Sale reports / Missouri / South Central Regional Stockyards / 2021-11-17

South Central Regional Stockyards

Feeder Cattle · Slaughter Cattle · Replacement Cattle · Vienna, Missouri · Wed, Nov 17
● Final70 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 1817
Feeder Cattle receipts
1,659 head
▼ 341 vs last sale 2,000▲ 135 vs year ago 1,524 · +8.9%
Slaughter Cattle receipts
173 head
▲ 73 vs last sale 100▲ 10 vs year ago 163 · +6.1%
Replacement Cattle receipts
15 head
▼ 25 vs last sale 40▼ 15 vs year ago 30 · −50.0%
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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Special note: No sale Thanksgiving week.

Compared to last week, Feeder steers under 550 lbs 2.00 to 8.00 higher, Over 550 lbs steady to 2.00 higher. Feeder heifers under 600 lbs steady to firm, 600 -700 lbs 2.00 to 3.00 higher. Demand good. Supply moderate to heavy. Slaughter cows 2.00 to 4.00 lower.

Weight classPick one — the panels below update

Steers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot
0–100 lb steers averaged $168.85/cwt on 648 head.
Average price
$168.85
648 head · 580 lb average
Value per head Derived
$979
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
$105
per head · Medium and Large 1 over Large 1
$26.45/cwt at this weight
vs the market
+7.96
vs MO average

Price by quality 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 1581172.081,000521
Medium and Large 1-2576157.58907101
Medium and Large 2491151.8074510thin
Large 1615145.6389616thin
One grade step is worth $26.45/cwt here — about $105 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 sale648 hd
168.85
—
MO average16 barns · 11,962 hd
160.89
+7.96
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—Average1,46662.8292125
CowsBreaker 75-80%Low1,36654.8975029
CowsBoner 80-85%Average1,25443.0754030
CowsLean 85-90%Very Low1,05331.6233361

Every lot

70 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 · Steers25 lots · lightest first
Steers—Medium and Large 1377184.51/cwt184.00–185.0069619
Steers—Medium and Large 1430191.02/cwt180.00–196.0082156
Steers—Medium and Large 2440162.00/cwt162.00–162.007134
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2441178.00/cwt178.00–178.0078511
Steers—Medium and Large 1483183.20/cwt174.00–188.0088563
Steers—Medium and Large 2495155.00/cwt155.00–155.007672
Steers—Large 1495155.00/cwt155.00–155.007672
Steers—Medium and Large 1513180.76/cwt168.00–186.0092753
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2539160.53/cwt154.50–163.0086534
Steers—Medium and Large 2540140.00/cwt140.00–140.007564
Steers—Large 1550155.00/cwt155.00–155.008534
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2568159.06/cwt154.00–162.0090326
Steers—Medium and Large 1580170.14/cwt158.00–173.00987110
Steers—Medium and Large 1623161.58/cwt157.00–167.001,00787
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2630152.00/cwt152.00–152.009585
Steers—Large 1635140.00/cwt140.00–140.008895
Steers—Medium and Large 1659162.42/cwt152.50–165.501,07021
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2674144.29/cwt138.00–148.0097321
Steers—Medium and Large 1Thin Fleshed690170.25/cwt170.25–170.251,17548
Steers—Large 1695140.00/cwt140.00–140.009735
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2725143.50/cwt142.00–145.001,0404
Steers—Medium and Large 1728162.14/cwt161.50–162.751,18022
Steers—Medium and Large 1Thin Fleshed750162.25/cwt162.25–162.251,21715
Steers—Medium and Large 1773146.61/cwt146.00–148.001,13310
Steers—Medium and Large 1823147.33/cwt145.00–150.001,21317
Feeder Cattle · Heifers25 lots · lightest first
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2326155.30/cwt152.00–161.005068
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2378158.00/cwt155.00–160.0059710
Heifers—Medium and Large 1415168.00/cwt168.00–168.006973
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2415159.46/cwt157.00–161.0066211
Heifers—Medium 1440142.00/cwt142.00–142.006255
Heifers—Medium and Large 2469134.32/cwt130.00–140.0063017
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2473146.55/cwt142.00–151.0069339
Heifers—Medium and Large 1480155.11/cwt150.00–162.0074552
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2525136.15/cwt128.00–144.0071570
Heifers—Medium and Large 1534148.06/cwt137.50–150.0079131
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2574135.61/cwt129.00–140.0077875
Heifers—Medium and Large 1Thin Fleshed575158.50/cwt158.50–158.509115
Heifers—Medium and Large 1578140.43/cwt138.00–143.0081222
Heifers—Medium and Large 1616148.61/cwt141.50–155.0091537
Heifers—Medium and Large 2620125.00/cwt125.00–125.007753
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2622135.12/cwt132.00–138.5084015
Heifers—Medium and Large 1Fleshy640133.00/cwt133.00–133.008512
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2Fleshy655122.00/cwt122.00–122.007993
Heifers—Medium and Large 1659148.89/cwt148.25–149.2598120
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2668127.43/cwt125.00–130.008514
Heifers—Medium and Large 2715112.00/cwt112.00–112.008015
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2725132.06/cwt128.00–136.009574
Heifers—Large 1735128.00/cwt128.00–128.0094110
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2790125.00/cwt125.00–125.009883
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2825125.00/cwt125.00–125.001,0312
Feeder Cattle · Bulls7 lots · lightest first
Bulls—Medium and Large 1-2395161.00/cwt161.00–161.006364
Bulls—Medium and Large 1-2Thin Fleshed425170.50/cwt170.50–170.507254
Bulls—Medium and Large 1-2483147.81/cwt140.00–155.0071413
Bulls—Medium and Large 1-2531144.56/cwt141.00–147.007685
Bulls—Medium and Large 1-2571135.22/cwt134.00–135.5077221
Bulls—Medium and Large 1-2615132.50/cwt132.50–132.5081511
Bulls—Medium and Large 1-2672124.76/cwt123.50–125.5083811
Slaughter Cattle · Bulls2 lots · lightest first
Bulls——1,43360.78/cwt40.00–72.0087122
Bulls——1,70577.77/cwt75.00–80.001,3263
Slaughter Cattle · Cows8 lots · lightest first
Cows—Lean 85-90%1,00232.88/cwt30.00–35.0032931
Cows—Lean 85-90%1,08721.60/cwt12.00–28.0023517
Cows—Lean 85-90%1,12941.71/cwt39.50–46.0047113
Cows—Boner 80-85%1,19738.24/cwt32.00–44.0045818
Cows—Breaker 75-80%1,23343.50/cwt42.00–45.005362
Cows—Boner 80-85%1,34050.32/cwt45.00–54.0067412
Cows—Breaker 75-80%1,34351.89/cwt48.00–55.0069712
Cows—Breaker 75-80%1,40358.81/cwt56.00–67.5082515
Replacement Cattle · Bred Heifers1 lot · lightest first
Bred Heifers—Medium and Large 1-29351,300.00/cwt1,300.00–1,300.0012,1555
Replacement Cattle · Bred Cows2 lots · lightest first
Bred Cows—Medium and Large 21,001799.46/cwt700.00–860.008,0038
Bred Cows—Medium and Large 1-21,185900.00/cwt900.00–900.0010,6652

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.