Sale reports / Missouri / South Central Regional Stockyards / 2022-11-02

South Central Regional Stockyards

Feeder Cattle · Slaughter Cattle · Replacement Cattle · Vienna, Missouri · Wed, Nov 2
● Final66 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 1817
Feeder Cattle receipts
1,132 head
▲ 677 vs last sale 455▲ 1 vs year ago 1,131 · +0.1%
Slaughter Cattle receipts
205 head
▲ 49 vs last sale 156▲ 29 vs year ago 176 · +16.5%
Replacement Cattle receipts
10 head
▲ 10 vs last sale 0▼ 90 vs year ago 100 · −90.0%
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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Based on limited comparisons with last weeks sale, feeder steers steady to 5.00 higher. Feeder heifers under 500 lbs steady to 5.00 lower, over 500 lbs steady to 5.00 higher. Slaughter cows steady. Demand uneven. Supply moderate.

Weight classPick one — the panels below update

Steers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot
0–100 lb steers averaged $190.80/cwt on 477 head.
Average price
$190.80
477 head · 554 lb average
Value per head Derived
$1,058
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
$55
per head · Medium and Large 1 over Large 1
$12.75/cwt at this weight
vs the market
+6.57
vs MO average

Price by quality 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 1556193.251,075335
Medium and Large 1-2549185.211,017136
Large 1565180.501,0206thin
One grade step is worth $12.75/cwt here — about $55 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 sale477 hd
190.80
—
MO average15 barns · 10,571 hd
184.22
+6.57
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—Average1,89088.471,6725thin
CowsBreaker 75-80%Average1,51071.421,07817
CowsBoner 80-85%Average1,25267.8785057
CowsLean 85-90%Low99857.0556917

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 Cows1st/2nd Stage (1-6 mo)Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)1,004$9505

Every lot

66 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 · Steers29 lots · lightest first
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2325197.90/cwt191.00–204.006436
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2367192.80/cwt190.00–197.007086
Steers—Medium and Large 1382209.18/cwt207.00–213.0079913
Steers—Medium and Large 1Fleshy418196.23/cwt195.00–198.008205
Steers—Medium and Large 1425203.94/cwt198.00–210.0086715
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2435196.19/cwt190.00–202.0085312
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2474192.24/cwt190.00–194.0091113
Steers—Medium and Large 1479199.89/cwt196.00–204.0095752
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2Value Added485194.00/cwt194.00–194.009417
Steers—Medium and Large 1Value Added510205.00/cwt205.00–205.001,04611
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2Value Added515191.00/cwt191.00–191.0098413
Steers—Medium and Large 1Unweaned520184.00/cwt184.00–184.009576
Steers—Medium and Large 1521198.69/cwt194.00–206.001,03532
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2521181.22/cwt175.00–188.0094418
Steers—Large 1535181.00/cwt181.00–181.009683
Steers—Medium and Large 1Fleshy550169.00/cwt169.00–169.009303
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2Value Added555196.75/cwt196.75–196.751,09224
Steers—Medium and Large 1563195.85/cwt194.50–197.001,10340
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2584183.02/cwt181.00–186.001,0695
Steers—Large 1595180.00/cwt180.00–180.001,0713
Steers—Medium and Large 1Value Added605192.00/cwt192.00–192.001,16281
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2618176.58/cwt165.00–182.001,09114
Steers—Medium and Large 1620187.26/cwt182.00–192.501,16148
Steers—Medium and Large 1Unweaned620166.00/cwt166.00–166.001,0293
Steers—Medium and Large 1664178.45/cwt171.00–184.001,18515
Steers—Medium and Large 1715164.68/cwt164.00–166.501,17711
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2720163.63/cwt163.50–164.001,1788
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2880151.00/cwt151.00–151.001,3296
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2935141.00/cwt141.00–141.001,3184
Feeder Cattle · Heifers22 lots · lightest first
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2328164.80/cwt162.00–170.005416
Heifers—Medium 1-2362154.07/cwt151.00–156.005585
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2368161.65/cwt161.00–162.005956
Heifers—Medium and Large 1376168.59/cwt164.00–175.5063414
Heifers—Medium and Large 1405166.00/cwt166.00–166.006725
Heifers—Medium and Large 2405147.04/cwt144.00–150.005964
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2423157.61/cwt155.00–164.006677
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2452155.72/cwt155.00–158.0070417
Heifers—Medium and Large 1Fleshy460149.50/cwt149.50–149.506885
Heifers—Medium and Large 1465163.94/cwt161.00–166.5076220
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2Fleshy470143.00/cwt143.00–143.006724
Heifers—Medium and Large 1Value Added500173.00/cwt173.00–173.0086514
Heifers—Medium and Large 1513171.44/cwt168.50–173.2587972
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2561160.19/cwt158.00–162.008999
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2Fleshy562131.00/cwt131.00–131.007365
Heifers—Medium and Large 1565167.97/cwt160.00–171.0094937
Heifers—Large 1600155.00/cwt155.00–155.009306
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2610169.00/cwt169.00–169.001,0314
Heifers—Medium and Large 1620175.06/cwt173.50–176.001,08516
Heifers—Large 1650142.00/cwt142.00–142.009234
Heifers—Medium and Large 1659165.67/cwt164.50–171.501,09231
Heifers—Medium and Large 1Fleshy722152.57/cwt140.00–158.001,10210
Feeder Cattle · Bulls5 lots · lightest first
Bulls—Medium and Large 1-2440170.00/cwt170.00–170.007483
Bulls—Medium and Large 1-2527148.47/cwt141.00–158.0078212
Bulls—Medium and Large 1-2689128.98/cwt126.00–131.008895
Bulls—Medium and Large 1-2760127.00/cwt127.00–127.009653
Bulls—Medium and Large 1-2820110.50/cwt110.50–110.509065
Slaughter Cattle · Bulls3 lots · lightest first
Bulls——1,61062.00/cwt62.00–62.009981
Bulls——1,90393.29/cwt90.00–97.501,7753
Bulls——2,130100.50/cwt100.50–100.502,1411
Slaughter Cattle · Cows6 lots · lightest first
Cows—Lean 85-90%94254.23/cwt54.00–54.505119
Cows—Lean 85-90%1,06160.22/cwt56.50–62.006398
Cows—Boner 80-85%1,24072.00/cwt72.00–72.008931
Cows—Boner 80-85%1,25267.80/cwt65.00–71.5084956
Cows—Breaker 75-80%1,51078.50/cwt78.50–78.501,1855
Cows—Breaker 75-80%1,51068.47/cwt66.00–69.501,03412
Replacement Cattle · Bred Cows1 lot · lightest first
Bred Cows—Medium and Large 1-21,004950.00/head950.00–950.009505

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.