Sale reports / Missouri / South Central Regional Stockyards / 2020-03-18

South Central Regional Stockyards

Feeder Cattle · Slaughter Cattle · Replacement Cattle · Vienna, Missouri · Wed, Mar 18
● Final37 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 1817
Feeder Cattle receipts
714 head
161 vs last sale 875 714 vs year ago 0 · no sale a year ago
Slaughter Cattle receipts
26 head
37 vs last sale 63 26 vs year ago 0 · no sale a year ago
Replacement Cattle receipts
2 head
0 vs last sale 2 2 vs year ago 0 · no sale a year ago
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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to the sale two weeks ago, steers and heifers 15.00-25.00 lower. Few slaughter cows 1.00-3.00 higher. Demand moderate to good. Supply light. Uncertainty would sum up sale barn conversations at the moment as the extreme market volatility continues. Monstrous packer margins are once again a hot topic with beef cutout values soaring after retail shoppers cleared the shelves this past weekend. As noted market activity was good although no one really knows what anything is worth at the moment.

Weight class

Steers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot
0–100 lb steers averaged $141.43/cwt on 350 head.
Average price
$141.43
350 head · 588 lb average
Value per head Derived
$831
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
−$2
per head · Medium and Large 1 over Medium and Large 1-2
$2.75/cwt at this weight
vs the market
+6.69
vs MO average

What quality paid 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 1585141.92831287
Medium and Large 1-2598139.1883363
One grade step is worth $2.75/cwt here — about −$2 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 sale350 hd
141.43
MO average13 barns · 3,431 hd
134.73
+6.69
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
BullsAverage1,61078.631,2663thin
CowsBoner 80-85%High1,19957.626915thin
CowsBreaker 75-80%Low1,43055.007872thin
CowsLean 85-90%Average1,06646.284935thin

Every lot, as filed

37 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 1-2541141.82/cwt136.50–143.5076723
SteersMedium and Large 1627131.04/cwt128.00–135.0082261
SteersMedium and Large 1527151.14/cwt145.00–155.5079782
SteersMedium and Large 1-2615127.25/cwt127.25–127.257835
SteersMedium and Large 1-2385169.43/cwt158.00–174.006527
HeifersMedium and Large 1Fleshy505113.00/cwt113.00–113.005714
Bulls1,80585.95/cwt83.50–88.501,5512
Bulls1,22064.00/cwt64.00–64.007811
CowsLean 85-90%1,07555.01/cwt48.50–58.005913
CowsBoner 80-85%1,24562.50/cwt62.50–62.507781
CowsBoner 80-85%1,18856.40/cwt55.00–57.006704
CowsBreaker 75-80%1,26550.00/cwt50.00–50.006331
SteersMedium and Large 1-2735115.25/cwt115.25–115.258473
SteersMedium and Large 1-2330166.73/cwt158.00–173.005505
SteersMedium and Large 1562140.07/cwt136.00–143.0078719
SteersMedium and Large 1739123.24/cwt122.00–124.0091124
Bred CowsMedium and Large 1-21,073804.36/cwt750.00–860.008,6312
SteersMedium and Large 1391170.69/cwt169.00–178.0066713
SteersMedium and Large 1460158.50/cwt152.00–159.5072915
SteersMedium and Large 1-2419161.36/cwt160.00–163.006767
SteersMedium and Large 1-21,13588.00/cwt88.00–88.0099910
SteersMedium and Large 1426166.09/cwt161.00–167.0070827
SteersMedium and Large 1752122.70/cwt121.75–123.0092346
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2378120.79/cwt119.50–122.004578
HeifersMedium and Large 1755113.25/cwt113.25–113.2585518
HeifersMedium and Large 1585122.49/cwt121.00–124.0071720
HeifersMedium and Large 1627117.39/cwt114.00–120.0073630
HeifersMedium and Large 1688109.10/cwt108.50–110.2575132
HeifersMedium and Large 1528127.82/cwt126.00–128.5067560
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2520121.41/cwt117.00–126.006314
CowsBreaker 75-80%1,59560.00/cwt60.00–60.009571
CowsLean 85-90%1,05333.18/cwt23.00–44.003492
HeifersMedium and Large 1340136.50/cwt136.50–136.504643
HeifersMedium and Large 1460128.00/cwt128.00–128.0058911
HeifersMedium and Large 1414129.87/cwt124.00–132.0053812
HeifersMedium and Large 1745108.25/cwt105.00–108.7580615
SteersMedium and Large 1-2Thin Fleshed445165.00/cwt165.00–165.007343

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.