Name: South Central Regional Stockyards livestock auction prices — 2025-10-22
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2025-10-22

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to the sale two weeks ago, feeder steers steady. Feeder heifers steady to 5.00 higher with advance under 600 lbs. Slaughter cows steady to firm. Demand good. Supply moderate. Nice feeder offering this week that included several good quality, reputation consignments. Bulk price ranges under 600 lbs would include several medium flesh unweaned calves with on or two rounds of shots. Good market despite another sell-off on the board with most feeder contracts down the 9.25 limit due to continuing unrest over potential government action to lower beef prices.

Weight class

Steers · summary 500–600 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

500–600 lb steers averaged $456.50/cwt on 228 head. That ranks 5 of 21 comparable sales and sits −27.49 against this barn's trailing median of $483.99.

Average price

$456.50

228 head · 550 lb average

Value per head Derived

$2,509

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$477

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

$107.23/cwt at this weight

vs the market

+25.25

vs MO average

−1.64 vs national

What quality paid 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1	548	466.25	2,555	195
Large 1	589	412.00	2,427	5thin
Medium and Large 1-2	542	411.57	2,232	20
Medium and Large 2	579	359.02	2,079	8thin

One grade step is worth $107.23/cwt here — about $477 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 sale228 hd

456.50

—

MO average18 barns · 2,272 hd

431.25

+25.25

National average182 barns · 38,495 hd

458.14

−1.64

This barn, trailing median21 sales

483.99

−27.49

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	1,650	176.50	2,912	2thin
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	High	1,514	169.59	2,568	5thin
Cows	Boner 80-85%	Low	1,294	163.78	2,120	17
Cows	Lean 85-90%	Low	1,026	135.72	1,392	21

Every lot, as filed

66 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
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	650–700	671	337.00/cwt	337.00–337.00	2,261	8
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Replacement	500–550	518	433.72/cwt	422.00–438.00	2,247	26
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Replacement	600–650	607	406.00/cwt	406.00–406.00	2,464	19
Steers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	600–650	611	402.60/cwt	384.00–410.00	2,460	16
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Value Added	550–600	575	413.00/cwt	413.00–413.00	2,375	13
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Value Added	400–450	447	448.00/cwt	448.00–448.00	2,003	20
Steers	Medium and Large 1Value Added	500–550	543	486.00/cwt	486.00–486.00	2,639	37
Steers	Medium and Large 1	400–450	441	503.59/cwt	497.50–517.50	2,221	42
Steers	Medium and Large 1	450–500	488	483.44/cwt	476.00–506.00	2,359	41
Steers	Medium and Large 1	600–650	623	419.26/cwt	415.00–420.00	2,612	14
Steers	Medium and Large 1	700–750	744	373.50/cwt	373.50–373.50	2,779	33
Steers	Medium and Large 1	850–900	877	347.50/cwt	347.50–347.50	3,048	16
Steers	Medium and Large 1Value Added	550–600	552	484.00/cwt	484.00–484.00	2,672	16
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	550–600	578	401.14/cwt	372.00–419.00	2,319	40
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	500–550	526	399.45/cwt	390.00–402.00	2,101	26
Steers	Medium and Large 1	350–400	385	504.18/cwt	490.00–515.00	1,941	16
Steers	Medium and Large 1	550–600	571	441.42/cwt	418.00–460.00	2,521	86
Steers	Medium and Large 1	500–550	515	486.27/cwt	463.00–495.00	2,504	56
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	850–900	875	302.00/cwt	302.00–302.00	2,643	14
Steers	Medium and Large 1	750–800	763	352.00/cwt	352.00–352.00	2,686	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	300–350	330	439.94/cwt	422.50–452.00	1,452	13
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	600–650	625	368.41/cwt	361.00–384.00	2,303	11
Steers	Medium and Large 1	650–700	688	387.93/cwt	377.00–393.00	2,669	39
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	350–400	367	435.01/cwt	418.00–445.00	1,596	9
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	400–450	426	428.16/cwt	422.00–434.00	1,824	11
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	450–500	466	414.63/cwt	412.00–423.00	1,932	19
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	650–700	671	370.00/cwt	370.00–370.00	2,483	41
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	981	123.03/cwt	118.00–136.50	1,207	5
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	1,090	153.00/cwt	153.00–153.00	1,668	2
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	735	83.00/cwt	83.00–83.00	610	2
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	1,082	146.91/cwt	137.00–152.00	1,590	12
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	—	1,578	175.42/cwt	172.50–178.50	2,768	2
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	—	1,472	165.71/cwt	162.00–170.00	2,439	3
Steers	Large 1	550–600	589	412.00/cwt	412.00–412.00	2,427	5
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,140	149.00/cwt	149.00–149.00	1,699	1
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,417	170.77/cwt	169.50–173.00	2,420	3
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,278	163.30/cwt	157.00–170.00	2,087	13
Bulls	—	—	1,650	169.00/cwt	169.00–169.00	2,789	1
Bulls	—	—	1,650	184.00/cwt	184.00–184.00	3,036	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	600–650	631	344.00/cwt	344.00–344.00	2,171	3
Steers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	650–700	656	400.42/cwt	365.00–404.00	2,627	33
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Fleshy	550–600	585	375.00/cwt	375.00–375.00	2,194	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Fleshy	500–550	526	389.00/cwt	389.00–389.00	2,046	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Fleshy	400–450	435	418.00/cwt	418.00–418.00	1,818	4
Heifers	Medium 2	400–450	430	340.00/cwt	340.00–340.00	1,462	4
Steers	Medium and Large 2	550–600	579	359.02/cwt	356.00–360.00	2,079	8
Steers	Medium and Large 2	450–500	490	420.00/cwt	420.00–420.00	2,058	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 2Fleshy	450–500	465	328.00/cwt	328.00–328.00	1,525	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	650–700	656	360.00/cwt	360.00–360.00	2,362	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	550–600	587	361.00/cwt	361.00–361.00	2,119	5
Steers	Medium and Large 1Value Added	400–450	434	514.29/cwt	512.00–517.00	2,232	22
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	400–450	412	490.47/cwt	462.00–498.00	2,021	12
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	550–600	571	406.29/cwt	392.00–412.00	2,320	7
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	300–350	343	485.00/cwt	485.00–485.00	1,664	4
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	450–500	466	479.20/cwt	460.00–492.50	2,233	16
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	450–500	472	397.16/cwt	386.00–402.00	1,875	20
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	350–400	383	407.42/cwt	402.00–410.00	1,560	9
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	450–500	470	445.14/cwt	438.00–460.00	2,092	6
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	550–600	596	358.00/cwt	358.00–358.00	2,134	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	500–550	503	393.95/cwt	384.00–399.00	1,982	6
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	400–450	436	417.25/cwt	412.00–425.00	1,819	6
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	500–550	527	414.41/cwt	395.00–435.00	2,184	13
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	700–750	728	366.75/cwt	366.00–371.00	2,670	13
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	800–850	812	344.50/cwt	344.50–344.50	2,797	5
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Thin Fleshed	750–800	757	351.50/cwt	351.50–351.50	2,661	10
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	500–550	534	373.89/cwt	327.00–394.00	1,997	13

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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