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South Central Regional Stockyards

Name: South Central Regional Stockyards livestock auction prices — 2024-11-20
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2024-11-20

Feeder Cattle · Slaughter Cattle · Vienna, Missouri · Wed, Nov 20

● Final67 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 1817

← Nov 13Nov 20Dec 4 →

Feeder Cattle receipts

1,067 head

▼ 722 vs last sale 1,789▼ 227 vs year ago 1,294 · −17.5%

Slaughter Cattle receipts

71 head

▼ 54 vs last sale 125▼ 69 vs year ago 140 · −49.3%

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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

compared to last weeks sale feeder cattle auction feeders traded mostly steady with a higher undertone with the exception of steers under 550 pound trading 8.00-10.00 higher in spots slaughter cows and bulls were steady market

reminder no sale next week due to thanksgiving

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 $305.97/cwt on 172 head. That ranks 1 of 20 comparable sales and sits −174.05 against this barn's trailing median of $480.03.

Average price

$305.97

172 head · 564 lb average

Value per head Derived

$1,724

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$179

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

$17.90/cwt at this weight

vs the market

+10.24

vs MO average

−3.29 vs national

Price by quality 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1	566	307.32	1,738	159
Medium and Large 1-2	539	289.42	1,559	13thin

One grade step is worth $17.90/cwt here — about $179 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 sale172 hd

305.97

—

MO average16 barns · 3,183 hd

295.73

+10.24

National average182 barns · 24,645 hd

309.26

−3.29

This barn, trailing median20 sales

480.03

−174.05

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	—	Low	1,405	130.00	1,827	1thin
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	Average	1,578	119.67	1,889	3thin
Cows	Boner 80-85%	Average	1,314	114.23	1,501	26
Cows	Lean 85-90%	Low	1,077	96.61	1,040	12

Every lot

67 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 · Steers28 lots · lightest first
Steers	300–350	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	337	400.00/cwt	400.00–400.00	1,348	5
Steers	400–450	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	405	361.00/cwt	361.00–361.00	1,462	4
Steers	400–450	Medium and Large 1-2	420	318.00/cwt	318.00–318.00	1,336	2
Steers	400–450	Medium and Large 1	435	347.00/cwt	347.00–347.00	1,509	5
Steers	400–450	Medium 1-2	447	248.00/cwt	248.00–248.00	1,109	2
Steers	450–500	Medium and Large 1Value Added	452	356.00/cwt	356.00–356.00	1,609	3
Steers	450–500	Medium and Large 1	466	345.83/cwt	345.00–347.00	1,612	10
Steers	450–500	Medium and Large 1-2Unweaned	470	265.00/cwt	265.00–265.00	1,246	5
Steers	450–500	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	495	348.50/cwt	348.50–348.50	1,725	65
Steers	500–550	Medium and Large 1Fancy	516	341.00/cwt	341.00–341.00	1,760	9
Steers	500–550	Medium and Large 1-2	518	290.21/cwt	282.00–296.00	1,503	7
Steers	500–550	Medium and Large 1	526	319.49/cwt	307.00–321.50	1,681	29
Steers	500–550	Medium and Large 1-2Unweaned	531	299.00/cwt	299.00–299.00	1,588	3
Steers	550–600	Medium and Large 1	577	302.90/cwt	288.50–310.50	1,748	91
Steers	550–600	Medium and Large 1Value Added	579	302.17/cwt	298.00–310.00	1,750	14
Steers	550–600	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	589	296.00/cwt	296.00–296.00	1,743	16
Steers	550–600	Medium and Large 1-2	595	278.00/cwt	278.00–278.00	1,654	3
Steers	600–650	Medium and Large 1	628	284.16/cwt	274.00–295.00	1,785	73
Steers	650–700	Medium and Large 1	672	274.64/cwt	273.50–275.00	1,846	17
Steers	650–700	Medium and Large 1Value Added	675	273.61/cwt	273.00–275.00	1,847	10
Steers	650–700	Medium and Large 1-2	690	266.75/cwt	266.75–266.75	1,841	8
Steers	700–750	Medium and Large 1	716	268.71/cwt	259.00–272.50	1,924	22
Steers	700–750	Medium and Large 1Value Added	729	270.25/cwt	270.25–270.25	1,970	11
Steers	700–750	Medium and Large 1-2	729	251.64/cwt	246.50–259.50	1,834	5
Steers	750–800	Medium and Large 1	763	263.60/cwt	259.75–264.10	2,011	43
Steers	750–800	Medium and Large 1-2	792	248.00/cwt	248.00–248.00	1,964	5
Steers	800–850	Medium and Large 1-2	838	235.24/cwt	231.00–238.00	1,971	5
Steers	900–950	Medium and Large 1	932	224.00/cwt	224.00–224.00	2,088	2
Feeder Cattle · Heifers25 lots · lightest first
Heifers	350–400	Medium 1	383	274.00/cwt	274.00–274.00	1,049	3
Heifers	400–450	Medium and Large 1	431	316.89/cwt	313.00–319.00	1,366	8
Heifers	400–450	Medium and Large 1-2	438	286.00/cwt	286.00–286.00	1,253	4
Heifers	450–500	Medium and Large 1	480	296.23/cwt	291.00–301.00	1,422	47
Heifers	500–550	Medium and Large 1Value Added	502	303.50/cwt	303.50–303.50	1,524	9
Heifers	500–550	Medium and Large 1	515	280.00/cwt	280.00–280.00	1,442	6
Heifers	500–550	Medium and Large 1-2	516	263.00/cwt	263.00–263.00	1,357	4
Heifers	550–600	Medium 1-2	552	231.00/cwt	231.00–231.00	1,275	2
Heifers	550–600	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	566	269.50/cwt	269.50–269.50	1,525	5
Heifers	550–600	Medium and Large 1	573	272.79/cwt	269.00–275.50	1,563	41
Heifers	550–600	Medium and Large 1-2	574	261.60/cwt	255.50–266.50	1,502	12
Heifers	550–600	Medium 1	583	245.00/cwt	245.00–245.00	1,428	5
Heifers	600–650	Medium 1Fleshy	603	231.00/cwt	231.00–231.00	1,393	3
Heifers	600–650	Medium and Large 1Replacement	605	264.00/cwt	264.00–264.00	1,597	15
Heifers	600–650	Medium and Large 1-2	628	243.54/cwt	236.00–249.50	1,529	24
Heifers	650–700	Medium and Large 1Value Added	651	257.00/cwt	257.00–257.00	1,673	7
Heifers	650–700	Medium and Large 1	671	244.50/cwt	244.50–244.50	1,641	4
Heifers	650–700	Medium and Large 1-2	695	240.00/cwt	240.00–240.00	1,668	6
Heifers	700–750	Medium and Large 1-2	712	233.50/cwt	233.50–233.50	1,663	9
Heifers	700–750	Medium and Large 1	729	242.46/cwt	234.00–245.50	1,768	22
Heifers	700–750	Medium and Large 1-2Fleshy	732	215.00/cwt	215.00–215.00	1,574	4
Heifers	700–750	Medium and Large 1Replacement	746	249.75/cwt	249.75–249.75	1,863	16
Heifers	750–800	Medium and Large 1	796	229.50/cwt	229.50–229.50	1,827	3
Heifers	800–850	Medium and Large 1-2	802	212.00/cwt	212.00–212.00	1,700	2
Heifers	850–900	Medium and Large 1-2	855	215.00/cwt	215.00–215.00	1,838	2
Feeder Cattle · Bulls5 lots · lightest first
Bulls	300–350	Medium and Large 1	346	318.00/cwt	318.00–318.00	1,100	3
Bulls	450–500	Medium and Large 1	451	318.00/cwt	318.00–318.00	1,434	8
Bulls	500–550	Medium and Large 1	515	305.00/cwt	305.00–305.00	1,571	4
Bulls	550–600	Medium and Large 1-2	585	255.77/cwt	231.00–268.00	1,496	6
Bulls	600–650	Medium and Large 1	630	259.00/cwt	259.00–259.00	1,632	2
Slaughter Cattle · Bulls1 lot · lightest first
Bulls	—	—	1,405	130.00/cwt	130.00–130.00	1,827	1
Slaughter Cattle · Cows8 lots · lightest first
Cows	—	Lean 85-90%	1,016	82.55/cwt	82.00–84.00	839	4
Cows	—	Lean 85-90%	1,084	106.00/cwt	106.00–106.00	1,149	6
Cows	—	Lean 85-90%	1,178	96.56/cwt	92.50–100.00	1,137	2
Cows	—	Boner 80-85%	1,253	113.80/cwt	107.50–116.50	1,426	18
Cows	—	Boner 80-85%	1,413	105.75/cwt	105.00–106.50	1,494	2
Cows	—	Boner 80-85%	1,463	118.34/cwt	115.50–119.00	1,731	6
Cows	—	Breaker 75-80%	1,525	117.00/cwt	117.00–117.00	1,784	2
Cows	—	Breaker 75-80%	1,685	125.00/cwt	125.00–125.00	2,106	1

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 Nov 20, 2024

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

Feeder CattleReceipts 1,067Last week 1,789Year ago 1,294

Slaughter CattleReceipts 71Last week 125Year ago 140

reminder no sale next week due to thanksgiving

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
8	400–450	431	313.00–319.00	316.89
47	450–500	480	291.00–301.00	296.23
6	500–550	515	280.00	280.00
41	550–600	573	269.00–275.50	272.79
4	650–700	671	244.50	244.50
22	700–750	729	234.00–245.50	242.46
3	750–800	796	229.50	229.50

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Value Added$ per cwt · actual wt
9	500–550	502	303.50	303.50
7	650–700	651	257.00	257.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Replacement$ per cwt · actual wt
15	600–650	605	264.00	264.00
16	700–750	746	249.75	249.75

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Fleshy$ per cwt · actual wt
4	700–750	732	215.00	215.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
4	400–450	438	286.00	286.00
4	500–550	516	263.00	263.00
12	550–600	574	255.50–266.50	261.60
24	600–650	628	236.00–249.50	243.54
6	650–700	695	240.00	240.00
9	700–750	712	233.50	233.50
2	800–850	802	212.00	212.00
2	850–900	855	215.00	215.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Value Added$ per cwt · actual wt
5	550–600	566	269.50	269.50

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium 1$ per cwt · actual wt
3	350–400	383	274.00	274.00
5	550–600	583	245.00	245.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
2	550–600	552	231.00	231.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium 1 · Fleshy$ per cwt · actual wt
3	600–650	603	231.00	231.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
5	400–450	435	347.00	347.00
10	450–500	466	345.00–347.00	345.83
29	500–550	526	307.00–321.50	319.49
91	550–600	577	288.50–310.50	302.90
73	600–650	628	274.00–295.00	284.16
17	650–700	672	273.50–275.00	274.64
22	700–750	716	259.00–272.50	268.71
43	750–800	763	259.75–264.10	263.60
2	900–950	932	224.00	224.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1 · Value Added$ per cwt · actual wt
3	450–500	452	356.00	356.00
14	550–600	579	298.00–310.00	302.17
10	650–700	675	273.00–275.00	273.61
11	700–750	729	270.25	270.25

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1 · Unweaned$ per cwt · actual wt
5	300–350	337	400.00	400.00
4	400–450	405	361.00	361.00
65	450–500	495	348.50	348.50
16	550–600	589	296.00	296.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Unweaned$ per cwt · actual wt
5	450–500	470	265.00	265.00
3	500–550	531	299.00	299.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
2	400–450	420	318.00	318.00
7	500–550	518	282.00–296.00	290.21
3	550–600	595	278.00	278.00
8	650–700	690	266.75	266.75
5	700–750	729	246.50–259.50	251.64
5	750–800	792	248.00	248.00
5	800–850	838	231.00–238.00	235.24

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
2	400–450	447	248.00	248.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1 · Fancy$ per cwt · actual wt
9	500–550	516	341.00	341.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
3	300–350	346	318.00	318.00
8	450–500	451	318.00	318.00
4	500–550	515	305.00	305.00
2	600–650	630	259.00	259.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
6	550–600	585	231.00–268.00	255.77

Slaughter Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cows — Lean 85-90%$ per cwt · actual wt
4	—	1,016	82.00–84.00	82.55
2	—	1,178	92.50–100.00	96.56
6	—	1,084	106.00	106.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cows — Breaker 75-80%$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	1,685	125.00	125.00
2	—	1,525	117.00	117.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cows — Boner 80-85%$ per cwt · actual wt
18	—	1,253	107.50–116.50	113.80
6	—	1,463	115.50–119.00	118.34
2	—	1,413	105.00–106.50	105.75

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	1,405	130.00	130.00

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.