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South Central Regional Stockyards

Name: South Central Regional Stockyards livestock auction prices — 2025-03-26
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2025-03-26

Feeder Cattle · Slaughter Cattle · Replacement Cattle · Vienna, Missouri · Wed, Mar 26

● Final56 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 1817

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Feeder Cattle receipts

396 head

▼ 411 vs last sale 807▲ 146 vs year ago 250 · +58.4%

Slaughter Cattle receipts

91 head

▼ 34 vs last sale 125▲ 39 vs year ago 52 · +75.0%

Replacement Cattle receipts

20 head

▼ 130 vs last sale 150▲ 15 vs year ago 5 · +300.0%

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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to last Wednesday, feeder steers and heifers under 550 lbs 5.00-15.00 higher with instances 20.00 higher on heifers near 400 lbs. Weights over 550 lbs steady to firm on a light test. Slaughter cows 1.00-3.00 higher. Demand good to very good. Supply light. Fed cattle have rocketed higher over the past few weeks and are getting support from choice cutout values which are putting in a very good week so far. Next weeks feeder offering will include a large consignment of front end fall calves.

Weight class — the figures below change to match

Weight classPick one — the panels below update

Heifers · summary 500–600 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

500–600 lb heifers averaged $309.89/cwt on 45 head. That ranks 1 of 20 comparable sales and sits −112.58 against this barn's trailing median of $422.47.

Average price

$309.89

45 head · 545 lb average

Value per head Derived

$1,688

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$181

per head · Medium and Large 1 over Medium 2

$60.85/cwt at this weight

vs the market

−13.78

vs MO average

−11.85 vs national

Price by quality 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1	528	323.35	1,707	25
Medium and Large 1-2	555	305.63	1,697	14thin
Medium 1	598	265.00	1,585	3thin
Medium 2	581	262.50	1,525	3thin

One grade step is worth $60.85/cwt here — about $181 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 sale45 hd

309.89

—

MO average17 barns · 2,597 hd

323.67

−13.78

National average178 barns · 15,613 hd

321.74

−11.85

This barn, trailing median20 sales

422.47

−112.58

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

Heifers 500–600 lb: high $462.49, low $357.64, median $422.47 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	—	High	1,831	153.77	2,816	7thin
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	Average	1,410	142.00	2,002	1thin
Cows	Boner 80-85%	Average	1,282	139.39	1,787	21
Cows	Lean 85-90%	Very Low	1,059	112.27	1,189	36

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	All Stages (1-9 mo)	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	1,277	$2,367	5

Every lot

56 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 · Steers18 lots · lightest first
Steers	250–300	Medium and Large 1	258	540.61/cwt	520.00–555.00	1,395	5
Steers	300–350	Medium and Large 1	333	464.89/cwt	460.00–470.00	1,548	4
Steers	350–400	Medium and Large 1	370	458.43/cwt	450.00–462.00	1,696	7
Steers	400–450	Medium and Large 1-2	417	401.54/cwt	390.00–414.00	1,674	5
Steers	400–450	Medium and Large 1	423	443.97/cwt	428.00–458.00	1,878	19
Steers	450–500	Medium and Large 1-2	471	378.83/cwt	364.00–390.00	1,784	7
Steers	500–550	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	521	378.98/cwt	366.00–390.00	1,974	9
Steers	500–550	Medium and Large 1	545	375.00/cwt	375.00–375.00	2,044	3
Steers	500–550	Medium and Large 1-2	546	361.00/cwt	361.00–361.00	1,971	3
Steers	550–600	Medium and Large 1	566	377.00/cwt	377.00–377.00	2,134	5
Steers	550–600	Medium and Large 1-2	569	334.41/cwt	324.00–360.00	1,903	7
Steers	600–650	Large 1	629	310.00/cwt	310.00–310.00	1,950	6
Steers	600–650	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	633	320.00/cwt	320.00–320.00	2,026	11
Steers	650–700	Medium and Large 1	668	312.75/cwt	312.75–312.75	2,089	7
Steers	700–750	Large 1	736	283.50/cwt	283.50–283.50	2,087	9
Steers	750–800	Medium and Large 1Fleshy	755	279.00/cwt	279.00–279.00	2,106	6
Steers	750–800	Medium and Large 1	763	280.26/cwt	278.50–282.00	2,138	4
Steers	950–1000	Large 1	953	230.00/cwt	230.00–230.00	2,192	4
Feeder Cattle · Heifers22 lots · lightest first
Heifers	300–350	Medium and Large 1	327	411.07/cwt	392.00–425.00	1,344	5
Heifers	350–400	Medium and Large 1-2	364	376.22/cwt	370.00–382.00	1,369	4
Heifers	350–400	Medium and Large 1	385	418.00/cwt	418.00–418.00	1,609	9
Heifers	400–450	Medium and Large 1	414	400.73/cwt	386.00–422.00	1,659	12
Heifers	400–450	Medium and Large 1-2	420	370.73/cwt	360.00–380.00	1,557	7
Heifers	400–450	Medium and Large 2	421	336.00/cwt	336.00–336.00	1,415	3
Heifers	450–500	Medium and Large 1	474	356.54/cwt	340.00–372.00	1,690	12
Heifers	450–500	Medium and Large 1-2	476	340.60/cwt	337.00–343.00	1,621	5
Heifers	450–500	Medium and Large 2	485	306.62/cwt	287.00–326.00	1,487	4
Heifers	500–550	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	514	327.00/cwt	327.00–327.00	1,681	10
Heifers	500–550	Medium and Large 1	517	332.75/cwt	324.00–339.00	1,720	9
Heifers	500–550	Medium and Large 1-2	539	314.01/cwt	310.00–318.00	1,693	8
Heifers	550–600	Medium and Large 1	567	303.15/cwt	297.00–316.00	1,719	6
Heifers	550–600	Medium and Large 1-2	577	294.45/cwt	290.00–304.00	1,699	6
Heifers	550–600	Medium 2	581	262.50/cwt	262.50–262.50	1,525	3
Heifers	550–600	Medium 1	598	265.00/cwt	265.00–265.00	1,585	3
Heifers	600–650	Medium and Large 1	607	307.92/cwt	291.00–313.00	1,869	9
Heifers	600–650	Medium and Large 1-2	627	283.07/cwt	270.00–297.00	1,775	4
Heifers	650–700	Large 1	671	276.00/cwt	276.00–276.00	1,852	13
Heifers	650–700	Medium and Large 1-2	673	273.00/cwt	273.00–273.00	1,837	8
Heifers	650–700	Medium and Large 2	676	269.00/cwt	269.00–269.00	1,818	3
Heifers	750–800	Medium and Large 1Full	759	259.50/cwt	259.50–259.50	1,970	8
Feeder Cattle · Bulls4 lots · lightest first
Bulls	350–400	Medium and Large 2	367	393.00/cwt	393.00–393.00	1,442	5
Bulls	350–400	Medium and Large 1-2	387	423.61/cwt	422.00–430.00	1,639	9
Bulls	500–550	Medium and Large 1-2	508	329.42/cwt	300.00–345.00	1,673	9
Bulls	600–650	Medium and Large 1-2	629	308.87/cwt	304.00–320.00	1,943	8
Slaughter Cattle · Bulls3 lots · lightest first
Bulls	—	—	1,723	156.42/cwt	147.50–160.00	2,695	4
Bulls	—	—	1,925	137.62/cwt	136.50–139.00	2,649	2
Bulls	—	—	2,075	175.50/cwt	175.50–175.50	3,642	1
Slaughter Cattle · Cows7 lots · lightest first
Cows	—	Lean 85-90%	964	89.28/cwt	70.00–91.50	861	10
Cows	—	Lean 85-90%	1,059	104.84/cwt	95.00–112.00	1,110	11
Cows	—	Lean 85-90%	1,123	133.05/cwt	126.50–136.50	1,494	15
Cows	—	Boner 80-85%	1,240	146.50/cwt	146.50–146.50	1,817	1
Cows	—	Boner 80-85%	1,274	141.04/cwt	135.00–146.00	1,797	18
Cows	—	Boner 80-85%	1,375	121.00/cwt	121.00–121.00	1,664	2
Cows	—	Breaker 75-80%	1,410	142.00/cwt	142.00–142.00	2,002	1
Replacement Cattle · Bred Cows2 lots · lightest first
Bred Cows	—	Medium and Large 1Broken Mouth	1,225	146.00/cwt	146.00–146.00	1,789	3
Bred Cows	—	Medium and Large 1-2	1,277	2,366.90/head	2,100.00–2,600.00	2,367	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 26, 2025

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

Feeder CattleReceipts 396Last week 807Year ago 250

Slaughter CattleReceipts 91Last week 125Year ago 52

Replacement CattleReceipts 20Last week 150Year ago 5

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
13	650–700	671	276.00	276.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
4	350–400	364	370.00–382.00	376.22
7	400–450	420	360.00–380.00	370.73
5	450–500	476	337.00–343.00	340.60
8	500–550	539	310.00–318.00	314.01
6	550–600	577	290.00–304.00	294.45
4	600–650	627	270.00–297.00	283.07
8	650–700	673	273.00	273.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium 1$ per cwt · actual wt
3	550–600	598	265.00	265.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Unweaned$ per cwt · actual wt
10	500–550	514	327.00	327.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
5	300–350	327	392.00–425.00	411.07
9	350–400	385	418.00	418.00
12	400–450	414	386.00–422.00	400.73
12	450–500	474	340.00–372.00	356.54
9	500–550	517	324.00–339.00	332.75
6	550–600	567	297.00–316.00	303.15
9	600–650	607	291.00–313.00	307.92

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium 2$ per cwt · actual wt
3	550–600	581	262.50	262.50

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Full$ per cwt · actual wt
8	750–800	759	259.50	259.50

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
3	400–450	421	336.00	336.00
4	450–500	485	287.00–326.00	306.62
3	650–700	676	269.00	269.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
5	400–450	417	390.00–414.00	401.54
7	450–500	471	364.00–390.00	378.83
3	500–550	546	361.00	361.00
7	550–600	569	324.00–360.00	334.41

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
6	600–650	629	310.00	310.00
9	700–750	736	283.50	283.50
4	950–1000	953	230.00	230.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1 · Unweaned$ per cwt · actual wt
9	500–550	521	366.00–390.00	378.98
11	600–650	633	320.00	320.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
5	250–300	258	520.00–555.00	540.61
4	300–350	333	460.00–470.00	464.89
7	350–400	370	450.00–462.00	458.43
19	400–450	423	428.00–458.00	443.97
3	500–550	545	375.00	375.00
5	550–600	566	377.00	377.00
7	650–700	668	312.75	312.75
4	750–800	763	278.50–282.00	280.26

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1 · Fleshy$ per cwt · actual wt
6	750–800	755	279.00	279.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
9	350–400	387	422.00–430.00	423.61
9	500–550	508	300.00–345.00	329.42
8	600–650	629	304.00–320.00	308.87

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
5	350–400	367	393.00	393.00

Slaughter Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cows — Boner 80-85%$ per cwt · actual wt
18	—	1,274	135.00–146.00	141.04
2	—	1,375	121.00	121.00
1	—	1,240	146.50	146.50

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cows — Lean 85-90%$ per cwt · actual wt
10	—	964	70.00–91.50	89.28
11	—	1,059	95.00–112.00	104.84
15	—	1,123	126.50–136.50	133.05

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cows — Breaker 75-80%$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	1,410	142.00	142.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	2,075	175.50	175.50
4	—	1,723	147.50–160.00	156.42
2	—	1,925	136.50–139.00	137.62

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/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	All Stages (1-9 mo)	5	—	1,277	2,100.00–2,600.00	2,366.90

Age	Stage	Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bred Cows — Medium and Large 1 · Broken Mouth$ per cwt · actual wt
Aged (>8 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	3	—	1,225	146.00	146.00

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.