Sale reports / Missouri / Interstate Regional Stockyards / 2026-03-24

Interstate Regional Stockyards

Feeder Cattle · Slaughter Cattle · Replacement Cattle · Cuba, Missouri · Tue, Mar 24
● Final75 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 1814
Feeder Cattle receipts
828 head
▲ 594 vs last sale 234▲ 51 vs year ago 777 · +6.6%
Slaughter Cattle receipts
110 head
▲ 63 vs last sale 47▲ 7 vs year ago 103 · +6.8%
Replacement Cattle receipts
140 head
▲ 120 vs last sale 20▲ 110 vs year ago 30 · +366.7%
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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

No recent price comparisons available on feeders. Slaughter cows 3.00-6.00 higher compared to two weeks ago.

Weight classPick one — the panels below update

Steers · summary 500–600 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot
500–600 lb steers averaged $469.44/cwt on 50 head, up $13.63 from the prior sale (only 17 head in that comparison). That ranks 14 of 24 comparable sales and sits +11.45 against this barn's trailing median of $457.99.
Average price
$469.44
▲ 13.63 vs prior sale
50 head · 544 lb average
Value per head Derived
$2,552
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
$135
per head · Medium and Large 1 over Medium and Large 1-2
$30.98/cwt at this weight
vs the market
−10.57
vs MO average
−8.65 vs national

Price by quality 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 1542478.112,59036
Medium and Large 1-2549447.132,45514thin
One grade step is worth $30.98/cwt here — about $135 a head. Across this sale the premium is widest at 300–400 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 sale50 hd
469.44
—
MO average20 barns · 2,707 hd
480.01
−10.57
National average173 barns · 11,948 hd
478.09
−8.65
This barn, trailing median24 sales
457.99
+11.45
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—Low1,626201.883,28210
CowsBreaker 75-80%Average1,545174.992,70310
CowsBoner 80-85%Low1,300169.712,20623
CowsLean 85-90%High1,040149.891,55827

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)1,318$3,94924
Bred Cows1st Stage (1-3 mo)Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)1,250$3,14421
Bred CowsAll Stages (1-9 mo)Aged (>8 yrs)1,382$3,0093thin
Cow-Calf Pairs1st Stage (1-3 mo)Young (2-4 yrs)1,259$5,5002thin
Cow-Calf Pairs1st Stage (1-3 mo)Aged (>8 yrs)1,270$4,1003thin

Every lot

75 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 · Steers25 lots · lightest first
Steers300–350Medium and Large 1318679.02/cwt650.00–705.002,1594
Steers300–350Medium and Large 1-2318617.17/cwt570.00–640.001,9637
Steers350–400Medium and Large 1375611.27/cwt600.00–635.002,2926
Steers350–400Medium and Large 1-2379556.41/cwt530.00–580.002,1096
Steers400–450Medium and Large 1428567.74/cwt545.00–580.002,43027
Steers400–450Medium and Large 1-2431535.48/cwt520.00–540.002,3089
Steers450–500Medium and Large 1-2470509.05/cwt500.00–520.002,39311
Steers450–500Medium and Large 1-2Thin Fleshed472540.00/cwt540.00–540.002,5494
Steers450–500Medium and Large 1482535.33/cwt500.00–565.002,58046
Steers450–500Medium and Large 1Fleshy485510.00/cwt510.00–510.002,4743
Steers500–550Medium and Large 1-2506484.26/cwt475.00–507.502,4507
Steers500–550Medium and Large 1Fleshy530465.99/cwt460.00–475.002,47016
Steers500–550Medium and Large 1536514.62/cwt502.50–522.502,75810
Steers500–550Medium and Large 1Full548470.00/cwt470.00–470.002,5764
Steers550–600Medium and Large 1578455.00/cwt455.00–455.002,6306
Steers550–600Medium and Large 1-2592410.00/cwt410.00–410.002,4277
Steers600–650Medium and Large 1Unweaned619389.11/cwt388.00–390.002,4097
Steers600–650Medium and Large 1Fleshy620405.55/cwt387.00–410.002,51416
Steers600–650Medium and Large 1628435.40/cwt410.00–447.002,73431
Steers650–700Medium and Large 1Fleshy659400.00/cwt400.00–400.002,6365
Steers700–750Medium and Large 1Unweaned705337.50/cwt337.50–337.502,3793
Steers700–750Medium and Large 1-2719375.00/cwt375.00–375.002,69620
Steers700–750Medium and Large 1729390.46/cwt383.00–400.002,84625
Steers800–850Medium and Large 1816341.67/cwt341.50–343.002,78818
Steers950–1000Medium and Large 1978310.00/cwt310.00–310.003,03210
Feeder Cattle · Heifers26 lots · lightest first
Heifers300–350Medium and Large 1Thin Fleshed310610.00/cwt610.00–610.001,8915
Heifers300–350Medium and Large 1329562.56/cwt540.00–575.001,85115
Heifers350–400Large 1379455.00/cwt455.00–455.001,7247
Heifers350–400Medium and Large 1-2380496.80/cwt460.00–540.001,8888
Heifers350–400Medium and Large 1Fleshy381505.00/cwt505.00–505.001,9244
Heifers350–400Medium and Large 1382548.04/cwt520.00–570.002,09412
Heifers400–450Medium and Large 1-2414470.00/cwt470.00–470.001,9465
Heifers400–450Medium and Large 1Fleshy417483.39/cwt480.00–485.002,0169
Heifers400–450Medium and Large 1423496.08/cwt480.00–530.002,09820
Heifers450–500Medium and Large 1475460.13/cwt430.00–485.002,18622
Heifers450–500Medium 2475400.00/cwt400.00–400.001,9003
Heifers450–500Medium and Large 1Value Added477462.00/cwt462.00–462.002,20412
Heifers450–500Large 1495425.00/cwt425.00–425.002,1043
Heifers450–500Medium and Large 1-2496421.05/cwt415.00–425.002,08819
Heifers500–550Medium and Large 1-2509416.42/cwt415.00–420.002,1207
Heifers500–550Medium and Large 1523434.49/cwt420.00–446.002,2727
Heifers500–550Medium 1530390.00/cwt390.00–390.002,0677
Heifers550–600Medium and Large 1-2557400.00/cwt400.00–400.002,2283
Heifers550–600Medium and Large 1571402.73/cwt400.00–405.002,30038
Heifers600–650Medium and Large 1607391.30/cwt385.00–397.502,3758
Heifers600–650Medium and Large 1-2623366.66/cwt360.00–385.002,28410
Heifers650–700Medium and Large 1664363.86/cwt351.00–374.002,41614
Heifers650–700Medium and Large 2695302.00/cwt302.00–302.002,0994
Heifers700–750Medium and Large 1709351.58/cwt345.00–358.002,4934
Heifers750–800Medium and Large 1767332.50/cwt330.00–334.002,55011
Heifers800–850Medium and Large 1832325.76/cwt320.00–327.002,71023
Feeder Cattle · Bulls7 lots · lightest first
Bulls300–350Medium and Large 2340455.00/cwt455.00–455.001,5476
Bulls400–450Medium 2402430.00/cwt430.00–430.001,7294
Bulls400–450Medium and Large 1-2414528.85/cwt505.00–550.002,1899
Bulls450–500Medium and Large 1-2487451.26/cwt440.00–490.002,19811
Bulls500–550Medium and Large 2528385.00/cwt385.00–385.002,0334
Bulls550–600Medium and Large 1-2562424.97/cwt415.00–440.002,3885
Bulls700–750Medium and Large 2710350.00/cwt350.00–350.002,4853
Slaughter Cattle · Bulls2 lots · lightest first
Bulls——1,590188.05/cwt186.00–190.002,9903
Bulls——1,641207.81/cwt199.00–216.003,4107
Slaughter Cattle · Cows9 lots · lightest first
Cows—Lean 85-90%978138.23/cwt134.00–146.001,35210
Cows—Lean 85-90%1,071154.17/cwt148.00–163.001,65114
Cows—Lean 85-90%1,098168.78/cwt164.00–174.001,8533
Cows—Boner 80-85%1,261158.83/cwt155.00–164.502,0037
Cows—Boner 80-85%1,311171.22/cwt165.00–178.502,24512
Cows—Boner 80-85%1,334184.21/cwt176.50–187.002,4574
Cows—Breaker 75-80%1,445157.00/cwt157.00–157.002,2691
Cows—Breaker 75-80%1,535175.43/cwt174.00–177.502,6938
Cows—Breaker 75-80%1,720189.50/cwt189.50–189.503,2591
Replacement Cattle · Cow-Calf Pairs2 lots · lightest first
Cow-Calf Pairs—Medium and Large 11,2595,500.00/head5,500.00–5,500.005,5002
Cow-Calf Pairs—Large 11,2704,100.00/head4,100.00–4,100.004,1003
Replacement Cattle · Stock Cows1 lot · lightest first
Stock Cows—Medium and Large 1-2975262.50/cwt262.50–262.502,5592
Replacement Cattle · Bred Cows3 lots · lightest first
Bred Cows—Medium and Large 1-21,2503,144.29/head2,800.00–3,550.003,14421
Bred Cows—Medium and Large 1-21,3183,948.58/head3,300.00–4,300.003,94924
Bred Cows—Medium and Large 1-21,3823,009.08/head2,950.00–3,075.003,0093

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.