Sale reports / Missouri / South Central Regional Stockyards / 2023-10-25

South Central Regional Stockyards

Feeder Cattle · Slaughter Cattle · Replacement Cattle · Vienna, Missouri · Wed, Oct 25
● Final40 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 1817
Feeder Cattle receipts
292 head
27 vs last sale 319 163 vs year ago 455 · 35.8%
Slaughter Cattle receipts
105 head
38 vs last sale 143 51 vs year ago 156 · 32.7%
Replacement Cattle receipts
50 head
20 vs last sale 30 50 vs year ago 0 · no sale a year ago
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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Feeder supply not sufficient to establish a market trend. Slaughter cows 1.00-2.00 lower. Feeders are lower around the circuit this week as futures prices suffered big losses following Friday's bearish Cattle on Feed report which showed a larger than expected placement figure.

Weight class

Heifers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot
0–100 lb heifers averaged $236.09/cwt on 82 head.
Average price
$236.09
82 head · 523 lb average
Value per head Derived
$1,235
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
$185
per head · Medium and Large 1 over Medium and Large 1-2
$7.70/cwt at this weight
vs the market
+2.91
vs MO average

What quality paid 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 1536237.691,27465
Medium and Large 1-2474229.981,08917thin
One grade step is worth $7.70/cwt here — about $185 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 sale82 hd
236.09
MO average16 barns · 6,158 hd
233.18
+2.91
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
BullsHigh1,887106.712,0138thin
CowsBreaker 75-80%Average1,54994.431,4637thin
CowsBoner 80-85%Average1,27492.581,18028
CowsLean 85-90%Very Low1,06781.3086718

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 CowsAll Stages (1-9 mo)Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)1,174$1,70319

Every lot, as filed

40 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 1610233.50/cwt226.50–237.001,4246
SteersMedium and Large 1521281.12/cwt266.00–285.501,46510
SteersMedium and Large 1480287.00/cwt287.00–287.001,3783
SteersMedium and Large 1-2471265.35/cwt260.00–274.001,2505
SteersMedium and Large 1617246.66/cwt243.50–250.001,52215
HeifersMedium and Large 1Unweaned620218.00/cwt218.00–218.001,3524
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2Unweaned457227.31/cwt226.00–230.001,0396
SteersMedium and Large 1-2529250.58/cwt241.00–261.001,3267
SteersMedium and Large 1-2640240.00/cwt240.00–240.001,5368
SteersMedium and Large 1Full580238.00/cwt238.00–238.001,3804
SteersLarge 1765215.00/cwt215.00–215.001,6454
HeifersMedium and Large 1429249.25/cwt247.00–251.001,06910
HeifersMedium and Large 1466241.00/cwt241.00–241.001,1239
SteersMedium and Large 1358307.00/cwt307.00–307.001,0994
SteersLarge 1670224.00/cwt224.00–224.001,5016
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2500235.00/cwt235.00–235.001,1755
HeifersMedium and Large 1323245.93/cwt245.00–247.007944
HeifersMedium and Large 1580238.30/cwt237.50–240.001,3826
BullsMedium 1-2315283.00/cwt283.00–283.008913
BullsMedium and Large 1-2690182.63/cwt177.00–189.501,2608
BullsMedium and Large 1-2378250.19/cwt215.00–284.009464
BullsMedium and Large 1-2785187.00/cwt187.00–187.001,4683
BullsMedium and Large 1-2475237.74/cwt215.00–271.001,1296
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2468228.47/cwt221.00–236.001,0696
HeifersMedium and Large 1675221.64/cwt219.50–226.501,49612
HeifersMedium and Large 1525245.85/cwt240.50–253.501,29114
Bred CowsLarge 11,530117.80/cwt110.00–123.001,80210
Bred CowsMedium and Large 1-21,1741,702.98/head1,400.00–2,000.001,70319
Bulls1,893112.50/cwt112.50–112.502,1302
CowsBoner 80-85%1,24892.62/cwt89.50–95.001,15614
CowsBoner 80-85%1,28996.15/cwt95.00–100.001,2398
CowsLean 85-90%1,02566.00/cwt66.00–66.006772
CowsLean 85-90%1,10786.49/cwt81.00–90.5095711
CowsBreaker 75-80%1,56393.75/cwt89.50–95.501,4656
CowsBreaker 75-80%1,46598.50/cwt98.50–98.501,4431
CowsLean 85-90%94572.50/cwt72.00–74.006854
Bulls1,927106.04/cwt105.00–108.002,0433
Bulls1,842103.53/cwt102.00–104.501,9073
CowsLean 85-90%1,19090.00/cwt90.00–90.001,0711
CowsBoner 80-85%1,31687.74/cwt85.00–90.001,1556

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.