Sale reports / Missouri / South Central Regional Stockyards / 2023-03-22

South Central Regional Stockyards

Feeder Cattle · Slaughter Cattle · Replacement Cattle · Vienna, Missouri · Wed, Mar 22
● Final36 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 1817
Feeder Cattle receipts
308 head
1,107 vs last sale 1,415 497 vs year ago 805 · 61.7%
Slaughter Cattle receipts
56 head
21 vs last sale 77 26 vs year ago 82 · 31.7%
Replacement Cattle receipts
30 head
10 vs last sale 20 25 vs year ago 5 · +500.0%
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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Based on limited comparisons with last weeks sale, steers calves under 475 lbs steady to firm, 475-550 lbs 3.00-5.00 lower with weights over 550 lbs not tested. Heifer calves under 550 lbs steady to 6.00 lower, over 550 lbs not tested. Slaughter cows steady. Demand good. Supply light. Feeder offering consisted mostly of good quality, weaned fall calves weighing under 500 lbs.

Weight class

Steers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot
0–100 lb steers averaged $244.74/cwt on 118 head.
Average price
$244.74
118 head · 453 lb average
Value per head Derived
$1,108
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
$327
per head · Medium and Large 1 over Medium 1
$24.56/cwt at this weight
vs the market
+32.10
vs MO average

What quality paid 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 1451248.481,12192
Medium and Large 1-2477232.851,11022
Medium 1355223.927954thin
One grade step is worth $24.56/cwt here — about $327 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 sale118 hd
244.74
MO average16 barns · 9,913 hd
212.64
+32.10
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
BullsAverage1,647105.911,7446thin
CowsBreaker 75-80%Average1,64097.001,5912thin
CowsBoner 80-85%Average1,26995.031,20620
CowsLean 85-90%Average1,01381.3982411

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 Stage (4-6 mo)Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)1,126$1,3217
Bred Cows1st Stage (1-3 mo)Young (2-4 yrs)955$1,0003thin
Cow-Calf PairsOpenYoung/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)1,165$1,6495

Every lot, as filed

36 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 1-2453204.59/cwt203.00–207.009275
HeifersMedium and Large 1Fleshy531185.25/cwt182.00–190.009845
HeifersMedium and Large 1Fleshy470204.00/cwt204.00–204.009593
HeifersMedium and Large 1620187.00/cwt187.00–187.001,1593
HeifersMedium and Large 1523196.03/cwt185.00–207.001,02514
HeifersMedium and Large 1370214.66/cwt212.00–215.0079417
SteersMedium and Large 1-2370247.07/cwt242.00–252.009144
SteersMedium and Large 1638213.49/cwt213.00–214.001,3626
SteersMedium 1355223.92/cwt218.00–230.007954
SteersMedium and Large 1432250.37/cwt240.00–262.001,08223
SteersMedium and Large 1461249.87/cwt236.00–256.001,15224
SteersMedium and Large 1-2522228.00/cwt226.00–230.001,1907
SteersMedium and Large 1Fleshy480226.00/cwt226.00–226.001,0853
SteersMedium and Large 1523238.92/cwt230.00–243.501,25014
SteersMedium and Large 1364263.41/cwt255.00–265.0095918
SteersMedium and Large 1-2570221.56/cwt220.00–224.001,2635
SteersMedium and Large 1-2418238.42/cwt233.00–241.009976
SteersMedium and Large 1345265.00/cwt265.00–265.009144
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2378204.95/cwt204.00–206.007754
HeifersMedium 1570181.00/cwt181.00–181.001,0323
HeifersMedium and Large 1324222.66/cwt214.00–228.0072126
HeifersMedium 1-2245228.00/cwt228.00–228.005593
HeifersMedium 1-2518187.48/cwt187.00–188.009714
HeifersMedium and Large 1427216.35/cwt210.00–223.0092419
Cow-Calf PairsMedium and Large 1-21,1651,649.00/head1,585.00–1,800.001,6495
Bred CowsMedium and Large 29551,000.00/head1,000.00–1,000.001,0003
Bred CowsMedium and Large 1-21,1261,321.33/head1,200.00–1,375.001,3217
Bulls1,660109.43/cwt108.00–112.001,8174
Bulls1,62098.88/cwt95.00–102.001,6022
CowsBoner 80-85%1,24195.45/cwt91.50–98.501,18515
CowsBoner 80-85%1,34399.46/cwt98.50–100.501,3363
CowsBoner 80-85%1,37085.24/cwt85.00–85.501,1682
CowsBreaker 75-80%1,64097.00/cwt97.00–97.001,5912
CowsLean 85-90%1,06086.67/cwt82.00–90.009196
CowsLean 85-90%97478.82/cwt74.00–80.507684
CowsLean 85-90%88560.00/cwt60.00–60.005311

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.