Sale reports / Missouri / South Central Regional Stockyards / 2022-09-21

South Central Regional Stockyards

Feeder Cattle · Slaughter Cattle · Replacement Cattle · Vienna, Missouri · Wed, Sep 21
● Final32 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 1817
Feeder Cattle receipts
338 head
1,787 vs last sale 2,125 133 vs year ago 471 · 28.2%
Slaughter Cattle receipts
108 head
4 vs last sale 112 27 vs year ago 81 · +33.3%
Replacement Cattle receipts
90 head
50 vs last sale 40 60 vs year ago 30 · +200.0%
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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Feeder supply not sufficient to establish a market trend. Slaughter cows 2.00-3.00 lower. There was a lower undertone in weights under 600 lbs with health issues bringing a seasonal decline in the calf market along with corn acting like it may want to push higher out of its current trading range. A special cow sale followed the feeders with several good bred cows and pairs.

Weight class

Steers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot
0–100 lb steers averaged $192.65/cwt on 73 head.
Average price
$192.65
73 head · 541 lb average
Value per head Derived
$1,043
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
−$235
per head · Medium 1-2 over Medium and Large 1
$10.51/cwt at this weight
vs the market
+6.74
vs MO average

What quality paid 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium 1-2410202.008284thin
Medium and Large 1-2514195.711,00510thin
Medium and Large 1555191.491,06359
One grade step is worth $10.51/cwt here — about −$235 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 sale73 hd
192.65
MO average12 barns · 5,679 hd
185.91
+6.74
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
BullsAverage1,72799.401,7167thin
CowsBreaker 75-80%Average1,42080.321,1415thin
CowsBoner 80-85%Low1,24777.9397233
CowsLean 85-90%Low98970.2169442

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 Cows2nd/3rd Stage (4-9 mo)Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)1,168$1,38834
Cow-Calf PairsOpenYoung/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)1,092$1,87536

Every lot, as filed

32 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 1-2410202.00/cwt202.00–202.008284
SteersMedium and Large 1-2653176.81/cwt172.00–180.001,1555
HeifersMedium and Large 1300204.00/cwt204.00–204.006124
BullsMedium and Large 1-2335233.00/cwt233.00–233.007812
BullsMedium and Large 1-2715134.00/cwt134.00–134.009583
BullsMedium 2405120.00/cwt120.00–120.004863
HeifersMedium and Large 1686165.00/cwt165.00–165.001,1328
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2471175.12/cwt171.00–178.008257
SteersMedium and Large 1Fleshy563184.00/cwt184.00–184.001,0367
SteersMedium and Large 1732183.61/cwt182.00–184.001,34410
SteersMedium and Large 1464201.91/cwt200.00–207.0093715
HeifersMedium and Large 1509182.00/cwt182.00–182.009267
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2417178.62/cwt172.00–186.0074514
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2335188.00/cwt188.00–188.006303
SteersMedium and Large 1577188.65/cwt187.00–192.001,0896
SteersMedium and Large 1527191.11/cwt187.00–193.001,00721
HeifersMedium and Large 1471183.21/cwt182.00–184.0086310
HeifersMedium and Large 1726161.00/cwt161.00–161.001,1694
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2678159.31/cwt156.00–162.001,08013
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2525178.00/cwt178.00–178.009353
SteersMedium and Large 1-2374214.62/cwt210.00–218.008035
Cow-Calf PairsMedium and Large 1-21,0921,875.00/head1,650.00–1,975.001,87536
Bred CowsMedium and Large 1-21,1681,387.65/head1,210.00–1,500.001,38834
Bulls1,788104.85/cwt100.00–109.501,8755
Bulls1,57385.77/cwt85.00–86.501,3492
CowsLean 85-90%1,06064.97/cwt62.00–66.006896
CowsBoner 80-85%1,27273.86/cwt71.00–76.0093911
CowsBreaker 75-80%1,42080.32/cwt78.00–83.501,1415
CowsLean 85-90%96970.63/cwt70.00–75.0068433
CowsLean 85-90%1,06576.00/cwt76.00–76.008093
CowsBoner 80-85%1,23679.65/cwt77.50–82.5098421
CowsBoner 80-85%1,21586.50/cwt86.50–86.501,0511

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.