Sale reports / Missouri / South Central Regional Stockyards / 2023-04-12

South Central Regional Stockyards

Feeder Cattle · Slaughter Cattle · Replacement Cattle · Vienna, Missouri · Wed, Apr 12
● Final62 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 1817
Feeder Cattle receipts
959 head
353 vs last sale 606 285 vs year ago 674 · +42.3%
Slaughter Cattle receipts
119 head
47 vs last sale 166 39 vs year ago 80 · +48.8%
Replacement Cattle receipts
50 head
50 vs last sale 100 30 vs year ago 20 · +150.0%
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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to last Wednesday, feeder steers 4.00-10.00 higher. Feeder heifers under 600 lbs 12.00-18.00 higher with no comparisons available over 600 lbs. Slaughter cows steady. Demand very good. Supply moderate. The fed cattle market has been on fire recently with the potential to reach 180.00/cwt this week, pushing fall feeder contracts past the 230.00 mark and generating dollars that are freely flowing in feeder auctions this week. The higher trade is bringing out several high quality fall calves with some old crops still in the mix.

Weight class

Steers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot
0–100 lb steers averaged $248.97/cwt on 442 head.
Average price
$248.97
442 head · 525 lb average
Value per head Derived
$1,306
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
$107
per head · Medium and Large 1 over Medium and Large 1-2
$16.03/cwt at this weight
vs the market
+18.45
vs MO average

What quality paid 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 1528251.421,326369
Medium 1475242.381,15013thin
Medium and Large 1-2518235.391,21960
One grade step is worth $16.03/cwt here — about $107 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 sale442 hd
248.97
MO average14 barns · 8,509 hd
230.52
+18.45
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
BullsLow1,797113.792,0446thin
CowsBreaker 75-80%High1,44498.931,4295thin
CowsBoner 80-85%Average1,21897.241,18534
CowsLean 85-90%High1,01587.3188645

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 CowsAll Stages (1-9 mo)Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)1,092$1,37011
Cow-Calf PairsOpenMiddle Aged (5-8 yrs)1,102$1,5755
Cow-Calf PairsOpenYoung/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)822$1,5138

Every lot, as filed

62 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 1424252.31/cwt244.00–257.001,07040
SteersMedium and Large 1373275.43/cwt270.00–289.001,02722
SteersMedium and Large 1-2477245.97/cwt231.00–250.001,17313
SteersMedium and Large 1473264.29/cwt260.00–271.001,25041
SteersMedium and Large 1Fleshy680212.00/cwt212.00–212.001,4425
SteersMedium and Large 1Fleshy595235.00/cwt235.00–235.001,39813
HeifersMedium and Large 1Value Added455254.00/cwt254.00–254.001,15613
SteersMedium and Large 1Unweaned486237.53/cwt235.00–244.001,15417
SteersMedium and Large 1720217.31/cwt208.50–224.501,56528
SteersMedium and Large 1-2325259.44/cwt254.00–267.008435
SteersMedium and Large 1-2655210.83/cwt210.00–215.001,38112
SteersMedium and Large 1-2573233.33/cwt232.00–236.001,3376
SteersMedium and Large 1-2362252.60/cwt245.00–266.009146
SteersMedium and Large 1Unweaned572231.85/cwt231.00–233.501,32615
SteersMedium and Large 1631232.64/cwt228.50–236.001,46825
SteersMedium and Large 1295278.00/cwt278.00–278.008206
SteersMedium and Large 1658224.46/cwt220.00–228.001,4779
SteersMedium and Large 1320274.32/cwt270.00–283.008787
SteersMedium and Large 1-2531231.32/cwt226.00–245.001,2287
SteersMedium and Large 1Value Added530266.00/cwt266.00–266.001,41022
SteersMedium and Large 1Value Added455266.00/cwt266.00–266.001,2109
SteersMedium and Large 1567250.19/cwt236.00–259.001,41955
SteersMedium and Large 1Unweaned535226.00/cwt226.00–226.001,2099
SteersMedium 1410265.00/cwt265.00–265.001,0876
SteersMedium and Large 1420269.23/cwt262.00–277.001,13135
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2416240.16/cwt232.00–253.0099924
HeifersMedium and Large 1625215.00/cwt215.00–215.001,3445
BullsMedium and Large 1-2569210.12/cwt205.00–214.001,1966
BullsMedium and Large 1-2670174.19/cwt164.00–185.001,1674
BullsMedium and Large 1-2455220.00/cwt220.00–220.001,0014
BullsMedium and Large 1-2320253.00/cwt253.00–253.008104
CowsLean 85-90%1,07092.70/cwt91.50–94.009925
CowsLean 85-90%1,01288.15/cwt84.00–92.0089233
CowsBoner 80-85%1,22396.52/cwt92.00–100.001,18019
CowsBoner 80-85%1,20990.44/cwt88.00–92.001,0935
CowsLean 85-90%98979.52/cwt72.00–84.007867
CowsBreaker 75-80%1,540103.00/cwt103.00–103.001,5861
CowsBreaker 75-80%1,42097.91/cwt96.00–102.001,3904
CowsBoner 80-85%1,214102.00/cwt100.50–104.001,23810
Bulls2,050103.50/cwt103.50–103.502,1221
Bulls1,746115.85/cwt115.00–118.002,0235
Stock CowsMedium and Large 1-2786122.48/cwt112.00–126.009634
Bred CowsMedium and Large 1-21,0921,370.31/head1,200.00–1,525.001,37011
Cow-Calf PairsMedium and Large 1-21,1021,575.00/head1,475.00–1,725.001,5755
Cow-Calf PairsMedium and Large 1-2Thin Fleshed8221,512.50/head1,450.00–1,550.001,5138
HeifersMedium and Large 1518240.96/cwt236.00–246.001,24845
HeifersMedium and Large 1327244.33/cwt242.00–247.007996
HeifersMedium and Large 1Full672185.05/cwt182.00–187.501,2449
HeifersMedium and Large 1Fleshy445246.00/cwt246.00–246.001,0957
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2570208.71/cwt201.50–220.001,1905
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2516233.50/cwt221.00–246.001,2057
SteersMedium 1530223.00/cwt223.00–223.001,1827
SteersMedium and Large 1525260.27/cwt242.00–268.001,36651
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2465243.16/cwt242.00–245.001,1317
HeifersMedium and Large 1387253.47/cwt247.00–257.0098112
HeifersMedium and Large 1726181.50/cwt179.50–184.001,31811
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2384243.29/cwt237.00–250.009347
SteersMedium and Large 1-2775198.50/cwt198.50–198.501,5384
SteersMedium and Large 1-2424252.80/cwt240.00–260.001,0727
HeifersMedium and Large 1563226.49/cwt214.00–242.001,27560
HeifersMedium and Large 1475245.61/cwt238.00–259.001,16750
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2341241.08/cwt231.00–254.0082213

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.