Sale reports / Missouri / South Central Regional Stockyards / 2025-04-02

South Central Regional Stockyards

Feeder Cattle · Slaughter Cattle · Replacement Cattle · Vienna, Missouri · Wed, Apr 2
● Final61 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 1817
Feeder Cattle receipts
1,165 head
769 vs last sale 396 23 vs year ago 1,188 · 1.9%
Slaughter Cattle receipts
62 head
29 vs last sale 91 22 vs year ago 84 · 26.2%
Replacement Cattle receipts
30 head
10 vs last sale 20 20 vs year ago 10 · +200.0%
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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to last Wednesday, feeder steers and heifers steady. Slaughter cows steady. Demand good to very good. Supply moderate. Lots of high quality fall calves this week, some weaned 30-60 days with many selling right off the cow with at least one round of shots. One highlight of the feeder offering was 97 head of reputation unweaned 503 lb steers @ 401.00/cwt.

Weight class

Steers · summary 500–600 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot
500–600 lb steers averaged $381.06/cwt on 213 head. That ranks 1 of 21 comparable sales and sits 102.93 against this barn's trailing median of $483.99.
Average price
$381.06
213 head · 519 lb average
Value per head Derived
$1,979
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
$304
per head · Medium and Large 1 over Medium and Large 2
$68.15/cwt at this weight
vs the market
+12.80
vs MO average
+12.05 vs national

What quality paid 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 1518386.221,999193
Medium and Large 1-2543344.521,86910thin
Medium and Large 2533318.071,69510thin
One grade step is worth $68.15/cwt here — about $304 a head. Across this sale the premium is widest at 400–500 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 sale213 hd
381.06
MO average17 barns · 2,571 hd
368.27
+12.80
National average168 barns · 11,835 hd
369.01
+12.05
This barn, trailing median21 sales
483.99
−102.93
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
BullsLow1,751165.422,8966thin
CowsBoner 80-85%Average1,242139.281,73011
CowsBreaker 75-80%Low1,487138.672,0623thin
CowsLean 85-90%Very Low1,052109.141,14818

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 Cows2nd/3rd Stage (4-9 mo)Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)985$2,26110
Cow-Calf PairsOpenYoung/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)1,125$3,0002thin

Every lot, as filed

61 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 2400–450431345.22/cwt340.00–350.001,4887
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2Thin Fleshed400–450445369.00/cwt369.00–369.001,6424
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2Unweaned550–600592269.50/cwt269.50–269.501,5955
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2450–500477339.27/cwt338.00–342.001,6188
HeifersMedium and Large 1450–500467361.06/cwt336.00–367.001,686116
SteersMedium and Large 1-2600–650645311.50/cwt311.50–311.502,0093
SteersMedium and Large 1Unweaned700–750707275.50/cwt275.50–275.501,94810
SteersMedium and Large 1700–750705295.00/cwt295.00–295.002,0803
SteersMedium and Large 1600–650637338.21/cwt335.50–343.002,15419
SteersMedium and Large 1Fleshy500–550521360.00/cwt360.00–360.001,8763
SteersMedium and Large 1400–450426441.24/cwt408.00–452.001,88070
SteersMedium and Large 2500–550533318.07/cwt314.00–320.001,69510
SteersMedium and Large 1-2500–550519359.03/cwt349.00–375.001,8635
SteersMedium and Large 1-2700–750706295.16/cwt280.50–299.502,0849
SteersMedium and Large 1-2550–600566330.00/cwt330.00–330.001,8685
SteersMedium and Large 1-2450–500472367.81/cwt345.00–403.001,73623
SteersMedium and Large 1250–300278513.80/cwt475.00–530.001,42819
SteersMedium and Large 1450–500472406.68/cwt382.00–430.001,92041
SteersMedium and Large 1300–350330464.21/cwt447.50–500.001,53225
SteersMedium and Large 1350–400371454.96/cwt430.00–465.001,68827
SteersMedium and Large 1-2350–400381392.48/cwt385.00–400.001,4954
SteersMedium and Large 1500–550506392.52/cwt362.00–401.001,986154
SteersMedium and Large 1Unweaned600–650603344.36/cwt326.00–346.002,07648
SteersMedium and Large 1Value Added550–600565386.00/cwt386.00–386.002,1816
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2550–600566305.27/cwt300.00–308.501,72817
HeifersMedium and Large 1550–600567313.58/cwt295.00–319.001,77816
BullsMedium and Large 1-2450–500493337.91/cwt323.00–348.001,6665
BullsMedium and Large 1-2400–450415386.84/cwt352.00–408.001,60510
BullsMedium and Large 1-2500–550530337.50/cwt336.00–339.001,7894
BullsMedium and Large 1-2550–600585305.77/cwt303.00–308.001,7895
CowsLean 85-90%91063.36/cwt60.00–66.005772
CowsLean 85-90%1,096125.50/cwt115.00–131.501,3758
CowsBreaker 75-80%1,510128.00/cwt128.00–128.001,9331
CowsBreaker 75-80%1,475144.00/cwt143.50–144.502,1242
CowsBoner 80-85%1,228137.72/cwt132.50–143.001,6919
CowsBoner 80-85%1,305146.28/cwt144.50–148.501,9092
CowsLean 85-90%1,044104.23/cwt90.50–112.001,0888
Bulls1,510152.00/cwt152.00–152.002,2951
Bulls1,799168.10/cwt162.50–175.003,0245
Bred CowsMedium 1-29852,261.23/head1,925.00–2,700.002,26110
Cow-Calf PairsMedium and Large 1-21,1253,000.00/head3,000.00–3,000.003,0002
HeifersMedium and Large 2600–650636250.00/cwt250.00–250.001,5904
HeifersMedium and Large 1200–250243419.90/cwt410.00–430.001,0204
HeifersMedium and Large 2400–450408338.00/cwt338.00–338.001,3793
HeifersMedium and Large 1400–450414397.72/cwt362.00–408.001,64796
HeifersMedium and Large 1750–800754265.00/cwt265.00–265.001,99839
HeifersMedium and Large 1Fleshy550–600589284.21/cwt270.00–295.001,6747
HeifersMedium and Large 1250–300262416.97/cwt405.00–425.001,0926
HeifersMedium and Large 1Value Added450–500451377.00/cwt377.00–377.001,7009
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2600–650621288.50/cwt288.50–288.501,7925
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2350–400390381.57/cwt378.00–385.001,4884
HeifersMedium and Large 1300–350328420.27/cwt406.00–428.001,37840
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2500–550524311.54/cwt310.00–313.001,6324
HeifersMedium and Large 1900–950911233.50/cwt233.50–233.502,1274
SteersMedium and Large 1650–700667322.18/cwt309.00–326.002,1499
HeifersMedium and Large 1350–400376404.69/cwt388.00–415.001,52232
HeifersMedium and Large 1800–850819239.75/cwt239.75–239.751,96413
HeifersMedium and Large 1500–550514329.76/cwt327.00–332.001,69511
HeifersMedium and Large 1600–650633285.50/cwt285.50–285.501,8077
HeifersMedium and Large 1Value Added500–550502351.00/cwt351.00–351.001,7629
SteersMedium and Large 1550–600567356.54/cwt347.00–376.002,02230

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.