Sale reports / Missouri / South Central Regional Stockyards / 2024-07-10

South Central Regional Stockyards

Feeder Cattle · Slaughter Cattle · Vienna, Missouri · Wed, Jul 10
● Final62 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 1817
Feeder Cattle receipts
1,120 head
644 vs last sale 476 522 vs year ago 1,642 · 31.8%
Slaughter Cattle receipts
52 head
22 vs last sale 30 244 vs year ago 296 · 82.4%
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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Feeder steers and heifers sold with a firm undertone but with no recent price comparisons available. Slaughter cows 6.00-8.00 higher compared to the last reported sale three weeks ago. Recent record high fed cattle along with a positive feed outlook are providing incentive for feeders to move even higher this week while futures have been lower due to summer demand concerns and with maybe some caution as we approach the time frame of the massive sell-off seen in the cattle complex in the fall of 2023.

Weight class

Steers · summary 500–600 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot
500–600 lb steers averaged $311.08/cwt on 149 head. That ranks 1 of 21 comparable sales and sits 172.91 against this barn's trailing median of $483.99.
Average price
$311.08
149 head · 566 lb average
Value per head Derived
$1,762
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
$230
per head · Medium and Large 1 over Medium and Large 2
$28.75/cwt at this weight
vs the market
11.16
vs MO average
+8.17 vs national

What quality paid 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 1575315.481,81393
Medium and Large 1-2553310.031,71641
Medium and Large 2552286.731,58215thin
One grade step is worth $28.75/cwt here — about $230 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
530487444401median 483.9912/1702/1804/2206/0308/19
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 sale149 hd
311.08
MO average11 barns · 2,260 hd
322.24
−11.16
National average160 barns · 9,699 hd
302.91
+8.17
This barn, trailing median21 sales
483.99
−172.91
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 · $/cwt
Cull cows and bulls are graded, not weight-classed — grade is what moves the money here.
ClassGradeDressingAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
BullsHigh1,808165.943,0015thin
CowsBreaker 75-80%High1,504149.602,2507thin
CowsBoner 80-85%High1,248142.241,77615
CowsLean 85-90%Low1,069116.421,2457thin

Every lot, as filed

62 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.
ClassGrade / descriptionWeightAvg wtPriceRangePer headHead
SteersMedium and Large 1-2550–600571306.38/cwt294.00–321.001,74921
SteersMedium and Large 1-2650–700671266.53/cwt265.50–267.501,7888
BullsMedium and Large 1-2650–700673247.80/cwt242.00–254.001,6684
BullsMedium and Large 1-2550–600587276.67/cwt263.00–286.001,6245
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2250–300278322.00/cwt322.00–322.008953
HeifersMedium and Large 2500–550526245.51/cwt245.00–246.001,2916
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2350–400376317.15/cwt304.00–322.001,19212
SteersMedium and Large 1550–600586311.28/cwt307.00–323.001,82467
HeifersMedium and Large 1Unweaned450–500490275.00/cwt275.00–275.001,3488
SteersMedium and Large 1-2450–500458340.87/cwt330.00–350.001,56128
SteersMedium and Large 1-2600–650635287.37/cwt283.00–292.001,82529
SteersMedium and Large 1500–550539331.36/cwt325.00–336.501,78621
HeifersMedium and Large 1600–650617263.11/cwt260.00–265.251,62344
SteersMedium and Large 1Unweaned650–700654279.50/cwt279.50–279.501,82815
HeifersMedium and Large 1500–550518296.69/cwt288.00–301.001,53716
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2600–650622254.04/cwt246.00–257.501,58020
HeifersMedium and Large 1Value Added500–550517298.00/cwt298.00–298.001,54136
HeifersMedium and Large 1550–600567276.82/cwt261.00–285.001,57075
SteersMedium and Large 1600–650619303.55/cwt296.00–311.001,87964
SteersMedium and Large 1Value Added700–750723273.50/cwt273.50–273.501,97729
SteersMedium and Large 1700–750725277.14/cwt266.50–279.252,00937
SteersMedium and Large 1650–700678282.67/cwt278.50–288.001,91745
HeifersMedium and Large 1400–450440318.25/cwt312.00–320.001,40016
HeifersMedium and Large 1700–750706242.50/cwt242.50–242.501,7124
HeifersMedium and Large 1650–700658258.71/cwt246.00–263.501,70211
CowsLean 85-90%1,055118.68/cwt115.00–123.001,2522
CowsLean 85-90%1,129130.15/cwt128.00–133.501,4694
CowsBreaker 75-80%1,428152.50/cwt152.00–153.502,1783
Bulls1,660183.00/cwt183.00–183.003,0381
CowsBoner 80-85%1,353149.55/cwt148.50–150.502,0232
CowsBoner 80-85%1,234141.75/cwt139.50–146.501,74910
HeifersLarge 1550–600555271.00/cwt271.00–271.001,5046
Bulls1,578151.59/cwt145.00–158.002,3922
CowsBreaker 75-80%1,561147.43/cwt142.50–151.502,3014
CowsBoner 80-85%1,226139.00/cwt139.00–139.001,7043
CowsLean 85-90%86057.00/cwt57.00–57.004901
Bulls2,113171.75/cwt171.50–172.003,6292
SteersMedium and Large 1800–850841252.50/cwt252.50–252.502,12420
SteersMedium and Large 1Fleshy550–600571305.00/cwt305.00–305.001,7425
HeifersMedium 2550–600553220.00/cwt220.00–220.001,2173
SteersLarge 1700–750735263.75/cwt263.75–263.751,9394
SteersLarge 1600–650631283.00/cwt283.00–283.001,7864
HeifersLarge 1650–700656246.00/cwt246.00–246.001,6147
SteersMedium and Large 2450–500495303.00/cwt303.00–303.001,5003
SteersMedium and Large 2500–550527294.55/cwt293.00–295.001,5529
HeifersMedium and Large 1Unweaned550–600566240.00/cwt240.00–240.001,3586
SteersMedium and Large 1Fleshy650–700683270.00/cwt270.00–270.001,8443
HeifersMedium and Large 1750–800775233.00/cwt233.00–233.001,8063
HeifersMedium and Large 1450–500472308.62/cwt292.00–316.001,45721
SteersMedium and Large 1-2400–450420343.74/cwt339.00–353.001,4446
SteersMedium and Large 1-2500–550535313.87/cwt310.00–320.001,67920
SteersMedium and Large 1-2700–750711267.57/cwt264.00–268.501,90215
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2Unweaned600–650628238.00/cwt238.00–238.001,49510
SteersMedium and Large 2550–600589275.00/cwt275.00–275.001,6206
SteersMedium and Large 2650–700686263.50/cwt263.50–263.501,8085
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2400–450409316.92/cwt313.00–327.001,2968
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2650–700680246.00/cwt246.00–246.001,6734
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2500–550500284.00/cwt284.00–284.001,4203
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2450–500480294.47/cwt287.00–300.001,41323
HeifersMedium and Large 2300–350302302.00/cwt302.00–302.009123
HeifersMedium and Large 2400–450411253.00/cwt253.00–253.001,0404
BullsMedium and Large 1-2500–550508286.57/cwt253.00–300.001,4568

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.