Sale reports / Missouri / South Central Regional Stockyards / 2022-04-20

South Central Regional Stockyards

Feeder Cattle · Slaughter Cattle · Replacement Cattle · Vienna, Missouri · Wed, Apr 20
● Final47 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 1817
Feeder Cattle receipts
824 head
150 vs last sale 674 188 vs year ago 1,012 · 18.6%
Slaughter Cattle receipts
139 head
59 vs last sale 80 67 vs year ago 72 · +93.1%
Replacement Cattle receipts
20 head
0 vs last sale 20 12 vs year ago 8 · +150.0%
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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to last Wednesday, feeder steers under 500 lbs 1.00-3.00 lower, over 500 lbs steady to firm. Feeder heifers under 550 lbs 1.00-5.00 higher, over 550 lbs steady to 2.00 lower. Slaughter cows steady to 2.00 higher. Feeder offering mostly good quality fall calves weighing 400-600 lbs with some light yearlings in the mix.

Weight class

Steers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot
0–100 lb steers averaged $189.21/cwt on 336 head.
Average price
$189.21
336 head · 523 lb average
Value per head Derived
$990
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
$134
per head · Medium and Large 1 over Medium and Large 2
$39.21/cwt at this weight
vs the market
+9.65
vs MO average

What quality paid 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 1521190.71994312
Medium and Large 1-2548175.7396418thin
Medium and Large 2568151.508606thin
One grade step is worth $39.21/cwt here — about $134 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 sale336 hd
189.21
MO average14 barns · 6,970 hd
179.56
+9.65
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
BullsAverage1,77294.561,6768thin
CowsBreaker 75-80%Average1,47086.761,27522
CowsBoner 80-85%Average1,24979.8499730
CowsLean 85-90%Low1,06862.2066442

Every lot, as filed

47 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
BullsMedium and Large 1-2421183.43/cwt177.00–191.007727
BullsMedium and Large 1-2513174.75/cwt166.50–178.5089611
BullsMedium and Large 1-2460166.00/cwt166.00–166.007643
HeifersMedium and Large 1377184.64/cwt179.00–186.0069619
HeifersMedium and Large 1568151.53/cwt148.00–154.7586119
HeifersMedium and Large 1528167.73/cwt164.50–169.5088643
SteersMedium and Large 1377207.76/cwt198.00–212.007839
SteersMedium and Large 1Value Added595176.00/cwt176.00–176.001,0479
SteersMedium and Large 1Value Added528192.84/cwt192.00–193.001,01832
SteersMedium and Large 1472195.93/cwt188.50–204.0092544
SteersMedium and Large 2515154.00/cwt154.00–154.007933
HeifersMedium and Large 1710138.00/cwt138.00–138.009803
SteersMedium and Large 1612178.72/cwt172.00–181.501,09418
SteersMedium and Large 1519192.98/cwt184.00–196.501,00266
SteersMedium and Large 1317207.57/cwt206.00–208.006589
SteersMedium and Large 1770146.25/cwt146.25–146.251,1263
SteersMedium and Large 1-2635164.51/cwt161.00–168.001,0458
HeifersMedium and Large 2440161.00/cwt161.00–161.007083
SteersMedium and Large 1562189.37/cwt178.00–198.751,06466
SteersMedium and Large 1720156.00/cwt156.00–156.001,1233
SteersMedium and Large 1-2428190.75/cwt185.00–197.008164
SteersMedium and Large 1-2513180.68/cwt180.00–182.009276
SteersMedium and Large 2620149.00/cwt149.00–149.009243
HeifersMedium and Large 1343190.77/cwt188.50–194.0065412
HeifersMedium and Large 1426181.87/cwt170.00–189.0077543
HeifersMedium and Large 1295177.00/cwt177.00–177.005224
HeifersMedium and Large 1626145.99/cwt143.50–147.0091410
SteersMedium and Large 1Fleshy563177.46/cwt167.00–181.0099929
SteersMedium and Large 1422203.49/cwt196.00–205.0085924
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2568143.57/cwt140.00–145.008157
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2377174.63/cwt174.00–175.006585
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2425171.00/cwt171.00–171.007274
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2513159.01/cwt155.00–161.008166
HeifersMedium and Large 1474170.89/cwt167.00–179.0081050
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2473165.02/cwt162.00–168.007816
Cow-Calf PairsMedium and Large 1-21,0151,600.00/cwt1,600.00–1,600.0016,2401
Bred CowsMedium and Large 1-21,0621,103.96/cwt850.00–1,375.0011,7249
Bulls1,983104.50/cwt102.00–108.502,0725
Bulls1,42078.00/cwt78.00–78.001,1083
CowsBreaker 75-80%1,45684.92/cwt84.00–86.001,2366
CowsLean 85-90%1,00356.04/cwt52.00–67.0056222
CowsLean 85-90%80048.00/cwt48.00–48.003842
CowsLean 85-90%1,17771.30/cwt66.00–76.5083918
CowsBoner 80-85%1,23679.53/cwt76.00–85.0098321
CowsBoner 80-85%1,28386.54/cwt85.00–88.001,1105
CowsBreaker 75-80%1,47587.45/cwt86.00–89.001,29016
CowsBoner 80-85%1,27473.09/cwt72.75–74.009314

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.