Sale reports / Missouri / South Central Regional Stockyards / 2022-03-23

South Central Regional Stockyards

Feeder Cattle · Slaughter Cattle · Replacement Cattle · Vienna, Missouri · Wed, Mar 23
● Final70 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 1817
Feeder Cattle receipts
805 head
738 vs last sale 1,543 110 vs year ago 915 · 12.0%
Slaughter Cattle receipts
82 head
47 vs last sale 129 40 vs year ago 42 · +95.2%
Replacement Cattle receipts
5 head
5 vs last sale 0 5 vs year ago 0 · no sale a year ago
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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to last Wednesday, feeder steers under 450 lbs 5.00-10.00 lower, 450-600 lbs steady to 5.00 higher with weights over 600 lbs steady to firm on a limited test. Feeder heifers under 600 lbs steady to 5.00 lower, over 600 lbs steady to firm on a limited test. Slaughter cows 1.00-2.00 higher. Demand uneven. Supply light. The feeder market is fairly choppy this week with strong demand for the better quality cattle with buyers rapidly becoming more cautious about quality and flesh on anything other than the front end kind. Fed cattle look to be steady this week with cutout values gradually gaining and the final push of large fed cattle numbers for this cycle not too many weeks away.

Weight class

Steers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot
0–100 lb steers averaged $193.94/cwt on 388 head.
Average price
$193.94
388 head · 488 lb average
Value per head Derived
$947
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
−$121
per head · Medium and Large 1 over Medium 2
$57.27/cwt at this weight
vs the market
+18.19
vs MO average

What quality paid 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 1500195.27976267
Medium and Large 1-2460192.63886110
Medium 1-2405192.007785thin
Medium and Large 2315182.005733thin
Medium 2795138.001,0973thin
One grade step is worth $57.27/cwt here — about −$121 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 sale388 hd
193.94
MO average16 barns · 10,684 hd
175.75
+18.19
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
BullsAverage1,81997.801,7796thin
CowsBreaker 75-80%Average1,49290.361,3488thin
CowsBoner 80-85%Average1,26187.371,10230
CowsLean 85-90%High1,11567.7375523

Every lot, as filed

70 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 1Fleshy480196.50/cwt192.00–200.0094316
SteersMedium and Large 1Fleshy360191.00/cwt191.00–191.0068813
SteersMedium and Large 1-2368194.48/cwt194.00–195.007164
SteersMedium and Large 1Fleshy570181.00/cwt181.00–181.001,0329
HeifersMedium and Large 1255175.00/cwt175.00–175.004463
SteersMedium and Large 1-2740148.50/cwt148.50–148.501,0996
SteersMedium 1-2405192.00/cwt192.00–192.007785
SteersMedium 2795138.00/cwt138.00–138.001,0973
SteersMedium and Large 1417197.78/cwt194.00–206.0082516
SteersMedium and Large 1654164.38/cwt164.00–165.001,0758
SteersMedium and Large 1624166.02/cwt164.00–169.001,0365
SteersMedium and Large 1470212.41/cwt205.00–216.0099812
SteersMedium and Large 1-2281192.35/cwt191.00–194.005417
SteersMedium and Large 2315182.00/cwt182.00–182.005733
SteersMedium and Large 1-2Value Added380206.00/cwt206.00–206.0078317
SteersMedium and Large 1-2466200.62/cwt185.00–208.0093519
SteersMedium and Large 1517200.23/cwt190.00–212.001,03518
SteersMedium and Large 1-2515190.37/cwt182.00–196.0098014
SteersMedium and Large 1-2411196.08/cwt194.00–200.0080612
SteersMedium and Large 1382204.62/cwt194.00–207.0078210
SteersMedium and Large 1Value Added450209.00/cwt209.00–209.0094117
SteersMedium and Large 1-2310191.00/cwt191.00–191.005926
SteersMedium and Large 1566192.45/cwt175.00–201.501,08927
SteersMedium and Large 1Unweaned576178.36/cwt177.50–181.001,0278
SteersMedium and Large 1-2Value Added705151.50/cwt151.50–151.501,0687
SteersMedium and Large 1Value Added520201.00/cwt201.00–201.001,04531
SteersMedium and Large 1Value Added400209.00/cwt209.00–209.008369
SteersMedium and Large 1Value Added555195.68/cwt194.00–197.501,08631
SteersMedium and Large 1-2Value Added470202.00/cwt202.00–202.0094918
HeifersMedium and Large 1717144.16/cwt141.00–145.001,03412
HeifersMedium and Large 1Fleshy555138.50/cwt138.50–138.507693
HeifersMedium and Large 1Fleshy335161.00/cwt161.00–161.005393
HeifersMedium and Large 1805134.00/cwt134.00–134.001,0793
HeifersMedium and Large 1518158.14/cwt158.00–158.5081914
HeifersMedium and Large 1Fleshy405167.00/cwt167.00–167.0067614
CowsLean 85-90%1,13481.59/cwt80.00–82.009255
CowsLean 85-90%1,15273.37/cwt70.00–77.0084510
CowsBreaker 75-80%1,52388.91/cwt86.50–90.501,3544
CowsLean 85-90%1,02336.93/cwt30.00–45.003783
CowsLean 85-90%1,07861.07/cwt53.00–69.506585
CowsBreaker 75-80%1,46191.81/cwt90.50–94.001,3414
CowsBoner 80-85%1,25086.26/cwt83.00–89.001,07821
CowsBoner 80-85%1,28789.97/cwt88.50–90.501,1589
Bulls1,648100.45/cwt94.00–106.501,6553
Bulls2,215105.50/cwt105.50–105.502,3371
Bulls1,87889.98/cwt87.00–92.001,6902
Bred CowsMedium and Large 1-21,2951,140.00/cwt1,140.00–1,140.0014,7631
Cow-Calf PairsMedium and Large 1-29751,200.00/cwt1,200.00–1,200.0011,7001
HeifersMedium and Large 1850134.00/cwt134.00–134.001,1393
HeifersMedium and Large 1Fleshy530144.00/cwt144.00–144.007636
HeifersMedium and Large 1Fleshy450157.00/cwt157.00–157.007073
HeifersMedium 1-2500149.50/cwt149.50–149.507484
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2407165.43/cwt164.00–171.0067315
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2680140.00/cwt140.00–140.009529
HeifersMedium and Large 1Value Added410178.50/cwt178.50–178.5073213
HeifersMedium and Large 1417168.56/cwt165.50–170.0070329
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2572145.95/cwt142.00–154.008356
HeifersMedium and Large 1379168.25/cwt161.00–171.006387
HeifersMedium and Large 1765141.00/cwt141.00–141.001,0794
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2845134.50/cwt134.50–134.501,1374
SteersMedium and Large 1Fleshy430196.24/cwt190.00–201.0084426
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2460161.00/cwt161.00–161.007414
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2380161.00/cwt161.00–161.006123
HeifersMedium and Large 1600146.00/cwt146.00–146.008765
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2Value Added495160.00/cwt160.00–160.007929
HeifersMedium and Large 1Value Added570154.50/cwt154.50–154.5088110
SteersMedium and Large 1Fleshy530191.00/cwt191.00–191.001,0126
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2325162.66/cwt151.00–167.0052916
HeifersMedium and Large 1468170.44/cwt156.00–179.0079837
SteersMedium and Large 1Full680154.00/cwt154.00–154.001,0475

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.