Sale reports / Missouri / South Central Regional Stockyards / 2021-05-05

South Central Regional Stockyards

Feeder Cattle · Slaughter Cattle · Replacement Cattle · Vienna, Missouri · Wed, May 5
● Final42 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 1817
Feeder Cattle receipts
447 head
324 vs last sale 771 1,935 vs year ago 2,382 · 81.2%
Slaughter Cattle receipts
70 head
66 vs last sale 136 48 vs year ago 118 · 40.7%
Replacement Cattle receipts
16 head
44 vs last sale 60 4 vs year ago 12 · +33.3%
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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to last Wednesday, feeder steers under 550 lbs 3.00-5.00 lower, over 550 lbs 2.00-4.00 higher. Feeder heifers under 550 lbs steady to firm, over 550 lbs not well tested. Slaughter cows steady. Demand moderate to good. Supply light. Cattle futures bounced back Wednesday but the feed costs kept piling up as well with new crop corn 20+ cents/bu. higher.

Weight class

Steers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot
0–100 lb steers averaged $150.48/cwt on 201 head.
Average price
$150.48
201 head · 561 lb average
Value per head Derived
$844
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
$176
per head · Medium and Large 1 over Medium 2
$28.52/cwt at this weight
vs the market
+2.88
vs MO average

What quality paid 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 1569153.42873141
Medium and Large 1-2540148.8080445
Medium and Large 2525134.007045thin
Medium 2558124.9069710thin
One grade step is worth $28.52/cwt here — about $176 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 sale201 hd
150.48
MO average18 barns · 8,003 hd
147.60
+2.88
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
BullsLow1,70381.971,3968thin
CowsBreaker 75-80%Average1,52161.619378thin
CowsBoner 80-85%Average1,31559.9778916
CowsLean 85-90%Average1,10348.215316thin

Every lot, as filed

42 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 1-2483135.07/cwt134.00–135.506527
BullsMedium and Large 1-2620130.42/cwt127.00–134.008094
BullsMedium and Large 1-2355151.00/cwt151.00–151.005364
SteersMedium and Large 1470165.02/cwt162.00–171.0077610
SteersMedium and Large 1-2Fleshy725123.20/cwt122.00–125.508936
HeifersMedium and Large 1570130.89/cwt128.00–133.5074610
SteersMedium and Large 1425169.39/cwt161.00–174.007208
SteersMedium and Large 1770127.50/cwt127.50–127.509824
HeifersMedium and Large 1658121.00/cwt121.00–121.007964
SteersMedium and Large 1Fleshy585141.00/cwt141.00–141.008253
HeifersMedium and Large 1463142.92/cwt140.00–145.0066226
SteersMedium and Large 1700136.50/cwt136.50–136.509569
SteersMedium and Large 1330177.26/cwt170.00–184.005855
SteersMedium and Large 1Unweaned660141.00/cwt141.00–141.0093110
SteersMedium and Large 1618146.97/cwt144.50–147.5090823
CowsLean 85-90%1,08351.41/cwt48.00–56.005573
CowsLean 85-90%1,12245.00/cwt45.00–45.005053
CowsBreaker 75-80%1,52161.61/cwt58.00–64.009378
CowsBoner 80-85%1,31559.97/cwt58.00–64.0078916
Bulls1,72070.00/cwt70.00–70.001,2041
Bulls1,70083.68/cwt82.00–86.001,4237
SteersMedium and Large 1-2479159.53/cwt154.00–162.007644
SteersMedium and Large 1-2562150.15/cwt144.00–152.008449
SteersMedium and Large 1537158.65/cwt157.00–162.0085238
SteersMedium and Large 1-2535145.00/cwt145.00–145.007763
SteersMedium and Large 1-2431162.63/cwt160.00–168.0070112
BullsMedium and Large 1-2683115.15/cwt112.00–118.507866
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2616120.33/cwt118.50–121.507417
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2425140.96/cwt138.00–142.005998
BullsMedium and Large 1-2470141.00/cwt141.00–141.006633
HeifersMedium and Large 1369154.25/cwt152.00–157.0056912
Bred CowsMedium and Large 1-21,1711,126.08/cwt950.00–1,375.0013,1868
SteersMedium and Large 1-2356163.46/cwt161.00–171.005824
SteersMedium and Large 1-2684132.42/cwt131.00–136.009067
SteersMedium and Large 2525134.00/cwt134.00–134.007045
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2358145.02/cwt141.00–153.005196
SteersMedium 2520125.50/cwt125.50–125.506536
SteersMedium 2615124.00/cwt124.00–124.007634
HeifersMedium and Large 1Fleshy591122.78/cwt121.00–123.507267
HeifersMedium and Large 1534142.60/cwt137.00–144.0076129
HeifersMedium and Large 1426145.59/cwt145.00–146.006205
SteersMedium and Large 1584153.54/cwt149.50–155.0089731

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.