Name: South Central Regional Stockyards livestock auction prices — 2019-05-29
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2019-05-29

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Feeder supply not sufficient to establish a market trend. Slaughter cows 1.00-2.00 higher. Light receipts following the holiday with a large run and several reputation cattle expected next week.

Weight class

Heifers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

0–100 lb heifers averaged $135.48/cwt on 97 head.

Average price

$135.48

97 head · 534 lb average

Value per head Derived

$723

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$45

per head · Medium and Large 1-2 over Medium and Large 2

$10.40/cwt at this weight

vs the market

−2.91

vs MO average

What quality paid 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1-2	526	138.27	727	26
Medium and Large 1	538	137.81	741	47
Medium and Large 2	534	127.88	682	24

One grade step is worth $10.40/cwt here — about $45 a head. Across this sale the premium is widest at 0–100 lb. USDA reports each grade on its own line and never publishes the spread.

How it compared 0–100 lb

Same class and week · spot auction only

This sale97 hd

135.48

—

MO average12 barns · 4,249 hd

138.39

−2.91

A barn can sit above the state average at one weight and below it at another — check the class you actually sell.

Slaughter cattle

By class and quality grade · $/cwt

Cull cows and bulls are graded, not weight-classed — grade is what moves the money here.

Class	Grade	Dressing	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Bulls	—	Average	1,812	78.65	1,425	3thin
Cows	Boner 80-85%	Average	1,230	55.74	686	13
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	Average	1,459	53.50	781	4thin
Cows	Lean 85-90%	Average	1,080	47.66	515	12

Every lot, as filed

48 lots · USDA AMS · South Central Regional Stockyards - Vienna, MO

Nothing removed and nothing rounded — the same lots as the USDA report, with per-head values added.

Class	Grade / description	Weight	Avg wt	Price	Range	Per head	Head
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	1,079	52.28/cwt	47.00–54.75	564	8
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	1,081	38.41/cwt	36.00–40.00	415	4
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	—	1,588	54.51/cwt	54.00–55.00	866	2
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	—	1,330	52.50/cwt	52.00–53.00	698	2
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,222	56.63/cwt	55.00–59.00	692	12
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,325	45.00/cwt	45.00–45.00	596	1
Bulls	—	—	2,025	80.98/cwt	78.00–84.50	1,640	2
Bulls	—	—	1,385	74.00/cwt	74.00–74.00	1,025	1
Stock Cows	Medium and Large 1-2	—	928	72.43/cwt	65.00–85.00	672	3
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,198	956.27/cwt	875.00–1,030.00	11,456	3
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	660	131.00/cwt	131.00–131.00	865	5
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	585	131.00/cwt	131.00–131.00	766	4
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	472	161.37/cwt	157.00–171.00	762	9
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	620	142.00/cwt	142.00–142.00	880	7
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	585	145.50/cwt	145.50–145.50	851	2
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	525	152.00/cwt	152.00–152.00	798	2
Steers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	—	665	134.00/cwt	134.00–134.00	891	11
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	566	160.41/cwt	155.50–162.25	908	12
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	461	180.26/cwt	170.50–189.50	831	11
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	378	181.00/cwt	181.00–181.00	684	7
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	660	142.50/cwt	142.50–142.50	941	3
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	770	130.00/cwt	130.00–130.00	1,001	2
Steers	Medium and Large 1Fleshy	—	610	139.25/cwt	139.25–139.25	849	6
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	494	133.99/cwt	133.00–136.50	662	7
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	585	124.00/cwt	124.00–124.00	725	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	533	128.46/cwt	121.00–136.00	685	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	630	124.00/cwt	124.00–124.00	781	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	405	133.00/cwt	133.00–133.00	539	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 2Fleshy	—	590	116.75/cwt	116.75–116.75	689	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	576	131.45/cwt	130.00–134.50	757	9
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	630	126.00/cwt	126.00–126.00	794	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	535	138.73/cwt	136.50–141.00	742	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	470	149.15/cwt	144.50–154.00	701	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	428	150.17/cwt	150.00–150.50	643	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	335	153.00/cwt	153.00–153.00	513	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	—	610	124.00/cwt	124.00–124.00	756	8
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	475	152.38/cwt	150.00–155.50	724	8
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	385	152.50/cwt	152.50–152.50	587	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	659	124.68/cwt	124.00–126.75	822	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	410	154.25/cwt	150.50–155.50	632	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	565	134.75/cwt	134.75–134.75	761	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Fleshy	—	580	132.25/cwt	132.25–132.25	767	15
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	—	500	124.00/cwt	124.00–124.00	620	3
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	—	521	135.97/cwt	131.00–151.00	708	10
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	—	426	147.77/cwt	143.00–153.50	630	8
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	—	635	123.00/cwt	122.50–123.50	781	4
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	—	677	118.02/cwt	116.00–119.00	799	3
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	—	390	149.50/cwt	149.50–149.50	583	3

How this sale compares

Missouri weighted averages

One sale is one barn on one day. The state ladder is every Missouri auction USDA reported that week, weighted by head — the fairer test of whether a lot sold well.

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