Sale reports / Missouri / Interstate Regional Stockyards / 2025-10-07

Interstate Regional Stockyards

Feeder Cattle · Slaughter Cattle · Replacement Cattle · Cuba, Missouri · Tue, Oct 7
● Final52 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 1814
Feeder Cattle receipts
582 head
▲ 229 vs last sale 353▲ 45 vs year ago 537 · +8.4%
Slaughter Cattle receipts
78 head
▼ 4 vs last sale 82▼ 37 vs year ago 115 · −32.2%
Replacement Cattle receipts
15 head
▼ 15 vs last sale 30▲ 15 vs year ago 0 · no sale a year ago
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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to last Tuesday, feeder steers and heifers under 600 lbs 10.00-20.00 higher on a limited test. Weights over 600 lbs were not well tested. Slaughter cows steady. Demand very good. Smaller feeder offering but with several medium sized consignments of good to very good quality calves. The feeder trade is getting even more fuel added to it with feeder futures contracts sharply higher so far this week.

Weight classPick one — the panels below update

Steers · summary 500–600 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot
500–600 lb steers averaged $416.17/cwt on 68 head. That ranks 5 of 23 comparable sales and sits −42.03 against this barn's trailing median of $458.20.
Average price
$416.17
68 head · 550 lb average
Value per head Derived
$2,289
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
$67
per head · Medium and Large 1 over Medium and Large 1-2
$18.78/cwt at this weight
vs the market
−2.99
vs MO average
−29.68 vs national

Price by quality 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 1549419.212,29957
Medium and Large 1-2558400.442,23311thin
One grade step is worth $18.78/cwt here — about $67 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 sale68 hd
416.17
—
MO average20 barns · 1,579 hd
419.16
−2.99
National average181 barns · 23,254 hd
445.85
−29.68
This barn, trailing median23 sales
458.20
−42.03
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—Average1,723189.603,2678thin
CowsBoner 80-85%High1,270159.852,03018
CowsBreaker 75-80%Average1,610158.502,5521thin
CowsLean 85-90%Low1,057136.351,44221

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 Heifers1st/2nd Stage (1-6 mo)(<2 yrs)1,050$3,3123thin

Every lot

52 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 · Steers19 lots · lightest first
Steers300–350Medium and Large 1322546.13/cwt540.00–555.001,7598
Steers350–400Medium and Large 1-2373509.70/cwt505.00–515.001,9014
Steers350–400Medium and Large 1384535.14/cwt534.00–538.002,0557
Steers400–450Medium and Large 1-2407453.93/cwt450.00–460.001,8475
Steers400–450Medium 1-2421404.35/cwt380.00–430.001,7024
Steers400–450Medium and Large 1434497.73/cwt488.00–508.002,16014
Steers450–500Medium and Large 1Full469445.00/cwt445.00–445.002,0874
Steers450–500Medium and Large 1-2479415.91/cwt410.00–420.001,9925
Steers450–500Medium and Large 1481466.64/cwt454.00–470.002,24533
Steers500–550Medium and Large 1Full508421.00/cwt421.00–421.002,1393
Steers500–550Medium and Large 1522432.97/cwt414.00–439.002,26018
Steers500–550Medium and Large 1-2538413.30/cwt405.00–425.002,2246
Steers550–600Medium and Large 1558419.69/cwt417.00–425.002,34227
Steers550–600Medium and Large 1-2581385.00/cwt385.00–385.002,2375
Steers550–600Medium and Large 1Unweaned584385.40/cwt385.00–386.002,2515
Steers550–600Medium and Large 1Full590395.00/cwt395.00–395.002,3314
Steers600–650Medium and Large 1-2610375.00/cwt375.00–375.002,2883
Steers650–700Medium and Large 1667370.00/cwt370.00–370.002,4683
Steers700–750Medium and Large 1-2732339.00/cwt339.00–339.002,4813
Feeder Cattle · Heifers16 lots · lightest first
Heifers250–300Medium and Large 1250510.00/cwt510.00–510.001,2753
Heifers300–350Medium and Large 1-2324413.50/cwt410.00–417.501,3404
Heifers300–350Medium and Large 1334450.00/cwt450.00–450.001,5037
Heifers350–400Medium and Large 1369444.70/cwt432.50–467.501,64114
Heifers400–450Medium and Large 1-2404424.95/cwt400.00–450.001,71716
Heifers400–450Medium and Large 1426461.31/cwt420.00–480.001,96525
Heifers450–500Medium and Large 2450350.00/cwt350.00–350.001,5753
Heifers450–500Medium and Large 1-2478396.43/cwt385.00–415.001,8959
Heifers450–500Medium and Large 1Replacement481460.00/cwt460.00–460.002,2134
Heifers450–500Medium and Large 1484420.01/cwt415.00–430.002,0336
Heifers500–550Medium and Large 1510430.49/cwt427.00–435.002,19523
Heifers550–600Medium and Large 1562395.40/cwt391.00–400.002,2227
Heifers550–600Medium and Large 1Fleshy592354.00/cwt354.00–354.002,0963
Heifers600–650Medium and Large 1602387.50/cwt387.50–387.502,3335
Heifers650–700Medium and Large 1-2Full651344.00/cwt344.00–344.002,2394
Heifers1000–1050Medium and Large 1Fleshy1,032260.00/cwt260.00–260.002,6834
Feeder Cattle · Bulls6 lots · lightest first
Bulls400–450Medium and Large 1-2429462.83/cwt437.50–485.001,98610
Bulls450–500Medium and Large 1-2469414.95/cwt355.00–447.501,94622
Bulls500–550Medium and Large 1-2512380.95/cwt357.50–400.001,95010
Bulls550–600Medium and Large 1-2584357.12/cwt350.00–360.002,0867
Bulls600–650Medium and Large 1-2618320.00/cwt320.00–320.001,9784
Bulls650–700Medium and Large 1-2678300.00/cwt300.00–300.002,0343
Slaughter Cattle · Bulls3 lots · lightest first
Bulls——1,500174.51/cwt163.00–183.002,6183
Bulls——1,798204.10/cwt194.00–210.003,6703
Bulls——1,945190.48/cwt190.00–191.003,7052
Slaughter Cattle · Cows7 lots · lightest first
Cows—Lean 85-90%1,047121.82/cwt101.00–133.001,2759
Cows—Lean 85-90%1,055160.79/cwt158.00–163.501,6962
Cows—Lean 85-90%1,067144.53/cwt136.00–150.001,54210
Cows—Boner 80-85%1,242148.22/cwt145.00–150.001,8413
Cows—Boner 80-85%1,243160.36/cwt153.50–165.501,99313
Cows—Boner 80-85%1,485174.00/cwt174.00–174.002,5842
Cows—Breaker 75-80%1,610158.50/cwt158.50–158.502,5521
Replacement Cattle · Bred Heifers1 lot · lightest first
Bred Heifers—Medium and Large 1-21,0503,311.85/head3,175.00–3,375.003,3123

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.