Sale reports / Missouri / South Central Regional Stockyards / 2020-01-15

South Central Regional Stockyards

Feeder Cattle · Slaughter Cattle · Replacement Cattle · Vienna, Missouri · Wed, Jan 15
● Final34 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 1817
Feeder Cattle receipts
259 head
1,409 vs last sale 1,668 259 vs year ago 0 · no sale a year ago
Slaughter Cattle receipts
62 head
68 vs last sale 130 62 vs year ago 0 · no sale a year ago
Replacement Cattle receipts
6 head
18 vs last sale 24 6 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 1.00-2.00 higher. Light receipts due to heavy rain, mud and flooding over the weekend. A nice run is expected next week with colder temperatures and frozen ground in the extended forecast.

Weight class

Heifers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot
0–100 lb heifers averaged $139.05/cwt on 86 head.
Average price
$139.05
86 head · 500 lb average
Value per head Derived
$695
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
$242
per head · Medium and Large 1-2 over Medium 2
$15.81/cwt at this weight
vs the market
+0.56
vs MO average

What quality paid 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 1-2470139.8165749
Medium and Large 1558139.2877734
Medium 2335124.004153thin
One grade step is worth $15.81/cwt here — about $242 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 sale86 hd
139.05
MO average16 barns · 9,185 hd
138.49
+0.56
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
BullsLow1,64065.001,0662thin
CowsBreaker 75-80%Average1,38558.008031thin
CowsBoner 80-85%Low1,25948.106059thin
CowsLean 85-90%Very Low1,16934.4040216

Every lot, as filed

34 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 and Large 1Fleshy640122.00/cwt122.00–122.007813
HeifersMedium and Large 1Fleshy665123.00/cwt123.00–123.008183
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2Fleshy670116.07/cwt111.50–118.007787
BullsMedium 1-2362145.41/cwt140.00–149.005266
BullsMedium and Large 1-2509133.52/cwt131.00–138.006808
BullsMedium and Large 1-2588126.27/cwt125.00–128.507429
Bulls1,49560.00/cwt60.00–60.008971
Bulls1,78570.00/cwt70.00–70.001,2501
CowsBoner 80-85%1,40845.21/cwt45.00–45.506372
Bred CowsMedium and Large 1-21,263886.22/cwt820.00–980.0011,1932
SteersMedium and Large 1-2375156.45/cwt153.00–160.005874
SteersMedium and Large 1-2463157.98/cwt154.00–162.007314
SteersMedium and Large 1-2529148.50/cwt145.00–153.007869
SteersMedium and Large 1650145.00/cwt145.00–145.009433
SteersMedium and Large 1500175.00/cwt175.00–175.008758
SteersMedium and Large 1563170.18/cwt169.50–171.0095813
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2369150.91/cwt142.00–155.0055716
HeifersMedium and Large 1577135.38/cwt130.00–139.007815
SteersMedium and Large 1630147.72/cwt146.00–148.0093114
SteersMedium and Large 1-2700138.00/cwt138.00–138.009662
SteersMedium and Large 2550136.50/cwt136.50–136.507514
SteersMedium and Large 1-2780131.00/cwt131.00–131.001,0222
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2433147.67/cwt147.00–148.006393
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2330146.00/cwt146.00–146.004825
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2578132.33/cwt129.00–138.007656
HeifersMedium and Large 1529144.50/cwt137.00–148.5076423
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2525131.45/cwt122.00–145.006906
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2478144.66/cwt143.00–146.006916
CowsBoner 80-85%1,21648.93/cwt45.00–52.005957
CowsBreaker 75-80%1,38558.00/cwt58.00–58.008031
CowsLean 85-90%1,14018.47/cwt15.00–22.002112
CowsLean 85-90%1,23831.78/cwt25.50–35.003936
CowsLean 85-90%1,12440.35/cwt38.00–42.004548
HeifersMedium 2335124.00/cwt124.00–124.004153

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.