Sale reports / Missouri / South Central Regional Stockyards / 2021-05-19

South Central Regional Stockyards

Feeder Cattle · Slaughter Cattle · Replacement Cattle · Vienna, Missouri · Wed, May 19
● Final67 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 1817
Feeder Cattle receipts
1,936 head
▲ 1,635 vs last sale 301▲ 128 vs year ago 1,808 · +7.1%
Slaughter Cattle receipts
104 head
▼ 33 vs last sale 137▼ 35 vs year ago 139 · −25.2%
Replacement Cattle receipts
2 head
▼ 23 vs last sale 25▼ 4 vs year ago 6 · −66.7%
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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Based on very limited comparisons with the sale two weeks ago, feeder steers under 700 lbs 5.00-10.00 higher, with comparisons not available on weights over 700 lbs. Feeder heifers steady to 2,00 higher. Slaughter cows steady compared to last week. Demand good to very good. Supply heavy. Lots of high quality, reputation cattle on hand with much of the offering comprised of fall calves weighing 450-600 lbs selling right off momma with no creep feed and one or two rounds of shots. New crop corn is trending lower at the moment which is helping the feeder market this week. A limited fed trade is taking place from 119.00-121.00/cwt while the weekly kill looks like it could be a smidge higher than we''ve seen recently.

Weight class

Steers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot
0–100 lb steers averaged $166.38/cwt on 990 head.
Average price
$166.38
990 head · 553 lb average
Value per head Derived
$919
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
$228
per head · Medium and Large 1 over Medium and Large 2
$31.95/cwt at this weight
vs the market
+11.93
vs MO average

What quality paid 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 1561168.47946861
Medium and Large 1-2519156.8481491
Medium 2340147.0050019thin
Medium and Large 2526136.5271819thin
One grade step is worth $31.95/cwt here — about $228 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 sale990 hd
166.38
—
MO average17 barns · 12,869 hd
154.44
+11.93
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
Bulls—Low1,87383.061,5554thin
CowsBreaker 75-80%High1,38661.6285413
CowsBoner 80-85%Low1,19859.5271314
CowsLean 85-90%Low97745.3344325

Every lot, as filed

67 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
BullsMedium and Large 1-2—666119.20/cwt110.00–124.507949
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2—470141.00/cwt140.00–143.0066316
BullsMedium and Large 1-2—530140.06/cwt131.00–144.507429
BullsMedium and Large 1-2—760115.50/cwt115.50–115.508785
BullsMedium and Large 1-2—93091.00/cwt91.00–91.008463
SteersMedium and Large 1-2—730131.00/cwt131.00–131.009564
SteersMedium and Large 1—577168.60/cwt161.00–180.00973274
SteersMedium and Large 1-2—340185.00/cwt185.00–185.006293
HeifersMedium and Large 1—473143.96/cwt142.00–148.0068197
HeifersMedium and Large 1—511147.30/cwt140.00–151.0075390
HeifersMedium and Large 1—420149.63/cwt145.00–153.50628111
SteersMedium and Large 1-2—612141.62/cwt141.00–142.508675
SteersMedium and Large 1—420182.95/cwt175.00–191.0076848
BullsMedium and Large 1-2—640125.63/cwt123.00–126.0080416
SteersMedium and Large 1—326188.06/cwt185.00–199.006139
SteersMedium and Large 1—755128.94/cwt127.00–137.009736
SteersMedium and Large 1—733141.51/cwt138.50–152.001,03742
SteersMedium and Large 1-2Full—705130.00/cwt130.00–130.009173
SteersMedium and Large 1—483180.28/cwt169.00–187.00871149
SteersMedium and Large 1—813129.56/cwt124.00–133.251,05316
SteersMedium and Large 1—673148.92/cwt141.00–165.501,00293
SteersMedium and Large 1—617166.40/cwt154.00–169.501,02764
HeifersMedium and Large 1—840125.00/cwt125.00–125.001,0506
HeifersMedium and Large 1—378152.74/cwt151.50–154.0057710
SteersMedium and Large 1—356189.67/cwt183.00–194.0067527
SteersMedium and Large 1Unweaned—625164.00/cwt164.00–164.001,02515
SteersMedium and Large 1—516175.00/cwt164.00–183.25903118
CowsBoner 80-85%—1,13756.00/cwt56.00–56.006373
CowsLean 85-90%—99442.77/cwt40.00–45.004258
CowsBoner 80-85%—1,20360.13/cwt57.00–63.5072310
Bulls——1,68575.00/cwt75.00–75.001,2641
Bulls——1,97578.00/cwt78.00–78.001,5411
Bulls——1,91589.62/cwt89.25–90.001,7162
CowsBreaker 75-80%—1,45063.00/cwt63.00–63.009143
CowsBreaker 75-80%—1,36761.21/cwt60.00–62.0083710
CowsBoner 80-85%—1,32564.00/cwt64.00–64.008481
CowsLean 85-90%—1,02551.21/cwt48.00–52.0052511
HeifersMedium and Large 1—575139.55/cwt132.00–150.5080261
CowsLean 85-90%—1,02056.00/cwt56.00–56.005711
HeifersMedium and Large 1—321156.19/cwt146.00–161.0050113
Bred CowsMedium and Large 1-2—1,1501,150.00/cwt1,150.00–1,150.0013,2251
SteersMedium 2—340147.00/cwt147.00–147.0050019
HeifersMedium 2—480115.00/cwt115.00–115.005523
HeifersMedium and Large 2—375133.34/cwt133.00–134.005006
CowsLean 85-90%—83534.37/cwt32.00–35.002875
SteersMedium and Large 2—525140.00/cwt140.00–140.007353
SteersMedium and Large 2—568135.36/cwt134.00–137.0076911
HeifersMedium and Large 1—700131.00/cwt131.00–131.009175
HeifersMedium and Large 1—613133.85/cwt130.00–137.0082167
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2—570134.89/cwt131.00–136.007699
HeifersMedium and Large 1—679133.74/cwt128.00–135.0090850
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2—728128.20/cwt125.00–129.509337
BullsMedium and Large 1-2—469151.58/cwt136.00–172.0071110
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2—322147.97/cwt141.00–153.004769
SteersMedium and Large 2—435137.00/cwt137.00–137.005965
SteersMedium and Large 1-2—428166.87/cwt164.00–169.007147
HeifersMedium and Large 2—480120.00/cwt120.00–120.005765
SteersMedium and Large 1-2—521157.52/cwt146.00–169.0082132
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2—766114.56/cwt112.00–122.008788
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2—632124.14/cwt121.50–126.0078511
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2—680122.17/cwt118.50–126.0083110
SteersMedium and Large 1-2—775123.00/cwt123.00–123.009533
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2—540138.68/cwt137.00–139.507496
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2Thin Fleshed—445146.00/cwt146.00–146.006506
SteersMedium and Large 1-2—479160.66/cwt157.00–161.5077014
SteersMedium and Large 1-2—560148.94/cwt141.00–157.0083410
SteersMedium and Large 1-2—380177.88/cwt168.00–186.0067610

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.