Sale reports / Missouri / South Central Regional Stockyards / 2024-07-10

South Central Regional Stockyards

Feeder Cattle · Slaughter Cattle · Vienna, Missouri · Wed, Jul 10
● Final62 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 1817
Feeder Cattle receipts
1,120 head
▲ 644 vs last sale 476▼ 522 vs year ago 1,642 · −31.8%
Slaughter Cattle receipts
52 head
▲ 22 vs last sale 30▼ 244 vs year ago 296 · −82.4%
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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Feeder steers and heifers sold with a firm undertone but with no recent price comparisons available. Slaughter cows 6.00-8.00 higher compared to the last reported sale three weeks ago. Recent record high fed cattle along with a positive feed outlook are providing incentive for feeders to move even higher this week while futures have been lower due to summer demand concerns and with maybe some caution as we approach the time frame of the massive sell-off seen in the cattle complex in the fall of 2023.

Weight classPick one — the panels below update

Steers · summary 500–600 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot
500–600 lb steers averaged $311.08/cwt on 149 head. That ranks 1 of 20 comparable sales and sits −168.94 against this barn's trailing median of $480.03.
Average price
$311.08
149 head · 566 lb average
Value per head Derived
$1,762
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
$230
per head · Medium and Large 1 over Medium and Large 2
$28.75/cwt at this weight
vs the market
−11.16
vs MO average
+8.17 vs national

Price by quality 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 1575315.481,81393
Medium and Large 1-2553310.031,71641
Medium and Large 2552286.731,58215thin
One grade step is worth $28.75/cwt here — about $230 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 sale149 hd
311.08
—
MO average11 barns · 2,260 hd
322.24
−11.16
National average160 barns · 9,699 hd
302.91
+8.17
This barn, trailing median20 sales
480.03
−168.94
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—High1,808165.943,0015thin
CowsBreaker 75-80%High1,504149.602,2507thin
CowsBoner 80-85%High1,248142.241,77615
CowsLean 85-90%Low1,069116.421,2457thin

Every lot

62 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 · Steers23 lots · lightest first
Steers400–450Medium and Large 1-2420343.74/cwt339.00–353.001,4446
Steers450–500Medium and Large 1-2458340.87/cwt330.00–350.001,56128
Steers450–500Medium and Large 2495303.00/cwt303.00–303.001,5003
Steers500–550Medium and Large 2527294.55/cwt293.00–295.001,5529
Steers500–550Medium and Large 1-2535313.87/cwt310.00–320.001,67920
Steers500–550Medium and Large 1539331.36/cwt325.00–336.501,78621
Steers550–600Medium and Large 1-2571306.38/cwt294.00–321.001,74921
Steers550–600Medium and Large 1Fleshy571305.00/cwt305.00–305.001,7425
Steers550–600Medium and Large 1586311.28/cwt307.00–323.001,82467
Steers550–600Medium and Large 2589275.00/cwt275.00–275.001,6206
Steers600–650Medium and Large 1619303.55/cwt296.00–311.001,87964
Steers600–650Large 1631283.00/cwt283.00–283.001,7864
Steers600–650Medium and Large 1-2635287.37/cwt283.00–292.001,82529
Steers650–700Medium and Large 1Unweaned654279.50/cwt279.50–279.501,82815
Steers650–700Medium and Large 1-2671266.53/cwt265.50–267.501,7888
Steers650–700Medium and Large 1678282.67/cwt278.50–288.001,91745
Steers650–700Medium and Large 1Fleshy683270.00/cwt270.00–270.001,8443
Steers650–700Medium and Large 2686263.50/cwt263.50–263.501,8085
Steers700–750Medium and Large 1-2711267.57/cwt264.00–268.501,90215
Steers700–750Medium and Large 1Value Added723273.50/cwt273.50–273.501,97729
Steers700–750Medium and Large 1725277.14/cwt266.50–279.252,00937
Steers700–750Large 1735263.75/cwt263.75–263.751,9394
Steers800–850Medium and Large 1841252.50/cwt252.50–252.502,12420
Feeder Cattle · Heifers25 lots · lightest first
Heifers250–300Medium and Large 1-2278322.00/cwt322.00–322.008953
Heifers300–350Medium and Large 2302302.00/cwt302.00–302.009123
Heifers350–400Medium and Large 1-2376317.15/cwt304.00–322.001,19212
Heifers400–450Medium and Large 1-2409316.92/cwt313.00–327.001,2968
Heifers400–450Medium and Large 2411253.00/cwt253.00–253.001,0404
Heifers400–450Medium and Large 1440318.25/cwt312.00–320.001,40016
Heifers450–500Medium and Large 1472308.62/cwt292.00–316.001,45721
Heifers450–500Medium and Large 1-2480294.47/cwt287.00–300.001,41323
Heifers450–500Medium and Large 1Unweaned490275.00/cwt275.00–275.001,3488
Heifers500–550Medium and Large 1-2500284.00/cwt284.00–284.001,4203
Heifers500–550Medium and Large 1Value Added517298.00/cwt298.00–298.001,54136
Heifers500–550Medium and Large 1518296.69/cwt288.00–301.001,53716
Heifers500–550Medium and Large 2526245.51/cwt245.00–246.001,2916
Heifers550–600Medium 2553220.00/cwt220.00–220.001,2173
Heifers550–600Large 1555271.00/cwt271.00–271.001,5046
Heifers550–600Medium and Large 1Unweaned566240.00/cwt240.00–240.001,3586
Heifers550–600Medium and Large 1567276.82/cwt261.00–285.001,57075
Heifers600–650Medium and Large 1617263.11/cwt260.00–265.251,62344
Heifers600–650Medium and Large 1-2622254.04/cwt246.00–257.501,58020
Heifers600–650Medium and Large 1-2Unweaned628238.00/cwt238.00–238.001,49510
Heifers650–700Large 1656246.00/cwt246.00–246.001,6147
Heifers650–700Medium and Large 1658258.71/cwt246.00–263.501,70211
Heifers650–700Medium and Large 1-2680246.00/cwt246.00–246.001,6734
Heifers700–750Medium and Large 1706242.50/cwt242.50–242.501,7124
Heifers750–800Medium and Large 1775233.00/cwt233.00–233.001,8063
Feeder Cattle · Bulls3 lots · lightest first
Bulls500–550Medium and Large 1-2508286.57/cwt253.00–300.001,4568
Bulls550–600Medium and Large 1-2587276.67/cwt263.00–286.001,6245
Bulls650–700Medium and Large 1-2673247.80/cwt242.00–254.001,6684
Slaughter Cattle · Bulls3 lots · lightest first
Bulls——1,578151.59/cwt145.00–158.002,3922
Bulls——1,660183.00/cwt183.00–183.003,0381
Bulls——2,113171.75/cwt171.50–172.003,6292
Slaughter Cattle · Cows8 lots · lightest first
Cows—Lean 85-90%86057.00/cwt57.00–57.004901
Cows—Lean 85-90%1,055118.68/cwt115.00–123.001,2522
Cows—Lean 85-90%1,129130.15/cwt128.00–133.501,4694
Cows—Boner 80-85%1,226139.00/cwt139.00–139.001,7043
Cows—Boner 80-85%1,234141.75/cwt139.50–146.501,74910
Cows—Boner 80-85%1,353149.55/cwt148.50–150.502,0232
Cows—Breaker 75-80%1,428152.50/cwt152.00–153.502,1783
Cows—Breaker 75-80%1,561147.43/cwt142.50–151.502,3014

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.