Sale reports / Missouri / South Central Regional Stockyards / 2022-03-02

South Central Regional Stockyards

Feeder Cattle · Slaughter Cattle · Replacement Cattle · Vienna, Missouri · Wed, Mar 2
● Final63 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 1817
Feeder Cattle receipts
979 head
65 vs last sale 914 262 vs year ago 717 · +36.5%
Slaughter Cattle receipts
83 head
15 vs last sale 68 18 vs year ago 65 · +27.7%
Replacement Cattle receipts
10 head
0 vs last sale 10 15 vs year ago 25 · 60.0%
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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to the sale two weeks ago, feeder steers under 550 lbs 5.00-10.00 higher, over 550 lbs steady to 6.00 lower. Feeder heifers under 600 lbs steady to 2.00 higher, over 600 lbs 4.00-8.00 lower. Slaughter cows 8.00-10.00 higher. Demand uneven. Supply moderate. Geopolitics had the feeder market somewhat bifurcated although feeder contracts did gain back around 2.80/cwt on Wednesday. Buyers were still quite aggressive in the lighter weights while rising feed costs and 111.00/barrel oil caused some hesitancy in feedlot bound cattle. It appears lower cutout values and the negativity of events is going to result in a lower fed cattle trade this week.

Weight class

Steers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot
0–100 lb steers averaged $195.51/cwt on 396 head.
Average price
$195.51
396 head · 543 lb average
Value per head Derived
$1,062
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
$159
per head · Medium and Large 1 over Large 1
$25.88/cwt at this weight
vs the market
+14.33
vs MO average

What quality paid 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 1545198.881,084321
Medium 1405198.008023thin
Medium 1-2323196.416345thin
Medium and Large 1-2559180.061,00659
Large 1535173.009268thin
One grade step is worth $25.88/cwt here — about $159 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 sale396 hd
195.51
MO average14 barns · 9,023 hd
181.18
+14.33
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
BullsLow2,064104.182,1508thin
CowsBreaker 75-80%Average1,44388.501,2772thin
CowsBoner 80-85%Average1,29587.571,13414
CowsLean 85-90%High1,03065.7267739

Every lot, as filed

63 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 1575195.67/cwt190.00–197.501,12516
SteersMedium and Large 1336218.48/cwt218.00–220.007348
SteersMedium and Large 1-2473212.50/cwt212.00–213.001,0054
SteersMedium and Large 1-2790143.50/cwt143.50–143.501,1344
SteersLarge 1485173.00/cwt173.00–173.008393
SteersMedium and Large 1-2Fleshy575164.00/cwt164.00–164.009434
SteersMedium and Large 1670162.00/cwt162.00–162.001,0856
SteersMedium and Large 1362218.00/cwt217.50–219.007896
SteersMedium and Large 1-2290204.00/cwt204.00–204.005923
SteersMedium and Large 1-2425218.00/cwt218.00–218.009273
SteersMedium and Large 1-2514193.88/cwt191.00–195.009977
SteersMedium and Large 1-2585168.00/cwt168.00–168.009836
SteersMedium and Large 1526210.05/cwt202.00–215.001,10554
SteersMedium and Large 1-2680154.80/cwt151.00–157.501,0537
SteersLarge 1565173.00/cwt173.00–173.009775
SteersMedium and Large 1-2334211.59/cwt211.00–212.007075
SteersMedium and Large 1721156.23/cwt151.00–158.501,12623
SteersMedium 1-2323196.41/cwt194.00–198.006345
SteersMedium 1405198.00/cwt198.00–198.008023
SteersMedium and Large 1-2621173.17/cwt161.00–178.001,07516
SteersMedium and Large 1622181.12/cwt163.50–188.001,12740
SteersMedium and Large 1Value Added625183.76/cwt178.00–188.501,14944
SteersMedium and Large 1Value Added529215.69/cwt215.50–216.001,14126
SteersMedium and Large 1469217.22/cwt215.50–224.001,01924
SteersMedium and Large 1427221.71/cwt215.00–227.0094739
HeifersMedium and Large 2477153.81/cwt141.00–162.007345
HeifersMedium and Large 1634148.63/cwt142.00–155.0094222
HeifersMedium and Large 1675143.48/cwt140.50–145.509688
HeifersMedium and Large 1Fleshy500168.00/cwt168.00–168.008404
BullsMedium and Large 1-2421191.88/cwt182.50–195.508087
BullsMedium and Large 1-2543159.67/cwt157.00–162.008676
CowsLean 85-90%1,12477.14/cwt77.00–78.008676
CowsLean 85-90%1,09270.95/cwt66.50–74.0077510
CowsBreaker 75-80%1,55585.00/cwt85.00–85.001,3221
CowsBreaker 75-80%1,33092.00/cwt92.00–92.001,2241
CowsLean 85-90%97960.46/cwt52.00–66.5059223
CowsBoner 80-85%1,27684.85/cwt82.00–88.001,0839
CowsBoner 80-85%1,32992.46/cwt89.00–96.501,2295
Bulls2,48595.00/cwt95.00–95.002,3611
Bulls2,004105.49/cwt100.50–108.502,1147
Stock CowsMedium and Large 1-287581.50/cwt81.50–81.507135
Cow-Calf PairsMedium and Large 1-21,1901,520.00/cwt1,520.00–1,520.0018,0881
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2504176.77/cwt170.00–179.008918
HeifersMedium and Large 1431191.36/cwt183.00–195.0082531
HeifersMedium and Large 1466183.84/cwt180.50–188.0085728
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2625141.00/cwt141.00–141.008813
HeifersMedium and Large 1362191.85/cwt185.00–195.5069424
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2565151.50/cwt151.00–152.008564
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2373184.00/cwt184.00–184.006864
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2428183.15/cwt175.00–188.0078414
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2473179.19/cwt178.00–180.5084811
HeifersMedium and Large 1Value Added390188.50/cwt188.50–188.507356
HeifersMedium and Large 1709141.48/cwt140.00–143.001,00312
HeifersMedium and Large 1Value Added631151.74/cwt145.00–157.0095714
HeifersMedium and Large 1773131.25/cwt131.00–131.501,0154
HeifersMedium and Large 1950131.00/cwt131.00–131.001,2454
HeifersMedium and Large 1532176.34/cwt164.00–182.0093849
SteersMedium and Large 1Fleshy565193.57/cwt192.00–194.501,09410
SteersMedium and Large 1Fleshy535197.50/cwt197.50–197.501,0579
SteersMedium and Large 1Fleshy464202.10/cwt196.50–207.0093816
HeifersMedium and Large 1569166.07/cwt157.50–170.0094549
HeifersMedium and Large 1Value Added475180.00/cwt180.00–180.0085510
HeifersMedium and Large 1Value Added555176.00/cwt176.00–176.009778

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.