Sale reports / Missouri / South Central Regional Stockyards / 2020-05-20

South Central Regional Stockyards

Feeder Cattle · Slaughter Cattle · Replacement Cattle · Vienna, Missouri · Wed, May 20
● Final62 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 1817
Feeder Cattle receipts
1,808 head
804 vs last sale 2,612 24 vs year ago 1,784 · +1.3%
Slaughter Cattle receipts
139 head
39 vs last sale 100 52 vs year ago 87 · +59.8%
Replacement Cattle receipts
6 head
4 vs last sale 10 4 vs year ago 2 · +200.0%
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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to last Wednesday, feeder steers under 550 lbs steady to 3.00 lower, over 550 lbs steady to 3.00 higher. Feeder heifers under 600 lbs 2,00-6.00 higher, over 600 lbs steady. Slaughter cows 1.00-2.00 higher. Demand moderate to good. Supply heavy. Feeder futures contracts closed around 3.00/cwt lower Wednesday. August live cattle moved discount to June with a return to a fed market that is for all the cattle looming at some point when slaughter levels finally get back to normal.

Weight class

Steers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot
0–100 lb steers averaged $160.60/cwt on 943 head.
Average price
$160.60
943 head · 543 lb average
Value per head Derived
$872
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
$79
per head · Medium and Large 1 over Large 1
$30.43/cwt at this weight
vs the market
+11.52
vs MO average

What quality paid 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 1535164.62880696
Medium and Large 1-2564151.54854213
Medium and Large 2560136.7576512thin
Large 1597134.1880122
One grade step is worth $30.43/cwt here — about $79 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 sale943 hd
160.60
MO average19 barns · 15,703 hd
149.07
+11.52
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
BullsAverage1,57985.501,3505thin
CowsBreaker 75-80%Average1,37262.7086014
CowsBoner 80-85%Average1,21461.7474922
CowsLean 85-90%Average1,01450.6751446

Every lot, as filed

62 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 1680124.25/cwt124.25–124.258454
HeifersMedium and Large 1Fleshy605119.50/cwt115.00–124.0072312
HeifersMedium 2225141.00/cwt141.00–141.003174
BullsMedium and Large 1-2580127.00/cwt127.00–127.007375
BullsMedium and Large 1-2470143.00/cwt143.00–143.006725
BullsMedium and Large 1-2610118.75/cwt116.00–121.507244
BullsMedium and Large 1-2510135.50/cwt135.50–135.506913
SteersMedium and Large 1-2625150.51/cwt149.00–153.5094127
SteersMedium and Large 1-2474163.80/cwt158.50–174.5077622
SteersMedium and Large 1-2373169.57/cwt162.00–175.0063220
SteersMedium and Large 1-2775126.01/cwt124.00–128.009778
SteersMedium and Large 1-2430160.00/cwt158.00–164.006886
SteersMedium and Large 1-2732130.95/cwt128.00–135.509595
SteersMedium and Large 1-2680134.00/cwt134.00–134.009114
SteersMedium and Large 1-2Fleshy670130.75/cwt130.75–130.7587632
SteersMedium and Large 1522162.70/cwt155.00–168.00849181
SteersMedium and Large 1577159.21/cwt151.00–165.00919157
SteersMedium and Large 1623156.49/cwt146.00–160.0097589
SteersMedium and Large 1664150.26/cwt143.00–157.0099859
SteersMedium and Large 1467176.34/cwt167.00–180.0082458
SteersMedium and Large 1432175.36/cwt164.00–182.0075855
SteersMedium and Large 1384185.02/cwt180.00–187.0071035
SteersMedium and Large 1313198.37/cwt194.00–200.0062122
SteersMedium and Large 1279207.09/cwt204.00–210.0057815
SteersMedium and Large 1753131.06/cwt127.00–137.2598713
SteersMedium and Large 1Full600151.00/cwt151.00–151.0090612
SteersLarge 1615140.00/cwt140.00–140.0086110
SteersLarge 1695126.00/cwt126.00–126.008768
SteersLarge 1355136.00/cwt136.00–136.004834
HeifersMedium and Large 2475115.00/cwt115.00–115.005464
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2527132.19/cwt124.50–143.5069729
CowsLean 85-90%1,08355.27/cwt51.25–57.7559929
CowsLean 85-90%90546.12/cwt43.75–47.2541712
CowsLean 85-90%87534.91/cwt24.00–42.003055
CowsBreaker 75-80%1,36762.37/cwt60.00–65.0085313
CowsBreaker 75-80%1,43567.00/cwt67.00–67.009611
CowsBoner 80-85%1,21061.47/cwt58.00–63.5074420
CowsBoner 80-85%1,25364.40/cwt64.00–64.758072
Bulls1,64389.00/cwt84.00–94.001,4624
Bulls1,32571.50/cwt71.50–71.509471
Bred CowsMedium and Large 1-21,208904.11/cwt800.00–1,140.0010,9223
SteersMedium and Large 2523141.00/cwt141.00–141.007379
SteersMedium and Large 2670124.00/cwt124.00–124.008313
SteersMedium and Large 1-2562157.87/cwt152.75–163.0088749
SteersMedium and Large 1-2530153.51/cwt142.50–162.0081440
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2491141.21/cwt138.00–145.0069324
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2576128.42/cwt124.00–131.0074014
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2715117.63/cwt117.00–118.0084111
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2261151.11/cwt142.00–163.003949
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2620121.00/cwt121.00–121.007508
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2418141.00/cwt141.00–141.005896
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2660115.00/cwt115.00–115.007595
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2200202.00/cwt202.00–202.004045
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2775114.00/cwt114.00–114.008844
HeifersMedium and Large 1516146.71/cwt139.00–150.7575797
HeifersMedium and Large 1573138.34/cwt135.00–144.2579360
HeifersMedium and Large 1466151.19/cwt146.00–156.0070548
HeifersMedium and Large 1436150.17/cwt147.50–154.0065530
HeifersMedium and Large 1392155.18/cwt153.00–158.0060830
HeifersMedium and Large 1340158.00/cwt158.00–158.0053721
HeifersMedium and Large 1620128.98/cwt127.00–132.5080019
HeifersMedium and Large 1279162.75/cwt157.00–164.0045411

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.