Sale reports / Missouri / South Central Regional Stockyards / 2021-01-20

South Central Regional Stockyards

Feeder Cattle · Slaughter Cattle · Replacement Cattle · Vienna, Missouri · Wed, Jan 20
● Final34 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 1817
Feeder Cattle receipts
303 head
1,832 vs last sale 2,135 4 vs year ago 299 · +1.3%
Slaughter Cattle receipts
43 head
25 vs last sale 68 10 vs year ago 33 · +30.3%
Replacement Cattle receipts
8 head
7 vs last sale 15 22 vs year ago 30 · 73.3%
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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Feeder supply not sufficient to establish a market trend, Slaughter cows steady. Very light movement of feeder cattle in the area this week. Friday's Cattle on Feed report may be somewhat friendly again with the placement guess at 97 percent. Recent lighter placements and high priced feed may leave packers hungrier than they've been in a long time somewhere in the summer/fall period, but for now they remain fully in control with fed cattle unable to get any traction due to the current ample supplies.

Weight class

Steers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot
0–100 lb steers averaged $145.79/cwt on 101 head.
Average price
$145.79
101 head · 582 lb average
Value per head Derived
$849
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
−$45
per head · Medium and Large 1-2 over Medium and Large 2
$37.75/cwt at this weight
vs the market
+3.62
vs MO average

What quality paid 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 1-2513152.7578345
Medium and Large 1633141.6189753
Medium and Large 2720115.008283thin
One grade step is worth $37.75/cwt here — about −$45 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 sale101 hd
145.79
MO average18 barns · 14,603 hd
142.17
+3.62
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
BullsAverage1,83469.951,2838thin
CowsBreaker 75-80%Average1,50451.847805thin
CowsBoner 80-85%Average1,23448.185947thin
CowsLean 85-90%Very Low1,00434.8435018

Every lot, as filed

34 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
CowsBoner 80-85%1,23748.71/cwt48.00–50.006036
CowsBoner 80-85%1,21545.00/cwt45.00–45.005471
CowsBreaker 75-80%1,50451.84/cwt50.00–53.007805
CowsLean 85-90%92421.27/cwt18.00–25.001975
CowsLean 85-90%1,05242.47/cwt42.00–46.0044710
CowsLean 85-90%97532.00/cwt32.00–32.003123
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2523129.34/cwt128.00–130.006769
HeifersMedium and Large 1525135.92/cwt133.00–139.5071417
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2490131.00/cwt131.00–131.006426
SteersMedium and Large 1-2445168.25/cwt168.25–168.2574913
SteersMedium and Large 1460170.00/cwt170.00–170.007823
HeifersMedium and Large 1Fleshy615124.00/cwt124.00–124.007639
SteersMedium and Large 1-2370163.56/cwt162.00–165.006054
SteersMedium and Large 1-2617138.90/cwt136.00–142.5085712
BullsMedium and Large 1-2619128.13/cwt119.50–133.757935
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2438143.09/cwt136.00–146.0062710
HeifersMedium and Large 1405152.50/cwt152.50–152.506186
SteersMedium and Large 1763126.24/cwt124.25–127.2596312
SteersMedium and Large 1681130.60/cwt129.75–135.5088917
SteersMedium and Large 1524161.08/cwt160.00–163.0084414
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2566125.20/cwt124.00–128.007099
BullsMedium and Large 1-2453145.30/cwt141.00–154.006583
BullsMedium and Large 1-2567129.55/cwt125.75–137.507353
BullsMedium and Large 1-2683112.48/cwt111.00–114.007684
Bulls1,87371.78/cwt70.00–73.001,3445
Bulls1,77066.91/cwt60.00–71.001,1843
SteersMedium and Large 2720115.00/cwt115.00–115.008283
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2613124.23/cwt122.50–126.007624
HeifersMedium and Large 1860107.00/cwt107.00–107.009204
HeifersMedium and Large 1640124.75/cwt124.50–125.007984
SteersMedium and Large 1588143.62/cwt141.25–144.008447
Bred CowsMedium and Large 11,265900.00/cwt900.00–900.0011,3854
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2790106.00/cwt106.00–106.008373
SteersMedium and Large 1-2525147.85/cwt143.00–155.0077616

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.