Sale reports / Missouri / South Central Regional Stockyards / 2025-03-26

South Central Regional Stockyards

Feeder Cattle · Slaughter Cattle · Replacement Cattle · Vienna, Missouri · Wed, Mar 26
● Final56 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 1817
Feeder Cattle receipts
396 head
411 vs last sale 807 146 vs year ago 250 · +58.4%
Slaughter Cattle receipts
91 head
34 vs last sale 125 39 vs year ago 52 · +75.0%
Replacement Cattle receipts
20 head
130 vs last sale 150 15 vs year ago 5 · +300.0%
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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to last Wednesday, feeder steers and heifers under 550 lbs 5.00-15.00 higher with instances 20.00 higher on heifers near 400 lbs. Weights over 550 lbs steady to firm on a light test. Slaughter cows 1.00-3.00 higher. Demand good to very good. Supply light. Fed cattle have rocketed higher over the past few weeks and are getting support from choice cutout values which are putting in a very good week so far. Next weeks feeder offering will include a large consignment of front end fall calves.

Weight class

Heifers · summary 500–600 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot
500–600 lb heifers averaged $309.89/cwt on 45 head. That ranks 1 of 20 comparable sales and sits 121.64 against this barn's trailing median of $431.53.
Average price
$309.89
45 head · 545 lb average
Value per head Derived
$1,688
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
$181
per head · Medium and Large 1 over Medium 2
$60.85/cwt at this weight
vs the market
13.78
vs MO average
11.85 vs national

What quality paid 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 1528323.351,70725
Medium and Large 1-2555305.631,69714thin
Medium 1598265.001,5853thin
Medium 2581262.501,5253thin
One grade step is worth $60.85/cwt here — about $181 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

20 sales
476441405369median 431.5301/0703/0404/2906/1008/19
Heifers 500–600 lb: high $462.49, low $382.87, median $431.53 across 20 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 sale45 hd
309.89
MO average17 barns · 2,597 hd
323.67
−13.78
National average178 barns · 15,613 hd
321.74
−11.85
This barn, trailing median20 sales
431.53
−121.64
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
BullsHigh1,831153.772,8167thin
CowsBreaker 75-80%Average1,410142.002,0021thin
CowsBoner 80-85%Average1,282139.391,78721
CowsLean 85-90%Very Low1,059112.271,18936

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 CowsAll Stages (1-9 mo)Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)1,277$2,3675

Every lot, as filed

56 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
HeifersLarge 1650–700671276.00/cwt276.00–276.001,85213
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2500–550539314.01/cwt310.00–318.001,6938
SteersMedium and Large 1-2450–500471378.83/cwt364.00–390.001,7847
SteersMedium and Large 1-2500–550546361.00/cwt361.00–361.001,9713
HeifersMedium 1550–600598265.00/cwt265.00–265.001,5853
HeifersMedium and Large 1Unweaned500–550514327.00/cwt327.00–327.001,68110
HeifersMedium and Large 1400–450414400.73/cwt386.00–422.001,65912
HeifersMedium and Large 1500–550517332.75/cwt324.00–339.001,7209
SteersLarge 1950–1000953230.00/cwt230.00–230.002,1924
SteersMedium and Large 1Unweaned500–550521378.98/cwt366.00–390.001,9749
SteersMedium and Large 1250–300258540.61/cwt520.00–555.001,3955
SteersMedium and Large 1750–800763280.26/cwt278.50–282.002,1384
SteersMedium and Large 1300–350333464.89/cwt460.00–470.001,5484
SteersMedium and Large 1Fleshy750–800755279.00/cwt279.00–279.002,1066
SteersMedium and Large 1Unweaned600–650633320.00/cwt320.00–320.002,02611
SteersMedium and Large 1350–400370458.43/cwt450.00–462.001,6967
SteersMedium and Large 1-2550–600569334.41/cwt324.00–360.001,9037
SteersMedium and Large 1400–450423443.97/cwt428.00–458.001,87819
SteersMedium and Large 1650–700668312.75/cwt312.75–312.752,0897
SteersLarge 1600–650629310.00/cwt310.00–310.001,9506
SteersLarge 1700–750736283.50/cwt283.50–283.502,0879
SteersMedium and Large 1500–550545375.00/cwt375.00–375.002,0443
HeifersMedium and Large 1450–500474356.54/cwt340.00–372.001,69012
HeifersMedium and Large 1600–650607307.92/cwt291.00–313.001,8699
BullsMedium and Large 1-2600–650629308.87/cwt304.00–320.001,9438
BullsMedium and Large 1-2500–550508329.42/cwt300.00–345.001,6739
BullsMedium and Large 2350–400367393.00/cwt393.00–393.001,4425
BullsMedium and Large 1-2350–400387423.61/cwt422.00–430.001,6399
CowsBoner 80-85%1,274141.04/cwt135.00–146.001,79718
CowsLean 85-90%96489.28/cwt70.00–91.5086110
CowsBreaker 75-80%1,410142.00/cwt142.00–142.002,0021
CowsBoner 80-85%1,375121.00/cwt121.00–121.001,6642
CowsBoner 80-85%1,240146.50/cwt146.50–146.501,8171
Bulls2,075175.50/cwt175.50–175.503,6421
CowsLean 85-90%1,059104.84/cwt95.00–112.001,11011
CowsLean 85-90%1,123133.05/cwt126.50–136.501,49415
Bulls1,723156.42/cwt147.50–160.002,6954
Bulls1,925137.62/cwt136.50–139.002,6492
Bred CowsMedium and Large 1-21,2772,366.90/head2,100.00–2,600.002,3675
Bred CowsMedium and Large 1Broken Mouth1,225146.00/cwt146.00–146.001,7893
HeifersMedium and Large 1350–400385418.00/cwt418.00–418.001,6099
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2600–650627283.07/cwt270.00–297.001,7754
HeifersMedium 2550–600581262.50/cwt262.50–262.501,5253
HeifersMedium and Large 1Full750–800759259.50/cwt259.50–259.501,9708
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2400–450420370.73/cwt360.00–380.001,5577
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2550–600577294.45/cwt290.00–304.001,6996
HeifersMedium and Large 1550–600567303.15/cwt297.00–316.001,7196
HeifersMedium and Large 1300–350327411.07/cwt392.00–425.001,3445
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2450–500476340.60/cwt337.00–343.001,6215
HeifersMedium and Large 2650–700676269.00/cwt269.00–269.001,8183
HeifersMedium and Large 2400–450421336.00/cwt336.00–336.001,4153
HeifersMedium and Large 2450–500485306.62/cwt287.00–326.001,4874
SteersMedium and Large 1-2400–450417401.54/cwt390.00–414.001,6745
SteersMedium and Large 1550–600566377.00/cwt377.00–377.002,1345
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2350–400364376.22/cwt370.00–382.001,3694
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2650–700673273.00/cwt273.00–273.001,8378

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.