Name: South Central Regional Stockyards livestock auction prices — 2025-01-29
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2025-01-29

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to last Wednesday, feeder steers and heifers 2.00-12.00 higher with instances fully 15.00 higher on steers near 625 lbs and heifers near 525 lbs. Slaughter cows 1.00-3.00 higher. Demand good to very good. Supply moderate. Slaughter cows 1.00-3.00 higher. Good quality and condition in the feeder offering again this week. To quote Buck Taylor in Tombstone "I ain't got the words" to describe the cattle market at this point as another record fed cattle trade last week is continuing to stoke the feeder cattle fire.

Weight class

Steers · summary 500–600 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

500–600 lb steers averaged $352.83/cwt on 183 head. That ranks 1 of 21 comparable sales and sits −131.16 against this barn's trailing median of $483.99.

Average price

$352.83

183 head · 551 lb average

Value per head Derived

$1,944

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$570

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

$85.41/cwt at this weight

vs the market

+13.32

vs MO average

+4.17 vs national

What quality paid 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1	557	360.41	2,009	143
Medium and Large 1-2	529	329.85	1,745	37
Medium and Large 2	523	275.00	1,438	3thin

One grade step is worth $85.41/cwt here — about $570 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

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 sale183 hd

352.83

—

MO average17 barns · 4,494 hd

339.51

+13.32

National average177 barns · 23,098 hd

348.66

+4.17

This barn, trailing median21 sales

483.99

−131.16

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.

Class	Grade	Dressing	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Bulls	—	Low	1,943	150.89	2,932	9thin
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	Average	1,616	125.87	2,034	11
Cows	Boner 80-85%	Average	1,277	123.58	1,579	27
Cows	Lean 85-90%	Low	1,086	102.64	1,114	18

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.

Class	Stage	Age	Avg wt	$/head	Head
Bred Cows	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	Young (2-4 yrs)	1,265	$2,400	1thin
Bred Cows	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	Aged (>8 yrs)	1,131	$1,338	25

Every lot, as filed

79 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.

Class	Grade / description	Weight	Avg wt	Price	Range	Per head	Head
Steers	Medium and Large 2	600–650	628	270.00/cwt	270.00–270.00	1,696	3
Steers	Medium and Large 2	500–550	523	275.00/cwt	275.00–275.00	1,438	3
Steers	Medium and Large 1	800–850	819	272.06/cwt	265.00–277.00	2,228	10
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Thin Fleshed	350–400	375	389.00/cwt	389.00–389.00	1,459	10
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Thin Fleshed	400–450	403	387.00/cwt	387.00–387.00	1,560	13
Steers	Medium and Large 1Fleshy	650–700	655	290.00/cwt	290.00–290.00	1,900	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	450–500	482	300.00/cwt	300.00–300.00	1,446	4
Steers	Medium and Large 1	400–450	428	388.32/cwt	380.00–399.00	1,662	10
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	400–450	411	350.00/cwt	350.00–350.00	1,439	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Replacement	700–750	723	273.00/cwt	273.00–273.00	1,974	29
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Unweaned	550–600	555	262.00/cwt	262.00–262.00	1,454	3
Steers	Medium and Large 1	600–650	624	335.22/cwt	301.00–356.00	2,092	97
Steers	Medium and Large 1	650–700	680	297.53/cwt	288.00–326.00	2,023	84
Steers	Medium and Large 1	500–550	525	380.27/cwt	348.00–394.00	1,996	39
Steers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	400–450	403	367.07/cwt	360.00–379.00	1,479	8
Steers	Medium and Large 1	350–400	385	400.49/cwt	394.00–410.00	1,542	13
Steers	Medium and Large 1Value Added	600–650	624	355.00/cwt	355.00–355.00	2,215	9
Steers	Medium and Large 1	550–600	576	347.95/cwt	326.00–371.00	2,004	66
Steers	Medium and Large 1	850–900	882	246.00/cwt	246.00–246.00	2,170	4
Steers	Medium and Large 1	750–800	764	280.70/cwt	275.00–286.00	2,145	44
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	450–500	467	366.23/cwt	356.00–377.00	1,710	14
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	350–400	371	380.17/cwt	368.00–390.00	1,410	8
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	500–550	514	342.56/cwt	340.00–347.00	1,761	20
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	400–450	416	365.93/cwt	356.00–385.00	1,522	17
Steers	Medium and Large 1	450–500	475	393.59/cwt	372.00–410.00	1,870	37
Steers	Medium and Large 1	700–750	719	297.18/cwt	291.00–308.50	2,137	37
Steers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	550–600	587	322.53/cwt	320.50–330.00	1,893	14
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Unweaned	550–600	561	287.00/cwt	287.00–287.00	1,610	3
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Unweaned	500–550	518	310.00/cwt	310.00–310.00	1,606	4
Steers	Medium and Large 1Value Added	500–550	541	384.50/cwt	384.50–384.50	2,080	24
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	550–600	554	325.23/cwt	315.00–338.00	1,802	10
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	600–650	616	313.76/cwt	294.00–328.00	1,933	15
Steers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	450–500	476	357.00/cwt	357.00–357.00	1,699	3
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	700–750	729	235.40/cwt	235.00–236.00	1,716	5
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	400–450	425	353.23/cwt	315.00–381.00	1,501	12
Heifers	Large 1	500–550	540	274.50/cwt	274.50–274.50	1,482	5
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	750–800	790	236.50/cwt	236.50–236.50	1,868	3
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	600–650	645	254.00/cwt	254.00–254.00	1,638	3
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	500–550	538	281.11/cwt	269.00–293.00	1,512	9
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	1,046	91.30/cwt	82.00–98.50	955	7
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	—	1,592	124.54/cwt	118.00–128.50	1,983	9
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,265	123.76/cwt	118.50–130.00	1,566	20
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,335	132.48/cwt	131.50–134.50	1,769	3
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	1,111	109.86/cwt	102.00–114.50	1,221	11
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	—	1,723	131.84/cwt	130.50–133.00	2,272	2
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,296	116.02/cwt	114.50–118.00	1,504	4
Bulls	—	—	1,740	139.26/cwt	139.00–139.50	2,423	2
Bulls	—	—	1,896	150.53/cwt	143.50–159.50	2,854	5
Bulls	—	—	2,265	163.44/cwt	162.00–165.00	3,702	2
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,265	2,400.00/head	2,400.00–2,400.00	2,400	1
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 1-2Broken Mouth	—	1,131	1,338.48/head	1,250.00–1,660.00	1,338	25
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	600–650	628	284.02/cwt	275.50–293.00	1,784	25
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	400–450	429	338.18/cwt	337.00–340.00	1,451	7
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	500–550	524	330.10/cwt	310.00–346.00	1,730	52
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	450–500	469	317.57/cwt	291.00–332.00	1,489	11
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	700–750	733	266.50/cwt	266.50–266.50	1,953	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	300–350	338	378.00/cwt	378.00–378.00	1,278	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	350–400	377	373.14/cwt	370.00–380.00	1,407	12
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	1100–1150	1,135	198.00/cwt	198.00–198.00	2,247	9
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	600–650	631	276.00/cwt	276.00–276.00	1,742	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	450–500	475	343.21/cwt	328.00–353.00	1,630	20
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	650–700	663	265.18/cwt	253.00–272.00	1,758	11
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	650–700	672	270.45/cwt	264.00–274.00	1,817	27
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	550–600	581	305.64/cwt	304.00–315.00	1,776	51
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	800–850	825	225.77/cwt	220.00–237.50	1,863	8
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	550–600	572	290.75/cwt	268.50–311.00	1,663	55
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	750–800	777	254.98/cwt	240.00–262.00	1,981	9
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	500–550	521	262.00/cwt	262.00–262.00	1,365	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	700–750	730	265.79/cwt	251.00–269.50	1,940	19
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Replacement	600–650	601	317.00/cwt	317.00–317.00	1,905	26
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	400–450	412	367.10/cwt	356.00–370.00	1,512	18
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	500–550	528	292.91/cwt	291.00–296.00	1,547	10
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	250–300	268	345.00/cwt	345.00–345.00	925	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	500–550	523	280.00/cwt	280.00–280.00	1,464	6
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	550–600	561	244.50/cwt	244.50–244.50	1,372	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Value Added	450–500	493	345.29/cwt	338.00–352.50	1,702	30
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	350–400	363	357.27/cwt	342.00–366.00	1,297	11
Steers	Large 1	800–850	804	244.75/cwt	244.75–244.75	1,968	11
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Value Added	550–600	573	318.50/cwt	318.50–318.50	1,825	18

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.

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