Name: South Central Regional Stockyards livestock auction prices — 2021-06-16
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2021-06-16

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to last Wednesday, feeder steers under 500 lbs unevenly steady, 500-650 lbs 2.00-4.00 higher and over 650 lbs near steady. Feeder heifers 3.00-5.00 higher. Slaughter cows steady to 2.00 lower. Demand good. Supply moderate. Smaller offering following a month of larger sales and a smaller crowd with everyone in the fields.. The cattle market is having a very good week so far with live and feeder contracts moving higher and new crop corn trending lower. A limited fed cattle trade has been about 2.00/cwt higher so far this week at 121.00-124.00/cwt

Weight class

Steers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

0–100 lb steers averaged $156.74/cwt on 332 head.

Average price

$156.74

332 head · 578 lb average

Value per head Derived

$906

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$60

per head · Medium and Large 1 over Medium and Large 2

$20.57/cwt at this weight

vs the market

+6.56

vs MO average

What quality paid 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1	578	158.19	914	228
Medium and Large 1-2	572	155.84	892	91
Medium and Large 2	620	137.62	854	13thin

One grade step is worth $20.57/cwt here — about $60 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 sale332 hd

156.74

—

MO average14 barns · 10,060 hd

150.18

+6.56

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.

Class	Grade	Dressing	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Bulls	—	Low	1,763	90.50	1,595	2thin
Cows	Boner 80-85%	Average	1,291	66.51	859	20
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	Average	1,449	61.20	887	4thin
Cows	Lean 85-90%	Low	1,075	53.17	572	11

Every lot, as filed

44 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.

Class	Grade / description	Weight	Avg wt	Price	Range	Per head	Head
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	1,002	47.12/cwt	43.00–50.00	472	5
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	1,136	58.22/cwt	55.00–60.00	661	6
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	—	1,449	61.20/cwt	60.00–63.00	887	4
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,246	64.47/cwt	60.00–67.50	803	13
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,375	70.29/cwt	69.50–72.00	966	7
Bulls	—	—	1,550	85.00/cwt	85.00–85.00	1,318	1
Bulls	—	—	1,975	96.00/cwt	96.00–96.00	1,896	1
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,245	989.88/cwt	940.00–1,030.00	12,324	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	669	137.75/cwt	133.00–141.50	922	80
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	474	149.22/cwt	145.00–153.00	707	13
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	770	114.00/cwt	114.00–114.00	878	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	505	149.38/cwt	145.50–150.00	754	61
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	573	142.51/cwt	141.50–143.00	817	28
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	710	140.50/cwt	140.50–140.50	998	55
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	477	150.61/cwt	148.50–151.00	718	13
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	606	140.88/cwt	140.50–141.00	854	13
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	417	154.23/cwt	146.00–161.00	643	12
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	368	172.10/cwt	170.00–174.00	633	4
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	600	155.50/cwt	155.50–155.50	933	10
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	285	173.00/cwt	173.00–173.00	493	3
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	475	170.77/cwt	165.00–171.00	811	26
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	737	140.58/cwt	140.00–141.00	1,036	38
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	509	171.00/cwt	171.00–171.00	870	29
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	560	136.00/cwt	136.00–136.00	762	4
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	670	140.17/cwt	135.00–145.00	939	21
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	436	155.19/cwt	154.00–160.00	677	14
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	523	164.68/cwt	162.50–167.00	861	27
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	608	154.18/cwt	143.25–158.50	937	25
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	625	143.00/cwt	143.00–143.00	894	5
Steers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	—	612	147.18/cwt	141.00–151.50	901	10
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	584	158.66/cwt	155.00–164.00	927	70
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	395	178.00/cwt	178.00–178.00	703	4
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	260	192.00/cwt	192.00–192.00	499	4
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	583	154.89/cwt	154.00–155.50	903	5
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	422	176.26/cwt	172.00–185.00	744	15
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	478	163.81/cwt	160.00–168.50	783	9
Steers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	—	664	139.50/cwt	139.50–139.50	926	22
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	675	132.50/cwt	132.50–132.50	894	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	525	146.75/cwt	146.75–146.75	770	6
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	362	163.40/cwt	160.00–165.00	592	10
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	575	126.64/cwt	121.00–132.00	728	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	510	131.00/cwt	131.00–131.00	668	3
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	—	580	130.07/cwt	128.50–134.00	754	7
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	—	475	141.92/cwt	138.00–147.00	674	10

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.

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