Sale reports / Missouri / South Central Regional Stockyards / 2023-12-20

South Central Regional Stockyards

Feeder Cattle · Slaughter Cattle · Replacement Cattle · Vienna, Missouri · Wed, Dec 20
● Final26 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 1817
Feeder Cattle receipts
133 head
1,511 vs last sale 1,644 1,363 vs year ago 1,496 · 91.1%
Slaughter Cattle receipts
109 head
56 vs last sale 53 18 vs year ago 127 · 14.2%
Replacement Cattle receipts
40 head
40 vs last sale 0 40 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 steady. Very light pre-holiday offering highlighted by a nice consignment of black/black white face heifers bred to calving ease bulls.

Weight class

Steers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot
0–100 lb steers averaged $241.33/cwt on 33 head.
Average price
$241.33
33 head · 544 lb average
Value per head Derived
$1,313
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
−$323
per head · Medium and Large 1-2 over Medium and Large 2
$38.10/cwt at this weight
vs the market
+6.02
vs MO average

What quality paid 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 1-2467253.101,18217thin
Medium and Large 1616230.791,42114thin
Medium and Large 2700215.001,5052thin
One grade step is worth $38.10/cwt here — about −$323 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 sale33 hd
241.33
MO average16 barns · 11,085 hd
235.31
+6.02
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
BullsAverage1,74498.281,7145thin
CowsBreaker 75-80%Average1,51889.431,3588thin
CowsBoner 80-85%Low1,30287.271,13735
CowsLean 85-90%Average1,08479.6886429

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 Heifers2nd/3rd Stage (4-9 mo)(<2 yrs)1,066$2,37731

Every lot, as filed

26 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 and Large 1Unweaned587232.78/cwt231.50–239.001,36611
SteersMedium and Large 1Unweaned720223.50/cwt223.50–223.501,6093
SteersMedium and Large 1-2368266.18/cwt255.00–282.009806
HeifersMedium 2Full575160.00/cwt160.00–160.009203
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2716183.48/cwt174.00–186.501,3149
SteersMedium and Large 1-2521245.97/cwt236.00–252.001,28211
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2373240.81/cwt237.00–245.008984
Bred HeifersMedium and Large 11,0662,377.44/head2,300.00–2,425.002,37731
Bulls1,699103.35/cwt98.00–106.001,7564
Bulls1,92578.00/cwt78.00–78.001,5021
CowsBoner 80-85%1,46579.76/cwt78.50–82.001,1684
CowsBreaker 75-80%1,51889.43/cwt84.00–90.501,3588
CowsLean 85-90%1,07183.30/cwt79.00–85.5089218
CowsLean 85-90%1,14073.22/cwt72.00–76.008354
CowsBoner 80-85%1,26888.02/cwt86.00–89.501,11628
CowsBoner 80-85%1,40790.32/cwt90.00–91.001,2713
CowsLean 85-90%1,11087.10/cwt86.00–88.509675
CowsLean 85-90%1,03041.51/cwt32.00–52.004282
BullsMedium and Large 1-2522225.89/cwt205.00–241.001,1795
BullsMedium 2570175.00/cwt175.00–175.009984
BullsMedium and Large 1-2460229.87/cwt224.00–236.001,0574
BullsMedium and Large 1-2764176.23/cwt172.00–179.001,3465
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2650188.00/cwt188.00–188.001,2222
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2403230.00/cwt230.00–230.009273
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2300244.00/cwt244.00–244.007323
SteersMedium and Large 2700215.00/cwt215.00–215.001,5052

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.