Sale reports / Missouri / Interstate Regional Stockyards / 2024-11-19

Interstate Regional Stockyards

Feeder Cattle · Slaughter Cattle · Cuba, Missouri · Tue, Nov 19
● Final57 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 1814
Feeder Cattle receipts
546 head
▼ 541 vs last sale 1,087▼ 290 vs year ago 836 · −34.7%
Slaughter Cattle receipts
153 head
▼ 4 vs last sale 157▼ 95 vs year ago 248 · −38.3%
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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

feeder cattle traded unevenly steady with lots of unweaned calves and small packages slaughter cows and bulls traded steady reminder no sale next week due to thanksgiving

Weight classPick one — the panels below update

Steers · summary 500–600 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot
500–600 lb steers averaged $278.29/cwt on 52 head. That ranks 1 of 23 comparable sales and sits −179.92 against this barn's trailing median of $458.20.
Average price
$278.29
52 head · 554 lb average
Value per head Derived
$1,543
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
$230
per head · Medium and Large 1 over Medium 1-2
$25.58/cwt at this weight
vs the market
−15.07
vs MO average
−30.97 vs national

Price by quality 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 1573284.081,62924
Medium and Large 1-2535281.061,50418thin
Medium 1546260.001,4206thin
Medium 1-2541258.501,3984thin
One grade step is worth $25.58/cwt here — about $230 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 sale52 hd
278.29
—
MO average17 barns · 3,163 hd
293.36
−15.07
National average182 barns · 24,645 hd
309.26
−30.97
This barn, trailing median23 sales
458.20
−179.92
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

23 sales
533476418361median 458.2003/0304/1406/0209/2210/27
Steers 500–600 lb: high $519.42, low $374.69, median $458.20 across 23 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—Low1,729145.332,5139thin
CowsBreaker 75-80%Low1,643122.212,00811
CowsBoner 80-85%Average1,345117.841,58551
CowsLean 85-90%High1,101103.161,13618

Every lot

57 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 · Steers29 lots · lightest first
Steers350–400Medium and Large 1Unweaned358325.00/cwt325.00–325.001,1642
Steers350–400Medium and Large 1372325.00/cwt325.00–325.001,2092
Steers350–400Medium 1-2Unweaned395271.00/cwt271.00–271.001,0703
Steers400–450Medium 1-2Unweaned412265.00/cwt265.00–265.001,0922
Steers400–450Medium and Large 1Unweaned438305.41/cwt300.00–311.001,3384
Steers450–500Medium 1-2Unweaned451270.00/cwt270.00–270.001,2184
Steers450–500Medium and Large 1Unweaned462300.00/cwt300.00–300.001,3862
Steers450–500Medium and Large 1-2470310.00/cwt310.00–310.001,4572
Steers450–500Medium and Large 1484316.00/cwt316.00–316.001,5297
Steers450–500Medium 1Unweaned492250.00/cwt250.00–250.001,23011
Steers500–550Medium and Large 1-2Unweaned514274.00/cwt274.00–274.001,4089
Steers500–550Medium and Large 1523300.00/cwt300.00–300.001,5693
Steers500–550Medium 1-2Unweaned530257.00/cwt257.00–257.001,3622
Steers500–550Medium 1Unweaned539250.00/cwt250.00–250.001,3484
Steers500–550Medium and Large 1Unweaned542299.00/cwt299.00–299.001,6216
Steers550–600Medium 1-2Unweaned552260.00/cwt260.00–260.001,4352
Steers550–600Medium and Large 1-2Value Added553289.00/cwt289.00–289.001,5985
Steers550–600Medium and Large 1-2560287.00/cwt287.00–287.001,6074
Steers550–600Medium 1Unweaned560280.00/cwt280.00–280.001,5682
Steers550–600Medium and Large 1Value Added596274.93/cwt272.00–276.001,63915
Steers600–650Medium and Large 2Unweaned604235.00/cwt235.00–235.001,4195
Steers600–650Medium and Large 1643275.00/cwt275.00–275.001,76820
Steers650–700Large 1-2Unweaned653240.00/cwt240.00–240.001,5677
Steers650–700Medium and Large 1661260.00/cwt260.00–260.001,7195
Steers650–700Medium and Large 1Fleshy691254.00/cwt254.00–254.001,7555
Steers700–750Large 1-2Unweaned737250.00/cwt250.00–250.001,8437
Steers700–750Medium and Large 1-2742257.00/cwt257.00–257.001,9072
Steers750–800Medium and Large 1Fleshy769240.00/cwt240.00–240.001,8469
Steers750–800Large 1-2785244.00/cwt244.00–244.001,9153
Feeder Cattle · Heifers13 lots · lightest first
Heifers350–400Medium 1-2Unweaned352250.00/cwt250.00–250.008803
Heifers350–400Medium and Large 2Unweaned378235.00/cwt235.00–235.008884
Heifers400–450Medium and Large 1-2418276.00/cwt276.00–276.001,1542
Heifers400–450Medium and Large 1-2Unweaned442260.00/cwt260.00–260.001,1492
Heifers450–500Medium and Large 1-2Unweaned460260.00/cwt260.00–260.001,1962
Heifers450–500Medium and Large 1-2481274.00/cwt274.00–274.001,3184
Heifers500–550Medium and Large 1516269.04/cwt263.00–272.001,38822
Heifers550–600Medium 1-2Unweaned552200.00/cwt200.00–200.001,1043
Heifers550–600Medium and Large 2Unweaned561223.48/cwt220.00–234.001,2548
Heifers550–600Medium and Large 1-2Unweaned569230.00/cwt230.00–230.001,30910
Heifers600–650Medium and Large 1616245.00/cwt245.00–245.001,5098
Heifers750–800Medium and Large 1-2Unweaned770206.00/cwt206.00–206.001,5863
Heifers850–900Medium and Large 1-2870201.00/cwt201.00–201.001,7492
Feeder Cattle · Bulls4 lots · lightest first
Bulls600–650Medium 1-2Unweaned612240.00/cwt240.00–240.001,4692
Bulls600–650Medium and Large 1-2620240.73/cwt234.00–244.001,4936
Bulls600–650Medium and Large 1-2Unweaned628222.00/cwt222.00–222.001,3943
Bulls700–750Medium and Large 1-2Unweaned738207.56/cwt202.00–213.001,5324
Slaughter Cattle · Bulls2 lots · lightest first
Bulls——1,594132.35/cwt125.00–142.002,1104
Bulls——1,837155.72/cwt152.00–163.002,8615
Slaughter Cattle · Cows9 lots · lightest first
Cows—Lean 85-90%92989.43/cwt79.00–93.008313
Cows—Lean 85-90%1,10699.44/cwt88.50–106.001,1004
Cows—Lean 85-90%1,146108.26/cwt104.50–110.001,24111
Cows—Boner 80-85%1,185128.00/cwt125.00–133.001,5173
Cows—Boner 80-85%1,343110.61/cwt110.00–113.001,4858
Cows—Breaker 75-80%1,355134.50/cwt134.50–134.501,8221
Cows—Boner 80-85%1,358118.52/cwt112.00–124.001,61040
Cows—Breaker 75-80%1,668121.54/cwt117.50–128.502,0279
Cows—Breaker 75-80%1,705116.00/cwt116.00–116.001,9781

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.