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
Bulls—Average1,77294.561,6768thin
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 1-2—421183.43/cwt177.00–191.007727
BullsMedium and Large 1-2—513174.75/cwt166.50–178.5089611
BullsMedium and Large 1-2—460166.00/cwt166.00–166.007643
HeifersMedium and Large 1—377184.64/cwt179.00–186.0069619
HeifersMedium and Large 1—568151.53/cwt148.00–154.7586119
HeifersMedium and Large 1—528167.73/cwt164.50–169.5088643
SteersMedium and Large 1—377207.76/cwt198.00–212.007839
SteersMedium and Large 1Value Added—595176.00/cwt176.00–176.001,0479
SteersMedium and Large 1Value Added—528192.84/cwt192.00–193.001,01832
SteersMedium and Large 1—472195.93/cwt188.50–204.0092544
SteersMedium and Large 2—515154.00/cwt154.00–154.007933
HeifersMedium and Large 1—710138.00/cwt138.00–138.009803
SteersMedium and Large 1—612178.72/cwt172.00–181.501,09418
SteersMedium and Large 1—519192.98/cwt184.00–196.501,00266
SteersMedium and Large 1—317207.57/cwt206.00–208.006589
SteersMedium and Large 1—770146.25/cwt146.25–146.251,1263
SteersMedium and Large 1-2—635164.51/cwt161.00–168.001,0458
HeifersMedium and Large 2—440161.00/cwt161.00–161.007083
SteersMedium and Large 1—562189.37/cwt178.00–198.751,06466
SteersMedium and Large 1—720156.00/cwt156.00–156.001,1233
SteersMedium and Large 1-2—428190.75/cwt185.00–197.008164
SteersMedium and Large 1-2—513180.68/cwt180.00–182.009276
SteersMedium and Large 2—620149.00/cwt149.00–149.009243
HeifersMedium and Large 1—343190.77/cwt188.50–194.0065412
HeifersMedium and Large 1—426181.87/cwt170.00–189.0077543
HeifersMedium and Large 1—295177.00/cwt177.00–177.005224
HeifersMedium and Large 1—626145.99/cwt143.50–147.0091410
SteersMedium and Large 1Fleshy—563177.46/cwt167.00–181.0099929
SteersMedium and Large 1—422203.49/cwt196.00–205.0085924
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2—568143.57/cwt140.00–145.008157
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2—377174.63/cwt174.00–175.006585
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2—425171.00/cwt171.00–171.007274
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2—513159.01/cwt155.00–161.008166
HeifersMedium and Large 1—474170.89/cwt167.00–179.0081050
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2—473165.02/cwt162.00–168.007816
Cow-Calf PairsMedium and Large 1-2—1,0151,600.00/cwt1,600.00–1,600.0016,2401
Bred CowsMedium and Large 1-2—1,0621,103.96/cwt850.00–1,375.0011,7249
Bulls——1,983104.50/cwt102.00–108.502,0725
Bulls——1,42078.00/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.