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South Central Regional Stockyards

Name: South Central Regional Stockyards livestock auction prices — 2023-12-20
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2023-12-20

Feeder Cattle · Slaughter Cattle · Replacement Cattle · Vienna, Missouri · Wed, Dec 20

● Final26 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 1817

← Dec 13Dec 20Jan 24 →

Feeder Cattle receipts

133 head

▼ 1,511 vs last sale 1,644▼ 1,363 vs year ago 1,496 · −91.1%

Slaughter Cattle receipts

109 head

▲ 56 vs last sale 53▼ 18 vs year ago 127 · −14.2%

Replacement Cattle receipts

40 head

▲ 40 vs last sale 0▲ 40 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. Very light pre-holiday offering highlighted by a nice consignment of black/black white face heifers bred to calving ease bulls.

Weight class — the figures below change to match

Weight classPick one — the panels below update

Steers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

0–100 lb steers averaged $241.33/cwt on 33 head.

Average price

$241.33

33 head · 544 lb average

Value per head Derived

$1,313

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

−$323

per head · Medium and Large 1-2 over Medium and Large 2

$38.10/cwt at this weight

vs the market

+6.02

vs MO average

Price by quality 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1-2	467	253.10	1,182	17thin
Medium and Large 1	616	230.79	1,421	14thin
Medium and Large 2	700	215.00	1,505	2thin

One grade step is worth $38.10/cwt here — about −$323 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 sale33 hd

241.33

—

MO average16 barns · 11,085 hd

235.31

+6.02

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.

Class	Grade	Dressing	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Bulls	—	Average	1,744	98.28	1,714	5thin
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	Average	1,518	89.43	1,358	8thin
Cows	Boner 80-85%	Low	1,302	87.27	1,137	35
Cows	Lean 85-90%	Average	1,084	79.68	864	29

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.

Class	Stage	Age	Avg wt	$/head	Head
Bred Heifers	2nd/3rd Stage (4-9 mo)	(<2 yrs)	1,066	$2,377	31

Every lot

26 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.

Class	Weight	Grade / description	Avg wt	Price	Range	Per head	Head
Feeder Cattle · Steers5 lots · lightest first
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	368	266.18/cwt	255.00–282.00	980	6
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	521	245.97/cwt	236.00–252.00	1,282	11
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	587	232.78/cwt	231.50–239.00	1,366	11
Steers	—	Medium and Large 2	700	215.00/cwt	215.00–215.00	1,505	2
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	720	223.50/cwt	223.50–223.50	1,609	3
Feeder Cattle · Heifers6 lots · lightest first
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	300	244.00/cwt	244.00–244.00	732	3
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	373	240.81/cwt	237.00–245.00	898	4
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	403	230.00/cwt	230.00–230.00	927	3
Heifers	—	Medium 2Full	575	160.00/cwt	160.00–160.00	920	3
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	650	188.00/cwt	188.00–188.00	1,222	2
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	716	183.48/cwt	174.00–186.50	1,314	9
Feeder Cattle · Bulls4 lots · lightest first
Bulls	—	Medium and Large 1-2	460	229.87/cwt	224.00–236.00	1,057	4
Bulls	—	Medium and Large 1-2	522	225.89/cwt	205.00–241.00	1,179	5
Bulls	—	Medium 2	570	175.00/cwt	175.00–175.00	998	4
Bulls	—	Medium and Large 1-2	764	176.23/cwt	172.00–179.00	1,346	5
Slaughter Cattle · Bulls2 lots · lightest first
Bulls	—	—	1,699	103.35/cwt	98.00–106.00	1,756	4
Bulls	—	—	1,925	78.00/cwt	78.00–78.00	1,502	1
Slaughter Cattle · Cows8 lots · lightest first
Cows	—	Lean 85-90%	1,030	41.51/cwt	32.00–52.00	428	2
Cows	—	Lean 85-90%	1,071	83.30/cwt	79.00–85.50	892	18
Cows	—	Lean 85-90%	1,110	87.10/cwt	86.00–88.50	967	5
Cows	—	Lean 85-90%	1,140	73.22/cwt	72.00–76.00	835	4
Cows	—	Boner 80-85%	1,268	88.02/cwt	86.00–89.50	1,116	28
Cows	—	Boner 80-85%	1,407	90.32/cwt	90.00–91.00	1,271	3
Cows	—	Boner 80-85%	1,465	79.76/cwt	78.50–82.00	1,168	4
Cows	—	Breaker 75-80%	1,518	89.43/cwt	84.00–90.50	1,358	8
Replacement Cattle · Bred Heifers1 lot · lightest first
Bred Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1	1,066	2,377.44/head	2,300.00–2,425.00	2,377	31

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.

Missouri feeder prices, every weight →Every state and region →

South Central Regional Stockyards - Vienna, MO

Wed Dec 20, 2023

USDA Livestock, Poultry & Grain Market News · Federal-State Market News Service, Jefferson City, MO (LS-JC)

Feeder CattleReceipts 133Last week 1,644Year ago 1,496

Slaughter CattleReceipts 109Last week 53Year ago 127

Replacement CattleReceipts 40Last week 0Year ago 0

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1 · Unweaned$ per cwt · actual wt
11	—	587	231.50–239.00	232.78
3	—	720	223.50	223.50

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
6	—	368	255.00–282.00	266.18
11	—	521	236.00–252.00	245.97

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	700	215.00	215.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium 2 · Full$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	575	160.00	160.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
9	—	716	174.00–186.50	183.48
4	—	373	237.00–245.00	240.81
2	—	650	188.00	188.00
3	—	403	230.00	230.00
3	—	300	244.00	244.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
5	—	522	205.00–241.00	225.89
4	—	460	224.00–236.00	229.87
5	—	764	172.00–179.00	176.23

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls — Medium 2$ per cwt · actual wt
4	—	570	175.00	175.00

Replacement Cattle

As reported

Age	Stage	Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bred Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per head · actual wt
(<2 yrs)	2nd/3rd Stage (4-9 mo)	31	—	1,066	2,300.00–2,425.00	2,377.44

Slaughter Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls$ per cwt · actual wt
4	—	1,699	98.00–106.00	103.35
1	—	1,925	78.00	78.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cows — Boner 80-85%$ per cwt · actual wt
4	—	1,465	78.50–82.00	79.76
28	—	1,268	86.00–89.50	88.02
3	—	1,407	90.00–91.00	90.32

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cows — Breaker 75-80%$ per cwt · actual wt
8	—	1,518	84.00–90.50	89.43

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cows — Lean 85-90%$ per cwt · actual wt
18	—	1,071	79.00–85.50	83.30
4	—	1,140	72.00–76.00	73.22
5	—	1,110	86.00–88.50	87.10
2	—	1,030	32.00–52.00	41.51

Head, weight ranges, average weights and price ranges are exactly as USDA AMS filed them — nothing recomputed, nothing rounded — in USDA's own reporting structure. This is RaisedBeef's rendering of that data, not a copy of USDA's document.