Name: South Central Regional Stockyards livestock auction prices — 2025-11-19
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2025-11-19

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to last week feeders traded mostly 5.00-10.00 lower. The supply was moderate and with many smaller packages in the offering. Slaughter cows and bulls sold mostly steady.

Weight class

Steers · summary 500–600 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

500–600 lb steers averaged $412.11/cwt on 266 head. That ranks 1 of 21 comparable sales and sits −71.88 against this barn's trailing median of $483.99.

Average price

$412.11

266 head · 552 lb average

Value per head Derived

$2,276

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$213

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

$35.13/cwt at this weight

vs the market

+20.99

vs MO average

+2.03 vs national

What quality paid 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1	553	417.61	2,310	224
Large 1-2	542	385.00	2,087	5thin
Medium and Large 1-2	548	382.48	2,097	37

One grade step is worth $35.13/cwt here — about $213 a head. Across this sale the premium is widest at 600–700 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 sale266 hd

412.11

—

MO average17 barns · 2,928 hd

391.12

+20.99

National average185 barns · 23,076 hd

410.08

+2.03

This barn, trailing median21 sales

483.99

−71.88

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	1,649	169.13	2,790	11
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	Average	1,477	159.97	2,362	13
Cows	Boner 80-85%	High	1,303	153.93	2,006	25
Cows	Lean 85-90%	Very Low	1,033	124.62	1,287	46

Every lot, as filed

59 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	350–400	389	417.99/cwt	416.00–420.00	1,626	8
Steers	Medium and Large 1	350–400	385	482.23/cwt	470.00–497.50	1,857	12
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Unweaned	500–550	527	341.00/cwt	341.00–341.00	1,797	6
Steers	Medium and Large 1Value Added	650–700	658	374.07/cwt	365.00–382.25	2,461	34
Steers	Medium and Large 1Thin Fleshed	400–450	405	501.00/cwt	501.00–501.00	2,029	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Fleshy	650–700	665	312.61/cwt	308.00–315.00	2,079	9
Steers	Medium and Large 1Value Added	400–450	433	471.94/cwt	468.00–480.00	2,044	15
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	500–550	516	364.00/cwt	364.00–364.00	1,878	7
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	500–550	533	349.01/cwt	341.00–355.00	1,860	14
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	650–700	658	330.00/cwt	330.00–330.00	2,171	9
Steers	Medium and Large 1Value Added	550–600	555	427.96/cwt	424.00–430.00	2,375	30
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	500–550	531	406.54/cwt	330.00–429.00	2,159	19
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	750–800	752	284.00/cwt	284.00–284.00	2,136	7
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Unweaned	450–500	478	348.97/cwt	335.00–364.00	1,668	4
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Unweaned	350–400	378	404.61/cwt	401.00–412.00	1,529	6
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	600–650	640	300.00/cwt	300.00–300.00	1,920	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	600–650	628	319.42/cwt	316.50–321.00	2,006	16
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	750–800	755	330.34/cwt	329.00–331.00	2,494	6
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	650–700	686	327.25/cwt	325.50–328.00	2,245	10
Steers	Medium and Large 1Thin Fleshed	500–550	519	472.00/cwt	472.00–472.00	2,450	14
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	400–450	443	431.19/cwt	430.00–432.00	1,910	5
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	350–400	383	457.19/cwt	435.00–467.00	1,751	6
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	950–1000	991	443.00/cwt	443.00–443.00	4,390	9
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	550–600	586	365.14/cwt	336.00–377.00	2,140	12
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	450–500	491	436.01/cwt	418.00–448.00	2,141	5
Steers	Medium and Large 1Value Added	500–550	522	452.00/cwt	452.00–452.00	2,359	7
Steers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	650–700	691	341.72/cwt	341.00–342.00	2,361	21
Steers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	550–600	562	398.89/cwt	384.00–402.00	2,242	53
Steers	Medium and Large 1	500–550	538	441.55/cwt	438.00–446.00	2,376	30
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	550–600	550	332.00/cwt	332.00–332.00	1,826	18
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	450–500	472	405.77/cwt	394.00–422.50	1,915	76
Steers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	500–550	514	443.64/cwt	442.00–444.00	2,280	23
Steers	Medium and Large 1Value Added	450–500	483	458.00/cwt	458.00–458.00	2,212	18
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	958	102.68/cwt	94.50–110.00	984	6
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	—	1,493	157.08/cwt	150.00–160.50	2,345	9
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	—	1,440	166.46/cwt	162.50–169.00	2,397	4
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,332	161.55/cwt	153.00–168.00	2,152	10
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,284	148.85/cwt	141.00–153.50	1,911	15
Bulls	—	—	1,764	173.98/cwt	160.00–184.00	3,069	7
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	550–600	563	332.42/cwt	317.00–340.00	1,872	43
Steers	Large 1-2	500–550	542	385.00/cwt	385.00–385.00	2,087	5
Bulls	—	—	1,449	160.63/cwt	142.00–169.50	2,328	4
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	967	116.42/cwt	109.00–128.00	1,126	19
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	1,108	147.13/cwt	142.00–153.00	1,630	4
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	1,115	136.24/cwt	128.00–142.00	1,519	17
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	400–450	437	403.70/cwt	400.00–414.00	1,764	11
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Value Added	450–500	490	403.00/cwt	403.00–403.00	1,975	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Thin Fleshed	500–550	528	380.00/cwt	380.00–380.00	2,006	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	500–550	505	354.00/cwt	354.00–354.00	1,788	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	300–350	302	422.00/cwt	422.00–422.00	1,274	2
Steers	Medium and Large 1	550–600	576	393.18/cwt	381.00–404.50	2,265	67
Steers	Medium and Large 1	450–500	468	466.92/cwt	450.00–479.00	2,185	47
Steers	Medium and Large 1	650–700	660	359.51/cwt	356.00–363.00	2,373	10
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Value Added	400–450	438	409.00/cwt	409.00–409.00	1,791	5
Steers	Medium and Large 1	700–750	730	336.28/cwt	335.00–341.00	2,455	26
Steers	Medium and Large 1	800–850	826	320.76/cwt	319.00–323.00	2,649	11
Steers	Medium and Large 1Thin Fleshed	450–500	474	485.71/cwt	482.00–491.00	2,302	22
Steers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	350–400	399	446.00/cwt	446.00–446.00	1,780	5
Steers	Medium and Large 1	600–650	621	379.98/cwt	374.00–399.00	2,360	44

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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