Sale reports / Missouri / Interstate Regional Stockyards / 2026-09-22

Interstate Regional Stockyards

Feeder Cattle · Slaughter Cattle · Replacement Cattle · Cuba, Missouri · Tue, Sep 22
● Final58 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 1814
Feeder Cattle receipts
1,150 head
▲ 618 vs last sale 532▲ 649 vs year ago 501 · +129.5%
Slaughter Cattle receipts
80 head
▲ 32 vs last sale 48▼ 9 vs year ago 89 · −10.1%
Replacement Cattle receipts
50 head
▲ 20 vs last sale 30▼ 10 vs year ago 60 · −16.7%
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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Feeders sold with a higher undertone but with no recent price comparisons available. Demand good. Supply moderate. A nice run of feeders were on hand with the cooler weather and stronger market including three loads of yearling steers weighing 767-869 lbs. Cattle futures eased back after the big gains seen on Monday following another bullish placement figure in Friday's Cattle on Feed report.

Weight classPick one — the panels below update

Steers · summary 500–600 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot
500–600 lb steers averaged $418.89/cwt on 62 head, up $44.21 from the prior sale. That ranks 7 of 24 comparable sales and sits −39.09 against this barn's trailing median of $457.99.
Average price
$418.89
▲ 44.21 vs prior sale
62 head · 551 lb average
Value per head Derived
$2,309
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
$66
per head · Medium and Large 1 over Medium and Large 1-2
$10.39/cwt at this weight
vs the market
+3.81
vs MO average
+13.48 vs national

Price by quality 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 1552421.582,32646
Medium and Large 1-2550411.192,25916thin
One grade step is worth $10.39/cwt here — about $66 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 sale62 hd
418.89
—
MO average15 barns · 1,570 hd
415.08
+3.81
National average175 barns · 12,027 hd
405.41
+13.48
This barn, trailing median24 sales
457.99
−39.09
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—High1,785182.853,26411
CowsBreaker 75-80%Average1,696139.082,3598thin
CowsBoner 80-85%High1,293136.801,76916
CowsLean 85-90%Low1,148120.931,38812

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 (2-4 yrs)1,365$3,8512thin
Bred Cows2nd/3rd Stage (4-9 mo)Middle Aged/Aged (>5 yrs)1,426$3,08812

Every lot

58 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 · Steers21 lots · lightest first
Steers350–400Medium and Large 1350512.50/cwt510.00–515.001,7944
Steers400–450Medium and Large 1437474.87/cwt455.00–495.002,07513
Steers450–500Medium and Large 1-2458417.54/cwt415.00–420.001,9124
Steers450–500Medium and Large 1477453.61/cwt415.00–470.002,16416
Steers500–550Medium and Large 1520428.68/cwt415.00–450.002,22918
Steers500–550Medium and Large 1-2531418.63/cwt412.50–430.002,2238
Steers550–600Medium and Large 1-2568403.74/cwt400.00–405.002,2938
Steers550–600Medium and Large 1572417.01/cwt407.50–432.502,38528
Steers600–650Medium and Large 1623410.16/cwt385.00–423.002,55538
Steers600–650Medium and Large 1-2642371.70/cwt371.00–375.002,38631
Steers650–700Medium and Large 1-2668366.32/cwt355.00–375.002,4477
Steers650–700Medium and Large 1693365.99/cwt361.00–376.002,53633
Steers700–750Medium and Large 1-2715337.36/cwt333.00–359.002,41220
Steers700–750Medium and Large 1Fleshy723330.00/cwt330.00–330.002,3865
Steers700–750Medium and Large 1733350.12/cwt349.00–367.002,56633
Steers750–800Medium and Large 1-2Value Added767329.00/cwt329.00–329.002,52372
Steers750–800Medium and Large 1778332.08/cwt325.00–338.002,58456
Steers800–850Medium and Large 1814331.99/cwt331.50–333.502,70284
Steers850–900Medium and Large 1871322.58/cwt312.00–325.502,81095
Steers850–900Medium and Large 1-2Value Added873310.50/cwt310.50–310.502,71123
Steers1000–1050Medium and Large 11,008292.00/cwt292.00–292.002,9433
Feeder Cattle · Heifers20 lots · lightest first
Heifers400–450Medium and Large 1-2417385.51/cwt375.00–400.001,6087
Heifers400–450Medium and Large 1426405.74/cwt397.50–415.001,72811
Heifers450–500Medium and Large 1493400.00/cwt400.00–400.001,9723
Heifers500–550Medium and Large 1515397.02/cwt390.00–414.002,04519
Heifers500–550Medium and Large 1-2522366.79/cwt350.00–382.501,91510
Heifers550–600Medium 1556342.50/cwt342.50–342.501,9044
Heifers550–600Medium and Large 1579371.36/cwt360.00–375.002,15027
Heifers600–650Large 1610346.00/cwt346.00–346.002,1113
Heifers600–650Medium and Large 1619350.14/cwt342.00–353.002,16721
Heifers600–650Medium 1642330.00/cwt330.00–330.002,1194
Heifers650–700Medium and Large 1672331.20/cwt320.00–340.002,2267
Heifers650–700Medium and Large 1-2675321.92/cwt310.00–325.002,17325
Heifers650–700Medium and Large 1-2Value Added686323.50/cwt323.50–323.502,21947
Heifers650–700Medium and Large 1Replacement696359.00/cwt359.00–359.002,49926
Heifers700–750Medium and Large 1Replacement705349.00/cwt349.00–349.002,46016
Heifers700–750Medium and Large 1-2705300.38/cwt300.00–301.002,1188
Heifers700–750Medium and Large 1715318.72/cwt300.00–322.002,27941
Heifers750–800Medium and Large 1Replacement774323.00/cwt323.00–323.002,5008
Heifers800–850Medium and Large 1-2806284.50/cwt283.50–285.002,29321
Heifers900–950Medium and Large 1-2916272.00/cwt272.00–272.002,4925
Feeder Cattle · Bulls6 lots · lightest first
Bulls350–400Medium and Large 1-2380455.00/cwt455.00–455.001,7293
Bulls450–500Medium and Large 1-2478447.40/cwt442.50–450.002,1396
Bulls500–550Medium and Large 1-2531411.99/cwt385.00–430.002,1887
Bulls600–650Medium and Large 1-2623321.87/cwt305.00–340.002,0054
Bulls700–750Medium and Large 1-2709297.28/cwt280.00–315.002,1084
Bulls800–850Medium and Large 1-2832252.50/cwt252.50–252.502,1012
Slaughter Cattle · Bulls2 lots · lightest first
Bulls——1,756181.33/cwt174.00–193.003,18410
Bulls——2,075198.00/cwt198.00–198.004,1091
Slaughter Cattle · Cows7 lots · lightest first
Cows—Lean 85-90%1,139125.46/cwt114.00–130.001,4299
Cows—Lean 85-90%1,175107.33/cwt100.00–110.001,2613
Cows—Boner 80-85%1,240147.50/cwt147.50–147.501,8291
Cows—Boner 80-85%1,240122.00/cwt122.00–122.001,5131
Cows—Boner 80-85%1,301137.09/cwt130.00–141.501,78414
Cows—Breaker 75-80%1,605144.50/cwt144.50–144.502,3191
Cows—Breaker 75-80%1,709138.30/cwt135.00–143.002,3647
Replacement Cattle · Bred Cows2 lots · lightest first
Bred Cows—Medium and Large 1-21,3653,850.92/head3,825.00–3,875.003,8512
Bred Cows—Medium and Large 1-21,4263,087.76/head2,675.00–3,350.003,08812

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.