Sale reports / Missouri / South Central Regional Stockyards / 2022-04-13

South Central Regional Stockyards

Feeder Cattle · Slaughter Cattle · Replacement Cattle · Vienna, Missouri · Wed, Apr 13
● Final59 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 1817
Feeder Cattle receipts
674 head
51 vs last sale 623 398 vs year ago 1,072 · 37.1%
Slaughter Cattle receipts
80 head
15 vs last sale 95 90 vs year ago 170 · 52.9%
Replacement Cattle receipts
20 head
0 vs last sale 20 130 vs year ago 150 · 86.7%
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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to last Wednesday, feeder steers steady to 3.00 higher. Feeder heifers under 600 lbs 2.00-4.00 higher, few over 600 lbs steady. Slaughter cows 2.00-4.00 lower. Demand good. Supply light. Nice quality feeder offering with a mix of green light yearling cattle and fall calves.

Weight class

Steers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot
0–100 lb steers averaged $192.23/cwt on 308 head.
Average price
$192.23
308 head · 506 lb average
Value per head Derived
$973
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
−$506
per head · Medium 2 over Medium and Large 2
$34.33/cwt at this weight
vs the market
+12.16
vs MO average

What quality paid 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium 2215200.004307thin
Medium and Large 1-2442193.2385361
Medium and Large 1530192.421,021234
Medium and Large 2565165.679366thin
One grade step is worth $34.33/cwt here — about −$506 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 sale308 hd
192.23
MO average14 barns · 9,065 hd
180.07
+12.16
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
BullsLow1,89599.201,8805thin
CowsBreaker 75-80%High1,46585.901,25912
CowsBoner 80-85%High1,27281.981,04321
CowsLean 85-90%Very Low1,08861.4366835

Every lot, as filed

59 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 1372211.34/cwt206.00–213.0078612
SteersMedium and Large 1-2473190.89/cwt184.00–194.0090310
SteersMedium and Large 1-2538173.04/cwt170.00–176.009316
SteersMedium and Large 1580183.90/cwt172.00–189.501,06745
HeifersMedium and Large 1657147.76/cwt146.00–148.509718
HeifersMedium and Large 1Fleshy520153.00/cwt153.00–153.007963
SteersMedium and Large 1625169.00/cwt169.00–169.001,0564
HeifersMedium and Large 2528139.12/cwt138.00–141.507356
SteersMedium and Large 1710162.50/cwt162.50–162.501,15414
SteersMedium and Large 1-2610173.00/cwt173.00–173.001,0555
SteersMedium and Large 1-2383201.68/cwt200.00–205.0077213
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2Thin Fleshed365173.00/cwt173.00–173.006319
SteersMedium and Large 2565165.67/cwt161.00–168.009366
SteersMedium and Large 1-2Thin Fleshed455205.50/cwt205.50–205.509354
SteersMedium and Large 1468206.28/cwt201.00–210.0096539
SteersMedium and Large 1-2560176.70/cwt174.00–179.009906
SteersMedium and Large 1537194.28/cwt191.00–196.001,04329
SteersMedium and Large 1414217.27/cwt207.00–223.0089934
SteersMedium and Large 1-2270210.00/cwt210.00–210.005674
SteersMedium and Large 1682158.01/cwt157.00–163.001,07811
SteersMedium and Large 1Value Added490194.50/cwt194.50–194.5095310
SteersMedium and Large 1Value Added635176.25/cwt176.25–176.251,11914
SteersMedium and Large 1Value Added555182.25/cwt182.25–182.251,01116
SteersMedium 2215200.00/cwt200.00–200.004307
SteersMedium and Large 1-2430211.00/cwt211.00–211.009075
HeifersMedium and Large 1285175.09/cwt170.00–180.004994
HeifersMedium and Large 1381180.87/cwt172.00–185.0068925
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2Fleshy500148.00/cwt148.00–148.007403
BullsMedium and Large 1-2605145.50/cwt145.50–145.508803
BullsMedium and Large 1-2492167.99/cwt165.00–169.008278
BullsMedium and Large 1-2410183.27/cwt178.00–191.007515
CowsBreaker 75-80%1,51688.07/cwt86.00–90.001,3357
CowsBoner 80-85%1,32086.00/cwt86.00–86.001,1352
CowsBoner 80-85%1,26781.56/cwt76.00–85.001,03319
CowsLean 85-90%93941.65/cwt35.00–44.003915
CowsLean 85-90%1,03959.89/cwt50.00–64.0062213
CowsLean 85-90%1,16968.42/cwt66.00–74.0080017
CowsBreaker 75-80%1,39482.87/cwt77.00–85.001,1555
Bulls1,93092.00/cwt92.00–92.001,7761
Bulls1,886101.00/cwt95.00–104.001,9054
Bred CowsMedium and Large 1-21,1811,150.52/cwt1,050.00–1,340.0013,5886
Cow-Calf PairsMedium and Large 1-21,1671,473.33/cwt1,240.00–1,600.0017,1943
HeifersMedium and Large 1705142.00/cwt142.00–142.001,0014
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2515159.20/cwt158.00–161.008205
HeifersMedium 2225169.00/cwt169.00–169.003804
HeifersMedium and Large 1462169.62/cwt168.00–171.0078427
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2488159.50/cwt159.00–160.007784
HeifersMedium and Large 1769134.55/cwt134.25–135.001,03510
HeifersMedium and Large 1431174.75/cwt171.00–177.0075329
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2587148.67/cwt146.00–151.008736
HeifersMedium and Large 1320176.40/cwt176.00–178.0056410
HeifersMedium and Large 1528165.97/cwt155.50–169.5087631
SteersMedium and Large 1Fleshy508188.62/cwt182.00–192.009586
HeifersMedium and Large 1579159.58/cwt149.00–161.2592425
HeifersMedium and Large 1Value Added380178.50/cwt178.50–178.506787
HeifersMedium and Large 1Value Added450173.00/cwt173.00–173.007797
HeifersMedium and Large 2550147.00/cwt147.00–147.008094
HeifersMedium and Large 1878132.74/cwt132.25–133.251,1658
SteersMedium and Large 1-2318196.98/cwt194.00–199.006268

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.