Cattle Market Pulse

South Central Regional Stockyards Market Report

Vienna, Missouri · USDA-reported Auction Livestock

Sale of Wednesday, January 13, 2021

2,218 head sold ·Official USDA report

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heavy 6-weight M&L 1 steers $136.10/cwt -3.02 vs last sale · ≈ $916/hd at 673 lb · 195 head
heavy 5-weight M&L 1 steers $145.92/cwt -5.86 vs last sale · ≈ $842/hd at 577 lb · 172 head
heavy 5-weight M&L 1 heifers $128.06/cwt -4.40 vs last sale · ≈ $726/hd at 567 lb · 129 head

Receipts

HeadThis saleLast saleLast year
Total receipts 2,218 1,567 327
Feeder cattle 2,135 1,447 259
Slaughter cattle 68 80 62
Replacement cattle 15 40 6

Market comments — USDA reporter

Compared to last Wednesday, feeder steers and heifers 2.00-5.00 lower. Slaughter cows steady to 2.00 lower. Demand moderate. Supply heavy. Lots of high quality cattle this week weighing mostly 500-750 lbs. Feed costs will likely continue to be hard on the value of feeder cattle for a good while with March corn closing Wednesday at 5.24/bu. Fed cattle are trading 1.00-2.00 lower this week although we are starting to see some traction in beef cutout values.

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Feeder Steers

Medium and Large 1 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb) Avg wt Head Price range Avg $ ≈ $/hdΔ last sale
320 320 4 192.00 $192.00 $614 —
370–375 372 14 171.00–178.00 $175.48 $653 —
400–430 415 12 170.00–185.00 $180.96 $751 +6.04
450–495 467 34 163.00–170.00 $168.04 $785 -5.86
500–540 523 122 157.00–173.50 $164.91 $862 -0.17
550–595 577 172 140.00–169.00 $145.92 $842 -6.47
605 605 3 129.50 $129.50 $783 -16.26
600–645 622 113 135.00–145.00 $141.13 $878 -4.63
650–695 673 195 130.00–139.50 $136.10 $916 -3.45
700–736 723 97 122.00–137.50 $134.66 $974 -3.67
750–785 774 31 122.00–124.00 $123.22 $954 +0.22
810–825 817 23 117.00–123.00 $120.47 $984 -1.56
850 850 12 122.25 $122.25 $1,039 —
Medium and Large 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb) Avg wt Head Price range Avg $ ≈ $/hdΔ last sale
300–320 312 5 173.00–175.00 $174.18 $543 —
390 390 3 173.00 $173.00 $675 —
405–440 426 19 156.00–171.00 $163.07 $695 -3.37
465–490 479 18 151.00–161.00 $153.35 $735 -8.85
535–545 538 6 142.00–152.00 $148.63 $800 -2.23
570–585 576 9 135.00–144.50 $140.59 $810 -0.70
605–645 628 24 132.25–138.00 $135.22 $849 -3.78
680 680 6 128.50 $128.50 $874 -4.79
750–765 754 7 121.50–124.00 $122.36 $923 -1.64
Medium 1 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb) Avg wt Head Price range Avg $ ≈ $/hdΔ last sale
455–495 466 7 146.00–151.00 $149.48 $697 —
Medium and Large 2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb) Avg wt Head Price range Avg $ ≈ $/hdΔ last sale
665 665 4 117.00 $117.00 $778 -3.00

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Feeder Heifers

Medium and Large 1 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb) Avg wt Head Price range Avg $ ≈ $/hdΔ last sale
345 345 10 158.00 $158.00 $545 —
365–385 381 9 153.00–160.00 $154.49 $589 —
405–435 432 32 141.00–154.00 $151.35 $654 -0.74
470–490 480 65 134.00–142.50 $140.82 $676 -4.90
500–545 522 91 129.00–139.75 $135.46 $707 -1.56
550–595 567 129 125.50–132.25 $128.06 $726 -4.40
605–640 621 91 121.00–127.00 $124.86 $775 +2.36
655 655 8 127.00 $127.00 $832 +4.17
650–690 660 69 119.00–125.00 $121.91 $805 -0.92
710–730 719 20 117.75–118.50 $118.16 $850 -2.64
770–790 776 19 108.00–114.00 $112.16 $870 -2.20
Medium and Large 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb) Avg wt Head Price range Avg $ ≈ $/hdΔ last sale
365–395 380 8 136.00–149.00 $144.32 $548 —
400–436 419 11 132.00–141.00 $136.08 $570 -8.30
470–485 476 17 129.00–134.00 $132.94 $633 -4.44
505–540 525 54 124.00–131.00 $128.15 $673 -2.72
550–585 574 34 121.00–124.00 $122.59 $704 -4.11
600–610 605 31 119.00–126.00 $122.93 $744 +0.42
665–675 669 7 114.50–115.00 $114.72 $767 -7.28
718 718 10 118.00 $118.00 $847 +4.40
Medium and Large 2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb) Avg wt Head Price range Avg $ ≈ $/hdΔ last sale
350 350 4 129.00 $129.00 $452 —
435 435 3 125.00 $125.00 $544 —
480 480 4 108.00 $108.00 $518 —
655 655 3 109.00 $109.00 $714 —
Medium 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb) Avg wt Head Price range Avg $ ≈ $/hdΔ last sale
370 370 3 130.00 $130.00 $481 —
410 410 3 137.00 $137.00 $562 —
Medium 1 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb) Avg wt Head Price range Avg $ ≈ $/hdΔ last sale
565 565 4 116.00 $116.00 $655 —

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Feeder Bulls

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb) Avg wt Head Price range Avg $ ≈ $/hdΔ last sale
435 435 4 158.00 $158.00 $687 -6.00
480 480 3 146.00 $146.00 $701 —
500–545 522 8 125.50–138.00 $132.79 $693 —
555–580 566 4 111.00–124.00 $119.23 $675 —
700 700 4 107.00 $107.00 $749 —

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Slaughter Cows

Lean ($/cwt)
Weight (lb) Avg wt Dressing Head Price range Avg $ ≈ $/hdΔ last sale
1060–1175 1118 85-90% 2 32.00–35.00 $33.42 $374 —
1120–1180 1150 85-90% 2 28.00 $28.00 $322 —
1130–1185 1158 85-90% 9 38.00–43.00 $40.87 $473 -4.26
Breaker ($/cwt)
Weight (lb) Avg wt Dressing Head Price range Avg $ ≈ $/hdΔ last sale
1260–1735 1438 75-80% 10 50.00–52.00 $50.86 $731 -0.64
1790 1790 75-80% 1 53.00 $53.00 $949 —
Boner ($/cwt)
Weight (lb) Avg wt Dressing Head Price range Avg $ ≈ $/hdΔ last sale
1130–1365 1263 80-85% 6 48.00–52.00 $50.32 $636 -1.84
1280–1325 1303 80-85% 2 52.00–54.00 $52.98 $690 —

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Slaughter Bulls

YG1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb) Avg wt Head Price range Avg $ ≈ $/hdΔ last sale
1725–2235 1903 4 68.00–75.00 $72.45 $1,379 —

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Bred Cows

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/head)
Weight (lb) Avg wt AgeStage Head Price range Avg $
1100–1470 1247 Middle Aged/Aged (>5 yrs)All Stages (1-9 mo) 6 700.00–920.00 $790.95

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Reading this report

What does "Medium and Large 1" mean?

USDA feeder grades describe frame size and muscle thickness, not quality of the individual animal. "Medium and Large" is the frame score; the number is muscle (1 = heaviest muscled). "Medium and Large 1–2" pens mix both muscle scores — common across the Southeast.

What is $/cwt?

Dollars per hundredweight — per 100 lb of animal. A 500-lb calf at $450/cwt brings 5 × $450 = $2,250. Lighter cattle usually bring more per cwt but less per head.

Why are some prices per head?

Bred cows, cow-calf pairs, and some replacement classes sell by the head, not by weight. We show those exactly as USDA reports them — a $/head figure is never converted into $/cwt on this site.

Where do these numbers come from?

From the USDA Agricultural Marketing Service's Livestock Market News — federal reporters at the sale. We publish each report in full and link the official USDA document at the top of the page.