Name: South Central Regional Stockyards livestock auction prices — 2025-07-09
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2025-07-09

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Based on limited comparisons with the last reported sale three weeks ago, feeder steers under 700 lbs 5.00-10.00 higher. Weights over 700 lbs sold with a higher undertone. Feeder heifers under 600 lbs 15.00-20.00 higher with weights over 600 lbs selling with a higher undertone. Slaughter cows 3,00-6.00 higher. Demand very good. Supply moderate. Excellent feeder offering with good cattle from start to finish. Two loads of backgrounded yearling steers were among the top price quotes with 65 head 707 lbs @ 356.75 and 68 head 830 lbs @ 325.00. Cattle futures have gained a lot of ground so far this week helping push auction prices higher although beef cutout values did take a big hit Wednesday.

Weight class

Steers · summary 500–600 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

500–600 lb steers averaged $393.30/cwt on 237 head. That ranks 1 of 21 comparable sales and sits −90.69 against this barn's trailing median of $483.99.

Average price

$393.30

237 head · 557 lb average

Value per head Derived

$2,189

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$162

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

$23.89/cwt at this weight

vs the market

−2.72

vs MO average

+14.17 vs national

What quality paid 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1	558	396.12	2,209	209
Medium and Large 1-2	550	372.24	2,047	28

One grade step is worth $23.89/cwt here — about $162 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 sale237 hd

393.30

—

MO average11 barns · 2,852 hd

396.02

−2.72

National average153 barns · 8,707 hd

379.13

+14.17

This barn, trailing median21 sales

483.99

−90.69

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	1,723	193.47	3,334	8thin
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	High	1,546	163.37	2,526	15
Cows	Boner 80-85%	Average	1,285	162.48	2,088	26
Cows	Lean 85-90%	Low	1,044	137.49	1,435	15

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)	Middle Aged/Aged (>5 yrs)	1,268	$2,370	4thin

Every lot, as filed

78 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 1Value Added	500–550	546	416.00/cwt	416.00–416.00	2,271	16
Steers	Medium and Large 1Value Added	350–400	371	502.00/cwt	502.00–502.00	1,862	14
Steers	Medium and Large 1Value Added	650–700	662	376.00/cwt	376.00–376.00	2,489	10
Steers	Medium and Large 1Value Added	550–600	566	400.12/cwt	393.00–408.00	2,265	39
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Value Added	450–500	497	392.50/cwt	392.50–392.50	1,951	24
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Value Added	400–450	420	445.00/cwt	445.00–445.00	1,869	13
Steers	Medium and Large 1	350–400	388	476.43/cwt	460.00–500.00	1,849	16
Steers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	700–750	710	335.00/cwt	335.00–335.00	2,379	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Thin Fleshed	450–500	467	430.00/cwt	430.00–430.00	2,008	4
Steers	Medium and Large 1Thin Fleshed	250–300	283	566.00/cwt	566.00–566.00	1,602	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	550–600	576	365.61/cwt	354.00–386.00	2,106	46
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Replacement	600–650	636	348.00/cwt	348.00–348.00	2,213	8
Steers	Medium and Large 1	750–800	784	328.22/cwt	323.00–338.00	2,573	8
Steers	Medium and Large 1	650–700	669	362.02/cwt	345.00–369.00	2,422	145
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Replacement	700–750	721	333.00/cwt	333.00–333.00	2,401	11
Steers	Medium and Large 1	700–750	708	356.39/cwt	345.00–356.75	2,523	67
Steers	Medium and Large 1	800–850	823	323.68/cwt	314.00–325.00	2,664	97
Steers	Medium and Large 1Value Added	600–650	606	383.28/cwt	381.00–389.00	2,323	28
Steers	Medium and Large 1	500–550	529	403.09/cwt	391.00–427.00	2,132	67
Steers	Medium and Large 1	400–450	421	467.45/cwt	450.00–475.00	1,968	7
Steers	Medium and Large 1	250–300	292	525.01/cwt	511.00–534.00	1,533	5
Steers	Medium and Large 1	550–600	578	385.31/cwt	370.00–419.00	2,227	87
Steers	Medium and Large 1Value Added	450–500	456	462.50/cwt	462.50–462.50	2,109	36
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	650–700	671	326.38/cwt	320.00–337.50	2,190	34
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	400–450	432	429.52/cwt	415.00–446.00	1,856	29
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	450–500	485	391.38/cwt	384.00–428.00	1,898	28
Steers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	600–650	633	359.58/cwt	359.00–360.00	2,276	7
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	300–350	326	446.07/cwt	420.00–481.00	1,454	11
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	600–650	625	341.62/cwt	334.00–352.00	2,135	62
Steers	Medium and Large 1	450–500	473	430.01/cwt	412.00–448.00	2,034	32
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	500–550	534	389.74/cwt	381.00–398.00	2,081	45
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	350–400	381	467.00/cwt	467.00–467.00	1,779	5
Steers	Medium and Large 1	600–650	628	377.78/cwt	355.00–390.00	2,372	86
Bulls	—	—	1,510	175.00/cwt	175.00–175.00	2,643	1
Bulls	—	—	1,820	212.24/cwt	212.00–212.50	3,863	2
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	983	126.69/cwt	115.00–130.00	1,245	5
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	1,130	155.50/cwt	155.50–155.50	1,757	1
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	1,068	141.49/cwt	132.00–147.50	1,511	9
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	—	1,550	170.68/cwt	168.00–172.00	2,646	3
Steers	Large 1	650–700	668	346.00/cwt	346.00–346.00	2,311	5
Heifers	Large 1	700–750	741	280.00/cwt	280.00–280.00	2,075	5
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,275	159.42/cwt	154.00–165.50	2,033	21
Bulls	—	—	1,727	189.66/cwt	182.00–195.00	3,275	5
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	—	1,545	161.54/cwt	159.00–165.50	2,496	12
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,326	175.32/cwt	169.50–182.00	2,325	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Value Added	500–550	530	385.88/cwt	375.50–396.00	2,045	81
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Value Added	350–400	397	452.00/cwt	452.00–452.00	1,794	32
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,268	2,369.67/head	2,200.00–2,800.00	2,370	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Fleshy	500–550	531	336.00/cwt	336.00–336.00	1,784	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Fleshy	400–450	400	416.00/cwt	416.00–416.00	1,664	3
Heifers	Large 1	500–550	527	379.00/cwt	379.00–379.00	1,997	7
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	500–550	511	374.00/cwt	374.00–374.00	1,911	4
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	550–600	571	371.99/cwt	361.00–382.00	2,124	10
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	600–650	633	353.45/cwt	348.00–361.00	2,237	15
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	500–550	527	378.25/cwt	367.00–393.00	1,993	15
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	700–750	707	337.99/cwt	331.00–344.00	2,390	14
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Value Added	300–350	317	485.00/cwt	485.00–485.00	1,537	10
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	350–400	367	470.32/cwt	460.00–497.00	1,726	12
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	550–600	579	329.50/cwt	308.00–352.00	1,908	22
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Thin Fleshed	250–300	266	476.00/cwt	476.00–476.00	1,266	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	350–400	372	419.76/cwt	390.00–450.00	1,562	7
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	650–700	665	341.00/cwt	341.00–341.00	2,268	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	450–500	462	368.35/cwt	362.00–375.00	1,702	8
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	400–450	428	449.07/cwt	436.00–457.00	1,922	6
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	700–750	728	283.39/cwt	280.00–287.00	2,063	6
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	450–500	479	401.32/cwt	396.00–410.00	1,922	5
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	300–350	326	492.00/cwt	492.00–492.00	1,604	4
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	650–700	665	318.00/cwt	318.00–318.00	2,115	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	600–650	620	310.80/cwt	288.00–326.00	1,927	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	650–700	681	304.00/cwt	304.00–304.00	2,070	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Value Added	550–600	557	373.00/cwt	373.00–373.00	2,078	14
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	400–450	411	409.84/cwt	385.00–425.00	1,684	12
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	250–300	298	450.00/cwt	450.00–450.00	1,341	3
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Unweaned	550–600	593	343.00/cwt	343.00–343.00	2,034	3
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	450–500	464	356.33/cwt	334.00–380.00	1,653	4
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	500–550	520	345.35/cwt	335.00–353.00	1,796	7
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	600–650	603	334.00/cwt	334.00–334.00	2,014	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Fleshy	500–550	528	337.93/cwt	335.00–341.00	1,784	6

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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