Sale reports / Missouri / South Central Regional Stockyards / 2020-10-21

South Central Regional Stockyards

Feeder Cattle · Slaughter Cattle · Replacement Cattle · Vienna, Missouri · Wed, Oct 21
● Final49 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 1817
Feeder Cattle receipts
673 head
484 vs last sale 189 81 vs year ago 754 · 10.7%
Slaughter Cattle receipts
57 head
46 vs last sale 103 26 vs year ago 83 · 31.3%
Replacement Cattle receipts
12 head
13 vs last sale 25 4 vs year ago 8 · +50.0%
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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to the sale two weeks ago, feeder steers and heifers 3.00-6.00 lower. Slaughter cows steady compared to last week. The feeder market has lost ground since the last trended sale two weeks ago with futures moving considerably lower and cash feedlots sales also lower. Feeder offering was highlighted by two loads of high quality reputation black heifers.

Weight class

Heifers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot
0–100 lb heifers averaged $132.93/cwt on 304 head.
Average price
$132.93
304 head · 632 lb average
Value per head Derived
$840
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
$255
per head · Medium and Large 1 over Large 1
$24.68/cwt at this weight
vs the market
+7.73
vs MO average

What quality paid 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 1646136.68883250
Medium 2410119.004885thin
Medium and Large 1-2588115.8568141
Large 1560112.006278thin
One grade step is worth $24.68/cwt here — about $255 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 sale304 hd
132.93
MO average15 barns · 6,056 hd
125.20
+7.73
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
BullsLow1,68971.091,2016thin
CowsBreaker 75-80%High1,45453.297757thin
CowsBoner 80-85%High1,20751.666248thin
CowsLean 85-90%Average1,04537.2939012

Every lot, as filed

49 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 1530130.55/cwt128.00–138.5069216
SteersMedium and Large 1389160.19/cwt160.00–161.006235
SteersMedium and Large 1755129.25/cwt129.25–129.259764
BullsMedium and Large 1-2520121.97/cwt115.00–130.006346
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2635112.58/cwt110.00–115.007155
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2Full79595.00/cwt95.00–95.007554
SteersMedium and Large 1412162.82/cwt160.00–164.006716
HeifersMedium and Large 1380144.00/cwt144.00–144.005475
HeifersMedium and Large 1618123.43/cwt121.00–126.7576315
HeifersMedium and Large 1700121.50/cwt121.50–121.508516
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2585119.00/cwt119.00–119.006966
SteersMedium and Large 1559148.22/cwt137.50–153.0082946
SteersSmall and Medium 2-346082.00/cwt82.00–82.003775
SteersMedium and Large 1610137.39/cwt134.00–140.0083828
SteersMedium and Large 1663134.31/cwt130.00–135.7589028
SteersMedium and Large 1518157.19/cwt147.00–162.0081427
BullsMedium and Large 1-2445137.00/cwt137.00–137.006103
HeifersMedium and Large 1680137.25/cwt137.25–137.2593383
Bred CowsMedium and Large 1-21,201916.18/cwt750.00–1,130.0011,0036
HeifersMedium 2410119.00/cwt119.00–119.004885
SteersMedium 2Fleshy485108.00/cwt108.00–108.005247
HeifersLarge 1560112.00/cwt112.00–112.006278
SteersLarge 1500150.00/cwt150.00–150.007509
SteersLarge 1600126.00/cwt126.00–126.007564
Bulls1,70169.84/cwt63.00–72.001,1884
CowsBreaker 75-80%1,62354.00/cwt54.00–54.008762
CowsBoner 80-85%1,24554.50/cwt54.50–54.506791
Bulls1,66573.58/cwt73.00–74.001,2252
CowsLean 85-90%1,05245.10/cwt42.00–48.004746
CowsLean 85-90%1,02520.00/cwt20.00–20.002052
CowsBoner 80-85%1,20251.25/cwt50.00–54.006167
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2428141.00/cwt141.00–141.006034
HeifersMedium and Large 1428146.88/cwt141.00–155.006298
HeifersMedium and Large 1Replacement760141.25/cwt141.25–141.251,07472
HeifersMedium and Large 1477139.64/cwt137.00–144.0066626
CowsLean 85-90%1,04434.21/cwt25.00–41.003574
HeifersMedium and Large 1Fleshy520128.00/cwt128.00–128.006663
SteersMedium and Large 1-2484144.43/cwt143.00–145.006997
SteersMedium and Large 1-2425146.93/cwt145.00–151.006249
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2509122.92/cwt117.00–133.0062611
BullsMedium and Large 1-270599.31/cwt96.00–106.007006
CowsBreaker 75-80%1,38753.00/cwt53.00–53.007355
SteersMedium and Large 1-2Unweaned600130.00/cwt130.00–130.007805
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2Fleshy507108.99/cwt108.00–111.005536
SteersMedium and Large 1710131.00/cwt131.00–131.009308
SteersMedium and Large 1478162.16/cwt156.00–164.507757
SteersMedium and Large 1-2525136.29/cwt131.00–142.007164
HeifersMedium and Large 1565126.78/cwt122.50–128.0071616
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2779104.61/cwt104.00–105.008155

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.