Sale reports / Missouri / Interstate Regional Stockyards / 2025-05-13

Interstate Regional Stockyards

Feeder Cattle · Slaughter Cattle · Replacement Cattle · Cuba, Missouri · Tue, May 13
● Final85 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 1814
Feeder Cattle receipts
962 head
▼ 108 vs last sale 1,070▲ 329 vs year ago 633 · +52.0%
Slaughter Cattle receipts
131 head
▼ 11 vs last sale 142▲ 26 vs year ago 105 · +24.8%
Replacement Cattle receipts
100 head
▼ 40 vs last sale 140▲ 60 vs year ago 40 · +150.0%
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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to last Tuesday, feeder steers and heifers steady to 5.00 higher. Slaughter cows steady. Demand good.. Supply moderate. Feeder futures surged to new all-time highs Monday on China trade news and the re-closing of the Mexican border to feeder cattle imports with the latest feeder cattle index also a new record at 301.03/cwt. Not many combinations of quality and condition to generate the big price quotes this week. Nice offering expected next week with the New Day Genetics special along with several other program cattle.

Weight classPick one — the panels below update

Steers · summary 500–600 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot
500–600 lb steers averaged $379.69/cwt on 146 head. That ranks 2 of 24 comparable sales and sits −78.30 against this barn's trailing median of $457.99.
Average price
$379.69
146 head · 552 lb average
Value per head Derived
$2,097
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
$259
per head · Medium 1 over Medium 1-2
$40.00/cwt at this weight
vs the market
−9.83
vs MO average
−4.91 vs national

Price by quality 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium 1515390.002,0093thin
Medium and Large 1554382.372,120102
Medium and Large 1-2553376.092,07835
Large 1558350.001,9533thin
Medium 1-2500350.001,7503thin
One grade step is worth $40.00/cwt here — about $259 a head. Across this sale the premium is widest at 500–600 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 sale146 hd
379.69
—
MO average18 barns · 4,954 hd
389.52
−9.83
National average159 barns · 12,107 hd
384.60
−4.91
This barn, trailing median24 sales
457.99
−78.30
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—High1,851174.803,2368thin
CowsBreaker 75-80%Low1,560151.812,3687thin
CowsBoner 80-85%High1,327149.661,98638
CowsLean 85-90%Low1,074129.161,38845

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)1,373$2,71410
Bred Cows2nd Stage (4-6 mo)Aged (>8 yrs)1,246$2,71134
Cow-Calf PairsOpenYoung (2-4 yrs)1,000$4,2506
Cow-Calf PairsOpenMiddle Aged (5-8 yrs)1,225$3,5253thin

Every lot

85 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 · Steers32 lots · lightest first
Steers250–300Medium and Large 1266521.31/cwt517.50–525.001,3874
Steers300–350Medium and Large 1325463.92/cwt455.00–487.501,5089
Steers300–350Medium and Large 1-2Thin Fleshed334475.00/cwt475.00–475.001,5874
Steers300–350Medium and Large 1-2334458.37/cwt445.00–462.501,5314
Steers300–350Medium 1-2340445.00/cwt445.00–445.001,5133
Steers350–400Medium and Large 1380445.86/cwt435.00–460.001,69420
Steers350–400Medium and Large 1-2393429.92/cwt420.00–445.001,6905
Steers400–450Medium and Large 1419451.08/cwt432.50–465.001,8906
Steers400–450Medium and Large 1-2425433.77/cwt430.00–445.001,84413
Steers450–500Medium and Large 1478416.96/cwt400.00–450.001,99326
Steers450–500Medium and Large 1-2480401.56/cwt380.00–430.001,92718
Steers500–550Medium 1-2500350.00/cwt350.00–350.001,7503
Steers500–550Medium 1515390.00/cwt390.00–390.002,0093
Steers500–550Medium and Large 1-2Thin Fleshed522401.00/cwt401.00–401.002,09319
Steers500–550Medium and Large 1526395.11/cwt380.00–410.002,07841
Steers550–600Large 1558350.00/cwt350.00–350.001,9533
Steers550–600Medium and Large 1Unweaned560362.34/cwt360.00–365.002,02915
Steers550–600Medium and Large 1568380.96/cwt370.00–387.502,16420
Steers550–600Medium and Large 1Value Added578380.00/cwt380.00–380.002,19614
Steers550–600Medium and Large 1-2589346.51/cwt335.00–382.002,04116
Steers550–600Medium and Large 1Full595369.00/cwt369.00–369.002,19612
Steers600–650Medium and Large 1Unweaned607340.00/cwt340.00–340.002,0646
Steers600–650Medium and Large 1634369.64/cwt360.00–373.502,34424
Steers650–700Medium and Large 1Fleshy672312.71/cwt300.00–320.002,10117
Steers650–700Medium and Large 1-2Unweaned682270.00/cwt270.00–270.001,8413
Steers650–700Medium and Large 1684345.00/cwt345.00–345.002,3606
Steers650–700Medium and Large 1-2684318.99/cwt304.00–334.002,18210
Steers650–700Medium and Large 1Unweaned692307.89/cwt305.00–310.002,1317
Steers700–750Medium and Large 1Fleshy710308.50/cwt308.50–308.502,1907
Steers750–800Medium and Large 1Fleshy766280.00/cwt280.00–280.002,1454
Steers750–800Medium and Large 1-2767290.00/cwt290.00–290.002,2244
Steers800–850Medium and Large 1-2Fleshy805281.00/cwt281.00–281.002,2624
Feeder Cattle · Heifers24 lots · lightest first
Heifers250–300Medium and Large 1-2294437.50/cwt437.50–437.501,2867
Heifers300–350Medium and Large 1321423.58/cwt415.00–432.501,36012
Heifers300–350Medium 2348340.00/cwt340.00–340.001,1833
Heifers350–400Medium and Large 1-2381383.38/cwt365.00–397.501,46120
Heifers350–400Medium and Large 1383402.23/cwt385.00–412.501,54110
Heifers350–400Medium 1-2393350.00/cwt350.00–350.001,3764
Heifers350–400Medium and Large 1Fleshy395390.00/cwt390.00–390.001,5415
Heifers400–450Medium and Large 1420411.76/cwt405.00–417.501,7298
Heifers400–450Medium and Large 1-2421384.69/cwt372.50–397.501,62023
Heifers400–450Medium and Large 1-2Thin Fleshed447390.00/cwt390.00–390.001,7439
Heifers450–500Medium and Large 1474379.21/cwt355.00–395.001,79719
Heifers450–500Medium and Large 1-2479361.56/cwt345.00–377.501,73212
Heifers500–550Medium and Large 1-2Thin Fleshed508356.00/cwt356.00–356.001,80821
Heifers500–550Medium and Large 1525351.58/cwt347.00–357.001,84621
Heifers500–550Medium and Large 1-2529329.96/cwt325.00–335.001,74514
Heifers500–550Medium and Large 2547298.00/cwt298.00–298.001,6303
Heifers550–600Medium and Large 1572339.09/cwt324.00–349.001,94034
Heifers550–600Medium and Large 1Fleshy572327.68/cwt317.50–330.001,87411
Heifers550–600Medium and Large 1-2596302.29/cwt296.00–315.001,8026
Heifers600–650Medium and Large 1640313.00/cwt313.00–313.002,00311
Heifers600–650Medium and Large 1-2643296.61/cwt293.00–299.001,9075
Heifers650–700Medium and Large 1Fleshy686276.00/cwt276.00–276.001,8938
Heifers700–750Medium and Large 1Fleshy726270.00/cwt270.00–270.001,9604
Heifers750–800Medium and Large 1772270.00/cwt270.00–270.002,0843
Feeder Cattle · Bulls12 lots · lightest first
Bulls300–350Medium and Large 1-2338440.00/cwt440.00–440.001,4874
Bulls300–350Medium 2343365.00/cwt365.00–365.001,2525
Bulls400–450Medium 2411347.50/cwt347.50–347.501,4285
Bulls400–450Medium and Large 1-2433417.08/cwt405.00–420.001,80615
Bulls450–500Medium and Large 1-2480377.87/cwt360.00–410.001,8149
Bulls500–550Medium and Large 1-2529344.01/cwt330.00–365.001,82013
Bulls550–600Medium 2573275.00/cwt275.00–275.001,5763
Bulls550–600Medium and Large 1-2587334.55/cwt315.00–350.001,9649
Bulls600–650Medium and Large 1-2623309.24/cwt302.50–320.001,9275
Bulls700–750Medium and Large 1-2716265.99/cwt260.00–270.001,9045
Bulls800–850Medium and Large 1-2819230.00/cwt230.00–230.001,8845
Bulls1000–1050Medium and Large 1-21,007206.00/cwt206.00–206.002,0743
Slaughter Cattle · Bulls3 lots · lightest first
Bulls——1,790175.29/cwt170.00–179.003,1383
Bulls——1,795153.45/cwt153.00–154.002,7542
Bulls——1,950188.55/cwt186.00–191.003,6773
Slaughter Cattle · Cows9 lots · lightest first
Cows—Lean 85-90%83278.18/cwt72.00–89.006503
Cows—Lean 85-90%1,045156.00/cwt156.00–156.001,6301
Cows—Lean 85-90%1,086121.90/cwt105.00–124.501,32410
Cows—Lean 85-90%1,095135.57/cwt128.00–144.001,48431
Cows—Boner 80-85%1,315158.58/cwt153.00–160.002,0859
Cows—Boner 80-85%1,331146.89/cwt140.00–152.001,95529
Cows—Breaker 75-80%1,548150.97/cwt148.00–153.502,3373
Cows—Breaker 75-80%1,550138.00/cwt138.00–138.002,1391
Cows—Breaker 75-80%1,575157.26/cwt154.00–159.002,4773
Replacement Cattle · Bred Cows2 lots · lightest first
Bred Cows—Medium and Large 11,2462,710.96/head2,700.00–2,735.002,71134
Bred Cows—Medium and Large 1-21,3732,713.78/head2,350.00–2,900.002,71410
Replacement Cattle · Cow-Calf Pairs2 lots · lightest first
Cow-Calf Pairs—Medium and Large 11,0004,250.00/head4,250.00–4,250.004,2506
Cow-Calf Pairs—Medium and Large 1-21,2253,525.00/head3,525.00–3,525.003,5253
Replacement Cattle · Stock Cows1 lot · lightest first
Stock Cows—Medium and Large 11,110175.00/cwt175.00–175.001,9435

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.