Name: South Central Regional Stockyards livestock auction prices — 2025-05-07
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2025-05-07

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to last Wednesday, feeder steers and heifers mostly 8.00-15.00 higher with heifers over 575 lbs steady on a light test. Slaughter cows 4.00-6.00 higher. Demand very good. Supply moderate. Good buyer attendance and another round of never before seen prices in several spots with maybe the biggest stick out coming on 20 head of 526 lb steers @ 435.00/cwt. There were several outstanding consignments in the mix with likely bigger numbers and lots of reputation fall calves coming next week.

Weight class

Steers · summary 500–600 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

500–600 lb steers averaged $398.85/cwt on 269 head. That ranks 1 of 21 comparable sales and sits −85.14 against this barn's trailing median of $483.99.

Average price

$398.85

269 head · 550 lb average

Value per head Derived

$2,194

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$173

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

$36.89/cwt at this weight

vs the market

+14.91

vs MO average

+20.06 vs national

What quality paid 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1	549	402.69	2,211	241
Medium and Large 1-2	557	365.80	2,039	28

One grade step is worth $36.89/cwt here — about $173 a head. Across this sale the premium is widest at 300–400 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 sale269 hd

398.85

—

MO average17 barns · 4,676 hd

383.94

+14.91

National average168 barns · 13,508 hd

378.79

+20.06

This barn, trailing median21 sales

483.99

−85.14

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	—	Average	1,835	169.25	3,105	6thin
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	Average	1,557	151.50	2,359	3thin
Cows	Boner 80-85%	High	1,232	150.32	1,852	12
Cows	Lean 85-90%	Very Low	998	123.81	1,235	41

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	2nd/3rd Stage (4-9 mo)	Aged (>8 yrs)	1,212	$2,080	10
Cow-Calf Pairs	Open	Aged (>8 yrs)	1,070	$2,575	5

Every lot, as filed

64 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 1	450–500	465	435.76/cwt	402.00–466.00	2,026	54
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	450–500	473	390.97/cwt	360.00–423.00	1,849	162
Steers	Medium and Large 1Value Added	450–500	484	425.50/cwt	425.00–426.00	2,059	24
Steers	Medium and Large 1Value Added	500–550	513	412.00/cwt	412.00–412.00	2,114	10
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	500–550	534	365.00/cwt	365.00–365.00	1,949	5
Steers	Medium and Large 1Value Added	550–600	573	399.00/cwt	399.00–399.00	2,286	56
Steers	Medium and Large 1	700–750	723	328.28/cwt	326.25–332.50	2,373	33
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	550–600	565	347.99/cwt	328.00–354.00	1,966	13
Steers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	600–650	623	370.00/cwt	370.00–370.00	2,305	6
Steers	Medium and Large 1	650–700	655	348.56/cwt	348.00–352.50	2,283	16
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Value Added	450–500	480	404.25/cwt	398.00–419.00	1,940	25
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	550–600	592	351.62/cwt	345.00–359.00	2,082	16
Steers	Medium and Large 1	500–550	532	409.08/cwt	389.00–435.00	2,176	100
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	300–350	333	432.52/cwt	419.00–450.00	1,440	22
Steers	Medium and Large 1	600–650	615	381.59/cwt	360.00–397.00	2,347	137
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	250–300	298	420.00/cwt	420.00–420.00	1,252	3
Steers	Medium and Large 1Fleshy	400–450	440	427.50/cwt	427.50–427.50	1,881	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	500–550	523	369.51/cwt	346.00–380.00	1,933	79
Steers	Medium and Large 1	550–600	559	395.69/cwt	377.50–405.00	2,212	75
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	650–700	675	291.00/cwt	291.00–291.00	1,964	3
Steers	Medium and Large 1	300–350	329	487.61/cwt	460.00–520.00	1,604	15
Steers	Medium and Large 1	350–400	374	476.40/cwt	465.00–486.00	1,782	11
Steers	Medium and Large 1Value Added	650–700	666	352.50/cwt	352.50–352.50	2,348	16
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Fleshy	500–550	546	326.00/cwt	326.00–326.00	1,780	10
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Fleshy	450–500	477	350.00/cwt	350.00–350.00	1,670	9
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,256	155.97/cwt	155.00–157.00	1,959	4
Bulls	—	—	2,165	168.00/cwt	168.00–168.00	3,637	1
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	890	82.00/cwt	82.00–82.00	730	1
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	938	107.06/cwt	88.50–122.50	1,004	16
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	—	1,557	151.50/cwt	151.50–151.50	2,359	3
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,220	147.50/cwt	140.00–152.00	1,800	8
Cow-Calf Pairs	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,070	2,575.00/head	2,575.00–2,575.00	2,575	5
Steers	Medium 1-2	300–350	348	380.00/cwt	380.00–380.00	1,322	3
Steers	Medium 1	450–500	474	378.14/cwt	374.00–386.00	1,792	9
Bulls	—	—	1,743	176.37/cwt	167.50–183.00	3,074	4
Bulls	—	—	1,870	142.00/cwt	142.00–142.00	2,655	1
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	1,040	148.00/cwt	148.00–148.00	1,539	1
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	1,042	136.22/cwt	125.00–145.00	1,419	23
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	450–500	493	338.26/cwt	310.00–345.00	1,668	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	600–650	635	313.56/cwt	312.50–315.00	1,991	7
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	350–400	381	431.85/cwt	420.00–467.50	1,645	42
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,212	2,080.33/head	1,800.00–2,300.00	2,080	10
Steers	Medium and Large 1Fleshy	450–500	486	389.82/cwt	381.00–397.50	1,895	25
Steers	Medium and Large 1Fleshy	600–650	632	342.15/cwt	335.00–351.00	2,162	13
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	400–450	412	460.45/cwt	455.00–462.00	1,897	9
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	450–500	490	363.59/cwt	350.00–372.50	1,782	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	650–700	683	283.00/cwt	283.00–283.00	1,933	14
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	350–400	379	425.14/cwt	424.00–427.00	1,611	5
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	600–650	606	330.00/cwt	330.00–330.00	2,000	3
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	500–550	511	384.70/cwt	375.00–398.00	1,966	12
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	300–350	335	456.54/cwt	445.00–465.00	1,529	10
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	450–500	462	418.61/cwt	374.00–435.00	1,934	32
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	550–600	593	292.50/cwt	292.50–292.50	1,735	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	600–650	603	270.00/cwt	270.00–270.00	1,628	3
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	700–750	701	318.50/cwt	318.50–318.50	2,233	6
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	600–650	636	307.50/cwt	307.50–307.50	1,956	7
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Thin Fleshed	400–450	411	440.70/cwt	437.00–447.00	1,811	8
Steers	Medium and Large 1	400–450	434	456.06/cwt	440.00–475.00	1,979	70
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	400–450	421	386.24/cwt	380.00–396.00	1,626	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	550–600	583	305.00/cwt	305.00–305.00	1,778	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	500–550	535	341.53/cwt	337.00–347.50	1,827	7
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	350–400	395	465.00/cwt	465.00–465.00	1,837	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	400–450	419	427.79/cwt	412.00–437.00	1,792	30
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Fleshy	650–700	660	272.00/cwt	272.00–272.00	1,795	3

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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