Name: South Central Regional Stockyards livestock auction prices — 2025-12-03
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2025-12-03

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to the sale two weeks ago, feeder steers and heifers 5.00-15.00 higher. Demand good. Supply moderate. Cattle market action is mostly positive so far this week with auctions and futures prices higher and a higher feedlot trade looking likely. A nice feeder offering is expected next week.

Weight class

Steers · summary 500–600 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

500–600 lb steers averaged $428.63/cwt on 96 head. That ranks 4 of 21 comparable sales and sits −55.36 against this barn's trailing median of $483.99.

Average price

$428.63

96 head · 549 lb average

Value per head Derived

$2,351

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$170

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

$26.24/cwt at this weight

vs the market

+19.33

vs MO average

−0.52 vs national

What quality paid 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1	550	435.46	2,396	71
Medium and Large 1-2	544	409.23	2,226	25

One grade step is worth $26.24/cwt here — about $170 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 sale96 hd

428.63

—

MO average14 barns · 2,992 hd

409.30

+19.33

National average190 barns · 23,426 hd

429.15

−0.52

This barn, trailing median21 sales

483.99

−55.36

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	1,593	170.87	2,721	6thin
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	High	1,522	165.39	2,517	16
Cows	Boner 80-85%	Low	1,295	152.15	1,971	18
Cows	Lean 85-90%	Very Low	1,076	129.99	1,399	48

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 Heifers	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	(<2 yrs)	1,240	$3,400	1thin

Every lot, as filed

60 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
Steers	Medium and Large 1Value Added	650–700	655	384.50/cwt	384.50–384.50	2,518	24
Steers	Medium and Large 1Value Added	600–650	612	397.90/cwt	396.50–399.00	2,435	32
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Replacement	650–700	673	341.00/cwt	341.00–341.00	2,295	9
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Replacement	500–550	536	400.00/cwt	400.00–400.00	2,144	6
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Value Added	550–600	576	379.00/cwt	379.00–379.00	2,183	21
Steers	Medium and Large 1Value Added	800–850	826	321.00/cwt	321.00–321.00	2,651	19
Steers	Medium and Large 1	550–600	572	402.23/cwt	399.00–407.00	2,301	15
Steers	Medium and Large 1	650–700	667	353.87/cwt	351.00–359.50	2,360	26
Steers	Medium and Large 1	750–800	756	330.00/cwt	330.00–330.00	2,495	6
Steers	Medium and Large 1	250–300	298	465.00/cwt	465.00–465.00	1,386	5
Steers	Medium and Large 1	500–550	528	457.09/cwt	432.00–465.00	2,413	28
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	400–450	425	435.29/cwt	410.00–449.00	1,850	18
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	500–550	528	375.64/cwt	374.00–380.00	1,983	16
Steers	Medium and Large 1	600–650	608	390.34/cwt	381.00–397.00	2,373	26
Steers	Medium and Large 1	400–450	422	474.07/cwt	460.00–500.00	2,001	25
Steers	Medium and Large 1	450–500	468	466.09/cwt	453.00–470.00	2,181	21
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	650–700	678	330.79/cwt	325.00–334.00	2,243	35
Steers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	700–750	722	325.00/cwt	325.00–325.00	2,347	10
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	600–650	628	341.34/cwt	335.00–347.00	2,144	21
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	800–850	808	276.50/cwt	276.50–276.50	2,234	6
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	250–300	290	415.00/cwt	415.00–415.00	1,204	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	450–500	471	400.41/cwt	379.00–424.00	1,886	32
Steers	Medium and Large 1	350–400	377	499.59/cwt	465.00–518.00	1,883	13
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	550–600	567	371.27/cwt	371.00–371.50	2,105	15
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	—	1,638	167.77/cwt	164.50–172.00	2,748	9
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	—	1,373	162.34/cwt	153.00–164.00	2,229	7
Bulls	—	—	1,592	163.95/cwt	158.00–170.00	2,610	3
Bulls	—	—	1,593	177.79/cwt	174.50–180.00	2,832	3
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	885	94.23/cwt	80.00–98.00	834	9
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	1,141	129.01/cwt	121.00–132.00	1,472	6
Steers	Medium 1	650–700	660	348.50/cwt	348.50–348.50	2,300	10
Heifers	Medium 1Fleshy	550–600	565	321.00/cwt	321.00–321.00	1,814	4
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	1,075	157.00/cwt	157.00–157.00	1,688	1
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	1,118	139.39/cwt	133.00–148.00	1,558	32
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,505	135.00/cwt	135.00–135.00	2,032	1
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,283	153.16/cwt	149.00–164.00	1,965	17
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	300–350	332	428.15/cwt	426.00–430.00	1,421	15
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	350–400	387	433.29/cwt	418.00–445.00	1,677	7
Steers	Medium and Large 1Value Added	500–550	539	462.50/cwt	462.50–462.50	2,493	10
Stock Cows	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,056	173.00/cwt	173.00–173.00	1,827	5
Bred Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	1,240	3,400.00/head	3,400.00–3,400.00	3,400	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Fleshy	550–600	583	340.39/cwt	340.00–341.00	1,984	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	450–500	477	380.22/cwt	370.00–397.50	1,814	6
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	600–650	616	332.44/cwt	330.00–335.00	2,048	4
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	500–550	533	417.81/cwt	407.00–426.00	2,227	17
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	450–500	474	415.87/cwt	410.00–428.00	1,971	11
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	400–450	428	387.43/cwt	385.00–392.00	1,658	9
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	350–400	367	411.43/cwt	410.00–414.00	1,510	8
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	450–500	487	394.00/cwt	394.00–394.00	1,919	4
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	550–600	560	352.00/cwt	352.00–352.00	1,971	2
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	550–600	567	390.99/cwt	388.00–392.00	2,217	8
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	700–750	701	336.00/cwt	326.00–341.00	2,355	6
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	550–600	572	345.04/cwt	337.50–351.00	1,974	13
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	500–550	519	366.83/cwt	359.00–372.00	1,904	13
Steers	Medium and Large 1Value Added	550–600	573	414.50/cwt	414.50–414.50	2,375	18
Steers	Medium and Large 1Value Added	750–800	762	330.00/cwt	330.00–330.00	2,515	7
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	650–700	656	340.00/cwt	340.00–340.00	2,230	4
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	350–400	362	453.03/cwt	446.00–465.00	1,640	9
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	600–650	615	365.00/cwt	365.00–365.00	2,245	3
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	650–700	658	291.98/cwt	290.00–294.00	1,921	4

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.

Missouri feeder prices, every weight →Every state and region →