Sale reports / Missouri / South Central Regional Stockyards / 2021-12-15

South Central Regional Stockyards

Feeder Cattle · Slaughter Cattle · Replacement Cattle · Vienna, Missouri · Wed, Dec 15
● Final65 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 1817
Feeder Cattle receipts
886 head
▼ 764 vs last sale 1,650▲ 613 vs year ago 273 · +224.5%
Slaughter Cattle receipts
200 head
▲ 88 vs last sale 112▲ 56 vs year ago 144 · +38.9%
Replacement Cattle receipts
336 head
▲ 326 vs last sale 10▲ 236 vs year ago 100 · +236.0%
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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to last Wednesday, feeder steers and heifers under 550 lbs steady to 2.00 higher, over 550 lbs steady to 2.00 lower. Slaughter cows steady. Demand good. Supply moderate. Less numbers and quality than last weeks feeder offering. Special cow sale followed the feeders with several nice bred cows and pairs in the mix.

Weight class

Steers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot
0–100 lb steers averaged $169.74/cwt on 371 head.
Average price
$169.74
371 head · 583 lb average
Value per head Derived
$989
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
$29
per head · Medium and Large 1 over Medium 1-2
$24.77/cwt at this weight
vs the market
+1.74
vs MO average

What quality paid 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 1603171.771,036211
Medium and Large 1-2555167.52929154
Medium and Large 2490164.008043thin
Medium 1-2685147.001,0073thin
One grade step is worth $24.77/cwt here — about $29 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 sale371 hd
169.74
—
MO average14 barns · 14,461 hd
167.99
+1.74
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
Bulls—Average1,77073.671,30413
CowsBreaker 75-80%Average1,47362.7392430
CowsBoner 80-85%Low1,26257.5072642
CowsLean 85-90%Low1,13446.9153252

Every lot, as filed

65 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 1-2—611156.66/cwt151.50–160.0095711
SteersMedium and Large 1-2Value Added—590160.09/cwt156.00–160.7594563
SteersMedium and Large 1—712157.49/cwt152.00–158.001,12137
SteersMedium and Large 1—765150.00/cwt150.00–150.001,1484
HeifersMedium and Large 1Fleshy—580141.00/cwt141.00–141.008185
BullsMedium and Large 1-2—617140.30/cwt135.00–145.0086613
BullsMedium and Large 1-2—435165.02/cwt160.00–173.007185
BullsMedium and Large 1-2—828116.49/cwt114.00–119.009654
BullsMedium and Large 1-2—516157.92/cwt155.00–160.008159
HeifersMedium and Large 1—431170.89/cwt168.00–176.007378
SteersMedium and Large 1Value Added—535191.50/cwt191.50–191.501,02532
SteersMedium and Large 1—365210.00/cwt210.00–210.007673
SteersMedium and Large 1—429194.17/cwt191.00–196.008338
SteersMedium and Large 1-2—367194.72/cwt192.00–199.007159
SteersMedium and Large 1Value Added—590166.25/cwt166.25–166.259818
SteersMedium 1-2—685147.00/cwt147.00–147.001,0073
SteersMedium and Large 1-2Value Added—645158.00/cwt158.00–158.001,01918
SteersMedium and Large 1-2—661151.69/cwt151.00–154.001,0039
SteersMedium and Large 1-2—508173.33/cwt171.00–175.008816
SteersMedium and Large 1-2—474181.81/cwt173.00–188.008628
SteersMedium and Large 1-2—705152.00/cwt152.00–152.001,0724
SteersMedium and Large 1—522186.65/cwt174.00–191.0097436
SteersMedium and Large 1—617162.37/cwt160.00–166.501,00234
SteersMedium and Large 1—477187.98/cwt183.00–191.008975
SteersMedium and Large 1—583162.12/cwt160.00–164.509458
SteersMedium and Large 1—665160.42/cwt152.00–162.501,06733
SteersMedium and Large 1-2—423189.40/cwt181.00–197.0080126
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2Thin Fleshed—365178.00/cwt178.00–178.006503
SteersMedium and Large 2—490164.00/cwt164.00–164.008043
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2Value Added—650145.50/cwt145.50–145.509463
HeifersMedium and Large 2Value Added—410151.00/cwt151.00–151.006197
HeifersMedium and Large 2Value Added—485141.00/cwt141.00–141.0068413
CowsBreaker 75-80%—1,44861.66/cwt60.00–64.5089319
Bulls——1,77379.33/cwt75.00–82.001,4076
CowsLean 85-90%—1,08940.55/cwt38.00–43.2544211
CowsLean 85-90%—1,15250.41/cwt48.00–54.5058138
CowsBreaker 75-80%—1,52565.48/cwt64.75–69.0099910
CowsBreaker 75-80%—1,43555.50/cwt55.50–55.507961
CowsBoner 80-85%—1,15650.95/cwt49.50–55.005894
CowsBoner 80-85%—1,26757.90/cwt55.00–61.0073436
CowsLean 85-90%—1,06725.88/cwt22.00–28.002763
CowsBoner 80-85%—1,38863.31/cwt62.50–64.008792
Bulls——2,28092.25/cwt92.25–92.252,1031
Bulls——1,68264.91/cwt52.00–72.001,0926
Bred CowsMedium and Large 1-2—1,2681,072.58/cwt925.00–1,300.0013,60055
Bred CowsMedium and Large 1—1,2641,655.51/cwt1,485.00–1,900.0020,92644
Bred CowsMedium and Large 1-2—1,315901.24/cwt800.00–1,000.0011,85132
Cow-Calf PairsMedium and Large 1-2—1,1821,403.26/cwt1,075.00–1,900.0016,58746
Cow-Calf PairsMedium and Large 1-2—1,0001,275.00/cwt1,275.00–1,275.0012,7504
Cow-Calf PairsMedium and Large 1-2—1,2301,075.00/cwt1,075.00–1,075.0013,22311
HeifersMedium and Large 1—375177.00/cwt177.00–177.006644
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2—469153.84/cwt152.50–157.007227
HeifersMedium and Large 1—516155.61/cwt149.00–162.0080350
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2—618143.37/cwt141.00–145.508868
HeifersMedium and Large 1—945127.50/cwt127.50–127.501,20510
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2—515152.50/cwt152.50–152.507856
HeifersMedium and Large 1Value Added—562151.94/cwt151.75–152.0085420
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2—440164.00/cwt159.00–169.007224
HeifersMedium and Large 1—462161.12/cwt154.50–169.0074416
HeifersMedium and Large 1—670146.00/cwt146.00–146.009783
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2—317164.53/cwt155.00–176.005226
HeifersMedium and Large 1—626145.77/cwt145.50–146.5091318
SteersMedium and Large 1—920134.50/cwt134.50–134.501,2373
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2—383169.66/cwt166.00–173.006506
HeifersMedium and Large 2Value Added—580134.00/cwt134.00–134.007774

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.