Sale reports / Missouri / South Central Regional Stockyards / 2021-09-22

South Central Regional Stockyards

Feeder Cattle · Slaughter Cattle · Replacement Cattle · Vienna, Missouri · Wed, Sep 22
● Final42 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 1817
Feeder Cattle receipts
471 head
1,146 vs last sale 1,617 497 vs year ago 968 · 51.3%
Slaughter Cattle receipts
81 head
44 vs last sale 125 1 vs year ago 80 · +1.3%
Replacement Cattle receipts
30 head
25 vs last sale 5 22 vs year ago 8 · +275.0%
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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to last Wednesday, feeder steers 2.00-5.00 lower. Feeder heifers steady, Slaughter cows steady. Demand good. Supply light. Feeder futures made nice gains Wednesday and seem to have stabilized somewhat after losing around 12.00/cwt over the past few weeks. Cutout values are eroding fairly rapidly but are historically very high while this weeks fed cattle trade looks to be near steady.

Weight class

Steers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot
0–100 lb steers averaged $160.43/cwt on 175 head.
Average price
$160.43
175 head · 612 lb average
Value per head Derived
$982
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
−$409
per head · Medium 1-2 over Medium and Large 1-2
$22.71/cwt at this weight
vs the market
+2.83
vs MO average

What quality paid 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium 1-2280180.005046thin
Medium and Large 1639160.591,026125
Medium and Large 1-2581157.2991344
One grade step is worth $22.71/cwt here — about −$409 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 sale175 hd
160.43
MO average13 barns · 6,803 hd
157.60
+2.83
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
BullsLow1,78783.131,4866thin
CowsBreaker 75-80%Average1,43869.781,00310
CowsBoner 80-85%High1,41967.7196122
CowsLean 85-90%Average1,04051.0153010

Every lot, as filed

42 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
HeifersMedium and Large 1733143.34/cwt140.50–144.251,0518
BullsMedium and Large 1-2530142.47/cwt137.00–146.5075510
BullsMedium and Large 1-2557131.00/cwt131.00–131.007307
BullsMedium and Large 1-2682121.33/cwt121.00–121.508279
HeifersMedium and Large 1Fleshy635141.00/cwt141.00–141.008954
HeifersMedium and Large 1563152.71/cwt150.50–154.5086014
SteersMedium and Large 1488178.16/cwt172.00–181.0086919
SteersMedium and Large 1-2414169.16/cwt163.00–175.007007
SteersMedium and Large 1-2613153.16/cwt151.00–158.0093910
SteersMedium and Large 1531167.26/cwt166.50–168.0088814
SteersMedium and Large 1-2655155.00/cwt155.00–155.001,01516
SteersMedium and Large 1-2506163.22/cwt162.00–165.008265
SteersMedium and Large 1665153.39/cwt152.00–154.751,02012
SteersMedium and Large 1568169.39/cwt163.00–173.5096219
SteersMedium and Large 1778149.70/cwt147.25–150.251,16535
SteersMedium and Large 1725147.57/cwt147.00–148.251,07011
SteersMedium and Large 1613161.69/cwt159.75–164.0099115
SteersMedium 1-2280180.00/cwt180.00–180.005046
SteersMedium and Large 1-2585151.50/cwt151.00–152.008866
HeifersMedium and Large 1825120.25/cwt120.25–120.259925
HeifersMedium and Large 1672145.64/cwt142.50–146.5097910
HeifersMedium and Large 1377160.03/cwt155.00–164.006035
HeifersMedium and Large 1478160.57/cwt157.00–167.0076811
HeifersMedium and Large 1604149.91/cwt144.50–151.5090520
HeifersMedium and Large 1Unweaned615131.00/cwt131.00–131.008063
HeifersMedium and Large 1780142.25/cwt142.25–142.251,1104
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2305169.00/cwt169.00–169.005153
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2476151.22/cwt150.00–153.007205
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2505151.26/cwt150.00–152.507648
HeifersMedium and Large 1517156.73/cwt153.00–158.0081023
HeifersMedium and Large 1424162.71/cwt157.00–166.506905
Bred CowsMedium and Large 1-21,242904.54/cwt900.00–910.0011,2349
Bred CowsMedium and Large 1-21,1691,066.10/cwt1,025.00–1,100.0012,4636
Bulls1,74079.07/cwt78.00–80.001,3762
Bulls1,81185.16/cwt83.25–86.001,5424
CowsBoner 80-85%1,45269.62/cwt68.75–70.501,0117
CowsBoner 80-85%1,40366.82/cwt62.00–69.0093715
CowsBreaker 75-80%1,37668.62/cwt68.00–69.759446
CowsBreaker 75-80%1,53071.51/cwt69.00–73.001,0944
CowsLean 85-90%1,05352.25/cwt50.00–56.005506
CowsLean 85-90%1,11060.00/cwt60.00–60.006661
CowsLean 85-90%99045.53/cwt35.00–50.004513

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.