Name: South Central Regional Stockyards livestock auction prices — 2024-10-23
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2024-10-23

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to the last trended sale two weeks ago, feeder steers under 700 lbs steady, over 700 lbs firm to 2.00 higher. Feeder heifers under 550 lbs 5.00-10.00 higher, over 550 lbs 2.00-5.00 lower. Slaughter cows steady to 2.00 lower.. Demand good. Supply moderate. Nice offering of mostly weaned calves and yearlings and not many unweaned calves which are tougher to sell at the moment with health issues common at the moment. The cattle market continues to look strong with good beef demand and the feeder index back above the 250.00/cwt mark.

Weight class

Steers · summary 500–600 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

500–600 lb steers averaged $291.32/cwt on 160 head. That ranks 1 of 21 comparable sales and sits −192.67 against this barn's trailing median of $483.99.

Average price

$291.32

160 head · 553 lb average

Value per head Derived

$1,612

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$155

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

$22.46/cwt at this weight

vs the market

+10.31

vs MO average

−7.72 vs national

What quality paid 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1	557	298.48	1,662	109
Medium and Large 1-2	546	276.01	1,507	51

One grade step is worth $22.46/cwt here — about $155 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 sale160 hd

291.32

—

MO average18 barns · 2,679 hd

281.01

+10.31

National average191 barns · 36,605 hd

299.04

−7.72

This barn, trailing median21 sales

483.99

−192.67

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	1,873	152.00	2,847	7thin
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	Average	1,635	120.20	1,965	2thin
Cows	Boner 80-85%	High	1,288	119.64	1,541	10
Cows	Lean 85-90%	Average	1,064	97.48	1,038	17

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	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	1,120	$1,800	1thin

Every lot, as filed

73 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
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	1,105	108.33/cwt	104.50–115.00	1,197	10
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	—	1,635	120.20/cwt	118.00–123.00	1,965	2
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,360	132.00/cwt	132.00–132.00	1,795	1
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,280	118.27/cwt	116.00–120.00	1,514	9
Steers	Medium and Large 1	350–400	382	335.00/cwt	335.00–335.00	1,280	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	500–550	523	258.15/cwt	256.00–265.00	1,350	8
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	400–450	428	273.50/cwt	270.00–280.00	1,171	8
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	350–400	368	294.62/cwt	270.00–317.00	1,084	4
Steers	Medium 1-2	350–400	378	306.00/cwt	306.00–306.00	1,157	3
Steers	Medium and Large 2	450–500	496	272.00/cwt	272.00–272.00	1,349	3
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	500–550	525	282.36/cwt	272.00–306.00	1,482	28
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Full	550–600	573	252.00/cwt	252.00–252.00	1,444	4
Steers	Medium and Large 1Fleshy	500–550	537	282.00/cwt	282.00–282.00	1,514	7
Steers	Medium and Large 1Fleshy	700–750	723	251.00/cwt	251.00–251.00	1,815	6
Steers	Medium and Large 1	500–550	528	301.24/cwt	285.00–317.00	1,591	20
Steers	Medium and Large 1	700–750	739	259.79/cwt	254.00–262.00	1,920	112
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	650–700	653	260.36/cwt	258.00–261.00	1,700	14
Steers	Medium and Large 1	450–500	463	322.49/cwt	309.00–329.00	1,493	32
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	600–650	627	262.62/cwt	260.00–270.00	1,647	20
Steers	Medium and Large 1	600–650	605	274.02/cwt	267.00–285.00	1,658	25
Steers	Medium and Large 1	550–600	588	290.02/cwt	278.00–297.00	1,705	38
Steers	Medium and Large 1	850–900	863	249.00/cwt	249.00–249.00	2,149	34
Steers	Medium and Large 1Value Added	650–700	659	279.50/cwt	279.50–279.50	1,842	16
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	450–500	467	297.31/cwt	284.00–309.00	1,388	6
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	550–600	571	271.72/cwt	261.00–280.00	1,552	19
Steers	Medium and Large 1	750–800	797	251.00/cwt	251.00–251.00	2,000	9
Steers	Medium and Large 1Value Added	500–550	529	311.00/cwt	311.00–311.00	1,645	22
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	700–750	713	256.00/cwt	256.00–256.00	1,825	17
Steers	Medium and Large 1Value Added	700–750	747	260.00/cwt	260.00–260.00	1,942	32
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	400–450	423	314.00/cwt	314.00–314.00	1,328	3
Steers	Medium and Large 2	650–700	675	245.00/cwt	245.00–245.00	1,654	3
Steers	Medium 1-2	450–500	471	279.34/cwt	261.00–294.00	1,316	9
Steers	Medium and Large 1Value Added	550–600	563	303.30/cwt	298.00–311.00	1,708	22
Steers	Medium and Large 1Value Added	600–650	629	291.05/cwt	284.00–292.50	1,831	77
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	650–700	658	220.49/cwt	217.00–224.00	1,451	4
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	400–450	441	264.59/cwt	258.00–280.00	1,167	8
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	600–650	629	236.01/cwt	229.50–246.00	1,485	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Full	400–450	405	281.00/cwt	281.00–281.00	1,138	4
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	550–600	580	232.00/cwt	232.00–232.00	1,346	3
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	500–550	515	261.53/cwt	260.00–263.00	1,347	4
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	1,004	86.98/cwt	77.50–91.50	873	6
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	1,020	52.00/cwt	52.00–52.00	530	1
Bulls	—	—	2,023	149.72/cwt	148.50–151.00	3,029	2
Bulls	—	—	1,963	144.91/cwt	140.00–149.00	2,845	2
Bulls	—	—	1,600	166.50/cwt	166.50–166.50	2,664	1
Bulls	—	—	1,770	154.12/cwt	152.50–156.00	2,728	2
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,120	1,800.00/head	1,800.00–1,800.00	1,800	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	500–550	525	281.73/cwt	274.00–289.00	1,479	58
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	600–650	614	249.68/cwt	247.00–252.00	1,533	20
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	350–400	392	312.62/cwt	311.00–315.00	1,225	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Fleshy	450–500	463	261.00/cwt	261.00–261.00	1,208	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	650–700	666	207.00/cwt	207.00–207.00	1,379	6
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	650–700	678	210.00/cwt	210.00–210.00	1,424	6
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	300–350	327	319.00/cwt	319.00–319.00	1,043	6
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	650–700	658	246.25/cwt	246.25–246.25	1,620	8
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	550–600	567	247.38/cwt	241.00–257.00	1,403	8
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	400–450	433	256.00/cwt	256.00–256.00	1,108	4
Heifers	Medium 2	450–500	455	232.00/cwt	232.00–232.00	1,056	13
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	400–450	423	315.87/cwt	303.00–320.00	1,336	39
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	300–350	335	271.97/cwt	270.00–274.00	911	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	800–850	813	217.00/cwt	217.00–217.00	1,764	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Unweaned	450–500	475	259.00/cwt	259.00–259.00	1,230	8
Heifers	Medium 1-2	450–500	478	233.00/cwt	233.00–233.00	1,114	3
Heifers	Medium 1-2	400–450	435	244.00/cwt	244.00–244.00	1,061	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	550–600	576	258.26/cwt	254.00–264.00	1,488	15
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	650–700	676	231.56/cwt	226.00–241.00	1,565	7
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	600–650	638	235.99/cwt	230.50–240.00	1,506	7
Steers	Medium and Large 2	700–750	745	230.00/cwt	230.00–230.00	1,714	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	450–500	476	279.11/cwt	278.00–282.00	1,329	7
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	450–500	477	298.66/cwt	283.00–315.00	1,425	14
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	700–750	726	212.00/cwt	212.00–212.00	1,539	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Value Added	600–650	602	259.00/cwt	259.00–259.00	1,559	9
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Value Added	400–450	448	321.00/cwt	321.00–321.00	1,438	7

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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