Interstate Regional Stockyards Market Report

Cuba, Missouri · USDA-reported Auction Livestock

Sale of Tuesday, August 3, 2021

1,047 head sold ·Official USDA report

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light 6-weight M&L 1 heifers $150.99/cwt +3.92 vs last sale · ≈ $955/hd at 632 lb · 126 head

light 7-weight M&L 1 steers $157.16/cwt -1.98 vs last sale · ≈ $1,165/hd at 741 lb · 85 head

heavy 7-weight M&L 1 steers $156.87/cwt ≈ $1,180/hd at 752 lb · 80 head

Receipts

Head	This sale	Last sale	Last year
Total receipts	1,047	711	1,082
Feeder cattle	960	631	1,010
Slaughter cattle	67	58	70
Replacement cattle	20	22	2

Market comments — USDA reporter

Compared to last Tuesday, feeder steers and heifers steady to 2.00 higher. Slaughter cows steady. Demand good. Supply moderate. Feeder offering included two loads of steers weighing around 750 lbs. Beef cutout values are continuing higher after being up all of last week.

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Feeder Steers

Medium and Large 1 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
365	365	3	196.00	$196.00	$715	—
402–420	411	4	183.00–186.00	$184.47	$758	—
480–488	484	4	177.00–186.00	$181.54	$879	—
520–538	525	11	163.00–169.00	$167.32	$878	-3.68
562	562	4	160.00	$160.00	$899	-12.22
554–588	569	18	165.00–170.50	$167.85	$955	-4.37
605–635	616	41	157.50–167.00	$162.96	$1,004	-1.86
617 unweaned	617	3	140.00	$140.00	$864	—
650–692	671	4	157.50–161.00	$159.30	$1,069	-4.08
698 unweaned	698	6	154.00	$154.00	$1,075	—
723 unweaned	723	3	144.50	$144.50	$1,045	—
725–745	742	82	157.50–160.00	$157.62	$1,170	-1.52
751–758	752	80	149.00–158.00	$156.87	$1,180	—
817 unweaned	817	3	146.50	$146.50	$1,197	—

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
302–345	319	5	190.00–210.00	$201.35	$642	—
362–390	371	9	170.00–189.00	$177.64	$659	-1.32
430–435	432	11	165.00–177.00	$172.92	$747	+6.27
458–470	465	14	165.00–176.50	$173.19	$805	+6.47
505–545	529	27	161.50–171.00	$163.59	$865	+1.10
578–590	584	4	155.00	$155.00	$905	-4.45
590	590	3	150.00	$150.00	$885	-9.45
615–640	625	57	155.00–159.50	$159.04	$994	+4.09
722–736	732	9	150.00–153.50	$151.17	$1,107	—
794	794	28	148.75	$148.75	$1,181	—

Medium and Large 2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
486	486	7	162.50	$162.50	$790	-0.50

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Feeder Heifers

Medium and Large 1 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
315	315	3	167.00	$167.00	$526	—
412–425	416	10	161.00–170.00	$166.78	$694	+1.78
486–490	487	6	162.00	$162.00	$789	+1.98
524–549	535	30	152.00–158.50	$153.70	$822	-3.55
541	541	5	147.50	$147.50	$798	-9.75
551–593	585	33	145.50–154.50	$151.14	$884	+0.08
611–642	630	108	143.50–153.00	$152.32	$960	+5.25
646	646	18	143.00	$143.00	$924	—
653–672	667	12	144.50–147.00	$146.39	$976	-2.12
678	678	3	139.00	$139.00	$942	-9.51
720	720	20	147.50	$147.50	$1,062	+9.00
722 unweaned	722	3	135.00	$135.00	$975	—
733	733	3	136.00	$136.00	$997	-2.50

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
412	412	5	154.00–158.00	$155.60	$641	+1.60
477	477	3	158.00	$158.00	$754	+0.51
500–524	516	13	143.00–150.00	$148.65	$767	-2.58
591	591	4	148.00	$148.00	$875	—
600–618	615	11	143.50–144.00	$143.91	$885	—
652–657	655	5	135.00–140.00	$138.01	$904	—
840	840	3	128.00	$128.00	$1,075	—

Medium and Large 2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
454–492	472	13	145.50–146.00	$145.76	$688	+3.28
646–648	647	7	128.00–130.00	$128.86	$834	-2.38

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Feeder Bulls

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
415–445	431	7	168.00–184.00	$176.07	$759	—
600–640	618	8	130.00–135.00	$131.99	$816	-9.10
710–730	720	4	122.00–125.00	$123.52	$889	—
1001	1001	5	96.50	$96.50	$966	—

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Slaughter Cows

Lean ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Dressing	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
805–945	847	85-90%	12	46.00–51.00	$48.99	$415	—
800–1135	1062	85-90%	14	56.50–64.50	$62.36	$662	-0.72
1030–1105	1068	85-90%	2	67.00	$67.00	$716	+3.92

Boner ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Dressing	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
1250	1250	80-85%	1	81.00	$81.00	$1,012	+9.73
1075–1460	1276	80-85%	13	65.00–72.00	$69.00	$880	-2.27

Breaker ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Dressing	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
1300–1600	1462	75-80%	3	66.00–72.50	$69.56	$1,017	—

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Slaughter Bulls

YG1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
1800	1800	1	89.00	$89.00	$1,602	—
1510–2225	1944	4	93.50–101.00	$97.05	$1,887	+5.05

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Bred Cows

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $
1095–1400	1219	Middle Aged/Aged (>5 yrs)	2nd/3rd Stage (4-9 mo)	7	920.00–1,100.00	$994.80

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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.