Sale reports / Missouri / South Central Regional Stockyards / 2023-01-04

South Central Regional Stockyards

Feeder Cattle · Slaughter Cattle · Replacement Cattle · Vienna, Missouri · Wed, Jan 4
● Final59 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 1817
Feeder Cattle receipts
1,043 head
453 vs last sale 1,496 739 vs year ago 1,782 · 41.5%
Slaughter Cattle receipts
75 head
52 vs last sale 127 10 vs year ago 85 · 11.8%
Replacement Cattle receipts
5 head
5 vs last sale 0 0 vs year ago 5 · +0.0%
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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to the last reported auction three weeks ago, feeder steers steady to 2.00 higher. Feeder heifers 3.00-6.00 higher. Slaughter cows 6.000-7.00 higher. Demand good. Supply moderate. Nice quality feeder offering to start the year. Feeder futures were higher Wednesday with corn retreating by around 15 cents.

Weight class

Steers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot
0–100 lb steers averaged $190.52/cwt on 525 head.
Average price
$190.52
525 head · 585 lb average
Value per head Derived
$1,114
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
−$92
per head · Medium 1 over Large 1
$28.34/cwt at this weight
vs the market
+3.41
vs MO average

What quality paid 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium 1550193.841,06612thin
Medium and Large 1-2488193.55945113
Medium and Large 1612190.811,168379
Medium and Large 2614167.541,02917thin
Large 1700165.501,1594thin
One grade step is worth $28.34/cwt here — about −$92 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 sale525 hd
190.52
MO average14 barns · 19,922 hd
187.11
+3.41
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
BullsAverage1,63195.371,5569thin
CowsBoner 80-85%Average1,27578.1199619
CowsBreaker 75-80%Average1,52277.951,1869thin
CowsLean 85-90%Low1,08061.0465921

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 Heifers2nd Stage (4-6 mo)Young (2-4 yrs)1,195$1,0901thin

Every lot, as filed

59 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
HeifersMedium and Large 1540180.16/cwt177.00–187.0097336
HeifersLarge 1610147.00/cwt147.00–147.008975
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2Thin Fleshed325176.00/cwt176.00–176.005729
SteersMedium and Large 1-2390212.00/cwt212.00–212.008273
SteersMedium and Large 2665164.50/cwt164.50–164.501,0945
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2Thin Fleshed265165.00/cwt165.00–165.004377
SteersMedium and Large 1-2478198.42/cwt190.00–209.0094816
SteersLarge 1700165.50/cwt165.50–165.501,1594
SteersMedium and Large 1445212.00/cwt212.00–212.009436
SteersMedium and Large 1-2663172.21/cwt169.50–176.001,14213
SteersMedium and Large 1-2439201.91/cwt192.00–211.0088616
SteersMedium and Large 1519204.11/cwt194.00–210.001,05951
SteersMedium and Large 2700157.50/cwt157.50–157.501,1035
SteersMedium and Large 1-2Thin Fleshed305205.00/cwt205.00–205.006259
SteersMedium and Large 1-2Thin Fleshed250205.00/cwt205.00–205.005137
SteersMedium 1570186.67/cwt178.00–191.001,0646
SteersMedium and Large 1667182.15/cwt176.00–187.501,21545
SteersMedium and Large 1-2522191.15/cwt182.00–200.0099820
SteersMedium and Large 1616189.47/cwt182.00–195.501,167113
SteersMedium and Large 1-2Thin Fleshed360220.00/cwt220.00–220.0079211
SteersMedium and Large 1-2Unweaned675161.00/cwt161.00–161.001,0873
SteersMedium and Large 1Unweaned550189.00/cwt189.00–189.001,04011
SteersMedium and Large 1Unweaned755169.50/cwt169.50–169.501,28020
SteersMedium and Large 1714179.37/cwt178.00–180.001,28152
SteersMedium and Large 1Value Added555210.00/cwt210.00–210.001,1667
SteersMedium and Large 1569196.39/cwt189.00–200.001,11743
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2516167.20/cwt165.00–173.0086318
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2411173.33/cwt169.00–177.007127
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2610161.59/cwt161.00–162.009865
HeifersMedium and Large 1473181.26/cwt179.00–183.0085720
HeifersMedium and Large 1740155.00/cwt155.00–155.001,1475
HeifersMedium and Large 1Fleshy590167.00/cwt167.00–167.009855
SteersMedium and Large 1-2608176.23/cwt175.00–177.001,0718
SteersMedium and Large 1800168.00/cwt168.00–168.001,3446
HeifersMedium and Large 1Unweaned720152.00/cwt152.00–152.001,09415
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2335175.00/cwt171.00–179.005864
SteersMedium 1530201.00/cwt201.00–201.001,0656
SteersMedium and Large 1473212.35/cwt210.00–213.001,00425
SteersMedium and Large 2516176.89/cwt172.00–179.009137
SteersMedium and Large 1-2707167.82/cwt166.50–171.001,1867
HeifersMedium and Large 1Value Added520179.00/cwt179.00–179.009319
HeifersMedium and Large 1570175.01/cwt169.00–180.0099860
HeifersMedium and Large 1Unweaned635159.00/cwt159.00–159.001,0108
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2359177.63/cwt175.00–179.006388
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2655160.00/cwt160.00–160.001,0483
HeifersMedium and Large 1417183.80/cwt182.00–185.0076611
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2469173.57/cwt169.00–180.008147
HeifersMedium and Large 1626170.29/cwt168.00–172.001,06622
HeifersMedium and Large 1Replacement661176.77/cwt175.00–179.001,16827
Bred HeifersMedium and Large 11,1951,090.00/head1,090.00–1,090.001,0901
Bulls1,68597.20/cwt90.50–105.001,6387
Bulls1,44388.95/cwt88.00–90.001,2842
CowsBoner 80-85%1,23976.97/cwt74.50–79.0095414
CowsBoner 80-85%1,37581.29/cwt80.00–82.501,1185
CowsBreaker 75-80%1,52277.95/cwt77.00–79.001,1869
CowsLean 85-90%1,04657.06/cwt43.00–63.0059712
CowsLean 85-90%1,13869.59/cwt66.00–72.507927
CowsLean 85-90%1,18075.00/cwt75.00–75.008851
CowsLean 85-90%97535.00/cwt35.00–35.003411

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.