Name: South Central Regional Stockyards livestock auction prices — 2026-05-06
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2026-05-06

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to last Wednesday, feeder steers steady to 5.00 higher. Feeder heifers mostly 5.00-10.00 higher except under 400 lbs near steady. Slaughter cows steady. Demand very good. Supply moderate. We're right in the heart of the fall calves now with numerous high quality, reputation consignments and a similar run expected next week. A couple of highlights today were 80 head unweaned 510 lb steers with modified live @ 558.00 and 36 head unweaned 615 lb steers with modified live @ 475.00.

Weight class

Steers · summary 500–600 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

500–600 lb steers averaged $510.58/cwt on 426 head, up $3.34 from the prior sale. That ranks 20 of 21 comparable sales and sits +26.58 against this barn's trailing median of $483.99.

Average price

$510.58

▲ 3.34 vs prior sale

426 head · 551 lb average

Value per head Derived

$2,813

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$250

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

$43.15/cwt at this weight

vs the market

+13.11

vs MO average

+23.03 vs national

What quality paid 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1	551	513.31	2,828	399
Medium and Large 1-2	548	470.16	2,579	27

One grade step is worth $43.15/cwt here — about $250 a head. Across this sale the premium is widest at 300–400 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 sale426 hd

510.58

—

MO average20 barns · 4,459 hd

497.47

+13.11

National average180 barns · 14,267 hd

487.55

+23.03

This barn, trailing median21 sales

483.99

+26.58

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	1,930	220.87	4,263	7thin
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	High	1,495	186.73	2,792	2thin
Cows	Boner 80-85%	High	1,295	168.24	2,179	15
Cows	Lean 85-90%	Average	1,044	151.97	1,587	24

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	1st/2nd Stage (1-6 mo)	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	1,086	$2,816	4thin

Every lot, as filed

70 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 1	350–400	366	650.63/cwt	602.50–677.50	2,381	16
Steers	Medium and Large 2	650–700	683	385.00/cwt	385.00–385.00	2,630	3
Steers	Medium 1-2	450–500	455	476.59/cwt	469.00–495.00	2,168	7
Steers	Medium 1-2	350–400	395	592.50/cwt	592.50–592.50	2,340	4
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	300–350	332	664.38/cwt	640.00–695.00	2,206	6
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	550–600	570	449.18/cwt	434.00–467.00	2,560	22
Steers	Medium and Large 1	700–750	727	409.02/cwt	400.25–430.00	2,974	102
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	700–750	703	398.15/cwt	391.00–401.00	2,799	7
Steers	Medium and Large 1	750–800	755	407.50/cwt	407.50–407.50	3,077	13
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	500–550	543	490.00/cwt	490.00–490.00	2,661	12
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Fleshy	500–550	508	480.00/cwt	480.00–480.00	2,438	3
Steers	Medium and Large 1	400–450	420	600.24/cwt	555.00–613.00	2,521	70
Steers	Medium and Large 1	250–300	273	777.52/cwt	775.00–780.00	2,123	4
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	650–700	672	428.10/cwt	410.00–435.00	2,877	11
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	450–500	466	517.67/cwt	510.00–522.50	2,412	8
Steers	Medium 1	350–400	391	560.00/cwt	560.00–560.00	2,190	3
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	550–600	564	447.87/cwt	438.00–452.00	2,526	12
Steers	Medium and Large 1	500–550	516	544.83/cwt	500.00–558.00	2,811	139
Steers	Medium and Large 1Value Added	550–600	569	512.50/cwt	512.50–512.50	2,916	12
Steers	Medium and Large 1Value Added	600–650	609	477.00/cwt	477.00–477.00	2,905	18
Steers	Medium and Large 1Value Added	650–700	668	448.50/cwt	448.50–448.50	2,996	12
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Thin Fleshed	600–650	630	455.00/cwt	455.00–455.00	2,867	8
Steers	Medium and Large 1	450–500	462	546.34/cwt	526.00–560.00	2,524	77
Steers	Medium and Large 1	300–350	334	704.21/cwt	675.00–725.00	2,352	5
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	400–450	409	577.58/cwt	568.00–585.00	2,362	7
Steers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	600–650	617	463.40/cwt	437.00–475.00	2,859	30
Steers	Medium and Large 1Value Added	500–550	544	525.00/cwt	525.00–525.00	2,856	35
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	350–400	366	605.00/cwt	605.00–605.00	2,214	3
Steers	Medium and Large 1	550–600	575	496.01/cwt	457.00–510.50	2,852	180
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Fleshy	500–550	511	463.00/cwt	463.00–463.00	2,366	7
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	600–650	614	416.93/cwt	407.50–431.50	2,560	26
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	400–450	415	544.56/cwt	534.00–555.00	2,260	4
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	450–500	475	489.89/cwt	470.00–500.00	2,327	8
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	350–400	385	594.19/cwt	560.00–627.00	2,288	10
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	500–550	521	487.61/cwt	482.00–498.00	2,540	14
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	1,091	161.24/cwt	153.50–166.00	1,759	10
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,205	182.50/cwt	182.50–182.50	2,199	1
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,292	171.91/cwt	168.00–180.00	2,221	6
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	—	1,495	186.73/cwt	186.00–187.50	2,792	2
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,309	163.71/cwt	152.00–168.00	2,143	8
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	1,007	143.07/cwt	132.00–149.00	1,441	13
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	1,055	175.00/cwt	175.00–175.00	1,846	1
Bulls	—	—	2,505	215.00/cwt	215.00–215.00	5,386	1
Bulls	—	—	1,834	221.85/cwt	210.00–232.00	4,069	6
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,086	2,816.05/head	2,650.00–3,000.00	2,816	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	500–550	505	439.00/cwt	439.00–439.00	2,217	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	450–500	485	457.24/cwt	454.00–462.00	2,218	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	400–450	414	506.17/cwt	500.00–512.00	2,096	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	350–400	395	461.49/cwt	450.00–514.00	1,823	11
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	550–600	582	413.10/cwt	406.00–428.00	2,404	9
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Fleshy	650–700	666	350.39/cwt	346.00–355.00	2,334	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	650–700	691	354.50/cwt	354.50–354.50	2,450	12
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Value Added	450–500	485	515.61/cwt	505.00–540.00	2,501	36
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	600–650	636	366.45/cwt	354.00–375.00	2,331	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	300–350	317	595.53/cwt	550.00–616.00	1,888	17
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	250–300	262	655.00/cwt	655.00–655.00	1,716	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Fleshy	550–600	576	414.00/cwt	414.00–414.00	2,385	8
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	350–400	386	564.27/cwt	550.00–575.00	2,178	64
Steers	Medium and Large 1Fleshy	550–600	583	455.39/cwt	443.00–462.00	2,655	25
Steers	Medium and Large 1Fleshy	600–650	643	425.71/cwt	425.00–426.00	2,737	17
Steers	Medium and Large 1Fleshy	750–800	788	370.00/cwt	370.00–370.00	2,916	9
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	400–450	431	535.38/cwt	530.00–546.00	2,307	52
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	450–500	476	492.46/cwt	468.00–525.00	2,344	122
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	600–650	616	404.66/cwt	391.00–408.00	2,493	35
Steers	Medium and Large 1Fleshy	650–700	687	425.68/cwt	419.00–427.00	2,924	30
Steers	Medium and Large 1	850–900	886	338.00/cwt	338.00–338.00	2,995	8
Steers	Medium and Large 1	600–650	620	464.12/cwt	446.00–474.50	2,878	56
Steers	Medium and Large 1	650–700	674	443.76/cwt	439.00–445.00	2,991	19
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	500–550	519	477.98/cwt	440.00–500.00	2,481	80
Steers	Medium and Large 1Fleshy	500–550	524	486.01/cwt	478.00–491.00	2,547	8

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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