Sale reports / Missouri / South Central Regional Stockyards / 2022-01-19

South Central Regional Stockyards

Feeder Cattle · Slaughter Cattle · Vienna, Missouri · Wed, Jan 19
● Final44 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 1817
Feeder Cattle receipts
948 head
854 vs last sale 1,802 645 vs year ago 303 · +212.9%
Slaughter Cattle receipts
25 head
57 vs last sale 82 18 vs year ago 43 · 41.9%
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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to last Wednesday, feeder steers under 650 lbs steady to 3.00 higher, over 650 lbs steady to 1.00 lower. Feeder heifers steady to firm except some under 400 lbs 2.00-3.00 lower. Few slaughter cows steady to 5.00 higher. Demand good. Supply moderate. Muddy conditions have limited cattle movement in the area this week. Fed cattle prices are tracking sideways lower again this week although help may be around the corner with daily slaughter numbers picking up the pace. Fall feeder contracts are at 183.00+/cwt even as corn continues to move higher.

Weight class

Steers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot
0–100 lb steers averaged $174.43/cwt on 479 head.
Average price
$174.43
479 head · 626 lb average
Value per head Derived
$1,092
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
$84
per head · Medium and Large 1-2 over Medium 2
$48.04/cwt at this weight
vs the market
+4.03
vs MO average

What quality paid 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 1-2462188.0486827
Medium and Large 1636173.921,107448
Medium 2560140.007844thin
One grade step is worth $48.04/cwt here — about $84 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 sale479 hd
174.43
MO average14 barns · 14,241 hd
170.40
+4.03
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
BullsAverage2,36093.002,1951thin
CowsBreaker 75-80%High1,48873.251,0904thin
CowsBoner 80-85%High1,29368.748894thin
CowsLean 85-90%Low1,06938.8841610

Every lot, as filed

44 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
HeifersSmall and Medium 2-330590.00/cwt90.00–90.002754
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2388157.70/cwt154.50–159.5061239
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2290164.00/cwt164.00–164.004765
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2472160.35/cwt153.00–164.0075716
BullsMedium and Large 1-2545154.00/cwt154.00–154.008395
BullsMedium and Large 2360178.00/cwt178.00–178.006416
BullsMedium and Large 1-2614141.57/cwt141.00–143.008697
BullsMedium and Large 1-2420189.00/cwt189.00–189.007943
BullsMedium 1363177.66/cwt170.00–185.006454
HeifersMedium and Large 1483169.14/cwt167.00–177.0081772
SteersMedium and Large 1567184.98/cwt177.00–198.501,04973
SteersMedium and Large 1-2405196.00/cwt196.00–196.007943
SteersMedium and Large 1616172.58/cwt161.00–176.001,06362
SteersMedium and Large 1-2493191.67/cwt190.00–194.009456
SteersMedium and Large 1-2759146.79/cwt146.00–148.001,1145
SteersMedium and Large 1-2290201.00/cwt201.00–201.005833
SteersMedium and Large 1729161.34/cwt158.00–162.001,176184
SteersMedium and Large 1651161.40/cwt158.00–162.001,05147
HeifersMedium and Large 1620147.67/cwt143.50–148.7591662
HeifersMedium and Large 1658141.83/cwt140.50–144.0093312
SteersMedium and Large 1539189.35/cwt180.00–200.001,02131
SteersMedium and Large 1472207.28/cwt196.00–217.0097851
SteersMedium 2560140.00/cwt140.00–140.007844
SteersMedium and Large 1-2363200.21/cwt200.00–201.0072710
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2556152.23/cwt146.00–155.0084610
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2440161.00/cwt161.00–161.007084
HeifersMedium and Large 1533166.60/cwt154.50–177.0088819
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2530154.51/cwt154.00–155.008194
HeifersMedium 2520133.00/cwt133.00–133.006924
HeifersMedium and Large 1575153.00/cwt153.00–153.008805
HeifersMedium and Large 1705144.50/cwt144.50–144.501,0194
BullsMedium and Large 1-2680124.01/cwt122.50–125.008438
BullsMedium and Large 2460151.00/cwt151.00–151.006955
HeifersMedium and Large 2425145.50/cwt145.50–145.506188
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2615143.98/cwt143.00–145.008854
HeifersMedium and Large 1Fleshy595147.00/cwt147.00–147.008756
Bulls2,36093.00/cwt93.00–93.002,1951
CowsLean 85-90%1,05335.98/cwt34.00–47.003799
CowsBoner 80-85%1,20073.00/cwt73.00–73.008761
CowsBreaker 75-80%1,48076.06/cwt75.00–77.001,1262
CowsLean 85-90%1,21565.00/cwt65.00–65.007901
CowsBoner 80-85%1,46563.50/cwt63.50–63.509301
CowsBoner 80-85%1,25369.22/cwt68.50–70.008672
CowsBreaker 75-80%1,49570.43/cwt70.00–71.001,0532

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.