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South Central Regional Stockyards

Name: South Central Regional Stockyards livestock auction prices — 2024-03-20
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2024-03-20

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

● Final69 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 1817

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Feeder Cattle receipts

863 head

▲ 307 vs last sale 556▲ 555 vs year ago 308 · +180.2%

Slaughter Cattle receipts

68 head

▲ 32 vs last sale 36▲ 12 vs year ago 56 · +21.4%

Replacement Cattle receipts

20 head

▲ 0 vs last sale 20▼ 10 vs year ago 30 · −33.3%

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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to last Wednesday, feeder steers mostly steady except some light grazing steers 450-525 lbs 10.00-15.00 lower. Feeder heifers under 450 lbs 10.00-15.00 higher, over 450 lbs steady to 4.00 higher. Slaughter cows 5.00-8.00 higher. Demand good to very good. Supply light. Solid feeder trade although prices didn't reach the levels seen on some of the better quality light steers last week. Feeder over 600 lbs marked unweaned were older calves with some condition and tail.

Weight class — the figures below change to match

Weight classPick one — the panels below update

Steers · summary 500–600 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

500–600 lb steers averaged $310.49/cwt on 180 head. That ranks 1 of 20 comparable sales and sits −169.54 against this barn's trailing median of $480.03.

Average price

$310.49

180 head · 548 lb average

Value per head Derived

$1,700

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$397

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

$54.86/cwt at this weight

vs the market

−5.97

vs MO average

−7.80 vs national

Price by quality 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1	545	315.86	1,723	152
Medium and Large 1-2	552	287.84	1,590	16thin
Large 1	598	278.50	1,665	8thin
Medium 1-2	508	261.00	1,326	4thin

One grade step is worth $54.86/cwt here — about $397 a head. Across this sale the premium is widest at 700–800 lb. USDA reports each grade on its own line and never publishes the spread.

How it compared 500–600 lb

Same class and week · spot auction only

This sale180 hd

310.49

—

MO average15 barns · 2,516 hd

316.46

−5.97

National average173 barns · 12,551 hd

318.29

−7.80

This barn, trailing median20 sales

480.03

−169.54

A barn can sit above the state average at one weight and below it at another — check the class you actually sell.

This barn's trailing prices 500–600 lb

20 sales

Steers 500–600 lb: high $516.16, low $414.87, median $480.03 across 20 sales. Sales under 10 head in this class are excluded, so a thin day cannot swing the median or the ranking.

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	1,648	142.37	2,346	4thin
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	High	1,475	127.96	1,887	12
Cows	Boner 80-85%	Low	1,226	122.97	1,507	19
Cows	Lean 85-90%	Average	1,051	113.26	1,190	15

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	2nd/3rd Stage (4-9 mo)	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	1,155	$1,836	5

Every lot

69 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 · Steers29 lots · lightest first
Steers	350–400	Medium 1	380	322.50/cwt	322.50–322.50	1,226	4
Steers	400–450	Medium and Large 1	416	364.67/cwt	357.00–372.50	1,517	6
Steers	400–450	Medium and Large 1Value Added	435	354.00/cwt	354.00–354.00	1,540	7
Steers	400–450	Medium and Large 1Fleshy	436	332.43/cwt	331.00–333.00	1,449	7
Steers	450–500	Medium and Large 1-2	455	317.54/cwt	314.00–321.00	1,445	4
Steers	450–500	Medium and Large 1	470	362.42/cwt	331.00–376.00	1,703	10
Steers	450–500	Medium and Large 1Fleshy	491	320.00/cwt	320.00–320.00	1,571	9
Steers	500–550	Medium and Large 1Value Added	503	347.50/cwt	347.50–347.50	1,748	5
Steers	500–550	Medium 1-2	508	261.00/cwt	261.00–261.00	1,326	4
Steers	500–550	Medium and Large 1Fleshy	515	308.35/cwt	301.00–310.00	1,588	11
Steers	500–550	Medium and Large 1	521	333.27/cwt	318.00–347.50	1,736	71
Steers	500–550	Medium and Large 1-2	534	295.50/cwt	281.00–317.00	1,578	11
Steers	550–600	Medium and Large 1	574	311.50/cwt	299.00–324.50	1,788	30
Steers	550–600	Medium and Large 1Fleshy	584	286.55/cwt	281.00–294.00	1,673	21
Steers	550–600	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	590	275.43/cwt	275.00–276.00	1,625	14
Steers	550–600	Medium and Large 1-2	593	271.00/cwt	271.00–271.00	1,607	5
Steers	550–600	Large 1	598	278.50/cwt	278.50–278.50	1,665	8
Steers	600–650	Medium and Large 1-2	614	277.91/cwt	269.00–291.00	1,706	12
Steers	600–650	Medium and Large 1	639	289.28/cwt	288.00–291.00	1,848	21
Steers	650–700	Medium and Large 1Value Added	651	275.25/cwt	275.25–275.25	1,792	9
Steers	650–700	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	675	262.00/cwt	262.00–262.00	1,769	13
Steers	650–700	Medium and Large 1	683	267.48/cwt	265.50–271.50	1,827	13
Steers	700–750	Medium and Large 1	701	269.50/cwt	269.50–269.50	1,889	4
Steers	700–750	Medium and Large 1-2	701	256.00/cwt	256.00–256.00	1,795	23
Steers	700–750	Medium and Large 1Fleshy	701	254.00/cwt	254.00–254.00	1,781	3
Steers	700–750	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	738	233.50/cwt	233.50–233.50	1,723	3
Steers	750–800	Medium and Large 2-3	751	188.50/cwt	188.50–188.50	1,416	4
Steers	750–800	Medium and Large 1	755	251.48/cwt	244.50–252.50	1,899	16
Steers	750–800	Large 1	766	245.25/cwt	245.25–245.25	1,879	8
Feeder Cattle · Heifers24 lots · lightest first
Heifers	350–400	Medium and Large 1	373	337.09/cwt	321.00–354.00	1,257	11
Heifers	350–400	Medium and Large 1-2	375	313.11/cwt	306.00–318.00	1,174	5
Heifers	350–400	Medium and Large 2	386	267.00/cwt	267.00–267.00	1,031	4
Heifers	400–450	Medium and Large 1Fleshy	413	299.00/cwt	299.00–299.00	1,235	4
Heifers	400–450	Medium and Large 1	432	323.68/cwt	300.00–333.00	1,398	41
Heifers	450–500	Medium and Large 1Value Added	471	322.00/cwt	322.00–322.00	1,517	9
Heifers	450–500	Medium and Large 1	471	299.32/cwt	286.00–318.00	1,410	11
Heifers	450–500	Medium and Large 1Fleshy	494	281.43/cwt	278.00–285.00	1,390	14
Heifers	500–550	Medium and Large 1	526	291.33/cwt	290.00–293.00	1,532	22
Heifers	500–550	Medium and Large 1Fleshy	529	266.93/cwt	262.00–272.00	1,412	15
Heifers	500–550	Large 1	533	260.00/cwt	260.00–260.00	1,386	4
Heifers	550–600	Medium and Large 1-2	558	263.35/cwt	260.00–266.00	1,469	6
Heifers	550–600	Medium and Large 1	579	274.90/cwt	263.00–280.50	1,592	45
Heifers	550–600	Medium and Large 1Full	586	260.00/cwt	260.00–260.00	1,524	4
Heifers	600–650	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	605	261.37/cwt	256.00–262.00	1,581	19
Heifers	600–650	Large 1	617	258.00/cwt	258.00–258.00	1,592	7
Heifers	600–650	Medium and Large 1Fleshy	632	255.00/cwt	255.00–255.00	1,612	5
Heifers	600–650	Medium and Large 1	633	258.26/cwt	255.00–262.00	1,635	11
Heifers	650–700	Medium and Large 1-2	659	239.75/cwt	239.50–240.00	1,580	4
Heifers	650–700	Large 1	678	239.00/cwt	239.00–239.00	1,620	5
Heifers	650–700	Medium and Large 1	683	245.87/cwt	244.00–246.25	1,679	12
Heifers	700–750	Medium and Large 1Replacement	702	246.00/cwt	246.00–246.00	1,727	4
Heifers	700–750	Medium and Large 1	710	242.75/cwt	242.75–242.75	1,724	10
Heifers	750–800	Medium and Large 1Replacement	785	231.00/cwt	231.00–231.00	1,813	5
Feeder Cattle · Bulls5 lots · lightest first
Bulls	300–350	Medium and Large 1-2	308	355.00/cwt	355.00–355.00	1,093	8
Bulls	350–400	Medium and Large 1-2Thin Fleshed	361	385.00/cwt	385.00–385.00	1,390	12
Bulls	400–450	Medium and Large 1-2Thin Fleshed	448	336.00/cwt	336.00–336.00	1,505	13
Bulls	500–550	Medium and Large 1-2	507	282.50/cwt	282.50–282.50	1,432	2
Bulls	650–700	Medium and Large 1-2	682	244.00/cwt	244.00–244.00	1,664	2
Slaughter Cattle · Bulls3 lots · lightest first
Bulls	—	—	1,390	125.00/cwt	125.00–125.00	1,738	1
Bulls	—	—	1,640	145.00/cwt	145.00–145.00	2,378	1
Bulls	—	—	1,780	149.74/cwt	149.50–150.00	2,665	2
Slaughter Cattle · Cows7 lots · lightest first
Cows	—	Lean 85-90%	1,005	103.96/cwt	96.50–110.00	1,045	3
Cows	—	Lean 85-90%	1,062	115.59/cwt	109.00–118.50	1,228	12
Cows	—	Boner 80-85%	1,216	123.38/cwt	118.50–128.00	1,500	15
Cows	—	Boner 80-85%	1,245	129.96/cwt	129.50–130.50	1,618	2
Cows	—	Boner 80-85%	1,280	112.94/cwt	112.00–114.00	1,446	2
Cows	—	Breaker 75-80%	1,456	131.94/cwt	130.50–132.50	1,921	4
Cows	—	Breaker 75-80%	1,484	125.97/cwt	124.00–128.00	1,869	8
Replacement Cattle · Bred Cows1 lot · lightest first
Bred Cows	—	Medium and Large 1-2	1,155	1,835.76/head	1,625.00–2,000.00	1,836	5

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 Mar 20, 2024

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

Feeder CattleReceipts 863Last week 556Year ago 308

Slaughter CattleReceipts 68Last week 36Year ago 56

Replacement CattleReceipts 20Last week 20Year ago 30

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1 · Value Added$ per cwt · actual wt
7	400–450	435	354.00	354.00
5	500–550	503	347.50	347.50
9	650–700	651	275.25	275.25

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1 · Unweaned$ per cwt · actual wt
14	550–600	590	275.00–276.00	275.43
13	650–700	675	262.00	262.00
3	700–750	738	233.50	233.50

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
4	450–500	455	314.00–321.00	317.54
11	500–550	534	281.00–317.00	295.50
5	550–600	593	271.00	271.00
12	600–650	614	269.00–291.00	277.91
23	700–750	701	256.00	256.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
6	400–450	416	357.00–372.50	364.67
10	450–500	470	331.00–376.00	362.42
71	500–550	521	318.00–347.50	333.27
30	550–600	574	299.00–324.50	311.50
21	600–650	639	288.00–291.00	289.28
13	650–700	683	265.50–271.50	267.48
4	700–750	701	269.50	269.50
16	750–800	755	244.50–252.50	251.48

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1 · Fleshy$ per cwt · actual wt
7	400–450	436	331.00–333.00	332.43
9	450–500	491	320.00	320.00
11	500–550	515	301.00–310.00	308.35
21	550–600	584	281.00–294.00	286.55
3	700–750	701	254.00	254.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
8	550–600	598	278.50	278.50
8	750–800	766	245.25	245.25

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
4	500–550	508	261.00	261.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium 1$ per cwt · actual wt
4	350–400	380	322.50	322.50

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 2-3$ per cwt · actual wt
4	750–800	751	188.50	188.50

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Value Added$ per cwt · actual wt
9	450–500	471	322.00	322.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
11	350–400	373	321.00–354.00	337.09
41	400–450	432	300.00–333.00	323.68
11	450–500	471	286.00–318.00	299.32
22	500–550	526	290.00–293.00	291.33
45	550–600	579	263.00–280.50	274.90
11	600–650	633	255.00–262.00	258.26
12	650–700	683	244.00–246.25	245.87
10	700–750	710	242.75	242.75

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Fleshy$ per cwt · actual wt
4	400–450	413	299.00	299.00
14	450–500	494	278.00–285.00	281.43
15	500–550	529	262.00–272.00	266.93
5	600–650	632	255.00	255.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Replacement$ per cwt · actual wt
4	700–750	702	246.00	246.00
5	750–800	785	231.00	231.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Unweaned$ per cwt · actual wt
19	600–650	605	256.00–262.00	261.37

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
4	500–550	533	260.00	260.00
7	600–650	617	258.00	258.00
5	650–700	678	239.00	239.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Full$ per cwt · actual wt
4	550–600	586	260.00	260.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
5	350–400	375	306.00–318.00	313.11
6	550–600	558	260.00–266.00	263.35
4	650–700	659	239.50–240.00	239.75

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
4	350–400	386	267.00	267.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
8	300–350	308	355.00	355.00
2	500–550	507	282.50	282.50
2	650–700	682	244.00	244.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls — Medium and Large 1-2 · Thin Fleshed$ per cwt · actual wt
12	350–400	361	385.00	385.00
13	400–450	448	336.00	336.00

Slaughter Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cows — Lean 85-90%$ per cwt · actual wt
12	—	1,062	109.00–118.50	115.59
3	—	1,005	96.50–110.00	103.96

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cows — Breaker 75-80%$ per cwt · actual wt
4	—	1,456	130.50–132.50	131.94
8	—	1,484	124.00–128.00	125.97

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cows — Boner 80-85%$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	1,280	112.00–114.00	112.94
2	—	1,245	129.50–130.50	129.96
15	—	1,216	118.50–128.00	123.38

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	1,640	145.00	145.00
1	—	1,390	125.00	125.00
2	—	1,780	149.50–150.00	149.74

Replacement Cattle

As reported

Age	Stage	Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bred Cows — Medium and Large 1-2$ per head · actual wt
Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	2nd/3rd Stage (4-9 mo)	5	—	1,155	1,625.00–2,000.00	1,835.76

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.