Sale reports / Missouri / South Central Regional Stockyards / 2021-03-03

South Central Regional Stockyards

Feeder Cattle · Slaughter Cattle · Replacement Cattle · Vienna, Missouri · Wed, Mar 3
● Final55 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 1817
Feeder Cattle receipts
717 head
400 vs last sale 1,117 158 vs year ago 875 · 18.1%
Slaughter Cattle receipts
65 head
0 vs last sale 65 2 vs year ago 63 · +3.2%
Replacement Cattle receipts
25 head
5 vs last sale 30 23 vs year ago 2 · +1,150.0%
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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to last Wednesday, feeder steers under 650 lbs steady to 3.00 higher, over 650 lbs 1.00-2.00 lower. Feeder heifers under 650 lbs steady to 4.00 higher with a few packages over 650 lbs near steady. Slaughter cows 1.00-3.00 lower. Demand uneven. Supply light. The stocker/feeder divide seems to be growing at the moment with the inability to advance the fed trade combined with high feed cost making the feedlot weight cattle harder to sell while the need for grass cattle and the expectation for lighter numbers down the road have the lighter cattle in a better supply/demand position. Hoped for increases in feedlot prices have not materialized the past two weeks and this weeks trade appears to once again be at 114.00/cwt.

Weight class

Steers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot
0–100 lb steers averaged $156.21/cwt on 278 head.
Average price
$156.21
278 head · 588 lb average
Value per head Derived
$919
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
$296
per head · Medium and Large 1 over Medium and Large 2
$19.46/cwt at this weight
vs the market
+6.89
vs MO average

What quality paid 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 1593159.39945180
Medium and Large 1-2590151.3089290
Medium and Large 2464139.936498thin
One grade step is worth $19.46/cwt here — about $296 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 sale278 hd
156.21
MO average17 barns · 20,249 hd
149.32
+6.89
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
BullsAverage1,97473.761,4567thin
CowsBoner 80-85%Average1,35152.887148thin
CowsBreaker 75-80%Average1,40652.597395thin
CowsLean 85-90%Very Low1,15045.2552012

Every lot, as filed

55 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 1-2Fleshy645118.00/cwt118.00–118.007613
SteersMedium and Large 1-2618152.82/cwt140.00–155.0094417
SteersMedium and Large 1723132.81/cwt128.00–136.0096014
SteersMedium and Large 1581162.51/cwt160.50–167.0094410
HeifersMedium and Large 1480144.21/cwt142.00–150.0069224
HeifersMedium and Large 1832114.54/cwt110.00–116.0095318
HeifersMedium and Large 1430150.16/cwt147.00–159.0064618
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2452131.00/cwt131.00–131.005925
SteersMedium and Large 1832123.49/cwt121.00–125.001,0278
SteersMedium and Large 1873119.12/cwt118.00–122.001,0407
SteersMedium and Large 1637155.41/cwt151.00–163.0099048
SteersMedium and Large 1690138.00/cwt138.00–138.009523
HeifersMedium and Large 1621134.15/cwt128.50–138.0083315
SteersMedium and Large 1392181.86/cwt180.00–183.007137
HeifersMedium and Large 1Thin Fleshed530154.50/cwt154.50–154.5081913
SteersMedium and Large 1760128.00/cwt128.00–128.009737
SteersMedium and Large 1411178.84/cwt175.00–183.0073519
HeifersMedium and Large 1753115.67/cwt115.00–116.008716
CowsBreaker 75-80%1,40652.59/cwt52.00–55.007395
SteersMedium and Large 1325193.00/cwt193.00–193.006273
SteersMedium and Large 1528173.43/cwt160.00–182.0091654
CowsBoner 80-85%1,35152.88/cwt52.00–56.007148
CowsLean 85-90%1,02020.00/cwt20.00–20.002041
CowsLean 85-90%1,26540.00/cwt40.00–40.005061
Bulls2,09277.34/cwt77.00–78.001,6183
Bulls1,88571.08/cwt66.00–75.001,3404
Cow-Calf PairsMedium and Large 1-29501,650.00/cwt1,650.00–1,650.0015,6755
HeifersMedium and Large 1524149.28/cwt138.00–154.0078238
HeifersMedium and Large 1561144.37/cwt135.00–154.5081041
Bred CowsMedium and Large 1-21,274933.78/cwt730.00–1,150.0011,8967
CowsLean 85-90%1,15148.30/cwt44.00–52.0055610
HeifersMedium and Large 2468117.68/cwt115.00–123.005516
HeifersMedium and Large 1371159.15/cwt156.00–162.5059010
BullsMedium and Large 2770110.00/cwt110.00–110.008473
BullsMedium and Large 2540130.50/cwt130.50–130.507053
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2683124.79/cwt120.50–126.5085215
HeifersMedium and Large 1657122.69/cwt122.00–124.0080613
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2576141.49/cwt131.00–143.5081512
HeifersMedium and Large 1725125.25/cwt125.00–125.509084
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2603130.33/cwt129.00–133.007866
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2432144.34/cwt140.00–147.006246
BullsMedium and Large 1-2585133.82/cwt133.50–134.507833
SteersMedium and Large 1-2567163.56/cwt162.50–164.009277
SteersMedium and Large 1-2722131.61/cwt130.00–132.0095015
SteersMedium and Large 2464139.93/cwt130.00–147.006498
SteersMedium and Large 1-2671133.46/cwt131.00–136.0089612
SteersMedium and Large 1-2519164.46/cwt152.00–170.0085414
SteersMedium and Large 1-2433168.32/cwt165.00–175.0072913
SteersMedium and Large 1-2763125.00/cwt125.00–125.009544
SteersMedium and Large 1-2470163.51/cwt159.00–170.007688
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2524130.19/cwt124.00–138.0068210
BullsMedium and Large 1-2425168.00/cwt168.00–168.007144
BullsMedium and Large 1-2518139.69/cwt136.00–144.007248
BullsMedium and Large 1-2613128.73/cwt128.00–129.507894
BullsMedium and Large 1-2463144.99/cwt144.00–146.006714

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.