Name: South Central Regional Stockyards livestock auction prices — 2024-05-01
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2024-05-01

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to last Wednesday, feeder steers under 550 lbs steady, over 550 lbs 2.00-4.00 higher based on limited comparisons with last week. Feeder heifers steady. Slaughter cows steady. Demand good to very good. Supply moderate. Good feeder offering with a little more age and condition in general including some nice consignments of yearlings. Bigger run expected next week with lots of reputation fall calves weighing 450-600 lbs. Cattle futures continue to be very unhelpful this week due to continuing bird flu concerns and lackluster beef cutout values.

Weight class

Steers · summary 500–600 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

500–600 lb steers averaged $320.43/cwt on 144 head. That ranks 1 of 21 comparable sales and sits −163.56 against this barn's trailing median of $483.99.

Average price

$320.43

144 head · 544 lb average

Value per head Derived

$1,743

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

−$57

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

$8.13/cwt at this weight

vs the market

+4.16

vs MO average

+11.82 vs national

What quality paid 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1-2	515	328.00	1,689	10thin
Medium and Large 1	546	319.87	1,747	134

One grade step is worth $8.13/cwt here — about −$57 a head. Across this sale the premium is widest at 300–400 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 sale144 hd

320.43

—

MO average18 barns · 2,829 hd

316.28

+4.16

National average166 barns · 9,614 hd

308.61

+11.82

This barn, trailing median21 sales

483.99

−163.56

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	1,705	142.22	2,425	6thin
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	Average	1,455	121.66	1,770	13
Cows	Boner 80-85%	High	1,230	118.85	1,461	22
Cows	Lean 85-90%	Very Low	1,018	101.63	1,034	17

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/3rd Stage (4-9 mo)	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	1,147	$1,820	8

Every lot, as filed

59 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 1-2	400–450	439	304.00/cwt	304.00–304.00	1,335	7
Steers	Medium and Large 1	350–400	387	367.29/cwt	362.00–376.00	1,421	14
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	650–700	673	233.95/cwt	232.00–236.00	1,574	6
Heifers	Medium 1-2	550–600	551	241.00/cwt	241.00–241.00	1,328	3
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,288	124.74/cwt	124.50–125.00	1,607	2
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	916	80.45/cwt	77.50–82.00	737	3
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	1,040	109.88/cwt	106.00–116.00	1,143	10
Bulls	—	—	1,815	128.00/cwt	128.00–128.00	2,323	1
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,285	111.95/cwt	110.00–114.00	1,439	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	650–700	662	243.83/cwt	238.50–246.00	1,614	57
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Fleshy	550–600	550	254.00/cwt	254.00–254.00	1,397	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Fleshy	450–500	466	281.00/cwt	281.00–281.00	1,309	4
Steers	Medium and Large 1Fleshy	500–550	531	310.00/cwt	310.00–310.00	1,646	8
Steers	Medium and Large 1Fleshy	550–600	574	294.98/cwt	290.00–302.00	1,693	7
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Fleshy	400–450	406	302.00/cwt	302.00–302.00	1,226	6
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	400–450	415	322.37/cwt	319.00–326.00	1,338	4
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	—	1,416	122.41/cwt	120.00–125.00	1,733	10
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	—	1,920	129.50/cwt	129.50–129.50	2,486	1
Bulls	—	—	1,683	145.06/cwt	140.00–147.00	2,441	5
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	—	1,417	114.00/cwt	114.00–114.00	1,615	2
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	1,038	96.91/cwt	92.00–105.00	1,006	4
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,217	118.96/cwt	115.25–124.00	1,448	18
Steers	Medium and Large 1	600–650	625	290.40/cwt	284.00–305.50	1,815	65
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	600–650	605	257.82/cwt	250.00–260.50	1,560	22
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	250–300	266	340.00/cwt	340.00–340.00	904	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Fleshy	600–650	612	245.50/cwt	245.50–245.50	1,502	7
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Fleshy	500–550	548	272.00/cwt	272.00–272.00	1,491	14
Steers	Medium and Large 1	400–450	422	356.91/cwt	350.00–360.00	1,506	15
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	350–400	372	322.10/cwt	319.00–327.00	1,198	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	300–350	323	322.76/cwt	314.00–330.00	1,043	6
Steers	Medium and Large 1	550–600	576	314.27/cwt	309.00–320.50	1,810	41
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	500–550	515	294.62/cwt	280.00–302.50	1,517	66
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	550–600	574	266.89/cwt	251.50–287.00	1,532	22
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Value Added	400–450	400	332.00/cwt	332.00–332.00	1,328	6
Steers	Medium and Large 1	300–350	339	393.97/cwt	380.00–400.00	1,336	8
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	400–450	418	323.50/cwt	320.00–324.00	1,352	16
Steers	Medium and Large 1	500–550	530	325.51/cwt	314.00–342.00	1,725	73
Steers	Medium and Large 1	700–750	720	272.03/cwt	261.75–279.50	1,959	26
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	450–500	462	305.15/cwt	291.00–314.00	1,410	26
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Value Added	500–550	525	291.00/cwt	291.00–291.00	1,528	7
Steers	Medium and Large 1	800–850	827	237.79/cwt	232.00–245.50	1,967	32
Steers	Medium and Large 1	650–700	656	291.93/cwt	278.00–294.00	1,915	73
Steers	Medium and Large 1Value Added	500–550	520	334.00/cwt	334.00–334.00	1,737	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	700–750	731	229.57/cwt	226.00–231.00	1,678	7
Steers	Medium and Large 1	450–500	461	345.94/cwt	327.00–358.00	1,595	25
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Thin Fleshed	500–550	515	328.00/cwt	328.00–328.00	1,689	10
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	450–500	464	314.46/cwt	312.00–317.00	1,459	4
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	600–650	601	274.40/cwt	268.00–284.00	1,649	17
Steers	Medium and Large 1Thin Fleshed	600–650	610	314.75/cwt	314.75–314.75	1,920	13
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	600–650	618	263.50/cwt	263.50–263.50	1,628	3
Steers	Medium and Large 1Value Added	400–450	434	356.00/cwt	356.00–356.00	1,545	6
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	550–600	569	254.00/cwt	250.00–255.00	1,445	30
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,147	1,820.07/head	1,535.00–1,925.00	1,820	8
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	350–400	368	341.18/cwt	335.00–349.00	1,256	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	600–650	623	240.00/cwt	240.00–240.00	1,495	5
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	500–550	515	274.10/cwt	269.00–278.00	1,412	7
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	450–500	493	284.50/cwt	284.50–284.50	1,403	6
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	550–600	561	285.68/cwt	266.00–306.00	1,603	4
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	400–450	428	326.02/cwt	325.00–327.00	1,395	4

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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