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South Central Regional Stockyards

Name: South Central Regional Stockyards livestock auction prices — 2024-03-27
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2024-03-27

Feeder Cattle · Slaughter Cattle · Replacement Cattle · Vienna, Missouri · Wed, Mar 27

● Final41 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 1817

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Feeder Cattle receipts

250 head

▼ 613 vs last sale 863▼ 350 vs year ago 600 · −58.3%

Slaughter Cattle receipts

52 head

▼ 16 vs last sale 68▼ 42 vs year ago 94 · −44.7%

Replacement Cattle receipts

5 head

▼ 15 vs last sale 20▼ 5 vs year ago 10 · −50.0%

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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Feeder supply not sufficient to establish a market trend. Slaughter cows 4.00-5.00 higher. Cattle futures are trending lower at the moment with fall feeder contracts fully 10.00/cwt below recent highs. Light run following a substantial rain throughout the area with several high quality weaned and non-weaned fall calves expected next week.

Weight class — the figures below change to match

Weight classPick one — the panels below update

Heifers · summary 500–600 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

500–600 lb heifers averaged $251.17/cwt on 23 head. That ranks 1 of 20 comparable sales and sits −171.29 against this barn's trailing median of $422.47.

Average price

$251.17

23 head · 550 lb average

Value per head Derived

$1,382

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

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

$13.59/cwt at this weight

vs the market

−22.80

vs MO average

−15.70 vs national

Price by quality 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1	541	259.50	1,404	8thin
Medium and Large 2	522	249.00	1,300	4thin
Medium and Large 1-2	567	245.91	1,395	11thin

One grade step is worth $13.59/cwt here — about $9 a head. Across this sale the premium is widest at 500–600 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 sale23 hd

251.17

—

MO average17 barns · 2,310 hd

273.97

−22.80

National average161 barns · 9,489 hd

266.87

−15.70

This barn, trailing median20 sales

422.47

−171.29

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

Heifers 500–600 lb: high $462.49, low $357.64, median $422.47 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	1,966	150.75	2,964	8thin
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	Average	1,697	131.23	2,226	6thin
Cows	Boner 80-85%	Low	1,235	129.04	1,593	16
Cows	Lean 85-90%	High	1,004	115.36	1,158	7thin

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 Stage (4-6 mo)	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	1,020	$1,666	2thin

Every lot

41 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 · Steers10 lots · lightest first
Steers	300–350	Medium and Large 1	332	383.10/cwt	380.00–384.00	1,272	8
Steers	350–400	Medium and Large 1-2	378	339.26/cwt	324.00–356.00	1,282	4
Steers	350–400	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	396	328.00/cwt	328.00–328.00	1,299	3
Steers	450–500	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	483	311.43/cwt	311.00–312.00	1,504	9
Steers	450–500	Medium and Large 1	493	317.19/cwt	315.00–318.00	1,564	11
Steers	500–550	Medium and Large 1-2	508	302.55/cwt	292.00–313.00	1,537	4
Steers	550–600	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	573	289.00/cwt	289.00–289.00	1,656	5
Steers	600–650	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	606	273.00/cwt	273.00–273.00	1,654	4
Steers	600–650	Medium and Large 1	611	284.50/cwt	280.00–286.00	1,738	8
Steers	650–700	Medium and Large 2	696	244.00/cwt	244.00–244.00	1,698	3
Feeder Cattle · Heifers14 lots · lightest first
Heifers	300–350	Medium and Large 1	335	333.00/cwt	333.00–333.00	1,116	2
Heifers	350–400	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	381	292.00/cwt	291.00–294.00	1,113	6
Heifers	400–450	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	406	270.00/cwt	270.00–270.00	1,096	4
Heifers	400–450	Medium and Large 1	416	295.00/cwt	295.00–295.00	1,227	5
Heifers	400–450	Medium and Large 1-2	439	279.50/cwt	279.50–279.50	1,227	8
Heifers	450–500	Medium and Large 1	483	281.00/cwt	281.00–281.00	1,357	6
Heifers	450–500	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	483	271.81/cwt	255.00–276.50	1,313	10
Heifers	450–500	Medium and Large 1-2Unweaned	495	264.00/cwt	264.00–264.00	1,307	3
Heifers	500–550	Medium and Large 2	522	249.00/cwt	249.00–249.00	1,300	4
Heifers	500–550	Medium and Large 1	535	264.00/cwt	264.00–264.00	1,412	5
Heifers	550–600	Medium and Large 1Fleshy	551	252.00/cwt	252.00–252.00	1,389	3
Heifers	550–600	Medium and Large 1-2Unweaned	559	247.00/cwt	247.00–247.00	1,381	7
Heifers	550–600	Medium and Large 1-2	582	244.00/cwt	244.00–244.00	1,420	4
Heifers	600–650	Medium and Large 1-2	616	232.51/cwt	232.00–233.00	1,432	4
Feeder Cattle · Bulls5 lots · lightest first
Bulls	350–400	Medium and Large 1-2Unweaned	398	304.00/cwt	304.00–304.00	1,210	4
Bulls	400–450	Medium and Large 1-2	431	315.75/cwt	306.00–323.00	1,361	5
Bulls	450–500	Medium and Large 1-2	472	291.11/cwt	287.00–292.00	1,374	11
Bulls	500–550	Medium and Large 1-2	525	279.91/cwt	270.00–289.00	1,470	16
Bulls	650–700	Medium and Large 1-2	685	233.62/cwt	224.00–244.50	1,600	7
Slaughter Cattle · Bulls3 lots · lightest first
Bulls	—	—	1,480	122.00/cwt	122.00–122.00	1,806	1
Bulls	—	—	1,982	152.59/cwt	150.00–157.50	3,024	5
Bulls	—	—	2,170	160.51/cwt	160.00–161.00	3,483	2
Slaughter Cattle · Cows8 lots · lightest first
Cows	—	Lean 85-90%	940	129.00/cwt	129.00–129.00	1,213	1
Cows	—	Lean 85-90%	1,010	95.00/cwt	95.00–95.00	960	1
Cows	—	Lean 85-90%	1,015	116.70/cwt	115.00–119.00	1,185	5
Cows	—	Boner 80-85%	1,199	128.14/cwt	123.50–130.50	1,536	11
Cows	—	Boner 80-85%	1,308	139.21/cwt	136.50–141.50	1,821	3
Cows	—	Boner 80-85%	1,320	118.76/cwt	118.50–119.00	1,568	2
Cows	—	Breaker 75-80%	1,650	136.50/cwt	136.50–136.50	2,252	1
Cows	—	Breaker 75-80%	1,706	130.17/cwt	126.00–134.00	2,221	5
Replacement Cattle · Bred Cows1 lot · lightest first
Bred Cows	—	Medium and Large 1-2	1,020	1,665.87/head	1,600.00–1,725.00	1,666	2

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 27, 2024

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

Feeder CattleReceipts 250Last week 863Year ago 600

Slaughter CattleReceipts 52Last week 68Year ago 94

Replacement CattleReceipts 5Last week 20Year ago 10

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
4	500–550	522	249.00	249.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Unweaned$ per cwt · actual wt
3	450–500	495	264.00	264.00
7	550–600	559	247.00	247.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Unweaned$ per cwt · actual wt
6	350–400	381	291.00–294.00	292.00
4	400–450	406	270.00	270.00
10	450–500	483	255.00–276.50	271.81

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
2	300–350	335	333.00	333.00
5	400–450	416	295.00	295.00
6	450–500	483	281.00	281.00
5	500–550	535	264.00	264.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
8	400–450	439	279.50	279.50
4	550–600	582	244.00	244.00
4	600–650	616	232.00–233.00	232.51

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Fleshy$ per cwt · actual wt
3	550–600	551	252.00	252.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
4	350–400	378	324.00–356.00	339.26
4	500–550	508	292.00–313.00	302.55

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
8	300–350	332	380.00–384.00	383.10
11	450–500	493	315.00–318.00	317.19
8	600–650	611	280.00–286.00	284.50

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1 · Unweaned$ per cwt · actual wt
3	350–400	396	328.00	328.00
9	450–500	483	311.00–312.00	311.43
5	550–600	573	289.00	289.00
4	600–650	606	273.00	273.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
3	650–700	696	244.00	244.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
5	400–450	431	306.00–323.00	315.75
11	450–500	472	287.00–292.00	291.11
16	500–550	525	270.00–289.00	279.91
7	650–700	685	224.00–244.50	233.62

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls — Medium and Large 1-2 · Unweaned$ per cwt · actual wt
4	350–400	398	304.00	304.00

Slaughter Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cows — Boner 80-85%$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	1,320	118.50–119.00	118.76
3	—	1,308	136.50–141.50	139.21
11	—	1,199	123.50–130.50	128.14

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cows — Breaker 75-80%$ per cwt · actual wt
5	—	1,706	126.00–134.00	130.17
1	—	1,650	136.50	136.50

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cows — Lean 85-90%$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	940	129.00	129.00
1	—	1,010	95.00	95.00
5	—	1,015	115.00–119.00	116.70

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls$ per cwt · actual wt
5	—	1,982	150.00–157.50	152.59
2	—	2,170	160.00–161.00	160.51
1	—	1,480	122.00	122.00

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 Stage (4-6 mo)	2	—	1,020	1,600.00–1,725.00	1,665.87

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.