Name: South Central Regional Stockyards livestock auction prices — 2025-08-06
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2025-08-06

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Based on limited comparisons with the last trended sale three weeks ago, feeder steers and heifers 20.00-30.00 higher. Slaughter cows steady. Demand very good. Supply moderate. The arrow is still pointing up in the cattle market this week as the profits generated by fed cattle sales continue to be plowed into higher and higher feeders.

Weight class

Steers · summary 500–600 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

500–600 lb steers averaged $415.15/cwt on 125 head. That ranks 2 of 21 comparable sales and sits −68.84 against this barn's trailing median of $483.99.

Average price

$415.15

125 head · 551 lb average

Value per head Derived

$2,289

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$169

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

$27.98/cwt at this weight

vs the market

+1.24

vs MO average

+25.13 vs national

What quality paid 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1	552	421.64	2,329	96
Medium and Large 1-2	549	393.67	2,160	29

One grade step is worth $27.98/cwt here — about $169 a head. Across this sale the premium is widest at 200–300 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 sale125 hd

415.15

—

MO average12 barns · 2,058 hd

413.92

+1.24

National average145 barns · 8,057 hd

390.02

+25.13

This barn, trailing median21 sales

483.99

−68.84

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	1,880	200.76	3,774	5thin
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	High	1,464	164.99	2,415	10
Cows	Boner 80-85%	High	1,326	164.72	2,183	6thin
Cows	Lean 85-90%	Low	1,028	141.65	1,456	11

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	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	1,285	$2,748	2thin

Every lot, as filed

63 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
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	400–450	438	411.14/cwt	401.00–421.00	1,801	14
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Unweaned	650–700	655	349.00/cwt	349.00–349.00	2,286	4
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	500–550	525	402.26/cwt	390.00–412.00	2,112	9
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	650–700	678	314.73/cwt	299.00–340.00	2,134	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	550–600	579	365.05/cwt	353.00–380.00	2,114	47
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	400–450	422	429.57/cwt	410.00–472.50	1,813	6
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	300–350	330	510.00/cwt	510.00–510.00	1,683	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	450–500	472	394.49/cwt	370.00–409.00	1,862	24
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	450–500	481	384.14/cwt	374.00–408.00	1,848	8
Steers	Medium and Large 1	250–300	266	592.05/cwt	545.00–601.00	1,575	6
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	650–700	682	337.75/cwt	326.00–353.00	2,303	28
Steers	Medium and Large 1	600–650	615	408.34/cwt	394.00–420.50	2,511	37
Steers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	700–750	707	339.00/cwt	339.00–339.00	2,397	15
Steers	Medium and Large 1	550–600	580	410.00/cwt	395.00–422.00	2,378	45
Steers	Medium and Large 1	400–450	435	500.45/cwt	494.00–507.50	2,177	9
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	750–800	750	318.00/cwt	318.00–318.00	2,385	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Replacement	550–600	579	385.33/cwt	385.00–386.00	2,231	27
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	400–450	417	427.08/cwt	420.00–434.00	1,781	14
Steers	Medium and Large 1	500–550	525	435.57/cwt	414.00–452.00	2,287	47
Steers	Medium and Large 1	650–700	673	380.21/cwt	370.00–388.00	2,559	128
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	600–650	603	355.33/cwt	352.00–357.00	2,143	6
Steers	Medium and Large 1	700–750	719	367.93/cwt	346.00–373.00	2,645	21
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	350–400	397	431.01/cwt	423.00–434.00	1,711	11
Steers	Medium and Large 1	450–500	482	462.76/cwt	444.00–478.00	2,231	40
Steers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	550–600	561	389.00/cwt	389.00–389.00	2,182	4
Bulls	—	—	1,980	180.00/cwt	180.00–180.00	3,564	1
Bulls	—	—	1,845	213.05/cwt	212.00–214.00	3,931	2
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	1,014	131.08/cwt	119.00–139.00	1,329	4
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	1,036	147.69/cwt	142.00–156.00	1,530	7
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,388	168.12/cwt	166.50–171.50	2,334	3
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,263	161.32/cwt	154.50–165.50	2,037	3
Steers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	600–650	621	372.80/cwt	365.00–375.50	2,315	8
Heifers	Medium 1-2	550–600	560	326.00/cwt	326.00–326.00	1,826	6
Steers	Medium 1	450–500	493	350.00/cwt	350.00–350.00	1,726	3
Bulls	—	—	1,865	198.86/cwt	190.00–209.00	3,709	2
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	—	1,463	168.29/cwt	166.00–169.00	2,462	4
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	—	1,464	162.79/cwt	158.50–165.00	2,383	6
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	600–650	600	358.75/cwt	358.75–358.75	2,153	33
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Replacement	500–550	510	425.45/cwt	423.00–427.00	2,170	13
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	450–500	479	402.09/cwt	394.00–414.00	1,926	25
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	500–550	534	389.63/cwt	378.00–410.00	2,081	20
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,285	2,747.96/head	2,575.00–2,925.00	2,748	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	600–650	626	330.97/cwt	328.00–332.50	2,072	15
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	400–450	430	479.00/cwt	479.00–479.00	2,060	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	500–550	516	387.18/cwt	381.00–401.00	1,998	30
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	600–650	637	379.58/cwt	378.50–380.50	2,418	13
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	550–600	556	399.65/cwt	389.50–404.00	2,222	17
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	350–400	377	482.99/cwt	455.00–504.00	1,821	8
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	550–600	564	367.65/cwt	364.50–370.00	2,074	7
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	300–350	317	422.95/cwt	412.00–436.00	1,341	6
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	250–300	273	425.00/cwt	425.00–425.00	1,160	3
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	250–300	288	450.00/cwt	450.00–450.00	1,296	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	600–650	642	315.66/cwt	315.00–318.00	2,027	9
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Unweaned	550–600	578	334.00/cwt	334.00–334.00	1,931	3
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	700–750	718	348.50/cwt	348.50–348.50	2,502	4
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	500–550	530	364.02/cwt	362.00–366.00	1,929	4
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	550–600	573	345.46/cwt	332.00–362.00	1,979	8
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	450–500	481	438.22/cwt	410.00–448.00	2,108	18
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	750–800	760	338.80/cwt	338.50–339.50	2,575	10
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	300–350	334	488.09/cwt	462.50–510.00	1,630	6
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	350–400	375	424.21/cwt	415.00–434.00	1,591	9
Steers	Medium and Large 1	350–400	359	530.43/cwt	520.00–540.00	1,904	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	650–700	662	327.40/cwt	326.00–328.00	2,167	10

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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