Name: South Central Regional Stockyards livestock auction prices — 2024-10-16
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2024-10-16

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Feeder supply not sufficient to establish a market trend. Slaughter cows steady. Light run with a better offering expected next week. Bigger runs won't come till November/December after producers get spring calves weaned and preconditioned and those numbers may be reduced following last years drought.

Weight class

Heifers · summary 500–600 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

500–600 lb heifers averaged $245.90/cwt on 37 head. That ranks 1 of 20 comparable sales and sits −185.63 against this barn's trailing median of $431.53.

Average price

$245.90

37 head · 553 lb average

Value per head Derived

$1,359

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$70

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

$9.83/cwt at this weight

vs the market

−10.71

vs MO average

−11.91 vs national

What quality paid 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1	560	248.33	1,391	24
Medium 2	505	248.00	1,252	4thin
Medium and Large 1-2	554	238.50	1,321	9thin

One grade step is worth $9.83/cwt here — about $70 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

20 sales

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 sale37 hd

245.90

—

MO average15 barns · 1,824 hd

256.62

−10.71

National average191 barns · 21,361 hd

257.81

−11.91

This barn, trailing median20 sales

431.53

−185.63

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	—	Low	1,661	139.44	2,316	8thin
Cows	Boner 80-85%	High	1,330	125.15	1,665	5thin
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	High	1,478	122.17	1,805	6thin
Cows	Lean 85-90%	Low	1,064	85.01	904	20

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 Heifers	2nd/3rd Stage (4-9 mo)	(<2 yrs)	974	$2,262	9

Every lot, as filed

40 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
Steers	Medium 1-2	700–750	733	238.00/cwt	238.00–238.00	1,745	3
Steers	Medium and Large 1	450–500	490	310.08/cwt	307.00–327.00	1,519	12
Steers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	600–650	600	256.00/cwt	256.00–256.00	1,536	2
Heifers	Medium 2	500–550	505	248.00/cwt	248.00–248.00	1,252	4
Steers	Medium 1-2	400–450	440	305.20/cwt	301.00–308.00	1,343	5
Steers	Medium and Large 1	750–800	761	247.00/cwt	247.00–247.00	1,880	4
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	700–750	735	240.00/cwt	240.00–240.00	1,764	2
Steers	Medium and Large 1	500–550	513	301.33/cwt	301.00–302.00	1,546	6
Bulls	Medium 1-2	550–600	553	239.00/cwt	239.00–239.00	1,322	3
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	500–550	527	256.04/cwt	253.00–260.00	1,349	7
Bulls	Medium 1-2	450–500	465	248.00/cwt	248.00–248.00	1,153	3
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	550–600	582	245.50/cwt	244.00–247.00	1,429	6
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Fleshy	700–750	729	208.44/cwt	206.00–210.00	1,520	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Fleshy	550–600	585	245.50/cwt	245.50–245.50	1,436	7
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	450–500	471	292.55/cwt	280.00–301.00	1,378	7
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	300–350	308	308.22/cwt	297.00–320.00	949	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	450–500	466	288.37/cwt	285.00–289.00	1,344	13
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	500–550	500	257.00/cwt	257.00–257.00	1,285	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Unweaned	550–600	586	218.00/cwt	218.00–218.00	1,277	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	550–600	570	234.98/cwt	231.00–239.00	1,339	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	600–650	633	231.25/cwt	231.00–231.50	1,464	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	600–650	613	236.00/cwt	236.00–236.00	1,447	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	500–550	538	257.50/cwt	257.50–257.50	1,385	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	400–450	419	243.53/cwt	236.00–251.00	1,020	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	500–550	511	255.50/cwt	255.50–255.50	1,306	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	550–600	595	246.50/cwt	246.50–246.50	1,467	4
Heifers	Medium 1-2	600–650	630	220.00/cwt	220.00–220.00	1,386	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	550–600	565	242.00/cwt	242.00–242.00	1,367	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	300–350	348	315.00/cwt	315.00–315.00	1,096	4
Bred Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	974	2,261.86/head	1,900.00–2,425.00	2,262	9
Bulls	—	—	1,481	125.69/cwt	119.50–132.00	1,861	4
Bulls	—	—	1,841	153.19/cwt	148.00–156.00	2,820	4
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	1,076	91.43/cwt	75.00–100.00	984	12
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,295	128.50/cwt	128.50–128.50	1,664	1
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	—	1,435	130.00/cwt	130.00–130.00	1,866	1
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	—	1,553	112.50/cwt	110.00–115.00	1,747	2
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	1,230	112.50/cwt	112.50–112.50	1,384	2
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	984	62.99/cwt	59.00–64.50	620	6
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	—	1,442	126.01/cwt	125.50–126.50	1,817	3
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,339	124.31/cwt	123.00–125.00	1,665	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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