Name: South Central Regional Stockyards livestock auction prices — 2024-03-27
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2024-03-27

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Feeder supply not sufficient to establish a market trend. Slaughter cows 4.00-5.00 higher. Cattle futures are trending lower at the moment with fall feeder contracts fully 10.00/cwt below recent highs. Light run following a substantial rain throughout the area with several high quality weaned and non-weaned fall calves expected next week.

Weight class

Heifers · summary 500–600 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

500–600 lb heifers averaged $251.17/cwt on 23 head. That ranks 1 of 20 comparable sales and sits −180.35 against this barn's trailing median of $431.53.

Average price

$251.17

23 head · 550 lb average

Value per head Derived

$1,382

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

per head · Medium and Large 1 over Medium and Large 1-2

$13.59/cwt at this weight

vs the market

−22.80

vs MO average

−15.70 vs national

What quality paid 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1	541	259.50	1,404	8thin
Medium and Large 2	522	249.00	1,300	4thin
Medium and Large 1-2	567	245.91	1,395	11thin

One grade step is worth $13.59/cwt here — about $9 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

20 sales

Heifers 500–600 lb: high $462.49, low $382.87, median $431.53 across 20 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 sale23 hd

251.17

—

MO average17 barns · 2,310 hd

273.97

−22.80

National average161 barns · 9,489 hd

266.87

−15.70

This barn, trailing median20 sales

431.53

−180.35

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	1,966	150.75	2,964	8thin
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	Average	1,697	131.23	2,226	6thin
Cows	Boner 80-85%	Low	1,235	129.04	1,593	16
Cows	Lean 85-90%	High	1,004	115.36	1,158	7thin

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	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	1,020	$1,666	2thin

Every lot, as filed

41 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
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	500–550	522	249.00/cwt	249.00–249.00	1,300	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Unweaned	450–500	495	264.00/cwt	264.00–264.00	1,307	3
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	350–400	378	339.26/cwt	324.00–356.00	1,282	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	350–400	381	292.00/cwt	291.00–294.00	1,113	6
Steers	Medium and Large 1	600–650	611	284.50/cwt	280.00–286.00	1,738	8
Steers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	600–650	606	273.00/cwt	273.00–273.00	1,654	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	400–450	406	270.00/cwt	270.00–270.00	1,096	4
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	400–450	431	315.75/cwt	306.00–323.00	1,361	5
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	650–700	685	233.62/cwt	224.00–244.50	1,600	7
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	450–500	472	291.11/cwt	287.00–292.00	1,374	11
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	500–550	525	279.91/cwt	270.00–289.00	1,470	16
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	400–450	416	295.00/cwt	295.00–295.00	1,227	5
Steers	Medium and Large 1	450–500	493	317.19/cwt	315.00–318.00	1,564	11
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,320	118.76/cwt	118.50–119.00	1,568	2
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	—	1,706	130.17/cwt	126.00–134.00	2,221	5
Bulls	—	—	1,982	152.59/cwt	150.00–157.50	3,024	5
Bulls	—	—	2,170	160.51/cwt	160.00–161.00	3,483	2
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	940	129.00/cwt	129.00–129.00	1,213	1
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	1,010	95.00/cwt	95.00–95.00	960	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	450–500	483	271.81/cwt	255.00–276.50	1,313	10
Steers	Medium and Large 1	300–350	332	383.10/cwt	380.00–384.00	1,272	8
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,020	1,665.87/head	1,600.00–1,725.00	1,666	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2Unweaned	350–400	398	304.00/cwt	304.00–304.00	1,210	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	400–450	439	279.50/cwt	279.50–279.50	1,227	8
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	550–600	582	244.00/cwt	244.00–244.00	1,420	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	300–350	335	333.00/cwt	333.00–333.00	1,116	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	500–550	535	264.00/cwt	264.00–264.00	1,412	5
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	500–550	508	302.55/cwt	292.00–313.00	1,537	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	600–650	616	232.51/cwt	232.00–233.00	1,432	4
Steers	Medium and Large 2	650–700	696	244.00/cwt	244.00–244.00	1,698	3
Steers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	350–400	396	328.00/cwt	328.00–328.00	1,299	3
Steers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	550–600	573	289.00/cwt	289.00–289.00	1,656	5
Steers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	450–500	483	311.43/cwt	311.00–312.00	1,504	9
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	450–500	483	281.00/cwt	281.00–281.00	1,357	6
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Unweaned	550–600	559	247.00/cwt	247.00–247.00	1,381	7
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,308	139.21/cwt	136.50–141.50	1,821	3
Bulls	—	—	1,480	122.00/cwt	122.00–122.00	1,806	1
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	—	1,650	136.50/cwt	136.50–136.50	2,252	1
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	1,015	116.70/cwt	115.00–119.00	1,185	5
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,199	128.14/cwt	123.50–130.50	1,536	11
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Fleshy	550–600	551	252.00/cwt	252.00–252.00	1,389	3

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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