Name: South Central Regional Stockyards livestock auction prices — 2024-06-19
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2024-06-19

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Feeder supply not sufficient to establish a market trend. Slaughter cows steady to 2.00 lower. Demand good. Light receipts although there were a couple of reputation consignments of mostly steers weighing 600-800 lbs. Feeder movement is expected to continue to be light in the short term with good pasture conditions and with lofty prices having already coaxed most available cattle to town.

Weight class

Steers · summary 500–600 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

500–600 lb steers averaged $294.53/cwt on 48 head. That ranks 1 of 21 comparable sales and sits −189.47 against this barn's trailing median of $483.99.

Average price

$294.53

48 head · 564 lb average

Value per head Derived

$1,662

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$333

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

$45.86/cwt at this weight

vs the market

−17.13

vs MO average

−6.13 vs national

What quality paid 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1-2	574	302.86	1,738	9thin
Medium and Large 1	562	299.09	1,681	29
Medium 1	578	295.00	1,705	3thin
Medium and Large 2	568	275.00	1,562	3thin
Medium 2	547	257.00	1,406	4thin

One grade step is worth $45.86/cwt here — about $333 a head. Across this sale the premium is widest at 400–500 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 sale48 hd

294.53

—

MO average15 barns · 2,191 hd

311.66

−17.13

National average144 barns · 7,865 hd

300.66

−6.13

This barn, trailing median21 sales

483.99

−189.47

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	1,765	156.66	2,766	3thin
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	Low	1,548	142.71	2,209	10
Cows	Boner 80-85%	High	1,226	134.83	1,653	11
Cows	Lean 85-90%	Low	1,097	119.40	1,309	4thin

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
Cow-Calf Pairs	Open	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	1,050	$2,300	3thin

Every lot, as filed

55 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	600–650	617	256.00/cwt	256.00–256.00	1,580	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	450–500	485	274.00/cwt	274.00–274.00	1,329	3
Steers	Medium and Large 2	650–700	690	254.50/cwt	254.50–254.50	1,756	3
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	550–600	574	302.86/cwt	298.00–306.00	1,738	9
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	300–350	331	349.82/cwt	340.00–360.00	1,158	4
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	400–450	435	345.00/cwt	345.00–345.00	1,501	4
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	450–500	485	285.00/cwt	285.00–285.00	1,382	2
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	650–700	663	274.38/cwt	267.00–281.00	1,819	9
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	600–650	615	260.00/cwt	260.00–260.00	1,599	4
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	500–550	507	281.00/cwt	281.00–281.00	1,425	2
Steers	Medium and Large 1	650–700	658	286.33/cwt	281.00–291.50	1,884	39
Steers	Medium and Large 1	750–800	793	254.00/cwt	254.00–254.00	2,014	29
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	600–650	607	285.00/cwt	285.00–285.00	1,730	9
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	650–700	671	245.50/cwt	245.50–245.50	1,647	4
Steers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	550–600	571	285.50/cwt	285.50–285.50	1,630	15
Steers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	450–500	481	317.00/cwt	317.00–317.00	1,525	7
Steers	Medium and Large 1	600–650	627	292.80/cwt	285.00–300.00	1,836	24
Steers	Medium and Large 1	550–600	560	311.50/cwt	311.50–311.50	1,744	10
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	600–650	634	253.64/cwt	248.00–260.00	1,608	10
Steers	Medium and Large 1	450–500	467	329.03/cwt	325.00–330.00	1,537	10
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,155	140.50/cwt	140.50–140.50	1,623	1
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,243	135.96/cwt	132.50–142.00	1,690	8
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	1,010	110.00/cwt	110.00–110.00	1,111	2
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	1,183	128.79/cwt	126.00–131.50	1,524	2
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	—	1,715	133.50/cwt	133.50–133.50	2,290	1
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	—	1,577	147.71/cwt	146.00–148.50	2,329	5
Cow-Calf Pairs	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,050	2,300.00/head	2,300.00–2,300.00	2,300	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	350–400	389	317.00/cwt	317.00–317.00	1,233	6
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Unweaned	550–600	583	247.00/cwt	247.00–247.00	1,440	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Unweaned	450–500	490	281.36/cwt	270.00–285.00	1,379	8
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	350–400	375	295.00/cwt	295.00–295.00	1,106	3
Steers	Medium and Large 1	700–750	724	269.00/cwt	269.00–269.00	1,948	8
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	450–500	472	313.10/cwt	305.00–326.00	1,478	11
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	500–550	527	270.43/cwt	266.50–274.00	1,425	7
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	700–750	701	200.00/cwt	200.00–200.00	1,402	5
Steers	Medium and Large 2	550–600	568	275.00/cwt	275.00–275.00	1,562	3
Steers	Medium and Large 2	400–450	441	312.70/cwt	309.00–319.00	1,379	6
Steers	Medium 2	450–500	453	260.00/cwt	260.00–260.00	1,178	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	550–600	570	259.50/cwt	259.50–259.50	1,479	6
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	500–550	526	289.87/cwt	275.00–306.00	1,525	25
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Fleshy	950–1000	980	193.00/cwt	193.00–193.00	1,891	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	550–600	586	269.11/cwt	267.00–271.75	1,577	24
Steers	Medium and Large 1	500–550	533	319.00/cwt	319.00–319.00	1,700	4
Steers	Medium 1-2	400–450	413	320.00/cwt	320.00–320.00	1,322	4
Heifers	Medium 1-2	350–400	375	304.00/cwt	304.00–304.00	1,140	4
Heifers	Medium 1-2	450–500	456	261.00/cwt	261.00–261.00	1,190	5
Steers	Medium 2	500–550	547	257.00/cwt	257.00–257.00	1,406	4
Heifers	Medium 2	500–550	513	237.00/cwt	237.00–237.00	1,216	3
Steers	Medium 2	400–450	445	256.00/cwt	256.00–256.00	1,139	3
Bulls	—	—	1,803	165.24/cwt	162.00–170.00	2,979	2
Bulls	—	—	1,690	139.50/cwt	139.50–139.50	2,358	1
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,195	127.50/cwt	127.50–127.50	1,524	2
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	—	1,470	138.77/cwt	134.00–143.00	2,040	4
Steers	Medium 1	550–600	578	295.00/cwt	295.00–295.00	1,705	3
Steers	Medium 1-2Unweaned	450–500	498	277.00/cwt	277.00–277.00	1,379	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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