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South Central Regional Stockyards

Name: South Central Regional Stockyards livestock auction prices — 2025-01-29
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2025-01-29

Feeder Cattle · Slaughter Cattle · Replacement Cattle · Vienna, Missouri · Wed, Jan 29

● Final79 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 1817

← Jan 22Jan 29Feb 5 →

Feeder Cattle receipts

1,417 head

▲ 2 vs last sale 1,415▼ 489 vs year ago 1,906 · −25.7%

Slaughter Cattle receipts

100 head

▲ 68 vs last sale 32▲ 34 vs year ago 66 · +51.5%

Replacement Cattle receipts

50 head

▲ 35 vs last sale 15▲ 10 vs year ago 40 · +25.0%

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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to last Wednesday, feeder steers and heifers 2.00-12.00 higher with instances fully 15.00 higher on steers near 625 lbs and heifers near 525 lbs. Slaughter cows 1.00-3.00 higher. Demand good to very good. Supply moderate. Slaughter cows 1.00-3.00 higher. Good quality and condition in the feeder offering again this week. To quote Buck Taylor in Tombstone "I ain't got the words" to describe the cattle market at this point as another record fed cattle trade last week is continuing to stoke the feeder cattle fire.

Weight class — the figures below change to match

Weight classPick one — the panels below update

Steers · summary 500–600 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

500–600 lb steers averaged $352.83/cwt on 183 head. That ranks 1 of 20 comparable sales and sits −127.19 against this barn's trailing median of $480.03.

Average price

$352.83

183 head · 551 lb average

Value per head Derived

$1,944

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$570

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

$85.41/cwt at this weight

vs the market

+13.32

vs MO average

+4.17 vs national

Price by quality 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1	557	360.41	2,009	143
Medium and Large 1-2	529	329.85	1,745	37
Medium and Large 2	523	275.00	1,438	3thin

One grade step is worth $85.41/cwt here — about $570 a head. Across this sale the premium is widest at 500–600 lb. USDA reports each grade on its own line and never publishes the spread.

How it compared 500–600 lb

Same class and week · spot auction only

This sale183 hd

352.83

—

MO average17 barns · 4,494 hd

339.51

+13.32

National average177 barns · 23,098 hd

348.66

+4.17

This barn, trailing median20 sales

480.03

−127.19

A barn can sit above the state average at one weight and below it at another — check the class you actually sell.

This barn's trailing prices 500–600 lb

20 sales

Steers 500–600 lb: high $516.16, low $414.87, median $480.03 across 20 sales. Sales under 10 head in this class are excluded, so a thin day cannot swing the median or the ranking.

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	—	Low	1,943	150.89	2,932	9thin
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	Average	1,616	125.87	2,034	11
Cows	Boner 80-85%	Average	1,277	123.58	1,579	27
Cows	Lean 85-90%	Low	1,086	102.64	1,114	18

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	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	Young (2-4 yrs)	1,265	$2,400	1thin
Bred Cows	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	Aged (>8 yrs)	1,131	$1,338	25

Every lot

79 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. Grouped by class and set lightest first; USDA files them in sale-ring order.

Class	Weight	Grade / description	Avg wt	Price	Range	Per head	Head
Feeder Cattle · Steers28 lots · lightest first
Steers	350–400	Medium and Large 1-2	371	380.17/cwt	368.00–390.00	1,410	8
Steers	350–400	Medium and Large 1	385	400.49/cwt	394.00–410.00	1,542	13
Steers	400–450	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	403	367.07/cwt	360.00–379.00	1,479	8
Steers	400–450	Medium and Large 1-2	416	365.93/cwt	356.00–385.00	1,522	17
Steers	400–450	Medium and Large 1	428	388.32/cwt	380.00–399.00	1,662	10
Steers	450–500	Medium and Large 1-2	467	366.23/cwt	356.00–377.00	1,710	14
Steers	450–500	Medium and Large 1	475	393.59/cwt	372.00–410.00	1,870	37
Steers	450–500	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	476	357.00/cwt	357.00–357.00	1,699	3
Steers	500–550	Medium and Large 1-2	514	342.56/cwt	340.00–347.00	1,761	20
Steers	500–550	Medium and Large 1-2Unweaned	518	310.00/cwt	310.00–310.00	1,606	4
Steers	500–550	Medium and Large 2	523	275.00/cwt	275.00–275.00	1,438	3
Steers	500–550	Medium and Large 1	525	380.27/cwt	348.00–394.00	1,996	39
Steers	500–550	Medium and Large 1Value Added	541	384.50/cwt	384.50–384.50	2,080	24
Steers	550–600	Medium and Large 1-2	554	325.23/cwt	315.00–338.00	1,802	10
Steers	550–600	Medium and Large 1-2Unweaned	561	287.00/cwt	287.00–287.00	1,610	3
Steers	550–600	Medium and Large 1	576	347.95/cwt	326.00–371.00	2,004	66
Steers	550–600	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	587	322.53/cwt	320.50–330.00	1,893	14
Steers	600–650	Medium and Large 1-2	616	313.76/cwt	294.00–328.00	1,933	15
Steers	600–650	Medium and Large 1Value Added	624	355.00/cwt	355.00–355.00	2,215	9
Steers	600–650	Medium and Large 1	624	335.22/cwt	301.00–356.00	2,092	97
Steers	600–650	Medium and Large 2	628	270.00/cwt	270.00–270.00	1,696	3
Steers	650–700	Medium and Large 1Fleshy	655	290.00/cwt	290.00–290.00	1,900	3
Steers	650–700	Medium and Large 1	680	297.53/cwt	288.00–326.00	2,023	84
Steers	700–750	Medium and Large 1	719	297.18/cwt	291.00–308.50	2,137	37
Steers	750–800	Medium and Large 1	764	280.70/cwt	275.00–286.00	2,145	44
Steers	800–850	Large 1	804	244.75/cwt	244.75–244.75	1,968	11
Steers	800–850	Medium and Large 1	819	272.06/cwt	265.00–277.00	2,228	10
Steers	850–900	Medium and Large 1	882	246.00/cwt	246.00–246.00	2,170	4
Feeder Cattle · Heifers34 lots · lightest first
Heifers	250–300	Medium and Large 1-2	268	345.00/cwt	345.00–345.00	925	3
Heifers	300–350	Medium and Large 1	338	378.00/cwt	378.00–378.00	1,278	3
Heifers	350–400	Medium and Large 1-2	363	357.27/cwt	342.00–366.00	1,297	11
Heifers	350–400	Medium and Large 1Thin Fleshed	375	389.00/cwt	389.00–389.00	1,459	10
Heifers	350–400	Medium and Large 1	377	373.14/cwt	370.00–380.00	1,407	12
Heifers	400–450	Medium and Large 1Thin Fleshed	403	387.00/cwt	387.00–387.00	1,560	13
Heifers	400–450	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	411	350.00/cwt	350.00–350.00	1,439	3
Heifers	400–450	Medium and Large 1	412	367.10/cwt	356.00–370.00	1,512	18
Heifers	400–450	Medium and Large 1-2	429	338.18/cwt	337.00–340.00	1,451	7
Heifers	450–500	Medium and Large 1-2	469	317.57/cwt	291.00–332.00	1,489	11
Heifers	450–500	Medium and Large 1	475	343.21/cwt	328.00–353.00	1,630	20
Heifers	450–500	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	482	300.00/cwt	300.00–300.00	1,446	4
Heifers	450–500	Medium and Large 1Value Added	493	345.29/cwt	338.00–352.50	1,702	30
Heifers	500–550	Medium and Large 2	521	262.00/cwt	262.00–262.00	1,365	4
Heifers	500–550	Medium and Large 1-2	523	280.00/cwt	280.00–280.00	1,464	6
Heifers	500–550	Medium and Large 1	524	330.10/cwt	310.00–346.00	1,730	52
Heifers	500–550	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	528	292.91/cwt	291.00–296.00	1,547	10
Heifers	500–550	Large 1	540	274.50/cwt	274.50–274.50	1,482	5
Heifers	550–600	Medium and Large 1-2Unweaned	555	262.00/cwt	262.00–262.00	1,454	3
Heifers	550–600	Medium and Large 2	561	244.50/cwt	244.50–244.50	1,372	3
Heifers	550–600	Medium and Large 1-2	572	290.75/cwt	268.50–311.00	1,663	55
Heifers	550–600	Medium and Large 1Value Added	573	318.50/cwt	318.50–318.50	1,825	18
Heifers	550–600	Medium and Large 1	581	305.64/cwt	304.00–315.00	1,776	51
Heifers	600–650	Medium and Large 1Replacement	601	317.00/cwt	317.00–317.00	1,905	26
Heifers	600–650	Medium and Large 1	628	284.02/cwt	275.50–293.00	1,784	25
Heifers	600–650	Medium and Large 1-2	631	276.00/cwt	276.00–276.00	1,742	5
Heifers	650–700	Medium and Large 1-2	663	265.18/cwt	253.00–272.00	1,758	11
Heifers	650–700	Medium and Large 1	672	270.45/cwt	264.00–274.00	1,817	27
Heifers	700–750	Medium and Large 1Replacement	723	273.00/cwt	273.00–273.00	1,974	29
Heifers	700–750	Medium and Large 1	730	265.79/cwt	251.00–269.50	1,940	19
Heifers	700–750	Medium and Large 1-2	733	266.50/cwt	266.50–266.50	1,953	3
Heifers	750–800	Medium and Large 1	777	254.98/cwt	240.00–262.00	1,981	9
Heifers	800–850	Medium and Large 1-2	825	225.77/cwt	220.00–237.50	1,863	8
Heifers	1100–1150	Medium and Large 1	1,135	198.00/cwt	198.00–198.00	2,247	9
Feeder Cattle · Bulls5 lots · lightest first
Bulls	400–450	Medium and Large 1-2	425	353.23/cwt	315.00–381.00	1,501	12
Bulls	500–550	Medium and Large 1-2	538	281.11/cwt	269.00–293.00	1,512	9
Bulls	600–650	Medium and Large 1-2	645	254.00/cwt	254.00–254.00	1,638	3
Bulls	700–750	Medium and Large 1-2	729	235.40/cwt	235.00–236.00	1,716	5
Bulls	750–800	Medium and Large 1-2	790	236.50/cwt	236.50–236.50	1,868	3
Slaughter Cattle · Bulls3 lots · lightest first
Bulls	—	—	1,740	139.26/cwt	139.00–139.50	2,423	2
Bulls	—	—	1,896	150.53/cwt	143.50–159.50	2,854	5
Bulls	—	—	2,265	163.44/cwt	162.00–165.00	3,702	2
Slaughter Cattle · Cows7 lots · lightest first
Cows	—	Lean 85-90%	1,046	91.30/cwt	82.00–98.50	955	7
Cows	—	Lean 85-90%	1,111	109.86/cwt	102.00–114.50	1,221	11
Cows	—	Boner 80-85%	1,265	123.76/cwt	118.50–130.00	1,566	20
Cows	—	Boner 80-85%	1,296	116.02/cwt	114.50–118.00	1,504	4
Cows	—	Boner 80-85%	1,335	132.48/cwt	131.50–134.50	1,769	3
Cows	—	Breaker 75-80%	1,592	124.54/cwt	118.00–128.50	1,983	9
Cows	—	Breaker 75-80%	1,723	131.84/cwt	130.50–133.00	2,272	2
Replacement Cattle · Bred Cows2 lots · lightest first
Bred Cows	—	Medium and Large 1-2Broken Mouth	1,131	1,338.48/head	1,250.00–1,660.00	1,338	25
Bred Cows	—	Medium and Large 1-2	1,265	2,400.00/head	2,400.00–2,400.00	2,400	1

This sale against other markets

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.

Missouri feeder prices, every weight →Every state and region →

South Central Regional Stockyards - Vienna, MO

Wed Jan 29, 2025

USDA Livestock, Poultry & Grain Market News · Federal-State Market News Service, Jefferson City, MO (LS-JC)

Feeder CattleReceipts 1,417Last week 1,415Year ago 1,906

Slaughter CattleReceipts 100Last week 32Year ago 66

Replacement CattleReceipts 50Last week 15Year ago 40

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
3	500–550	523	275.00	275.00
3	600–650	628	270.00	270.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
13	350–400	385	394.00–410.00	400.49
10	400–450	428	380.00–399.00	388.32
37	450–500	475	372.00–410.00	393.59
39	500–550	525	348.00–394.00	380.27
66	550–600	576	326.00–371.00	347.95
97	600–650	624	301.00–356.00	335.22
84	650–700	680	288.00–326.00	297.53
37	700–750	719	291.00–308.50	297.18
44	750–800	764	275.00–286.00	280.70
10	800–850	819	265.00–277.00	272.06
4	850–900	882	246.00	246.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1 · Fleshy$ per cwt · actual wt
3	650–700	655	290.00	290.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1 · Unweaned$ per cwt · actual wt
8	400–450	403	360.00–379.00	367.07
3	450–500	476	357.00	357.00
14	550–600	587	320.50–330.00	322.53

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1 · Value Added$ per cwt · actual wt
24	500–550	541	384.50	384.50
9	600–650	624	355.00	355.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
8	350–400	371	368.00–390.00	380.17
17	400–450	416	356.00–385.00	365.93
14	450–500	467	356.00–377.00	366.23
20	500–550	514	340.00–347.00	342.56
10	550–600	554	315.00–338.00	325.23
15	600–650	616	294.00–328.00	313.76

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Unweaned$ per cwt · actual wt
4	500–550	518	310.00	310.00
3	550–600	561	287.00	287.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
11	800–850	804	244.75	244.75

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Thin Fleshed$ per cwt · actual wt
10	350–400	375	389.00	389.00
13	400–450	403	387.00	387.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Unweaned$ per cwt · actual wt
3	400–450	411	350.00	350.00
4	450–500	482	300.00	300.00
10	500–550	528	291.00–296.00	292.91

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Replacement$ per cwt · actual wt
26	600–650	601	317.00	317.00
29	700–750	723	273.00	273.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Unweaned$ per cwt · actual wt
3	550–600	555	262.00	262.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
5	500–550	540	274.50	274.50

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
3	300–350	338	378.00	378.00
12	350–400	377	370.00–380.00	373.14
18	400–450	412	356.00–370.00	367.10
20	450–500	475	328.00–353.00	343.21
52	500–550	524	310.00–346.00	330.10
51	550–600	581	304.00–315.00	305.64
25	600–650	628	275.50–293.00	284.02
27	650–700	672	264.00–274.00	270.45
19	700–750	730	251.00–269.50	265.79
9	750–800	777	240.00–262.00	254.98
9	1100–1150	1,135	198.00	198.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
3	250–300	268	345.00	345.00
11	350–400	363	342.00–366.00	357.27
7	400–450	429	337.00–340.00	338.18
11	450–500	469	291.00–332.00	317.57
6	500–550	523	280.00	280.00
55	550–600	572	268.50–311.00	290.75
5	600–650	631	276.00	276.00
11	650–700	663	253.00–272.00	265.18
3	700–750	733	266.50	266.50
8	800–850	825	220.00–237.50	225.77

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
4	500–550	521	262.00	262.00
3	550–600	561	244.50	244.50

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Value Added$ per cwt · actual wt
30	450–500	493	338.00–352.50	345.29
18	550–600	573	318.50	318.50

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
12	400–450	425	315.00–381.00	353.23
9	500–550	538	269.00–293.00	281.11
3	600–650	645	254.00	254.00
5	700–750	729	235.00–236.00	235.40
3	750–800	790	236.50	236.50

Slaughter Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cows — Lean 85-90%$ per cwt · actual wt
7	—	1,046	82.00–98.50	91.30
11	—	1,111	102.00–114.50	109.86

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cows — Breaker 75-80%$ per cwt · actual wt
9	—	1,592	118.00–128.50	124.54
2	—	1,723	130.50–133.00	131.84

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cows — Boner 80-85%$ per cwt · actual wt
20	—	1,265	118.50–130.00	123.76
3	—	1,335	131.50–134.50	132.48
4	—	1,296	114.50–118.00	116.02

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	1,740	139.00–139.50	139.26
5	—	1,896	143.50–159.50	150.53
2	—	2,265	162.00–165.00	163.44

Replacement Cattle

As reported

Age	Stage	Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bred Cows — Medium and Large 1-2$ per head · actual wt
Young (2-4 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	1	—	1,265	2,400.00	2,400.00

Age	Stage	Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bred Cows — Medium and Large 1-2 · Broken Mouth$ per head · actual wt
Aged (>8 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	25	—	1,131	1,250.00–1,660.00	1,338.48

Head, weight ranges, average weights and price ranges are exactly as USDA AMS filed them — nothing recomputed, nothing rounded — in USDA's own reporting structure. This is RaisedBeef's rendering of that data, not a copy of USDA's document.