Sale reports / Missouri / South Central Regional Stockyards / 2021-10-20

South Central Regional Stockyards

Feeder Cattle · Slaughter Cattle · Vienna, Missouri · Wed, Oct 20
● Final49 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 1817
Feeder Cattle receipts
510 head
▲ 119 vs last sale 391▼ 163 vs year ago 673 · −24.2%
Slaughter Cattle receipts
83 head
▼ 23 vs last sale 106▲ 26 vs year ago 57 · +45.6%
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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to last Wednesday, feeder steers mostly steady. Feeder heifers steady to 2.00 lower with some fleshy calves over 550 lbs 2.00-4.00 lower. Slaughter cows steady to firm. Demand moderate. Lighter run again this week with many producers opting to hold calves until November.

Weight classPick one — the panels below update

Heifers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot
0–100 lb heifers averaged $138.30/cwt on 142 head.
Average price
$138.30
142 head · 537 lb average
Value per head Derived
$743
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
−$66
per head · Medium and Large 1 over Medium and Large 2
$13.41/cwt at this weight
vs the market
−5.12
vs MO average

Price by quality 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 1516143.4174032
Medium and Large 1-2540137.07740106
Medium and Large 2620130.008064thin
One grade step is worth $13.41/cwt here — about −$66 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 sale142 hd
138.30
—
MO average15 barns · 5,865 hd
143.42
−5.12
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—Average1,84582.001,5132thin
CowsBreaker 75-80%Average1,44160.9287810
CowsBoner 80-85%High1,31359.5878212
CowsLean 85-90%Low1,06544.3347213

Every lot

49 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 · Steers18 lots · lightest first
Steers—Medium and Large 1415185.00/cwt185.00–185.007685
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2432173.27/cwt165.00–175.007497
Steers—Medium and Large 1472176.18/cwt172.00–179.0083217
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2509161.20/cwt158.00–165.008215
Steers—Medium and Large 1520165.92/cwt162.00–170.008636
Steers—Medium and Large 1Fleshy531145.19/cwt144.00–146.007715
Steers—Medium and Large 1583155.72/cwt154.00–165.0090815
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2589152.68/cwt152.00–155.0089913
Steers—Medium and Large 1Unweaned600151.00/cwt151.00–151.009068
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2Unweaned609132.98/cwt130.00–135.008105
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2628146.17/cwt145.00–148.0091813
Steers—Medium and Large 1655148.00/cwt148.00–148.009694
Steers—Medium and Large 1Unweaned660140.00/cwt140.00–140.009248
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2675144.54/cwt142.00–147.009764
Steers—Large 1680145.50/cwt145.50–145.509894
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2720141.32/cwt141.00–142.001,01815
Steers—Medium and Large 1780142.25/cwt142.25–142.251,1104
Steers—Medium and Large 1905127.00/cwt127.00–127.001,1493
Feeder Cattle · Heifers19 lots · lightest first
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2345156.00/cwt156.00–156.005386
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2383144.51/cwt144.00–145.005534
Heifers—Medium and Large 1395156.00/cwt156.00–156.006164
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2416150.28/cwt143.00–153.0062516
Heifers—Medium and Large 1Fleshy465133.98/cwt132.00–136.006234
Heifers—Medium and Large 1468147.51/cwt146.00–149.006908
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2Thin Fleshed475147.00/cwt147.00–147.006984
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2492143.32/cwt140.00–145.007056
Heifers—Medium and Large 1500146.00/cwt146.00–146.007305
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2523144.15/cwt142.00–145.0075414
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2Fleshy557125.69/cwt117.00–128.0070010
Heifers—Medium and Large 1Fleshy565134.50/cwt134.50–134.507604
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2568132.27/cwt128.00–137.5075111
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2Unweaned612115.89/cwt110.00–120.007099
Heifers—Medium and Large 2620130.00/cwt130.00–130.008064
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2634131.45/cwt130.00–135.008337
Heifers—Medium and Large 1654140.15/cwt138.00–141.009177
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2684129.18/cwt128.00–130.0088417
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2720137.00/cwt137.00–137.009862
Feeder Cattle · Bulls4 lots · lightest first
Bulls—Medium and Large 1-2522132.05/cwt125.00–142.006897
Bulls—Medium 1-2560117.00/cwt117.00–117.006553
Bulls—Medium and Large 1-2733112.26/cwt110.00–114.508234
Bulls—Medium and Large 1-275091.50/cwt91.50–91.506863
Feeder Cattle · Dairy Steers1 lot · lightest first
Dairy Steers—Large 1-241073.00/cwt73.00–73.002994
Slaughter Cattle · Bulls1 lot · lightest first
Bulls——1,84582.00/cwt82.00–82.001,5132
Slaughter Cattle · Cows6 lots · lightest first
Cows—Lean 85-90%95438.99/cwt35.00–40.003726
Cows—Lean 85-90%1,16048.91/cwt48.00–50.005677
Cows—Boner 80-85%1,25457.72/cwt53.00–61.507249
Cows—Breaker 75-80%1,37554.00/cwt54.00–54.007431
Cows—Breaker 75-80%1,44861.69/cwt60.00–64.508939
Cows—Boner 80-85%1,48865.15/cwt64.00–66.509693

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.