Name: South Central Regional Stockyards livestock auction prices — 2024-12-18
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2024-12-18

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to last Wednesday, feeder steers and heifers steady on a limited market test. Slaughter cows 1.00-2.00 higher. Demand good. Supply light. A special cow sale followed the feeders including two consignments of high quality bred heifers and some fancy reputation bred cows.

Weight class

Steers · summary 500–600 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

500–600 lb steers averaged $326.20/cwt on 62 head. That ranks 1 of 21 comparable sales and sits −157.79 against this barn's trailing median of $483.99.

Average price

$326.20

62 head · 533 lb average

Value per head Derived

$1,740

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$193

per head · Medium and Large 1 over Large 1

$41.95/cwt at this weight

vs the market

+11.51

vs MO average

−0.43 vs national

What quality paid 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1	534	330.95	1,768	51
Medium and Large 1-2	521	312.86	1,630	7thin
Large 1	545	289.00	1,575	4thin

One grade step is worth $41.95/cwt here — about $193 a head. Across this sale the premium is widest at 500–600 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 sale62 hd

326.20

—

MO average16 barns · 2,858 hd

314.70

+11.51

National average173 barns · 17,754 hd

326.63

−0.43

This barn, trailing median21 sales

483.99

−157.79

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	1,995	149.50	2,983	5thin
Cows	Boner 80-85%	Average	1,279	116.83	1,494	22
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	Low	1,450	116.65	1,691	7thin
Cows	Lean 85-90%	Very Low	1,006	80.91	814	20

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/3rd Stage (4-9 mo)	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	1,341	$3,053	36
Bred Cows	2nd/3rd Stage (4-9 mo)	Aged (>8 yrs)	1,405	$2,645	11
Bred Heifers	2nd/3rd Stage (4-9 mo)	(<2 yrs)	1,057	$3,142	49
Cow-Calf Pairs	Open	Aged (>8 yrs)	1,300	$2,600	2thin

Every lot, as filed

51 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
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	650–700	658	239.98/cwt	234.00–246.00	1,579	4
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	400–450	432	310.00/cwt	310.00–310.00	1,339	5
Bulls	Medium 2	500–550	531	257.50/cwt	257.50–257.50	1,367	4
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	350–400	384	334.37/cwt	305.00–345.00	1,284	9
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	700–750	747	207.00/cwt	207.00–207.00	1,546	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	300–350	321	369.84/cwt	362.00–395.00	1,187	4
Steers	Medium and Large 1	600–650	616	290.00/cwt	290.00–290.00	1,786	4
Steers	Medium and Large 1	350–400	395	375.00/cwt	375.00–375.00	1,481	3
Steers	Medium and Large 1Value Added	600–650	616	304.00/cwt	304.00–304.00	1,873	20
Steers	Medium and Large 1Value Added	500–550	529	334.30/cwt	334.00–335.00	1,768	43
Steers	Large 1	600–650	625	270.00/cwt	270.00–270.00	1,688	3
Steers	Large 1	500–550	545	289.00/cwt	289.00–289.00	1,575	4
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	500–550	521	312.86/cwt	295.00–321.00	1,630	7
Steers	Medium and Large 1	700–750	712	254.00/cwt	254.00–254.00	1,808	2
Steers	Medium and Large 1	550–600	562	312.97/cwt	311.00–321.00	1,759	8
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	450–500	462	337.85/cwt	319.00–343.00	1,561	19
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	700–750	725	227.50/cwt	227.50–227.50	1,649	4
Heifers	Medium 2	450–500	471	255.00/cwt	255.00–255.00	1,201	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	600–650	637	229.00/cwt	229.00–229.00	1,459	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	350–400	370	331.00/cwt	331.00–331.00	1,225	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	400–450	401	318.50/cwt	318.50–318.50	1,277	3
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	400–450	443	355.00/cwt	355.00–355.00	1,573	17
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	450–500	476	283.74/cwt	279.00–291.00	1,351	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	900–950	918	205.00/cwt	205.00–205.00	1,882	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	400–450	412	321.65/cwt	318.00–327.00	1,325	6
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	1,000	58.56/cwt	56.00–61.00	586	2
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,280	117.86/cwt	112.50–120.00	1,509	20
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	971	79.09/cwt	61.00–93.00	768	15
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	1,130	115.00/cwt	115.00–115.00	1,300	1
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	—	1,540	108.50/cwt	108.50–108.50	1,671	1
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	—	1,435	118.01/cwt	111.00–121.50	1,693	6
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,265	106.50/cwt	106.50–106.50	1,347	2
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	1,210	99.87/cwt	96.00–104.00	1,208	2
Bulls	—	—	1,995	149.50/cwt	146.00–154.00	2,983	5
Bred Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	1,057	3,141.55/head	2,850.00–3,275.00	3,142	49
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 1	—	1,368	3,118.37/head	2,600.00–3,400.00	3,118	33
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,043	2,333.94/head	2,300.00–2,350.00	2,334	3
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 1	—	1,405	2,644.96/head	1,975.00–2,950.00	2,645	11
Cow-Calf Pairs	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,300	2,600.00/head	2,600.00–2,600.00	2,600	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	600–650	606	249.00/cwt	249.00–249.00	1,509	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	500–550	505	267.50/cwt	267.50–267.50	1,351	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	550–600	596	275.00/cwt	275.00–275.00	1,639	3
Bulls	Medium 2	450–500	473	300.00/cwt	300.00–300.00	1,419	6
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	500–550	530	296.24/cwt	280.00–303.50	1,570	10
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	450–500	465	306.00/cwt	306.00–306.00	1,423	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	500–550	506	255.43/cwt	252.00–261.00	1,292	8
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Fleshy	650–700	665	236.00/cwt	236.00–236.00	1,569	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	350–400	375	313.09/cwt	306.00–320.00	1,174	4
Heifers	Medium 1-2	500–550	548	247.00/cwt	247.00–247.00	1,354	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	300–350	331	331.00/cwt	331.00–331.00	1,096	6
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	600–650	611	252.00/cwt	252.00–252.00	1,540	3

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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