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South Central Regional Stockyards

Name: South Central Regional Stockyards livestock auction prices — 2024-02-21
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2024-02-21

Feeder Cattle · Slaughter Cattle · Replacement Cattle · Vienna, Missouri · Wed, Feb 21

● Final65 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 1817

← Feb 14Feb 21Mar 6 →

Feeder Cattle receipts

580 head

▼ 703 vs last sale 1,283▼ 751 vs year ago 1,331 · −56.4%

Slaughter Cattle receipts

72 head

▲ 14 vs last sale 58▲ 6 vs year ago 66 · +9.1%

Replacement Cattle receipts

40 head

▲ 25 vs last sale 15▲ 30 vs year ago 10 · +300.0%

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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to last Wednesday, feeder steers 450-600 lbs 5.00-15.00 higher with other weights steady to 3.00 higher on a light test. Feeder heifers near 500 lbs 3.00-6.00 higher with other weights steady to firm on a light test. Slaughter cows steady to 3.00 higher. Demand very good. Supply light. Less numbers and condition in the feeders this week but still mostly good quality. With the very tight numbers, buyers are taking hold of the increasing number of unweaned calves under 525 lbs with little if any discount unless they are very young and soft. Cow sale following the feeders was highlighted by a nice consignment of black/bwf third period bred heifers.

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 $297.03/cwt on 224 head.

Average price

$297.03

224 head · 594 lb average

Value per head Derived

$1,765

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

−$165

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

$1.21/cwt at this weight

vs the market

+21.59

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	547	298.01	1,631	42
Medium and Large 1	605	296.80	1,796	182

One grade step is worth $1.21/cwt here — about −$165 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 sale224 hd

297.03

—

MO average15 barns · 16,947 hd

275.44

+21.59

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	1,898	121.37	2,304	5thin
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	Average	1,527	110.13	1,681	10
Cows	Boner 80-85%	Average	1,299	104.30	1,355	21
Cows	Lean 85-90%	Very Low	1,083	92.88	1,006	17

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 Cows	All Stages (1-9 mo)	Young (2-4 yrs)	1,186	$1,912	7
Bred Heifers	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	(<2 yrs)	1,048	$2,805	27

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.

Class	Weight	Grade / description	Avg wt	Price	Range	Per head	Head
Feeder Cattle · Steers25 lots · lightest first
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	388	350.00/cwt	350.00–350.00	1,358	4
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1	412	351.63/cwt	345.00–357.50	1,449	6
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	432	334.19/cwt	327.00–347.00	1,444	9
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	467	323.60/cwt	320.00–331.00	1,511	14
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	479	338.00/cwt	338.00–338.00	1,619	8
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1	492	346.68/cwt	340.00–350.00	1,706	6
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1Fleshy	508	325.00/cwt	325.00–325.00	1,651	6
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	514	338.64/cwt	320.00–348.00	1,741	6
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1	515	340.89/cwt	323.00–345.50	1,756	16
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	563	296.92/cwt	286.00–310.00	1,672	7
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	570	290.02/cwt	278.00–309.00	1,653	10
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1Value Added	574	320.00/cwt	320.00–320.00	1,837	9
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1	582	317.73/cwt	315.00–326.00	1,849	16
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1Fleshy	616	275.00/cwt	275.00–275.00	1,694	7
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1	626	285.57/cwt	280.00–288.50	1,788	10
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	638	266.13/cwt	261.50–269.00	1,698	13
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1Value Added	647	285.50/cwt	285.50–285.50	1,847	10
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	663	254.25/cwt	252.00–255.00	1,686	8
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	664	262.02/cwt	261.00–263.00	1,740	4
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1	671	275.26/cwt	268.50–285.00	1,847	12
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1Value Added	687	269.08/cwt	268.00–270.00	1,849	13
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1	736	253.05/cwt	242.00–258.00	1,862	13
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1	759	242.86/cwt	241.50–244.25	1,843	8
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1	808	242.00/cwt	239.00–244.00	1,955	5
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1	856	225.75/cwt	225.75–225.75	1,932	4
Feeder Cattle · Heifers22 lots · lightest first
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	293	320.77/cwt	320.00–321.00	940	8
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1	336	329.11/cwt	318.00–336.00	1,106	5
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	371	303.82/cwt	295.00–313.00	1,127	8
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	430	290.04/cwt	278.00–308.00	1,247	8
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	432	293.78/cwt	286.00–307.50	1,269	12
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 2	438	267.50/cwt	267.50–267.50	1,172	3
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	484	284.24/cwt	282.50–285.00	1,376	13
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	486	279.54/cwt	274.00–283.00	1,359	6
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1	492	288.46/cwt	287.00–289.00	1,419	11
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	501	279.50/cwt	278.00–281.00	1,400	4
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1	523	284.14/cwt	280.00–288.00	1,486	10
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1Fleshy	527	269.84/cwt	264.25–279.00	1,422	13
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	531	262.94/cwt	261.00–266.00	1,396	5
Heifers	—	Large 1Unweaned	545	256.00/cwt	256.00–256.00	1,395	4
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1	567	271.06/cwt	258.00–277.50	1,537	26
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	590	246.00/cwt	246.00–246.00	1,451	5
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	610	239.98/cwt	228.00–244.75	1,464	10
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1	620	246.20/cwt	244.50–248.50	1,526	25
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1Fleshy	647	237.50/cwt	237.50–237.50	1,537	4
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1	668	241.77/cwt	240.50–243.00	1,615	12
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1	718	226.79/cwt	218.00–228.50	1,628	19
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1	934	196.00/cwt	196.00–196.00	1,831	5
Feeder Cattle · Bulls7 lots · lightest first
Bulls	—	Medium and Large 1-2	472	290.00/cwt	290.00–290.00	1,369	6
Bulls	—	Medium and Large 2-3	482	227.50/cwt	227.50–227.50	1,097	5
Bulls	—	Medium and Large 1-2	523	277.07/cwt	272.00–282.50	1,449	4
Bulls	—	Medium and Large 1-2	575	260.97/cwt	260.00–262.00	1,501	4
Bulls	—	Medium and Large 1-2	721	221.53/cwt	215.00–226.00	1,597	6
Bulls	—	Medium and Large 2-3	906	175.00/cwt	175.00–175.00	1,586	6
Bulls	—	Medium and Large 1-2	921	185.00/cwt	185.00–185.00	1,704	3
Slaughter Cattle · Bulls1 lot · lightest first
Bulls	—	—	1,898	121.37/cwt	116.50–128.00	2,304	5
Slaughter Cattle · Cows8 lots · lightest first
Cows	—	Lean 85-90%	870	65.00/cwt	65.00–65.00	566	1
Cows	—	Lean 85-90%	1,095	96.19/cwt	91.50–101.00	1,053	14
Cows	—	Lean 85-90%	1,103	83.69/cwt	82.00–85.00	923	2
Cows	—	Boner 80-85%	1,288	104.75/cwt	100.00–108.50	1,349	18
Cows	—	Boner 80-85%	1,320	108.50/cwt	108.50–108.50	1,432	1
Cows	—	Boner 80-85%	1,385	98.16/cwt	96.50–100.00	1,360	2
Cows	—	Breaker 75-80%	1,432	104.86/cwt	100.00–109.00	1,502	3
Cows	—	Breaker 75-80%	1,567	112.39/cwt	111.50–113.50	1,761	7
Replacement Cattle · Bred Heifers1 lot · lightest first
Bred Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1	1,048	2,804.61/head	2,700.00–2,900.00	2,805	27
Replacement Cattle · Bred Cows1 lot · lightest first
Bred Cows	—	Medium and Large 1-2	1,186	1,911.87/head	1,750.00–2,200.00	1,912	7

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 Feb 21, 2024

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

Feeder CattleReceipts 580Last week 1,283Year ago 1,331

Slaughter CattleReceipts 72Last week 58Year ago 66

Replacement CattleReceipts 40Last week 15Year ago 10

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
12	—	668	240.50–243.00	241.77
5	—	934	196.00	196.00
26	—	567	258.00–277.50	271.06
11	—	492	287.00–289.00	288.46
19	—	718	218.00–228.50	226.79
5	—	336	318.00–336.00	329.11
25	—	620	244.50–248.50	246.20
10	—	523	280.00–288.00	284.14

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Unweaned$ per cwt · actual wt
13	—	484	282.50–285.00	284.24
4	—	501	278.00–281.00	279.50
8	—	430	278.00–308.00	290.04

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
5	—	590	246.00	246.00
12	—	432	286.00–307.50	293.78
10	—	610	228.00–244.75	239.98
6	—	486	274.00–283.00	279.54
5	—	531	261.00–266.00	262.94
8	—	371	295.00–313.00	303.82
8	—	293	320.00–321.00	320.77

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Large 1 · Unweaned$ per cwt · actual wt
4	—	545	256.00	256.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Fleshy$ per cwt · actual wt
13	—	527	264.25–279.00	269.84
4	—	647	237.50	237.50

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	438	267.50	267.50

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
6	—	412	345.00–357.50	351.63
12	—	671	268.50–285.00	275.26
16	—	582	315.00–326.00	317.73
8	—	759	241.50–244.25	242.86
4	—	856	225.75	225.75
5	—	808	239.00–244.00	242.00
6	—	492	340.00–350.00	346.68
10	—	626	280.00–288.50	285.57
16	—	515	323.00–345.50	340.89
13	—	736	242.00–258.00	253.05

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
14	—	467	320.00–331.00	323.60
7	—	563	286.00–310.00	296.92
4	—	664	261.00–263.00	262.02
4	—	388	350.00	350.00
13	—	638	261.50–269.00	266.13

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1 · Value Added$ per cwt · actual wt
9	—	574	320.00	320.00
13	—	687	268.00–270.00	269.08
10	—	647	285.50	285.50

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1 · Unweaned$ per cwt · actual wt
9	—	432	327.00–347.00	334.19
8	—	479	338.00	338.00
8	—	663	252.00–255.00	254.25
10	—	570	278.00–309.00	290.02
6	—	514	320.00–348.00	338.64

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1 · Fleshy$ per cwt · actual wt
6	—	508	325.00	325.00
7	—	616	275.00	275.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
6	—	721	215.00–226.00	221.53
3	—	921	185.00	185.00
4	—	523	272.00–282.50	277.07
4	—	575	260.00–262.00	260.97
6	—	472	290.00	290.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls — Medium and Large 2-3$ per cwt · actual wt
6	—	906	175.00	175.00
5	—	482	227.50	227.50

Slaughter Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cows — Boner 80-85%$ per cwt · actual wt
18	—	1,288	100.00–108.50	104.75
2	—	1,385	96.50–100.00	98.16
1	—	1,320	108.50	108.50

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cows — Breaker 75-80%$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	1,432	100.00–109.00	104.86
7	—	1,567	111.50–113.50	112.39

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cows — Lean 85-90%$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	870	65.00	65.00
2	—	1,103	82.00–85.00	83.69
14	—	1,095	91.50–101.00	96.19

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls$ per cwt · actual wt
5	—	1,898	116.50–128.00	121.37

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)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	27	—	1,048	2,700.00–2,900.00	2,804.61

Age	Stage	Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bred Cows — Medium and Large 1-2$ per head · actual wt
Young (2-4 yrs)	All Stages (1-9 mo)	7	—	1,186	1,750.00–2,200.00	1,911.87

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.