Sale reports / Missouri / South Central Regional Stockyards / 2023-04-26

South Central Regional Stockyards

Feeder Cattle · Slaughter Cattle · Vienna, Missouri · Wed, Apr 26
● Final50 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 1817
Feeder Cattle receipts
524 head
▼ 842 vs last sale 1,366▼ 293 vs year ago 817 · −35.9%
Slaughter Cattle receipts
199 head
▲ 123 vs last sale 76▼ 21 vs year ago 220 · −9.5%
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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

No price trend established on the feeders with few meaningful comparisons available with last weeks larger, higher quality offering. Slaughter cows steady to 1.00 lower. Demand good. Supply light. Mostly small consignments this week with no front end deals for buyers to take hold of. Packers are hoping to back fed cattle down another notch but that task looks tougher mid week with beef in cold storage reported below the five year average, carcass weight data remaining very bullish and choice cutout values still gradually gaining.

Weight class

Heifers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot
0–100 lb heifers averaged $232.94/cwt on 184 head.
Average price
$232.94
184 head · 477 lb average
Value per head Derived
$1,110
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
$16
per head · Medium and Large 1 over Medium and Large 2
$38.91/cwt at this weight
vs the market
+18.08
vs MO average

What quality paid 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 1491236.411,161124
Medium and Large 1-2436233.661,01930
Medium 1-2432221.9695825
Medium and Large 2580197.501,1465thin
One grade step is worth $38.91/cwt here — about $16 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 sale184 hd
232.94
—
MO average14 barns · 10,219 hd
214.86
+18.08
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
Bulls—Low1,678109.901,8457thin
CowsBreaker 75-80%Low1,53293.221,4286thin
CowsBoner 80-85%High1,21790.911,10660
CowsLean 85-90%Average1,05782.2286950

Every lot, as filed

50 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 1-2—433235.82/cwt230.00–241.001,0218
SteersMedium and Large 1-2—510252.33/cwt245.00–262.001,28710
SteersMedium and Large 1-2—418263.77/cwt250.00–274.001,10310
HeifersMedium and Large 1—375249.99/cwt241.00–255.0093713
HeifersMedium and Large 2—580197.50/cwt197.50–197.501,1465
SteersMedium and Large 1-2—458260.16/cwt257.00–265.001,1929
SteersMedium and Large 1-2—586235.75/cwt222.00–246.001,38110
SteersMedium and Large 1—604236.25/cwt231.00–238.001,42711
SteersMedium and Large 1Unweaned—490244.00/cwt244.00–244.001,1965
SteersMedium and Large 1Fleshy—761198.19/cwt196.50–199.501,5087
HeifersMedium and Large 1—428245.78/cwt240.00–249.001,05222
SteersMedium and Large 1-2—375267.92/cwt266.00–270.001,0054
SteersMedium and Large 1Unweaned—507246.40/cwt246.00–247.001,2495
SteersMedium and Large 1-2Thin Fleshed—370275.00/cwt275.00–275.001,0184
SteersMedium and Large 1—461278.31/cwt265.50–295.001,28330
SteersMedium and Large 1-2—328265.48/cwt265.00–266.008714
SteersMedium and Large 1—378277.00/cwt277.00–277.001,0476
SteersMedium and Large 1Unweaned—621221.54/cwt215.00–225.001,3768
SteersMedium and Large 1—555254.00/cwt254.00–254.001,4104
HeifersMedium and Large 1Fleshy—480239.00/cwt239.00–239.001,1473
HeifersMedium and Large 1Fleshy—640213.00/cwt213.00–213.001,3634
BullsMedium and Large 1-2—425249.38/cwt239.00–260.001,0604
BullsMedium and Large 1-2—463240.41/cwt238.00–247.001,11318
BullsMedium and Large 1-2—355249.00/cwt249.00–249.0088412
BullsMedium and Large 1-2—560209.40/cwt204.00–215.001,1736
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2—511223.22/cwt217.00–237.001,1418
HeifersMedium and Large 1—980153.75/cwt153.75–153.751,5073
HeifersMedium and Large 1—573220.00/cwt220.00–220.001,2614
SteersMedium and Large 1Fleshy—560230.00/cwt230.00–230.001,2884
SteersMedium and Large 1—524259.21/cwt258.00–261.001,3585
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2—487232.57/cwt232.00–233.001,1337
HeifersMedium 1-2—400227.00/cwt225.00–229.009084
HeifersMedium and Large 1—270257.00/cwt257.00–257.006945
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2—304244.23/cwt240.00–246.007427
HeifersMedium 1-2—490210.00/cwt210.00–210.001,02910
HeifersMedium 1-2Thin Fleshed—390231.00/cwt231.00–231.0090111
HeifersMedium and Large 1—613215.03/cwt210.00–220.001,31822
HeifersMedium and Large 1—470244.41/cwt241.00–249.001,14948
Bulls——1,49399.13/cwt97.50–100.001,4803
Bulls——1,760116.13/cwt108.00–122.002,0443
CowsLean 85-90%—1,07784.62/cwt80.00–88.0091136
CowsLean 85-90%—1,05389.24/cwt89.00–89.509404
Bulls——1,990123.50/cwt123.50–123.502,4581
CowsBoner 80-85%—1,21396.50/cwt96.50–96.501,1712
CowsBoner 80-85%—1,26986.41/cwt84.00–88.501,0975
CowsBreaker 75-80%—1,61084.00/cwt84.00–84.001,3521
CowsLean 85-90%—94361.49/cwt58.00–64.005803
CowsBoner 80-85%—1,21291.12/cwt88.00–96.001,10453
CowsBreaker 75-80%—1,51695.07/cwt94.00–97.001,4415
CowsLean 85-90%—1,00374.77/cwt68.50–78.507507

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.