Name: South Central Regional Stockyards livestock auction prices — 2024-08-14
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2024-08-14

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

No recent price comparisons available on feeders. Demand good. Supply moderate. The feeder trade is recovering from the futures market crash early last week with help from fairly stable beef cutout values and an abundance of cheap feed. Feeders are generally a little lower than pre-crash levels with several heifers today under 600 lbs selling at prices fully steady with the crest seen earlier in the summer. Quality was very good throughout most of the feeder offering this week.

Weight class

Steers · summary 500–600 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

500–600 lb steers averaged $309.80/cwt on 133 head. That ranks 1 of 21 comparable sales and sits −174.19 against this barn's trailing median of $483.99.

Average price

$309.80

133 head · 558 lb average

Value per head Derived

$1,728

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$182

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

$13.05/cwt at this weight

vs the market

+10.30

vs MO average

+29.46 vs national

What quality paid 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1	567	313.04	1,775	100
Medium and Large 1-2	531	299.99	1,592	33

One grade step is worth $13.05/cwt here — about $182 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 sale133 hd

309.80

—

MO average14 barns · 1,447 hd

299.50

+10.30

National average153 barns · 6,707 hd

280.34

+29.46

This barn, trailing median21 sales

483.99

−174.19

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	1,630	146.90	2,394	4thin
Cows	Boner 80-85%	Average	1,327	137.25	1,821	5thin
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	Average	1,508	136.67	2,061	4thin
Cows	Lean 85-90%	Low	1,048	119.23	1,250	9thin

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	All Stages (1-9 mo)	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	1,250	$2,230	4thin

Every lot, as filed

58 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 1Value Added	500–550	505	329.01/cwt	325.00–332.00	1,662	14
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Thin Fleshed	400–450	437	336.00/cwt	336.00–336.00	1,468	7
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	350–400	367	336.74/cwt	326.00–342.50	1,236	6
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	400–450	414	334.21/cwt	326.00–338.00	1,384	9
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	600–650	626	280.00/cwt	276.00–284.00	1,753	35
Steers	Medium and Large 1	800–850	831	248.39/cwt	246.00–250.00	2,064	5
Steers	Medium and Large 1Fleshy	650–700	698	249.00/cwt	249.00–249.00	1,738	4
Steers	Medium and Large 1Fleshy	850–900	863	232.00/cwt	232.00–232.00	2,002	4
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	800–850	800	243.00/cwt	243.00–243.00	1,944	2
Steers	Medium and Large 1Value Added	600–650	603	308.50/cwt	308.50–308.50	1,860	5
Steers	Medium and Large 2	600–650	614	249.37/cwt	249.00–249.50	1,531	8
Steers	Medium and Large 1	750–800	777	259.97/cwt	259.00–262.00	2,020	9
Steers	Medium and Large 1	450–500	485	338.61/cwt	331.00–355.00	1,642	29
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	650–700	670	256.84/cwt	256.00–257.00	1,721	25
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	500–550	509	306.59/cwt	291.00–315.00	1,561	23
Steers	Medium and Large 2	450–500	474	297.08/cwt	290.00–302.00	1,408	5
Steers	Medium and Large 1Value Added	650–700	655	287.25/cwt	287.25–287.25	1,881	11
Steers	Medium and Large 1Value Added	550–600	594	310.50/cwt	310.50–310.50	1,844	20
Steers	Medium and Large 1	700–750	718	272.01/cwt	262.00–276.00	1,953	106
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	550–600	581	284.82/cwt	274.50–306.00	1,655	10
Steers	Medium and Large 1Value Added	700–750	726	274.00/cwt	274.00–274.00	1,989	7
Steers	Medium and Large 1	600–650	631	292.64/cwt	288.50–299.00	1,847	34
Steers	Medium and Large 1	550–600	565	314.59/cwt	300.00–317.00	1,777	57
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	600–650	618	268.78/cwt	257.50–276.50	1,661	54
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	450–500	480	296.21/cwt	272.00–315.00	1,422	6
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Fleshy	650–700	685	240.00/cwt	240.00–240.00	1,644	4
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	500–550	525	275.92/cwt	274.00–278.00	1,449	4
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	600–650	618	251.00/cwt	251.00–251.00	1,551	3
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	550–600	590	262.00/cwt	262.00–262.00	1,546	2
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,326	136.81/cwt	134.00–140.50	1,814	4
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	1,000	115.00/cwt	115.00–115.00	1,150	1
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	—	1,508	136.67/cwt	134.50–141.00	2,061	4
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,330	139.00/cwt	139.00–139.00	1,849	1
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	1,093	128.29/cwt	122.00–132.50	1,402	7
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	785	60.00/cwt	60.00–60.00	471	1
Bulls	—	—	1,630	146.90/cwt	145.00–150.00	2,394	4
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,250	2,229.70/head	1,975.00–2,400.00	2,230	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	450–500	493	310.08/cwt	307.50–315.00	1,529	21
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	400–450	436	320.07/cwt	301.00–339.00	1,396	17
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	400–450	435	289.49/cwt	289.00–290.00	1,259	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	650–700	671	250.37/cwt	245.00–254.75	1,680	49
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	600–650	624	250.84/cwt	248.00–251.00	1,565	56
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	700–750	716	236.80/cwt	236.00–238.00	1,695	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Value Added	650–700	696	251.25/cwt	251.25–251.25	1,749	8
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	300–350	340	311.00/cwt	311.00–311.00	1,057	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	650–700	663	247.63/cwt	234.00–250.00	1,642	21
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	500–550	542	293.36/cwt	287.00–300.50	1,590	33
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	550–600	568	286.79/cwt	276.50–302.00	1,629	74
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Thin Fleshed	450–500	483	310.00/cwt	310.00–310.00	1,497	4
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	450–500	471	322.63/cwt	319.00–328.00	1,520	11
Steers	Medium and Large 2	400–450	421	301.00/cwt	301.00–301.00	1,267	4
Steers	Medium and Large 1Fleshy	550–600	596	288.00/cwt	288.00–288.00	1,716	6
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	550–600	587	274.00/cwt	274.00–274.00	1,608	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	350–400	379	330.92/cwt	323.00–336.00	1,254	8
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	500–550	522	288.00/cwt	288.00–288.00	1,503	4
Steers	Medium and Large 1	650–700	672	281.21/cwt	271.00–285.25	1,890	66
Steers	Medium and Large 1	500–550	531	319.67/cwt	312.00–324.00	1,697	17
Steers	Medium and Large 1	400–450	421	356.51/cwt	356.00–357.00	1,501	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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