Sale reports / Missouri / South Central Regional Stockyards / 2021-12-08

South Central Regional Stockyards

Feeder Cattle · Slaughter Cattle · Replacement Cattle · Vienna, Missouri · Wed, Dec 8
● Final60 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 1817
Feeder Cattle receipts
1,650 head
384 vs last sale 2,034 593 vs year ago 2,243 · 26.4%
Slaughter Cattle receipts
112 head
55 vs last sale 167 19 vs year ago 93 · +20.4%
Replacement Cattle receipts
10 head
0 vs last sale 10 10 vs year ago 0 · no sale a year ago
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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to last Wednesday, feeder steers 550-600 lbs 1.00-3.00 lower, other weights steady to 6.00 higher with greatest advance under 500 lbs. Feeder heifers near 400 lbs 4.00-8.00 higher, other weights steady to 4.00 higher. Slaughter cows steady to 2.00 higher. Demand good to very good. Supply moderate. Numerous high quality consignments again this week. Strong demand despite cattle futures drifting lower so far this week.

Weight class

Steers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot
0–100 lb steers averaged $170.45/cwt on 806 head.
Average price
$170.45
806 head · 620 lb average
Value per head Derived
$1,057
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
−$20
per head · Medium and Large 1 over Large 1
$24.91/cwt at this weight
vs the market
+1.92
vs MO average

What quality paid 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 1629170.911,075719
Medium and Large 1-2520170.0188574
Medium 1610149.009095thin
Large 1750146.001,0958thin
One grade step is worth $24.91/cwt here — about −$20 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 sale806 hd
170.45
MO average18 barns · 22,871 hd
168.53
+1.92
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
BullsLow1,74881.221,4206thin
CowsBreaker 75-80%High1,45063.1991613
CowsBoner 80-85%Average1,31660.9680217
CowsLean 85-90%Very Low1,09441.8045711

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 1Fleshy590159.00/cwt159.00–159.009383
SteersMedium and Large 1Fleshy615156.00/cwt156.00–156.009593
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2Thin Fleshed365175.00/cwt175.00–175.006394
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2Thin Fleshed420174.00/cwt174.00–174.007313
SteersMedium and Large 1-2536165.43/cwt163.50–181.0088720
SteersMedium and Large 1Full650154.00/cwt154.00–154.001,00117
SteersMedium and Large 1681167.10/cwt161.00–171.501,138144
SteersMedium and Large 1619167.29/cwt161.00–171.501,03696
SteersMedium and Large 1523180.22/cwt170.00–189.0094344
SteersMedium and Large 1766156.86/cwt152.00–160.501,20233
SteersMedium and Large 1378198.83/cwt195.00–201.007528
SteersMedium and Large 1-2662153.31/cwt152.00–154.001,0156
SteersMedium and Large 1-2705149.75/cwt149.75–149.751,0566
SteersMedium and Large 1-2550160.25/cwt159.00–164.008814
SteersMedium and Large 1-2640153.50/cwt152.00–155.009828
SteersMedium and Large 1-2367191.51/cwt186.00–195.0070312
SteersLarge 1750146.00/cwt146.00–146.001,0958
SteersMedium and Large 1571169.70/cwt162.00–177.50969156
SteersMedium and Large 1-2333192.78/cwt184.00–200.006426
SteersMedium and Large 1729168.89/cwt161.00–170.001,231141
SteersMedium and Large 1480196.14/cwt185.00–205.0094156
SteersMedium and Large 1-2488177.51/cwt175.00–178.0086612
SteersMedium and Large 1825149.50/cwt149.50–149.501,2333
SteersMedium 1610149.00/cwt149.00–149.009095
HeifersMedium and Large 1Fleshy575142.00/cwt142.00–142.008175
HeifersMedium and Large 1Fleshy540147.91/cwt143.00–149.0079911
BullsMedium and Large 1-2433174.29/cwt162.00–180.007558
BullsMedium and Large 1-2590140.50/cwt140.00–141.008294
BullsMedium and Large 1-2475153.00/cwt153.00–153.007273
BullsMedium and Large 1-2378181.96/cwt177.00–184.006887
CowsBoner 80-85%1,32358.40/cwt56.00–60.0077310
CowsLean 85-90%1,01027.01/cwt26.00–28.002732
CowsLean 85-90%1,07536.00/cwt32.00–38.003873
CowsLean 85-90%1,13149.63/cwt47.00–55.005616
CowsBreaker 75-80%1,51966.79/cwt62.00–68.001,0156
CowsBreaker 75-80%1,39160.11/cwt58.00–62.008367
CowsBoner 80-85%1,30664.62/cwt63.50–65.258447
Bulls1,81875.88/cwt74.50–77.001,3792
Bulls1,71383.89/cwt82.50–85.001,4374
Bred HeifersMedium and Large 1-21,0601,150.00/cwt1,150.00–1,150.0012,1902
HeifersMedium and Large 2500133.00/cwt133.00–133.006653
HeifersMedium and Large 1Full670149.50/cwt149.50–149.501,0025
HeifersMedium and Large 1625157.21/cwt148.75–160.0098363
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2661140.49/cwt140.00–142.009298
HeifersMedium and Large 1564152.31/cwt144.00–156.0085953
HeifersMedium and Large 1Fleshy680141.00/cwt141.00–141.009597
HeifersMedium 1-2555132.00/cwt132.00–132.007333
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2564144.70/cwt141.00–146.0081623
HeifersMedium and Large 1526153.62/cwt150.50–156.0080862
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2429155.27/cwt150.00–168.0066611
HeifersMedium and Large 1429173.74/cwt164.50–180.0074534
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2488153.20/cwt152.00–154.007485
HeifersMedium and Large 1377172.37/cwt160.00–179.0065013
HeifersMedium and Large 1320172.06/cwt171.00–173.005514
HeifersMedium and Large 1677156.73/cwt150.50–160.001,06140
HeifersLarge 1750143.50/cwt143.50–143.501,0768
HeifersMedium and Large 1472160.61/cwt157.00–170.0075833
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2519146.15/cwt141.00–154.0075926
SteersMedium and Large 1426203.18/cwt195.00–209.0086610
SteersMedium and Large 1Fleshy660150.75/cwt150.75–150.759955

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.