Cattle Market Pulse

South Central Regional Stockyards Market Report

Vienna, Missouri · USDA-reported Auction Livestock

Sale of Wednesday, November 9, 2022

1,557 head sold ·Official USDA report

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heavy 5-weight M&L 1 steers $198.18/cwt +4.20 vs last sale · ≈ $1,126/hd at 568 lb · 138 head
light 5-weight M&L 1 heifers $172.05/cwt +0.36 vs last sale · ≈ $900/hd at 523 lb · 99 head
heavy 5-weight M&L 1-2 steers $187.55/cwt -6.83 vs last sale · ≈ $1,082/hd at 577 lb · 86 head

Receipts

HeadThis saleLast saleLast year
Total receipts 1,557 1,347 2,140
Feeder cattle 1,409 1,132 2,000
Slaughter cattle 138 205 100
Replacement cattle 10 10 40

Market comments — USDA reporter

Compared to last week, feeders sold steady to 4.00 higher, with some feather weight heifer calves 5.00 to 8.00 higher. The supply of feeders was moderate and made up of mostly calves under 600 lbs. A few hard yearlings in the mix but those are fairly hard to find in this part of the country currently as most were sold earlier as farmers got short or completely ran out of grass quite a while ago. Demand was good, buyers still want them weaned and appreciate some shots as well, but the question of are they weaned and how many days seemed to be asked by some various buyer on nearly every draft no sooner than the auctioneer got done announcing it, just to be certain. A beautiful sale day with record setting high temperatures, ahead of a forecast of a sixty degree drop by weekend, did limit the sightseers at the barn today. All the normal buyers were in their assigned seats and a few producers on hand, but the majority chose to haul early and enjoy the sunshine. SCRS is expecting a big run next week ahead of the Thanksgiving break with several good cattle that have been held just for that sale. Slaughter cows sold mostly steady to firm.

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Feeder Steers

Medium and Large 1 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb) Avg wt Head Price range Avg $ ≈ $/hdΔ last sale
360–365 365 14 212.00–218.00 $217.58 $794 +8.40
400–430 411 16 202.00–206.00 $204.23 $839 +8.00
465–480 value added 472 13 197.00–203.00 $199.82 $943 —
470–495 490 43 200.00–207.00 $202.15 $991 +2.26
520 unweaned 520 8 192.00 $192.00 $998 +8.00
505–540 529 67 194.00–202.50 $196.84 $1,041 -1.85
555–580 568 131 194.50–199.50 $198.24 $1,126 +2.39
570 value added 570 7 197.00 $197.00 $1,123 —
605–625 611 69 182.00–194.00 $191.51 $1,170 +4.25
635 value added 635 3 184.00 $184.00 $1,168 -8.00
650–680 660 28 174.00–189.00 $179.47 $1,185 +1.02
650–685 value added 668 6 176.00–178.50 $177.28 $1,184 —
700–705 value added 701 6 166.00–169.50 $168.91 $1,184 —
720 720 6 169.00 $169.00 $1,217 +4.32
770–775 772 24 167.50–170.25 $169.90 $1,312 —
845 845 3 158.50 $158.50 $1,339 —
Medium and Large 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb) Avg wt Head Price range Avg $ ≈ $/hdΔ last sale
350–390 363 12 200.00–206.00 $204.25 $741 +11.45
375 value added 375 3 196.00 $196.00 $735 —
420 value added 420 2 191.00 $191.00 $802 —
410–445 422 12 175.00–202.00 $196.55 $829 +0.36
450–495 474 27 185.00–202.00 $195.80 $928 +3.56
485 unweaned 485 4 181.00 $181.00 $878 —
510–540 529 26 182.00–194.00 $187.56 $992 +6.34
530–545 541 4 170.00–172.00 $170.49 $922 -10.73
560–565 561 7 161.00–170.00 $167.41 $939 -15.61
560–590 value added 578 43 181.00–193.00 $188.97 $1,092 -7.78
565–590 579 36 184.50–193.50 $189.77 $1,099 +6.75
600–640 624 26 171.00–185.00 $175.43 $1,095 -1.15
645 value added 645 5 174.00 $174.00 $1,122 —
650–690 666 8 172.50–175.00 $173.43 $1,155 —
705–720 713 2 162.00–165.50 $163.77 $1,168 +0.14
780 780 2 165.75 $165.75 $1,293 —
930 930 5 143.00 $143.00 $1,330 +2.00
Medium and Large 2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb) Avg wt Head Price range Avg $ ≈ $/hdΔ last sale
385 385 7 194.00 $194.00 $747 —
505 505 3 177.50 $177.50 $896 —
555–585 570 4 171.00–178.00 $174.41 $994 —
600–640 625 3 161.00–169.00 $166.29 $1,039 —
650–675 663 4 160.00–165.00 $162.45 $1,077 —
Medium 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb) Avg wt Head Price range Avg $ ≈ $/hdΔ last sale
425 425 3 160.00 $160.00 $680 —
605 605 3 142.00 $142.00 $859 —
Small 2-3 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb) Avg wt Head Price range Avg $ ≈ $/hdΔ last sale
425 425 3 138.00 $138.00 $586 —

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Feeder Heifers

Medium and Large 1 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb) Avg wt Head Price range Avg $ ≈ $/hdΔ last sale
350–390 368 11 172.00–186.00 $177.19 $652 +8.60
395 value added 395 6 175.00 $175.00 $691 —
420 fancy 420 8 186.00 $186.00 $781 —
405–445 422 17 169.00–177.00 $173.65 $733 +7.65
465–475 value added 470 6 172.50–179.50 $175.96 $827 —
480–495 487 23 167.50–175.50 $172.19 $839 +8.25
500–540 522 92 165.50–175.50 $171.83 $897 +0.39
540 value added 540 7 175.00 $175.00 $945 —
555–595 value added 568 6 164.00 $164.00 $932 —
550–595 577 33 162.00–174.00 $168.01 $969 +0.04
600–630 604 16 163.00–174.00 $172.27 $1,041 -2.79
655–665 656 8 163.00–168.50 $167.37 $1,098 +1.70
700–740 732 6 159.50–165.00 $161.38 $1,181 +8.81
Medium and Large 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb) Avg wt Head Price range Avg $ ≈ $/hdΔ last sale
350–385 369 12 161.00–171.00 $165.87 $612 +4.22
420–445 433 4 162.00 $162.00 $701 +4.39
455–495 value added 459 11 165.00–169.00 $168.61 $774 —
455–495 477 43 155.00–169.00 $159.91 $763 +16.91
510 value added 510 5 156.00 $156.00 $796 —
505–540 519 19 151.00–166.00 $159.65 $829 —
545 545 2 140.00 $140.00 $763 —
555–595 572 12 151.00–164.00 $158.10 $904 +27.10
575–590 unweaned 580 3 130.00–133.00 $131.98 $765 —
575–585 value added 582 7 153.50–158.00 $154.84 $901 —
600–635 615 6 152.00–161.50 $154.89 $953 -14.11
665–675 670 4 152.00–155.50 $153.76 $1,030 —
840–845 842 9 133.00–138.50 $136.66 $1,151 —
Medium and Large 2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb) Avg wt Head Price range Avg $ ≈ $/hdΔ last sale
360–380 370 10 151.00–160.00 $157.03 $581 —
440 440 2 150.00 $150.00 $660 +2.96
450–460 453 10 142.00–151.00 $147.86 $670 —
525–540 531 4 134.00–142.00 $138.73 $737 —
610 610 4 131.00 $131.00 $799 —
690 690 4 132.00 $132.00 $911 —
Medium 2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb) Avg wt Head Price range Avg $ ≈ $/hdΔ last sale
420–440 427 3 131.00–137.00 $133.06 $568 —
455–485 460 6 121.00 $121.00 $557 —
510–535 514 6 121.00–122.00 $121.17 $623 —

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Feeder Bulls

Medium 2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb) Avg wt Head Price range Avg $ ≈ $/hdΔ last sale
510–540 533 4 126.00–135.00 $132.85 $708 —
710 710 6 116.00 $116.00 $824 —
Medium and Large 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb) Avg wt Head Price range Avg $ ≈ $/hdΔ last sale
520 520 4 145.50–157.00 $148.38 $772 -0.09
565–575 572 3 138.50–141.00 $139.32 $797 —
750 750 2 126.00 $126.00 $945 -1.00
Medium and Large 1 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb) Avg wt Head Price range Avg $ ≈ $/hdΔ last sale
600–605 602 6 143.00–145.00 $143.67 $865 —
Medium 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb) Avg wt Head Price range Avg $ ≈ $/hdΔ last sale
530 530 4 140.00 $140.00 $742 —
Small 2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb) Avg wt Head Price range Avg $ ≈ $/hdΔ last sale
525 525 4 121.00 $121.00 $635 —

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Slaughter Cows

Boner ($/cwt)
Weight (lb) Avg wt Dressing Head Price range Avg $ ≈ $/hdΔ last sale
1070–1275 1159 80-85% 4 62.00–63.00 $62.39 $723 —
1040–1365 1197 80-85% 32 64.00–71.00 $66.49 $796 —
1185–1420 1303 80-85% 2 72.00–73.00 $72.55 $945 —
Lean ($/cwt)
Weight (lb) Avg wt Dressing Head Price range Avg $ ≈ $/hdΔ last sale
785–990 873 85-90% 4 36.50–47.50 $41.99 $367 —
930–1145 1044 85-90% 6 47.00–55.00 $51.68 $540 —
900–1266 1111 85-90% 21 56.00–65.00 $61.34 $681 —
Breaker ($/cwt)
Weight (lb) Avg wt Dressing Head Price range Avg $ ≈ $/hdΔ last sale
1160–1705 1399 75-80% 28 67.00–72.00 $69.44 $971 —
1210–1565 1412 75-80% 3 73.00–75.00 $74.31 $1,049 —

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Slaughter Bulls

YG1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb) Avg wt Head Price range Avg $ ≈ $/hdΔ last sale
1030–2115 1488 8 85.00–94.00 $90.75 $1,350 —
1630–1670 1650 2 72.00–76.00 $74.02 $1,221 —
1930 1930 1 105.00 $105.00 $2,026 +11.71

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Bred Cows

Medium and Large 2 ($/head)
Weight (lb) Avg wt AgeStage Head Price range Avg $
875–940 899 Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)All Stages (1-9 mo) 4 840.00–910.00 $858.30
Medium and Large 1-2 ($/head)
Weight (lb) Avg wt AgeStage Head Price range Avg $
1050–1375 1213 Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)2nd/3rd Stage (4-9 mo) 2 1,060.00–1,070.00 $1,064.33

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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.