Cattle Market Pulse

Interstate Regional Stockyards Market Report

Cuba, Missouri · USDA-reported Auction Livestock

Sale of Tuesday, December 13, 2022

1,987 head sold ·Official USDA report

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light 6-weight M&L 1 heifers $165.11/cwt +2.53 vs last sale · ≈ $1,003/hd at 608 lb · 136 head
light 6-weight M&L 1-2 heifers $159.77/cwt +3.33 vs last sale · ≈ $967/hd at 605 lb · 117 head
light 5-weight M&L 1-2 heifers $160.79/cwt -1.85 vs last sale · ≈ $831/hd at 517 lb · 102 head

Receipts

HeadThis saleLast saleLast year
Total receipts 1,987 2,840 1,941
Feeder cattle 1,850 2,640 1,843
Slaughter cattle 127 200 88
Replacement cattle 10 — 10

Market comments — USDA reporter

Compared to last Tuesday, feeder steers under 500 lbs 4.00-8.00 lower, over 500 lbs steady to firm. Feeder heifers steady to 3.00 lower with decline under 500 lbs. Slaughter cows steady. Demand moderate to good. Supply heavy. Rainy, miserable day that probably impacted the steer calves although quality in the lighter cattle was not as good as the past couple of weeks.

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Feeder Steers

Medium and Large 1 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb) Avg wt Head Price range Avg $ ≈ $/hdΔ last sale
403 unweaned 403 5 186.00 $186.00 $750 —
418–420 419 21 200.00–210.00 $204.87 $858 -18.52
457–498 468 30 197.50–206.50 $201.16 $941 -9.89
507 unweaned 507 10 175.50 $175.50 $890 —
500–540 518 45 190.00–206.50 $201.98 $1,046 +9.55
518 518 9 195.50 $195.50 $1,013 +3.07
560 unweaned 560 5 171.00 $171.00 $958 +6.00
561–598 582 52 179.00–195.00 $187.87 $1,093 -0.97
582 582 3 184.50 $184.50 $1,074 -4.34
604–645 623 26 171.50–187.00 $177.02 $1,103 +12.02
630–635 unweaned 633 17 160.00–164.50 $162.39 $1,028 —
650–697 673 26 169.00–177.50 $171.95 $1,157 -3.69
692 value added 692 17 169.00 $169.00 $1,169 -4.30
738–747 744 19 168.00–175.00 $172.99 $1,287 +2.81
756 756 5 162.00 $162.00 $1,225 -11.14
810 value added 810 30 170.00 $170.00 $1,377 —
833 833 3 172.00 $172.00 $1,433 +7.25
Medium and Large 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb) Avg wt Head Price range Avg $ ≈ $/hdΔ last sale
315–348 331 7 200.00–207.50 $202.64 $671 -8.31
355–365 360 4 203.00–206.00 $204.52 $736 -0.95
410–449 431 19 185.00–200.00 $194.45 $838 -12.02
455–487 470 9 185.00–190.00 $188.36 $885 -8.22
505 unweaned 505 3 160.00 $160.00 $808 —
501–543 519 28 170.00–192.00 $183.19 $951 +7.93
533 533 3 165.00 $165.00 $879 -10.26
550–590 562 28 169.00–184.00 $173.86 $977 -0.67
595 unweaned 595 4 160.00 $160.00 $952 —
615–646 635 17 165.00–174.00 $167.26 $1,062 -0.27
672 thin fleshed 672 12 178.00 $178.00 $1,196 -1.00
698 698 3 170.00 $170.00 $1,187 +1.36
717 unweaned 717 3 150.00 $150.00 $1,076 —
738 738 3 164.00 $164.00 $1,210 ±0.00
755 755 3 160.50 $160.50 $1,212 -4.00
Large 1 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb) Avg wt Head Price range Avg $ ≈ $/hdΔ last sale
604 unweaned 604 24 158.00 $158.00 $954 —
742 unweaned 742 6 150.00 $150.00 $1,113 —
Medium and Large 2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb) Avg wt Head Price range Avg $ ≈ $/hdΔ last sale
373 373 5 185.00 $185.00 $690 —
608–630 617 14 156.50–163.00 $159.61 $985 —
Medium 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb) Avg wt Head Price range Avg $ ≈ $/hdΔ last sale
376 376 6 180.00 $180.00 $677 —
Medium 2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb) Avg wt Head Price range Avg $ ≈ $/hdΔ last sale
384–395 388 6 155.00–160.00 $158.30 $614 —

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Feeder Heifers

Medium and Large 1 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb) Avg wt Head Price range Avg $ ≈ $/hdΔ last sale
370–395 377 9 178.00–182.00 $179.58 $677 -4.71
412 412 3 160.00 $160.00 $659 -19.62
428–440 432 15 170.00–187.00 $178.98 $773 -0.64
450–497 489 28 164.50–170.00 $165.59 $810 -7.98
486–498 489 8 153.00–155.00 $154.49 $755 -19.08
526 value added 526 12 166.00 $166.00 $873 —
517–538 530 13 163.50–169.50 $167.25 $886 +0.29
561 unweaned 561 8 154.00 $154.00 $864 —
550–584 564 36 158.00–169.50 $163.77 $924 -3.48
552–587 565 8 158.00 $158.00 $893 -9.25
572 572 14 160.00 $160.00 $915 -7.25
607 value added 607 82 167.00 $167.00 $1,014 +0.50
601–628 608 49 160.00–165.00 $163.22 $992 +1.30
610–620 unweaned 616 5 150.00–157.00 $152.77 $941 —
655–684 675 87 162.50–166.00 $162.68 $1,098 -3.20
1072 1072 4 125.00 $125.00 $1,340 —
Medium and Large 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb) Avg wt Head Price range Avg $ ≈ $/hdΔ last sale
302–338 320 7 161.00–177.00 $172.40 $552 -8.32
339 value added 339 7 170.50 $170.50 $578 —
360–395 379 9 160.00–173.00 $166.54 $631 -5.14
418–440 423 12 161.00–185.00 $177.14 $749 +6.83
453–490 465 36 156.00–168.00 $161.78 $752 -4.33
490 value added 490 22 167.25 $167.25 $820 -1.75
500 value added 500 45 167.25 $167.25 $836 —
508–540 525 31 155.00–164.50 $158.02 $830 -4.62
536 536 15 152.50 $152.50 $817 -10.14
537 537 11 153.50 $153.50 $824 -9.14
579 579 6 148.00 $148.00 $857 -6.74
565–598 585 16 153.00–158.00 $155.49 $910 +0.75
602 value added 602 81 163.00 $163.00 $981 —
604 604 5 150.00 $150.00 $906 -6.44
601–648 614 27 145.00–157.50 $154.06 $946 -2.38
615 unweaned 615 4 145.00 $145.00 $892 —
667 unweaned 667 3 130.00 $130.00 $867 —
742 value added 742 10 155.00 $155.00 $1,150 —
1103 1103 6 117.00 $117.00 $1,291 —
Medium and Large 2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb) Avg wt Head Price range Avg $ ≈ $/hdΔ last sale
417–438 428 6 152.00–165.00 $158.34 $678 —
463 463 5 150.50 $150.50 $697 —
511 511 7 148.50 $148.50 $759 —
588–594 592 9 140.00–145.00 $141.66 $839 —
769 769 4 130.00 $130.00 $1,000 —
Medium 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb) Avg wt Head Price range Avg $ ≈ $/hdΔ last sale
353 353 3 157.00 $157.00 $554 —
404 404 11 145.00 $145.00 $586 -25.00
455–480 468 4 143.00–150.00 $146.59 $686 -13.41
500 500 4 148.00 $148.00 $740 -2.00
Medium 2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb) Avg wt Head Price range Avg $ ≈ $/hdΔ last sale
410 410 5 148.00 $148.00 $607 —
548 548 3 130.00 $130.00 $712 —
621 621 4 136.50 $136.50 $848 —

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Feeder Bulls

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb) Avg wt Head Price range Avg $ ≈ $/hdΔ last sale
500–515 508 8 140.00–175.00 $162.93 $828 +0.42
700–718 712 6 131.00–137.00 $135.03 $961 +0.41
800–845 827 5 117.50–131.00 $122.72 $1,015 —
Medium 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb) Avg wt Head Price range Avg $ ≈ $/hdΔ last sale
340 340 3 194.00 $194.00 $660 —
Medium 2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb) Avg wt Head Price range Avg $ ≈ $/hdΔ last sale
493 493 3 140.00 $140.00 $690 —

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Slaughter Cows

Boner ($/cwt)
Weight (lb) Avg wt Dressing Head Price range Avg $ ≈ $/hdΔ last sale
1120–1465 1248 80-85% 26 63.50–70.50 $67.98 $848 —
1278–1390 1306 80-85% 4 71.00–75.50 $74.30 $970 —
Lean ($/cwt)
Weight (lb) Avg wt Dressing Head Price range Avg $ ≈ $/hdΔ last sale
965–1220 1080 85-90% 21 55.00–63.00 $59.03 $638 —
1055–1105 1080 85-90% 2 42.50–52.00 $47.36 $511 —
Breaker ($/cwt)
Weight (lb) Avg wt Dressing Head Price range Avg $ ≈ $/hdΔ last sale
1415–1795 1564 75-80% 10 67.00–71.50 $68.75 $1,075 —
1553–1650 1577 75-80% 4 72.50–75.50 $74.72 $1,178 —

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Slaughter Bulls

YG1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb) Avg wt Head Price range Avg $ ≈ $/hdΔ last sale
1365–2295 1770 9 90.00–95.00 $92.64 $1,640 —
1510–2185 1848 2 70.50–86.00 $79.67 $1,472 —
1815–1915 1865 2 104.50–115.00 $109.61 $2,044 —

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Bred Cows

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/head)
Weight (lb) Avg wt AgeStage Head Price range Avg $
1085–1135 1110 Young (2-4 yrs)2nd/3rd Stage (4-9 mo) 2 1,075.00–1,125.00 $1,099.44

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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.