Name: South Central Regional Stockyards livestock auction prices — 2024-06-05
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2024-06-05

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to the last reported sale two weeks ago, feeder steers under 550 lbs steady to firm, over 550 lbs steady to 3.00 lower. Feeder heifers under 500 lbs firm to 3.00 higher, over 500 lbs steady. Slaughter cows steady. Demand good to very good. Supply heavy. Good quality feeder offering again this week with several consignments of reputation, weaned fall calves weighing mostly 500-700 lbs.

Weight class

Steers · summary 500–600 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

500–600 lb steers averaged $320.21/cwt on 236 head. That ranks 1 of 21 comparable sales and sits −163.78 against this barn's trailing median of $483.99.

Average price

$320.21

236 head · 551 lb average

Value per head Derived

$1,765

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$295

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

$32.22/cwt at this weight

vs the market

+5.54

vs MO average

+11.05 vs national

What quality paid 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1	553	323.74	1,791	205
Large 1	508	308.00	1,565	3thin
Medium and Large 1-2	554	297.56	1,648	17thin
Medium 1-2	541	296.00	1,601	3thin
Medium and Large 2	513	291.52	1,495	8thin

One grade step is worth $32.22/cwt here — about $295 a head. Across this sale the premium is widest at 600–700 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 sale236 hd

320.21

—

MO average17 barns · 4,986 hd

314.67

+5.54

National average164 barns · 13,053 hd

309.16

+11.05

This barn, trailing median21 sales

483.99

−163.78

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	1,975	169.14	3,341	4thin
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	Average	1,481	135.70	2,010	8thin
Cows	Boner 80-85%	High	1,280	134.64	1,723	14
Cows	Lean 85-90%	Very Low	1,086	115.27	1,252	24

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)	1,181	$1,849	4thin

Every lot, as filed

73 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	400–450	430	368.84/cwt	358.00–374.00	1,586	20
Steers	Medium and Large 1	800–850	807	253.00/cwt	253.00–253.00	2,042	13
Steers	Medium and Large 1	600–650	627	294.83/cwt	287.00–309.00	1,849	155
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	400–450	403	349.00/cwt	349.00–349.00	1,406	3
Steers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	650–700	672	264.83/cwt	263.00–269.00	1,780	10
Steers	Medium and Large 1	500–550	527	335.91/cwt	322.00–340.00	1,770	87
Steers	Medium and Large 1	950–1000	987	232.00/cwt	232.00–232.00	2,290	38
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	450–500	468	310.85/cwt	295.00–320.00	1,455	11
Steers	Medium and Large 1Value Added	300–350	342	408.00/cwt	408.00–408.00	1,395	14
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	400–450	418	336.98/cwt	311.00–362.00	1,409	27
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	600–650	637	240.00/cwt	240.00–240.00	1,529	9
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	650–700	665	228.00/cwt	228.00–228.00	1,516	3
Steers	Medium and Large 1	300–350	327	387.39/cwt	370.00–406.00	1,267	6
Steers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	600–650	621	283.00/cwt	283.00–283.00	1,757	13
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	600–650	623	257.09/cwt	252.25–259.00	1,602	24
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	550–600	568	277.63/cwt	268.00–284.50	1,577	84
Steers	Medium and Large 1Value Added	450–500	496	349.00/cwt	349.00–349.00	1,731	25
Steers	Medium and Large 1	700–750	747	258.70/cwt	257.00–258.75	1,932	69
Steers	Medium and Large 1	450–500	481	359.45/cwt	348.00–367.00	1,729	34
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Value Added	350–400	392	347.00/cwt	347.00–347.00	1,360	15
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	650–700	660	254.37/cwt	252.00–256.25	1,679	36
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	450–500	472	322.79/cwt	306.00–333.00	1,524	33
Steers	Medium and Large 1	550–600	574	313.02/cwt	302.00–322.50	1,797	96
Steers	Medium and Large 1	350–400	366	391.28/cwt	378.00–405.00	1,432	4
Steers	Medium and Large 1Value Added	700–750	738	263.00/cwt	263.00–263.00	1,941	16
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	400–450	428	341.12/cwt	337.00–347.00	1,460	28
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	500–550	520	296.11/cwt	278.50–308.00	1,540	117
Steers	Medium and Large 1Value Added	750–800	754	254.00/cwt	254.00–254.00	1,915	22
Steers	Medium and Large 1	650–700	671	283.59/cwt	266.50–287.75	1,903	75
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	350–400	376	358.42/cwt	344.00–363.00	1,348	30
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,292	140.35/cwt	140.00–141.00	1,813	6
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,269	131.41/cwt	126.50–134.00	1,668	7
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	1,018	81.18/cwt	77.50–84.50	826	2
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	1,058	109.48/cwt	102.00–115.00	1,158	8
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	1,047	138.50/cwt	138.50–138.50	1,450	2
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	1,123	120.93/cwt	116.00–124.00	1,358	12
Heifers	Medium 1-2	500–550	545	262.00/cwt	262.00–262.00	1,428	3
Heifers	Medium 1-2	350–400	390	302.00/cwt	302.00–302.00	1,178	3
Steers	Medium 1-2	500–550	541	296.00/cwt	296.00–296.00	1,601	3
Steers	Medium and Large 1Value Added	600–650	627	299.33/cwt	293.50–315.00	1,877	64
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	550–600	599	250.00/cwt	250.00–250.00	1,498	12
Steers	Medium and Large 1Value Added	550–600	566	322.41/cwt	318.00–329.00	1,825	22
Bulls	—	—	1,975	169.14/cwt	161.50–173.00	3,341	4
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,285	123.00/cwt	123.00–123.00	1,581	1
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	—	1,481	135.70/cwt	130.00–138.00	2,010	8
Steers	Large 1	400–450	420	312.00/cwt	312.00–312.00	1,310	5
Heifers	Large 1	400–450	445	304.00/cwt	304.00–304.00	1,353	6
Steers	Large 1	500–550	508	308.00/cwt	308.00–308.00	1,565	3
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	450–500	482	317.41/cwt	314.00–320.00	1,530	11
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	550–600	575	289.78/cwt	286.00–303.00	1,666	9
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	350–400	382	365.71/cwt	352.00–374.00	1,397	5
Steers	Medium and Large 1Value Added	400–450	405	396.00/cwt	396.00–396.00	1,604	8
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Value Added	450–500	477	329.41/cwt	319.00–337.00	1,571	41
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	300–350	324	350.91/cwt	348.00–365.00	1,137	11
Steers	Medium and Large 2	650–700	671	228.00/cwt	228.00–228.00	1,530	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	600–650	619	249.51/cwt	243.00–252.00	1,544	12
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	500–550	530	306.32/cwt	303.00–311.00	1,623	8
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	300–350	328	332.00/cwt	332.00–332.00	1,089	3
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	300–350	330	360.48/cwt	360.00–361.00	1,190	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	500–550	522	269.18/cwt	265.00–272.00	1,405	5
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,181	1,849.25/head	1,770.00–1,925.00	1,849	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	400–450	426	319.95/cwt	310.00–337.00	1,363	15
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	650–700	675	236.00/cwt	236.00–236.00	1,593	3
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	750–800	777	248.99/cwt	247.00–251.00	1,935	4
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	600–650	622	292.29/cwt	284.00–298.50	1,818	24
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	450–500	468	304.35/cwt	288.00–322.00	1,424	12
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	500–550	518	305.00/cwt	305.00–305.00	1,580	5
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	850–900	878	213.50/cwt	213.50–213.50	1,875	4
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	600–650	618	246.46/cwt	245.00–248.00	1,523	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	550–600	576	262.00/cwt	260.00–265.00	1,509	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Value Added	550–600	551	290.50/cwt	290.50–290.50	1,601	10
Steers	Medium and Large 2	500–550	513	291.52/cwt	275.00–302.00	1,495	8
Steers	Medium and Large 1	900–950	915	229.00/cwt	229.00–229.00	2,095	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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