Sale reports / Missouri / Interstate Regional Stockyards / 2026-02-03

Interstate Regional Stockyards

Feeder Cattle · Slaughter Cattle · Replacement Cattle · Cuba, Missouri · Tue, Feb 3
● Final27 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 1814
Feeder Cattle receipts
140 head
▼ 351 vs last sale 491▼ 822 vs year ago 962 · −85.4%
Slaughter Cattle receipts
27 head
▼ 58 vs last sale 85▼ 56 vs year ago 83 · −67.5%
Replacement Cattle receipts
40 head
▼ 110 vs last sale 150▲ 0 vs year ago 40 · +0.0%
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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Feeder supply not sufficient to establish a market trend. Very light offering with outer road conditions delaying most consignments another week. Most cattle news is positive right now with the fed cattle trade higher last week, futures higher so far this week and the January inventory report still showing mild contraction in U. S. cattle numbers.

Weight classPick one — the panels below update

Steers · summary 500–600 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot
500–600 lb steers averaged $423.18/cwt on 12 head. That ranks 9 of 24 comparable sales and sits −34.80 against this barn's trailing median of $457.99.
Average price
$423.18
12 head · 544 lb average
Value per head Derived
$2,304
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
$371
per head · Medium and Large 1 over Medium and Large 1-2
$17.74/cwt at this weight
vs the market
−58.85
vs MO average
−59.85 vs national

Price by quality 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 1587435.012,5544thin
Medium and Large 1-2523417.272,1828thin
One grade step is worth $17.74/cwt here — about $371 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 sale12 hd
423.18
—
MO average12 barns · 1,587 hd
482.03
−58.85
National average143 barns · 13,122 hd
483.03
−59.85
This barn, trailing median24 sales
457.99
−34.80
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—Low1,345169.002,2731thin
CowsBoner 80-85%Average1,375159.032,1875thin
CowsBreaker 75-80%Average1,598158.742,5373thin
CowsLean 85-90%Average1,066141.151,50514

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)Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)1,323$3,0685
Bred Cows3rd Stage (7-9 mo)Aged (>8 yrs)1,280$2,6003thin
Cow-Calf PairsOpenMiddle Aged (5-8 yrs)1,225$3,0752thin

Every lot

27 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 · Steers9 lots · lightest first
Steers300–350Medium and Large 1-2322543.06/cwt530.00–550.001,7496
Steers400–450Medium and Large 1-2424476.18/cwt450.00–490.002,0195
Steers450–500Large 1457435.00/cwt435.00–435.001,9883
Steers450–500Medium and Large 1-2468456.48/cwt430.00–490.002,1366
Steers450–500Medium and Large 1472502.50/cwt502.50–502.502,3722
Steers500–550Medium and Large 1-2523417.27/cwt400.00–440.002,1828
Steers550–600Medium and Large 1587435.01/cwt430.00–440.002,5544
Steers600–650Medium and Large 1620406.00/cwt400.00–415.002,5175
Steers850–900Medium and Large 1Fleshy870325.00/cwt325.00–325.002,8283
Feeder Cattle · Heifers8 lots · lightest first
Heifers300–350Medium and Large 1-2309467.96/cwt450.00–480.001,44610
Heifers350–400Medium and Large 1-2360452.47/cwt450.00–455.001,6294
Heifers350–400Medium and Large 1378500.00/cwt500.00–500.001,8904
Heifers400–450Large 1415412.50/cwt412.50–412.501,7124
Heifers400–450Medium and Large 1-2435420.00/cwt420.00–420.001,8273
Heifers450–500Medium and Large 1453443.81/cwt430.00–455.002,0109
Heifers550–600Medium and Large 1568397.48/cwt390.00–402.502,2585
Heifers600–650Medium and Large 1642372.50/cwt372.50–372.502,3912
Feeder Cattle · Bulls1 lot · lightest first
Bulls450–500Medium and Large 1-2490490.00/cwt490.00–490.002,4013
Slaughter Cattle · Bulls1 lot · lightest first
Bulls——1,345169.00/cwt169.00–169.002,2731
Slaughter Cattle · Cows5 lots · lightest first
Cows—Lean 85-90%1,017134.60/cwt129.00–141.001,3696
Cows—Lean 85-90%1,103146.06/cwt145.00–149.001,6118
Cows—Boner 80-85%1,375159.03/cwt157.00–161.002,1875
Cows—Breaker 75-80%1,575164.11/cwt158.00–171.002,5852
Cows—Breaker 75-80%1,645148.00/cwt148.00–148.002,4351
Replacement Cattle · Cow-Calf Pairs1 lot · lightest first
Cow-Calf Pairs—Medium and Large 21,2253,075.00/head2,900.00–3,250.003,0752
Replacement Cattle · Bred Cows2 lots · lightest first
Bred Cows—Medium and Large 1-21,2802,600.00/head2,600.00–2,600.002,6003
Bred Cows—Medium and Large 1-21,3233,068.15/head2,600.00–3,525.003,0685

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.