Sale reports / Missouri / South Central Regional Stockyards / 2019-10-02

South Central Regional Stockyards

Feeder Cattle · Slaughter Cattle · Replacement Cattle · Vienna, Missouri · Wed, Oct 2
● Final38 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 1817
Feeder Cattle receipts
500 head
768 vs last sale 1,268 500 vs year ago 0 · no sale a year ago
Slaughter Cattle receipts
73 head
86 vs last sale 159 73 vs year ago 0 · no sale a year ago
Replacement Cattle receipts
6 head
54 vs last sale 60 6 vs year ago 0 · no sale a year ago
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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to last Wednesday, feeder steers and heifers steady. Slaughter cows steady. Demand good. Supply light. The board bounced higher Wednesday recovering some of its early week losses. The fed trade looks to be at least steady again this week.

Weight class

Heifers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot
0–100 lb heifers averaged $140.53/cwt on 191 head.
Average price
$140.53
191 head · 590 lb average
Value per head Derived
$830
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
−$143
per head · Medium and Large 1-2 over Medium and Large 1
$1.83/cwt at this weight
vs the market
+7.26
vs MO average

What quality paid 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 1-2505141.9771741
Medium and Large 1614140.13860150
One grade step is worth $1.83/cwt here — about −$143 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 sale191 hd
140.53
MO average16 barns · 7,647 hd
133.27
+7.26
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 · $/cwt
Cull cows and bulls are graded, not weight-classed — grade is what moves the money here.
ClassGradeDressingAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
BullsAverage1,62278.861,2794thin
CowsBreaker 75-80%Average1,50060.4190616
CowsBoner 80-85%High1,29057.147379thin
CowsLean 85-90%Low1,01047.5548020

Every lot, as filed

38 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.
ClassGrade / descriptionWeightAvg wtPriceRangePer headHead
BullsMedium and Large 1-2589127.83/cwt124.00–130.007536
Bred CowsMedium and Large 1-21,260969.31/cwt900.00–1,100.0012,2133
BullsMedium and Large 1-2490136.25/cwt136.25–136.256683
HeifersMedium and Large 1820118.00/cwt118.00–118.009684
HeifersMedium and Large 1615136.88/cwt134.00–142.5084226
HeifersMedium and Large 1661137.45/cwt136.25–139.0090928
HeifersMedium and Large 1719134.89/cwt131.50–137.0097028
HeifersMedium and Large 1500151.00/cwt151.00–151.0075530
HeifersMedium and Large 1563142.17/cwt140.00–142.7580034
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2585130.39/cwt130.00–131.007635
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2610135.04/cwt133.00–136.758248
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2515140.64/cwt139.50–143.2572410
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2Thin Fleshed430149.00/cwt149.00–149.0064118
SteersMedium 1570145.00/cwt145.00–145.0082710
SteersMedium and Large 1Fleshy535140.00/cwt140.00–140.007495
SteersMedium and Large 1Fleshy590141.00/cwt141.00–141.0083210
SteersMedium and Large 1900124.00/cwt124.00–124.001,1163
SteersMedium and Large 1565156.50/cwt156.50–156.5088411
SteersMedium and Large 1788142.62/cwt141.75–143.501,12414
SteersMedium and Large 1674146.03/cwt144.00–149.2598419
SteersMedium and Large 1634151.16/cwt149.50–151.5095824
SteersMedium and Large 1Unweaned650138.00/cwt138.00–138.008978
SteersMedium and Large 1-2365162.00/cwt162.00–162.005914
SteersMedium and Large 1-2453155.03/cwt150.00–160.007024
SteersMedium and Large 1-2780141.25/cwt141.25–141.251,1028
SteersMedium and Large 1-2521148.62/cwt146.50–150.507749
SteersMedium and Large 1-2633144.72/cwt142.00–145.509169
SteersMedium and Large 1-2579147.32/cwt144.00–149.0085314
SteersMedium and Large 1-2Thin Fleshed510161.00/cwt161.00–161.0082115
SteersMedium and Large 2450141.00/cwt141.00–141.006354
Bulls1,45584.00/cwt84.00–84.001,2222
Bulls1,78873.72/cwt72.00–75.501,3182
CowsBoner 80-85%1,23061.00/cwt61.00–61.007501
CowsBoner 80-85%1,29856.66/cwt55.00–59.507358
CowsBreaker 75-80%1,48657.92/cwt55.50–60.508618
CowsBreaker 75-80%1,51362.89/cwt61.50–63.509528
CowsLean 85-90%94641.80/cwt38.50–46.003957
CowsLean 85-90%1,04550.65/cwt48.00–54.5052913

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.