Sale reports / Missouri / South Central Regional Stockyards / 2025-02-05

South Central Regional Stockyards

Feeder Cattle · Slaughter Cattle · Vienna, Missouri · Wed, Feb 5
● Final54 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 1817
Feeder Cattle receipts
1,000 head
417 vs last sale 1,417 919 vs year ago 1,919 · 47.9%
Slaughter Cattle receipts
78 head
22 vs last sale 100 64 vs year ago 142 · 45.1%
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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to last Wednesdays higher trade, feeder steers under 575 lbs 5.00-10.00 lower, over 575 lbs steady to 4.00 lower. Feeder heifers under 500 lbs steady, over 500 lbs 5.00-10.00 lower. Slaughter cows 2.00-4.00 higher. Demand good. Supply moderate. Beef cutout values were sharply lower Wednesday while feeder cattle futures recovered some of the losses seen over the past week. The lower trending board has eased the feeder market a bit for now with the feeder index down 2.23/cwt from the recent record high.

Weight class

Steers · summary 500–600 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot
500–600 lb steers averaged $345.72/cwt on 152 head. That ranks 1 of 21 comparable sales and sits 138.27 against this barn's trailing median of $483.99.
Average price
$345.72
152 head · 552 lb average
Value per head Derived
$1,910
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
$380
per head · Medium and Large 1 over Medium and Large 2
$71.66/cwt at this weight
vs the market
+4.67
vs MO average
+3.34 vs national

What quality paid 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 1552349.161,928142
Medium and Large 1-2551326.001,7964thin
Medium and Large 2558277.501,5486thin
One grade step is worth $71.66/cwt here — about $380 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 sale152 hd
345.72
MO average18 barns · 3,944 hd
341.06
+4.67
National average187 barns · 18,766 hd
342.38
+3.34
This barn, trailing median21 sales
483.99
−138.27
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
BullsHigh1,871157.312,94212
CowsBreaker 75-80%High1,508132.051,9923thin
CowsBoner 80-85%Average1,336124.491,66313
CowsLean 85-90%Average1,069107.131,14527

Every lot, as filed

54 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 1350–400380385.00/cwt385.00–385.001,4636
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2400–450423332.51/cwt330.00–335.001,4074
SteersMedium and Large 1550–600575335.80/cwt324.00–355.001,93159
SteersMedium and Large 1700–750724282.71/cwt268.00–297.002,04730
SteersMedium and Large 1650–700675300.83/cwt290.00–327.002,031120
SteersMedium and Large 1300–350323400.00/cwt400.00–400.001,2923
SteersMedium and Large 2Unweaned550–600581280.00/cwt280.00–280.001,6273
SteersMedium and Large 1-2400–450427344.33/cwt342.00–347.501,47010
SteersMedium and Large 1750–800776277.22/cwt266.50–278.002,15181
SteersMedium and Large 1500–550526361.37/cwt350.00–371.001,90161
SteersMedium and Large 1-2600–650607310.42/cwt303.00–318.001,8848
SteersMedium and Large 1-2350–400376382.89/cwt379.00–385.001,4406
SteersMedium and Large 1600–650616334.08/cwt309.50–347.002,05859
SteersMedium and Large 1-2550–600551326.00/cwt326.00–326.001,7964
SteersMedium and Large 1-2750–800775248.00/cwt248.00–248.001,9223
SteersMedium and Large 1-2700–750735266.50/cwt266.50–266.501,9593
SteersMedium and Large 1450–500496345.00/cwt345.00–345.001,7113
SteersMedium and Large 1400–450445365.00/cwt365.00–365.001,6243
SteersMedium and Large 1-2450–500481336.77/cwt330.00–340.001,62012
SteersMedium and Large 1-2650–700660276.00/cwt276.00–276.001,8223
SteersMedium and Large 1Value Added550–600587340.00/cwt340.00–340.001,99615
BullsMedium and Large 1-2550–600582286.00/cwt286.00–286.001,6654
BullsMedium and Large 1-2500–550520320.00/cwt320.00–320.001,6643
BullsMedium and Large 1-2400–450422341.81/cwt332.00–347.001,4429
BullsMedium and Large 2800–850806194.00/cwt194.00–194.001,5644
BullsMedium and Large 1-2600–650635268.65/cwt260.00–279.001,7068
BullsMedium and Large 1-2450–500473317.69/cwt312.00–322.001,5037
CowsLean 85-90%1,111114.04/cwt111.50–120.501,2676
CowsBreaker 75-80%1,635137.00/cwt137.00–137.002,2401
CowsBoner 80-85%1,372128.05/cwt123.50–133.501,7578
CowsLean 85-90%1,056102.90/cwt82.00–108.001,08719
CowsLean 85-90%1,068126.54/cwt125.50–127.501,3512
CowsBreaker 75-80%1,445129.57/cwt125.50–133.501,8722
CowsBoner 80-85%1,278118.79/cwt116.50–122.501,5185
Bulls1,912166.27/cwt164.50–169.503,1793
Bulls1,882156.63/cwt152.00–164.002,9487
Bulls1,768146.25/cwt145.00–147.502,5862
HeifersMedium and Large 1350–400377373.75/cwt370.00–377.001,40917
HeifersMedium and Large 1400–450422355.18/cwt342.00–374.001,49915
HeifersMedium and Large 1600–650635270.53/cwt252.50–276.001,71835
HeifersMedium and Large 1550–600569284.83/cwt279.00–291.001,62125
HeifersMedium and Large 1Value Added600–650614282.50/cwt282.50–282.501,73512
HeifersMedium and Large 1Value Added400–450413376.00/cwt376.00–376.001,55312
HeifersMedium and Large 2Unweaned500–550539246.00/cwt246.00–246.001,3267
HeifersMedium and Large 1700–750727240.67/cwt240.00–241.001,7506
HeifersMedium and Large 1650–700653251.00/cwt251.00–251.001,6393
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2350–400370363.18/cwt350.00–375.001,3444
HeifersMedium and Large 1500–550528310.22/cwt290.50–322.001,63893
HeifersMedium and Large 1450–500477336.19/cwt310.00–359.001,60436
SteersMedium and Large 1Value Added500–550515375.00/cwt375.00–375.001,9317
SteersMedium and Large 1Value Added600–650633341.39/cwt340.00–344.002,16120
SteersMedium and Large 2500–550535275.00/cwt275.00–275.001,4713
HeifersMedium and Large 1Replacement600–650613284.25/cwt284.25–284.251,74216
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2550–600554277.96/cwt271.00–285.001,5404

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.