Name: South Central Regional Stockyards livestock auction prices — 2025-07-16
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2025-07-16

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Feeder supply not sufficient to establish a market trend. Slaughter cows steady. Active trade on a light feeder offering despite the rising heat index. A special cow sale followed the feeders with a nice dispersion of fall calving cows drawing considerable interest.

Weight class

Steers · summary 500–600 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

500–600 lb steers averaged $384.82/cwt on 30 head. That ranks 1 of 21 comparable sales and sits −99.17 against this barn's trailing median of $483.99.

Average price

$384.82

30 head · 537 lb average

Value per head Derived

$2,066

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$117

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

$25.83/cwt at this weight

vs the market

−5.46

vs MO average

+12.39 vs national

What quality paid 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1	534	401.18	2,140	11thin
Medium and Large 1-2	539	375.34	2,023	19thin

One grade step is worth $25.83/cwt here — about $117 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

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 sale30 hd

384.82

—

MO average15 barns · 1,976 hd

390.27

−5.46

National average147 barns · 7,194 hd

372.43

+12.39

This barn, trailing median21 sales

483.99

−99.17

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	1,899	194.24	3,689	7thin
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	Average	1,510	165.11	2,492	8thin
Cows	Boner 80-85%	High	1,256	159.30	2,000	18
Cows	Lean 85-90%	Low	1,057	133.48	1,411	17

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)	1,297	$3,345	14
Bred Cows	2nd/3rd Stage (4-9 mo)	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	1,214	$3,235	22
Bred Cows	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	Aged (>8 yrs)	1,347	$2,538	6
Cow-Calf Pairs	Open	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	925	$2,650	6

Every lot, as filed

41 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
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,248	169.21/cwt	168.50–170.50	2,112	3
Cow-Calf Pairs	Medium and Large 2	—	925	2,650.00/head	2,300.00–2,900.00	2,650	6
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	—	1,507	163.67/cwt	159.00–165.50	2,467	4
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	—	1,512	166.54/cwt	166.00–168.00	2,518	4
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	964	117.99/cwt	100.00–130.00	1,137	6
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	1,137	148.62/cwt	146.00–152.00	1,690	10
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	815	75.00/cwt	75.00–75.00	611	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	450–500	483	402.50/cwt	402.50–402.50	1,944	7
Steers	Medium and Large 1	550–600	573	379.04/cwt	373.00–381.00	2,172	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	500–550	513	374.37/cwt	368.00–381.50	1,921	20
Steers	Medium and Large 1	400–450	418	476.00/cwt	476.00–476.00	1,990	3
Steers	Medium and Large 1	500–550	511	413.83/cwt	407.00–417.00	2,115	7
Steers	Medium and Large 1	350–400	382	483.12/cwt	462.00–490.00	1,846	8
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	550–600	570	342.42/cwt	333.50–361.00	1,952	6
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	550–600	585	323.85/cwt	303.00–354.00	1,895	7
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Fleshy	550–600	587	331.00/cwt	331.00–331.00	1,943	5
Steers	Medium and Large 1	450–500	469	438.91/cwt	419.00–458.00	2,058	13
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	500–550	535	355.49/cwt	339.00–364.50	1,902	12
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	500–550	525	384.15/cwt	366.00–397.00	2,017	12
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	350–400	383	386.53/cwt	362.00–402.00	1,480	7
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	550–600	557	334.03/cwt	329.00–336.50	1,861	6
Steers	Medium and Large 1	650–700	681	341.00/cwt	341.00–341.00	2,322	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	650–700	651	307.50/cwt	307.50–307.50	2,002	3
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	300–350	328	487.28/cwt	468.00–515.00	1,598	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	400–450	433	376.29/cwt	346.00–398.00	1,629	12
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	550–600	563	360.25/cwt	347.00–368.00	2,028	7
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	600–650	628	357.46/cwt	349.00–362.00	2,245	16
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	600–650	614	332.56/cwt	323.00–340.50	2,042	7
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	700–750	713	313.55/cwt	302.00–321.00	2,236	8
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 1	—	1,297	3,344.52/head	3,250.00–3,400.00	3,345	14
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 1	—	1,267	3,527.94/head	3,400.00–3,550.00	3,528	14
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,121	2,723.42/head	2,600.00–3,125.00	2,723	8
Steers	Medium and Large 1Fleshy	400–450	433	441.83/cwt	432.00–452.00	1,913	4
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	450–500	491	398.46/cwt	388.00–406.00	1,956	8
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	350–400	395	447.50/cwt	445.00–450.00	1,768	4
Bulls	—	—	1,915	195.53/cwt	185.50–203.00	3,744	5
Bulls	—	—	2,090	210.00/cwt	210.00–210.00	4,389	1
Bulls	—	—	1,630	172.00/cwt	172.00–172.00	2,804	1
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,257	157.32/cwt	153.00–160.50	1,978	15
Heifers	Medium 1-2	400–450	438	358.18/cwt	345.00–372.00	1,569	4
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 1Broken Mouth	—	1,347	2,537.93/head	2,525.00–2,550.00	2,538	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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