Sale reports / Missouri / South Central Regional Stockyards / 2022-10-12

South Central Regional Stockyards

Feeder Cattle · Slaughter Cattle · Replacement Cattle · Vienna, Missouri · Wed, Oct 12
● Final41 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 1817
Feeder Cattle receipts
271 head
295 vs last sale 566 120 vs year ago 391 · 30.7%
Slaughter Cattle receipts
122 head
19 vs last sale 141 16 vs year ago 106 · +15.1%
Replacement Cattle receipts
10 head
0 vs last sale 10 0 vs year ago 10 · +0.0%
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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

No price trend established on feeders although weights under 600 lbs sold with a lower undertone. Slaughter cows 4.00-5.00 lower. Not a lot of interest in buying or selling this week with producers encouraged to wait for hopefully better calf demand a little later in the fall. Feeder offering was small on numbers and quality with the bottom sometimes hard to find on lesser quality bawling calves.

Weight class

Steers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot
0–100 lb steers averaged $170.48/cwt on 68 head.
Average price
$170.48
68 head · 490 lb average
Value per head Derived
$836
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
$166
per head · Medium and Large 1-2 over Medium and Large 2
$33.22/cwt at this weight
vs the market
7.32
vs MO average

What quality paid 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 1-2484182.0188021
Medium and Large 1536176.5194725
Medium 1-2392158.146209thin
Medium and Large 2480148.7871413thin
One grade step is worth $33.22/cwt here — about $166 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 sale68 hd
170.48
MO average15 barns · 7,693 hd
177.80
−7.32
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
BullsAverage1,63896.221,5768thin
CowsBreaker 75-80%High1,39571.4099612
CowsBoner 80-85%Low1,26766.1283828
CowsLean 85-90%High1,02656.9658429

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 Cows1st Stage (1-3 mo)Young (2-4 yrs)1,125$1,0252thin
Bred Heifers2nd Stage (4-6 mo)(<2 yrs)1,050$1,1502thin

Every lot, as filed

41 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 1-2584136.46/cwt132.00–143.507977
BullsMedium 1-2515133.25/cwt133.25–133.256863
BullsMedium and Large 1-2683126.91/cwt124.50–132.008676
BullsMedium and Large 1-2478149.35/cwt145.00–151.007147
BullsMedium and Large 1-2420152.00/cwt152.00–152.006384
HeifersMedium and Large 1Fleshy855127.50/cwt127.50–127.501,0905
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2363148.25/cwt145.00–152.005388
SteersMedium and Large 1450185.00/cwt185.00–185.008339
SteersMedium 1-2359158.41/cwt151.00–170.005695
SteersMedium and Large 1-2371189.52/cwt174.00–195.007039
SteersMedium and Large 1Fleshy530173.31/cwt171.00–174.009199
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2Fleshy725131.00/cwt131.00–131.009505
SteersMedium and Large 2440153.00/cwt153.00–153.006736
SteersMedium and Large 2514145.17/cwt141.00–151.007467
SteersMedium and Large 1-2442181.49/cwt181.00–182.008024
SteersMedium and Large 1-2631173.81/cwt169.00–178.501,0978
SteersMedium 1-2433157.80/cwt151.00–165.006834
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2790139.50/cwt139.50–139.501,1026
HeifersMedium and Large 2590134.25/cwt134.25–134.257925
HeifersMedium and Large 1505159.00/cwt159.00–159.008033
HeifersMedium and Large 2490131.00/cwt131.00–131.006425
HeifersMedium and Large 2420140.00/cwt140.00–140.005885
SteersMedium and Large 1Fleshy656169.71/cwt169.00–170.001,1137
HeifersMedium and Large 1Fleshy670125.50/cwt125.50–125.508413
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2Fleshy470138.00/cwt138.00–138.006495
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2Fleshy520135.29/cwt131.00–139.507044
HeifersMedium and Large 2Fleshy400112.00/cwt112.00–112.004483
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2Fleshy413132.73/cwt131.00–136.005486
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2400157.00/cwt157.00–157.006283
Bred CowsMedium and Large 11,1251,025.00/head1,025.00–1,025.001,0252
Bred HeifersMedium and Large 11,0501,150.00/head1,150.00–1,150.001,1502
Bulls1,60496.04/cwt92.00–98.001,5405
Bulls1,35581.00/cwt81.00–81.001,0981
CowsBoner 80-85%1,30663.38/cwt60.50–64.7582813
CowsBoner 80-85%1,23468.50/cwt67.00–72.5084515
CowsBreaker 75-80%1,48074.25/cwt74.25–74.251,0993
CowsBreaker 75-80%1,36770.45/cwt70.00–72.009639
CowsLean 85-90%1,08368.50/cwt68.00–69.007422
CowsLean 85-90%98852.55/cwt48.00–57.0051916
Bulls1,865104.28/cwt104.00–104.501,9452
CowsLean 85-90%1,07161.28/cwt57.50–65.0065611

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.