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South Central Regional Stockyards

Name: South Central Regional Stockyards livestock auction prices — 2020-12-02
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2020-12-02

Feeder Cattle · Slaughter Cattle · Replacement Cattle · Vienna, Missouri · Wed, Dec 2

● Final53 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 1817

← Nov 18Dec 2Dec 9 →

Feeder Cattle receipts

1,995 head

▲ 471 vs last sale 1,524▼ 602 vs year ago 2,597 · −23.2%

Slaughter Cattle receipts

129 head

▼ 34 vs last sale 163▲ 44 vs year ago 85 · +51.8%

Replacement Cattle receipts

8 head

▼ 22 vs last sale 30▲ 3 vs year ago 5 · +60.0%

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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to the sale two weeks ago, feeder steers steady to 2.00 lower. Feeder heifers near 550 lbs 2.00-3.00 higher, other weights steady. Slaughter cows 1.00-2.00 lower. Demand moderate to good. Supply heavy.

Weight class — the figures below change to match

Weight classPick one — the panels below update

Steers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

0–100 lb steers averaged $146.74/cwt on 832 head.

Average price

$146.74

832 head · 604 lb average

Value per head Derived

$887

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$164

per head · Medium and Large 1-2 over Medium and Large 2

$24.08/cwt at this weight

vs the market

+1.90

vs MO average

Price by quality 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1-2	511	155.08	792	207
Medium and Large 1	636	144.18	917	612
Large 1	634	136.20	864	10thin
Medium and Large 2	480	131.00	629	3thin

One grade step is worth $24.08/cwt here — about $164 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 sale832 hd

146.74

—

MO average15 barns · 17,149 hd

144.84

+1.90

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	1,945	68.02	1,323	2thin
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	Average	1,536	50.08	769	12
Cows	Boner 80-85%	Average	1,249	45.88	573	19
Cows	Lean 85-90%	Low	1,063	34.57	368	22

Every lot

53 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.

Class	Weight	Grade / description	Avg wt	Price	Range	Per head	Head
Feeder Cattle · Steers25 lots · lightest first
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1	364	175.03/cwt	171.00–180.00	637	13
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	373	163.23/cwt	161.00–165.50	609	4
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	417	168.06/cwt	145.00–172.00	701	40
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1	434	169.76/cwt	166.00–171.00	737	12
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1	476	166.17/cwt	161.00–171.00	791	57
Steers	—	Medium and Large 2	480	131.00/cwt	131.00–131.00	629	3
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	488	164.19/cwt	151.50–166.00	801	73
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1	532	158.62/cwt	156.00–161.00	844	33
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	535	147.88/cwt	145.00–152.00	791	26
Steers	—	Large 1	565	148.50/cwt	148.50–148.50	839	4
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	572	140.24/cwt	128.00–147.50	802	45
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1	582	150.65/cwt	144.00–156.50	877	120
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	613	140.90/cwt	139.00–142.00	864	11
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1	622	146.05/cwt	140.00–148.50	908	74
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	640	132.00/cwt	132.00–132.00	845	6
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1	674	137.52/cwt	132.00–147.50	927	70
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	677	130.00/cwt	130.00–130.00	880	5
Steers	—	Large 1	680	128.00/cwt	128.00–128.00	870	6
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1Fleshy	690	129.07/cwt	128.00–131.00	891	14
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	695	126.00/cwt	126.00–126.00	876	7
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1	726	133.77/cwt	130.00–138.00	971	148
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	735	128.00/cwt	128.00–128.00	941	3
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1	786	128.73/cwt	126.00–130.00	1,012	50
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1	815	128.00/cwt	128.00–128.00	1,043	3
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1Fleshy	825	121.00/cwt	121.00–121.00	998	5
Feeder Cattle · Heifers19 lots · lightest first
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1	345	145.00/cwt	145.00–145.00	500	4
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1	350	149.00/cwt	149.00–149.00	522	7
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	365	140.92/cwt	140.00–143.00	514	10
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1	405	150.00/cwt	150.00–150.00	608	6
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	427	137.26/cwt	126.00–144.50	586	20
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	476	137.93/cwt	125.00–144.50	657	30
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1	480	142.82/cwt	138.00–148.00	686	35
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	522	137.47/cwt	136.50–138.00	718	11
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1	532	149.75/cwt	140.00–153.00	797	114
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1	570	139.03/cwt	129.00–147.00	792	113
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	576	128.46/cwt	124.00–130.00	740	22
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1Fleshy	595	128.00/cwt	128.00–128.00	762	7
Heifers	—	Large 1	600	126.00/cwt	126.00–126.00	756	8
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	617	128.63/cwt	128.00–130.00	794	19
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1	619	131.58/cwt	128.00–135.25	814	81
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	665	123.00/cwt	123.00–123.00	818	2
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1	672	129.04/cwt	128.50–130.00	867	22
Heifers	—	Medium 1Fleshy	715	104.00/cwt	104.00–104.00	744	3
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1	728	129.34/cwt	125.50–130.50	942	60
Feeder Cattle · Bulls1 lot · lightest first
Bulls	—	Medium and Large 1-2	555	118.05/cwt	112.00–124.00	655	4
Slaughter Cattle · Bulls1 lot · lightest first
Bulls	—	—	1,945	68.02/cwt	65.00–71.50	1,323	2
Slaughter Cattle · Cows6 lots · lightest first
Cows	—	Lean 85-90%	1,058	32.66/cwt	30.00–35.00	346	15
Cows	—	Lean 85-90%	1,064	40.94/cwt	38.00–45.00	436	6
Cows	—	Lean 85-90%	1,135	25.00/cwt	25.00–25.00	284	1
Cows	—	Boner 80-85%	1,153	42.23/cwt	42.00–43.00	487	4
Cows	—	Boner 80-85%	1,275	46.85/cwt	43.50–50.00	597	15
Cows	—	Breaker 75-80%	1,536	50.08/cwt	46.00–52.00	769	12
Replacement Cattle · Bred Cows1 lot · lightest first
Bred Cows	—	Medium and Large 1-2	1,334	881.33/cwt	825.00–985.00	11,757	4

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.

Missouri feeder prices, every weight →Every state and region →

South Central Regional Stockyards - Vienna, MO

Wed Dec 2, 2020

USDA Livestock, Poultry & Grain Market News · Federal-State Market News Service, Jefferson City, MO (LS-JC)

Feeder CattleReceipts 1,995Last week 1,524Year ago 2,597

Slaughter CattleReceipts 129Last week 163Year ago 85

Replacement CattleReceipts 8Last week 30Year ago 5

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
7	—	350	149.00	149.00
60	—	728	125.50–130.50	129.34
22	—	672	128.50–130.00	129.04
6	—	405	150.00	150.00
113	—	570	129.00–147.00	139.03
35	—	480	138.00–148.00	142.82
114	—	532	140.00–153.00	149.75
81	—	619	128.00–135.25	131.58
4	—	345	145.00	145.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Unweaned$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	665	123.00	123.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
11	—	522	136.50–138.00	137.47
10	—	365	140.00–143.00	140.92
19	—	617	128.00–130.00	128.63
20	—	427	126.00–144.50	137.26
22	—	576	124.00–130.00	128.46
30	—	476	125.00–144.50	137.93

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Fleshy$ per cwt · actual wt
7	—	595	128.00	128.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
8	—	600	126.00	126.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium 1 · Fleshy$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	715	104.00	104.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	815	128.00	128.00
148	—	726	130.00–138.00	133.77
33	—	532	156.00–161.00	158.62
70	—	674	132.00–147.50	137.52
120	—	582	144.00–156.50	150.65
12	—	434	166.00–171.00	169.76
13	—	364	171.00–180.00	175.03
50	—	786	126.00–130.00	128.73
74	—	622	140.00–148.50	146.05
57	—	476	161.00–171.00	166.17

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1 · Unweaned$ per cwt · actual wt
7	—	695	126.00	126.00
6	—	640	132.00	132.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1 · Fleshy$ per cwt · actual wt
5	—	825	121.00	121.00
14	—	690	128.00–131.00	129.07

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
11	—	613	139.00–142.00	140.90
40	—	417	145.00–172.00	168.06
4	—	373	161.00–165.50	163.23
73	—	488	151.50–166.00	164.19
26	—	535	145.00–152.00	147.88
45	—	572	128.00–147.50	140.24
5	—	677	130.00	130.00
3	—	735	128.00	128.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	480	131.00	131.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
4	—	565	148.50	148.50
6	—	680	128.00	128.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
4	—	555	112.00–124.00	118.05

Slaughter Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cows — Lean 85-90%$ per cwt · actual wt
15	—	1,058	30.00–35.00	32.66
6	—	1,064	38.00–45.00	40.94
1	—	1,135	25.00	25.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cows — Breaker 75-80%$ per cwt · actual wt
12	—	1,536	46.00–52.00	50.08

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cows — Boner 80-85%$ per cwt · actual wt
15	—	1,275	43.50–50.00	46.85
4	—	1,153	42.00–43.00	42.23

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	1,945	65.00–71.50	68.02

Replacement Cattle

As reported

Age	Stage	Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bred Cows — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	4	—	1,334	825.00–985.00	881.33

Head, weight ranges, average weights and price ranges are exactly as USDA AMS filed them — nothing recomputed, nothing rounded — in USDA's own reporting structure. This is RaisedBeef's rendering of that data, not a copy of USDA's document.