Sale reports / Missouri / South Central Regional Stockyards / 2020-12-16

South Central Regional Stockyards

Feeder Cattle · Slaughter Cattle · Replacement Cattle · Vienna, Missouri · Wed, Dec 16
● Final41 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 1817
Feeder Cattle receipts
273 head
1,970 vs last sale 2,243 80 vs year ago 193 · +41.5%
Slaughter Cattle receipts
144 head
51 vs last sale 93 19 vs year ago 125 · +15.2%
Replacement Cattle receipts
100 head
100 vs last sale 0 39 vs year ago 139 · 28.1%
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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Feeder supply not sufficient to establish a market trend. Slaughter cows 1.00-2.00 higher. Special cow sale followed a light feeder offering highlighted by a consignment of young second period black cows. With another light placement figure to be reported this Friday and carcass weights finally working back close to year ago levels it looks like a bit of a leverage shift and some sunshine could finally be headed our way if the next calamity doesn't befall us first.

Weight class

Heifers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot
0–100 lb heifers averaged $130.34/cwt on 77 head.
Average price
$130.34
77 head · 571 lb average
Value per head Derived
$744
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
−$132
per head · Medium and Large 1-2 over Medium and Large 1
$9.95/cwt at this weight
vs the market
1.61
vs MO average

What quality paid 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 1-2489136.0266633
Medium and Large 1632126.0779744
One grade step is worth $9.95/cwt here — about −$132 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 sale77 hd
130.34
MO average17 barns · 8,651 hd
131.94
−1.61
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
BullsAverage1,78569.921,24817
CowsBreaker 75-80%Average1,46350.7474223
CowsBoner 80-85%High1,27247.3960325
CowsLean 85-90%Low1,13035.5940221

Every lot, as filed

41 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
Cow-Calf PairsMedium and Large 1-21,3601,025.00/cwt1,025.00–1,025.0013,9404
Cow-Calf PairsMedium and Large 1-21,0501,250.00/cwt1,250.00–1,250.0013,1254
Bulls1,79573.01/cwt69.00–80.001,31113
Bulls1,75159.89/cwt52.00–68.001,0494
CowsBoner 80-85%1,07551.00/cwt51.00–51.005481
CowsBoner 80-85%1,26141.41/cwt40.00–42.005224
CowsBreaker 75-80%1,46350.74/cwt42.00–55.0074223
HeifersMedium and Large 1660122.00/cwt122.00–122.008054
HeifersMedium and Large 1415151.50/cwt151.50–151.506295
SteersMedium and Large 1672134.58/cwt133.50–135.5090411
BullsMedium and Large 1-2732111.80/cwt109.50–114.008184
BullsMedium and Large 1-2577128.92/cwt128.00–130.0074411
SteersMedium and Large 1-2518145.54/cwt136.00–153.0075411
HeifersMedium and Large 1724120.16/cwt118.00–121.5087019
HeifersMedium and Large 1560127.66/cwt126.00–130.0071510
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2568120.51/cwt120.00–121.006844
CowsBoner 80-85%1,28448.41/cwt46.00–51.5062220
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2465139.11/cwt137.00–142.506476
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2544127.24/cwt126.00–131.006928
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2Fleshy540124.00/cwt124.00–124.006703
BullsMedium and Large 1-2480141.50/cwt141.50–141.506793
SteersMedium and Large 1-2477154.34/cwt153.00–155.007366
BullsMedium and Large 1-2515139.27/cwt137.00–141.507176
SteersMedium and Large 1-2610136.00/cwt135.50–137.008306
SteersMedium and Large 2590131.00/cwt131.00–131.007734
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2Thin Fleshed450146.00/cwt146.00–146.006579
SteersMedium and Large 1755131.00/cwt131.00–131.009898
Bred CowsMedium and Large 1-21,3091,050.60/cwt850.00–1,275.0013,75220
SteersMedium and Large 1-2Unweaned710122.00/cwt122.00–122.008664
HeifersMedium and Large 1625123.68/cwt121.50–126.007736
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2355156.00/cwt156.00–156.005543
SteersMedium and Large 1-2420161.65/cwt155.00–168.006794
BullsMedium and Large 1-2665115.07/cwt112.00–118.007654
CowsLean 85-90%1,22533.71/cwt32.00–35.004132
SteersMedium and Large 1-2380168.97/cwt168.00–170.006424
CowsLean 85-90%94315.42/cwt10.00–17.001454
CowsLean 85-90%1,16741.22/cwt37.00–43.0048115
BullsMedium 270594.00/cwt94.00–94.006633
Bred CowsMedium and Large 11,1551,566.88/cwt1,400.00–1,700.0018,09720
Bred CowsMedium and Large 1-21,295800.00/cwt800.00–800.0010,3603
Bred CowsMedium and Large 1-21,292744.55/cwt650.00–825.009,62011

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.