Interstate Regional Stockyards Market Report

Cuba, Missouri · USDA-reported Auction Livestock

Sale of Tuesday, March 9, 2021

1,643 head sold ·Official USDA report

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heavy 6-weight M&L 1 heifers $130.17/cwt +4.42 vs last sale · ≈ $880/hd at 676 lb · 74 head

heavy 8-weight M&L 1 steers $123.25/cwt +1.05 vs last sale · ≈ $1,086/hd at 881 lb · 65 head

heavy 5-weight M&L 1 heifers $137.24/cwt +6.74 vs last sale · ≈ $796/hd at 580 lb · 60 head

Receipts

Head	This sale	Last sale	Last year
Total receipts	1,643	1,053	655
Feeder cattle	1,543	949	608
Slaughter cattle	85	86	37
Replacement cattle	15	18	10

Market comments — USDA reporter

Compared to last Tuesday, feeder steers and heifers steady to 3.00 higher with some steers near 550 lbs and heifers near 425 lbs 3.00-5.00 higher. Slaughter cows steady. to 1.00 lower. Demand moderate to good. Supply moderate. The feeder market got a little help from spring feeder contracts which were up 180-240 points on Tuesday.

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Feeder Steers

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
300–316	314	8	175.00–185.00	$183.81	$577	—
365–380	369	8	168.00–170.00	$169.50	$625	—
405–447	428	15	161.00–175.00	$166.59	$713	—
465–478	469	6	166.00–176.00	$169.39	$794	+15.03
505–549	529	33	151.00–170.00	$160.68	$850	-1.65
563–570	567	13	140.00–151.00	$144.33	$818	-2.75
611–649	616	41	138.00–151.50	$146.20	$901	+11.20
635	635	3	136.50	$136.50	$867	+1.50
654–685	666	21	131.00–138.50	$134.61	$897	-2.61
722–748	739	30	127.50–133.50	$130.84	$967	+5.34
756–793	787	48	121.50–128.50	$126.45	$995	—

Medium and Large 1 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
390–395	393	4	161.00–166.00	$163.52	$643	—
420–448	434	4	181.00–187.00	$183.90	$798	+6.90
495–497	497	4	174.00–181.00	$175.74	$873	—
536–546	541	15	157.50–181.00	$171.18	$926	+4.23
550–593	565	32	157.50–182.75	$172.22	$973	+5.02
587	587	3	154.00	$154.00	$904	-13.20
600–645	626	32	148.50–163.00	$152.31	$953	-5.34
659–660	659	23	143.75–145.00	$143.86	$948	+4.79
666–671	669	8	135.00	$135.00	$903	-4.07
753	753	9	126.00	$126.00	$949	—
830	830	11	135.00	$135.00	$1,120	+9.93
881	881	65	123.25	$123.25	$1,086	+1.05
1010–1017	1014	14	113.00–115.25	$114.29	$1,159	—

Medium and Large 2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
751	751	18	123.75	$123.75	$929	—

Medium 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
419	419	4	163.00	$163.00	$683	—
580–592	585	9	131.50–132.00	$131.72	$771	—

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Feeder Heifers

Medium and Large 1 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
369–383	375	19	143.00–156.50	$149.59	$561	—
405–449	440	25	141.00–161.00	$152.31	$670	+12.99
455–477	469	8	140.00–144.00	$140.97	$661	+4.97
518–545	538	11	134.00–138.50	$135.18	$727	-4.86
552–596	580	60	131.00–140.75	$137.24	$796	+6.74
602–647	630	8	124.50–126.50	$125.22	$789	-2.35
638 unweaned	638	3	119.00	$119.00	$759	—
661–693	676	74	124.50–132.25	$130.17	$880	+4.42
729	729	9	124.00	$124.00	$904	+0.31
758	758	27	126.25	$126.25	$957	+11.40
818	818	21	114.75	$114.75	$939	+3.01
856	856	11	115.00	$115.00	$984	+10.34

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
239	239	7	165.00	$165.00	$394	—
287	287	6	156.00	$156.00	$448	—
320–340	330	4	141.00–146.00	$143.42	$473	—
365–390	378	4	140.50–141.00	$140.76	$532	—
410–443	422	26	137.00–150.00	$143.35	$605	+6.35
455–488	474	13	131.00–136.00	$134.51	$638	+3.51
502–545	527	32	125.00–135.50	$130.50	$688	+6.88
550–590	566	25	124.00–134.50	$129.80	$735	+2.92
613–633	619	13	123.50–126.00	$124.12	$768	-0.53
650–673	665	12	120.00–127.75	$125.23	$833	+4.23
680–689	686	11	116.00–116.50	$116.18	$797	-4.82
705–747	724	25	110.00–126.00	$119.86	$868	+6.68
759	759	6	124.50	$124.50	$945	+14.50
817	817	3	107.50	$107.50	$878	—

Medium and Large 2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
500–530	518	22	120.50–125.00	$123.45	$639	—
597	597	3	115.00	$115.00	$687	—
620–642	631	4	117.50–120.00	$118.73	$749	—
666	666	9	117.50	$117.50	$783	—
700	700	3	100.00	$100.00	$700	—

Large 1 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
533	533	5	123.50	$123.50	$658	—
559	559	4	120.00	$120.00	$671	—
793	793	5	113.50	$113.50	$900	—

Medium 2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
584	584	4	113.00	$113.00	$660	—

Medium 2-3 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
512	512	4	110.00	$110.00	$563	—

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Feeder Bulls

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
400–445	424	28	145.00–169.00	$160.12	$679	+16.12
468–490	473	22	140.00–145.50	$142.09	$672	-1.41
500–545	527	29	133.50–151.00	$140.86	$742	-1.86
558–592	575	24	125.00–142.00	$135.00	$776	—
600–645	617	15	124.00–132.00	$128.23	$791	+0.38
657–690	671	11	117.00–127.00	$122.70	$823	-1.30
720–745	726	22	113.00–123.00	$118.27	$859	-0.40
800–827	816	8	105.50–107.00	$105.87	$864	—

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Slaughter Cows

Lean ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Dressing	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
720–1235	904	85-90%	7	20.00–27.00	$22.70	$205	+5.70
980–1135	1083	85-90%	3	47.00–48.50	$47.80	$518	—
1120	1120	85-90%	1	57.50	$57.50	$644	+6.67
1150–1376	1326	85-90%	8	41.50–43.50	$41.91	$556	—

Breaker ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Dressing	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
1245–1445	1338	75-80%	3	60.00–61.50	$60.50	$809	—
1360–1847	1667	75-80%	7	56.00–60.00	$57.11	$952	—

Boner ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Dressing	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
1140–1395	1274	80-85%	5	55.00–59.00	$56.59	$721	—

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Slaughter Bulls

YG1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
1480–1790	1605	4	80.00–84.00	$81.52	$1,308	—
1395–1835	1634	5	60.00–70.00	$66.60	$1,088	—
1840	1840	1	92.00	$92.00	$1,693	—

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Bred Cows

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $
1230–1435	1328	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	All Stages (1-9 mo)	6	875.00–1,275.00	$1,033.20

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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.