Name: South Central Regional Stockyards livestock auction prices — 2024-11-13
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2024-11-13

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

A really nice offering of calves with several bunches of program cattle traded for this week's offering with feeders trading mostly steady, with the exception of calves under 500 pounds trading with a higher undertone and instances of $8.00-10.00 higher. Slaughter cows and bulls trading steady.

Weight class

Steers · summary 500–600 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

500–600 lb steers averaged $290.38/cwt on 350 head. That ranks 1 of 21 comparable sales and sits −193.61 against this barn's trailing median of $483.99.

Average price

$290.38

350 head · 556 lb average

Value per head Derived

$1,615

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$143

per head · Medium and Large 1 over Large 1

$33.35/cwt at this weight

vs the market

+2.15

vs MO average

−15.06 vs national

What quality paid 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1	546	303.35	1,655	202
Medium and Large 1-2	575	273.74	1,574	106
Large 1	560	270.00	1,512	42

One grade step is worth $33.35/cwt here — about $143 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

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 sale350 hd

290.38

—

MO average18 barns · 3,365 hd

288.24

+2.15

National average190 barns · 31,255 hd

305.44

−15.06

This barn, trailing median21 sales

483.99

−193.61

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	1,778	148.60	2,642	6thin
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	Average	1,562	119.09	1,860	5thin
Cows	Boner 80-85%	Low	1,255	111.15	1,395	23
Cows	Lean 85-90%	Average	1,149	91.28	1,049	29

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)	1,242	$2,100	2thin
Bred Cows	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	Aged (>8 yrs)	1,152	$1,759	24

Every lot, as filed

77 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
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Value Added	500–550	535	289.00/cwt	289.00–289.00	1,546	9
Steers	Medium and Large 1	500–550	519	323.39/cwt	289.00–340.00	1,678	55
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	600–650	617	267.55/cwt	257.00–279.00	1,651	24
Steers	Medium and Large 1	350–400	385	367.09/cwt	354.00–386.00	1,413	34
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	650–700	675	259.04/cwt	251.00–267.00	1,749	18
Steers	Medium and Large 1	750–800	789	253.43/cwt	249.00–256.00	2,000	16
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Unweaned	550–600	587	239.00/cwt	239.00–239.00	1,403	6
Steers	Medium and Large 1	450–500	467	340.56/cwt	322.00–352.00	1,590	48
Steers	Medium and Large 1	700–750	720	254.41/cwt	251.00–258.50	1,832	16
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	900–950	943	210.00/cwt	210.00–210.00	1,980	4
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	950–1000	982	208.00/cwt	208.00–208.00	2,043	2
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	500–550	533	286.49/cwt	265.00–304.00	1,527	26
Steers	Medium and Large 1	550–600	570	287.65/cwt	281.00–296.50	1,640	73
Steers	Medium and Large 1	300–350	346	376.00/cwt	376.00–376.00	1,301	3
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	450–500	484	285.00/cwt	285.00–285.00	1,379	13
Steers	Large 1Value Added	550–600	560	270.00/cwt	270.00–270.00	1,512	42
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	550–600	585	271.61/cwt	261.00–276.00	1,589	51
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	350–400	378	295.65/cwt	292.00–301.00	1,118	12
Steers	Large 1	600–650	610	272.00/cwt	272.00–272.00	1,659	6
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	450–500	485	300.77/cwt	278.00–308.00	1,459	12
Steers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	600–650	633	262.00/cwt	262.00–262.00	1,658	11
Steers	Medium and Large 1Value Added	550–600	578	287.06/cwt	281.00–289.00	1,659	33
Steers	Large 1Value Added	450–500	458	316.00/cwt	316.00–316.00	1,447	9
Steers	Large 1Value Added	350–400	368	301.00/cwt	301.00–301.00	1,108	5
Steers	Medium and Large 1	600–650	619	297.60/cwt	286.00–305.00	1,842	107
Steers	Medium and Large 1Value Added	600–650	634	290.82/cwt	287.00–297.00	1,844	31
Steers	Medium and Large 1Value Added	500–550	512	317.54/cwt	301.00–335.00	1,626	41
Steers	Large 1Value Added	400–450	440	325.00/cwt	325.00–325.00	1,430	3
Steers	Medium and Large 1Value Added	700–750	735	258.00/cwt	258.00–258.00	1,896	2
Steers	Medium and Large 1Value Added	400–450	444	342.00/cwt	342.00–342.00	1,518	6
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	550–600	597	266.00/cwt	266.00–266.00	1,588	27
Steers	Medium and Large 1Value Added	450–500	476	356.00/cwt	356.00–356.00	1,695	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	500–550	515	266.00/cwt	266.00–266.00	1,370	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	500–550	534	264.78/cwt	252.00–276.00	1,414	30
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	600–650	637	244.71/cwt	242.50–246.00	1,559	14
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	650–700	687	222.00/cwt	222.00–222.00	1,525	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	500–550	500	284.00/cwt	284.00–284.00	1,420	3
Bulls	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	350–400	362	374.00/cwt	374.00–374.00	1,354	2
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,127	108.75/cwt	107.50–109.00	1,226	6
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	—	1,490	115.47/cwt	114.50–116.50	1,721	2
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,407	115.98/cwt	115.50–117.00	1,632	4
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	1,149	91.28/cwt	82.00–100.00	1,049	29
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	—	1,610	121.50/cwt	121.50–121.50	1,956	3
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,267	110.78/cwt	107.00–115.00	1,404	13
Bulls	—	—	1,770	147.27/cwt	145.00–150.00	2,607	2
Bulls	—	—	2,025	160.25/cwt	156.50–164.00	3,245	2
Bulls	—	—	1,539	138.29/cwt	137.50–139.00	2,128	2
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,242	2,100.00/head	2,100.00–2,100.00	2,100	2
Bred Cows	Medium 1-2	—	1,152	1,759.47/head	1,550.00–1,950.00	1,759	24
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	350–400	378	328.35/cwt	324.00–336.00	1,241	14
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	400–450	415	276.93/cwt	265.00–286.00	1,149	7
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	600–650	628	258.19/cwt	255.50–261.00	1,621	51
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	300–350	329	336.00/cwt	336.00–336.00	1,105	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	500–550	525	282.96/cwt	271.00–293.00	1,486	43
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	450–500	476	292.76/cwt	285.00–296.00	1,394	40
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	550–600	568	257.22/cwt	240.00–264.00	1,461	79
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	450–500	467	281.60/cwt	268.00–288.00	1,315	20
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	700–750	713	244.92/cwt	240.00–249.00	1,746	18
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	550–600	587	270.00/cwt	270.00–270.00	1,585	17
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	300–350	328	298.86/cwt	286.00–316.00	980	9
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	750–800	798	216.00/cwt	216.00–216.00	1,724	6
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Replacement	550–600	599	315.00/cwt	315.00–315.00	1,887	27
Heifers	Medium 1-2Value Added	550–600	587	231.00/cwt	231.00–231.00	1,356	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Replacement	650–700	668	282.00/cwt	282.00–282.00	1,884	12
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	650–700	677	244.75/cwt	240.00–250.00	1,657	13
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	400–450	423	303.16/cwt	291.00–316.00	1,282	34
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	700–750	713	227.00/cwt	227.00–227.00	1,619	8
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Unweaned	550–600	570	267.00/cwt	267.00–267.00	1,522	2
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	700–750	738	243.50/cwt	243.50–243.50	1,797	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	650–700	674	231.00/cwt	231.00–231.00	1,557	7
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Unweaned	450–500	478	262.00/cwt	262.00–262.00	1,252	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	800–850	805	222.50/cwt	222.50–222.50	1,791	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	400–450	448	285.00/cwt	285.00–285.00	1,277	3
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	850–900	858	235.25/cwt	235.25–235.25	2,018	5
Steers	Large 1	450–500	485	273.00/cwt	273.00–273.00	1,324	2
Steers	Medium and Large 1	650–700	665	271.22/cwt	265.00–283.00	1,804	17
Steers	Medium and Large 1	400–450	435	336.85/cwt	327.00–344.00	1,465	30

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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