Sale reports / Missouri / South Central Regional Stockyards / 2023-08-16

South Central Regional Stockyards

Feeder Cattle · Slaughter Cattle · Replacement Cattle · Vienna, Missouri · Wed, Aug 16
● Final34 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 1817
Feeder Cattle receipts
183 head
11 vs last sale 172 226 vs year ago 409 · 55.3%
Slaughter Cattle receipts
49 head
27 vs last sale 76 64 vs year ago 113 · 56.6%
Replacement Cattle receipts
10 head
55 vs last sale 65 25 vs year ago 35 · 71.4%
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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Feeder supply not sufficient to establish a market trend. Slaughter cows. 2.00-4.00 lower. Demand good. Another light offering although a nice run of feeders is expected next week.

Weight class

Steers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot
0–100 lb steers averaged $276.56/cwt on 67 head.
Average price
$276.56
67 head · 540 lb average
Value per head Derived
$1,493
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
$289
per head · Medium and Large 1-2 over Medium 1-2
$41.82/cwt at this weight
vs the market
+6.93
vs MO average

What quality paid 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 1-2515281.821,45337
Medium and Large 1583274.691,60226
Medium 1-2485240.001,1644thin
One grade step is worth $41.82/cwt here — about $289 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 sale67 hd
276.56
MO average15 barns · 7,637 hd
269.63
+6.93
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
BullsLow1,790111.551,9973thin
CowsBoner 80-85%High1,259107.591,35514
CowsBreaker 75-80%Average1,540105.001,6173thin
CowsLean 85-90%Average1,02797.601,00224

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/3rd Stage (4-9 mo)Middle Aged/Aged (>5 yrs)1,341$1,6327

Every lot, as filed

34 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 1-2443265.79/cwt265.00–267.001,1775
HeifersMedium and Large 1Unweaned675205.00/cwt205.00–205.001,3843
SteersMedium and Large 1681258.29/cwt254.50–263.501,7597
SteersMedium and Large 1Unweaned595255.00/cwt255.00–255.001,5172
SteersMedium 1-2485240.00/cwt240.00–240.001,1644
SteersMedium and Large 1-2435295.00/cwt295.00–295.001,2833
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2584233.25/cwt232.50–236.001,3629
HeifersMedium 1-2470240.00/cwt240.00–240.001,1283
SteersMedium and Large 1-2386309.04/cwt304.00–315.001,1935
SteersMedium and Large 1-2706249.62/cwt240.00–253.501,7627
SteersMedium and Large 1-2517279.30/cwt276.00–282.001,4448
SteersMedium and Large 1-2490293.00/cwt293.00–293.001,4365
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2360268.00/cwt268.00–268.009655
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2481259.79/cwt256.00–267.001,25013
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2335264.00/cwt264.00–264.008843
SteersMedium and Large 1553281.60/cwt280.00–285.001,55715
SteersMedium and Large 1455300.00/cwt300.00–300.001,3652
SteersMedium and Large 1-2283318.87/cwt316.00–322.009024
BullsMedium and Large 1-2350285.00/cwt285.00–285.009982
BullsMedium and Large 1-2755188.00/cwt188.00–188.001,4192
HeifersMedium and Large 1Fleshy510246.00/cwt246.00–246.001,2554
HeifersMedium and Large 1540250.00/cwt244.00–262.001,3506
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2659224.37/cwt215.00–229.501,4798
HeifersMedium 1-2405216.00/cwt216.00–216.008758
SteersMedium and Large 1-2635255.00/cwt255.00–255.001,6195
Bred CowsMedium and Large 1-21,3411,632.49/head1,525.00–1,650.001,6327
Bulls1,643107.33/cwt100.00–116.001,7632
Bulls2,085120.00/cwt120.00–120.002,5021
CowsLean 85-90%1,02198.24/cwt96.00–102.001,00318
CowsLean 85-90%1,010104.00/cwt104.00–104.001,0503
CowsBoner 80-85%1,340113.48/cwt112.00–115.001,5212
CowsBreaker 75-80%1,540105.00/cwt105.00–105.001,6173
CowsLean 85-90%1,08087.39/cwt82.00–92.509443
CowsBoner 80-85%1,246106.61/cwt102.00–112.501,32812

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.