Name: South Central Regional Stockyards livestock auction prices — 2024-03-06
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2024-03-06

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to the sale two weeks ago, feeder steers under 600 lbs steady, over 600 lbs 2.00-6.00 higher. Feeder heifers under 600 lbs steady, over 600 lbs 3.00-5.00 higher. Slaughter cows 4.00-6.00 higher. Demand very good. Supply heavy. Lots of long timed weaned, full health program consignments this week with several top grazing cattle in the mix.

Weight class

Steers · summary 500–600 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

500–600 lb steers averaged $311.87/cwt on 260 head. That ranks 1 of 21 comparable sales and sits −172.12 against this barn's trailing median of $483.99.

Average price

$311.87

260 head · 555 lb average

Value per head Derived

$1,731

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$258

per head · Medium and Large 1 over Large 1

$57.54/cwt at this weight

vs the market

−1.38

vs MO average

−1.13 vs national

What quality paid 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1	557	321.54	1,792	177
Medium and Large 1-2	552	295.60	1,633	69
Medium 1	516	280.00	1,445	4thin
Medium and Large 2	538	266.44	1,433	7thin
Large 1	581	264.00	1,534	3thin

One grade step is worth $57.54/cwt here — about $258 a head. Across this sale the premium is widest at 500–600 lb. USDA reports each grade on its own line and never publishes the spread.

This barn's trailing prices 500–600 lb

21 sales

Steers 500–600 lb: high $516.16, low $414.87, median $483.99 across 21 sales. Sales under 10 head in this class are excluded, so a thin day cannot swing the median or the ranking.

How it compared 500–600 lb

Same class and week · spot auction only

This sale260 hd

311.87

—

MO average13 barns · 3,219 hd

313.24

−1.38

National average178 barns · 13,961 hd

313.00

−1.13

This barn, trailing median21 sales

483.99

−172.12

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	—	Average	1,696	121.09	2,053	10
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	High	1,512	113.16	1,711	7thin
Cows	Boner 80-85%	Average	1,213	108.93	1,322	30
Cows	Lean 85-90%	High	1,034	96.79	1,001	25

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	1st/2nd Stage (1-6 mo)	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	1,097	$1,728	4thin

Every lot, as filed

83 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	650–700	672	277.71/cwt	268.00–285.00	1,866	26
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,103	1,730.95/head	1,550.00–1,900.00	1,731	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	700–750	720	224.22/cwt	220.00–228.00	1,614	7
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	600–650	628	254.01/cwt	248.00–257.00	1,595	11
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Unweaned	500–550	510	242.00/cwt	242.00–242.00	1,234	3
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	500–550	524	273.31/cwt	258.00–289.00	1,432	10
Steers	Medium and Large 1	350–400	379	363.77/cwt	347.00–373.00	1,379	33
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	300–350	343	360.00/cwt	360.00–360.00	1,235	10
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	450–500	492	308.00/cwt	308.00–308.00	1,515	5
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	650–700	668	248.57/cwt	245.00–252.00	1,660	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	450–500	487	261.00/cwt	261.00–261.00	1,271	7
Steers	Medium and Large 1Value Added	500–550	532	345.50/cwt	345.50–345.50	1,838	45
Steers	Medium and Large 1Value Added	550–600	591	321.42/cwt	318.00–324.00	1,900	47
Steers	Medium and Large 1Value Added	650–700	666	283.70/cwt	281.50–286.00	1,889	14
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Value Added	550–600	567	270.47/cwt	267.00–275.00	1,534	31
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Value Added	650–700	690	241.69/cwt	240.00–244.50	1,668	16
Steers	Medium and Large 1	500–550	532	320.74/cwt	311.00–333.00	1,706	49
Steers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	400–450	430	337.85/cwt	325.00–344.00	1,453	21
Steers	Medium and Large 1	600–650	616	294.56/cwt	282.50–311.00	1,814	94
Steers	Medium and Large 1	400–450	431	349.14/cwt	331.00–357.00	1,505	42
Steers	Medium and Large 1Value Added	700–750	737	264.13/cwt	260.75–266.25	1,947	26
Steers	Medium and Large 1	450–500	482	340.43/cwt	318.00–351.00	1,641	50
Steers	Medium and Large 1	550–600	579	303.48/cwt	293.00–306.50	1,757	23
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Value Added	400–450	416	318.00/cwt	318.00–318.00	1,323	9
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	550–600	566	270.63/cwt	258.00–275.50	1,532	58
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	350–400	378	314.17/cwt	308.00–325.00	1,188	29
Steers	Medium and Large 1	750–800	795	248.44/cwt	248.00–256.50	1,975	75
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	450–500	459	290.07/cwt	284.00–294.00	1,331	12
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	500–550	525	275.84/cwt	269.00–283.75	1,448	84
Steers	Medium and Large 1	300–350	342	370.62/cwt	357.00–377.00	1,268	16
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	300–350	343	345.00/cwt	345.00–345.00	1,183	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	250–300	296	328.80/cwt	328.00–330.00	973	10
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	600–650	629	251.75/cwt	247.25–256.50	1,584	18
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	400–450	432	294.14/cwt	286.00–324.00	1,271	44
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	650–700	681	241.25/cwt	237.00–244.75	1,643	41
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	1,030	109.74/cwt	109.50–110.00	1,130	2
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	—	1,590	117.37/cwt	115.50–118.50	1,866	3
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	—	1,453	110.01/cwt	107.50–113.50	1,598	4
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	1,052	104.97/cwt	102.00–108.50	1,104	11
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	910	83.50/cwt	83.50–83.50	760	2
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	1,040	87.85/cwt	80.50–94.00	914	10
Steers	Large 1	750–800	796	227.00/cwt	227.00–227.00	1,807	3
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,166	110.39/cwt	105.00–115.50	1,287	14
Bulls	—	—	1,789	123.73/cwt	118.50–129.00	2,214	8
Bulls	—	—	1,323	110.52/cwt	105.00–115.50	1,462	2
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,227	103.25/cwt	100.50–105.50	1,267	11
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,315	117.36/cwt	115.50–118.50	1,543	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Fleshy	450–500	473	267.30/cwt	260.00–275.00	1,264	4
Steers	Medium 1-2	600–650	641	251.00/cwt	251.00–251.00	1,609	3
Steers	Medium 1	500–550	516	280.00/cwt	280.00–280.00	1,445	4
Steers	Medium 1	350–400	396	320.00/cwt	320.00–320.00	1,267	3
Heifers	Medium 1Unweaned	450–500	488	245.00/cwt	245.00–245.00	1,196	3
Steers	Large 1	550–600	581	264.00/cwt	264.00–264.00	1,534	3
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	500–550	532	307.52/cwt	293.00–322.00	1,636	32
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	700–750	713	239.50/cwt	239.50–239.50	1,708	5
Steers	Medium and Large 1Value Added	400–450	409	371.00/cwt	371.00–371.00	1,517	28
Steers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	550–600	580	273.97/cwt	269.00–282.50	1,589	13
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Value Added	600–650	604	265.04/cwt	264.00–265.50	1,601	23
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Value Added	500–550	516	289.75/cwt	289.75–289.75	1,495	20
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	400–450	426	311.50/cwt	310.00–313.00	1,327	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	500–550	517	264.97/cwt	262.00–268.00	1,370	9
Steers	Medium and Large 2	400–450	417	302.94/cwt	301.00–305.00	1,263	6
Steers	Medium and Large 2	500–550	506	270.52/cwt	261.00–280.00	1,369	4
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	550–600	572	242.00/cwt	242.00–242.00	1,384	5
Steers	Medium and Large 2	550–600	580	261.00/cwt	261.00–261.00	1,514	3
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	350–400	382	328.81/cwt	326.00–338.00	1,256	8
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	600–650	625	242.52/cwt	242.00–245.00	1,516	11
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	550–600	570	285.29/cwt	275.00–291.00	1,626	37
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Unweaned	550–600	595	242.00/cwt	242.00–242.00	1,440	4
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	250–300	275	350.00/cwt	350.00–350.00	963	3
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	700–750	721	248.17/cwt	245.00–251.00	1,789	10
Steers	Medium and Large 1	700–750	731	258.93/cwt	248.00–267.50	1,893	75
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 1-2Registered	—	1,090	1,725.00/head	1,725.00–1,725.00	1,725	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	350–400	367	308.00/cwt	308.00–308.00	1,130	4
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	450–500	482	312.40/cwt	306.50–326.00	1,506	37
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	400–450	426	290.95/cwt	284.00–295.00	1,239	38
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	750–800	768	236.00/cwt	236.00–236.00	1,812	4
Steers	Medium and Large 1Value Added	450–500	474	354.97/cwt	348.00–360.00	1,683	36
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	400–450	429	301.66/cwt	275.00–312.50	1,294	10
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	650–700	675	261.46/cwt	252.00–269.00	1,765	7
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	450–500	470	273.53/cwt	267.00–281.00	1,286	15
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	300–350	319	331.75/cwt	330.00–332.50	1,058	7
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	600–650	620	267.12/cwt	264.00–275.50	1,656	13

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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