Sale reports / Missouri / South Central Regional Stockyards / 2019-10-02

South Central Regional Stockyards

Feeder Cattle · Slaughter Cattle · Replacement Cattle · Vienna, Missouri · Wed, Oct 2
● Final38 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 1817
Feeder Cattle receipts
500 head
▼ 768 vs last sale 1,268▲ 500 vs year ago 0 · no sale a year ago
Slaughter Cattle receipts
73 head
▼ 86 vs last sale 159▲ 73 vs year ago 0 · no sale a year ago
Replacement Cattle receipts
6 head
▼ 54 vs last sale 60▲ 6 vs year ago 0 · no sale a year ago
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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to last Wednesday, feeder steers and heifers steady. Slaughter cows steady. Demand good. Supply light. The board bounced higher Wednesday recovering some of its early week losses. The fed trade looks to be at least steady again this week.

Weight classPick one — the panels below update

Heifers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot
0–100 lb heifers averaged $140.53/cwt on 191 head.
Average price
$140.53
191 head · 590 lb average
Value per head Derived
$830
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
−$143
per head · Medium and Large 1-2 over Medium and Large 1
$1.83/cwt at this weight
vs the market
+7.26
vs MO average

Price by quality 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 1-2505141.9771741
Medium and Large 1614140.13860150
One grade step is worth $1.83/cwt here — about −$143 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 sale191 hd
140.53
—
MO average16 barns · 7,647 hd
133.27
+7.26
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—Average1,62278.861,2794thin
CowsBreaker 75-80%Average1,50060.4190616
CowsBoner 80-85%High1,29057.147379thin
CowsLean 85-90%Low1,01047.5548020

Every lot

38 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 · Steers17 lots · lightest first
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2365162.00/cwt162.00–162.005914
Steers—Medium and Large 2450141.00/cwt141.00–141.006354
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2453155.03/cwt150.00–160.007024
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2Thin Fleshed510161.00/cwt161.00–161.0082115
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2521148.62/cwt146.50–150.507749
Steers—Medium and Large 1Fleshy535140.00/cwt140.00–140.007495
Steers—Medium and Large 1565156.50/cwt156.50–156.5088411
Steers—Medium 1570145.00/cwt145.00–145.0082710
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2579147.32/cwt144.00–149.0085314
Steers—Medium and Large 1Fleshy590141.00/cwt141.00–141.0083210
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2633144.72/cwt142.00–145.509169
Steers—Medium and Large 1634151.16/cwt149.50–151.5095824
Steers—Medium and Large 1Unweaned650138.00/cwt138.00–138.008978
Steers—Medium and Large 1674146.03/cwt144.00–149.2598419
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2780141.25/cwt141.25–141.251,1028
Steers—Medium and Large 1788142.62/cwt141.75–143.501,12414
Steers—Medium and Large 1900124.00/cwt124.00–124.001,1163
Feeder Cattle · Heifers10 lots · lightest first
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2Thin Fleshed430149.00/cwt149.00–149.0064118
Heifers—Medium and Large 1500151.00/cwt151.00–151.0075530
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2515140.64/cwt139.50–143.2572410
Heifers—Medium and Large 1563142.17/cwt140.00–142.7580034
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2585130.39/cwt130.00–131.007635
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2610135.04/cwt133.00–136.758248
Heifers—Medium and Large 1615136.88/cwt134.00–142.5084226
Heifers—Medium and Large 1661137.45/cwt136.25–139.0090928
Heifers—Medium and Large 1719134.89/cwt131.50–137.0097028
Heifers—Medium and Large 1820118.00/cwt118.00–118.009684
Feeder Cattle · Bulls2 lots · lightest first
Bulls—Medium and Large 1-2490136.25/cwt136.25–136.256683
Bulls—Medium and Large 1-2589127.83/cwt124.00–130.007536
Slaughter Cattle · Bulls2 lots · lightest first
Bulls——1,45584.00/cwt84.00–84.001,2222
Bulls——1,78873.72/cwt72.00–75.501,3182
Slaughter Cattle · Cows6 lots · lightest first
Cows—Lean 85-90%94641.80/cwt38.50–46.003957
Cows—Lean 85-90%1,04550.65/cwt48.00–54.5052913
Cows—Boner 80-85%1,23061.00/cwt61.00–61.007501
Cows—Boner 80-85%1,29856.66/cwt55.00–59.507358
Cows—Breaker 75-80%1,48657.92/cwt55.50–60.508618
Cows—Breaker 75-80%1,51362.89/cwt61.50–63.509528
Replacement Cattle · Bred Cows1 lot · lightest first
Bred Cows—Medium and Large 1-21,260969.31/cwt900.00–1,100.0012,2133

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.