Sale reports / Missouri / Interstate Regional Stockyards / 2026-06-23

Interstate Regional Stockyards

Feeder Cattle · Slaughter Cattle · Replacement Cattle · Cuba, Missouri · Tue, Jun 23
● Final46 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 1814
Feeder Cattle receipts
521 head
▲ 172 vs last sale 349▲ 521 vs year ago 0 · no sale a year ago
Slaughter Cattle receipts
58 head
▲ 20 vs last sale 38▲ 58 vs year ago 0 · no sale a year ago
Replacement Cattle receipts
80 head
▲ 50 vs last sale 30▲ 80 vs year ago 0 · no sale a year ago
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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to last Tuesday, steers and heifers steady to 10.00 higher on a limited market test. Slaughter cows firm to 2.00 higher. Demand good. Supply light. Feeder offering was highlighted by 76 steers weighing 669 lbs @ 433.25. Cow sale following the feeders included two consignments of nice young fall calving cows.

Weight classPick one — the panels below update

Steers · summary 500–600 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot
500–600 lb steers averaged $475.93/cwt on 91 head, up $17.72 from the prior sale. That ranks 17 of 24 comparable sales and sits +17.94 against this barn's trailing median of $457.99.
Average price
$475.93
▲ 17.72 vs prior sale
91 head · 553 lb average
Value per head Derived
$2,631
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
−$95
per head · Medium and Large 1-2 over Medium and Large 1
$2.45/cwt at this weight
vs the market
−0.42
vs MO average
+7.47 vs national

Price by quality 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 1-2533478.032,55013thin
Medium and Large 1556475.582,64578
One grade step is worth $2.45/cwt here — about −$95 a head. Across this sale the premium is widest at 600–700 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 sale91 hd
475.93
—
MO average17 barns · 2,536 hd
476.35
−0.42
National average150 barns · 8,917 hd
468.46
+7.47
This barn, trailing median24 sales
457.99
+17.94
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—Average1,721212.133,6519thin
CowsBoner 80-85%High1,274179.962,2939thin
CowsBreaker 75-80%High1,540178.722,75211
CowsLean 85-90%Low1,050147.951,55411

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)1,320$4,51056

Every lot

46 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 · Steers14 lots · lightest first
Steers300–350Medium and Large 1308600.00/cwt600.00–600.001,8484
Steers350–400Medium and Large 1-2369561.87/cwt540.00–575.002,0739
Steers400–450Medium and Large 1-2423540.70/cwt535.00–550.002,28712
Steers400–450Medium and Large 1432582.04/cwt575.00–590.002,5147
Steers450–500Medium and Large 1469539.92/cwt532.50–560.002,53212
Steers500–550Medium and Large 1515503.27/cwt487.50–508.002,59226
Steers500–550Medium and Large 1-2518489.45/cwt470.00–502.002,5359
Steers550–600Medium and Large 1Fleshy566444.23/cwt440.00–447.502,5146
Steers550–600Medium and Large 1-2568452.33/cwt445.00–460.002,5694
Steers550–600Medium and Large 1578464.01/cwt456.00–478.002,68246
Steers600–650Medium and Large 1625430.00/cwt430.00–430.002,6883
Steers650–700Medium and Large 1668429.87/cwt410.00–433.252,87292
Steers650–700Medium and Large 1-2696387.00/cwt387.00–387.002,6946
Steers700–750Medium and Large 1712384.93/cwt380.00–387.502,7416
Feeder Cattle · Heifers15 lots · lightest first
Heifers350–400Medium and Large 1-2369506.96/cwt500.00–525.001,87110
Heifers400–450Medium and Large 1-2409460.00/cwt460.00–460.001,8814
Heifers400–450Medium and Large 1410502.56/cwt497.50–507.502,0604
Heifers450–500Medium and Large 1467481.77/cwt455.00–498.002,25016
Heifers450–500Medium and Large 1-2468448.90/cwt437.50–460.002,1016
Heifers450–500Medium and Large 2490425.00/cwt425.00–425.002,0834
Heifers500–550Medium and Large 1524447.97/cwt445.00–462.502,34725
Heifers500–550Medium and Large 1-2525430.82/cwt420.00–442.502,2624
Heifers550–600Medium and Large 1571417.74/cwt395.00–440.002,38518
Heifers600–650Medium and Large 2619335.00/cwt335.00–335.002,0744
Heifers600–650Medium and Large 1624387.31/cwt370.00–406.002,4174
Heifers600–650Medium and Large 1Replacement626412.00/cwt412.00–412.002,57922
Heifers650–700Medium and Large 1Replacement680390.00/cwt390.00–390.002,6527
Heifers750–800Medium and Large 1766335.00/cwt335.00–335.002,5664
Heifers950–1000Large 1967290.00/cwt290.00–290.002,8045
Feeder Cattle · Bulls5 lots · lightest first
Bulls450–500Medium and Large 1-2482456.29/cwt425.00–472.502,1999
Bulls500–550Medium and Large 1-2512459.00/cwt415.00–495.002,3509
Bulls550–600Medium 1-2565380.00/cwt380.00–380.002,1472
Bulls600–650Medium and Large 1-2617383.97/cwt330.00–415.002,3696
Bulls700–750Medium and Large 1-2725344.29/cwt341.00–347.502,4964
Slaughter Cattle · Bulls3 lots · lightest first
Bulls——1,535201.00/cwt201.00–201.003,0851
Bulls——1,677214.74/cwt208.50–219.003,6017
Bulls——2,215205.00/cwt205.00–205.004,5411
Slaughter Cattle · Cows7 lots · lightest first
Cows—Lean 85-90%983135.18/cwt117.00–146.001,3294
Cows—Lean 85-90%1,02098.00/cwt98.00–98.001,0001
Cows—Lean 85-90%1,100164.78/cwt163.00–166.001,8136
Cows—Boner 80-85%1,233185.59/cwt184.00–188.002,2883
Cows—Boner 80-85%1,295177.15/cwt172.00–181.002,2946
Cows—Breaker 75-80%1,527178.09/cwt172.00–183.002,71910
Cows—Breaker 75-80%1,670185.00/cwt185.00–185.003,0901
Replacement Cattle · Bred Cows2 lots · lightest first
Bred Cows—Medium and Large 1-21,2163,410.30/head3,150.00–3,600.003,41014
Bred Cows—Medium and Large 11,3544,876.37/head4,000.00–5,400.004,87642

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.