Sale reports / Missouri / South Central Regional Stockyards / 2022-03-30

South Central Regional Stockyards

Feeder Cattle · Slaughter Cattle · Replacement Cattle · Vienna, Missouri · Wed, Mar 30
● Final65 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 1817
Feeder Cattle receipts
707 head
▼ 98 vs last sale 805▼ 981 vs year ago 1,688 · −58.1%
Slaughter Cattle receipts
130 head
▲ 48 vs last sale 82▲ 36 vs year ago 94 · +38.3%
Replacement Cattle receipts
30 head
▲ 25 vs last sale 5▼ 30 vs year ago 60 · −50.0%
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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to last Wednesday, feeder steers under 600 lbs 2.00-10.00 higher, few over 600 lbs steady to 2.00 lower. Feeder heifers unevenly steady. Slaughter cows steady to 1.00 lower. Demand moderate to good. Supply light. Dreary day in the area with rain and falling temperatures.

Weight classPick one — the panels below update

Heifers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot
0–100 lb heifers averaged $156.21/cwt on 229 head.
Average price
$156.21
229 head · 508 lb average
Value per head Derived
$793
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
$76
per head · Medium and Large 1 over Medium and Large 2
$18.07/cwt at this weight
vs the market
−0.92
vs MO average

Price by quality 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 1538158.30851116
Medium and Large 1-2465156.1872798
Medium and Large 2553140.2377615thin
One grade step is worth $18.07/cwt here — about $76 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 sale229 hd
156.21
—
MO average16 barns · 9,018 hd
157.13
−0.92
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—Low1,762100.681,7749thin
CowsBreaker 75-80%Average1,39487.601,2219thin
CowsBoner 80-85%Low1,23384.811,04539
CowsLean 85-90%High99864.1464032

Every lot

65 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 1-2285190.00/cwt190.00–190.005424
Steers—Medium and Large 1310214.00/cwt214.00–214.006635
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2310193.00/cwt190.00–196.005984
Steers—Medium and Large 1368218.70/cwt218.00–220.008056
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2373205.44/cwt196.00–215.007664
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2Value Added375204.00/cwt204.00–204.0076516
Steers—Medium and Large 2375170.00/cwt170.00–170.006383
Steers—Medium and Large 1420224.50/cwt222.00–227.009436
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2430199.68/cwt185.00–212.0085912
Steers—Medium and Large 1Value Added445219.00/cwt219.00–219.009757
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2455199.00/cwt199.00–199.009053
Steers—Medium and Large 1464210.07/cwt206.00–213.0097524
Steers—Medium and Large 2472162.02/cwt155.00–173.007655
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2514191.50/cwt176.00–199.5098413
Steers—Medium and Large 1522202.80/cwt193.50–218.501,05930
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2Value Added535198.00/cwt198.00–198.001,05913
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2561178.90/cwt169.00–187.501,0048
Steers—Medium and Large 1578180.40/cwt177.00–188.001,04314
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2600161.00/cwt161.00–161.0096610
Steers—Medium and Large 1Unweaned620165.00/cwt165.00–165.001,0236
Steers—Medium and Large 1625162.73/cwt155.00–168.001,01715
Steers—Medium and Large 1725160.75/cwt160.75–160.751,1655
Feeder Cattle · Heifers25 lots · lightest first
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2220176.00/cwt176.00–176.003874
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2295162.00/cwt162.00–162.004783
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2Value Added310175.00/cwt175.00–175.005438
Heifers—Medium and Large 1335171.33/cwt168.00–178.005749
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2377155.30/cwt150.00–161.005857
Heifers—Medium and Large 1378170.19/cwt167.00–174.0064310
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2427161.51/cwt148.00–176.0069021
Heifers—Medium and Large 1432170.93/cwt168.50–178.0073820
Heifers—Medium and Large 1450167.00/cwt167.00–167.007523
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2474154.77/cwt151.00–158.0073415
Heifers—Medium and Large 2477142.73/cwt141.00–146.006816
Heifers—Medium and Large 1500162.40/cwt157.00–163.0081220
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2533155.52/cwt145.00–159.5082919
Heifers—Medium and Large 1555154.00/cwt154.00–154.008554
Heifers—Medium and Large 1Fleshy555144.18/cwt141.00–146.008006
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2Fleshy560134.00/cwt134.00–134.007504
Heifers—Medium and Large 2565141.00/cwt141.00–141.007974
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2576143.60/cwt142.00–146.508278
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2Fleshy620140.00/cwt140.00–140.008685
Heifers—Medium and Large 1629150.81/cwt148.00–155.009498
Heifers—Medium and Large 1Fleshy635146.00/cwt146.00–146.009273
Heifers—Medium and Large 1Unweaned635139.00/cwt139.00–139.008836
Heifers—Medium and Large 2635136.61/cwt136.00–137.008675
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2640144.00/cwt144.00–144.009224
Heifers—Medium and Large 1715147.83/cwt147.50–148.001,05727
Feeder Cattle · Bulls5 lots · lightest first
Bulls—Medium and Large 1-2378181.12/cwt180.00–182.006859
Bulls—Medium and Large 1-2491163.13/cwt159.00–166.008019
Bulls—Medium and Large 1-2578147.70/cwt141.00–154.008544
Bulls—Medium and Large 1-2620144.10/cwt136.50–148.008933
Bulls—Medium and Large 1-2733125.99/cwt122.50–129.509244
Slaughter Cattle · Bulls2 lots · lightest first
Bulls——1,56092.07/cwt91.00–93.001,4363
Bulls——1,863104.99/cwt100.00–111.001,9566
Slaughter Cattle · Cows9 lots · lightest first
Cows—Lean 85-90%78839.00/cwt35.00–50.003074
Cows—Lean 85-90%96661.15/cwt55.00–66.5059115
Cows—Lean 85-90%1,06082.00/cwt82.00–82.008691
Cows—Lean 85-90%1,10374.78/cwt68.00–78.5082512
Cows—Boner 80-85%1,12077.00/cwt77.00–77.008622
Cows—Boner 80-85%1,22984.77/cwt81.00–88.501,04233
Cows—Boner 80-85%1,31889.02/cwt88.00–90.001,1734
Cows—Breaker 75-80%1,39387.18/cwt86.00–88.501,2148
Cows—Breaker 75-80%1,40591.00/cwt91.00–91.001,2791
Replacement Cattle · Bred Cows2 lots · lightest first
Bred Cows—Medium and Large 1-21,137990.13/cwt950.00–1,050.0011,25811
Bred Cows—Medium and Large 1-21,1711,315.87/cwt1,020.00–1,400.0015,40913

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.