Sale reports / Missouri / South Central Regional Stockyards / 2025-07-23

South Central Regional Stockyards

Feeder Cattle · Slaughter Cattle · Replacement Cattle · Vienna, Missouri · Wed, Jul 23
● Final32 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 1817
Feeder Cattle receipts
380 head
129 vs last sale 251 439 vs year ago 819 · 53.6%
Slaughter Cattle receipts
14 head
63 vs last sale 77 33 vs year ago 47 · 70.2%
Replacement Cattle receipts
10 head
80 vs last sale 90 0 vs year ago 10 · +0.0%
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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Feeder supply not sufficient to establish a market trend. Demand good. Light offering with the heat and humidity which is expected to last several more days. The largest consignment was 160 head of non-weaned calves with a round of shots weighing from 425-700 lbs. The feeder market is still on fire with futures contracts and the feeder index continuing to set new records.

Weight class

Steers · summary 500–600 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot
500–600 lb steers averaged $399.18/cwt on 52 head. That ranks 1 of 21 comparable sales and sits 84.81 against this barn's trailing median of $483.99.
Average price
$399.18
52 head · 545 lb average
Value per head Derived
$2,177
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
$64
per head · Medium and Large 1 over Medium and Large 1-2
$35.09/cwt at this weight
vs the market
+8.65
vs MO average
+23.44 vs national

What quality paid 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 1540404.582,18544
Medium and Large 1-2574369.492,1218thin
One grade step is worth $35.09/cwt here — about $64 a head. Across this sale the premium is widest at 700–800 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 sale52 hd
399.18
MO average12 barns · 977 hd
390.54
+8.65
National average142 barns · 5,388 hd
375.74
+23.44
This barn, trailing median21 sales
483.99
−84.81
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
BullsAverage1,665189.003,1471thin
CowsLean 85-90%Low997131.291,3097thin

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 Cows3rd Stage (7-9 mo)Young (2-4 yrs)1,140$3,0882thin

Every lot, as filed

32 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
Bulls1,665189.00/cwt189.00–189.003,1471
CowsLean 85-90%955110.00/cwt110.00–110.001,0512
CowsLean 85-90%1,014139.80/cwt134.50–149.001,4185
SteersLarge 1450–500493381.00/cwt381.00–381.001,8785
SteersLarge 1400–450422433.00/cwt433.00–433.001,8279
HeifersMedium and Large 1500–550523375.41/cwt371.00–384.501,96320
HeifersMedium and Large 1550–600580333.50/cwt333.50–333.501,9343
BullsMedium and Large 1-2600–650637326.00/cwt326.00–326.002,0772
SteersMedium and Large 1-2600–650646343.00/cwt343.00–343.002,2163
SteersMedium and Large 1400–450436470.75/cwt448.00–481.002,05213
SteersMedium and Large 1Unweaned650–700671343.50/cwt343.50–343.502,30525
HeifersMedium and Large 1Unweaned600–650603334.22/cwt334.00–334.502,01527
HeifersMedium and Large 1450–500486372.51/cwt361.00–383.001,81021
SteersMedium and Large 1450–500479425.72/cwt420.00–441.002,0397
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2400–450420384.33/cwt378.00–391.001,61412
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2450–500480346.71/cwt341.00–352.001,6644
HeifersMedium and Large 1400–450430409.82/cwt401.00–418.001,76210
HeifersMedium and Large 1650–700664315.00/cwt315.00–315.002,0925
SteersMedium and Large 1700–750716337.65/cwt335.75–339.252,41811
SteersMedium and Large 1550–600552402.00/cwt402.00–402.002,21923
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2Unweaned650–700691306.00/cwt306.00–306.002,11413
SteersMedium and Large 1-2450–500484414.89/cwt409.00–440.002,00826
SteersMedium and Large 1350–400386479.15/cwt468.00–492.001,8505
BullsMedium and Large 1-2400–450442431.00/cwt431.00–431.001,9052
BullsMedium and Large 1-2450–500485348.00/cwt348.00–348.001,6882
SteersMedium and Large 2750–800798291.00/cwt291.00–291.002,3225
SteersMedium and Large 1500–550527407.41/cwt400.00–417.002,14721
SteersMedium and Large 1Unweaned600–650619371.16/cwt356.00–373.002,29719
SteersMedium and Large 1600–650632373.63/cwt368.00–374.502,36115
Bred CowsMedium and Large 1-21,1403,087.50/head2,650.00–3,400.003,0882
HeifersMedium and Large 1350–400398418.00/cwt418.00–418.001,6645
SteersMedium and Large 1-2550–600574369.49/cwt348.00–383.002,1218

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.