Sale reports / Missouri / South Central Regional Stockyards / 2021-03-17

South Central Regional Stockyards

Feeder Cattle · Slaughter Cattle · Vienna, Missouri · Wed, Mar 17
● Final47 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 1817
Feeder Cattle receipts
700 head
555 vs last sale 1,255 14 vs year ago 714 · 2.0%
Slaughter Cattle receipts
67 head
35 vs last sale 102 41 vs year ago 26 · +157.7%
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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to last Wednesday, feeder steers steady to 4.00 lower. Feeder heifers steady to 5.00 higher with advance from 500-600 lbs. Slaughter cows steady. Demand moderate to good. Supply light. Reduced numbers with the recent rains including storms rolling through Wednesday morning. The fed cattle market acts like it could be a tick stronger this week with carcass weights getting somewhat lighter and cutouts possibly starting to head higher although the data indicates there won't be any shortage of market ready cattle for a while.

Weight class

Steers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot
0–100 lb steers averaged $165.67/cwt on 358 head.
Average price
$165.67
358 head · 537 lb average
Value per head Derived
$889
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
$107
per head · Medium and Large 1 over Medium and Large 1-2
$10.82/cwt at this weight
vs the market
+15.89
vs MO average

What quality paid 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 1540166.75900322
Medium and Large 1-2509155.9479436
One grade step is worth $10.82/cwt here — about $107 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 sale358 hd
165.67
MO average16 barns · 9,494 hd
149.78
+15.89
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
BullsLow1,66576.991,2824thin
CowsBreaker 75-80%High1,40258.338183thin
CowsBoner 80-85%Average1,21654.2766013
CowsLean 85-90%Low1,03441.0642414

Every lot, as filed

47 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
SteersMedium and Large 1429179.92/cwt172.00–185.5077226
SteersMedium and Large 1-2418172.91/cwt168.00–178.007234
HeifersMedium and Large 1620131.24/cwt126.50–136.5081430
SteersMedium and Large 1-2345174.00/cwt174.00–174.0060013
BullsMedium and Large 1-2715121.50/cwt121.50–121.508692
BullsMedium and Large 1-2465161.00/cwt161.00–161.007492
SteersMedium and Large 1285184.00/cwt184.00–184.005243
BullsMedium and Large 1-2620124.22/cwt121.00–127.507704
SteersMedium and Large 1622150.01/cwt148.50–154.0093352
BullsMedium and Large 1-2775108.00/cwt108.00–108.008372
HeifersMedium and Large 1492148.94/cwt147.50–149.507337
SteersMedium and Large 1386184.50/cwt176.00–190.0071231
HeifersMedium and Large 1668127.58/cwt125.75–128.5085235
HeifersMedium and Large 1382155.02/cwt152.50–155.5059218
SteersMedium and Large 1570165.26/cwt161.00–167.0094249
SteersMedium and Large 1530171.00/cwt171.00–171.009063
SteersMedium and Large 1Thin Fleshed495183.50/cwt183.50–183.5090856
CowsBreaker 75-80%1,47560.00/cwt60.00–60.008852
CowsBreaker 75-80%1,25555.00/cwt55.00–55.006901
CowsBoner 80-85%1,21654.27/cwt50.00–56.0066013
Bulls1,63572.00/cwt72.00–72.001,1771
Bulls1,74070.00/cwt70.00–70.001,2181
Bulls1,64382.98/cwt80.00–85.001,3632
HeifersMedium and Large 1572138.69/cwt135.50–139.5079310
HeifersMedium and Large 1Fleshy334149.38/cwt149.00–150.004995
SteersMedium and Large 1Fleshy510155.00/cwt155.00–155.007916
HeifersMedium 1Fleshy530122.00/cwt122.00–122.006474
CowsLean 85-90%82538.00/cwt38.00–38.003142
CowsLean 85-90%87827.43/cwt22.00–30.002413
SteersMedium and Large 1-2690134.00/cwt134.00–134.009255
CowsLean 85-90%1,13246.29/cwt43.00–52.005249
BullsMedium and Large 1-2570139.70/cwt138.00–143.007963
SteersMedium and Large 1-2495165.00/cwt165.00–165.008173
SteersMedium and Large 1766129.90/cwt128.50–131.5099524
SteersMedium and Large 1712135.40/cwt132.00–138.0096421
SteersMedium and Large 1-2710130.00/cwt130.00–130.009234
HeifersMedium and Large 1330164.50/cwt164.50–164.505435
HeifersMedium and Large 1516145.47/cwt139.00–149.7575126
HeifersMedium and Large 2503130.01/cwt128.50–131.006545
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2370144.75/cwt141.00–147.5053612
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2480143.44/cwt141.00–147.506898
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2443141.99/cwt141.00–143.006294
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2615126.47/cwt125.25–130.007788
SteersMedium and Large 1468179.75/cwt168.00–183.0084151
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2960104.00/cwt104.00–104.009987
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2555127.50/cwt127.50–127.507083
SteersMedium and Large 1-2627139.29/cwt135.50–142.008737

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.