Name: South Central Regional Stockyards livestock auction prices — 2024-12-11
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2024-12-11

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to last Wednesday, feeder steers under 450 lbs 3.00-6.00 higher, heavier weights steady. Feeder heifers under 650 lbs steady, over 650 lbs firm to 2.00 higher. Slaughter cows steady to 2.00 lower. Demand good to very good. Supply moderate. Another attractive feeder offering this week as lots of producers have cashed in on the recent price advance seen on the light and mid-weight cattle. There were more unweaned calves this week that also found good demand.

Weight class

Steers · summary 500–600 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

500–600 lb steers averaged $330.00/cwt on 226 head. That ranks 1 of 21 comparable sales and sits −153.99 against this barn's trailing median of $483.99.

Average price

$330.00

226 head · 556 lb average

Value per head Derived

$1,836

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$144

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

$15.16/cwt at this weight

vs the market

+12.32

vs MO average

+5.65 vs national

What quality paid 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1	558	330.94	1,845	212
Medium and Large 1-2	539	315.79	1,702	14thin

One grade step is worth $15.16/cwt here — about $144 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 sale226 hd

330.00

—

MO average18 barns · 5,310 hd

317.68

+12.32

National average185 barns · 29,268 hd

324.35

+5.65

This barn, trailing median21 sales

483.99

−153.99

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	1,702	135.50	2,306	3thin
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	Average	1,542	119.10	1,837	16
Cows	Boner 80-85%	Low	1,284	111.99	1,438	33
Cows	Lean 85-90%	High	1,061	93.94	996	22

Every lot, as filed

74 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	400–450	415	370.00/cwt	370.00–370.00	1,536	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Value Added	650–700	683	264.59/cwt	264.50–264.75	1,807	27
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Value Added	600–650	635	266.50/cwt	266.50–266.50	1,692	23
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	400–450	442	303.00/cwt	303.00–303.00	1,339	7
Steers	Medium and Large 1	450–500	474	366.93/cwt	348.00–398.00	1,739	58
Steers	Medium and Large 1	650–700	673	277.85/cwt	271.00–284.50	1,870	63
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	500–550	501	330.00/cwt	330.00–330.00	1,653	4
Steers	Medium and Large 1Full	650–700	696	264.00/cwt	264.00–264.00	1,837	4
Steers	Medium and Large 1Fleshy	600–650	639	274.00/cwt	274.00–274.00	1,751	10
Steers	Medium and Large 1Fleshy	650–700	675	267.00/cwt	267.00–267.00	1,802	3
Steers	Medium and Large 1Thin Fleshed	450–500	468	398.00/cwt	398.00–398.00	1,863	3
Steers	Medium and Large 1Thin Fleshed	400–450	406	437.20/cwt	427.00–443.00	1,775	19
Steers	Medium and Large 1	750–800	779	255.58/cwt	253.00–262.50	1,991	59
Steers	Medium and Large 1	550–600	569	324.07/cwt	304.50–349.00	1,844	104
Steers	Large 1	600–650	604	263.00/cwt	263.00–263.00	1,589	6
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	400–450	426	350.95/cwt	328.00–402.00	1,495	19
Steers	Medium and Large 1Value Added	600–650	628	305.50/cwt	305.50–305.50	1,919	31
Steers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	450–500	487	349.45/cwt	343.00–356.00	1,702	22
Steers	Medium and Large 1	400–450	406	416.36/cwt	414.00–420.00	1,690	5
Steers	Medium and Large 1	600–650	625	294.35/cwt	280.00–306.00	1,840	80
Steers	Medium 1-2	350–400	375	324.00/cwt	324.00–324.00	1,215	6
Steers	Medium and Large 1	500–550	524	341.16/cwt	325.00–355.00	1,788	57
Steers	Medium and Large 1Value Added	500–550	533	357.00/cwt	357.00–357.00	1,903	5
Steers	Medium and Large 1Value Added	550–600	575	334.51/cwt	320.00–351.00	1,923	43
Steers	Medium and Large 1Thin Fleshed	350–400	358	450.00/cwt	450.00–450.00	1,611	10
Steers	Medium and Large 1	350–400	372	425.03/cwt	412.00–438.00	1,581	13
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	700–750	706	260.60/cwt	260.00–261.00	1,840	5
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	750–800	757	249.26/cwt	248.00–251.00	1,887	8
Steers	Medium and Large 1Value Added	700–750	736	278.50/cwt	278.50–278.50	2,050	11
Steers	Medium and Large 1Value Added	650–700	684	285.74/cwt	284.00–288.00	1,954	41
Steers	Medium and Large 1Value Added	400–450	437	420.81/cwt	418.00–426.00	1,839	14
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	650–700	687	256.65/cwt	255.50–258.00	1,763	11
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	500–550	526	295.84/cwt	281.50–309.50	1,556	94
Heifers	Large 1	550–600	555	252.00/cwt	252.00–252.00	1,399	6
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	400–450	420	370.00/cwt	370.00–370.00	1,554	3
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2Thin Fleshed	450–500	454	362.00/cwt	362.00–362.00	1,643	6
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	350–400	394	394.00/cwt	394.00–394.00	1,552	4
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	1,035	105.00/cwt	105.00–105.00	1,087	1
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	—	1,513	116.76/cwt	112.00–119.00	1,767	8
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	—	1,571	121.44/cwt	118.50–125.50	1,908	8
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,270	102.00/cwt	102.00–102.00	1,295	2
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,515	123.50/cwt	123.50–123.50	1,871	1
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	1,066	98.65/cwt	92.00–103.00	1,052	18
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	1,036	62.00/cwt	62.00–62.00	642	3
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,277	112.27/cwt	108.00–114.50	1,434	30
Bulls	—	—	1,690	132.00/cwt	132.00–132.00	2,231	2
Bulls	—	—	1,725	142.50/cwt	142.50–142.50	2,458	1
Stock Cows	Medium and Large 1-2	—	927	153.00/cwt	153.00–153.00	1,418	6
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	600–650	610	255.50/cwt	251.00–260.00	1,559	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	450–500	486	296.41/cwt	285.00–308.00	1,441	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	400–450	421	330.61/cwt	316.00–342.00	1,392	38
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	500–550	506	268.74/cwt	265.00–280.00	1,360	8
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	550–600	574	279.13/cwt	265.50–289.00	1,602	85
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	250–300	287	338.00/cwt	338.00–338.00	970	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Thin Fleshed	500–550	510	307.50/cwt	307.50–307.50	1,568	9
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Thin Fleshed	300–350	343	362.00/cwt	362.00–362.00	1,242	8
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	850–900	871	218.75/cwt	218.75–218.75	1,905	8
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	450–500	472	313.73/cwt	291.00–333.00	1,481	88
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	350–400	380	344.13/cwt	330.00–350.00	1,308	15
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	1050–1100	1,098	192.00/cwt	192.00–192.00	2,108	4
Steers	Medium and Large 1Fleshy	550–600	591	280.50/cwt	280.50–280.50	1,658	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Unweaned	450–500	473	293.68/cwt	291.00–298.00	1,389	20
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	350–400	379	320.94/cwt	310.00–333.00	1,216	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	600–650	616	262.36/cwt	259.50–268.00	1,616	32
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	750–800	764	245.75/cwt	245.75–245.75	1,878	24
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	300–350	324	341.26/cwt	335.00–357.50	1,106	10
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	450–500	475	343.87/cwt	338.00–350.00	1,633	4
Steers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	400–450	438	348.00/cwt	348.00–348.00	1,524	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Value Added	500–550	535	301.50/cwt	301.50–301.50	1,613	14
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	550–600	582	262.50/cwt	261.00–264.00	1,528	20
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	300–350	332	301.00/cwt	301.00–301.00	999	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Replacement	600–650	607	273.00/cwt	273.00–273.00	1,657	4
Steers	Medium and Large 1	700–750	722	269.02/cwt	259.00–276.50	1,942	36
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	550–600	554	310.10/cwt	309.00–312.00	1,718	10

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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