Sale reports / Missouri / South Central Regional Stockyards / 2026-06-03

South Central Regional Stockyards

Feeder Cattle · Slaughter Cattle · Replacement Cattle · Vienna, Missouri · Wed, Jun 3
● Final52 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 1817
Feeder Cattle receipts
1,392 head
101 vs last sale 1,493 955 vs year ago 2,347 · 40.7%
Slaughter Cattle receipts
100 head
51 vs last sale 49 1 vs year ago 99 · +1.0%
Replacement Cattle receipts
70 head
50 vs last sale 20 50 vs year ago 20 · +250.0%
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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to the sale two weeks ago, feeder steers under 450 lbs firm to 5.00 higher, heavier weights 5.00-15.00 lower. Feeder heifers 10.00-15.00 lower. Slaughter cows 2.00-3.00 lower. Demand moderate. Supply moderate. Good buyer attendance for another nice feeder offering although everyone wants to buy them cheaper right now and some buyers never got out of the gate. Feeder contracts lost another 5.00-6.00 on Wednesday with new world screwworm talk the main culprit. Cow sale following the feeders featured a nice consignment of middle-aged fall calving cows.

Weight class

Steers · summary 500–600 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot
500–600 lb steers averaged $479.36/cwt on 270 head, down $17.19 from the prior sale. That ranks 8 of 21 comparable sales and sits 4.63 against this barn's trailing median of $483.99.
Average price
$479.36
17.19 vs prior sale
270 head · 543 lb average
Value per head Derived
$2,602
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
$99
per head · Medium and Large 1 over Medium and Large 1-2
$3.28/cwt at this weight
vs the market
+13.45
vs MO average
+20.17 vs national

What quality paid 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 1547480.232,628198
Medium and Large 1-2530476.952,52972
One grade step is worth $3.28/cwt here — about $99 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
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 sale270 hd
479.36
MO average19 barns · 4,492 hd
465.91
+13.45
National average164 barns · 12,433 hd
459.19
+20.17
This barn, trailing median21 sales
483.99
−4.63
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
BullsAverage1,798214.393,85513
CowsBreaker 75-80%Average1,535181.682,7888thin
CowsBoner 80-85%Low1,289177.772,29120
CowsLean 85-90%Average1,069156.741,67623

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 Cows2nd Stage (4-6 mo)Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)1,343$3,47218

Every lot, as filed

52 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
SteersMedium and Large 1650–700666407.62/cwt396.00–420.002,71544
SteersMedium and Large 1500–550530493.68/cwt474.00–520.002,617113
SteersMedium and Large 1600–650624435.77/cwt418.00–452.002,71997
SteersMedium and Large 1-2Value Added500–550520500.00/cwt500.00–500.002,60013
SteersMedium and Large 1-2450–500470494.34/cwt485.00–512.002,3239
SteersMedium and Large 1350–400379617.24/cwt575.00–650.002,33931
SteersMedium and Large 1550–600570464.29/cwt451.00–474.002,64680
SteersMedium and Large 1400–450423578.07/cwt546.00–603.002,44520
SteersMedium and Large 1300–350321639.70/cwt615.00–680.002,0539
SteersMedium and Large 1-2350–400369561.87/cwt535.00–590.002,0734
SteersMedium and Large 1450–500483524.01/cwt504.00–540.002,53155
SteersMedium and Large 1Unweaned650–700651410.00/cwt410.00–410.002,6693
SteersMedium and Large 1Value Added700–750738394.00/cwt394.00–394.002,90819
SteersMedium and Large 1Value Added600–650628448.84/cwt434.00–454.002,81966
SteersMedium and Large 1750–800761372.00/cwt372.00–372.002,8315
SteersMedium and Large 1-2600–650601430.00/cwt430.00–430.002,5848
SteersMedium and Large 1-2500–550522478.16/cwt450.00–497.002,49646
SteersMedium and Large 2600–650619406.00/cwt406.00–406.002,5137
SteersMedium and Large 1-2700–750711371.96/cwt354.00–385.002,6458
SteersMedium and Large 1-2550–600570449.61/cwt434.00–456.002,56313
HeifersMedium and Large 1300–350313550.44/cwt510.00–575.001,7239
HeifersMedium and Large 1700–750711345.00/cwt345.00–345.002,4534
HeifersMedium and Large 1650–700668360.45/cwt356.00–365.002,40816
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2550–600570387.67/cwt371.00–394.002,21015
HeifersMedium and Large 2450–500482386.41/cwt381.00–398.001,8626
BullsMedium and Large 1-2500–550519412.94/cwt390.00–430.002,14312
SteersMedium and Large 1700–750720408.15/cwt396.00–415.002,93927
HeifersMedium 1-2400–450431464.32/cwt464.00–465.002,0019
HeifersMedium and Large 2550–600575330.00/cwt330.00–330.001,8984
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2350–400375510.00/cwt510.00–510.001,9136
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2400–450443465.00/cwt465.00–465.002,0603
SteersMedium and Large 1Fleshy550–600574431.43/cwt426.00–440.002,4765
SteersMedium and Large 1-2400–450426547.04/cwt520.00–580.002,33036
HeifersMedium and Large 1550–600561417.26/cwt404.00–450.002,34147
HeifersMedium and Large 1450–500476466.88/cwt446.00–482.502,22256
HeifersMedium and Large 1400–450426500.93/cwt475.00–526.002,13434
HeifersMedium and Large 1600–650627377.74/cwt369.00–389.002,36826
HeifersMedium and Large 1500–550522438.48/cwt425.00–452.502,28973
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2450–500490434.48/cwt430.00–453.002,12910
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2500–550536399.26/cwt391.00–420.002,1408
HeifersMedium and Large 1350–400376521.07/cwt512.00–528.001,95929
Bred CowsMedium and Large 11,3433,472.14/head3,400.00–3,525.003,47218
Bulls1,858220.28/cwt208.00–231.004,09311
Bulls1,470182.00/cwt182.00–182.002,6752
CowsBoner 80-85%1,418164.61/cwt158.00–168.002,3344
CowsBoner 80-85%1,296188.37/cwt185.00–190.002,4414
CowsBoner 80-85%1,243178.62/cwt170.00–184.002,22012
CowsLean 85-90%1,122164.07/cwt156.50–170.501,84113
CowsLean 85-90%1,015181.00/cwt181.00–181.001,8371
CowsLean 85-90%999143.45/cwt136.00–150.001,4339
CowsBreaker 75-80%1,584177.49/cwt170.50–182.002,8114
CowsBreaker 75-80%1,485185.86/cwt185.00–187.502,7604

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.