Sale reports / Missouri / Interstate Regional Stockyards / 2025-07-08

Interstate Regional Stockyards

Feeder Cattle · Slaughter Cattle · Replacement Cattle · Cuba, Missouri · Tue, Jul 8
● Final62 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 1814
Feeder Cattle receipts
1,527 head
▲ 221 vs last sale 1,306▼ 53 vs year ago 1,580 · −3.4%
Slaughter Cattle receipts
62 head
▼ 21 vs last sale 83▼ 81 vs year ago 143 · −56.6%
Replacement Cattle receipts
40 head
▼ 40 vs last sale 80▼ 20 vs year ago 60 · −33.3%
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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to the last reported sale three weeks ago, feeder steers 4.00-8.00 higher. Feeder heifers under 475 lbs 10.00-15.00 higher, 475-600 lbs 3.00-8.00 higher and over 600 lbs steady. Slaughter cows steady. Demand good to very good. Supply moderate. The board is roaring early in the week with live cattle and feeders near or at contract highs. There were some large, high quality consignments this week including a couple of loads of six-weight steers along with 63 head of rotate graze true yearlings weighing 817 lbs @323.10.

Weight classPick one — the panels below update

Steers · summary 500–600 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot
500–600 lb steers averaged $372.43/cwt on 220 head. That ranks 1 of 24 comparable sales and sits −85.55 against this barn's trailing median of $457.99.
Average price
$372.43
220 head · 550 lb average
Value per head Derived
$2,048
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
$344
per head · Medium and Large 1 over Medium and Large 2
$53.94/cwt at this weight
vs the market
−25.96
vs MO average
−6.70 vs national

Price by quality 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 1543385.692,096110
Medium and Large 1-2561363.182,03696
Medium and Large 2528331.751,75214thin
One grade step is worth $53.94/cwt here — about $344 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
372.43
—
MO average8 barns · 2,241 hd
398.39
−25.96
National average153 barns · 8,707 hd
379.13
−6.70
This barn, trailing median24 sales
457.99
−85.55
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—High1,776196.093,48213
CowsBoner 80-85%Low1,253163.942,05416
CowsBreaker 75-80%High1,678161.482,7106thin
CowsLean 85-90%Low1,088138.481,50613

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 CowsAll Stages (1-9 mo)Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)1,274$2,69514

Every lot

62 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 · Steers27 lots · lightest first
Steers300–350Medium and Large 1-2320454.91/cwt420.00–480.001,45610
Steers300–350Medium and Large 2323405.81/cwt395.00–417.501,3114
Steers350–400Medium 1-2378405.00/cwt405.00–405.001,5313
Steers350–400Medium and Large 1-2389444.01/cwt440.00–450.001,7275
Steers400–450Medium and Large 1Fleshy420422.50/cwt422.50–422.501,7753
Steers400–450Medium 1-2425417.50/cwt417.50–417.501,7743
Steers400–450Medium and Large 1-2428438.00/cwt438.00–438.001,8754
Steers400–450Medium and Large 2438425.00/cwt425.00–425.001,8625
Steers450–500Medium 1-2479342.00/cwt342.00–342.001,63822
Steers450–500Medium and Large 1-2481396.70/cwt395.00–400.001,9086
Steers450–500Medium and Large 1485411.78/cwt400.00–427.501,99710
Steers500–550Medium and Large 2528331.75/cwt322.50–342.501,75214
Steers500–550Medium and Large 1530392.38/cwt385.00–405.002,08084
Steers500–550Medium and Large 1-2533377.79/cwt369.00–398.002,01444
Steers550–600Medium and Large 1-2584350.81/cwt340.00–365.002,04952
Steers550–600Medium and Large 1587364.08/cwt360.00–370.002,13726
Steers600–650Medium and Large 1-2Full613345.00/cwt345.00–345.002,1159
Steers600–650Medium and Large 1-2618345.43/cwt340.00–352.002,13513
Steers600–650Medium and Large 1Unweaned623327.88/cwt320.00–337.002,04316
Steers600–650Medium and Large 1627378.61/cwt350.00–384.002,374167
Steers600–650Medium and Large 2635300.00/cwt300.00–300.001,9053
Steers650–700Medium and Large 1656363.17/cwt334.00–370.752,382118
Steers650–700Medium and Large 1-2683330.08/cwt325.00–340.002,25443
Steers700–750Medium and Large 1-2712324.09/cwt320.00–331.002,30816
Steers700–750Medium and Large 1-2Unweaned725292.00/cwt292.00–292.002,1173
Steers700–750Medium and Large 1726338.75/cwt338.75–338.752,45956
Steers800–850Medium and Large 1816321.09/cwt318.00–323.102,620104
Feeder Cattle · Heifers21 lots · lightest first
Heifers250–300Medium and Large 1281415.00/cwt415.00–415.001,1665
Heifers300–350Medium and Large 1-2333380.00/cwt380.00–380.001,2653
Heifers350–400Medium and Large 1370433.07/cwt420.00–447.501,6027
Heifers400–450Medium and Large 1-2408405.92/cwt377.50–425.001,6565
Heifers400–450Medium and Large 1426420.70/cwt419.00–427.501,79211
Heifers450–500Medium and Large 1464402.87/cwt386.00–417.501,86917
Heifers450–500Medium and Large 1-2468371.41/cwt345.00–397.501,73817
Heifers450–500Medium 1-2472327.50/cwt327.50–327.501,54614
Heifers500–550Medium and Large 1533366.78/cwt350.00–373.001,955107
Heifers500–550Medium and Large 1-2534346.32/cwt341.00–350.001,84912
Heifers500–550Medium and Large 2548310.00/cwt310.00–310.001,6993
Heifers550–600Medium and Large 1Fleshy559333.00/cwt333.00–333.001,8617
Heifers550–600Medium and Large 1-2579323.49/cwt317.50–327.501,8735
Heifers550–600Medium and Large 1586337.45/cwt324.00–361.001,97732
Heifers600–650Medium and Large 1606328.80/cwt327.00–336.001,99310
Heifers600–650Medium and Large 1-2612316.62/cwt308.50–324.001,93817
Heifers650–700Medium and Large 1667320.49/cwt312.00–326.002,13846
Heifers650–700Large 1678305.00/cwt305.00–305.002,0686
Heifers700–750Medium and Large 1-2708270.00/cwt270.00–270.001,9125
Heifers700–750Medium and Large 1729291.29/cwt285.00–300.002,12414
Heifers750–800Medium and Large 1783280.60/cwt277.00–281.002,19720
Feeder Cattle · Bulls3 lots · lightest first
Bulls500–550Medium and Large 1-2527342.11/cwt335.00–360.001,8037
Bulls600–650Medium and Large 1-2627320.00/cwt320.00–320.002,0065
Bulls700–750Medium and Large 1-2732260.00/cwt260.00–260.001,9032
Slaughter Cattle · Bulls3 lots · lightest first
Bulls——1,303170.14/cwt165.00–175.002,2172
Bulls——1,815195.99/cwt191.00–205.003,5578
Bulls——1,987213.67/cwt207.00–220.004,2463
Slaughter Cattle · Cows7 lots · lightest first
Cows—Lean 85-90%1,076143.30/cwt137.50–149.001,54210
Cows—Lean 85-90%1,127122.40/cwt116.00–134.001,3793
Cows—Boner 80-85%1,193157.13/cwt153.00–164.501,8756
Cows—Boner 80-85%1,284170.14/cwt166.00–177.002,1859
Cows—Boner 80-85%1,335149.00/cwt149.00–149.001,9891
Cows—Breaker 75-80%1,668170.95/cwt169.00–172.502,8512
Cows—Breaker 75-80%1,683156.74/cwt156.00–157.002,6384
Replacement Cattle · Bred Cows1 lot · lightest first
Bred Cows—Medium and Large 1-21,2742,694.82/head2,500.00–2,950.002,69514

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.