Sale reports / Missouri / South Central Regional Stockyards / 2024-09-18

South Central Regional Stockyards

Feeder Cattle · Slaughter Cattle · Replacement Cattle · Vienna, Missouri · Wed, Sep 18
● Final38 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 1817
Feeder Cattle receipts
238 head
909 vs last sale 1,147 26 vs year ago 212 · +12.3%
Slaughter Cattle receipts
79 head
11 vs last sale 68 28 vs year ago 51 · +54.9%
Replacement Cattle receipts
15 head
5 vs last sale 10 5 vs year ago 10 · +50.0%
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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Feeder supply not sufficient to establish a market trend. Slaughter cows 6.00-9.00 lower. Demand moderate to good. Bawling calves are getting seasonally harder to sell. Cattle futures are performing fairly well so far this week despite continuing downward pressure on choice cutout values. Cooler temps and a nice offering expected next week.

Weight class

Heifers · summary 500–600 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot
500–600 lb heifers averaged $257.09/cwt on 11 head. That ranks 1 of 20 comparable sales and sits 174.44 against this barn's trailing median of $431.53.
Average price
$257.09
11 head · 545 lb average
Value per head Derived
$1,401
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
single grade reported
vs the market
+9.49
vs MO average
+20.08 vs national

What quality paid 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 1-2545257.091,40111thin
Only one grade was reported at this weight, so there is no spread to compute.

This barn's trailing prices 500–600 lb

20 sales
476441405369median 431.5301/0703/0404/2906/1008/19
Heifers 500–600 lb: high $462.49, low $382.87, median $431.53 across 20 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 sale11 hd
257.09
MO average15 barns · 1,866 hd
247.60
+9.49
National average181 barns · 11,482 hd
237.01
+20.08
This barn, trailing median20 sales
431.53
−174.44
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
BullsAverage1,938143.832,7874thin
CowsBreaker 75-80%Low1,457124.871,81918
CowsBoner 80-85%High1,294118.771,53736
CowsLean 85-90%Very Low1,122100.811,13119

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)Middle Aged/Aged (>5 yrs)1,224$1,8265
Cow-Calf PairsOpenYoung (2-4 yrs)750$2,2751thin

Every lot, as filed

38 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
BullsMedium and Large 2550–600551216.00/cwt216.00–216.001,1904
BullsMedium and Large 1-2600–650618230.14/cwt225.00–235.001,4224
BullsMedium and Large 2450–500460214.00/cwt214.00–214.009843
BullsMedium and Large 2500–550515212.00/cwt212.00–212.001,0923
BullsMedium and Large 1-2500–550515244.37/cwt235.00–249.001,2599
BullsMedium and Large 1-2650–700660224.00/cwt224.00–224.001,4782
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2500–550523262.00/cwt262.00–262.001,3703
HeifersMedium and Large 1600–650618246.25/cwt246.25–246.251,5228
SteersMedium and Large 1650–700653265.50/cwt265.50–265.501,7345
SteersMedium and Large 1-2700–750708252.75/cwt252.75–252.751,7894
SteersMedium and Large 1Unweaned450–500465279.00/cwt279.00–279.001,2972
SteersMedium and Large 1Unweaned700–750748244.00/cwt244.00–244.001,8254
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2400–450424262.17/cwt259.00–265.001,1124
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2550–600553255.25/cwt255.25–255.251,4128
SteersMedium and Large 1-2650–700655255.90/cwt255.00–256.501,6765
SteersMedium and Large 1-2600–650609257.04/cwt254.00–260.001,5656
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2650–700650226.00/cwt226.00–226.001,4693
HeifersLarge 1400–450441243.00/cwt243.00–243.001,0723
HeifersMedium and Large 1Unweaned450–500455256.00/cwt256.00–256.001,1653
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2600–650646229.50/cwt229.50–229.501,4833
SteersMedium and Large 1Fleshy600–650630251.00/cwt251.00–251.001,5812
SteersMedium and Large 1-2450–500481281.00/cwt281.00–281.001,3524
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2Full650–700672221.54/cwt215.00–223.501,4899
HeifersMedium and Large 2400–450424223.94/cwt220.00–230.009505
Cow-Calf PairsMedium and Large 1-27502,275.00/head2,275.00–2,275.002,2751
Bred CowsMedium and Large 1-21,2241,826.35/head1,710.00–2,125.001,8265
Bulls2,220152.00/cwt152.00–152.003,3741
Bulls2,125162.00/cwt162.00–162.003,4431
CowsBoner 80-85%1,445127.50/cwt127.50–127.501,8421
CowsBoner 80-85%1,359111.63/cwt105.00–116.001,5178
CowsBoner 80-85%1,269120.56/cwt116.00–127.001,53027
CowsBreaker 75-80%1,490114.00/cwt114.00–114.001,6991
Bulls1,703130.66/cwt120.00–137.002,2252
CowsLean 85-90%1,24267.50/cwt67.50–67.508382
CowsBreaker 75-80%1,452123.87/cwt121.00–127.001,79912
CowsBreaker 75-80%1,462129.43/cwt127.50–133.001,8925
CowsLean 85-90%1,113112.25/cwt105.00–115.501,24912
CowsLean 85-90%1,09486.69/cwt82.00–100.009485

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.