Sale reports / Missouri / South Central Regional Stockyards / 2019-05-29

South Central Regional Stockyards

Feeder Cattle · Slaughter Cattle · Replacement Cattle · Vienna, Missouri · Wed, May 29
● Final48 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 1817
Feeder Cattle receipts
293 head
▼ 1,491 vs last sale 1,784▲ 293 vs year ago 0 · no sale a year ago
Slaughter Cattle receipts
54 head
▼ 33 vs last sale 87▲ 54 vs year ago 0 · no sale a year ago
Replacement Cattle receipts
10 head
▲ 8 vs last sale 2▲ 10 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 1.00-2.00 higher. Light receipts following the holiday with a large run and several reputation cattle expected next week.

Weight classPick one — the panels below update

Heifers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot
0–100 lb heifers averaged $135.48/cwt on 97 head.
Average price
$135.48
97 head · 534 lb average
Value per head Derived
$723
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
$45
per head · Medium and Large 1-2 over Medium and Large 2
$10.40/cwt at this weight
vs the market
−2.91
vs MO average

Price by quality 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 1-2526138.2772726
Medium and Large 1538137.8174147
Medium and Large 2534127.8868224
One grade step is worth $10.40/cwt here — about $45 a head. Across this sale the premium is widest at 0–100 lb. USDA reports each grade on its own line and never publishes the spread.

How it compared 0–100 lb

Same class and week · spot auction only
This sale97 hd
135.48
—
MO average12 barns · 4,249 hd
138.39
−2.91
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
Bulls—Average1,81278.651,4253thin
CowsBoner 80-85%Average1,23055.7468613
CowsBreaker 75-80%Average1,45953.507814thin
CowsLean 85-90%Average1,08047.6651512

Every lot

48 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. Grouped by class and set lightest first; USDA files them in sale-ring order.
ClassWeightGrade / descriptionAvg wtPriceRangePer headHead
Feeder Cattle · Steers13 lots · lightest first
Steers—Medium and Large 1378181.00/cwt181.00–181.006847
Steers—Medium and Large 1461180.26/cwt170.50–189.5083111
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2472161.37/cwt157.00–171.007629
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2525152.00/cwt152.00–152.007982
Steers—Medium and Large 1566160.41/cwt155.50–162.2590812
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2585145.50/cwt145.50–145.508512
Steers—Medium and Large 2585131.00/cwt131.00–131.007664
Steers—Medium and Large 1Fleshy610139.25/cwt139.25–139.258496
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2620142.00/cwt142.00–142.008807
Steers—Medium and Large 1660142.50/cwt142.50–142.509413
Steers—Medium and Large 2660131.00/cwt131.00–131.008655
Steers—Medium and Large 1Unweaned665134.00/cwt134.00–134.0089111
Steers—Medium and Large 1770130.00/cwt130.00–130.001,0012
Feeder Cattle · Heifers19 lots · lightest first
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2335153.00/cwt153.00–153.005132
Heifers—Medium and Large 1385152.50/cwt152.50–152.505875
Heifers—Medium and Large 2405133.00/cwt133.00–133.005393
Heifers—Medium and Large 1410154.25/cwt150.50–155.506324
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2428150.17/cwt150.00–150.506433
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2470149.15/cwt144.50–154.007014
Heifers—Medium and Large 1475152.38/cwt150.00–155.507248
Heifers—Medium and Large 2494133.99/cwt133.00–136.506627
Heifers—Medium and Large 2533128.46/cwt121.00–136.006854
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2535138.73/cwt136.50–141.007424
Heifers—Medium and Large 1565134.75/cwt134.75–134.757613
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2576131.45/cwt130.00–134.507579
Heifers—Medium and Large 1Fleshy580132.25/cwt132.25–132.2576715
Heifers—Medium and Large 2585124.00/cwt124.00–124.007254
Heifers—Medium and Large 2Fleshy590116.75/cwt116.75–116.756893
Heifers—Medium and Large 1Unweaned610124.00/cwt124.00–124.007568
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2630126.00/cwt126.00–126.007944
Heifers—Medium and Large 2630124.00/cwt124.00–124.007813
Heifers—Medium and Large 1659124.68/cwt124.00–126.758224
Feeder Cattle · Bulls6 lots · lightest first
Bulls—Medium and Large 1-2390149.50/cwt149.50–149.505833
Bulls—Medium and Large 1-2426147.77/cwt143.00–153.506308
Bulls—Medium and Large 2500124.00/cwt124.00–124.006203
Bulls—Medium and Large 1-2521135.97/cwt131.00–151.0070810
Bulls—Medium and Large 1-2635123.00/cwt122.50–123.507814
Bulls—Medium and Large 1-2677118.02/cwt116.00–119.007993
Slaughter Cattle · Bulls2 lots · lightest first
Bulls——1,38574.00/cwt74.00–74.001,0251
Bulls——2,02580.98/cwt78.00–84.501,6402
Slaughter Cattle · Cows6 lots · lightest first
Cows—Lean 85-90%1,07952.28/cwt47.00–54.755648
Cows—Lean 85-90%1,08138.41/cwt36.00–40.004154
Cows—Boner 80-85%1,22256.63/cwt55.00–59.0069212
Cows—Boner 80-85%1,32545.00/cwt45.00–45.005961
Cows—Breaker 75-80%1,33052.50/cwt52.00–53.006982
Cows—Breaker 75-80%1,58854.51/cwt54.00–55.008662
Replacement Cattle · Stock Cows1 lot · lightest first
Stock Cows—Medium and Large 1-292872.43/cwt65.00–85.006723
Replacement Cattle · Bred Cows1 lot · lightest first
Bred Cows—Medium and Large 1-21,198956.27/cwt875.00–1,030.0011,4563

This sale against other markets

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.