Sale reports / Missouri / South Central Regional Stockyards / 2022-03-09

South Central Regional Stockyards

Feeder Cattle · Slaughter Cattle · Replacement Cattle · Vienna, Missouri · Wed, Mar 9
● Final40 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 1817
Feeder Cattle receipts
358 head
▼ 621 vs last sale 979▼ 897 vs year ago 1,255 · −71.5%
Slaughter Cattle receipts
79 head
▼ 4 vs last sale 83▼ 23 vs year ago 102 · −22.5%
Replacement Cattle receipts
25 head
▲ 15 vs last sale 10▼ 25 vs year ago 50 · −50.0%
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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Based on limited comparisons with last week, feeder steers and heifers under 600 lbs 6.00-12.00 lower, over 600 lbs not well tested. Slaughter cows steady to 2.00 lower. Demand moderate. Supply light. Cattle, corn and oil futures were all lower Wednesday. Small feeder offering with a nice run expected next week.

Weight class

Steers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot
0–100 lb steers averaged $196.25/cwt on 144 head.
Average price
$196.25
144 head · 497 lb average
Value per head Derived
$976
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
$143
per head · Medium and Large 1 over Medium and Large 1-2
$6.79/cwt at this weight
vs the market
+24.40
vs MO average

What quality paid 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 1505197.19997124
Medium and Large 1-2448190.4085320
One grade step is worth $6.79/cwt here — about $143 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 sale144 hd
196.25
—
MO average17 barns · 14,677 hd
171.84
+24.40
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—High1,72294.711,63110
CowsBreaker 75-80%High1,48384.741,2576thin
CowsBoner 80-85%Low1,24881.891,02225
CowsLean 85-90%Average1,02965.666767thin

Every lot, as filed

40 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 1Unweaned—670147.14/cwt146.00–148.009867
SteersMedium and Large 1-2—475191.97/cwt190.00–197.0091212
SteersMedium and Large 1-2—433187.57/cwt185.00–190.008124
SteersMedium and Large 1—750146.75/cwt146.75–146.751,1013
HeifersMedium and Large 1—466170.92/cwt163.00–173.0079631
SteersMedium and Large 1—519202.36/cwt196.75–214.001,05043
SteersMedium and Large 1—685150.75/cwt150.75–150.751,0335
SteersMedium and Large 1—424211.93/cwt206.50–219.0089919
SteersMedium and Large 1Fleshy—565184.00/cwt184.00–184.001,0404
BullsMedium and Large 1-2—525165.46/cwt158.00–168.5086911
BullsMedium and Large 1-2—477142.11/cwt139.00–144.006785
BullsMedium and Large 1-2—805121.02/cwt118.00–124.009744
BullsMedium and Large 1-2—673120.12/cwt109.00–132.008084
HeifersMedium and Large 1—414173.30/cwt169.00–175.007177
HeifersMedium and Large 1—380172.55/cwt170.50–175.006566
SteersMedium and Large 1-2—383188.52/cwt186.00–191.007224
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2—600143.00/cwt143.00–143.008585
HeifersMedium and Large 1Fleshy—355163.50/cwt163.50–163.505803
SteersMedium and Large 1Fleshy—337196.41/cwt196.00–197.006625
SteersMedium and Large 1Fleshy—390205.00/cwt205.00–205.008004
SteersMedium and Large 1—628157.15/cwt153.50–161.009874
SteersMedium and Large 1—464211.10/cwt206.00–216.0098030
HeifersMedium and Large 1—662144.78/cwt141.50–146.509589
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2—515160.53/cwt159.00–162.008274
HeifersMedium and Large 1—556158.86/cwt158.00–159.0088315
HeifersMedium and Large 2—445149.00/cwt149.00–149.006633
HeifersMedium and Large 1—523160.11/cwt154.00–167.0083712
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2—487159.82/cwt158.00–163.007787
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2—379168.54/cwt167.00–173.0063914
Bred CowsMedium and Large 1-2—1,2101,089.96/cwt1,080.00–1,100.0013,1893
Bred HeifersMedium and Large 1-2—8751,474.71/cwt1,450.00–1,500.0012,90420
Bulls——1,845101.00/cwt101.00–101.001,8631
Bulls——1,56787.86/cwt85.00–91.001,3773
CowsBreaker 75-80%—1,49086.00/cwt86.00–86.001,2811
CowsLean 85-90%—1,05767.93/cwt61.50–71.507185
CowsLean 85-90%—96060.00/cwt60.00–60.005762
CowsBoner 80-85%—1,18577.72/cwt76.50–78.509213
Bulls——1,77997.08/cwt93.00–100.001,7276
CowsBoner 80-85%—1,25782.46/cwt78.00–86.501,03722
CowsBreaker 75-80%—1,48284.49/cwt82.50–86.001,2525

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.