Name: South Central Regional Stockyards livestock auction prices — 2020-08-12
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2020-08-12

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

No price trend was established on feeders with the best test seen on 500-600 lb heifers which sold with a higher undertone. Slaughter cows 2.00-3.00 lower. Supply light. Demand good. Just a few packages of steers over 550 lbs this week, several of which were carrying some hair. The cattle market is continuing its advance on both the feds and feeders with feedlot trade at 104.00-105.00/cwt Wednesday, 4.00 higher than last week.

Weight class

Heifers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

0–100 lb heifers averaged $143.63/cwt on 190 head.

Average price

$143.63

190 head · 582 lb average

Value per head Derived

$836

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$142

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

$5.49/cwt at this weight

vs the market

+5.34

vs MO average

What quality paid 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1	624	146.60	914	87
Medium and Large 1-2	547	141.12	772	103

One grade step is worth $5.49/cwt here — about $142 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 sale190 hd

143.63

—

MO average18 barns · 6,861 hd

138.29

+5.34

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	1,817	85.73	1,557	3thin
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	High	1,486	69.58	1,034	5thin
Cows	Boner 80-85%	Low	1,227	62.21	763	15
Cows	Lean 85-90%	Average	1,163	57.57	670	4thin

Every lot, as filed

44 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
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	533	153.51/cwt	145.00–157.00	818	9
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	416	165.49/cwt	164.00–167.00	688	8
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	377	175.73/cwt	165.00–183.00	663	6
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	670	134.00/cwt	134.00–134.00	898	5
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	610	134.00/cwt	134.00–134.00	817	3
Stock Cows	Medium and Large 1-2	—	775	97.00/cwt	97.00–97.00	752	2
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,179	965.71/cwt	880.00–1,100.00	11,386	4
Cow-Calf Pairs	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,425	1,215.00/cwt	1,120.00–1,500.00	17,314	4
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	550	157.50/cwt	157.50–157.50	866	4
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	525	159.00/cwt	159.00–159.00	835	4
Steers	Medium 1-2	—	635	130.00/cwt	130.00–130.00	826	4
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	1,163	57.57/cwt	55.00–59.00	670	4
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	—	1,395	71.52/cwt	68.50–73.00	998	3
Bulls	—	—	2,005	92.60/cwt	90.00–95.00	1,857	2
Bulls	—	—	1,440	72.00/cwt	72.00–72.00	1,037	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	—	701	113.36/cwt	110.50–118.00	795	7
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	—	610	127.98/cwt	127.00–129.00	781	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Full	—	620	136.00/cwt	136.00–136.00	843	4
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Fleshy	—	635	142.00/cwt	142.00–142.00	902	4
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Fleshy	—	483	150.61/cwt	150.00–151.00	727	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Fleshy	—	710	121.75/cwt	121.75–121.75	864	4
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2Fleshy	—	590	122.50/cwt	122.50–122.50	723	3
Steers	Large 1	—	615	145.75/cwt	145.75–145.75	896	11
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	717	122.90/cwt	121.00–124.00	881	11
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	381	155.11/cwt	147.00–169.00	591	16
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	520	141.73/cwt	131.00–147.50	737	16
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	805	120.50/cwt	120.50–120.50	970	7
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	570	150.50/cwt	150.00–151.00	858	10
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	641	144.58/cwt	144.00–145.00	927	20
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	653	131.00/cwt	131.00–131.00	855	9
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	565	142.75/cwt	141.00–148.75	807	23
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	479	151.05/cwt	149.50–152.00	724	10
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	606	139.92/cwt	138.00–141.00	848	7
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	423	155.02/cwt	154.00–156.00	656	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	477	146.96/cwt	138.00–150.00	701	10
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,208	56.37/cwt	55.00–58.00	681	2
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,230	63.11/cwt	61.00–66.00	776	13
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	—	1,623	66.67/cwt	65.00–68.50	1,082	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	528	146.16/cwt	145.50–149.00	772	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	575	145.25/cwt	145.25–145.25	835	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	600	150.69/cwt	150.25–151.25	904	34
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Replacement	—	685	151.50/cwt	151.50–151.50	1,038	22
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Unweaned	—	655	119.50/cwt	119.50–119.50	783	3
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Unweaned	—	630	136.00/cwt	136.00–136.00	857	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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