Sale reports / Missouri / South Central Regional Stockyards / 2020-01-22

South Central Regional Stockyards

Feeder Cattle · Slaughter Cattle · Replacement Cattle · Vienna, Missouri · Wed, Jan 22
● Final29 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 1817
Feeder Cattle receipts
299 head
40 vs last sale 259 299 vs year ago 0 · no sale a year ago
Slaughter Cattle receipts
33 head
29 vs last sale 62 33 vs year ago 0 · no sale a year ago
Replacement Cattle receipts
30 head
24 vs last sale 6 30 vs year ago 0 · no sale a year ago
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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Feeder steers and heifers not well tested. Slaughter cows 2.00-4.00 higher. Receipts were greatly reduced by the incoming winter weather. A large run is expected next week if the weather allows.

Weight class

Heifers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot
0–100 lb heifers averaged $140.06/cwt on 115 head.
Average price
$140.06
115 head · 544 lb average
Value per head Derived
$762
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
−$94
per head · Medium and Large 1 over Medium 1
$23.47/cwt at this weight
vs the market
+1.26
vs MO average

What quality paid 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 1551141.9778277
Medium and Large 1-2473140.9266630
Medium 1740118.508778thin
One grade step is worth $23.47/cwt here — about −$94 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 sale115 hd
140.06
MO average18 barns · 8,131 hd
138.80
+1.26
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
BullsLow1,56063.009831thin
CowsBreaker 75-80%Average1,51854.648292thin
CowsBoner 80-85%High1,19053.0863210
CowsLean 85-90%Very Low1,12839.694486thin

Every lot, as filed

29 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
SteersMedium and Large 2615137.00/cwt137.00–137.008433
SteersMedium and Large 1435181.00/cwt181.00–181.007873
SteersMedium and Large 1800133.50/cwt133.50–133.501,0685
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2477142.97/cwt140.00–145.006826
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2403149.01/cwt147.00–151.006018
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2564130.77/cwt130.00–131.007389
SteersMedium and Large 1479180.88/cwt180.50–181.508665
SteersMedium and Large 1561171.11/cwt152.50–175.2596045
SteersMedium and Large 1514174.21/cwt171.00–176.508957
HeifersMedium and Large 1627134.84/cwt134.00–135.258456
HeifersMedium and Large 1465149.50/cwt149.50–149.5069510
HeifersMedium and Large 1505147.00/cwt147.00–147.0074215
HeifersMedium and Large 1575139.62/cwt138.25–141.7580346
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2507142.63/cwt140.00–144.007233
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2373143.21/cwt142.00–144.505344
CowsBoner 80-85%1,44555.00/cwt55.00–55.007951
CowsBoner 80-85%1,16252.87/cwt50.50–54.506149
CowsBreaker 75-80%1,51854.64/cwt52.00–57.508292
CowsLean 85-90%96518.00/cwt18.00–18.001741
CowsLean 85-90%1,16044.03/cwt42.50–46.005115
Cow-Calf PairsMedium and Large 1-21,2511,074.00/cwt1,000.00–1,270.0013,4365
Bred CowsMedium and Large 1-21,1761,032.18/cwt875.00–1,240.0012,13811
Stock CowsMedium and Large 1-298084.00/cwt84.00–84.008237
SteersMedium and Large 1630159.25/cwt159.25–159.251,0037
SteersMedium and Large 1757133.29/cwt132.00–135.001,0097
SteersMedium and Large 1650143.50/cwt143.50–143.509338
HeifersMedium 1Fleshy740118.50/cwt118.50–118.508778
SteersMedium 1Fleshy730131.00/cwt131.00–131.009567
Bulls1,56063.00/cwt63.00–63.009831

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.