Sale reports / Missouri / South Central Regional Stockyards / 2023-05-03

South Central Regional Stockyards

Feeder Cattle · Slaughter Cattle · Vienna, Missouri · Wed, May 3
● Final75 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 1817
Feeder Cattle receipts
1,976 head
▲ 1,452 vs last sale 524▲ 1,275 vs year ago 701 · +181.9%
Slaughter Cattle receipts
136 head
▼ 63 vs last sale 199▼ 30 vs year ago 166 · −18.1%
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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to the last trended sale two weeks ago, feeder steers under 550 lbs 4.00-12.00 lower, over 550 lbs steady to 3.00 lower. Feeder heifers under 600 lbs 4.00-12.00 lower, over 600 lbs 2.00-4.00 lower. Slaughter cows steady compared to last week. Demand moderate. Supply heavy. Feeders were lower, especially the lighter cattle as big losses in feeder futures so far this week took a toll along with the dry weather becoming a major concern. Several nice cattle in the mix with numerous reputation consignments scheduled in for the next few weeks.

Weight class

Steers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot
0–100 lb steers averaged $248.01/cwt on 914 head.
Average price
$248.01
914 head · 530 lb average
Value per head Derived
$1,315
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
$209
per head · Medium and Large 1 over Medium and Large 2
$35.45/cwt at this weight
vs the market
+8.15
vs MO average

What quality paid 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 1544250.481,362708
Medium and Large 1-2489242.641,187168
Medium 1365241.008809thin
Medium 1-2376234.428819thin
Medium and Large 2536215.021,15320
One grade step is worth $35.45/cwt here — about $209 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 sale914 hd
248.01
—
MO average18 barns · 14,328 hd
239.85
+8.15
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—Average1,867113.082,1117thin
CowsBreaker 75-80%High1,54498.871,5264thin
CowsBoner 80-85%High1,21992.591,12931
CowsLean 85-90%Low1,00779.3379930

Every lot, as filed

75 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 1-2Unweaned—575185.00/cwt185.00–185.001,0645
HeifersMedium and Large 1Unweaned—431218.37/cwt218.00–220.0094111
SteersMedium and Large 2—580221.00/cwt221.00–221.001,2823
SteersMedium and Large 1-2—566238.88/cwt238.00–240.001,3529
SteersMedium and Large 1—427260.87/cwt245.00–281.001,11463
SteersMedium and Large 1—674231.37/cwt224.50–234.501,55921
SteersMedium and Large 1-2Fleshy—450227.00/cwt227.00–227.001,0223
SteersMedium and Large 1Fleshy—545241.00/cwt241.00–241.001,3134
SteersMedium and Large 1-2—525239.63/cwt232.50–252.001,25833
SteersMedium and Large 1—519265.43/cwt241.00–276.001,378202
SteersMedium and Large 1-2—420255.57/cwt240.00–261.001,07333
SteersMedium and Large 1—837190.00/cwt190.00–190.001,5906
SteersMedium 1-2—341232.63/cwt230.00–235.007936
SteersMedium and Large 2—485224.33/cwt221.00–231.001,0886
SteersMedium and Large 1—567252.40/cwt241.00–261.001,431124
SteersMedium and Large 1Unweaned—563218.00/cwt218.00–218.001,2279
SteersMedium and Large 1—280260.00/cwt260.00–260.007283
SteersMedium and Large 1-2—720213.25/cwt213.25–213.251,5356
SteersMedium and Large 2—430233.55/cwt229.00–238.001,0044
SteersMedium and Large 1-2—471243.49/cwt226.00–260.001,14740
SteersMedium and Large 1—756214.05/cwt203.00–216.001,61821
SteersMedium and Large 1Unweaned—483235.00/cwt230.00–242.001,13516
SteersMedium and Large 1—708217.33/cwt216.00–218.001,5396
SteersMedium and Large 1-2—389253.60/cwt247.00–262.0098721
SteersMedium and Large 1—318252.45/cwt240.00–270.008035
SteersMedium and Large 1—634237.14/cwt235.50–244.001,503116
SteersMedium and Large 1Unweaned—425236.00/cwt236.00–236.001,00313
SteersMedium and Large 1—477256.36/cwt242.00–277.001,22355
SteersMedium and Large 1-2—617225.62/cwt221.50–232.001,39218
SteersMedium 1—365241.00/cwt241.00–241.008809
SteersMedium and Large 1Unweaned—500235.00/cwt235.00–235.001,1755
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2—467222.10/cwt216.00–224.001,03724
HeifersMedium and Large 1—417234.04/cwt225.00–248.0097630
HeifersMedium and Large 1—465234.84/cwt227.00–241.001,09252
HeifersMedium and Large 1—378237.07/cwt231.00–240.0089625
BullsMedium and Large 1-2—630186.00/cwt186.00–186.001,1724
BullsMedium and Large 1-2—425238.00/cwt238.00–238.001,0123
CowsLean 85-90%—96272.79/cwt70.00–76.0070015
CowsBoner 80-85%—1,25597.22/cwt97.00–98.001,2204
CowsBoner 80-85%—1,20792.38/cwt88.50–96.501,11525
CowsLean 85-90%—1,04885.19/cwt80.00–89.0089313
CowsLean 85-90%—1,07390.27/cwt89.50–91.009692
CowsBreaker 75-80%—1,43399.16/cwt98.50–99.501,4213
CowsBoner 80-85%—1,30086.00/cwt86.00–86.001,1182
CowsBreaker 75-80%—1,87598.00/cwt98.00–98.001,8381
Bulls——1,672112.19/cwt107.50–116.001,8763
Bulls——1,883106.49/cwt105.00–108.002,0052
Bulls——2,143121.00/cwt120.00–122.002,5932
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2—330235.38/cwt226.00–238.0077719
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2—645201.00/cwt201.00–201.001,2964
HeifersMedium and Large 1Fleshy—535218.00/cwt218.00–218.001,16614
HeifersMedium and Large 1Fleshy—473223.80/cwt214.00–227.001,05912
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2—376228.64/cwt212.00–238.0086051
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2—528207.60/cwt201.00–220.001,09630
HeifersMedium and Large 1—245262.50/cwt262.50–262.506434
HeifersMedium and Large 1Unweaned—505220.50/cwt220.50–220.501,11410
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2—428224.79/cwt216.00–234.0096256
HeifersMedium and Large 1Full—435225.00/cwt225.00–225.009799
HeifersMedium and Large 1Full—480217.00/cwt217.00–217.001,0423
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2—708181.67/cwt181.00–182.501,28611
SteersMedium and Large 1Fleshy—455243.00/cwt243.00–243.001,1064
HeifersMedium and Large 1Unweaned—475211.64/cwt207.00–218.001,00518
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2—553207.50/cwt207.00–208.001,1474
HeifersMedium and Large 2—560185.00/cwt185.00–185.001,0363
HeifersMedium and Large 2—465192.00/cwt192.00–192.008935
HeifersMedium and Large 1—566218.16/cwt212.50–227.001,23568
SteersMedium and Large 1—379255.20/cwt248.00–262.5096717
SteersMedium and Large 1-2Full—430237.00/cwt237.00–237.001,0195
HeifersMedium and Large 1—339235.79/cwt232.00–246.0079913
HeifersMedium and Large 1—632208.01/cwt205.00–210.001,31511
HeifersMedium and Large 1—525224.05/cwt218.00–231.001,17683
SteersMedium and Large 1Fleshy—571238.91/cwt236.00–240.001,36418
SteersMedium and Large 2—622193.90/cwt184.00–207.001,2067
SteersMedium 1-2—445238.00/cwt238.00–238.001,0593
HeifersMedium and Large 1—714188.74/cwt187.50–189.751,34818

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.