Sale reports / Missouri / South Central Regional Stockyards / 2023-05-10

South Central Regional Stockyards

Feeder Cattle · Slaughter Cattle · Replacement Cattle · Vienna, Missouri · Wed, May 10
● Final70 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 1817
Feeder Cattle receipts
1,924 head
▼ 52 vs last sale 1,976▲ 132 vs year ago 1,792 · +7.4%
Slaughter Cattle receipts
130 head
▼ 6 vs last sale 136▲ 48 vs year ago 82 · +58.5%
Replacement Cattle receipts
15 head
▲ 15 vs last sale 0▼ 15 vs year ago 30 · −50.0%
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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to last Wednesday, feeder steers under 500 lbs 5.00-10.00 higher, over 500 lbs steady. Feeder heifers 3.00-6.00 higher. Slaughter cows steady Demand good. Supply heavy. Lots of good quality calves this week with several attractive light cattle weighing 350-550 lbs. The May/June time frame at South Central showcases fall calves from some of the areas top producers with lots of front end calves on tap again next week.

Weight class

Steers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot
0–100 lb steers averaged $254.45/cwt on 866 head.
Average price
$254.45
866 head · 531 lb average
Value per head Derived
$1,352
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
$12
per head · Medium and Large 1 over Medium and Large 2
$69.11/cwt at this weight
vs the market
+21.02
vs MO average

What quality paid 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 1529257.981,365734
Medium 1522238.701,24723
Medium and Large 1-2535237.571,270101
Medium and Large 2716188.881,3538thin
One grade step is worth $69.11/cwt here — about $12 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 sale866 hd
254.45
—
MO average16 barns · 14,172 hd
233.44
+21.02
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—Low1,843108.642,0026thin
CowsBreaker 75-80%Low1,54696.521,4928thin
CowsBoner 80-85%Low1,22592.021,12724
CowsLean 85-90%Low1,05479.2283546

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)1,183$1,3073thin

Every lot, as filed

70 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—685197.70/cwt197.50–198.001,3545
HeifersMedium and Large 1Unweaned—415222.00/cwt222.00–222.009213
SteersMedium and Large 1-2—491240.20/cwt231.00–259.001,17922
SteersMedium and Large 1-2—695219.00/cwt219.00–219.001,5228
SteersMedium and Large 1—568249.99/cwt241.00–263.001,420102
SteersMedium and Large 1—469275.11/cwt257.00–281.501,29094
SteersMedium and Large 1-2Full—570212.00/cwt212.00–212.001,2083
SteersMedium and Large 1Full—440258.00/cwt258.00–258.001,1356
SteersMedium and Large 1—521263.96/cwt244.50–275.001,375144
SteersMedium and Large 1-2—530241.00/cwt241.00–241.001,2774
SteersMedium and Large 2—660202.00/cwt202.00–202.001,3333
SteersMedium and Large 1-2—630217.00/cwt217.00–217.001,3673
SteersMedium 1—541237.35/cwt234.00–247.001,28419
SteersMedium and Large 2—750181.00/cwt181.00–181.001,3585
SteersMedium and Large 1-2—410260.50/cwt260.00–261.001,0684
SteersMedium and Large 1—424270.18/cwt252.50–276.001,14642
SteersMedium and Large 1-2—311268.67/cwt260.00–272.008368
SteersMedium and Large 1—376280.95/cwt271.00–285.001,05621
SteersMedium 1—433245.09/cwt240.00–250.001,0614
SteersMedium and Large 1-2—567235.02/cwt228.00–241.001,33349
SteersMedium and Large 1Unweaned—650229.50/cwt229.50–229.501,4927
SteersMedium and Large 1—710223.50/cwt223.50–223.501,5877
SteersMedium and Large 1Value Added—420282.00/cwt282.00–282.001,18417
SteersMedium and Large 1Value Added—565256.50/cwt256.50–256.501,44925
SteersMedium and Large 1Value Added—487279.51/cwt278.00–280.001,36170
SteersMedium and Large 1—634232.74/cwt229.50–236.001,47676
SteersMedium and Large 1Value Added—375285.96/cwt285.00–287.001,07227
SteersMedium and Large 1—673224.90/cwt220.50–237.001,51453
SteersMedium and Large 1Unweaned—588220.62/cwt214.00–230.001,29715
HeifersMedium and Large 1Fleshy—395229.00/cwt229.00–229.009053
BullsMedium and Large 1-2—380250.80/cwt240.00–258.009535
BullsMedium and Large 1-2—454238.46/cwt234.00–240.001,0838
BullsMedium and Large 2—510182.00/cwt182.00–182.009285
BullsMedium and Large 1-2—445233.25/cwt226.00–242.001,0388
BullsMedium and Large 1-2—565214.00/cwt214.00–214.001,2093
CowsLean 85-90%—1,01572.29/cwt60.00–78.5073416
CowsBreaker 75-80%—1,41090.00/cwt90.00–90.001,2691
CowsBoner 80-85%—1,20088.93/cwt84.00–90.001,0678
Bulls——2,47596.00/cwt96.00–96.002,3761
CowsLean 85-90%—87055.00/cwt55.00–55.004791
CowsBreaker 75-80%—1,54997.02/cwt95.00–99.501,5036
CowsBreaker 75-80%—1,660100.00/cwt100.00–100.001,6601
CowsBoner 80-85%—1,23793.57/cwt90.00–97.001,15716
CowsLean 85-90%—1,08283.88/cwt81.50–88.0090829
Bulls——1,716111.17/cwt105.00–114.001,9085
Bred CowsMedium and Large 1-2—1,1831,306.79/head1,100.00–1,420.001,3073
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2—556223.74/cwt207.50–226.501,24435
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2—638207.31/cwt207.25–207.501,32328
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2—429221.30/cwt216.00–234.0094912
HeifersMedium and Large 1—325240.22/cwt230.00–256.0078124
HeifersMedium and Large 1Fleshy—570207.00/cwt207.00–207.001,18011
HeifersMedium and Large 1Fleshy—545218.00/cwt218.00–218.001,1887
HeifersMedium and Large 1—429240.99/cwt231.00–252.001,034122
HeifersMedium and Large 1—364245.56/cwt236.00–256.0089448
HeifersMedium and Large 2—655187.00/cwt187.00–187.001,2253
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2—317224.55/cwt215.00–230.007126
HeifersMedium and Large 1—291252.18/cwt251.00–254.007345
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2—531220.57/cwt215.50–226.251,17147
HeifersMedium and Large 1—900157.50/cwt157.50–157.501,4183
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2—484226.55/cwt222.00–228.001,09738
HeifersMedium and Large 1—567225.05/cwt215.50–230.001,27687
HeifersMedium and Large 1—629213.11/cwt209.50–216.001,34016
HeifersMedium and Large 1—700201.00/cwt201.00–201.001,4077
HeifersMedium and Large 1—462238.38/cwt230.50–247.001,10128
HeifersMedium and Large 1—509229.29/cwt227.50–235.001,16761
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2—369226.98/cwt219.00–232.0083812
SteersMedium and Large 1Fleshy—592231.99/cwt229.00–234.001,37310
SteersMedium and Large 1Fleshy—519238.58/cwt232.00–241.001,23818
HeifersMedium and Large 1Unweaned—555222.50/cwt222.50–222.501,23513
HeifersMedium and Large 1Unweaned—525220.63/cwt218.50–222.501,15833

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.