Sale reports / Missouri / South Central Regional Stockyards / 2021-12-01

South Central Regional Stockyards

Feeder Cattle · Slaughter Cattle · Replacement Cattle · Vienna, Missouri · Wed, Dec 1
● Final60 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 1817
Feeder Cattle receipts
2,034 head
375 vs last sale 1,659 39 vs year ago 1,995 · +2.0%
Slaughter Cattle receipts
167 head
6 vs last sale 173 38 vs year ago 129 · +29.5%
Replacement Cattle receipts
10 head
5 vs last sale 15 2 vs year ago 8 · +25.0%
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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to the sale two weeks ago, feeder steers and heifers 2.00-5.00 higher. Slaughter cows steady to 2.00 higher. Demand good to very good. Supply heavy. Large post Thanksgiving run with lots of nice cattle in the yards. The cattle outlook has improved considerably in recent weeks with tighter market ready numbers finally transferring some of the large packer margins into the cattle complex in the form of higher fed cattle. This weeks feedlot trade is expected to be at least steady at 140.00.cwt.

Weight class

Steers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot
0–100 lb steers averaged $172.65/cwt on 843 head.
Average price
$172.65
843 head · 588 lb average
Value per head Derived
$1,014
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
−$139
per head · Medium 1-2 over Medium and Large 2
$24.61/cwt at this weight
vs the market
+5.54
vs MO average

What quality paid 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium 1-2375175.006565thin
Medium and Large 1594173.681,032740
Medium and Large 1-2549166.7291686
Medium and Large 2529150.3979612thin
One grade step is worth $24.61/cwt here — about −$139 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 sale843 hd
172.65
MO average12 barns · 13,047 hd
167.11
+5.54
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
BullsLow1,85271.261,3203thin
CowsBreaker 75-80%High1,52262.9095710
CowsBoner 80-85%Low1,28357.3773618
CowsLean 85-90%Average1,12241.8747035

Every lot, as filed

60 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
SteersMedium and Large 1681163.47/cwt155.00–167.751,113103
SteersMedium and Large 1477187.93/cwt181.00–193.0089659
SteersMedium and Large 1Fleshy733146.27/cwt142.00–149.001,0725
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2Unweaned630133.00/cwt133.00–133.008388
SteersMedium and Large 1-2565165.00/cwt165.00–165.009326
SteersMedium and Large 2345177.50/cwt177.50–177.506124
SteersMedium and Large 1-2690154.20/cwt153.00–155.001,0645
SteersMedium and Large 2621136.83/cwt135.00–140.008508
SteersMedium and Large 1389198.94/cwt193.00–200.0077416
SteersMedium and Large 1570173.95/cwt166.00–181.00992210
SteersMedium and Large 1-2635155.16/cwt155.00–156.0098519
SteersMedium and Large 1-2523171.14/cwt169.00–179.0089518
SteersMedium and Large 1-2430183.35/cwt172.00–191.007889
SteersMedium and Large 1750171.00/cwt171.00–171.001,28332
SteersMedium 1-2375175.00/cwt175.00–175.006565
SteersMedium and Large 1-2333188.11/cwt185.00–191.006268
SteersMedium and Large 1418191.02/cwt188.00–200.0079823
SteersMedium and Large 1875158.00/cwt158.00–158.001,38316
SteersMedium and Large 1713165.10/cwt154.00–167.001,17731
SteersMedium and Large 1-2481178.24/cwt175.00–186.008577
SteersMedium and Large 1627166.59/cwt160.00–171.501,045123
SteersMedium and Large 1-2380194.00/cwt194.00–194.007374
SteersMedium and Large 1-2Unweaned770131.00/cwt131.00–131.001,0097
SteersMedium and Large 1Unweaned725148.50/cwt148.50–148.501,0776
HeifersMedium and Large 1Fleshy715132.00/cwt132.00–132.009444
HeifersMedium and Large 1Fleshy595140.50/cwt140.50–140.508364
HeifersMedium and Large 1Fleshy815129.00/cwt129.00–129.001,0513
BullsMedium and Large 1-2720126.50/cwt126.50–126.509119
BullsMedium and Large 1-2480154.50/cwt154.50–154.5074218
BullsMedium and Large 1-2595137.50/cwt137.50–137.5081823
CowsLean 85-90%1,16647.76/cwt45.00–51.5055716
CowsBreaker 75-80%1,51964.78/cwt64.00–66.009847
CowsBoner 80-85%1,38050.93/cwt50.00–52.007032
CowsBoner 80-85%1,28563.93/cwt62.00–65.508224
CowsLean 85-90%1,15530.53/cwt28.00–32.003534
CowsLean 85-90%1,06638.61/cwt36.00–42.0041215
CowsBreaker 75-80%1,52858.52/cwt56.50–62.008943
CowsBoner 80-85%1,26656.26/cwt53.50–60.0071212
Bulls1,85271.26/cwt70.00–73.001,3203
Bred HeifersMedium and Large 1-21,0051,023.30/cwt950.00–1,150.0010,2843
HeifersMedium and Large 1574149.14/cwt144.00–159.0085693
HeifersMedium and Large 2545145.50/cwt145.50–145.507933
HeifersMedium and Large 2395142.00/cwt142.00–142.005613
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2534150.21/cwt148.00–156.5080228
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2320153.79/cwt152.50–155.004924
HeifersMedium and Large 1425160.24/cwt157.00–162.0068117
HeifersMedium and Large 1675151.36/cwt139.00–155.001,022107
HeifersMedium and Large 1520156.38/cwt149.00–159.5081392
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2374158.12/cwt149.00–166.0059124
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2430153.00/cwt146.00–155.0065822
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2681141.51/cwt138.00–142.0096425
HeifersMedium and Large 1616149.01/cwt141.00–155.0091869
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2Thin Fleshed405164.00/cwt164.00–164.006649
HeifersMedium and Large 1476157.45/cwt152.00–160.5074935
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2477152.55/cwt150.00–155.0072827
HeifersMedium and Large 1813141.00/cwt140.00–142.001,14614
HeifersMedium and Large 11,065110.75/cwt110.75–110.751,17910
HeifersMedium and Large 1700142.00/cwt142.00–142.009947
SteersMedium and Large 1524183.30/cwt171.00–190.00960116
SteersMedium and Large 1-2705150.75/cwt150.75–150.751,0633

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.