001,5842
Slaughter Cattle · Bulls3 lots · lightest first
Bulls——1,435140.60/cwt134.00–154.002,0185
Bulls——1,803159.79/cwt154.00–166.002,8812
Bulls——2,038170.00/cwt170.00–170.003,4652
Slaughter Cattle · Cows5 lots · lightest first
Cows—Lean 85-90%1,093107.14/cwt104.50–110.001,1718
Cows—Boner 80-85%1,193128.79/cwt124.00–133.501,5369
Cows—Boner 80-85%1,255115.98/cwt113.00–121.501,45610
Cows—Breaker 75-80%1,590123.50/cwt123.50–123.501,9641
Cows—Breaker 75-80%1,636116.82/cwt113.00–120.001,9115

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.