Sale reports / Missouri / South Central Regional Stockyards / 2020-11-18

South Central Regional Stockyards

Feeder Cattle · Slaughter Cattle · Replacement Cattle · Vienna, Missouri · Wed, Nov 18
● Final55 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 1817
Feeder Cattle receipts
1,524 head
▼ 884 vs last sale 2,408▼ 453 vs year ago 1,977 · −22.9%
Slaughter Cattle receipts
163 head
▲ 43 vs last sale 120▼ 12 vs year ago 175 · −6.9%
Replacement Cattle receipts
30 head
▲ 30 vs last sale 0▲ 27 vs year ago 3 · +900.0%
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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Copared to last week, Feeder steers under 550 lbs 5.00 to 10.00 higher, Over 550 lbs unevenly steady. Feeder heifers under 550 lbs unevenly steady, Over 550 lbs 2.00 to 4.00 lower. Demand moderate to good. Supply moderate. Slaughter cows steady to 1.00 lower.

Weight classPick one — the panels below update

Steers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot
0–100 lb steers averaged $153.20/cwt on 735 head.
Average price
$153.20
735 head · 571 lb average
Value per head Derived
$874
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
$132
per head · Medium and Large 1 over Large 1
$25.96/cwt at this weight
vs the market
+6.55
vs MO average

Price by quality 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 1562155.67876605
Medium and Large 1-2614143.11878116
Large 1574129.7174414thin
One grade step is worth $25.96/cwt here — about $132 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 sale735 hd
153.20
—
MO average19 barns · 18,050 hd
146.64
+6.55
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—Low1,59964.571,0337thin
CowsBreaker 75-80%Low1,45750.6073725
CowsBoner 80-85%Low1,24045.7956856
CowsLean 85-90%Very Low1,06534.6336927

Every lot

55 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 · Steers22 lots · lightest first
Steers—Medium and Large 1326183.70/cwt182.50–184.005995
Steers—Medium and Large 1379174.88/cwt174.50–175.0066320
Steers—Medium and Large 1429169.70/cwt166.00–171.0072813
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2435160.00/cwt160.00–160.006968
Steers—Medium and Large 1473169.91/cwt165.50–177.5080433
Steers—Large 1475141.00/cwt141.00–141.006704
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2485159.00/cwt152.00–162.0077110
Steers—Medium and Large 1513164.62/cwt157.00–170.00845135
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2523148.54/cwt139.00–155.0077728
Steers—Large 1535127.00/cwt127.00–127.006798
Steers—Medium and Large 1Thin Fleshed560168.50/cwt168.50–168.5094411
Steers—Medium and Large 1571154.28/cwt149.00–157.00881190
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2593140.73/cwt135.00–146.508356
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2600137.50/cwt137.50–137.508255
Steers—Medium and Large 1621146.69/cwt142.50–151.00911145
Steers—Medium and Large 1Unweaned635138.00/cwt138.00–138.008767
Steers—Medium and Large 1660140.00/cwt140.00–140.0092420
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2677137.19/cwt134.00–138.5092927
Steers—Medium and Large 1703135.64/cwt134.00–136.5095426
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2723135.71/cwt134.00–137.0098130
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2845132.25/cwt132.25–132.251,1182
Steers—Large 1925118.00/cwt118.00–118.001,0922
Feeder Cattle · Heifers20 lots · lightest first
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2365144.00/cwt144.00–144.005264
Heifers—Medium and Large 1390150.00/cwt150.00–150.005854
Heifers—Medium and Large 1417147.31/cwt146.00–148.0061412
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2435138.00/cwt138.00–138.0060010
Heifers—Medium and Large 1471145.55/cwt143.00–148.0068648
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2Fleshy480131.00/cwt131.00–131.0062915
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2483137.86/cwt136.00–140.0066611
Heifers—Medium and Large 1520144.22/cwt139.50–148.0075060
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2526135.76/cwt131.00–139.0071423
Heifers—Medium and Large 2562123.71/cwt118.00–126.0069514
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2572133.26/cwt124.00–138.0076221
Heifers—Medium and Large 1573139.65/cwt134.50–145.0080050
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2Fleshy595119.75/cwt119.75–119.757136
Heifers—Medium and Large 1609134.41/cwt134.00–137.0081930
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2610130.36/cwt127.75–134.0079521
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2Fleshy640121.00/cwt121.00–121.007746
Heifers—Medium and Large 2645124.50/cwt124.50–124.508033
Heifers—Medium and Large 1650127.25/cwt127.25–127.258276
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2653127.28/cwt126.00–129.008317
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2715126.25/cwt126.25–126.259039
Slaughter Cattle · Bulls2 lots · lightest first
Bulls——1,27252.00/cwt52.00–52.006613
Bulls——1,84573.99/cwt72.00–76.001,3654
Slaughter Cattle · Cows8 lots · lightest first
Cows—Lean 85-90%95822.47/cwt17.00–27.002154
Cows—Lean 85-90%1,07835.33/cwt30.00–39.0038118
Cows—Lean 85-90%1,10241.84/cwt41.00–43.004615
Cows—Boner 80-85%1,21942.81/cwt40.00–47.0052234
Cows—Boner 80-85%1,27150.13/cwt48.00–53.0063721
Cows—Boner 80-85%1,32556.00/cwt56.00–56.007421
Cows—Breaker 75-80%1,42947.04/cwt44.00–48.006726
Cows—Breaker 75-80%1,46651.73/cwt49.00–54.0075819
Replacement Cattle · Bred Cows3 lots · lightest first
Bred Cows—Medium and Large 21,148796.25/cwt675.00–880.009,1416
Bred Cows—Medium and Large 1-21,289966.05/cwt900.00–1,075.0012,45213
Bred Cows—Medium and Large 11,3951,325.00/cwt1,325.00–1,325.0018,4843

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.