Sale reports / Missouri / South Central Regional Stockyards / 2023-05-31

South Central Regional Stockyards

Feeder Cattle · Slaughter Cattle · Replacement Cattle · Vienna, Missouri · Wed, May 31
● Final37 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 1817
Feeder Cattle receipts
291 head
2,018 vs last sale 2,309 1,311 vs year ago 1,602 · 81.8%
Slaughter Cattle receipts
332 head
185 vs last sale 147 158 vs year ago 174 · +90.8%
Replacement Cattle receipts
30 head
30 vs last sale 0 20 vs year ago 10 · +200.0%
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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Feeder supply not sufficient to establish a market trend. Slaughter cows uneven with breaking and boning cows steady to 1.00 lower and lean cows 2.00-3.00 higher. The bullishness continues with fed cattle trading higher last week and the November feeder contract currently at 244.00/cwt. Light feeder offering with mostly slaughter cows this week. It's getting scary dry in much of this area as late frost and light moisture have left producers with little hay and not enough forage to make it very many weeks without a change in the weather pattern.

Weight class

Steers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot
0–100 lb steers averaged $254.12/cwt on 105 head.
Average price
$254.12
105 head · 518 lb average
Value per head Derived
$1,317
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
$442
per head · Medium and Large 1 over Medium 2
$26.94/cwt at this weight
vs the market
+4.00
vs MO average

What quality paid 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 1539255.941,38065
Medium and Large 1-2503255.171,28331
Medium and Large 2435242.001,0533thin
Medium 1-2405241.009763thin
Medium 2410229.009393thin
One grade step is worth $26.94/cwt here — about $442 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 sale105 hd
254.12
MO average8 barns · 4,090 hd
250.12
+4.00
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
BullsAverage1,750113.321,98319
CowsBreaker 75-80%Low1,49498.621,47314
CowsBoner 80-85%Average1,27096.711,22969
CowsLean 85-90%Average1,07489.25959111

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)1,155$1,1929

Every lot, as filed

37 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 1-2485216.63/cwt215.00–220.001,0516
BullsMedium and Large 1-2540210.00/cwt210.00–210.001,1346
HeifersMedium 1-2Fleshy935132.00/cwt132.00–132.001,2345
HeifersMedium 1-2310210.00/cwt210.00–210.006513
HeifersMedium and Large 1Fleshy605222.25/cwt222.25–222.251,3456
SteersMedium and Large 1426269.52/cwt266.00–271.001,14820
SteersMedium and Large 1636239.50/cwt239.50–239.501,5239
SteersMedium and Large 1655225.76/cwt224.00–227.501,4794
SteersMedium and Large 1Unweaned530260.00/cwt260.00–260.001,3786
SteersMedium and Large 1-2614236.94/cwt233.00–243.001,4555
SteersMedium and Large 1579256.69/cwt256.00–257.001,48616
SteersMedium and Large 1530268.50/cwt268.50–268.501,4234
SteersMedium and Large 2435242.00/cwt242.00–242.001,0533
SteersMedium 2410229.00/cwt229.00–229.009393
SteersMedium 1-2405241.00/cwt241.00–241.009763
SteersMedium and Large 1-2480259.89/cwt251.00–267.001,2479
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2552213.61/cwt212.00–216.001,1795
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2415243.00/cwt243.00–243.001,0086
HeifersMedium and Large 1Unweaned480224.00/cwt224.00–224.001,0753
SteersMedium and Large 1Fleshy630231.00/cwt231.00–231.001,4553
SteersMedium and Large 1Full580251.00/cwt251.00–251.001,4563
SteersMedium and Large 1-2516253.38/cwt244.00–257.001,30713
HeifersMedium and Large 1435247.00/cwt247.00–247.001,0749
HeifersMedium 1-2430237.00/cwt237.00–237.001,0195
HeifersMedium and Large 1527231.41/cwt224.00–239.001,22012
HeifersMedium and Large 1480229.25/cwt224.00–238.001,1008
HeifersMedium 1-2495206.00/cwt206.00–206.001,0203
SteersMedium and Large 1-2373273.12/cwt271.00–275.001,0194
Bred CowsMedium and Large 21,1551,192.24/head1,125.00–1,200.001,1929
Bulls1,749114.89/cwt108.00–120.502,00918
Bulls1,77085.00/cwt85.00–85.001,5051
CowsBoner 80-85%1,26897.14/cwt94.00–101.501,23264
CowsBoner 80-85%1,30291.27/cwt88.00–93.001,1885
CowsBreaker 75-80%1,56586.00/cwt86.00–86.001,3461
CowsBreaker 75-80%1,48899.59/cwt96.00–105.501,48213
CowsLean 85-90%1,08590.49/cwt85.25–93.75982103
CowsLean 85-90%93873.33/cwt50.00–82.006888

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.