Sale reports / Missouri / South Central Regional Stockyards / 2025-12-17

South Central Regional Stockyards

Feeder Cattle · Slaughter Cattle · Replacement Cattle · Vienna, Missouri · Wed, Dec 17
● Final32 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 1817
Feeder Cattle receipts
140 head
1,684 vs last sale 1,824 189 vs year ago 329 · 57.4%
Slaughter Cattle receipts
123 head
35 vs last sale 88 29 vs year ago 94 · +30.9%
Replacement Cattle receipts
130 head
110 vs last sale 20 10 vs year ago 140 · 7.1%
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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Feeder supply not sufficient to establish a market trend. Slaughter cows steady. Special cow sale followed a light offering of feeders highlighted by two consignments of nice 2nd and 3rd period heifers.

Weight class

Steers · summary 500–600 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot
500–600 lb steers averaged $427.99/cwt on 15 head. That ranks 3 of 21 comparable sales and sits 56.00 against this barn's trailing median of $483.99.
Average price
$427.99
15 head · 549 lb average
Value per head Derived
$2,349
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
single grade reported
vs the market
2.93
vs MO average
16.11 vs national

What quality paid 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 1549427.992,34915thin
Only one grade was reported at this weight, so there is no spread to compute.

This barn's trailing prices 500–600 lb

21 sales
530487444401median 483.9912/1702/1804/2206/0308/19
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 sale15 hd
427.99
MO average20 barns · 3,797 hd
430.92
−2.93
National average163 barns · 16,063 hd
444.10
−16.11
This barn, trailing median21 sales
483.99
−56.00
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 · $/cwt
Cull cows and bulls are graded, not weight-classed — grade is what moves the money here.
ClassGradeDressingAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
BullsLow1,794173.243,1088thin
CowsBoner 80-85%Low1,328162.042,15228
CowsBreaker 75-80%Average1,473158.012,32713
CowsLean 85-90%Low1,117135.761,51724

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 $/cwt figures above.
ClassStageAgeAvg wt$/headHead
Bred Cows3rd Stage (7-9 mo)Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)1,338$3,2074thin
Bred Heifers2nd/3rd Stage (4-9 mo)(<2 yrs)1,000$3,82987
Bred Heifers1st Stage (1-3 mo)(<2 yrs)1,031$3,3004thin

Every lot, as filed

32 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.
ClassGrade / descriptionWeightAvg wtPriceRangePer headHead
HeifersMedium and Large 1950–1000965266.99/cwt241.00–286.502,5767
CowsBoner 80-85%1,485145.00/cwt145.00–145.002,1531
CowsBreaker 75-80%1,429154.18/cwt154.00–155.002,2036
CowsBreaker 75-80%1,491165.00/cwt165.00–165.002,4605
SteersMedium and Large 1400–450412504.49/cwt504.00–505.002,0786
SteersMedium and Large 1550–600567415.98/cwt414.00–418.002,3597
SteersMedium and Large 1500–550533438.50/cwt433.00–456.002,3378
SteersMedium and Large 1-2300–350306508.63/cwt502.00–515.001,5564
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2400–450414418.87/cwt410.00–426.001,7346
HeifersMedium and Large 1500–550532393.00/cwt393.00–393.002,0912
SteersMedium and Large 1450–500495455.52/cwt451.00–460.002,2554
SteersMedium and Large 1-2350–400384494.67/cwt472.00–505.001,9008
HeifersMedium and Large 1550–600550386.00/cwt386.00–386.002,1234
BullsMedium and Large 1-2650–700660331.00/cwt331.00–331.002,1852
BullsMedium and Large 1-2500–550529412.22/cwt384.00–424.002,1817
BullsMedium and Large 1-2450–500475428.74/cwt411.00–459.002,0376
BullsMedium and Large 1-2600–650643338.00/cwt338.00–338.002,1733
BullsMedium and Large 1-2700–750727271.00/cwt271.00–271.001,9705
HeifersMedium and Large 1900–950920275.50/cwt275.50–275.502,5352
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2300–350335426.00/cwt412.00–440.001,4274
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2350–400372434.00/cwt434.00–434.001,6142
Bred CowsMedium and Large 1-21,3383,206.59/head3,000.00–3,335.003,2074
Bred HeifersMedium and Large 1-21,0313,300.00/head3,300.00–3,300.003,3004
Bred HeifersMedium and Large 1-21,0003,828.62/head3,500.00–4,250.003,82987
Bulls1,745161.67/cwt155.00–165.502,8214
CowsLean 85-90%1,041128.02/cwt120.00–132.001,3335
CowsLean 85-90%98890.31/cwt86.00–94.008922
Bulls1,843184.80/cwt180.00–191.003,4064
CowsBoner 80-85%1,303157.43/cwt151.00–162.502,05113
CowsBreaker 75-80%1,560152.00/cwt152.00–152.002,3712
CowsLean 85-90%1,155143.38/cwt135.00–148.501,65617
CowsBoner 80-85%1,340167.53/cwt163.00–169.002,24514

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.