Sale reports / Missouri / South Central Regional Stockyards / 2023-10-11

South Central Regional Stockyards

Feeder Cattle · Slaughter Cattle · Vienna, Missouri · Wed, Oct 11
● Final44 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 1817
Feeder Cattle receipts
360 head
288 vs last sale 648 89 vs year ago 271 · +32.8%
Slaughter Cattle receipts
107 head
8 vs last sale 99 15 vs year ago 122 · 12.3%
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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Feeder supply not sufficient to establish a market trend. Slaughter cows steady. Cattle futures have been more calm this week after recent sharp declines with contracts seeing a solid advance on Wednesday.

Weight class

Steers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot
0–100 lb steers averaged $269.50/cwt on 98 head.
Average price
$269.50
98 head · 532 lb average
Value per head Derived
$1,433
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
$526
per head · Medium and Large 1 over Medium 2-3
$92.29/cwt at this weight
vs the market
+1.63
vs MO average

What quality paid 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 1523285.291,49153
Medium and Large 1-2509272.181,38422
Large 1689242.611,6739thin
Medium 2470241.001,1337thin
Large 2575220.001,2653thin
Medium 2-3500193.009654thin
One grade step is worth $92.29/cwt here — about $526 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 sale98 hd
269.50
MO average16 barns · 5,881 hd
267.87
+1.63
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
BullsAverage1,795111.752,0068thin
CowsBreaker 75-80%High1,515103.461,56714
CowsBoner 80-85%Low1,30598.491,28523
CowsLean 85-90%Average99479.3178830

Every lot, as filed

44 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 2505310.00/cwt310.00–310.001,5663
BullsMedium and Large 1-2Fleshy660203.00/cwt203.00–203.001,3403
BullsMedium and Large 1-2614225.22/cwt219.00–231.001,3838
BullsMedium and Large 1-2428260.50/cwt260.00–261.001,1154
BullsMedium and Large 1-2684207.26/cwt200.00–212.001,4185
HeifersMedium 1-2Unweaned480205.00/cwt205.00–205.009843
HeifersMedium and Large 1905211.50/cwt211.50–211.501,9144
SteersMedium and Large 1633260.28/cwt258.50–261.501,64810
SteersMedium 2470241.00/cwt241.00–241.001,1337
SteersLarge 1705249.50/cwt249.50–249.501,7595
SteersMedium and Large 1-2460289.09/cwt285.00–293.001,3304
SteersMedium and Large 1-2532268.52/cwt267.00–272.001,4299
SteersMedium and Large 1560274.00/cwt274.00–274.001,5345
SteersMedium and Large 1-2390305.00/cwt305.00–305.001,1903
SteersMedium and Large 1342327.29/cwt325.00–332.001,1196
SteersLarge 2Unweaned575220.00/cwt220.00–220.001,2653
SteersLarge 1Unweaned670234.00/cwt234.00–234.001,5684
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2425243.52/cwt243.00–244.001,0354
HeifersMedium 2-3550190.50/cwt190.50–190.501,0486
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2Unweaned520219.00/cwt219.00–219.001,1394
SteersMedium and Large 1Unweaned538270.89/cwt263.00–279.001,4574
SteersMedium and Large 1-2Unweaned565250.00/cwt250.00–250.001,4136
HeifersMedium 1-2535214.00/cwt214.00–214.001,1455
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2481245.42/cwt243.00–247.001,1805
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2540240.00/cwt240.00–240.001,2967
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2581232.76/cwt227.00–253.001,35213
SteersMedium 2-3500193.00/cwt193.00–193.009654
SteersMedium and Large 1655257.75/cwt257.75–257.751,6887
HeifersMedium and Large 2430214.42/cwt210.00–219.009227
HeifersMedium and Large 1Unweaned579225.00/cwt225.00–225.001,3036
HeifersMedium and Large 1475264.50/cwt264.50–264.501,2565
HeifersMedium and Large 1435251.00/cwt251.00–251.001,0926
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2Unweaned585195.00/cwt195.00–195.001,1413
SteersMedium and Large 1466299.81/cwt291.00–313.001,39721
Bulls1,910115.00/cwt110.00–117.002,1976
Bulls1,450102.00/cwt102.00–102.001,4792
CowsBreaker 75-80%1,491107.00/cwt104.00–108.501,5958
CowsLean 85-90%1,05690.71/cwt85.00–94.0095816
CowsBoner 80-85%1,52591.04/cwt90.00–92.001,3882
CowsBoner 80-85%1,29198.64/cwt92.00–101.501,27319
CowsBoner 80-85%1,215104.47/cwt103.50–105.501,2692
CowsBreaker 75-80%1,54798.73/cwt97.00–100.001,5276
CowsLean 85-90%96183.63/cwt82.50–85.008048
CowsLean 85-90%87243.14/cwt32.00–62.503766

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.