Name: South Central Regional Stockyards livestock auction prices — 2023-10-18
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2023-10-18

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Feeder supply not sufficient to establish a market trend. Slaughter cows 2.00-4.00 lower. Light feeder offering as several producers are waiting for the calendar to flip to November to sell weaned/backgrounded calves.

Weight class

Steers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

0–100 lb steers averaged $270.41/cwt on 111 head.

Average price

$270.41

111 head · 560 lb average

Value per head Derived

$1,515

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

−$242

per head · Large 1 over Medium and Large 2

$47.00/cwt at this weight

vs the market

+7.84

vs MO average

What quality paid 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Large 1	410	282.00	1,156	3thin
Medium and Large 1	571	273.13	1,559	66
Medium and Large 1-2	551	267.65	1,475	39
Medium and Large 2	595	235.00	1,398	3thin

One grade step is worth $47.00/cwt here — about −$242 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 sale111 hd

270.41

—

MO average15 barns · 7,572 hd

262.57

+7.84

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.

Class	Grade	Dressing	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Bulls	—	Low	1,840	105.71	1,945	6thin
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	Low	1,591	95.49	1,519	6thin
Cows	Boner 80-85%	Low	1,257	93.22	1,172	35
Cows	Lean 85-90%	Very Low	1,060	84.07	891	38

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.

Class	Stage	Age	Avg wt	$/head	Head
Bred Cows	All Stages (1-9 mo)	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	1,034	$1,487	7

Every lot, as filed

48 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.

Class	Grade / description	Weight	Avg wt	Price	Range	Per head	Head
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	670	246.00/cwt	246.00–246.00	1,648	6
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	520	290.62/cwt	278.00–299.00	1,511	19
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	483	301.64/cwt	294.50–309.00	1,457	8
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	745	242.50/cwt	242.50–242.50	1,807	9
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	710	231.00/cwt	231.00–231.00	1,640	4
Steers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	—	410	309.00/cwt	309.00–309.00	1,267	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	380	265.97/cwt	264.00–268.00	1,011	4
Steers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	—	590	258.50/cwt	258.50–258.50	1,525	6
Steers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	—	630	241.00/cwt	241.00–241.00	1,518	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	468	240.58/cwt	235.00–245.00	1,126	9
Steers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	—	540	266.50/cwt	266.50–266.50	1,439	3
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Thin Fleshed	—	470	306.00/cwt	306.00–306.00	1,438	6
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	—	383	280.67/cwt	271.00–291.00	1,075	4
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	—	450	254.00/cwt	254.00–254.00	1,143	5
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,205	89.20/cwt	88.50–90.00	1,075	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	800	197.00/cwt	197.00–197.00	1,576	4
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,260	93.46/cwt	91.00–97.50	1,178	33
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	855	52.81/cwt	50.00–55.00	452	2
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	1,007	80.39/cwt	72.00–82.50	810	8
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	565	247.00/cwt	247.00–247.00	1,396	6
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	467	246.29/cwt	245.00–249.00	1,150	6
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	890	211.00/cwt	211.00–211.00	1,878	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Full	—	510	220.00/cwt	220.00–220.00	1,122	3
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	—	525	246.46/cwt	236.00–252.00	1,294	6
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	595	235.00/cwt	235.00–235.00	1,398	3
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	625	251.00/cwt	251.00–251.00	1,569	4
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	565	268.50/cwt	268.50–268.50	1,517	3
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	400	298.20/cwt	291.00–309.00	1,193	5
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	517	278.50/cwt	271.00–281.00	1,440	9
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	661	247.97/cwt	245.00–250.00	1,639	5
Steers	Large 1	—	410	282.00/cwt	282.00–282.00	1,156	3
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	1,090	87.35/cwt	84.00–92.00	952	28
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	—	1,675	85.00/cwt	85.00–85.00	1,424	1
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	—	1,465	102.00/cwt	102.00–102.00	1,494	1
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	—	1,601	96.48/cwt	92.00–100.00	1,545	4
Bulls	—	—	1,637	95.35/cwt	85.00–108.00	1,561	3
Bulls	—	—	2,042	116.08/cwt	115.00–118.00	2,370	3
Stock Cows	Medium and Large 1-2	—	883	129.36/cwt	115.00–156.00	1,142	9
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,034	1,486.79/head	1,150.00–1,700.00	1,487	7
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	340	236.73/cwt	231.00–243.00	805	6
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	640	214.00/cwt	214.00–214.00	1,370	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	571	230.63/cwt	224.00–238.00	1,317	9
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Fleshy	—	590	241.00/cwt	241.00–241.00	1,422	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Unweaned	—	417	241.00/cwt	241.00–241.00	1,005	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	—	600	219.80/cwt	218.00–222.50	1,319	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	—	505	239.00/cwt	239.00–239.00	1,207	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	510	239.67/cwt	238.00–243.00	1,222	12
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	780	227.00/cwt	227.00–227.00	1,771	8

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.

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