Interstate Regional Stockyards Market Report

Cuba, Missouri · USDA-reported Auction Livestock

Sale of Tuesday, October 13, 2020

1,028 head sold ·Official USDA report

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heavy 4-weight M&L 1-2 heifers $128.40/cwt ≈ $602/hd at 469 lb · 45 head

heavy 4-weight M&L 1-2 steers $139.33/cwt ≈ $658/hd at 472 lb · 40 head

heavy 5-weight M&L 1 steers $143.26/cwt ≈ $819/hd at 572 lb · 37 head

Receipts

Head	This sale	Last sale	Last year
Total receipts	1,028	962	1,121
Feeder cattle	905	—	956
Slaughter cattle	103	—	150
Replacement cattle	20	—	15

Market comments — USDA reporter

Compared to last Tuesday, feeder steers and heifers steady to 5.00 lower. Slaughter cows steady. Demand moderate. Supply moderate. Best demand seen on the higher quality calves and longer weaned/yearling type cattle.

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Feeder Steers

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd
265	265	3	171.00	$171.00	$453
330	330	3	163.00	$163.00	$538
400–440	418	30	140.00–149.00	$142.67	$596
454–498	472	40	135.50–145.00	$139.33	$658
500–547	533	13	135.00–140.00	$138.33	$737
562–594	584	9	135.00–140.00	$136.35	$796
617 unweaned	617	5	125.00	$125.00	$771
646	646	4	137.00	$137.00	$885
660	660	4	130.00	$130.00	$858
687 unweaned	687	13	121.00	$121.00	$831
705–715	709	5	131.00–131.50	$131.20	$930
771–780	773	10	122.00–125.00	$122.61	$948

Medium and Large 1 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd
377–390	384	16	149.00–157.00	$155.04	$595
420–438	431	14	148.00–184.00	$169.40	$730
495–497	496	7	156.00–163.00	$161.01	$799
530–542	539	26	140.00–146.00	$144.90	$781
555–588	572	37	137.50–146.00	$143.26	$819
605–645	620	14	135.00–137.00	$135.92	$843

Medium and Large 2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd
619	619	5	120.00	$120.00	$743
700–725	713	4	117.00–125.00	$120.93	$862

Medium 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd
347	347	3	146.00	$146.00	$507
708	708	3	129.00	$129.00	$913

Medium 2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd
452	452	3	120.00	$120.00	$542

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Feeder Heifers

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd
229	229	5	157.00	$157.00	$360
288	288	5	151.00	$151.00	$435
380	380	3	139.00	$139.00	$528
417–420	419	6	125.00–130.00	$127.49	$534
460–494	469	45	120.00–136.00	$128.40	$602
520–538	529	8	120.00–128.50	$126.41	$669
531	531	9	120.00	$120.00	$637
550–590	565	28	115.50–122.50	$117.45	$664
605	605	5	120.00	$120.00	$726
625–640	630	14	115.00–124.50	$119.69	$754
671	671	7	127.00	$127.00	$852
672–688	684	25	121.75–123.00	$122.09	$835

Medium and Large 1 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd
405–428	420	18	139.00–145.00	$143.30	$602
450–495	468	27	140.00–148.50	$144.11	$674
478	478	4	125.00	$125.00	$598
520	520	3	120.00	$120.00	$624
537–545	539	7	127.00–130.00	$127.87	$689
585–590	586	7	121.00–124.00	$122.14	$716
619 unweaned	619	10	116.50	$116.50	$721
607–638	622	17	122.00–128.25	$125.44	$780
660–690	670	6	123.00	$123.00	$824
727	727	9	125.50	$125.50	$912
827	827	15	125.50	$125.50	$1,038

Medium and Large 2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd
379	379	12	125.00	$125.00	$474
528	528	5	119.00	$119.00	$628
663	663	3	101.00	$101.00	$670

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Feeder Bulls

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd
420–430	423	6	130.00–135.00	$133.31	$564
455–495	484	10	115.00–133.00	$119.50	$578
515–533	525	13	120.00–126.00	$121.74	$639
565–598	579	7	110.00–128.00	$118.80	$688
607–645	621	23	104.00–120.00	$108.93	$676
655–698	668	11	110.00–117.00	$113.54	$758
725–748	737	4	98.00–106.00	$102.06	$752
753	753	8	100.00	$100.00	$753

Medium 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd
580	580	3	82.00	$82.00	$476

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Slaughter Cows

Lean ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Dressing	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd
1025	1025	85-90%	1	23.00	$23.00	$236
950–1205	1082	85-90%	6	30.00–40.00	$34.30	$371
1000–1302	1107	85-90%	10	41.00–47.50	$43.29	$479

Boner ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Dressing	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd
1150	1150	80-85%	1	46.00	$46.00	$529
1040–1420	1234	80-85%	11	50.00–55.00	$52.68	$650
1285–1410	1348	80-85%	2	55.00–57.00	$56.05	$756

Breaker ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Dressing	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd
1400–1595	1479	75-80%	5	52.50–55.50	$54.13	$801

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Slaughter Bulls

YG1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd
1245–1880	1499	5	61.00–77.00	$70.41	$1,055
1400–1960	1691	10	78.50–85.00	$81.48	$1,378

YG2-3 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd
2195	2195	1	74.50	$74.50	$1,635

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Bred Cows

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $
1130–1340	1206	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	All Stages (1-9 mo)	8	640.00–970.00	$832.33

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Cow-Calf Pairs

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $
1100	1100	Young (2-4 yrs)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	2	1,375.00	$1,375.00

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Reading this report

What does "Medium and Large 1" mean?

USDA feeder grades describe frame size and muscle thickness, not quality of the individual animal. "Medium and Large" is the frame score; the number is muscle (1 = heaviest muscled). "Medium and Large 1–2" pens mix both muscle scores — common across the Southeast.

What is $/cwt?

Dollars per hundredweight — per 100 lb of animal. A 500-lb calf at $450/cwt brings 5 × $450 = $2,250. Lighter cattle usually bring more per cwt but less per head.

Why are some prices per head?

Bred cows, cow-calf pairs, and some replacement classes sell by the head, not by weight. We show those exactly as USDA reports them — a $/head figure is never converted into $/cwt on this site.

Where do these numbers come from?

From the USDA Agricultural Marketing Service's Livestock Market News — federal reporters at the sale. We publish each report in full and link the official USDA document at the top of the page.