Sale reports / Missouri / South Central Regional Stockyards / 2022-08-31

South Central Regional Stockyards

Feeder Cattle · Slaughter Cattle · Replacement Cattle · Vienna, Missouri · Wed, Aug 31
● Final57 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 1817
Feeder Cattle receipts
545 head
▼ 176 vs last sale 721▼ 687 vs year ago 1,232 · −55.8%
Slaughter Cattle receipts
81 head
▼ 6 vs last sale 87▲ 17 vs year ago 64 · +26.6%
Replacement Cattle receipts
10 head
▲ 0 vs last sale 10▲ 10 vs year ago 0 · no sale a year ago
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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to last Wednesday, feeder steers steady to 4.00 lower with decline over 500 lbs. Feeder heifers 2.00-4.00 lower. Slaughter cows steady. Supply light. Demand moderate to good. Much lower quality in the feeder offering this week with lower buyer attendance The feeder market is finding some resistance at thee moment with the corn crop getting smaller and fed cattle slipping back some following their recent strong advance.

Weight class

Heifers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot
0–100 lb heifers averaged $182.91/cwt on 179 head.
Average price
$182.91
179 head · 492 lb average
Value per head Derived
$901
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
$314
per head · Medium and Large 1 over Medium 2
$47.62/cwt at this weight
vs the market
+5.91
vs MO average

What quality paid 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 1486195.6295152
Medium and Large 1-2493186.6892084
Medium 1-2471173.1481514thin
Medium and Large 2524154.5781026
Medium 2430148.006363thin
One grade step is worth $47.62/cwt here — about $314 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 sale179 hd
182.91
—
MO average15 barns · 6,640 hd
177.00
+5.91
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—Low1,757100.661,7698thin
CowsBreaker 75-80%Average1,45388.731,2894thin
CowsBoner 80-85%High1,25486.201,08120
CowsLean 85-90%Very Low1,06475.4380230

Replacement cattle Per head

By class, stage and age
Bred stock and pairs are reported per head, not per hundredweight — these prices are never mixed with the $/cwt figures above.
ClassStageAgeAvg wt$/headHead
Bred Cows3rd Stage (7-9 mo)Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)1,285$1,3004thin

Every lot, as filed

57 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
SteersLarge 1—660175.25/cwt175.25–175.251,1574
SteersMedium and Large 1—375238.00/cwt238.00–238.008938
SteersMedium and Large 1-2Full—605173.00/cwt173.00–173.001,0473
HeifersMedium 1-2—375185.00/cwt185.00–185.006946
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2—531177.71/cwt177.00–178.009447
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2—570168.63/cwt167.50–171.009616
SteersMedium and Large 1-2—373220.74/cwt220.00–222.0082311
SteersMedium and Large 1—420228.59/cwt221.00–230.0096034
SteersMedium and Large 2—400207.00/cwt207.00–207.008285
HeifersMedium and Large 1—695157.75/cwt157.75–157.751,0968
SteersMedium and Large 1-2—580188.06/cwt184.00–191.001,09116
SteersMedium and Large 1—520204.00/cwt204.00–204.001,0617
SteersMedium and Large 1-2—510200.28/cwt196.00–203.001,0218
SteersMedium and Large 1-2—669185.13/cwt183.00–188.001,23910
SteersMedium and Large 1-2—414213.86/cwt212.00–217.008858
SteersMedium and Large 1Fleshy—485210.00/cwt210.00–210.001,0194
SteersMedium and Large 1-2—624183.54/cwt180.50–184.751,1457
SteersMedium 1-2—510189.00/cwt189.00–189.009644
SteersMedium 1-2—585181.50/cwt181.50–181.501,0623
SteersMedium and Large 1Unweaned—550193.00/cwt193.00–193.001,0624
SteersMedium and Large 1-2—478204.99/cwt203.00–206.009809
SteersMedium and Large 2—605178.50/cwt178.50–178.501,0807
BullsMedium and Large 2—490162.50/cwt162.50–162.507966
BullsMedium and Large 1-2—482178.36/cwt168.00–191.008607
BullsMedium and Large 1-2—558167.35/cwt165.00–169.009346
BullsMedium and Large 1-2—395194.00/cwt194.00–194.007663
BullsMedium and Large 1-2—416203.73/cwt199.00–207.008485
BullsMedium and Large 1-2—627148.10/cwt141.00–153.009297
CowsLean 85-90%—94560.93/cwt60.00–62.005762
CowsBreaker 75-80%—1,45388.73/cwt85.50–90.001,2894
CowsBoner 80-85%—1,51391.48/cwt91.00–92.001,3842
CowsLean 85-90%—91067.71/cwt66.00–69.006164
CowsLean 85-90%—1,09977.92/cwt73.00–81.0085624
CowsBoner 80-85%—1,22585.61/cwt83.00–89.001,04918
Bulls——1,59194.84/cwt91.00–98.001,5094
Bulls——1,923106.47/cwt104.00–108.252,0474
Bred CowsMedium and Large 1-2—1,2851,300.00/head1,300.00–1,300.001,3004
HeifersMedium and Large 1—575171.00/cwt171.00–171.009839
HeifersMedium and Large 2—670147.00/cwt147.00–147.009855
BullsMedium and Large 2—410171.00/cwt171.00–171.007014
BullsMedium and Large 1-2—694140.74/cwt139.50–142.009774
BullsMedium and Large 1-2—500169.00/cwt169.00–169.008454
HeifersMedium and Large 2Fleshy—500131.00/cwt131.00–131.006553
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2Full—765147.00/cwt147.00–147.001,1257
HeifersMedium and Large 2Fleshy—420150.00/cwt150.00–150.006306
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2—469189.13/cwt175.00–200.0088729
HeifersMedium and Large 2—568163.26/cwt162.00–164.509276
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2—608170.76/cwt168.25–173.001,03812
HeifersMedium 2—430148.00/cwt148.00–148.006363
HeifersMedium and Large 2—475168.55/cwt166.00–171.008016
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2—370197.37/cwt194.00–202.007306
HeifersMedium 1-2—550163.83/cwt151.00–170.259016
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2Thin Fleshed—274228.34/cwt219.00–242.006267
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2Thin Fleshed—385208.00/cwt208.00–208.0080110
HeifersMedium and Large 1—385212.92/cwt210.00–216.0082012
HeifersMedium and Large 1—431209.40/cwt206.00–212.0090323
HeifersMedium 1-2—520165.50/cwt165.50–165.508612

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.