Name: South Central Regional Stockyards livestock auction prices — 2025-10-01
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2025-10-01

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Feeder supply not sufficient to establish a market trend. Slaughter cows steady. Good demand for a light offering with a nice run expected next week. Cattle futures were mixed on Wednesday with the back months seeing modest gains.

Weight class

Steers · summary 500–600 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

500–600 lb steers averaged $425.85/cwt on 17 head. That ranks 3 of 21 comparable sales and sits −58.14 against this barn's trailing median of $483.99.

Average price

$425.85

17 head · 551 lb average

Value per head Derived

$2,345

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$94

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

$39.55/cwt at this weight

vs the market

+14.54

vs MO average

+3.20 vs national

What quality paid 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1	542	437.48	2,370	12thin
Medium and Large 1-2	572	397.93	2,276	5thin

One grade step is worth $39.55/cwt here — about $94 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 sale17 hd

425.85

—

MO average17 barns · 2,253 hd

411.31

+14.54

National average177 barns · 15,324 hd

422.65

+3.20

This barn, trailing median21 sales

483.99

−58.14

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	—	Low	1,602	173.13	2,774	8thin
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	Average	1,595	163.73	2,611	3thin
Cows	Boner 80-85%	Low	1,270	162.51	2,065	11
Cows	Lean 85-90%	Low	1,054	130.36	1,374	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	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	1,213	$2,957	3thin
Bred Cows	1st/2nd Stage (1-6 mo)	Aged (>8 yrs)	1,200	$2,408	3thin

Every lot, as filed

38 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%	—	1,325	145.00/cwt	145.00–145.00	1,921	1
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,233	160.15/cwt	154.00–163.50	1,975	6
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	—	1,595	163.73/cwt	161.00–166.00	2,611	3
Steers	Medium and Large 1	450–500	458	470.00/cwt	470.00–470.00	2,153	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	300–350	330	451.69/cwt	440.00–470.00	1,491	8
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	550–600	576	354.18/cwt	347.00–364.00	2,040	7
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	450–500	462	471.00/cwt	471.00–471.00	2,176	10
Steers	Medium and Large 1	550–600	568	412.83/cwt	412.00–415.00	2,345	7
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	1,058	129.94/cwt	119.00–137.00	1,375	4
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	978	108.00/cwt	108.00–108.00	1,056	3
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,313	170.44/cwt	167.00–174.00	2,238	4
Steers	Medium and Large 1	400–450	428	466.00/cwt	466.00–466.00	1,994	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	350–400	378	418.97/cwt	418.00–420.00	1,584	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	500–550	516	388.00/cwt	388.00–388.00	2,002	5
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	300–350	330	459.69/cwt	426.00–490.00	1,517	6
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	650–700	656	284.00/cwt	284.00–284.00	1,863	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	550–600	576	366.00/cwt	366.00–366.00	2,108	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	400–450	438	414.00/cwt	414.00–414.00	1,813	9
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	600–650	640	359.00/cwt	359.00–359.00	2,298	12
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	600–650	627	391.07/cwt	385.00–400.00	2,452	14
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	750–800	776	215.00/cwt	215.00–215.00	1,668	3
Steers	Medium and Large 2	450–500	493	345.00/cwt	345.00–345.00	1,701	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	650–700	685	339.99/cwt	339.00–341.00	2,329	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	500–550	528	367.39/cwt	364.00–374.00	1,940	9
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	650–700	666	381.98/cwt	379.00–385.00	2,544	4
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	550–600	572	397.93/cwt	396.00–401.00	2,276	5
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,200	2,408.46/head	2,325.00–2,550.00	2,408	3
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,213	2,956.80/head	2,625.00–3,200.00	2,957	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	450–500	481	402.61/cwt	386.00–426.00	1,937	7
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	850–900	862	303.00/cwt	303.00–303.00	2,612	7
Steers	Medium and Large 1	500–550	505	472.00/cwt	472.00–472.00	2,384	5
Steers	Medium and Large 1	600–650	619	407.28/cwt	402.00–419.00	2,521	16
Bulls	—	—	1,576	167.09/cwt	151.00–175.50	2,633	6
Bulls	—	—	1,560	184.50/cwt	184.50–184.50	2,878	1
Bulls	—	—	1,800	198.00/cwt	198.00–198.00	3,564	1
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	1,115	144.90/cwt	140.00–150.00	1,616	3
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	1,085	155.50/cwt	155.50–155.50	1,687	1
Steers	Medium 1-2	650–700	692	332.00/cwt	332.00–332.00	2,297	5

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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