Sale reports / Missouri / South Central Regional Stockyards / 2024-09-11

South Central Regional Stockyards

Feeder Cattle · Slaughter Cattle · Replacement Cattle · Vienna, Missouri · Wed, Sep 11
● Final74 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 1817
Feeder Cattle receipts
1,147 head
85 vs last sale 1,062 270 vs year ago 877 · +30.8%
Slaughter Cattle receipts
68 head
33 vs last sale 35 22 vs year ago 90 · 24.4%
Replacement Cattle receipts
10 head
0 vs last sale 10 10 vs year ago 0 · no sale a year ago
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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

No recent price comparisons available as the last reported auction at South Central was on August 14th. Since then the feeder market has moved lower with fed cattle prices losing several dollars and cutout values still looking for a seasonal bottom. Demand was good with feeders showing some strength partly due to a better showing in the futures trade so far this week. Several nice consignments this week weighing mostly 600-750 lbs.

Weight class

Steers · summary 500–600 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot
500–600 lb steers averaged $279.33/cwt on 126 head. That ranks 1 of 21 comparable sales and sits 204.66 against this barn's trailing median of $483.99.
Average price
$279.33
126 head · 559 lb average
Value per head Derived
$1,562
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
$119
per head · Medium and Large 1 over Medium and Large 1-2
$9.91/cwt at this weight
vs the market
+2.08
vs MO average
+11.13 vs national

What quality paid 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 1566282.161,59790
Medium and Large 1-2543272.251,47836
One grade step is worth $9.91/cwt here — about $119 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
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 sale126 hd
279.33
MO average17 barns · 2,777 hd
277.24
+2.08
National average178 barns · 13,815 hd
268.20
+11.13
This barn, trailing median21 sales
483.99
−204.66
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
BullsHigh1,733145.942,52911
CowsBoner 80-85%Average1,314132.331,73925
CowsBreaker 75-80%Average1,536131.832,0255thin
CowsLean 85-90%Very Low1,052108.351,14012

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 CowsAll Stages (1-9 mo)Young (2-4 yrs)1,079$2,0734thin

Every lot, as filed

74 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 1550–600576283.89/cwt275.00–287.751,63562
SteersMedium and Large 1-2550–600576267.95/cwt265.00–271.001,54315
HeifersMedium and Large 1Unweaned550–600584225.50/cwt225.00–226.001,3174
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2650–700677227.14/cwt225.00–233.001,53814
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2350–400361278.33/cwt273.00–284.001,0058
SteersMedium and Large 1450–500485291.00/cwt291.00–291.001,4113
SteersMedium and Large 1500–550527287.92/cwt285.00–296.001,51718
SteersMedium and Large 1-2600–650611264.49/cwt259.00–267.001,6168
SteersMedium and Large 1-2500–550519275.32/cwt267.50–283.001,42921
SteersMedium and Large 1Fleshy550–600571261.11/cwt258.00–264.001,4914
HeifersMedium and Large 1Value Added650–700678237.75/cwt237.75–237.751,61228
SteersMedium 1-2350–400380284.00/cwt284.00–284.001,0793
SteersMedium and Large 2650–700655245.50/cwt245.50–245.501,6083
SteersMedium and Large 2450–500490271.00/cwt271.00–271.001,3283
SteersMedium and Large 1-2650–700651255.83/cwt254.50–256.501,66512
SteersMedium 2-3650–700688191.00/cwt191.00–191.001,3145
SteersMedium and Large 1850–900870237.00/cwt237.00–237.002,0623
SteersMedium and Large 1-2750–800770239.85/cwt233.00–245.001,8476
SteersMedium and Large 1Unweaned550–600575261.00/cwt261.00–261.001,5016
SteersMedium and Large 1-2350–400368311.07/cwt309.00–316.001,1458
SteersMedium and Large 1650–700656259.66/cwt258.00–262.501,7039
SteersMedium and Large 1800–850812238.16/cwt237.75–239.001,9346
SteersMedium and Large 1700–750721256.74/cwt252.00–260.501,85148
SteersMedium and Large 1Value Added700–750725260.04/cwt259.00–262.501,88536
SteersMedium and Large 1Unweaned450–500486279.00/cwt279.00–279.001,3564
SteersMedium and Large 1Unweaned600–650641245.68/cwt241.50–252.001,5755
SteersMedium and Large 1-2700–750735242.50/cwt242.50–242.501,7823
SteersMedium and Large 1-2450–500489278.71/cwt274.00–286.001,36313
SteersMedium and Large 1-2400–450440291.98/cwt286.00–294.001,2854
SteersMedium and Large 1Value Added600–650641280.45/cwt278.50–284.251,79858
SteersMedium and Large 1Value Added650–700694265.00/cwt265.00–265.001,83912
BullsMedium and Large 1-2450–500489259.85/cwt253.00–263.001,27110
HeifersMedium and Large 1Fleshy600–650610235.00/cwt235.00–235.001,4343
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2Fleshy500–550531246.00/cwt246.00–246.001,3064
BullsMedium and Large 1-2600–650630224.13/cwt218.00–228.001,4125
BullsMedium and Large 1-2700–750725224.00/cwt224.00–224.001,6244
BullsMedium and Large 1-2500–550530250.00/cwt250.00–250.001,3254
CowsLean 85-90%82083.50/cwt83.50–83.506851
CowsLean 85-90%1,102130.19/cwt128.50–134.001,4353
CowsBoner 80-85%1,320131.63/cwt124.50–134.501,73819
CowsLean 85-90%97992.37/cwt90.00–96.009044
CowsBoner 80-85%1,165125.00/cwt125.00–125.001,4561
CowsBoner 80-85%1,323136.48/cwt135.00–139.001,8065
CowsLean 85-90%1,146114.16/cwt110.00–121.501,3084
CowsBreaker 75-80%1,536131.83/cwt125.00–135.002,0255
Bulls1,855174.50/cwt174.50–174.503,2371
Bulls1,770156.41/cwt148.00–165.002,7684
Bulls1,688134.20/cwt100.00–147.002,2656
Bred CowsMedium and Large 1-21,0792,072.57/head1,975.00–2,325.002,0734
HeifersMedium and Large 2300–350300251.00/cwt251.00–251.007535
HeifersMedium and Large 1300–350311306.00/cwt306.00–306.009523
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2400–450412267.72/cwt264.00–275.001,10316
HeifersMedium and Large 1350–400356292.00/cwt292.00–292.001,0403
HeifersMedium and Large 1750–800779232.90/cwt226.00–236.001,81421
BullsMedium and Large 1-2550–600581248.64/cwt243.00–250.001,44510
HeifersMedium and Large 1650–700672237.25/cwt233.25–239.251,59424
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2550–600566247.10/cwt245.00–250.001,39917
HeifersMedium 1-2350–400397269.00/cwt269.00–269.001,0682
HeifersMedium and Large 1500–550526271.50/cwt271.50–271.501,42810
HeifersMedium 2-3600–650638188.00/cwt188.00–188.001,1998
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2750–800766218.00/cwt218.00–218.001,67030
HeifersMedium and Large 1600–650625242.34/cwt240.00–245.001,51536
HeifersMedium and Large 1Unweaned500–550526251.94/cwt231.00–259.001,3258
HeifersMedium and Large 1Unweaned450–500478254.00/cwt254.00–254.001,2145
HeifersMedium and Large 1400–450445298.50/cwt293.00–304.001,3284
HeifersMedium and Large 1550–600563252.41/cwt248.50–266.001,42146
HeifersMedium and Large 1700–750728234.18/cwt228.00–238.001,70563
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2500–550539253.02/cwt250.00–254.001,3648
SteersMedium and Large 1750–800765250.45/cwt243.00–252.001,91671
SteersMedium and Large 1600–650611282.95/cwt267.50–286.251,72928
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2450–500492259.72/cwt257.00–268.001,27812
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2600–650622233.15/cwt231.00–238.001,45022
HeifersMedium and Large 1450–500485278.39/cwt265.00–293.001,35018
HeifersMedium and Large 1Value Added550–600559266.00/cwt266.00–266.001,4878

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.