Sale reports / Missouri / Interstate Regional Stockyards / 2025-06-17

Interstate Regional Stockyards

Feeder Cattle · Slaughter Cattle · Replacement Cattle · Cuba, Missouri · Tue, Jun 17
● Final79 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 1814
Feeder Cattle receipts
1,306 head
▲ 647 vs last sale 659▲ 619 vs year ago 687 · +90.1%
Slaughter Cattle receipts
83 head
▼ 12 vs last sale 95▲ 17 vs year ago 66 · +25.8%
Replacement Cattle receipts
80 head
▲ 50 vs last sale 30▲ 70 vs year ago 10 · +700.0%
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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to last Tuesday, feeder steers under 600 lbs steady to 10.00 lower, over 600 lbs steady to 4.00 higher. Few feeder heifers under 450 lbs steady, over 450 lbs 2.00-5.00 higher. Demand good. Supply moderate. Feeder offering included three loads of good quality cattle with a load of 714 lb steers and two loads of heifers weighing 586 lbs and 675 lbs. Live and feeder contracts saw big losses on Tuesday. Cow sale following the feeders featured 60 head of reputation fall calving heifers bred to calving ease Angus bulls.

Weight classPick one — the panels below update

Heifers · summary 500–600 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot
500–600 lb heifers averaged $345.94/cwt on 220 head. That ranks 1 of 23 comparable sales and sits −65.60 against this barn's trailing median of $411.53.
Average price
$345.94
220 head · 568 lb average
Value per head Derived
$1,964
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
$265
per head · Medium and Large 1 over Medium and Large 2
$53.69/cwt at this weight
vs the market
+2.83
vs MO average
+11.83 vs national

Price by quality 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 1572349.661,999185
Medium and Large 1-2534335.251,79127
Medium and Large 2586295.971,7348thin
One grade step is worth $53.69/cwt here — about $265 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 sale220 hd
345.94
—
MO average14 barns · 3,075 hd
343.11
+2.83
National average153 barns · 9,567 hd
334.11
+11.83
This barn, trailing median23 sales
411.53
−65.60
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
467423379336median 411.5303/0304/1406/0209/2210/27
Heifers 500–600 lb: high $453.15, low $349.60, median $411.53 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—Low1,838190.153,4969thin
CowsBreaker 75-80%Average1,643160.062,6305thin
CowsBoner 80-85%Average1,256155.501,95322
CowsLean 85-90%Average1,019142.771,45511

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 Cows1st/2nd Stage (1-6 mo)Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)1,158$2,5166
Bred Heifers2nd Stage (4-6 mo)(<2 yrs)1,045$3,73067

Every lot

79 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 · Steers34 lots · lightest first
Steers300–350Medium and Large 1335456.57/cwt450.00–460.001,5306
Steers350–400Medium and Large 1370453.45/cwt442.50–465.001,6784
Steers400–450Medium and Large 2419420.00/cwt420.00–420.001,7604
Steers400–450Medium and Large 1-2435428.77/cwt420.00–447.501,86513
Steers400–450Medium and Large 1443445.00/cwt445.00–445.001,9713
Steers450–500Medium and Large 1453430.00/cwt430.00–430.001,9485
Steers450–500Medium 1470365.00/cwt365.00–365.001,7165
Steers450–500Medium and Large 2475374.60/cwt360.00–382.501,77916
Steers450–500Medium and Large 1-2485377.92/cwt375.00–381.001,83322
Steers500–550Medium and Large 2505327.50/cwt327.50–327.501,6544
Steers500–550Medium and Large 1-2524370.06/cwt360.00–377.501,93925
Steers500–550Medium and Large 1528370.00/cwt370.00–370.001,9547
Steers500–550Medium and Large 1-2Full536340.00/cwt340.00–340.001,8225
Steers550–600Medium and Large 1-2558358.78/cwt350.00–365.002,00224
Steers550–600Medium and Large 1-2Fleshy558320.00/cwt320.00–320.001,7863
Steers550–600Medium and Large 1559377.00/cwt377.00–377.002,10714
Steers550–600Medium and Large 1Fleshy566347.49/cwt335.00–357.501,9677
Steers550–600Medium 2569300.00/cwt300.00–300.001,7076
Steers550–600Medium and Large 2592328.69/cwt317.50–335.001,94613
Steers600–650Medium and Large 2613325.00/cwt325.00–325.001,9923
Steers600–650Medium and Large 1-2623338.42/cwt330.00–343.002,10811
Steers600–650Medium and Large 1633358.87/cwt347.50–368.002,27241
Steers650–700Medium and Large 1655356.19/cwt340.00–361.002,33313
Steers650–700Medium and Large 1Unweaned662340.00/cwt340.00–340.002,2513
Steers650–700Medium and Large 1Fleshy668330.00/cwt330.00–330.002,2042
Steers650–700Large 1691317.02/cwt316.00–325.002,19117
Steers650–700Medium and Large 1-2Fleshy694313.36/cwt310.00–319.002,1758
Steers700–750Large 1707315.00/cwt315.00–315.002,2279
Steers700–750Medium and Large 1720335.36/cwt325.00–339.502,415104
Steers700–750Medium and Large 1-2720319.97/cwt315.00–325.002,3048
Steers750–800Large 1787297.50/cwt297.50–297.502,34145
Steers800–850Medium and Large 1825298.00/cwt298.00–298.002,45914
Steers850–900Large 1868270.00/cwt270.00–270.002,34410
Steers900–950Medium and Large 1-2912270.00/cwt270.00–270.002,4629
Feeder Cattle · Heifers27 lots · lightest first
Heifers300–350Medium and Large 1-2325370.00/cwt370.00–370.001,2033
Heifers350–400Medium and Large 1-2388395.87/cwt382.50–415.001,53612
Heifers400–450Medium and Large 1-2424376.69/cwt355.00–392.501,59713
Heifers400–450Medium and Large 1430398.08/cwt385.00–402.501,7128
Heifers450–500Medium and Large 1-2465370.67/cwt365.00–375.001,72412
Heifers450–500Medium and Large 2480333.84/cwt302.50–350.001,6029
Heifers450–500Medium and Large 1Fleshy482362.50/cwt362.50–362.501,7473
Heifers450–500Medium and Large 1485378.63/cwt372.50–392.501,83638
Heifers450–500Medium 2492305.00/cwt305.00–305.001,5012
Heifers500–550Medium and Large 1Fleshy510350.00/cwt350.00–350.001,7853
Heifers500–550Medium and Large 1-2522342.01/cwt325.00–365.001,78518
Heifers500–550Medium and Large 1530354.31/cwt330.00–370.001,87825
Heifers550–600Medium and Large 1-2559321.72/cwt315.00–325.001,7989
Heifers550–600Medium and Large 1Fleshy573325.24/cwt310.00–335.001,8648
Heifers550–600Medium and Large 1580350.18/cwt348.00–356.002,031149
Heifers550–600Medium and Large 2586295.97/cwt289.00–300.001,7348
Heifers600–650Medium and Large 1608331.71/cwt315.00–340.002,0176
Heifers600–650Medium and Large 1-2633304.48/cwt295.00–309.001,9277
Heifers650–700Medium and Large 2658262.50/cwt262.50–262.501,7274
Heifers650–700Medium and Large 1Fleshy659294.47/cwt292.50–297.501,9415
Heifers650–700Medium and Large 1671321.71/cwt304.00–324.502,159112
Heifers650–700Large 1693292.00/cwt292.00–292.002,02438
Heifers700–750Medium and Large 1742298.91/cwt298.50–301.002,21842
Heifers750–800Medium and Large 1-2750276.00/cwt270.00–282.002,0704
Heifers800–850Large 1804264.00/cwt264.00–264.002,1235
Heifers900–950Medium and Large 1923244.00/cwt244.00–244.002,2527
Heifers950–1000Medium and Large 1959254.00/cwt254.00–254.002,4364
Feeder Cattle · Bulls5 lots · lightest first
Bulls400–450Medium and Large 1-2411433.46/cwt425.00–437.001,7827
Bulls450–500Medium and Large 1-2476360.60/cwt340.00–390.001,71610
Bulls500–550Medium and Large 1-2526339.90/cwt320.00–352.501,7885
Bulls550–600Medium and Large 1-2575313.00/cwt313.00–313.001,8004
Bulls650–700Medium and Large 1-2655285.00/cwt270.00–300.001,8674
Slaughter Cattle · Bulls3 lots · lightest first
Bulls——1,648185.44/cwt184.00–187.003,0563
Bulls——1,752175.23/cwt172.00–179.003,0703
Bulls——2,115209.77/cwt205.00–215.004,4373
Slaughter Cattle · Cows7 lots · lightest first
Cows—Lean 85-90%825110.00/cwt110.00–110.009081
Cows—Lean 85-90%1,037144.89/cwt142.50–148.001,5039
Cows—Lean 85-90%1,055156.50/cwt156.50–156.501,6511
Cows—Boner 80-85%1,181165.83/cwt164.00–168.001,9586
Cows—Boner 80-85%1,257156.45/cwt151.00–162.001,9679
Cows—Boner 80-85%1,319145.41/cwt142.00–147.501,9187
Cows—Breaker 75-80%1,643160.06/cwt156.00–164.002,6305
Replacement Cattle · Bred Heifers2 lots · lightest first
Bred Heifers—Medium and Large 11,0393,800.50/head3,350.00–3,825.003,80163
Bred Heifers—Large 1-21,1392,625.00/head2,625.00–2,625.002,6254
Replacement Cattle · Bred Cows1 lot · lightest first
Bred Cows—Medium and Large 1-21,1582,515.75/head2,275.00–2,700.002,5166

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.