Sale reports / Missouri / South Central Regional Stockyards / 2021-05-12

South Central Regional Stockyards

Feeder Cattle · Slaughter Cattle · Replacement Cattle · Vienna, Missouri · Wed, May 12
● Final41 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 1817
Feeder Cattle receipts
301 head
146 vs last sale 447 2,311 vs year ago 2,612 · 88.5%
Slaughter Cattle receipts
137 head
67 vs last sale 70 37 vs year ago 100 · +37.0%
Replacement Cattle receipts
25 head
9 vs last sale 16 15 vs year ago 10 · +150.0%
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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Feeder supply not sufficient to establish a market trend. Slaughter cows steady to 2.00 lower. The cattle outlook is better than it has been in a few weeks with feeder futures trending higher at the moment and new crop corn closing below 6.00/bu on Wednesday. The inability to get enough cattle killed on a weekly basis is still a major thorn in our side, making our product higher than it should be and keeping us from getting supply and live price moving in our favor, although fed cattle are gaining a little ground this week. It's about showtime in this area as numerous strings of reputation fall calves will make their way to town in the new few weeks.

Weight class

Steers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot
0–100 lb steers averaged $149.97/cwt on 95 head.
Average price
$149.97
95 head · 564 lb average
Value per head Derived
$846
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
$35
per head · Medium and Large 1 over Medium and Large 2
$21.10/cwt at this weight
vs the market
+0.79
vs MO average

What quality paid 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 1529157.1083162
Medium and Large 1-2634136.6586630
Medium and Large 2585136.007963thin
One grade step is worth $21.10/cwt here — about $35 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 sale95 hd
149.97
MO average15 barns · 6,050 hd
149.19
+0.79
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
BullsAverage1,80581.661,4749thin
CowsBreaker 75-80%High1,48362.069219thin
CowsBoner 80-85%Average1,25560.4375820
CowsLean 85-90%Very Low1,02445.7446828

Every lot, as filed

41 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
Cow-Calf PairsMedium and Large 1-21,0301,600.00/cwt1,600.00–1,600.0016,4803
Cow-Calf PairsMedium and Large 1-21,3451,850.00/cwt1,850.00–1,850.0024,8832
Bulls1,73884.13/cwt82.00–86.001,4627
CowsBreaker 75-80%1,38362.65/cwt62.50–62.758665
CowsLean 85-90%82236.63/cwt35.00–40.003016
CowsLean 85-90%1,07151.60/cwt48.00–54.5055314
Bulls1,82074.00/cwt74.00–74.001,3471
BullsMedium and Large 1-2388160.00/cwt160.00–160.006214
HeifersMedium and Large 1Unweaned645121.00/cwt121.00–121.007803
SteersMedium and Large 1503160.50/cwt160.00–161.008074
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2620126.25/cwt124.00–128.507834
SteersMedium and Large 1476166.42/cwt161.00–168.5079217
SteersMedium and Large 1568148.48/cwt147.00–155.0084316
HeifersMedium and Large 1Full465140.00/cwt140.00–140.006513
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2Full570121.00/cwt121.00–121.006903
BullsMedium and Large 1-2470143.67/cwt135.50–152.006756
CowsLean 85-90%1,09442.31/cwt37.00–48.004638
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2435143.00/cwt143.00–143.006223
HeifersMedium and Large 1369152.28/cwt148.00–156.005627
SteersMedium and Large 1678137.85/cwt136.00–139.0093513
SteersMedium and Large 1-2663135.46/cwt131.00–139.758988
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2469137.37/cwt134.50–140.006448
HeifersMedium and Large 1476140.86/cwt138.50–144.5067012
SteersMedium and Large 1-2763122.25/cwt122.00–122.509334
SteersMedium and Large 1377178.61/cwt177.00–180.006735
HeifersMedium and Large 1660127.50/cwt127.50–127.508429
SteersMedium and Large 2585136.00/cwt136.00–136.007963
Bred CowsMedium and Large 1-21,254932.93/cwt850.00–1,325.0011,69914
BullsMedium and Large 1-2566133.42/cwt131.00–136.007557
SteersMedium and Large 1-2579141.09/cwt139.00–146.008178
SteersMedium and Large 1-2624137.01/cwt134.00–141.508558
HeifersMedium and Large 2475131.00/cwt131.00–131.006223
HeifersMedium and Large 2530125.76/cwt125.00–126.506674
Bulls2,26072.00/cwt72.00–72.001,6271
SteersMedium and Large 1-2520151.00/cwt151.00–151.007852
CowsBoner 80-85%1,25560.43/cwt58.00–62.0075820
CowsBreaker 75-80%1,60961.32/cwt60.00–62.009874
HeifersMedium 2564107.76/cwt104.00–117.506087
HeifersMedium and Large 1423147.29/cwt145.00–149.5062310
HeifersMedium and Large 1562135.86/cwt130.00–139.5076418
SteersMedium and Large 1415172.60/cwt167.00–176.007167

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.