Sale reports / Missouri / South Central Regional Stockyards / 2024-10-30

South Central Regional Stockyards

Feeder Cattle · Slaughter Cattle · Replacement Cattle · Vienna, Missouri · Wed, Oct 30
● Final54 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 1817
Feeder Cattle receipts
312 head
777 vs last sale 1,089 129 vs year ago 441 · 29.3%
Slaughter Cattle receipts
121 head
61 vs last sale 60 56 vs year ago 65 · +86.2%
Replacement Cattle receipts
20 head
15 vs last sale 5 20 vs year ago 0 · no sale a year ago
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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Feeder supply not sufficient to establish a market trend. Slaughter cows 2.00-4.00 lower. The November feeder specials begin next week with several nice cattle lined up. The moisture situation may look different by next week with several rain chances in the forecast.

Weight class

Heifers · summary 500–600 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot
500–600 lb heifers averaged $252.51/cwt on 36 head. That ranks 1 of 20 comparable sales and sits 179.02 against this barn's trailing median of $431.53.
Average price
$252.51
36 head · 546 lb average
Value per head Derived
$1,378
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
$208
per head · Medium and Large 1 over Medium and Large 2
$45.98/cwt at this weight
vs the market
+0.89
vs MO average
7.95 vs national

What quality paid 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 1532279.001,48410thin
Medium and Large 1-2553248.131,37216thin
Medium and Large 2548233.021,27610thin
One grade step is worth $45.98/cwt here — about $208 a head. Across this sale the premium is widest at 300–400 lb. USDA reports each grade on its own line and never publishes the spread.

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 sale36 hd
252.51
MO average16 barns · 2,161 hd
251.62
+0.89
National average194 barns · 26,693 hd
260.46
−7.95
This barn, trailing median20 sales
431.53
−179.02
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
BullsAverage1,637152.002,4888thin
CowsBreaker 75-80%Average1,451118.021,7124thin
CowsBoner 80-85%Average1,272116.211,47843
CowsLean 85-90%High1,01889.3891022

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 Stage (4-6 mo)Young (2-4 yrs)849$1,5754thin

Every lot, as filed

54 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
HeifersMedium and Large 2600–650635220.00/cwt220.00–220.001,3973
HeifersMedium and Large 2350–400397230.00/cwt230.00–230.009135
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2Unweaned550–600555228.00/cwt228.00–228.001,2655
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2Unweaned400–450426274.00/cwt274.00–274.001,1673
SteersMedium and Large 1350–400395343.00/cwt343.00–343.001,3555
SteersMedium and Large 1-2200–250223324.00/cwt324.00–324.007236
SteersMedium and Large 1-2700–750743244.75/cwt244.75–244.751,8185
SteersMedium and Large 1-2750–800776242.25/cwt242.25–242.251,8804
SteersMedium and Large 1-2Full500–550547264.50/cwt264.50–264.501,4474
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2Unweaned600–650626227.27/cwt224.00–230.001,4239
SteersMedium and Large 1-2550–600565270.51/cwt270.00–271.001,5284
SteersMedium and Large 1-2600–650621263.84/cwt256.00–266.501,63812
SteersMedium and Large 1700–750701253.50/cwt253.50–253.501,7773
SteersMedium and Large 1750–800756244.00/cwt244.00–244.001,8453
SteersMedium and Large 1500–550524292.46/cwt292.00–294.001,53213
SteersMedium and Large 1650–700650269.00/cwt265.00–271.001,7496
SteersMedium and Large 1-2Unweaned350–400388322.00/cwt322.00–322.001,2493
SteersMedium and Large 1-2Unweaned650–700650237.00/cwt237.00–237.001,5416
SteersMedium and Large 1Unweaned500–550549267.71/cwt266.00–272.001,4707
SteersMedium and Large 1-2Unweaned550–600550266.00/cwt266.00–266.001,4634
SteersMedium 1-2450–500466280.05/cwt257.00–304.001,3054
HeifersMedium 2600–650633206.00/cwt206.00–206.001,3043
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2Full450–500493251.00/cwt251.00–251.001,2373
BullsMedium and Large 1-2650–700672223.74/cwt219.00–227.001,5045
BullsMedium and Large 1-2750–800758208.02/cwt206.00–210.001,5774
BullsMedium and Large 1-2550–600579235.00/cwt235.00–235.001,3615
BullsMedium and Large 1-2850–900888186.00/cwt186.00–186.001,6524
CowsBoner 80-85%1,262116.10/cwt113.00–120.501,46532
CowsBoner 80-85%1,282109.12/cwt108.00–112.001,3996
CowsBoner 80-85%1,320125.39/cwt122.00–126.501,6555
CowsLean 85-90%1,120108.50/cwt108.50–108.501,2151
CowsLean 85-90%1,085106.83/cwt100.00–109.501,15910
CowsBreaker 75-80%1,451118.02/cwt114.00–120.501,7124
CowsLean 85-90%89052.00/cwt52.00–52.004631
CowsLean 85-90%95473.76/cwt61.00–85.5070410
Bulls1,576150.28/cwt146.00–156.002,3687
Bulls2,065164.00/cwt164.00–164.003,3871
Stock CowsMedium 2678174.00/cwt174.00–174.001,1803
Bred CowsMedium 27731,425.00/head1,425.00–1,425.001,4253
Bred CowsMedium and Large 1-21,0752,025.00/head2,025.00–2,025.002,0251
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2600–650626235.47/cwt232.50–240.001,4746
HeifersMedium and Large 1300–350323315.42/cwt312.00–319.001,0194
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2350–400373281.29/cwt278.00–285.001,0494
HeifersMedium and Large 1500–550532279.00/cwt279.00–279.001,48410
HeifersMedium and Large 1450–500496276.00/cwt276.00–276.001,3694
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2700–750714214.00/cwt214.00–214.001,5283
HeifersMedium and Large 2Unweaned500–550540231.00/cwt231.00–231.001,2474
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2200–250230330.00/cwt330.00–330.007593
HeifersMedium 2450–500461232.00/cwt232.00–232.001,0703
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2500–550540259.50/cwt259.00–260.001,4014
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2450–500453276.98/cwt274.00–280.001,2554
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2550–600559256.00/cwt256.00–256.001,4317
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2Unweaned450–500471257.33/cwt241.00–262.001,2129
HeifersMedium and Large 2550–600553234.37/cwt221.00–241.001,2966

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.