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South Central Regional Stockyards

Name: South Central Regional Stockyards livestock auction prices — 2025-04-02
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2025-04-02

Feeder Cattle · Slaughter Cattle · Replacement Cattle · Vienna, Missouri · Wed, Apr 2

● Final61 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 1817

← Mar 26Apr 2Apr 9 →

Feeder Cattle receipts

1,165 head

▲ 769 vs last sale 396▼ 23 vs year ago 1,188 · −1.9%

Slaughter Cattle receipts

62 head

▼ 29 vs last sale 91▼ 22 vs year ago 84 · −26.2%

Replacement Cattle receipts

30 head

▲ 10 vs last sale 20▲ 20 vs year ago 10 · +200.0%

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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to last Wednesday, feeder steers and heifers steady. Slaughter cows steady. Demand good to very good. Supply moderate. Lots of high quality fall calves this week, some weaned 30-60 days with many selling right off the cow with at least one round of shots. One highlight of the feeder offering was 97 head of reputation unweaned 503 lb steers @ 401.00/cwt.

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 $381.06/cwt on 213 head. That ranks 1 of 20 comparable sales and sits −98.96 against this barn's trailing median of $480.03.

Average price

$381.06

213 head · 519 lb average

Value per head Derived

$1,979

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$304

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

$68.15/cwt at this weight

vs the market

+12.80

vs MO average

+12.05 vs national

Price by quality 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1	518	386.22	1,999	193
Medium and Large 1-2	543	344.52	1,869	10thin
Medium and Large 2	533	318.07	1,695	10thin

One grade step is worth $68.15/cwt here — about $304 a head. Across this sale the premium is widest at 400–500 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 sale213 hd

381.06

—

MO average17 barns · 2,571 hd

368.27

+12.80

National average168 barns · 11,835 hd

369.01

+12.05

This barn, trailing median20 sales

480.03

−98.96

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	1,751	165.42	2,896	6thin
Cows	Boner 80-85%	Average	1,242	139.28	1,730	11
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	Low	1,487	138.67	2,062	3thin
Cows	Lean 85-90%	Very Low	1,052	109.14	1,148	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	2nd/3rd Stage (4-9 mo)	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	985	$2,261	10
Cow-Calf Pairs	Open	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	1,125	$3,000	2thin

Every lot

61 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 · Steers22 lots · lightest first
Steers	250–300	Medium and Large 1	278	513.80/cwt	475.00–530.00	1,428	19
Steers	300–350	Medium and Large 1	330	464.21/cwt	447.50–500.00	1,532	25
Steers	350–400	Medium and Large 1	371	454.96/cwt	430.00–465.00	1,688	27
Steers	350–400	Medium and Large 1-2	381	392.48/cwt	385.00–400.00	1,495	4
Steers	400–450	Medium and Large 1	426	441.24/cwt	408.00–452.00	1,880	70
Steers	400–450	Medium and Large 2	431	345.22/cwt	340.00–350.00	1,488	7
Steers	450–500	Medium and Large 1	472	406.68/cwt	382.00–430.00	1,920	41
Steers	450–500	Medium and Large 1-2	472	367.81/cwt	345.00–403.00	1,736	23
Steers	500–550	Medium and Large 1	506	392.52/cwt	362.00–401.00	1,986	154
Steers	500–550	Medium and Large 1-2	519	359.03/cwt	349.00–375.00	1,863	5
Steers	500–550	Medium and Large 1Fleshy	521	360.00/cwt	360.00–360.00	1,876	3
Steers	500–550	Medium and Large 2	533	318.07/cwt	314.00–320.00	1,695	10
Steers	550–600	Medium and Large 1Value Added	565	386.00/cwt	386.00–386.00	2,181	6
Steers	550–600	Medium and Large 1-2	566	330.00/cwt	330.00–330.00	1,868	5
Steers	550–600	Medium and Large 1	567	356.54/cwt	347.00–376.00	2,022	30
Steers	600–650	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	603	344.36/cwt	326.00–346.00	2,076	48
Steers	600–650	Medium and Large 1	637	338.21/cwt	335.50–343.00	2,154	19
Steers	600–650	Medium and Large 1-2	645	311.50/cwt	311.50–311.50	2,009	3
Steers	650–700	Medium and Large 1	667	322.18/cwt	309.00–326.00	2,149	9
Steers	700–750	Medium and Large 1	705	295.00/cwt	295.00–295.00	2,080	3
Steers	700–750	Medium and Large 1-2	706	295.16/cwt	280.50–299.50	2,084	9
Steers	700–750	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	707	275.50/cwt	275.50–275.50	1,948	10
Feeder Cattle · Heifers24 lots · lightest first
Heifers	200–250	Medium and Large 1	243	419.90/cwt	410.00–430.00	1,020	4
Heifers	250–300	Medium and Large 1	262	416.97/cwt	405.00–425.00	1,092	6
Heifers	300–350	Medium and Large 1	328	420.27/cwt	406.00–428.00	1,378	40
Heifers	350–400	Medium and Large 1	376	404.69/cwt	388.00–415.00	1,522	32
Heifers	350–400	Medium and Large 1-2	390	381.57/cwt	378.00–385.00	1,488	4
Heifers	400–450	Medium and Large 2	408	338.00/cwt	338.00–338.00	1,379	3
Heifers	400–450	Medium and Large 1	414	397.72/cwt	362.00–408.00	1,647	96
Heifers	400–450	Medium and Large 1-2Thin Fleshed	445	369.00/cwt	369.00–369.00	1,642	4
Heifers	450–500	Medium and Large 1Value Added	451	377.00/cwt	377.00–377.00	1,700	9
Heifers	450–500	Medium and Large 1	467	361.06/cwt	336.00–367.00	1,686	116
Heifers	450–500	Medium and Large 1-2	477	339.27/cwt	338.00–342.00	1,618	8
Heifers	500–550	Medium and Large 1Value Added	502	351.00/cwt	351.00–351.00	1,762	9
Heifers	500–550	Medium and Large 1	514	329.76/cwt	327.00–332.00	1,695	11
Heifers	500–550	Medium and Large 1-2	524	311.54/cwt	310.00–313.00	1,632	4
Heifers	550–600	Medium and Large 1-2	566	305.27/cwt	300.00–308.50	1,728	17
Heifers	550–600	Medium and Large 1	567	313.58/cwt	295.00–319.00	1,778	16
Heifers	550–600	Medium and Large 1Fleshy	589	284.21/cwt	270.00–295.00	1,674	7
Heifers	550–600	Medium and Large 1-2Unweaned	592	269.50/cwt	269.50–269.50	1,595	5
Heifers	600–650	Medium and Large 1-2	621	288.50/cwt	288.50–288.50	1,792	5
Heifers	600–650	Medium and Large 1	633	285.50/cwt	285.50–285.50	1,807	7
Heifers	600–650	Medium and Large 2	636	250.00/cwt	250.00–250.00	1,590	4
Heifers	750–800	Medium and Large 1	754	265.00/cwt	265.00–265.00	1,998	39
Heifers	800–850	Medium and Large 1	819	239.75/cwt	239.75–239.75	1,964	13
Heifers	900–950	Medium and Large 1	911	233.50/cwt	233.50–233.50	2,127	4
Feeder Cattle · Bulls4 lots · lightest first
Bulls	400–450	Medium and Large 1-2	415	386.84/cwt	352.00–408.00	1,605	10
Bulls	450–500	Medium and Large 1-2	493	337.91/cwt	323.00–348.00	1,666	5
Bulls	500–550	Medium and Large 1-2	530	337.50/cwt	336.00–339.00	1,789	4
Bulls	550–600	Medium and Large 1-2	585	305.77/cwt	303.00–308.00	1,789	5
Slaughter Cattle · Bulls2 lots · lightest first
Bulls	—	—	1,510	152.00/cwt	152.00–152.00	2,295	1
Bulls	—	—	1,799	168.10/cwt	162.50–175.00	3,024	5
Slaughter Cattle · Cows7 lots · lightest first
Cows	—	Lean 85-90%	910	63.36/cwt	60.00–66.00	577	2
Cows	—	Lean 85-90%	1,044	104.23/cwt	90.50–112.00	1,088	8
Cows	—	Lean 85-90%	1,096	125.50/cwt	115.00–131.50	1,375	8
Cows	—	Boner 80-85%	1,228	137.72/cwt	132.50–143.00	1,691	9
Cows	—	Boner 80-85%	1,305	146.28/cwt	144.50–148.50	1,909	2
Cows	—	Breaker 75-80%	1,475	144.00/cwt	143.50–144.50	2,124	2
Cows	—	Breaker 75-80%	1,510	128.00/cwt	128.00–128.00	1,933	1
Replacement Cattle · Bred Cows1 lot · lightest first
Bred Cows	—	Medium 1-2	985	2,261.23/head	1,925.00–2,700.00	2,261	10
Replacement Cattle · Cow-Calf Pairs1 lot · lightest first
Cow-Calf Pairs	—	Medium and Large 1-2	1,125	3,000.00/head	3,000.00–3,000.00	3,000	2

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 Apr 2, 2025

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

Feeder CattleReceipts 1,165Last week 396Year ago 1,188

Slaughter CattleReceipts 62Last week 91Year ago 84

Replacement CattleReceipts 30Last week 20Year ago 10

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
7	400–450	431	340.00–350.00	345.22
10	500–550	533	314.00–320.00	318.07

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
4	350–400	381	385.00–400.00	392.48
23	450–500	472	345.00–403.00	367.81
5	500–550	519	349.00–375.00	359.03
5	550–600	566	330.00	330.00
3	600–650	645	311.50	311.50
9	700–750	706	280.50–299.50	295.16

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1 · Unweaned$ per cwt · actual wt
48	600–650	603	326.00–346.00	344.36
10	700–750	707	275.50	275.50

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
19	250–300	278	475.00–530.00	513.80
25	300–350	330	447.50–500.00	464.21
27	350–400	371	430.00–465.00	454.96
70	400–450	426	408.00–452.00	441.24
41	450–500	472	382.00–430.00	406.68
154	500–550	506	362.00–401.00	392.52
30	550–600	567	347.00–376.00	356.54
19	600–650	637	335.50–343.00	338.21
9	650–700	667	309.00–326.00	322.18
3	700–750	705	295.00	295.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1 · Fleshy$ per cwt · actual wt
3	500–550	521	360.00	360.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1 · Value Added$ per cwt · actual wt
6	550–600	565	386.00	386.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Thin Fleshed$ per cwt · actual wt
4	400–450	445	369.00	369.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Unweaned$ per cwt · actual wt
5	550–600	592	269.50	269.50

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
4	350–400	390	378.00–385.00	381.57
8	450–500	477	338.00–342.00	339.27
4	500–550	524	310.00–313.00	311.54
17	550–600	566	300.00–308.50	305.27
5	600–650	621	288.50	288.50

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
4	200–250	243	410.00–430.00	419.90
6	250–300	262	405.00–425.00	416.97
40	300–350	328	406.00–428.00	420.27
32	350–400	376	388.00–415.00	404.69
96	400–450	414	362.00–408.00	397.72
116	450–500	467	336.00–367.00	361.06
11	500–550	514	327.00–332.00	329.76
16	550–600	567	295.00–319.00	313.58
7	600–650	633	285.50	285.50
39	750–800	754	265.00	265.00
13	800–850	819	239.75	239.75
4	900–950	911	233.50	233.50

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
3	400–450	408	338.00	338.00
4	600–650	636	250.00	250.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Fleshy$ per cwt · actual wt
7	550–600	589	270.00–295.00	284.21

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Value Added$ per cwt · actual wt
9	450–500	451	377.00	377.00
9	500–550	502	351.00	351.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
10	400–450	415	352.00–408.00	386.84
5	450–500	493	323.00–348.00	337.91
4	500–550	530	336.00–339.00	337.50
5	550–600	585	303.00–308.00	305.77

Slaughter Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cows — Lean 85-90%$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	910	60.00–66.00	63.36
8	—	1,096	115.00–131.50	125.50
8	—	1,044	90.50–112.00	104.23

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cows — Breaker 75-80%$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	1,510	128.00	128.00
2	—	1,475	143.50–144.50	144.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cows — Boner 80-85%$ per cwt · actual wt
9	—	1,228	132.50–143.00	137.72
2	—	1,305	144.50–148.50	146.28

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	1,510	152.00	152.00
5	—	1,799	162.50–175.00	168.10

Replacement Cattle

As reported

Age	Stage	Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bred Cows — Medium 1-2$ per head · actual wt
Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	2nd/3rd Stage (4-9 mo)	10	—	985	1,925.00–2,700.00	2,261.23

Age	Stage	Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cow-Calf Pairs — Medium and Large 1-2$ per head · estimate wt
Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	Open	2	—	1,125	3,000.00	3,000.00

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.