Sale reports / Missouri / South Central Regional Stockyards / 2021-04-21

South Central Regional Stockyards

Feeder Cattle · Slaughter Cattle · Replacement Cattle · Vienna, Missouri · Wed, Apr 21
● Final48 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 1817
Feeder Cattle receipts
1,012 head
60 vs last sale 1,072 254 vs year ago 1,266 · 20.1%
Slaughter Cattle receipts
72 head
98 vs last sale 170 22 vs year ago 94 · 23.4%
Replacement Cattle receipts
8 head
142 vs last sale 150 24 vs year ago 32 · 75.0%
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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to last Wednesday, feeder steers steady to 5.00 lower. Feeder heifers 2.00-6.00 lower. Slaughter cows 2.00-4.00 lower. Demand moderate. Supply moderate. Several consignments of fancy new crop calves this week with best demand for steers near 500 lbs. Cattle futures made a brief turnaround yesterday before heading back south on Wednesday due to pessimism over our ability to hold fed cattle prices and a corn market that makes new highs on a fairly regular basis.

Weight class

Steers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot
0–100 lb steers averaged $177.30/cwt on 456 head.
Average price
$177.30
456 head · 504 lb average
Value per head Derived
$893
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
$36
per head · Medium and Large 1-2 over Medium and Large 2
$35.11/cwt at this weight
vs the market
+19.34
vs MO average

What quality paid 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 1-2434178.6177543
Medium and Large 1511177.41906410
Medium and Large 2515143.507393thin
One grade step is worth $35.11/cwt here — about $36 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 sale456 hd
177.30
MO average17 barns · 10,342 hd
157.96
+19.34
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
BullsAverage1,68875.211,2694thin
CowsBreaker 75-80%Average1,47562.999295thin
CowsBoner 80-85%Average1,24060.8575519
CowsLean 85-90%Low1,10149.5554514

Every lot, as filed

48 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
Bulls1,89387.64/cwt85.00–90.001,6592
Bulls1,48362.77/cwt60.00–65.009312
CowsBoner 80-85%1,22861.37/cwt58.00–64.0075417
CowsBoner 80-85%1,34556.40/cwt55.00–58.007592
CowsBreaker 75-80%1,49062.49/cwt62.00–63.009314
CowsBreaker 75-80%1,41565.00/cwt65.00–65.009201
SteersMedium and Large 1740145.00/cwt145.00–145.001,07342
HeifersMedium and Large 1425156.46/cwt146.00–165.0066578
HeifersMedium and Large 1Thin Fleshed460164.00/cwt164.00–164.0075410
SteersMedium and Large 1Unweaned600145.50/cwt145.50–145.508736
SteersMedium and Large 1895123.00/cwt123.00–123.001,1014
SteersMedium and Large 1383188.04/cwt186.00–193.0072022
SteersMedium and Large 1468187.14/cwt177.50–194.25876109
SteersMedium and Large 1645147.00/cwt147.00–147.009485
SteersMedium and Large 1650141.00/cwt141.00–141.0091710
HeifersMedium and Large 1380163.66/cwt156.00–166.0062233
SteersMedium and Large 1334202.23/cwt200.00–204.0067522
HeifersMedium and Large 1765117.25/cwt117.25–117.258973
HeifersMedium and Large 1460147.87/cwt141.50–152.0068067
HeifersMedium and Large 1265165.00/cwt165.00–165.004373
HeifersMedium and Large 1838115.61/cwt115.25–115.759697
HeifersMedium and Large 1533139.43/cwt135.00–143.0074348
SteersMedium and Large 1435188.61/cwt182.00–193.0082069
SteersMedium and Large 1512182.74/cwt176.50–189.0093683
BullsMedium and Large 1-2535145.00/cwt145.00–145.007763
BullsMedium and Large 1-2663119.00/cwt118.00–120.007894
BullsMedium and Large 1-2780106.01/cwt104.00–108.008274
SteersMedium and Large 1591158.69/cwt158.50–161.0093825
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2502131.91/cwt131.00–134.0066210
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2378148.58/cwt140.00–152.0056212
SteersMedium and Large 1-2340190.00/cwt190.00–190.006467
BullsMedium and Large 1-2468151.32/cwt141.00–157.007088
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2480137.00/cwt137.00–137.006583
HeifersMedium and Large 1559136.18/cwt133.50–138.007615
BullsMedium and Large 1-2571141.40/cwt141.00–143.008075
SteersMedium and Large 1-2474172.66/cwt161.00–181.0081825
Bred CowsMedium and Large 1-21,098945.79/cwt800.00–1,120.0010,3854
HeifersMedium and Large 1685131.07/cwt127.00–134.0089864
SteersMedium and Large 1-2427177.30/cwt170.00–181.007576
SteersMedium and Large 1-2Thin Fleshed375194.00/cwt194.00–194.007285
SteersMedium and Large 2515143.50/cwt143.50–143.507393
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2605124.00/cwt124.00–124.007505
CowsLean 85-90%1,13244.98/cwt38.00–48.005093
CowsLean 85-90%1,09250.80/cwt48.00–55.0055511
SteersMedium and Large 1Fleshy520159.00/cwt159.00–159.008274
SteersMedium and Large 1Fleshy585152.00/cwt152.00–152.008899
HeifersMedium and Large 1Fleshy472138.11/cwt133.50–141.0065216
HeifersMedium and Large 1330166.97/cwt161.00–170.0055124

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.