Sale reports / Missouri / South Central Regional Stockyards / 2023-10-11

South Central Regional Stockyards

Feeder Cattle · Slaughter Cattle · Vienna, Missouri · Wed, Oct 11
● Final44 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 1817
Feeder Cattle receipts
360 head
▼ 288 vs last sale 648▲ 89 vs year ago 271 · +32.8%
Slaughter Cattle receipts
107 head
▲ 8 vs last sale 99▼ 15 vs year ago 122 · −12.3%
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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Feeder supply not sufficient to establish a market trend. Slaughter cows steady. Cattle futures have been more calm this week after recent sharp declines with contracts seeing a solid advance on Wednesday.

Weight classPick one — the panels below update

Steers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot
0–100 lb steers averaged $269.50/cwt on 98 head.
Average price
$269.50
98 head · 532 lb average
Value per head Derived
$1,433
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
$526
per head · Medium and Large 1 over Medium 2-3
$92.29/cwt at this weight
vs the market
+1.63
vs MO average

Price by quality 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 1523285.291,49153
Medium and Large 1-2509272.181,38422
Large 1689242.611,6739thin
Medium 2470241.001,1337thin
Large 2575220.001,2653thin
Medium 2-3500193.009654thin
One grade step is worth $92.29/cwt here — about $526 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 sale98 hd
269.50
—
MO average16 barns · 5,881 hd
267.87
+1.63
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—Average1,795111.752,0068thin
CowsBreaker 75-80%High1,515103.461,56714
CowsBoner 80-85%Low1,30598.491,28523
CowsLean 85-90%Average99479.3178830

Every lot

44 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 · Steers15 lots · lightest first
Steers—Medium and Large 1342327.29/cwt325.00–332.001,1196
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2390305.00/cwt305.00–305.001,1903
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2460289.09/cwt285.00–293.001,3304
Steers—Medium and Large 1466299.81/cwt291.00–313.001,39721
Steers—Medium 2470241.00/cwt241.00–241.001,1337
Steers—Medium 2-3500193.00/cwt193.00–193.009654
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2532268.52/cwt267.00–272.001,4299
Steers—Medium and Large 1Unweaned538270.89/cwt263.00–279.001,4574
Steers—Medium and Large 1560274.00/cwt274.00–274.001,5345
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2Unweaned565250.00/cwt250.00–250.001,4136
Steers—Large 2Unweaned575220.00/cwt220.00–220.001,2653
Steers—Medium and Large 1633260.28/cwt258.50–261.501,64810
Steers—Medium and Large 1655257.75/cwt257.75–257.751,6887
Steers—Large 1Unweaned670234.00/cwt234.00–234.001,5684
Steers—Large 1705249.50/cwt249.50–249.501,7595
Feeder Cattle · Heifers15 lots · lightest first
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2425243.52/cwt243.00–244.001,0354
Heifers—Medium and Large 2430214.42/cwt210.00–219.009227
Heifers—Medium and Large 1435251.00/cwt251.00–251.001,0926
Heifers—Medium and Large 1475264.50/cwt264.50–264.501,2565
Heifers—Medium 1-2Unweaned480205.00/cwt205.00–205.009843
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2481245.42/cwt243.00–247.001,1805
Heifers—Medium 2505310.00/cwt310.00–310.001,5663
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2Unweaned520219.00/cwt219.00–219.001,1394
Heifers—Medium 1-2535214.00/cwt214.00–214.001,1455
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2540240.00/cwt240.00–240.001,2967
Heifers—Medium 2-3550190.50/cwt190.50–190.501,0486
Heifers—Medium and Large 1Unweaned579225.00/cwt225.00–225.001,3036
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2581232.76/cwt227.00–253.001,35213
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2Unweaned585195.00/cwt195.00–195.001,1413
Heifers—Medium and Large 1905211.50/cwt211.50–211.501,9144
Feeder Cattle · Bulls4 lots · lightest first
Bulls—Medium and Large 1-2428260.50/cwt260.00–261.001,1154
Bulls—Medium and Large 1-2614225.22/cwt219.00–231.001,3838
Bulls—Medium and Large 1-2Fleshy660203.00/cwt203.00–203.001,3403
Bulls—Medium and Large 1-2684207.26/cwt200.00–212.001,4185
Slaughter Cattle · Bulls2 lots · lightest first
Bulls——1,450102.00/cwt102.00–102.001,4792
Bulls——1,910115.00/cwt110.00–117.002,1976
Slaughter Cattle · Cows8 lots · lightest first
Cows—Lean 85-90%87243.14/cwt32.00–62.503766
Cows—Lean 85-90%96183.63/cwt82.50–85.008048
Cows—Lean 85-90%1,05690.71/cwt85.00–94.0095816
Cows—Boner 80-85%1,215104.47/cwt103.50–105.501,2692
Cows—Boner 80-85%1,29198.64/cwt92.00–101.501,27319
Cows—Breaker 75-80%1,491107.00/cwt104.00–108.501,5958
Cows—Boner 80-85%1,52591.04/cwt90.00–92.001,3882
Cows—Breaker 75-80%1,54798.73/cwt97.00–100.001,5276

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.