Sale reports / Missouri / South Central Regional Stockyards / 2025-01-15

South Central Regional Stockyards

Feeder Cattle · Slaughter Cattle · Replacement Cattle · Vienna, Missouri · Wed, Jan 15
● Final58 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 1817
Feeder Cattle receipts
1,943 head
1,614 vs last sale 329 1,943 vs year ago 0 · no sale a year ago
Slaughter Cattle receipts
33 head
61 vs last sale 94 33 vs year ago 0 · no sale a year ago
Replacement Cattle receipts
10 head
130 vs last sale 140 10 vs year ago 0 · no sale a year ago
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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Based on limited comparisons with the last sale four weeks ago, feeder steers and heifers 20.00-30.00 higher with the greatest advance on heifers 425-525 lbs. Slaughter cows 2.00-3.00 higher. Demand very good. Supply moderate. High quality feeder offering with several reputation consignments. The feeder market has continued to get stronger since the Christmas break fueled by record high fed cattle prices. The feedlot trade looks fully steady so far this week from 201.00-205.00/cwt.

Weight class

Steers · summary 500–600 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot
500–600 lb steers averaged $345.58/cwt on 263 head. That ranks 1 of 21 comparable sales and sits 138.41 against this barn's trailing median of $483.99.
Average price
$345.58
263 head · 552 lb average
Value per head Derived
$1,907
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
$450
per head · Medium and Large 1 over Large 1
$66.18/cwt at this weight
vs the market
+9.14
vs MO average
+3.13 vs national

What quality paid 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 1553348.181,925248
Medium and Large 1-2507333.221,6895thin
Medium and Large 2565291.001,6446thin
Large 1523282.001,4754thin
One grade step is worth $66.18/cwt here — about $450 a head. Across this sale the premium is widest at 500–600 lb. USDA reports each grade on its own line and never publishes the spread.

This barn's trailing prices 500–600 lb

21 sales
530487444401median 483.9912/1702/1804/2206/0308/19
Steers 500–600 lb: high $516.16, low $414.87, median $483.99 across 21 sales. Sales under 10 head in this class are excluded, so a thin day cannot swing the median or the ranking.

How it compared 500–600 lb

Same class and week · spot auction only
This sale263 hd
345.58
MO average18 barns · 4,387 hd
336.45
+9.14
National average190 barns · 32,836 hd
342.45
+3.13
This barn, trailing median21 sales
483.99
−138.41
A barn can sit above the state average at one weight and below it at another — check the class you actually sell.

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
BullsHigh1,688140.902,3785thin
CowsBreaker 75-80%Average1,638119.721,9612thin
CowsBoner 80-85%Average1,334116.571,5556thin
CowsLean 85-90%Average1,06691.199728thin

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
Bred Cows3rd Stage (7-9 mo)Young (2-4 yrs)960$2,3501thin
Bred Heifers2nd Stage (4-6 mo)(<2 yrs)948$2,0003thin

Every lot, as filed

58 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.
ClassGrade / descriptionWeightAvg wtPriceRangePer headHead
SteersMedium and Large 1450–500469377.61/cwt363.00–389.001,77151
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2Value Added500–550504306.00/cwt306.00–306.001,54210
SteersMedium and Large 1750–800781265.50/cwt265.50–265.502,0746
SteersMedium and Large 1600–650614322.86/cwt301.50–332.501,982121
SteersMedium and Large 1-2250–300296405.00/cwt405.00–405.001,1993
HeifersMedium and Large 1550–600588294.35/cwt289.00–316.001,731128
SteersMedium and Large 1400–450438370.01/cwt369.00–371.001,62112
SteersMedium and Large 1-2500–550507333.22/cwt332.00–335.001,6895
SteersMedium and Large 1650–700673299.58/cwt294.00–306.002,016132
SteersMedium and Large 1-2450–500475338.12/cwt320.00–357.001,60615
SteersMedium and Large 1350–400363403.59/cwt395.00–409.001,4655
HeifersMedium and Large 1Value Added650–700655274.25/cwt274.25–274.251,79682
SteersMedium and Large 1550–600569338.99/cwt320.00–352.001,929135
SteersMedium and Large 1Unweaned700–750701272.00/cwt272.00–272.001,9077
SteersMedium and Large 1Unweaned550–600555305.00/cwt305.00–305.001,6933
SteersMedium and Large 1Value Added600–650614328.53/cwt328.25–329.002,01731
SteersMedium and Large 1Value Added650–700651307.25/cwt307.25–307.252,00023
SteersMedium and Large 1700–750723287.48/cwt275.50–297.502,07863
SteersMedium and Large 1Value Added550–600589331.00/cwt326.00–337.001,95026
SteersMedium and Large 1-2350–400353373.93/cwt335.00–383.001,32011
SteersMedium and Large 1Value Added750–800758291.00/cwt291.00–291.002,20644
SteersMedium and Large 1Value Added500–550531379.50/cwt379.50–379.502,01516
SteersMedium and Large 1800–850817267.45/cwt253.25–269.002,18544
HeifersLarge 1550–600586277.00/cwt277.00–277.001,6239
HeifersMedium and Large 1350–400356340.00/cwt340.00–340.001,2103
HeifersMedium and Large 1400–450422353.10/cwt342.00–371.001,49033
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2350–400383325.71/cwt315.00–336.001,2474
HeifersMedium and Large 1Fleshy550–600598274.00/cwt274.00–274.001,63916
HeifersMedium and Large 1Fleshy650–700676246.02/cwt239.00–257.001,6636
HeifersMedium and Large 1700–750726254.19/cwt246.00–265.751,84536
SteersMedium and Large 1500–550512367.53/cwt347.00–384.001,88268
SteersMedium and Large 2550–600565291.00/cwt291.00–291.001,6446
SteersLarge 1500–550523282.00/cwt282.00–282.001,4754
SteersLarge 1650–700695287.50/cwt287.50–287.501,9986
HeifersMedium and Large 1500–550524325.38/cwt304.00–335.001,70577
HeifersMedium and Large 1650–700676261.42/cwt256.00–267.001,76722
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2500–550536301.00/cwt301.00–301.001,6136
HeifersMedium and Large 1Value Added450–500484359.00/cwt359.00–359.001,73812
HeifersMedium and Large 1Value Added550–600588297.79/cwt290.00–312.501,75169
HeifersMedium and Large 1Value Added500–550545324.50/cwt324.50–324.501,76910
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2700–750718238.77/cwt234.50–244.001,7147
HeifersLarge 1400–450414289.00/cwt289.00–289.001,1968
HeifersMedium and Large 2500–550520282.32/cwt274.00–288.001,4685
HeifersMedium and Large 1450–500472340.93/cwt328.00–368.001,60985
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2400–450411335.65/cwt325.00–338.001,38012
HeifersMedium and Large 1600–650617276.48/cwt264.00–285.001,706141
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2600–650619270.50/cwt270.50–270.501,67413
Bred CowsMedium 19602,350.00/head2,350.00–2,350.002,3501
Bred HeifersMedium and Large 1-29482,000.00/head2,000.00–2,000.002,0003
Bulls2,140166.50/cwt166.50–166.503,5631
Bulls1,595142.00/cwt142.00–142.002,2653
Bulls1,515112.00/cwt112.00–112.001,6971
CowsBoner 80-85%1,336117.36/cwt115.00–121.501,5684
CowsLean 85-90%1,087107.00/cwt107.00–107.001,1632
CowsLean 85-90%1,05985.92/cwt82.00–96.509106
CowsBreaker 75-80%1,638119.72/cwt117.50–122.501,9612
CowsBoner 80-85%1,385124.00/cwt124.00–124.001,7171
CowsBoner 80-85%1,275106.00/cwt106.00–106.001,3521

How this sale compares

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.