Sale reports / Missouri / South Central Regional Stockyards / 2024-07-17

South Central Regional Stockyards

Feeder Cattle · Slaughter Cattle · Replacement Cattle · Vienna, Missouri · Wed, Jul 17
● Final51 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 1817
Feeder Cattle receipts
407 head
713 vs last sale 1,120 36 vs year ago 443 · 8.1%
Slaughter Cattle receipts
57 head
5 vs last sale 52 72 vs year ago 129 · 55.8%
Replacement Cattle receipts
10 head
10 vs last sale 0 30 vs year ago 40 · 75.0%
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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Feeder supply not sufficient to establish a market trend. Slaughter cows 4.00-6.00 lower. Demand good. Much of this weeks feeder offering were unweaned with most being big, good haired fall calves along with a few lighter new crop calves. Light run following the high humidity and rain in the area with a nice run expected next week.

Weight class

Steers · summary 500–600 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot
500–600 lb steers averaged $312.54/cwt on 32 head. That ranks 1 of 21 comparable sales and sits 171.45 against this barn's trailing median of $483.99.
Average price
$312.54
32 head · 554 lb average
Value per head Derived
$1,731
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
−$105
per head · Medium and Large 1-2 over Medium and Large 1
$6.68/cwt at this weight
vs the market
+1.10
vs MO average
+21.45 vs national

What quality paid 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 1-2534315.461,68418thin
Medium and Large 1580308.791,79014thin
One grade step is worth $6.68/cwt here — about −$105 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

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 sale32 hd
312.54
MO average14 barns · 1,220 hd
311.44
+1.10
National average156 barns · 5,844 hd
291.09
+21.45
This barn, trailing median21 sales
483.99
−171.45
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
BullsLow1,716159.752,74210
CowsBreaker 75-80%High1,505139.192,0948thin
CowsBoner 80-85%Average1,296135.311,75411
CowsLean 85-90%High1,113126.971,41318

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 $/cwt figures above.
ClassStageAgeAvg wt$/headHead
Bred Cows2nd/3rd Stage (4-9 mo)Young (2-4 yrs)1,240$2,3043thin

Every lot, as filed

51 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
HeifersMedium 2550–600555255.00/cwt255.00–255.001,4154
HeifersMedium 2200–250215302.00/cwt302.00–302.006494
Bulls1,465147.00/cwt147.00–147.002,1541
CowsBreaker 75-80%1,608148.47/cwt146.50–150.502,3872
CowsBreaker 75-80%1,486136.92/cwt135.00–138.002,0355
Bulls1,832158.94/cwt154.50–162.002,9128
SteersMedium and Large 1650–700684282.07/cwt277.00–285.501,92918
HeifersMedium and Large 1350–400355336.00/cwt336.00–336.001,1932
HeifersMedium and Large 1650–700677246.50/cwt246.50–246.501,6692
SteersMedium and Large 1700–750723270.67/cwt269.50–271.501,95712
SteersMedium and Large 1Fleshy600–650609296.12/cwt294.00–299.001,8037
SteersMedium and Large 1Fleshy400–450422344.90/cwt343.00–350.001,4558
SteersMedium and Large 1-2Unweaned700–750700264.00/cwt264.00–264.001,8483
SteersMedium and Large 1-2Thin Fleshed450–500465351.00/cwt351.00–351.001,6324
SteersMedium and Large 1-2500–550520324.21/cwt320.00–327.001,68611
SteersMedium and Large 1-2Unweaned550–600552297.00/cwt297.00–297.001,6394
SteersMedium and Large 1-2Unweaned600–650605290.00/cwt290.00–290.001,7555
BullsMedium and Large 1-2450–500480284.93/cwt278.00–292.001,3684
SteersMedium and Large 1Unweaned700–750700260.63/cwt259.50–264.001,8248
BullsMedium and Large 1-2850–900855219.00/cwt219.00–219.001,8722
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2450–500478292.00/cwt285.00–304.001,3968
SteersMedium and Large 1-2750–800787256.21/cwt255.50–258.002,0167
SteersMedium and Large 1-2600–650635290.80/cwt288.00–298.001,8477
SteersMedium and Large 1-2300–350336358.54/cwt347.00–366.001,2058
HeifersMedium and Large 1550–600561282.45/cwt279.50–287.001,58510
CowsLean 85-90%1,154136.16/cwt133.00–136.501,57110
CowsBoner 80-85%1,296135.31/cwt129.00–142.001,75411
CowsBreaker 75-80%1,390132.00/cwt132.00–132.001,8351
CowsLean 85-90%1,033107.77/cwt106.50–112.001,1135
Bulls1,040179.00/cwt179.00–179.001,8621
CowsLean 85-90%1,110128.33/cwt128.00–129.001,4243
SteersMedium and Large 1Unweaned600–650623291.00/cwt291.00–291.001,8139
SteersMedium and Large 1550–600597312.00/cwt312.00–312.001,8635
HeifersMedium and Large 1450–500484307.43/cwt297.50–313.001,48811
Bred CowsMedium and Large 11,2402,304.33/head2,200.00–2,400.002,3043
HeifersMedium and Large 1600–650625264.06/cwt263.00–264.251,65013
BullsMedium and Large 1-2550–600587284.00/cwt284.00–284.001,6672
SteersMedium and Large 1Unweaned550–600570307.00/cwt307.00–307.001,7509
HeifersMedium and Large 1750–800763223.90/cwt218.00–230.001,7084
HeifersMedium and Large 1Fleshy400–450423322.72/cwt318.00–329.001,36511
SteersMedium and Large 1600–650616304.32/cwt300.00–306.001,8757
SteersMedium and Large 1Unweaned750–800785251.00/cwt251.00–251.001,97010
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2400–450413307.10/cwt291.00–323.001,2684
HeifersMedium and Large 1Unweaned750–800752225.50/cwt225.50–225.501,6966
HeifersMedium and Large 1Unweaned600–650620255.26/cwt244.00–261.001,58330
HeifersMedium and Large 1700–750734228.00/cwt228.00–228.001,6746
SteersMedium and Large 1Unweaned650–700686278.00/cwt278.00–278.001,90732
BullsMedium and Large 1-2500–550527305.00/cwt305.00–305.001,6072
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2350–400393314.98/cwt312.00–318.001,2384
SteersMedium and Large 1-2550–600561308.00/cwt308.00–308.001,7283
SteersMedium and Large 1-2450–500454333.50/cwt333.00–334.001,5144

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.