Sale reports / Missouri / South Central Regional Stockyards / 2019-08-07

South Central Regional Stockyards

Feeder Cattle · Slaughter Cattle · Replacement Cattle · Vienna, Missouri · Wed, Aug 7
● Final27 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 1817
Feeder Cattle receipts
174 head
▼ 994 vs last sale 1,168▲ 174 vs year ago 0 · no sale a year ago
Slaughter Cattle receipts
49 head
▼ 70 vs last sale 119▲ 49 vs year ago 0 · no sale a year ago
Replacement Cattle receipts
15 head
▼ 40 vs last sale 55▲ 15 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 steady to firm. Demand good. Supply light. Not much movement of feeder cattle in the area this week with a better test of the market shaping up for 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 $143.31/cwt on 51 head.
Average price
$143.31
51 head · 498 lb average
Value per head Derived
$714
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
−$88
per head · Medium and Large 1-2 over Medium and Large 1
$1.88/cwt at this weight
vs the market
+6.14
vs MO average

Price by quality 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 1-2464144.2766925
Medium and Large 1532142.3975726
One grade step is worth $1.88/cwt here — about −$88 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 sale51 hd
143.31
—
MO average15 barns · 6,012 hd
137.17
+6.14
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—Average1,76580.671,4244thin
CowsBoner 80-85%Low1,18461.4672711
CowsLean 85-90%High1,07946.7350416

Every lot

27 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 · Steers8 lots · lightest first
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2290205.00/cwt205.00–205.005954
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2325176.00/cwt176.00–176.005723
Steers—Medium and Large 1387190.67/cwt187.00–193.007385
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2Thin Fleshed475175.00/cwt175.00–175.008313
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2541152.26/cwt145.00–156.0082416
Steers—Medium and Large 1575153.20/cwt150.50–156.008814
Steers—Medium and Large 1638144.75/cwt144.75–144.759246
Steers—Medium and Large 1655147.00/cwt147.00–147.009634
Feeder Cattle · Heifers6 lots · lightest first
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2345156.00/cwt151.00–161.005384
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2433146.45/cwt142.00–152.0063415
Heifers—Medium and Large 1476149.89/cwt149.50–150.007139
Heifers—Medium and Large 1545142.50/cwt142.50–142.507775
Heifers—Medium and Large 1568136.71/cwt136.00–138.5077712
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2Unweaned620131.00/cwt131.00–131.008126
Feeder Cattle · Bulls4 lots · lightest first
Bulls—Medium and Large 1-2510138.14/cwt131.00–145.007054
Bulls—Medium 1-2570124.00/cwt124.00–124.007073
Bulls—Medium and Large 1-2576133.79/cwt127.75–143.007715
Bulls—Medium and Large 1-2690125.00/cwt125.00–125.008635
Slaughter Cattle · Bulls1 lot · lightest first
Bulls——1,76580.67/cwt78.50–82.501,4244
Slaughter Cattle · Cows6 lots · lightest first
Cows—Boner 80-85%97055.00/cwt55.00–55.005341
Cows—Lean 85-90%1,05941.52/cwt35.00–48.504409
Cows—Lean 85-90%1,10052.83/cwt50.00–56.005816
Cows—Lean 85-90%1,12557.00/cwt57.00–57.006411
Cows—Boner 80-85%1,16360.81/cwt59.00–62.007078
Cows—Boner 80-85%1,37367.27/cwt67.00–67.509242
Replacement Cattle · Bred Cows2 lots · lightest first
Bred Cows—Medium and Large 11,2251,140.00/cwt1,140.00–1,140.0013,9655
Bred Cows—Medium and Large 1-21,273835.86/cwt775.00–870.0010,6405

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.