Sale reports / Missouri / South Central Regional Stockyards / 2020-02-26

South Central Regional Stockyards

Feeder Cattle · Slaughter Cattle · Replacement Cattle · Vienna, Missouri · Wed, Feb 26
● Final24 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 1817
Feeder Cattle receipts
172 head
1,053 vs last sale 1,225 172 vs year ago 0 · no sale a year ago
Slaughter Cattle receipts
60 head
30 vs last sale 90 60 vs year ago 0 · no sale a year ago
Replacement Cattle receipts
100 head
86 vs last sale 14 100 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 to 2.00 lower. The feeder market in general is lower this week as we are in uncharted waters with the Covid-19 coronavirus with considerable damage priced in to cattle futures for the next 4-6 months but not much idea of what the real economic impact will turn out to be. Special cow sale followed the feeders with a few dispersal's of middle aged and older bred cows and pairs.

Weight class

Steers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot
0–100 lb steers averaged $164.90/cwt on 36 head.
Average price
$164.90
36 head · 463 lb average
Value per head Derived
$764
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
−$122
per head · Medium and Large 1-2 over Medium and Large 1
$5.21/cwt at this weight
vs the market
+11.45
vs MO average

What quality paid 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 1-2396168.956688thin
Medium and Large 1482163.7479028
One grade step is worth $5.21/cwt here — about −$122 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 sale36 hd
164.90
MO average20 barns · 13,439 hd
153.45
+11.45
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
BullsAverage1,98381.681,6203thin
CowsBreaker 75-80%High1,36458.277959thin
CowsBoner 80-85%Low1,25155.356924thin
CowsLean 85-90%Very Low1,14447.0353828

Every lot, as filed

24 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 1565145.74/cwt138.00–150.5082313
SteersMedium and Large 1-2363162.88/cwt158.00–172.005913
CowsLean 85-90%1,00722.85/cwt20.00–30.002303
CowsLean 85-90%1,08643.12/cwt42.00–45.004685
Cow-Calf PairsMedium and Large 1-21,0831,071.43/cwt1,000.00–1,200.0011,6047
BullsMedium and Large 1-2475144.00/cwt144.00–144.006842
Bulls1,98381.68/cwt80.00–84.501,6203
CowsBoner 80-85%1,12552.00/cwt52.00–52.005851
CowsBoner 80-85%1,29356.47/cwt55.00–58.507303
CowsBreaker 75-80%1,48562.98/cwt60.00–65.509352
CowsBreaker 75-80%1,32956.92/cwt55.00–59.507567
SteersMedium and Large 1-2415172.60/cwt172.00–173.007165
Cow-Calf PairsMedium and Large 1-21,3061,391.67/cwt1,300.00–1,475.0018,1756
Bred CowsMedium and Large 11,3341,163.86/cwt1,090.00–1,275.0015,52615
Bred CowsMedium and Large 1-21,260844.44/cwt800.00–925.0010,64013
Bred CowsMedium and Large 1-21,1801,022.77/cwt950.00–1,080.0012,06911
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2413138.82/cwt136.00–140.7557316
SteersMedium and Large 1520161.00/cwt161.00–161.008374
SteersMedium and Large 1423177.65/cwt172.00–188.007515
SteersMedium and Large 1328192.99/cwt180.00–200.006336
CowsLean 85-90%1,17951.63/cwt48.00–53.5060920
HeifersMedium and Large 1565127.50/cwt127.50–127.507204
HeifersMedium and Large 1490138.00/cwt138.00–138.006765
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2365150.00/cwt150.00–150.005484

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.