Sale reports / Missouri / South Central Regional Stockyards / 2023-09-20

South Central Regional Stockyards

Feeder Cattle · Slaughter Cattle · Replacement Cattle · Vienna, Missouri · Wed, Sep 20
● Final37 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 1817
Feeder Cattle receipts
212 head
665 vs last sale 877 126 vs year ago 338 · 37.3%
Slaughter Cattle receipts
51 head
39 vs last sale 90 57 vs year ago 108 · 52.8%
Replacement Cattle receipts
10 head
10 vs last sale 0 80 vs year ago 90 · 88.9%
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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Feeder supply not sufficient to establish a market trend. Slaughter cows steady to 2.00 lower. Light run with a nice offering expected next week. The feeder market remains very strong with April live cattle just on 2.00/cwt and Friday's Cattle on Feed report expected to confirm tighter numbers.

Weight class

Heifers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot
0–100 lb heifers averaged $247.94/cwt on 67 head.
Average price
$247.94
67 head · 599 lb average
Value per head Derived
$1,486
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
−$513
per head · Medium and Large 1-2 over Medium and Large 1
$6.32/cwt at this weight
vs the market
1.81
vs MO average

What quality paid 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 1-2490251.051,23034
Medium and Large 1712244.731,74333
One grade step is worth $6.32/cwt here — about −$513 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
247.94
MO average14 barns · 7,399 hd
249.75
−1.81
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
BullsAverage1,672113.951,9059thin
CowsBreaker 75-80%High1,438111.251,6002thin
CowsBoner 80-85%Average1,217104.461,27120
CowsLean 85-90%Low1,06686.749247thin

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 Cows3rd Stage (7-9 mo)Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)1,185$1,6001thin
Bred Cows2nd Stage (4-6 mo)Aged (>8 yrs)1,160$1,2753thin

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
SteersMedium 1395300.00/cwt300.00–300.001,1852
BullsMedium and Large 1-2610241.00/cwt241.00–241.001,4704
BullsMedium and Large 1-2770211.00/cwt211.00–211.001,6252
HeifersMedium and Large 1835234.00/cwt234.00–234.001,9548
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2310260.00/cwt260.00–260.008063
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2Full475250.00/cwt250.00–250.001,1886
HeifersMedium and Large 1795240.00/cwt240.00–240.001,9082
SteersMedium and Large 1-2Unweaned460278.00/cwt278.00–278.001,2793
SteersMedium and Large 1Unweaned560281.00/cwt281.00–281.001,5744
SteersMedium and Large 1-2Unweaned650237.00/cwt237.00–237.001,5412
SteersMedium and Large 1-2566281.92/cwt278.00–285.001,5967
SteersMedium and Large 1-2706257.00/cwt257.00–257.001,8143
SteersMedium and Large 2370279.00/cwt279.00–279.001,0326
SteersMedium 2-3525210.00/cwt210.00–210.001,1034
SteersMedium and Large 1-2520288.00/cwt288.00–288.001,4983
SteersMedium and Large 1-2495298.00/cwt298.00–298.001,4752
SteersMedium and Large 1655261.00/cwt261.00–261.001,7107
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2695246.00/cwt246.00–246.001,7103
HeifersMedium and Large 1Unweaned695246.00/cwt246.00–246.001,71017
SteersMedium and Large 1-2Full545262.00/cwt262.00–262.001,4285
SteersMedium and Large 1755262.00/cwt262.00–262.001,9787
SteersMedium and Large 1510296.00/cwt296.00–296.001,5102
SteersMedium and Large 1-2310332.40/cwt324.00–338.001,0305
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2530256.00/cwt256.00–256.001,3574
HeifersMedium and Large 1570257.00/cwt257.00–257.001,4656
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2645240.00/cwt240.00–240.001,5483
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2Unweaned500246.00/cwt246.00–246.001,2308
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2391257.96/cwt255.00–262.001,0097
Bred CowsMedium and Large 1-21,1851,600.00/head1,600.00–1,600.001,6001
Bred CowsMedium and Large 1-21,1601,275.00/head1,275.00–1,275.001,2753
Bulls1,672113.95/cwt110.00–118.001,9059
CowsLean 85-90%1,00779.16/cwt63.50–87.507973
CowsLean 85-90%1,11092.42/cwt90.00–94.501,0264
CowsBoner 80-85%1,219103.08/cwt98.00–108.001,25715
CowsBoner 80-85%1,200111.38/cwt110.00–114.001,3374
CowsBoner 80-85%1,25097.50/cwt97.50–97.501,2191
CowsBreaker 75-80%1,438111.25/cwt111.00–111.501,6002

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.