Name: South Central Regional Stockyards livestock auction prices — 2020-06-24
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2020-06-24

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Feeder steers and heifers not well tested. Slaughter cows 1.00-3.00 higher. With no apparent ability to kill our way out of the the current supply issue it seems the cattle market will limp on with big numbers and huge carcass weights for an unknown period of time, with potentially smaller early fall market ready numbers maybe providing an opportunity to get back on track.

Weight class

Steers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

0–100 lb steers averaged $148.04/cwt on 172 head.

Average price

$148.04

172 head · 594 lb average

Value per head Derived

$879

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

−$49

per head · Medium and Large 1 over Medium and Large 1-2

$1.82/cwt at this weight

vs the market

+4.29

vs MO average

What quality paid 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1	574	148.91	855	90
Medium and Large 1-2	615	147.09	904	82

One grade step is worth $1.82/cwt here — about −$49 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 sale172 hd

148.04

—

MO average16 barns · 9,803 hd

143.75

+4.29

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.

Class	Grade	Dressing	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Bulls	—	Average	1,698	94.56	1,606	9thin
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	High	1,458	71.06	1,036	4thin
Cows	Boner 80-85%	Average	1,281	68.33	875	14
Cows	Lean 85-90%	Average	1,078	57.10	615	10

Every lot, as filed

47 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.

Class	Grade / description	Weight	Avg wt	Price	Range	Per head	Head
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	526	138.69/cwt	134.00–143.00	730	12
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,173	66.57/cwt	62.50–70.00	781	6
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,185	56.00/cwt	56.00–56.00	664	1
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	1,111	55.85/cwt	52.00–59.00	620	7
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	980	64.00/cwt	64.00–64.00	627	2
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	1,040	52.00/cwt	52.00–52.00	541	1
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	—	1,495	72.75/cwt	72.75–72.75	1,088	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	575	128.64/cwt	126.00–131.75	740	13
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	421	155.89/cwt	155.00–156.00	656	9
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	371	158.71/cwt	156.00–160.00	589	4
Heifers	Medium 1	—	605	120.25/cwt	120.25–120.25	728	3
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,388	71.59/cwt	69.50–74.00	994	7
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	581	121.90/cwt	121.00–122.50	708	10
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	437	145.99/cwt	145.00–148.00	638	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	463	149.68/cwt	142.00–155.00	693	14
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	371	152.39/cwt	149.00–155.00	565	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	645	119.00/cwt	119.00–119.00	768	6
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	720	108.74/cwt	108.50–109.00	783	4
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	516	146.02/cwt	141.00–152.00	753	10
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	424	152.38/cwt	149.00–155.00	646	9
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	472	149.49/cwt	148.00–151.00	706	6
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	735	138.95/cwt	131.00–141.00	1,021	11
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	723	111.01/cwt	109.50–112.50	803	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	529	133.74/cwt	130.00–136.00	707	21
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	591	146.80/cwt	146.50–147.00	868	5
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	745	134.00/cwt	134.00–134.00	998	3
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	536	153.76/cwt	151.00–154.50	824	21
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	464	158.28/cwt	155.00–160.00	734	18
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	622	145.20/cwt	143.00–147.00	903	9
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	682	146.87/cwt	141.00–147.75	1,002	49
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,345	1,084.31/cwt	1,000.00–1,130.00	14,584	4
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,272	851.34/cwt	680.00–910.00	10,829	9
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	580	147.75/cwt	146.00–148.00	857	8
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	389	161.00/cwt	161.00–161.00	626	5
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	833	122.12/cwt	121.75–122.50	1,017	4
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	675	144.00/cwt	144.00–144.00	972	4
Stock Cows	Medium and Large 1-2	—	965	82.50/cwt	82.50–82.50	796	3
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	—	1,345	66.00/cwt	66.00–66.00	888	1
Bulls	—	—	1,724	95.38/cwt	90.00–100.00	1,644	8
Bulls	—	—	1,490	88.00/cwt	88.00–88.00	1,311	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	—	633	113.11/cwt	107.00–121.00	716	8
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	—	530	123.69/cwt	120.50–127.00	656	6
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	—	590	118.50/cwt	118.50–118.50	699	4
Steers	Medium and Large 1Full	—	655	140.00/cwt	140.00–140.00	917	2
Steers	Medium and Large 1Full	—	645	140.00/cwt	140.00–140.00	903	4
Steers	Medium and Large 1Fleshy	—	470	149.25/cwt	149.25–149.25	701	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Fleshy	—	570	120.50/cwt	120.50–120.50	687	3

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.

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