Sale reports / Missouri / South Central Regional Stockyards / 2021-07-21

South Central Regional Stockyards

Feeder Cattle · Slaughter Cattle · Replacement Cattle · Vienna, Missouri · Wed, Jul 21
● Final43 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 1817
Feeder Cattle receipts
941 head
454 vs last sale 1,395 40 vs year ago 901 · +4.4%
Slaughter Cattle receipts
33 head
24 vs last sale 57 24 vs year ago 57 · 42.1%
Replacement Cattle receipts
8 head
2 vs last sale 10 2 vs year ago 10 · 20.0%
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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to last Wednesday, feeder steers under 500 lbs steady to 2.00 higher, over 500 lbs steady to 4.00 lower. Feeder heifers under 450 lbs 1.00-3.00 higher, 450-600 lbs 2.00-5.00 lower and over 600 lbs steady to firm. Slaughter cows steady. Several nice unweaned cattle this week weighing 570-770 lbs. The potential for some late year fed cattle selling leverage may get a boost Friday with the placement quess for the June Cattle on Feed report pegged at 94.2 The May placement figure was 93.

Weight class

Steers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot
0–100 lb steers averaged $165.62/cwt on 406 head.
Average price
$165.62
406 head · 595 lb average
Value per head Derived
$986
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
$106
per head · Medium and Large 1 over Medium and Large 2
$24.68/cwt at this weight
vs the market
+4.57
vs MO average

What quality paid 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 1596166.68994341
Medium and Large 1-2584161.9394656
Large 1620151.759416thin
Medium and Large 2625142.008883thin
One grade step is worth $24.68/cwt here — about $106 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 sale406 hd
165.62
MO average14 barns · 8,447 hd
161.05
+4.57
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
BullsHigh1,99596.001,9152thin
CowsBreaker 75-80%Low1,34866.508962thin
CowsBoner 80-85%Average1,34665.868865thin
CowsLean 85-90%Average1,05251.9354612

Every lot, as filed

43 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 1-2600124.00/cwt124.00–124.007444
Bred CowsMedium and Large 1-21,2891,070.39/cwt940.00–1,290.0013,7974
SteersLarge 1620151.75/cwt151.75–151.759416
CowsBreaker 75-80%1,24563.00/cwt63.00–63.007841
SteersMedium and Large 1-2424181.59/cwt181.00–182.007705
HeifersMedium and Large 1572155.98/cwt149.50–161.5089261
SteersMedium and Large 1-2577160.37/cwt158.00–163.0092511
HeifersMedium and Large 1419166.36/cwt164.50–168.0069712
HeifersMedium and Large 1490157.40/cwt156.50–161.0077110
HeifersMedium and Large 11,030104.00/cwt104.00–104.001,0713
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2530151.80/cwt146.00–153.0080521
HeifersMedium and Large 1374165.46/cwt158.00–176.0061912
SteersMedium and Large 1-2536164.11/cwt162.00–165.008809
SteersMedium and Large 1-2680149.00/cwt149.00–149.001,0137
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2577150.45/cwt146.00–160.008686
SteersMedium and Large 2625142.00/cwt142.00–142.008883
SteersMedium and Large 1567168.95/cwt162.00–174.0095848
SteersMedium and Large 1-2465173.96/cwt170.00–178.008094
SteersMedium and Large 1719153.59/cwt150.50–155.001,10430
HeifersMedium and Large 1715143.76/cwt143.25–144.501,02812
HeifersMedium and Large 1517157.67/cwt150.00–164.5081558
SteersMedium and Large 1-2640159.00/cwt150.00–160.501,01820
SteersMedium and Large 1618163.39/cwt161.00–165.751,01040
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2460153.68/cwt151.00–155.0070712
SteersMedium and Large 1658160.45/cwt159.00–161.001,05634
SteersMedium and Large 1428188.48/cwt184.00–194.0080716
SteersMedium and Large 1370201.53/cwt195.00–205.007468
BullsMedium and Large 1-2573137.47/cwt135.00–140.007884
HeifersMedium and Large 1Unweaned634141.15/cwt140.00–141.5089524
SteersMedium and Large 1516173.42/cwt168.50–177.0089542
SteersMedium and Large 1Unweaned625156.10/cwt151.75–160.0097632
SteersMedium and Large 1Unweaned730147.75/cwt147.75–147.751,07921
HeifersMedium and Large 1618148.86/cwt145.00–151.7592049
SteersMedium and Large 1Unweaned663154.54/cwt153.00–156.501,02518
HeifersMedium and Large 1Unweaned666140.31/cwt138.50–140.7593430
SteersMedium and Large 1487189.65/cwt178.00–197.0092440
SteersMedium and Large 1Unweaned770145.96/cwt140.00–149.001,12412
CowsBreaker 75-80%1,45070.00/cwt70.00–70.001,0151
CowsBoner 80-85%1,34665.86/cwt64.00–68.008865
CowsLean 85-90%1,19054.04/cwt52.00–58.006434
CowsLean 85-90%98350.88/cwt50.00–52.005008
Bulls2,15598.50/cwt98.50–98.502,1231
Bulls1,83593.50/cwt93.50–93.501,7161

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.