Sale reports / Missouri / South Central Regional Stockyards / 2021-01-06

South Central Regional Stockyards

Feeder Cattle · Slaughter Cattle · Replacement Cattle · Vienna, Missouri · Wed, Jan 6
● Final59 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 1817
Feeder Cattle receipts
1,447 head
▲ 1,174 vs last sale 273▼ 221 vs year ago 1,668 · −13.2%
Slaughter Cattle receipts
80 head
▼ 64 vs last sale 144▼ 50 vs year ago 130 · −38.5%
Replacement Cattle receipts
40 head
▼ 60 vs last sale 100▲ 16 vs year ago 24 · +66.7%
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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

No recent feeder auction available for a price comparison. Demand moderate to good. Supply moderate. Best demand seen on steers under 600 lbs suitable for grass. The heavier cattle have lost ground in recent days due largely to rising feed costs with March corn now just under 5.00/bu. Beef cutout values have been sluggish to start the year although fed cattle are expected to trade at least steady this week.

Weight class

Steers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot
0–100 lb steers averaged $146.75/cwt on 615 head.
Average price
$146.75
615 head · 621 lb average
Value per head Derived
$911
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
$129
per head · Medium and Large 1 over Medium and Large 2
$28.24/cwt at this weight
vs the market
+4.01
vs MO average

What quality paid 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 1629148.24933461
Medium and Large 1-2585143.77841133
Medium 1-2525143.507536thin
Large 1710131.0093012thin
Medium and Large 2670120.008043thin
One grade step is worth $28.24/cwt here — about $129 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 sale615 hd
146.75
—
MO average15 barns · 17,725 hd
142.74
+4.01
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
Bulls—Average1,90777.531,47911
CowsBoner 80-85%Average1,26852.1666110
CowsBreaker 75-80%Average1,41551.507291thin
CowsLean 85-90%Low1,19944.6253520

Every lot, as filed

59 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
BullsMedium and Large 1-2—445164.00/cwt164.00–164.0073010
SteersMedium and Large 1—715138.33/cwt135.00–140.2598953
SteersMedium and Large 1Unweaned—730124.50/cwt124.50–124.509094
SteersMedium and Large 1-2—580141.29/cwt136.00–144.0081934
SteersMedium and Large 1—467173.90/cwt163.00–180.0081229
HeifersMedium and Large 1—516137.02/cwt135.00–140.0070746
HeifersMedium and Large 1—476145.72/cwt140.00–156.0069460
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2Unweaned—615118.00/cwt118.00–118.007262
HeifersMedium and Large 1Unweaned—730110.00/cwt110.00–110.008033
SteersMedium and Large 1—756134.00/cwt125.75–136.251,01374
HeifersMedium and Large 1Unweaned—635110.00/cwt110.00–110.006993
BullsMedium and Large 1-2—640116.00/cwt116.00–116.007423
Bulls——1,87475.35/cwt73.00–79.501,4128
HeifersMedium and Large 1Replacement—700127.00/cwt127.00–127.0088920
SteersMedium and Large 1Fleshy—595144.00/cwt144.00–144.008575
SteersMedium and Large 1—820122.03/cwt118.00–124.501,00111
HeifersMedium and Large 1—663122.83/cwt121.00–126.0081421
SteersMedium and Large 1Unweaned—670131.00/cwt131.00–131.008783
SteersMedium and Large 1—630145.76/cwt144.50–148.5091848
HeifersMedium and Large 1—726120.80/cwt120.00–122.5087711
HeifersMedium and Large 1Fleshy—669115.52/cwt112.00–118.007735
HeifersMedium and Large 1Fleshy—620122.50/cwt122.50–122.507603
SteersMedium and Large 1Fleshy—775123.00/cwt123.00–123.009539
Bulls——1,99583.35/cwt81.50–84.501,6633
CowsLean 85-90%—1,31535.00/cwt35.00–35.004601
CowsLean 85-90%—1,19345.13/cwt42.00–48.0053819
CowsBreaker 75-80%—1,41551.50/cwt51.50–51.507291
CowsBoner 80-85%—1,26852.16/cwt50.00–53.5066110
Cow-Calf PairsMedium and Large 1-2—1,2651,262.50/cwt1,200.00–1,350.0015,9714
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2—525130.87/cwt128.00–137.5068728
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2—703113.60/cwt113.00–114.007995
SteersMedium and Large 1—675139.55/cwt133.00–146.2594256
SteersMedium and Large 1—569152.39/cwt145.00–164.7586764
SteersMedium and Large 1-2—489162.20/cwt158.50–165.0079317
SteersMedium and Large 1—525165.08/cwt155.00–174.0086796
SteersMedium and Large 1-2—708128.76/cwt125.50–131.009125
SteersMedium and Large 1-2—785124.00/cwt124.00–124.009735
HeifersMedium and Large 1—573132.46/cwt127.50–137.00759129
HeifersMedium and Large 1—767114.36/cwt112.00–118.008775
SteersMedium and Large 2—670120.00/cwt120.00–120.008043
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2—568126.70/cwt121.00–130.0072020
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2—677122.00/cwt122.00–122.008265
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2—437144.38/cwt140.00–146.0063119
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2—639122.51/cwt121.00–124.0078314
SteersMedium and Large 1-2—537150.86/cwt143.50–164.0081015
Bred CowsMedium and Large 1-2—1,353961.26/cwt800.00–1,150.0013,00612
SteersMedium and Large 1-2—614139.00/cwt137.50–142.5085326
SteersMedium and Large 1—440174.92/cwt172.00–179.007709
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2—472137.38/cwt130.00–142.5064817
SteersMedium and Large 1-2—426166.44/cwt164.00–169.507099
SteersMedium and Large 1-2—677133.29/cwt130.00–134.0090217
SteersLarge 1—710131.00/cwt131.00–131.0093012
SteersMedium and Large 1-2Unweaned—595131.00/cwt131.00–131.007795
HeifersLarge 1—685120.00/cwt120.00–120.008229
SteersMedium 1-2—495152.00/cwt152.00–152.007523
SteersMedium 1-2—555135.00/cwt135.00–135.007493
HeifersMedium and Large 1—409152.09/cwt150.50–154.0062214
HeifersMedium and Large 1—606132.49/cwt126.00–133.5080315
Bred CowsMedium and Large 1-2—1,285875.00/cwt875.00–875.0011,2441

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.