Sale reports / Missouri / South Central Regional Stockyards / 2021-08-04

South Central Regional Stockyards

Feeder Cattle · Slaughter Cattle · Replacement Cattle · Vienna, Missouri · Wed, Aug 4
● Final63 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 1817
Feeder Cattle receipts
1,297 head
356 vs last sale 941 312 vs year ago 985 · +31.7%
Slaughter Cattle receipts
87 head
54 vs last sale 33 39 vs year ago 126 · 31.0%
Replacement Cattle receipts
5 head
3 vs last sale 8 95 vs year ago 100 · 95.0%
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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to the sale two weeks ago, feeder steers and heifers 1.00-3.00 higher. Slaughter cows 1.00-2.00 higher. Demand good to very good. Supply moderate.. The fed cattle trade looks to be steady to a little higher this week while beef cutout values are making large daily advances.

Weight class

Steers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot
0–100 lb steers averaged $164.73/cwt on 540 head.
Average price
$164.73
540 head · 622 lb average
Value per head Derived
$1,025
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
$142
per head · Medium and Large 1 over Medium 1-2
$25.50/cwt at this weight
vs the market
+2.18
vs MO average

What quality paid 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 1625167.621,048391
Medium and Large 1-2603160.06965124
Medium and Large 2704143.631,01112thin
Medium 1-2638142.1290613thin
One grade step is worth $25.50/cwt here — about $142 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 sale540 hd
164.73
MO average11 barns · 6,858 hd
162.56
+2.18
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
BullsAverage1,92993.031,7956thin
CowsBreaker 75-80%Average1,32673.119705thin
CowsBoner 80-85%High1,36170.549608thin
CowsLean 85-90%Low1,03954.7356924

Every lot, as filed

63 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
CowsBoner 80-85%1,39575.48/cwt75.00–76.001,0533
Bulls2,30590.00/cwt90.00–90.002,0751
SteersMedium and Large 1-2579165.13/cwt157.50–171.5095626
SteersMedium and Large 1-2468168.99/cwt166.00–170.5079117
SteersMedium and Large 1-2625154.82/cwt152.00–158.5096816
HeifersMedium 2-3565110.00/cwt110.00–110.006224
SteersMedium 1-2565144.50/cwt144.50–144.508165
SteersMedium 1-2530155.00/cwt155.00–155.008223
SteersMedium and Large 1-2369182.26/cwt175.00–186.006735
Bulls2,13598.00/cwt98.00–98.002,0921
Bulls1,78492.54/cwt90.00–95.001,6514
CowsLean 85-90%1,00052.00/cwt52.00–52.005201
CowsLean 85-90%93139.60/cwt35.00–42.003695
CowsLean 85-90%1,07159.09/cwt55.00–63.0063318
CowsBoner 80-85%1,34067.58/cwt66.00–70.009065
SteersMedium and Large 1Unweaned635159.41/cwt159.00–159.501,01211
SteersMedium and Large 1779155.12/cwt150.00–157.001,20815
BullsMedium and Large 1-2465155.19/cwt149.50–157.007228
HeifersMedium and Large 1625151.40/cwt147.50–153.7594625
HeifersMedium and Large 1482163.57/cwt157.00–167.5078844
SteersMedium and Large 1-2434171.50/cwt165.00–175.0074412
HeifersMedium and Large 1755146.75/cwt146.75–146.751,10817
HeifersMedium and Large 1722151.01/cwt144.00–153.251,09024
HeifersMedium and Large 1664149.71/cwt148.50–150.2599452
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2Fleshy590134.00/cwt134.00–134.007917
BullsMedium and Large 1-2670130.00/cwt130.00–130.008713
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2471153.81/cwt150.00–156.0072416
HeifersMedium and Large 1522160.16/cwt155.00–164.5083647
HeifersMedium and Large 1573157.54/cwt152.25–164.5090395
SteersMedium and Large 1416185.42/cwt179.00–191.007718
SteersMedium and Large 1-2539169.60/cwt169.50–170.0091410
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2575151.38/cwt145.00–157.0087032
SteersMedium and Large 1-2660149.49/cwt148.00–151.009876
SteersMedium and Large 1910146.25/cwt146.25–146.251,33146
SteersMedium and Large 1522175.43/cwt173.00–179.0091633
SteersMedium and Large 1679162.55/cwt159.50–165.001,10462
SteersMedium and Large 2785138.00/cwt138.00–138.001,0837
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2689145.37/cwt144.00–145.751,0029
SteersMedium and Large 1-2775150.50/cwt150.50–150.501,16619
BullsMedium and Large 1-2536149.63/cwt145.50–155.008029
HeifersMedium and Large 1Unweaned620142.00/cwt142.00–142.008809
SteersMedium and Large 1621166.16/cwt164.00–167.251,03217
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2420160.99/cwt158.00–164.006768
HeifersMedium and Large 2510134.00/cwt134.00–134.006833
SteersMedium and Large 2590151.50/cwt151.50–151.508945
SteersMedium and Large 1-21,015120.00/cwt120.00–120.001,2184
HeifersMedium and Large 1865138.00/cwt138.00–138.001,19410
HeifersMedium and Large 1377168.43/cwt164.00–172.5063513
Bred CowsMedium and Large 1-21,170850.21/cwt800.00–900.009,9472
HeifersMedium and Large 1428163.37/cwt163.00–165.0069911
SteersMedium and Large 1482183.06/cwt172.00–185.0088264
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2616145.48/cwt142.00–146.0089615
SteersMedium and Large 1-2727144.65/cwt143.00–148.001,0529
CowsBreaker 75-80%1,28872.26/cwt72.00–72.509314
SteersMedium and Large 1720154.31/cwt154.25–154.501,11116
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2523154.26/cwt145.50–161.0080726
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2715142.50/cwt142.50–142.501,0194
CowsBreaker 75-80%1,48076.50/cwt76.50–76.501,1321
Dairy SteersLarge 336083.00/cwt83.00–83.002994
Dairy SteersLarge 346591.00/cwt91.00–91.004234
SteersMedium 1-2775132.00/cwt132.00–132.001,0235
HeifersMedium and Large 1Full555153.50/cwt153.50–153.508524
SteersMedium and Large 1574171.18/cwt160.50–179.50983119

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.