Sale reports / Missouri / South Central Regional Stockyards / 2019-12-18

South Central Regional Stockyards

Feeder Cattle · Slaughter Cattle · Replacement Cattle · Vienna, Missouri · Wed, Dec 18
● Final40 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 1817
Feeder Cattle receipts
193 head
2,339 vs last sale 2,532 193 vs year ago 0 · no sale a year ago
Slaughter Cattle receipts
125 head
25 vs last sale 100 125 vs year ago 0 · no sale a year ago
Replacement Cattle receipts
139 head
134 vs last sale 5 139 vs year ago 0 · no sale a year ago
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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Feeder supply not sufficient to establish a market trend. Slaughter cows steady. Light offering due to the winter weather earlier this week. Special cow sale followed the feeders featuring some reputation bred black cows and a dispersion of Red Angus cross pairs.

Weight class

Heifers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot
0–100 lb heifers averaged $121.83/cwt on 70 head.
Average price
$121.83
70 head · 561 lb average
Value per head Derived
$683
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
$246
per head · Medium and Large 1-2 over Medium and Large 2-3
$38.57/cwt at this weight
vs the market
13.74
vs MO average

What quality paid 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 1-2456140.5764018thin
Medium and Large 1713122.3887329
Medium 1-2569114.886548thin
Medium and Large 2-3387102.0039415thin
One grade step is worth $38.57/cwt here — about $246 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 sale70 hd
121.83
MO average18 barns · 6,767 hd
135.57
−13.74
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
BullsLow1,85360.511,12110
CowsBreaker 75-80%Average1,35047.3163915
CowsBoner 80-85%Average1,39745.7263923
CowsLean 85-90%Average1,11530.0133419

Every lot, as filed

40 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
HeifersMedium 1-2425131.00/cwt131.00–131.005572
CowsLean 85-90%1,23238.28/cwt36.00–43.0047210
CowsLean 85-90%90316.40/cwt15.00–18.001485
CowsLean 85-90%1,08626.34/cwt20.00–34.002864
CowsBreaker 75-80%1,35047.31/cwt46.00–48.0063915
CowsBoner 80-85%1,40746.58/cwt42.50–48.0065518
HeifersMedium and Large 2-333090.00/cwt90.00–90.002975
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2515146.50/cwt146.50–146.507543
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2420144.00/cwt144.00–144.006052
HeifersMedium and Large 1675121.50/cwt121.50–121.5082012
HeifersMedium 1-2655104.00/cwt104.00–104.006813
HeifersMedium 1-2580115.00/cwt115.00–115.006673
SteersMedium and Large 1-2680132.00/cwt132.00–132.008983
SteersMedium and Large 1-2415155.14/cwt152.00–161.006443
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2469142.04/cwt133.00–149.506667
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2363138.10/cwt135.00–141.005014
HeifersMedium and Large 1740123.00/cwt123.00–123.0091017
HeifersMedium and Large 2-3415108.00/cwt108.00–108.0044810
SteersMedium 1-2580129.00/cwt129.00–129.007485
SteersMedium and Large 1-2725128.50/cwt128.50–128.509324
SteersMedium and Large 1-2633132.26/cwt131.00–133.508374
SteersMedium and Large 1-2465155.32/cwt152.00–158.507224
SteersMedium and Large 1-2810124.50/cwt124.50–124.501,0083
SteersMedium and Large 2490135.00/cwt135.00–135.006622
Bred CowsMedium and Large 11,3671,515.00/cwt1,200.00–1,700.0020,71014
Cow-Calf PairsMedium and Large 1-21,4221,850.00/cwt1,850.00–1,850.0026,3078
Cow-Calf PairsMedium and Large 1-21,4291,297.50/cwt1,100.00–1,425.0018,54110
SteersMedium and Large 1565145.50/cwt145.00–148.008226
SteersMedium and Large 1765138.00/cwt138.00–138.001,0562
SteersMedium 1-2523135.18/cwt132.00–138.0070715
Stock CowsMedium and Large 1-21,01554.00/cwt54.00–54.005482
Bred CowsMedium and Large 1-21,3691,022.19/cwt825.00–1,275.0013,99410
Bred CowsMedium and Large 1-21,311753.40/cwt650.00–875.009,8776
CowsBoner 80-85%1,38541.14/cwt40.00–44.005704
CowsBoner 80-85%1,26048.50/cwt48.50–48.506111
Bulls1,73853.81/cwt45.00–60.009354
Bulls1,93064.98/cwt62.00–70.501,2546
BullsMedium and Large 1-2512119.44/cwt117.00–124.006123
BullsMedium and Large 1-2575126.00/cwt126.00–126.007252
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2Fleshy540128.00/cwt128.00–128.006912

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.