Sale reports / Missouri / South Central Regional Stockyards / 2024-06-19

South Central Regional Stockyards

Feeder Cattle · Slaughter Cattle · Replacement Cattle · Vienna, Missouri · Wed, Jun 19
● Final55 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 1817
Feeder Cattle receipts
476 head
▼ 562 vs last sale 1,038▼ 251 vs year ago 727 · −34.5%
Slaughter Cattle receipts
30 head
▼ 45 vs last sale 75▼ 476 vs year ago 506 · −94.1%
Replacement Cattle receipts
10 head
▲ 0 vs last sale 10▼ 50 vs year ago 60 · −83.3%
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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Feeder supply not sufficient to establish a market trend. Slaughter cows steady to 2.00 lower. Demand good. Light receipts although there were a couple of reputation consignments of mostly steers weighing 600-800 lbs. Feeder movement is expected to continue to be light in the short term with good pasture conditions and with lofty prices having already coaxed most available cattle to town.

Weight classPick one — the panels below update

Steers · summary 500–600 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot
500–600 lb steers averaged $294.53/cwt on 48 head. That ranks 1 of 20 comparable sales and sits −185.50 against this barn's trailing median of $480.03.
Average price
$294.53
48 head · 564 lb average
Value per head Derived
$1,662
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
$333
per head · Medium and Large 1-2 over Medium 2
$45.86/cwt at this weight
vs the market
−17.13
vs MO average
−6.13 vs national

Price by quality 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 1-2574302.861,7389thin
Medium and Large 1562299.091,68129
Medium 1578295.001,7053thin
Medium and Large 2568275.001,5623thin
Medium 2547257.001,4064thin
One grade step is worth $45.86/cwt here — about $333 a head. Across this sale the premium is widest at 400–500 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 sale48 hd
294.53
—
MO average15 barns · 2,191 hd
311.66
−17.13
National average144 barns · 7,865 hd
300.66
−6.13
This barn, trailing median20 sales
480.03
−185.50
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
530487444401median 480.0303/0404/2906/1009/1610/28
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 · $/cwt
Cull cows and bulls are graded, not weight-classed — grade is what moves the money here.
ClassGradeDressingAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Bulls—Average1,765156.662,7663thin
CowsBreaker 75-80%Low1,548142.712,20910
CowsBoner 80-85%High1,226134.831,65311
CowsLean 85-90%Low1,097119.401,3094thin

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 $/cwt figures above.
ClassStageAgeAvg wt$/headHead
Cow-Calf PairsOpenMiddle Aged (5-8 yrs)1,050$2,3003thin

Every lot

55 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 · Steers24 lots · lightest first
Steers300–350Medium and Large 1-2331349.82/cwt340.00–360.001,1584
Steers400–450Medium 1-2413320.00/cwt320.00–320.001,3224
Steers400–450Medium and Large 1-2435345.00/cwt345.00–345.001,5014
Steers400–450Medium and Large 2441312.70/cwt309.00–319.001,3796
Steers400–450Medium 2445256.00/cwt256.00–256.001,1393
Steers450–500Medium 2453260.00/cwt260.00–260.001,1783
Steers450–500Medium and Large 1467329.03/cwt325.00–330.001,53710
Steers450–500Medium and Large 1-2472313.10/cwt305.00–326.001,47811
Steers450–500Medium and Large 1Unweaned481317.00/cwt317.00–317.001,5257
Steers450–500Medium 1-2Unweaned498277.00/cwt277.00–277.001,3793
Steers500–550Medium and Large 1533319.00/cwt319.00–319.001,7004
Steers500–550Medium 2547257.00/cwt257.00–257.001,4064
Steers550–600Medium and Large 1560311.50/cwt311.50–311.501,74410
Steers550–600Medium and Large 2568275.00/cwt275.00–275.001,5623
Steers550–600Medium and Large 1Unweaned571285.50/cwt285.50–285.501,63015
Steers550–600Medium and Large 1-2574302.86/cwt298.00–306.001,7389
Steers550–600Medium 1578295.00/cwt295.00–295.001,7053
Steers600–650Medium and Large 1-2607285.00/cwt285.00–285.001,7309
Steers600–650Medium and Large 1627292.80/cwt285.00–300.001,83624
Steers650–700Medium and Large 1658286.33/cwt281.00–291.501,88439
Steers650–700Medium and Large 1-2663274.38/cwt267.00–281.001,8199
Steers650–700Medium and Large 2690254.50/cwt254.50–254.501,7563
Steers700–750Medium and Large 1724269.00/cwt269.00–269.001,9488
Steers750–800Medium and Large 1793254.00/cwt254.00–254.002,01429
Feeder Cattle · Heifers16 lots · lightest first
Heifers350–400Medium 1-2375304.00/cwt304.00–304.001,1404
Heifers350–400Medium and Large 2375295.00/cwt295.00–295.001,1063
Heifers350–400Medium and Large 1-2389317.00/cwt317.00–317.001,2336
Heifers450–500Medium 1-2456261.00/cwt261.00–261.001,1905
Heifers450–500Medium and Large 2485274.00/cwt274.00–274.001,3293
Heifers450–500Medium and Large 1-2Unweaned490281.36/cwt270.00–285.001,3798
Heifers500–550Medium 2513237.00/cwt237.00–237.001,2163
Heifers500–550Medium and Large 1526289.87/cwt275.00–306.001,52525
Heifers500–550Medium and Large 1-2527270.43/cwt266.50–274.001,4257
Heifers550–600Medium and Large 1Unweaned570259.50/cwt259.50–259.501,4796
Heifers550–600Medium and Large 1-2Unweaned583247.00/cwt247.00–247.001,4403
Heifers550–600Medium and Large 1586269.11/cwt267.00–271.751,57724
Heifers600–650Medium and Large 1-2617256.00/cwt256.00–256.001,5805
Heifers600–650Medium and Large 1634253.64/cwt248.00–260.001,60810
Heifers650–700Medium and Large 1671245.50/cwt245.50–245.501,6474
Heifers950–1000Medium and Large 1Fleshy980193.00/cwt193.00–193.001,8913
Feeder Cattle · Bulls4 lots · lightest first
Bulls450–500Medium and Large 1-2485285.00/cwt285.00–285.001,3822
Bulls500–550Medium and Large 1-2507281.00/cwt281.00–281.001,4252
Bulls600–650Medium and Large 1-2615260.00/cwt260.00–260.001,5994
Bulls700–750Medium and Large 2701200.00/cwt200.00–200.001,4025
Slaughter Cattle · Bulls2 lots · lightest first
Bulls——1,690139.50/cwt139.50–139.502,3581
Bulls——1,803165.24/cwt162.00–170.002,9792
Slaughter Cattle · Cows8 lots · lightest first
Cows—Lean 85-90%1,010110.00/cwt110.00–110.001,1112
Cows—Boner 80-85%1,155140.50/cwt140.50–140.501,6231
Cows—Lean 85-90%1,183128.79/cwt126.00–131.501,5242
Cows—Boner 80-85%1,195127.50/cwt127.50–127.501,5242
Cows—Boner 80-85%1,243135.96/cwt132.50–142.001,6908
Cows—Breaker 75-80%1,470138.77/cwt134.00–143.002,0404
Cows—Breaker 75-80%1,577147.71/cwt146.00–148.502,3295
Cows—Breaker 75-80%1,715133.50/cwt133.50–133.502,2901
Replacement Cattle · Cow-Calf Pairs1 lot · lightest first
Cow-Calf Pairs—Medium and Large 1-21,0502,300.00/head2,300.00–2,300.002,3003

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.