Sale reports / Missouri / South Central Regional Stockyards / 2026-08-19

South Central Regional Stockyards

Feeder Cattle · Slaughter Cattle · Replacement Cattle · Vienna, Missouri · Wed, Aug 19
● Final48 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 1817
Jul 22Aug 19latest
Feeder Cattle receipts
904 head
486 vs last sale 418 904 vs year ago 0 · no sale a year ago
Slaughter Cattle receipts
28 head
2 vs last sale 26 28 vs year ago 0 · no sale a year ago
Replacement Cattle receipts
40 head
30 vs last sale 10 40 vs year ago 0 · no sale a year ago
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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

No recent comparisons available although feeder prices were unevenly steady with the last reported sale four weeks ago. Slaughter cows sold with a lower undertone. Supply moderate. Demand moderate to good. The market was probably better than expected as tight feeder supplies and past profits help maintain demand. Packing plant closures and reduced slaughter pace have helped soften fed cattle demand and cause uncertainty about cattle prices even though the numbers are on our side for the time being. The current Ag Center Feeder Meter shows feedlot closeouts to be red by well over $400/head.

Weight class

Steers · summary 500–600 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot
500–600 lb steers averaged $414.87/cwt on 83 head, down $9.55 from the prior sale. That ranks 1 of 21 comparable sales and sits 69.12 against this barn's trailing median of $483.99.
Average price
$414.87
9.55 vs prior sale
83 head · 562 lb average
Value per head Derived
$2,332
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
$270
per head · Medium and Large 1 over Medium and Large 2
$38.25/cwt at this weight
vs the market
+15.05
vs MO average
+27.12 vs national

What quality paid 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 1563416.252,34180
Medium and Large 2548378.002,0713thin
One grade step is worth $38.25/cwt here — about $270 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
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 sale83 hd
414.87
MO average8 barns · 672 hd
399.82
+15.05
National average75 barns · 3,130 hd
387.75
+27.12
This barn, trailing median21 sales
483.99
−69.12
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
BullsHigh1,760212.223,7364thin
CowsBoner 80-85%High1,256165.892,0835thin
CowsBreaker 75-80%Average1,684165.372,7855thin
CowsLean 85-90%Very Low1,062137.471,45910

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 Heifers1st Stage (1-3 mo)(<2 yrs)934$3,2508

Every lot, as filed

48 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
CowsBoner 80-85%1,315175.00/cwt175.00–175.002,3011
CowsLean 85-90%870115.00/cwt115.00–115.001,0011
CowsLean 85-90%1,041133.94/cwt119.00–142.001,3945
CowsLean 85-90%1,135147.49/cwt143.00–153.001,6744
CowsBreaker 75-80%1,684165.37/cwt162.00–174.002,7855
CowsBoner 80-85%1,241163.61/cwt162.00–166.002,0304
Bulls1,685226.50/cwt226.50–226.503,8171
Bulls1,720196.50/cwt196.50–196.503,3801
Bulls1,818212.94/cwt204.00–222.003,8712
Bred HeifersMedium and Large 1-29343,250.00/head3,250.00–3,250.003,2508
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2700–750711320.00/cwt320.00–320.002,27518
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2600–650626336.00/cwt336.00–336.002,10310
HeifersMedium and Large 1650–700671336.00/cwt336.00–336.002,2556
HeifersMedium and Large 1600–650634355.21/cwt346.00–364.502,25248
HeifersMedium and Large 1450–500468443.96/cwt432.00–452.502,0785
HeifersMedium and Large 1350–400370481.30/cwt465.00–500.001,7818
HeifersMedium and Large 1Replacement700–750732354.00/cwt354.00–354.002,5914
HeifersMedium and Large 1Replacement750–800755330.00/cwt330.00–330.002,4923
HeifersMedium and Large 1400–450423453.42/cwt445.00–470.001,91813
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2550–600568375.00/cwt358.00–378.002,13021
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2500–550537369.93/cwt366.00–374.001,9876
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2800–850801295.00/cwt295.00–295.002,3633
SteersMedium and Large 1350–400377503.90/cwt490.00–515.001,9009
SteersMedium and Large 2700–750740325.00/cwt325.00–325.002,4054
SteersMedium and Large 1Fleshy500–550542413.00/cwt413.00–413.002,2388
SteersMedium and Large 1Fleshy400–450447465.00/cwt465.00–465.002,0794
SteersMedium and Large 1Fleshy550–600595378.00/cwt378.00–378.002,2493
HeifersMedium and Large 1Replacement650–700667353.91/cwt343.00–359.002,36123
SteersMedium and Large 1550–600572414.78/cwt402.00–436.502,37355
SteersMedium and Large 1450–500470461.71/cwt434.00–475.002,17033
SteersMedium and Large 2500–550548378.00/cwt378.00–378.002,0713
SteersMedium and Large 1-2400–450441472.28/cwt464.00–482.502,08312
SteersMedium and Large 1-2450–500476453.37/cwt444.00–460.002,1589
SteersMedium and Large 1Full650–700683354.00/cwt354.00–354.002,4185
SteersMedium and Large 1650–700671379.42/cwt361.00–391.502,54643
SteersMedium and Large 1750–800772336.80/cwt333.50–337.752,60033
SteersMedium and Large 1400–450436488.13/cwt480.00–492.502,1287
SteersMedium and Large 1700–750710377.80/cwt338.50–391.002,68299
SteersMedium and Large 1600–650627400.91/cwt377.50–430.002,51460
SteersMedium and Large 1500–550530432.08/cwt425.00–437.002,29014
SteersMedium and Large 1-2600–650639384.59/cwt364.00–388.002,45831
SteersMedium and Large 1-2300–350315542.14/cwt535.00–550.001,7084
HeifersMedium and Large 1550–600560378.47/cwt369.00–382.502,11912
HeifersMedium and Large 1500–550530405.20/cwt392.00–420.002,14876
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2300–350311506.31/cwt500.00–515.001,5755
HeifersMedium and Large 1Full500–550526385.00/cwt385.00–385.002,0253
HeifersMedium and Large 1Fleshy500–550544359.86/cwt357.00–361.001,95814
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2Fleshy500–550513350.00/cwt350.00–350.001,7966

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.