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South Central Regional Stockyards

Name: South Central Regional Stockyards livestock auction prices — 2025-03-05
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2025-03-05

Feeder Cattle · Slaughter Cattle · Replacement Cattle · Vienna, Missouri · Wed, Mar 5

● Final50 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 1817

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Feeder Cattle receipts

953 head

▼ 357 vs last sale 1,310▼ 862 vs year ago 1,815 · −47.5%

Slaughter Cattle receipts

70 head

▲ 8 vs last sale 62▼ 18 vs year ago 88 · −20.5%

Replacement Cattle receipts

30 head

▼ 5 vs last sale 35▲ 10 vs year ago 20 · +50.0%

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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to the strong advance last Wednesday, feeder steers under 600 lbs 4.00-8.00 higher, over 600 lbs steady to 3.00 lower. Feeder heifers 3.00-6.00 lower. Slaughter cows 1.00-2.00 higher. Demand somewhat uneven- good to very good for steers and moderate to good for heifers. Feeder offering mostly good quality light grazing cattle weighing 400-650 lbs along with a few consignments of bigger yearlings weighing 700-800 lbs.

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 $372.81/cwt on 100 head. That ranks 1 of 20 comparable sales and sits −107.22 against this barn's trailing median of $480.03.

Average price

$372.81

100 head · 539 lb average

Value per head Derived

$2,011

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$158

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

$60.22/cwt at this weight

vs the market

+25.04

vs MO average

+23.53 vs national

Price by quality 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1	537	375.22	2,016	96
Medium and Large 1-2	590	315.00	1,859	4thin

One grade step is worth $60.22/cwt here — about $158 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 sale100 hd

372.81

—

MO average16 barns · 3,122 hd

347.77

+25.04

National average172 barns · 12,998 hd

349.28

+23.53

This barn, trailing median20 sales

480.03

−107.22

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	—	Average	1,837	151.02	2,775	9thin
Cows	Boner 80-85%	Average	1,360	136.50	1,857	15
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	Average	1,653	136.29	2,253	2thin
Cows	Lean 85-90%	Low	1,017	104.83	1,066	11

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	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	Young (2-4 yrs)	1,192	$2,900	4thin
Bred Cows	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	Aged (>8 yrs)	1,298	$2,400	5

Every lot

50 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 · Steers19 lots · lightest first
Steers	300–350	Medium and Large 1	316	433.58/cwt	430.00–440.00	1,370	8
Steers	350–400	Medium and Large 1Value Added	380	442.00/cwt	442.00–442.00	1,680	6
Steers	350–400	Medium and Large 1	396	415.29/cwt	410.00–424.00	1,645	9
Steers	400–450	Medium and Large 1	408	418.81/cwt	402.00–426.00	1,709	32
Steers	450–500	Medium and Large 1-2	474	342.03/cwt	334.00–350.00	1,621	4
Steers	450–500	Medium and Large 1	482	371.75/cwt	367.00–398.00	1,792	49
Steers	450–500	Medium and Large 1Value Added	487	384.00/cwt	384.00–384.00	1,870	9
Steers	500–550	Medium and Large 1	525	385.25/cwt	359.00–393.00	2,023	63
Steers	550–600	Medium and Large 1	561	356.06/cwt	326.00–380.00	1,997	33
Steers	550–600	Medium and Large 1-2	590	315.00/cwt	315.00–315.00	1,859	4
Steers	600–650	Medium and Large 1	625	314.25/cwt	311.00–318.60	1,964	32
Steers	600–650	Medium and Large 1-2	629	300.82/cwt	294.00–306.00	1,892	10
Steers	600–650	Large 1	645	298.00/cwt	298.00–298.00	1,922	4
Steers	650–700	Medium and Large 1	683	299.42/cwt	292.50–323.00	2,045	71
Steers	650–700	Large 1	683	293.00/cwt	293.00–293.00	2,001	3
Steers	700–750	Medium and Large 2	715	249.50/cwt	249.50–249.50	1,784	4
Steers	700–750	Medium and Large 1	729	289.17/cwt	289.00–293.00	2,108	67
Steers	750–800	Medium and Large 1	781	276.23/cwt	276.10–278.00	2,157	44
Steers	800–850	Medium and Large 1	809	275.50/cwt	275.50–275.50	2,229	70
Feeder Cattle · Heifers14 lots · lightest first
Heifers	300–350	Medium and Large 1	342	355.33/cwt	340.00–363.00	1,215	6
Heifers	350–400	Medium and Large 1	382	362.18/cwt	352.00–366.00	1,384	20
Heifers	400–450	Medium and Large 1	420	349.16/cwt	326.00–356.00	1,466	23
Heifers	450–500	Medium and Large 1-2	461	311.78/cwt	306.00–315.00	1,437	8
Heifers	450–500	Medium and Large 1	465	325.94/cwt	317.00–335.00	1,516	49
Heifers	500–550	Medium and Large 1-2	520	297.14/cwt	289.00–304.00	1,545	15
Heifers	500–550	Medium and Large 1	523	308.96/cwt	302.00–314.00	1,616	29
Heifers	550–600	Medium and Large 1-2	556	261.00/cwt	261.00–261.00	1,451	3
Heifers	550–600	Medium and Large 1	558	288.08/cwt	276.00–293.00	1,607	17
Heifers	550–600	Medium and Large 2	560	245.00/cwt	245.00–245.00	1,372	3
Heifers	600–650	Medium and Large 1	622	273.50/cwt	267.75–280.00	1,701	45
Heifers	600–650	Medium and Large 1-2	646	261.50/cwt	261.50–261.50	1,689	6
Heifers	650–700	Medium and Large 1-2	683	248.54/cwt	246.00–251.00	1,698	6
Heifers	700–750	Medium and Large 1-2	715	237.41/cwt	233.00–242.00	1,697	4
Feeder Cattle · Bulls5 lots · lightest first
Bulls	350–400	Medium and Large 1-2	358	368.84/cwt	349.00–397.00	1,320	5
Bulls	450–500	Medium and Large 1-2Thin Fleshed	469	391.00/cwt	391.00–391.00	1,834	10
Bulls	450–500	Medium and Large 1-2	478	344.41/cwt	335.00–370.00	1,646	7
Bulls	550–600	Medium and Large 1-2	560	281.66/cwt	254.00–300.00	1,577	10
Bulls	750–800	Medium and Large 1-2	785	246.00/cwt	246.00–246.00	1,931	5
Slaughter Cattle · Bulls3 lots · lightest first
Bulls	—	—	1,623	137.30/cwt	120.00–149.00	2,228	4
Bulls	—	—	1,811	166.07/cwt	165.00–168.00	3,008	3
Bulls	—	—	2,305	155.87/cwt	152.00–160.00	3,593	2
Slaughter Cattle · Cows7 lots · lightest first
Cows	—	Lean 85-90%	875	72.00/cwt	72.00–72.00	630	2
Cows	—	Lean 85-90%	961	100.70/cwt	91.00–110.00	968	4
Cows	—	Lean 85-90%	1,119	121.26/cwt	118.50–124.50	1,357	5
Cows	—	Boner 80-85%	1,354	136.38/cwt	131.50–140.00	1,847	12
Cows	—	Boner 80-85%	1,372	142.50/cwt	142.50–142.50	1,955	2
Cows	—	Boner 80-85%	1,415	126.00/cwt	126.00–126.00	1,783	1
Cows	—	Breaker 75-80%	1,653	136.29/cwt	134.00–138.50	2,253	2
Replacement Cattle · Bred Cows2 lots · lightest first
Bred Cows	—	Medium and Large 1	1,192	2,900.00/head	2,900.00–2,900.00	2,900	4
Bred Cows	—	Medium and Large 1	1,298	2,400.00/head	2,400.00–2,400.00	2,400	5

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 Mar 5, 2025

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

Feeder CattleReceipts 953Last week 1,310Year ago 1,815

Slaughter CattleReceipts 70Last week 62Year ago 88

Replacement CattleReceipts 30Last week 35Year ago 20

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
8	300–350	316	430.00–440.00	433.58
9	350–400	396	410.00–424.00	415.29
32	400–450	408	402.00–426.00	418.81
49	450–500	482	367.00–398.00	371.75
63	500–550	525	359.00–393.00	385.25
33	550–600	561	326.00–380.00	356.06
32	600–650	625	311.00–318.60	314.25
71	650–700	683	292.50–323.00	299.42
67	700–750	729	289.00–293.00	289.17
44	750–800	781	276.10–278.00	276.23
70	800–850	809	275.50	275.50

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1 · Value Added$ per cwt · actual wt
6	350–400	380	442.00	442.00
9	450–500	487	384.00	384.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
4	450–500	474	334.00–350.00	342.03
4	550–600	590	315.00	315.00
10	600–650	629	294.00–306.00	300.82

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
4	600–650	645	298.00	298.00
3	650–700	683	293.00	293.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
4	700–750	715	249.50	249.50

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
8	450–500	461	306.00–315.00	311.78
15	500–550	520	289.00–304.00	297.14
3	550–600	556	261.00	261.00
6	600–650	646	261.50	261.50
6	650–700	683	246.00–251.00	248.54
4	700–750	715	233.00–242.00	237.41

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
6	300–350	342	340.00–363.00	355.33
20	350–400	382	352.00–366.00	362.18
23	400–450	420	326.00–356.00	349.16
49	450–500	465	317.00–335.00	325.94
29	500–550	523	302.00–314.00	308.96
17	550–600	558	276.00–293.00	288.08
45	600–650	622	267.75–280.00	273.50

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
3	550–600	560	245.00	245.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
5	350–400	358	349.00–397.00	368.84
7	450–500	478	335.00–370.00	344.41
10	550–600	560	254.00–300.00	281.66
5	750–800	785	246.00	246.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls — Medium and Large 1-2 · Thin Fleshed$ per cwt · actual wt
10	450–500	469	391.00	391.00

Slaughter Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cows — Breaker 75-80%$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	1,653	134.00–138.50	136.29

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cows — Lean 85-90%$ per cwt · actual wt
4	—	961	91.00–110.00	100.70
5	—	1,119	118.50–124.50	121.26
2	—	875	72.00	72.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cows — Boner 80-85%$ per cwt · actual wt
12	—	1,354	131.50–140.00	136.38
1	—	1,415	126.00	126.00
2	—	1,372	142.50	142.50

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	2,305	152.00–160.00	155.87
3	—	1,811	165.00–168.00	166.07
4	—	1,623	120.00–149.00	137.30

Replacement Cattle

As reported

Age	Stage	Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bred Cows — Medium and Large 1$ per head · actual wt
Young (2-4 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	4	—	1,192	2,900.00	2,900.00
Aged (>8 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	5	—	1,298	2,400.00	2,400.00

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.