Sale reports / Missouri / Interstate Regional Stockyards / 2024-11-12

Interstate Regional Stockyards

Feeder Cattle · Slaughter Cattle · Cuba, Missouri · Tue, Nov 12
● Final56 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 1814
Feeder Cattle receipts
1,087 head
▲ 340 vs last sale 747▲ 251 vs year ago 836 · +30.0%
Slaughter Cattle receipts
157 head
▼ 21 vs last sale 178▼ 91 vs year ago 248 · −36.7%
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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to the last sale two weeks ago, feeder cattle over 550 lbs sold with steady to higher undertones, and calves under 550 pounds sold steady to 5.00 higher. Slaughter cows and bulls sold steady.

Weight classPick one — the panels below update

Steers · summary 500–600 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot
500–600 lb steers averaged $286.15/cwt on 98 head. That ranks 1 of 24 comparable sales and sits −171.84 against this barn's trailing median of $457.99.
Average price
$286.15
98 head · 555 lb average
Value per head Derived
$1,589
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
$140
per head · Medium and Large 1 over Medium and Large 1-2
$17.22/cwt at this weight
vs the market
−3.52
vs MO average
−19.29 vs national

Price by quality 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 1560291.071,63070
Medium and Large 1-2544273.841,49028
One grade step is worth $17.22/cwt here — about $140 a head. Across this sale the premium is widest at 400–500 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 sale98 hd
286.15
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MO average18 barns · 2,939 hd
289.67
−3.52
National average190 barns · 31,255 hd
305.44
−19.29
This barn, trailing median24 sales
457.99
−171.84
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
533476418361median 457.9903/0304/2106/0909/2911/03
Steers 500–600 lb: high $519.42, low $374.69, median $457.99 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—Average1,846161.532,9837thin
CowsBreaker 75-80%Average1,454122.511,78133
CowsBoner 80-85%Average1,284117.421,50828
CowsLean 85-90%High1,07199.161,06225

Every lot

56 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 · Steers21 lots · lightest first
Steers350–400Medium and Large 1-2352282.00/cwt282.00–282.009934
Steers350–400Medium and Large 1378326.27/cwt325.00–327.501,2334
Steers400–450Medium and Large 1Value Added436320.00/cwt320.00–320.001,3954
Steers450–500Medium and Large 1467312.50/cwt312.50–312.501,4596
Steers450–500Medium and Large 1-2489261.00/cwt261.00–261.001,27612
Steers450–500Medium and Large 1Unweaned490301.00/cwt301.00–301.001,4755
Steers500–550Medium and Large 1521301.37/cwt293.50–321.001,57020
Steers500–550Medium and Large 1-2535275.33/cwt270.00–283.001,47323
Steers550–600Medium and Large 1574288.47/cwt277.50–299.001,65641
Steers550–600Medium and Large 1Value Added582280.00/cwt280.00–280.001,6309
Steers550–600Medium and Large 1-2585267.00/cwt267.00–267.001,5625
Steers600–650Medium and Large 1-2616259.33/cwt255.00–265.001,59716
Steers600–650Medium and Large 1628276.79/cwt272.00–280.501,73830
Steers600–650Medium and Large 1Value Added639278.25/cwt278.25–278.251,77869
Steers650–700Medium and Large 1-2668262.79/cwt260.00–265.001,75512
Steers650–700Medium and Large 1675263.64/cwt256.00–277.001,78024
Steers700–750Medium and Large 1-2739251.40/cwt250.00–255.001,8587
Steers750–800Medium and Large 1-2766244.63/cwt240.00–251.001,87416
Steers750–800Medium 1772234.00/cwt234.00–234.001,8063
Steers900–950Medium 1948200.00/cwt200.00–200.001,8963
Steers1000–1050Large 1-21,025170.00/cwt170.00–170.001,7433
Feeder Cattle · Heifers20 lots · lightest first
Heifers350–400Medium and Large 1377276.28/cwt273.00–280.001,0429
Heifers400–450Medium 1410254.00/cwt254.00–254.001,04114
Heifers400–450Medium 1-2420235.00/cwt235.00–235.009876
Heifers400–450Medium and Large 1-2422170.00/cwt170.00–170.007175
Heifers450–500Medium and Large 1481273.87/cwt273.50–275.001,3178
Heifers450–500Medium and Large 1-2484252.99/cwt241.00–266.001,22421
Heifers450–500Medium 1-2487240.00/cwt240.00–240.001,1693
Heifers500–550Medium and Large 1Value Added500272.00/cwt272.00–272.001,36022
Heifers500–550Medium and Large 1-2501257.62/cwt251.00–265.001,29118
Heifers500–550Medium 1-2503225.00/cwt225.00–225.001,1326
Heifers550–600Medium and Large 1551264.30/cwt262.50–272.001,45616
Heifers550–600Medium 1-2553239.50/cwt239.00–240.001,3246
Heifers550–600Medium and Large 1-2564241.54/cwt240.00–250.001,36213
Heifers550–600Medium 1577251.91/cwt250.00–261.501,45429
Heifers550–600Medium and Large 1-2Unweaned588250.00/cwt250.00–250.001,4705
Heifers600–650Medium and Large 1-2605240.00/cwt240.00–240.001,4522
Heifers600–650Medium 1608250.00/cwt250.00–250.001,5202
Heifers600–650Medium 1-2627232.88/cwt230.00–235.001,4607
Heifers600–650Medium and Large 1629252.74/cwt249.50–254.001,59040
Heifers700–750Medium and Large 1-2749220.00/cwt220.00–220.001,64816
Feeder Cattle · Bulls3 lots · lightest first
Bulls450–500Medium and Large 1474317.14/cwt312.50–320.001,5035
Bulls450–500Medium and Large 1-2488265.00/cwt265.00–265.001,2932
Bulls700–750Medium and Large 1-2720210.00/cwt210.00–210.001,5123
Slaughter Cattle · Bulls3 lots · lightest first
Bulls——1,755146.00/cwt146.00–146.002,5621
Bulls——1,859162.14/cwt150.00–169.003,0145
Bulls——1,875174.00/cwt174.00–174.003,2631
Slaughter Cattle · Cows9 lots · lightest first
Cows—Lean 85-90%1,03683.35/cwt73.00–92.008644
Cows—Lean 85-90%1,059100.08/cwt90.00–108.001,06017
Cows—Lean 85-90%1,155111.05/cwt108.00–112.501,2834
Cows—Boner 80-85%1,224126.10/cwt124.00–127.501,5439
Cows—Boner 80-85%1,295110.64/cwt93.00–115.001,43310
Cows—Boner 80-85%1,332116.27/cwt110.00–123.001,5499
Cows—Breaker 75-80%1,380133.50/cwt133.50–133.501,8421
Cows—Breaker 75-80%1,441124.13/cwt118.00–131.501,78923
Cows—Breaker 75-80%1,495117.16/cwt115.00–125.001,7529

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.