Cattle Market Pulse

Interstate Regional Stockyards Market Report

Cuba, Missouri · USDA-reported Auction Livestock

Sale of Tuesday, November 15, 2022

1,633 head sold ·Official USDA report

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heavy 6-weight M&L 1 steers $177.02/cwt +4.31 vs last sale · ≈ $1,173/hd at 663 lb · 88 head
heavy 5-weight M&L 1 steers $184.91/cwt -5.13 vs last sale · ≈ $1,069/hd at 578 lb · 80 head
light 6-weight M&L 1 heifers $163.56/cwt -2.57 vs last sale · ≈ $1,007/hd at 616 lb · 75 head

Receipts

HeadThis saleLast saleLast year
Total receipts 1,633 2,216 1,304
Feeder cattle 1,490 1,920 1,168
Slaughter cattle 124 256 115
Replacement cattle 19 40 21

Market comments — USDA reporter

Compared to last week, steers under 650 lbs. sold 2.00-5.00 lower with those over 650 lbs. selling mostly steady. Heifers under 600 lbs. sold 2.00-5.00 higher and those over 600 lbs. steady to 2.00 lower. The supply was moderate and a very different make up than last week. Significantly fewer sizeable drafts of thin fleshed feather weight steers this week and more smaller bunches of odds and ends which held the market back and made comparisons very tough. Feather weight heifers were closer in line to last week's offering and although fewer in numbers still found very good demand. Better numbers of cattle over 600 lbs. in the offering this week with a few partial to near load draft lots of steers that had very little to compare with last week. The weather made a big change from last week's record highs as 80's were replaced with low 40's and measureable snow had accumulated once or twice since last week depending on which direction folks had traveled from. Slaughter cows sold mostly steady on a lighter offering.

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Feeder Steers

Medium and Large 1 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb) Avg wt Head Price range Avg $ ≈ $/hdΔ last sale
406 406 5 195.00 $195.00 $792 -26.95
474 value added 474 8 190.00 $190.00 $901 -4.00
509–514 513 21 185.00–189.00 $185.76 $953 -7.25
552–593 566 46 183.00–188.00 $184.10 $1,042 -6.10
594 value added 594 34 186.00 $186.00 $1,105 -2.00
603–626 618 59 177.50–183.00 $179.54 $1,110 -2.69
632 value added 632 4 175.00 $175.00 $1,106 -8.00
651–675 659 77 172.00–181.00 $178.09 $1,174 +4.66
689 value added 689 11 169.50 $169.50 $1,168 -0.50
714 714 7 169.50 $169.50 $1,210 -3.26
733 value added 733 50 168.00 $168.00 $1,231 —
801–810 802 7 156.50–164.00 $157.58 $1,264 -7.42
853 853 3 163.00 $163.00 $1,390 —
Medium and Large 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb) Avg wt Head Price range Avg $ ≈ $/hdΔ last sale
423–441 431 11 181.00–192.50 $187.15 $807 -15.05
450–496 481 36 170.00–187.00 $178.00 $856 -11.57
482 value added 482 12 186.50 $186.50 $899 —
501–545 521 34 175.00–183.00 $178.61 $931 +0.80
527 value added 527 7 175.00 $175.00 $922 —
560–595 581 45 165.00–185.00 $174.93 $1,016 -1.74
631 value added 631 43 168.50 $168.50 $1,063 —
605–648 636 18 160.00–173.00 $163.83 $1,042 +13.83
650–695 656 16 161.00–169.50 $168.13 $1,103 -0.44
707–710 708 4 143.00–153.00 $145.51 $1,030 -19.52
703–740 719 17 156.00–160.00 $158.52 $1,140 -6.51
729 unweaned 729 9 158.50 $158.50 $1,155 —
785 785 3 154.50 $154.50 $1,213 -9.58
918 value added 918 15 145.00 $145.00 $1,331 —
Medium and Large 2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb) Avg wt Head Price range Avg $ ≈ $/hdΔ last sale
378–397 387 9 180.00–184.00 $181.37 $702 -5.27
412–442 436 19 170.00–179.00 $175.93 $767 -3.33
462 462 3 165.00 $165.00 $762 —
503–525 512 14 160.00–172.50 $165.73 $849 -2.66
562–570 564 9 157.50–165.00 $163.31 $921 +1.07
611 611 5 150.00 $150.00 $916 -12.12
662 662 4 155.00 $155.00 $1,026 -2.57
Medium 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb) Avg wt Head Price range Avg $ ≈ $/hdΔ last sale
350–393 376 25 155.50–164.00 $158.67 $597 —
415–440 423 3 160.00–165.00 $161.73 $684 —
481–497 487 10 150.00–166.00 $156.53 $762 —
668 668 10 157.50 $157.50 $1,052 —
Medium 2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb) Avg wt Head Price range Avg $ ≈ $/hdΔ last sale
450–453 452 16 136.00–148.00 $142.02 $642 —
Large 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb) Avg wt Head Price range Avg $ ≈ $/hdΔ last sale
676 676 9 154.50 $154.50 $1,044 —
Large 2-3 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb) Avg wt Head Price range Avg $ ≈ $/hdΔ last sale
373 373 7 134.00 $134.00 $500 —

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Feeder Heifers

Medium and Large 1 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb) Avg wt Head Price range Avg $ ≈ $/hdΔ last sale
460–497 484 23 169.50–185.00 $175.12 $848 +4.32
515–542 525 52 165.00–179.00 $172.02 $903 +5.77
550–592 570 35 160.00–171.00 $165.36 $943 +4.12
612–613 value added 612 42 161.00–164.00 $163.19 $999 —
602–634 621 33 160.00–168.00 $164.02 $1,019 -2.11
692 692 9 163.00 $163.00 $1,128 +3.12
705–730 712 7 155.00–155.50 $155.35 $1,106 -8.78
730 value added 730 31 154.75 $154.75 $1,130 —
Medium and Large 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb) Avg wt Head Price range Avg $ ≈ $/hdΔ last sale
342 342 6 164.00 $164.00 $561 -2.93
368–394 388 13 160.00–166.00 $162.78 $632 -3.74
402–440 409 10 156.00–170.00 $165.84 $678 +2.85
456–482 465 13 156.00–168.00 $163.59 $761 +1.00
493 value added 493 21 164.50 $164.50 $811 —
518 518 3 145.00 $145.00 $751 -12.15
503–547 528 37 150.00–166.50 $158.07 $835 +0.92
563 value added 563 7 158.00 $158.00 $890 —
560–593 573 11 149.00–158.00 $155.06 $888 +1.13
605–640 622 16 147.50–156.00 $151.94 $945 -0.79
659–692 669 14 148.00–157.00 $152.73 $1,022 -2.44
670–682 value added 680 15 145.25–158.00 $146.92 $999 —
726 726 8 144.00 $144.00 $1,045 -6.93
806 806 6 136.00 $136.00 $1,096 —
Medium 2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb) Avg wt Head Price range Avg $ ≈ $/hdΔ last sale
416–440 423 11 131.00–141.00 $136.96 $579 —
488 488 2 136.00 $136.00 $664 —
Medium and Large 2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb) Avg wt Head Price range Avg $ ≈ $/hdΔ last sale
388 388 3 155.00 $155.00 $601 +5.48
435 435 2 145.00 $145.00 $631 -0.62
470–475 474 5 140.00–146.00 $141.19 $669 -7.66
835 835 2 120.00 $120.00 $1,002 —
Small 2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb) Avg wt Head Price range Avg $ ≈ $/hdΔ last sale
312–322 316 7 133.50–140.00 $136.34 $431 —
381 381 5 130.00 $130.00 $495 —
Medium and Large 2-3 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb) Avg wt Head Price range Avg $ ≈ $/hdΔ last sale
430–448 439 8 122.00 $122.00 $536 —
Large 2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb) Avg wt Head Price range Avg $ ≈ $/hdΔ last sale
533 533 5 130.00 $130.00 $693 —

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Feeder Bulls

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb) Avg wt Head Price range Avg $ ≈ $/hdΔ last sale
510–546 539 10 149.00–151.00 $149.38 $805 -7.45
605–646 619 17 146.00–149.50 $148.21 $917 +8.95
660–691 684 9 146.50–148.00 $146.82 $1,004 +9.47
Medium 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb) Avg wt Head Price range Avg $ ≈ $/hdΔ last sale
526–540 532 9 141.50 $141.50 $753 —

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Slaughter Cows

Lean ($/cwt)
Weight (lb) Avg wt Dressing Head Price range Avg $ ≈ $/hdΔ last sale
728–1095 896 85-90% 5 34.00–42.00 $38.75 $347 —
865–1225 974 85-90% 9 44.00–53.50 $48.70 $474 —
855–1471 1176 85-90% 24 55.00–64.00 $59.01 $694 —
Boner ($/cwt)
Weight (lb) Avg wt Dressing Head Price range Avg $ ≈ $/hdΔ last sale
945–1590 1223 80-85% 12 63.00–69.50 $65.97 $807 —
1145–1555 1284 80-85% 5 70.00–78.50 $73.84 $948 +8.66
Breaker ($/cwt)
Weight (lb) Avg wt Dressing Head Price range Avg $ ≈ $/hdΔ last sale
1225–1590 1422 75-80% 16 66.00–74.00 $69.25 $985 —

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Slaughter Bulls

YG1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb) Avg wt Head Price range Avg $ ≈ $/hdΔ last sale
1085–1910 1507 8 63.00–86.00 $78.33 $1,180 —
1200–2060 1759 10 88.50–97.00 $91.89 $1,616 —
1975–2060 2032 3 97.00–102.50 $100.72 $2,047 —

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Bred Cows

Medium and Large 2 ($/head)
Weight (lb) Avg wt AgeStage Head Price range Avg $
925–1060 1003 Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)2nd Stage (4-6 mo) 6 700.00–885.00 $785.17

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Cow-Calf Pairs

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/head)
Weight (lb) Avg wt AgeStage Head Price range Avg $ Δ last sale
1150–1290 1220 Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)Open 2 1,060.00–1,350.00 $1,205.00 —
1100–1400 1280 Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)Open 5 1,075.00–1,100.00 $1,085.00 —

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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.