Name: South Central Regional Stockyards livestock auction prices — 2024-11-20
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2024-11-20

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

compared to last weeks sale feeder cattle auction feeders traded mostly steady with a higher undertone with the exception of steers under 550 pound trading 8.00-10.00 higher in spots slaughter cows and bulls were steady market

reminder no sale next week due to thanksgiving

Weight class

Steers · summary 500–600 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

500–600 lb steers averaged $305.97/cwt on 172 head. That ranks 1 of 21 comparable sales and sits −178.02 against this barn's trailing median of $483.99.

Average price

$305.97

172 head · 564 lb average

Value per head Derived

$1,724

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$179

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

$17.90/cwt at this weight

vs the market

+10.24

vs MO average

−3.29 vs national

What quality paid 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1	566	307.32	1,738	159
Medium and Large 1-2	539	289.42	1,559	13thin

One grade step is worth $17.90/cwt here — about $179 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 sale172 hd

305.97

—

MO average16 barns · 3,183 hd

295.73

+10.24

National average182 barns · 24,645 hd

309.26

−3.29

This barn, trailing median21 sales

483.99

−178.02

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.

Class	Grade	Dressing	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Bulls	—	Low	1,405	130.00	1,827	1thin
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	Average	1,578	119.67	1,889	3thin
Cows	Boner 80-85%	Average	1,314	114.23	1,501	26
Cows	Lean 85-90%	Low	1,077	96.61	1,040	12

Every lot, as filed

67 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 1	450–500	480	296.23/cwt	291.00–301.00	1,422	47
Steers	Medium and Large 1	600–650	628	284.16/cwt	274.00–295.00	1,785	73
Steers	Medium and Large 1Value Added	550–600	579	302.17/cwt	298.00–310.00	1,750	14
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Value Added	650–700	651	257.00/cwt	257.00–257.00	1,673	7
Steers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	450–500	495	348.50/cwt	348.50–348.50	1,725	65
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Replacement	700–750	746	249.75/cwt	249.75–249.75	1,863	16
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Replacement	600–650	605	264.00/cwt	264.00–264.00	1,597	15
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	450–500	451	318.00/cwt	318.00–318.00	1,434	8
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Unweaned	450–500	470	265.00/cwt	265.00–265.00	1,246	5
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Unweaned	500–550	531	299.00/cwt	299.00–299.00	1,588	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Fleshy	700–750	732	215.00/cwt	215.00–215.00	1,574	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	750–800	796	229.50/cwt	229.50–229.50	1,827	3
Steers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	400–450	405	361.00/cwt	361.00–361.00	1,462	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	550–600	573	272.79/cwt	269.00–275.50	1,563	41
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	550–600	585	255.77/cwt	231.00–268.00	1,496	6
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	550–600	595	278.00/cwt	278.00–278.00	1,654	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	500–550	516	263.00/cwt	263.00–263.00	1,357	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	550–600	566	269.50/cwt	269.50–269.50	1,525	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	650–700	695	240.00/cwt	240.00–240.00	1,668	6
Steers	Medium and Large 1Value Added	650–700	675	273.61/cwt	273.00–275.00	1,847	10
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	850–900	855	215.00/cwt	215.00–215.00	1,838	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	800–850	802	212.00/cwt	212.00–212.00	1,700	2
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	650–700	690	266.75/cwt	266.75–266.75	1,841	8
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	750–800	792	248.00/cwt	248.00–248.00	1,964	5
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	800–850	838	235.24/cwt	231.00–238.00	1,971	5
Steers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	550–600	589	296.00/cwt	296.00–296.00	1,743	16
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	600–650	628	243.54/cwt	236.00–249.50	1,529	24
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	1,016	82.55/cwt	82.00–84.00	839	4
Bulls	—	—	1,405	130.00/cwt	130.00–130.00	1,827	1
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	—	1,685	125.00/cwt	125.00–125.00	2,106	1
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	—	1,525	117.00/cwt	117.00–117.00	1,784	2
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,253	113.80/cwt	107.50–116.50	1,426	18
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,463	118.34/cwt	115.50–119.00	1,731	6
Heifers	Medium 1	550–600	583	245.00/cwt	245.00–245.00	1,428	5
Steers	Medium 1-2	400–450	447	248.00/cwt	248.00–248.00	1,109	2
Heifers	Medium 1-2	550–600	552	231.00/cwt	231.00–231.00	1,275	2
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,413	105.75/cwt	105.00–106.50	1,494	2
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	1,178	96.56/cwt	92.50–100.00	1,137	2
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	1,084	106.00/cwt	106.00–106.00	1,149	6
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	700–750	712	233.50/cwt	233.50–233.50	1,663	9
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	400–450	420	318.00/cwt	318.00–318.00	1,336	2
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	700–750	729	251.64/cwt	246.50–259.50	1,834	5
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	500–550	518	290.21/cwt	282.00–296.00	1,503	7
Heifers	Medium 1Fleshy	600–650	603	231.00/cwt	231.00–231.00	1,393	3
Heifers	Medium 1	350–400	383	274.00/cwt	274.00–274.00	1,049	3
Steers	Medium and Large 1Fancy	500–550	516	341.00/cwt	341.00–341.00	1,760	9
Steers	Medium and Large 1	550–600	577	302.90/cwt	288.50–310.50	1,748	91
Steers	Medium and Large 1	750–800	763	263.60/cwt	259.75–264.10	2,011	43
Steers	Medium and Large 1	700–750	716	268.71/cwt	259.00–272.50	1,924	22
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	400–450	438	286.00/cwt	286.00–286.00	1,253	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	550–600	574	261.60/cwt	255.50–266.50	1,502	12
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	500–550	515	305.00/cwt	305.00–305.00	1,571	4
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	300–350	346	318.00/cwt	318.00–318.00	1,100	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	500–550	515	280.00/cwt	280.00–280.00	1,442	6
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	700–750	729	242.46/cwt	234.00–245.50	1,768	22
Steers	Medium and Large 1	400–450	435	347.00/cwt	347.00–347.00	1,509	5
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	600–650	630	259.00/cwt	259.00–259.00	1,632	2
Steers	Medium and Large 1	900–950	932	224.00/cwt	224.00–224.00	2,088	2
Steers	Medium and Large 1	500–550	526	319.49/cwt	307.00–321.50	1,681	29
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	400–450	431	316.89/cwt	313.00–319.00	1,366	8
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	650–700	671	244.50/cwt	244.50–244.50	1,641	4
Steers	Medium and Large 1	450–500	466	345.83/cwt	345.00–347.00	1,612	10
Steers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	300–350	337	400.00/cwt	400.00–400.00	1,348	5
Steers	Medium and Large 1	650–700	672	274.64/cwt	273.50–275.00	1,846	17
Steers	Medium and Large 1Value Added	450–500	452	356.00/cwt	356.00–356.00	1,609	3
Steers	Medium and Large 1Value Added	700–750	729	270.25/cwt	270.25–270.25	1,970	11
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Value Added	500–550	502	303.50/cwt	303.50–303.50	1,524	9

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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