Name: South Central Regional Stockyards livestock auction prices — 2025-12-10
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2025-12-10

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to last Wednesday, feeder steers under 450 lbs 30.00-50.00 higher, over 450 lbs 10.00-30.00 higher. Feeder heifers under 400 lbs 30.00-50.00 higher, 400-550 lbs 20.00-30.00 higher and over 550 lbs steady to 10.00 higher. Slaughter cows steady. Demand good to very good. Supply moderate. Nice feeder offering with several high quality consignments. Lots of demand for light and mid-weight cattle this week with several instances where steers and heifers weighing 550 lbs would bring the same dollars as their mates weighing 650 lbs. Final sale of the year next week with several nice bred heifers expected.

Weight class

Steers · summary 500–600 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

500–600 lb steers averaged $452.50/cwt on 189 head. That ranks 4 of 21 comparable sales and sits −31.49 against this barn's trailing median of $483.99.

Average price

$452.50

189 head · 554 lb average

Value per head Derived

$2,507

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$240

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

$34.84/cwt at this weight

vs the market

+28.59

vs MO average

+21.87 vs national

What quality paid 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1	555	455.45	2,528	173
Medium and Large 1-2	544	420.61	2,287	16thin

One grade step is worth $34.84/cwt here — about $240 a head. Across this sale the premium is widest at 700–800 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 sale189 hd

452.50

—

MO average19 barns · 5,168 hd

423.91

+28.59

National average179 barns · 20,601 hd

430.63

+21.87

This barn, trailing median21 sales

483.99

−31.49

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	—	Average	1,867	181.33	3,386	7thin
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	High	1,521	165.95	2,525	11
Cows	Boner 80-85%	Low	1,216	155.46	1,891	13
Cows	Lean 85-90%	Very Low	1,070	127.99	1,369	23

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)	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	1,178	$2,796	2thin
Bred Heifers	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	Young (2-4 yrs)	830	$2,400	2thin

Every lot, as filed

77 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 1Fleshy	650–700	690	351.00/cwt	351.00–351.00	2,422	19
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Value Added	650–700	650	348.00/cwt	348.00–348.00	2,262	9
Heifers	Medium and Large 2Unweaned	550–600	588	272.50/cwt	272.50–272.50	1,602	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	600–650	610	337.00/cwt	337.00–337.00	2,056	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	550–600	571	344.00/cwt	344.00–344.00	1,964	10
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	700–750	733	341.00/cwt	341.00–341.00	2,500	3
Steers	Medium and Large 1	600–650	608	411.56/cwt	395.00–424.00	2,502	82
Steers	Medium and Large 1	450–500	476	498.86/cwt	487.50–519.00	2,375	28
Steers	Medium and Large 1	400–450	426	547.87/cwt	532.50–560.00	2,334	22
Steers	Medium and Large 1	750–800	775	354.15/cwt	337.50–358.00	2,745	32
Steers	Medium and Large 1	900–950	916	319.50/cwt	319.50–319.50	2,927	3
Steers	Medium and Large 1	350–400	391	519.89/cwt	515.00–523.00	2,033	5
Steers	Medium and Large 1	500–550	529	474.83/cwt	454.00–504.00	2,512	66
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	400–450	414	503.86/cwt	500.00–512.00	2,086	12
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	500–550	531	435.43/cwt	434.00–440.00	2,312	11
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	350–400	358	503.12/cwt	484.00–522.50	1,801	4
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	300–350	315	554.00/cwt	554.00–554.00	1,745	5
Steers	Medium and Large 1	550–600	574	441.12/cwt	410.00–484.00	2,532	91
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	550–600	572	388.00/cwt	388.00–388.00	2,219	5
Steers	Medium and Large 1	850–900	861	329.50/cwt	329.50–329.50	2,837	12
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	450–500	482	473.30/cwt	428.00–496.00	2,281	21
Steers	Medium and Large 1	700–750	731	362.20/cwt	354.00–366.00	2,648	142
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	600–650	618	389.22/cwt	386.00–391.00	2,405	16
Steers	Large 1	800–850	825	325.00/cwt	325.00–325.00	2,681	4
Steers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	600–650	630	375.00/cwt	375.00–375.00	2,363	3
Steers	Medium and Large 1Value Added	550–600	590	432.00/cwt	432.00–432.00	2,549	8
Steers	Medium and Large 1Value Added	500–550	518	482.00/cwt	482.00–482.00	2,497	8
Steers	Medium 1-2	700–750	713	324.00/cwt	324.00–324.00	2,310	3
Steers	Medium and Large 1	650–700	681	370.58/cwt	358.00–373.00	2,524	138
Steers	Medium and Large 1Value Added	650–700	670	374.00/cwt	374.00–374.00	2,506	9
Steers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	650–700	687	341.50/cwt	341.50–341.50	2,346	5
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	650–700	672	356.11/cwt	332.50–364.00	2,393	18
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	600–650	635	327.01/cwt	305.00–341.00	2,077	10
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	400–450	412	500.00/cwt	500.00–500.00	2,060	6
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	350–400	387	422.00/cwt	422.00–422.00	1,633	4
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	500–550	526	414.00/cwt	414.00–414.00	2,178	3
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	400–450	436	320.00/cwt	320.00–320.00	1,395	3
Bulls	Medium and Large 2Unweaned	550–600	590	286.00/cwt	286.00–286.00	1,687	7
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	—	1,532	166.30/cwt	164.00–167.00	2,548	10
Bulls	—	—	2,145	189.42/cwt	182.50–195.00	4,063	2
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,285	139.84/cwt	138.00–142.00	1,797	2
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	943	97.54/cwt	90.00–108.00	920	2
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	1,041	125.43/cwt	111.00–131.00	1,306	12
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	1,136	138.18/cwt	133.00–147.00	1,570	9
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	—	1,415	162.50/cwt	162.50–162.50	2,299	1
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,192	156.36/cwt	154.00–161.00	1,864	9
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,257	167.00/cwt	167.00–167.00	2,099	2
Bulls	—	—	1,753	172.61/cwt	159.50–178.00	3,026	4
Bulls	—	—	1,770	200.00/cwt	200.00–200.00	3,540	1
Bred Heifers	Medium 1-2	—	830	2,400.00/head	2,400.00–2,400.00	2,400	2
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,178	2,795.86/head	2,750.00–2,850.00	2,796	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	500–550	528	392.78/cwt	372.00–414.00	2,074	48
Heifers	Medium and Large 2-3	600–650	601	286.00/cwt	286.00–286.00	1,719	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	550–600	582	353.61/cwt	340.00–360.00	2,058	19
Heifers	Medium 2	650–700	681	304.00/cwt	304.00–304.00	2,070	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	400–450	431	458.61/cwt	428.00–481.00	1,977	28
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Fleshy	550–600	588	346.00/cwt	346.00–346.00	2,034	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Fleshy	600–650	642	330.00/cwt	330.00–330.00	2,119	4
Heifers	Medium 1-2	450–500	483	348.00/cwt	348.00–348.00	1,681	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	650–700	651	322.50/cwt	322.50–322.50	2,099	13
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	550–600	555	320.00/cwt	320.00–320.00	1,776	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	650–700	693	331.78/cwt	330.00–332.00	2,299	82
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	400–450	434	411.27/cwt	406.00–417.00	1,785	14
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	300–350	311	474.00/cwt	463.00–482.00	1,474	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	550–600	572	379.23/cwt	355.00–395.00	2,169	39
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	450–500	473	402.41/cwt	374.00–426.00	1,903	36
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	350–400	373	453.75/cwt	415.00–472.00	1,692	23
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	750–800	768	294.00/cwt	294.00–294.00	2,258	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	600–650	624	347.78/cwt	340.00–359.00	2,170	43
Heifers	Medium 1-2	550–600	581	338.50/cwt	338.50–338.50	1,967	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	500–550	536	360.57/cwt	338.00–393.00	1,933	17
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	450–500	472	434.24/cwt	426.00–461.00	2,050	36
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Replacement	550–600	565	397.37/cwt	390.00–407.00	2,245	20
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	500–550	530	412.70/cwt	394.00–432.50	2,187	78
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	300–350	348	490.00/cwt	490.00–490.00	1,705	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	600–650	617	339.74/cwt	335.00–340.00	2,096	60
Steers	Medium and Large 1Fleshy	700–750	738	331.00/cwt	331.00–331.00	2,443	3

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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