Sale reports / Missouri / South Central Regional Stockyards / 2022-10-19

South Central Regional Stockyards

Feeder Cattle · Slaughter Cattle · Replacement Cattle · Vienna, Missouri · Wed, Oct 19
● Final40 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 1817
Feeder Cattle receipts
387 head
▲ 116 vs last sale 271▼ 123 vs year ago 510 · −24.1%
Slaughter Cattle receipts
150 head
▲ 28 vs last sale 122▲ 67 vs year ago 83 · +80.7%
Replacement Cattle receipts
135 head
▲ 125 vs last sale 10▲ 135 vs year ago 0 · no sale a year ago
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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Feeder supply not sufficient to establish a market trend. Slaughter cows steady. Demand light to moderate for unweaned calves, good for long weaned calves and yearlings. Special cow sale followed the feeders with several nice bred cows and droughted out pairs.

Weight classPick one — the panels below update

Heifers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot
0–100 lb heifers averaged $155.92/cwt on 126 head.
Average price
$155.92
126 head · 473 lb average
Value per head Derived
$738
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
$33
per head · Medium and Large 1-2 over Medium and Large 2
$10.99/cwt at this weight
vs the market
−3.22
vs MO average

Price by quality 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 1-2428158.4967982
Medium and Large 1576151.7287438
Medium and Large 2438147.506456thin
One grade step is worth $10.99/cwt here — about $33 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 sale126 hd
155.92
—
MO average14 barns · 6,813 hd
159.14
−3.22
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—High1,60889.281,4367thin
CowsBreaker 75-80%High1,44972.141,04523
CowsBoner 80-85%Average1,23967.0583022
CowsLean 85-90%Average1,04255.3857743

Replacement cattle Per head

By class, stage and age
Bred stock and pairs are reported per head, not per hundredweight — these prices are never mixed with the $/cwt figures above.
ClassStageAgeAvg wt$/headHead
Bred Cows2nd/3rd Stage (4-9 mo)Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)1,104$1,34936
Bred Cows2nd Stage (4-6 mo)Middle Aged/Aged (>5 yrs)1,181$9319
Cow-Calf PairsOpenYoung/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)1,007$1,72722

Every lot

40 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 · Steers9 lots · lightest first
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2319191.96/cwt185.00–202.006127
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2382198.66/cwt191.00–204.0075919
Steers—Medium 1-2385180.00/cwt180.00–180.006934
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2426191.16/cwt190.00–192.0081410
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2519182.88/cwt181.00–184.0094914
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2565172.00/cwt172.00–172.009724
Steers—Medium 1Full580141.00/cwt141.00–141.008183
Steers—Medium and Large 1581178.84/cwt174.00–181.001,03923
Steers—Medium and Large 1710178.00/cwt178.00–178.001,26412
Feeder Cattle · Heifers16 lots · lightest first
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2295174.50/cwt174.50–174.505155
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2343166.26/cwt165.00–167.005708
Heifers—Medium and Large 2360154.00/cwt154.00–154.005543
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2381167.66/cwt164.50–174.0063914
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2407159.87/cwt154.00–161.2565115
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2Fleshy420147.00/cwt147.00–147.006176
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2Fleshy455141.00/cwt141.00–141.006424
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2477156.21/cwt153.00–159.5074521
Heifers—Medium and Large 1Fleshy495146.00/cwt146.00–146.007235
Heifers—Medium and Large 1510158.25/cwt158.25–158.2580710
Heifers—Medium and Large 2515141.00/cwt141.00–141.007263
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2525151.50/cwt151.50–151.507955
Heifers—Medium and Large 1550150.75/cwt150.75–150.758298
Heifers—Medium and Large 1Full565146.50/cwt146.50–146.508284
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2620141.00/cwt141.00–141.008744
Heifers—Medium and Large 1695151.00/cwt151.00–151.001,04911
Feeder Cattle · Bulls1 lot · lightest first
Bulls—Medium and Large 1-2465160.50/cwt160.50–160.507466
Slaughter Cattle · Bulls3 lots · lightest first
Bulls——1,52393.49/cwt93.00–94.001,4242
Bulls——1,58082.25/cwt75.00–85.001,3004
Bulls——1,890109.00/cwt109.00–109.002,0601
Slaughter Cattle · Cows8 lots · lightest first
Cows—Lean 85-90%99351.11/cwt42.00–55.5050820
Cows—Lean 85-90%1,08559.10/cwt56.50–64.5064123
Cows—Boner 80-85%1,21963.51/cwt62.00–65.0077410
Cows—Boner 80-85%1,23073.00/cwt73.00–73.008981
Cows—Boner 80-85%1,25769.72/cwt67.00–72.5087611
Cows—Breaker 75-80%1,42470.91/cwt69.50–72.501,0108
Cows—Breaker 75-80%1,45075.58/cwt73.50–78.001,09611
Cows—Breaker 75-80%1,49565.14/cwt64.50–66.009744
Replacement Cattle · Cow-Calf Pairs1 lot · lightest first
Cow-Calf Pairs—Medium and Large 1-21,0071,727.27/head1,600.00–1,800.001,72722
Replacement Cattle · Bred Cows2 lots · lightest first
Bred Cows—Medium and Large 1-21,1041,349.26/head1,000.00–1,525.001,34936
Bred Cows—Medium and Large 1-21,181930.69/head860.00–1,000.009319

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.