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South Central Regional Stockyards

Name: South Central Regional Stockyards livestock auction prices — 2025-04-16
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2025-04-16

Feeder Cattle · Slaughter Cattle · Replacement Cattle · Vienna, Missouri · Wed, Apr 16

● Final63 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 1817

← Apr 9Apr 16Apr 30 →

Feeder Cattle receipts

1,643 head

▲ 1,486 vs last sale 157▲ 861 vs year ago 782 · +110.1%

Slaughter Cattle receipts

83 head

▲ 55 vs last sale 28▼ 19 vs year ago 102 · −18.6%

Replacement Cattle receipts

30 head

▲ 24 vs last sale 6▲ 10 vs year ago 20 · +50.0%

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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to the last trended sale two weeks ago, feeder steers steady to 5.00 higher. Feeder heifers under 500 lbs steady to 5.00 lower, over 500 lbs 3.00-5.00 higher. Slaughter cows steady. Demand good to very good. Supply moderate. Cattle futures have been higher so far this week with fed cattle also expected to trade higher. Feeder highlights included 94 head of unweaned, vaccinated calves weighing 492 lbs @ 410.25 and 77 head of mixed yearling steers weighing 813 lbs @ 289.50. Lots of high quality fall calves this week with the strength of the market likely accelerating marketing for some producers.

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 $350.18/cwt on 215 head. That ranks 1 of 20 comparable sales and sits −129.85 against this barn's trailing median of $480.03.

Average price

$350.18

215 head · 550 lb average

Value per head Derived

$1,926

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$229

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

$41.65/cwt at this weight

vs the market

−13.43

vs MO average

−14.58 vs national

Price by quality 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1	551	359.07	1,978	156
Medium and Large 1-2	545	336.92	1,837	28
Medium and Large 2	551	317.41	1,749	31

One grade step is worth $41.65/cwt here — about $229 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 sale215 hd

350.18

—

MO average17 barns · 3,064 hd

363.61

−13.43

National average169 barns · 11,281 hd

364.76

−14.58

This barn, trailing median20 sales

480.03

−129.85

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	1,836	165.20	3,033	12
Cows	Boner 80-85%	Low	1,245	140.68	1,752	13
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	Average	1,472	140.41	2,066	6thin
Cows	Lean 85-90%	Average	1,016	109.46	1,112	24

Every lot

63 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	300–350	Medium and Large 1	334	459.80/cwt	445.00–465.00	1,536	15
Steers	350–400	Medium and Large 1	382	455.30/cwt	435.00–472.50	1,739	51
Steers	400–450	Medium and Large 1-2	415	403.43/cwt	379.00–425.00	1,674	10
Steers	400–450	Medium and Large 1Value Added	418	463.22/cwt	458.00–470.00	1,936	11
Steers	400–450	Medium and Large 1	421	445.07/cwt	423.00–457.00	1,874	75
Steers	450–500	Medium and Large 1Value Added	470	400.00/cwt	400.00–400.00	1,880	7
Steers	450–500	Medium and Large 1	487	402.63/cwt	370.00–435.00	1,961	200
Steers	450–500	Medium and Large 1-2	492	355.76/cwt	340.00–360.00	1,750	11
Steers	500–550	Medium and Large 2	516	311.50/cwt	310.00–314.00	1,607	8
Steers	500–550	Medium and Large 1	517	371.55/cwt	350.00–394.00	1,921	62
Steers	500–550	Medium and Large 1-2	526	342.95/cwt	326.00–361.00	1,804	13
Steers	550–600	Medium and Large 1-2	562	331.70/cwt	324.00–348.00	1,864	15
Steers	550–600	Medium and Large 2	563	319.47/cwt	310.00–321.50	1,799	23
Steers	550–600	Medium and Large 1Fleshy	566	319.57/cwt	291.00–338.00	1,809	17
Steers	550–600	Medium and Large 1Thin Fleshed	567	389.00/cwt	389.00–389.00	2,206	9
Steers	550–600	Medium and Large 1	572	352.66/cwt	340.00–381.00	2,017	44
Steers	550–600	Medium and Large 1Value Added	582	355.32/cwt	350.00–360.00	2,068	24
Steers	600–650	Medium and Large 1	610	338.50/cwt	334.00–347.00	2,065	63
Steers	600–650	Medium and Large 1-2Unweaned	625	286.89/cwt	284.00–290.00	1,793	4
Steers	600–650	Medium and Large 1Fleshy	627	294.19/cwt	277.00–312.00	1,845	20
Steers	600–650	Medium and Large 1Thin Fleshed	631	359.78/cwt	359.00–360.00	2,270	9
Steers	600–650	Medium and Large 2	633	315.85/cwt	311.00–316.50	1,999	16
Steers	600–650	Medium and Large 1-2	645	315.20/cwt	304.50–326.00	2,033	4
Steers	650–700	Medium and Large 1Fleshy	666	300.00/cwt	300.00–300.00	1,998	3
Steers	650–700	Medium and Large 1	677	310.42/cwt	310.00–311.00	2,102	14
Steers	700–750	Medium and Large 1	714	318.61/cwt	318.00–319.00	2,275	34
Steers	750–800	Medium and Large 1	759	290.00/cwt	290.00–290.00	2,201	16
Steers	800–850	Medium and Large 1	813	289.00/cwt	282.50–289.50	2,350	83
Feeder Cattle · Heifers22 lots · lightest first
Heifers	300–350	Medium and Large 1	315	402.65/cwt	385.00–417.50	1,268	10
Heifers	300–350	Medium and Large 1-2	318	360.74/cwt	350.00–372.00	1,147	4
Heifers	350–400	Medium and Large 1	374	400.02/cwt	375.00–415.00	1,496	55
Heifers	350–400	Medium and Large 1-2	383	340.56/cwt	333.00–355.00	1,304	6
Heifers	400–450	Medium and Large 1-2	427	351.05/cwt	337.00–372.50	1,499	22
Heifers	400–450	Medium and Large 1	433	371.75/cwt	347.00–385.00	1,610	114
Heifers	400–450	Medium and Large 2	448	318.00/cwt	318.00–318.00	1,425	5
Heifers	450–500	Medium and Large 1	474	356.21/cwt	336.00–370.00	1,688	89
Heifers	450–500	Medium and Large 1Fleshy	476	336.00/cwt	336.00–336.00	1,599	8
Heifers	450–500	Medium and Large 1-2	483	331.65/cwt	329.00–337.00	1,602	9
Heifers	500–550	Medium and Large 1	524	339.15/cwt	330.00–350.00	1,777	29
Heifers	500–550	Medium and Large 1-2	524	321.15/cwt	310.00–337.00	1,683	21
Heifers	500–550	Medium and Large 1-2Thin Fleshed	530	320.00/cwt	320.00–320.00	1,696	7
Heifers	500–550	Medium and Large 1Value Added	532	339.00/cwt	339.00–339.00	1,803	7
Heifers	550–600	Medium and Large 2	550	294.00/cwt	294.00–294.00	1,617	21
Heifers	550–600	Medium and Large 1	564	339.86/cwt	330.00–346.00	1,917	17
Heifers	550–600	Medium and Large 1-2	595	306.78/cwt	296.00–329.00	1,825	47
Heifers	600–650	Medium and Large 1	615	308.55/cwt	300.00–311.50	1,898	17
Heifers	600–650	Medium and Large 1-2	638	306.00/cwt	306.00–306.00	1,952	29
Heifers	650–700	Medium and Large 1	650	291.13/cwt	290.50–293.00	1,892	8
Heifers	650–700	Medium and Large 1-2	687	265.00/cwt	265.00–265.00	1,821	7
Heifers	850–900	Medium and Large 1	892	248.00/cwt	248.00–248.00	2,212	7
Feeder Cattle · Bulls1 lot · lightest first
Bulls	450–500	Medium and Large 1-2	476	340.00/cwt	340.00–340.00	1,618	3
Slaughter Cattle · Bulls3 lots · lightest first
Bulls	—	—	1,608	139.31/cwt	120.00–160.00	2,240	4
Bulls	—	—	1,836	175.02/cwt	165.00–182.00	3,213	5
Bulls	—	—	2,140	183.37/cwt	182.00–184.50	3,924	3
Slaughter Cattle · Cows8 lots · lightest first
Cows	—	Lean 85-90%	862	65.00/cwt	65.00–65.00	560	2
Cows	—	Lean 85-90%	998	102.72/cwt	80.50–113.00	1,025	9
Cows	—	Lean 85-90%	1,052	120.96/cwt	115.00–125.00	1,272	13
Cows	—	Boner 80-85%	1,225	148.50/cwt	148.50–148.50	1,819	1
Cows	—	Boner 80-85%	1,226	141.60/cwt	134.50–145.50	1,736	10
Cows	—	Boner 80-85%	1,353	132.15/cwt	130.00–134.50	1,788	2
Cows	—	Breaker 75-80%	1,456	141.69/cwt	137.50–145.50	2,063	5
Cows	—	Breaker 75-80%	1,550	134.00/cwt	134.00–134.00	2,077	1
Replacement Cattle · Stock Cows1 lot · lightest first
Stock Cows	—	Medium and Large 1-2	870	206.00/cwt	206.00–206.00	1,792	12

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 16, 2025

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

Feeder CattleReceipts 1,643Last week 157Year ago 782

Slaughter CattleReceipts 83Last week 28Year ago 102

Replacement CattleReceipts 30Last week 6Year ago 20

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
4	300–350	318	350.00–372.00	360.74
6	350–400	383	333.00–355.00	340.56
22	400–450	427	337.00–372.50	351.05
9	450–500	483	329.00–337.00	331.65
21	500–550	524	310.00–337.00	321.15
47	550–600	595	296.00–329.00	306.78
29	600–650	638	306.00	306.00
7	650–700	687	265.00	265.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
10	300–350	315	385.00–417.50	402.65
55	350–400	374	375.00–415.00	400.02
114	400–450	433	347.00–385.00	371.75
89	450–500	474	336.00–370.00	356.21
29	500–550	524	330.00–350.00	339.15
17	550–600	564	330.00–346.00	339.86
17	600–650	615	300.00–311.50	308.55
8	650–700	650	290.50–293.00	291.13
7	850–900	892	248.00	248.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Value Added$ per cwt · actual wt
7	500–550	532	339.00	339.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Fleshy$ per cwt · actual wt
8	450–500	476	336.00	336.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Thin Fleshed$ per cwt · actual wt
7	500–550	530	320.00	320.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
5	400–450	448	318.00	318.00
21	550–600	550	294.00	294.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
15	300–350	334	445.00–465.00	459.80
51	350–400	382	435.00–472.50	455.30
75	400–450	421	423.00–457.00	445.07
200	450–500	487	370.00–435.00	402.63
62	500–550	517	350.00–394.00	371.55
44	550–600	572	340.00–381.00	352.66
63	600–650	610	334.00–347.00	338.50
14	650–700	677	310.00–311.00	310.42
34	700–750	714	318.00–319.00	318.61
16	750–800	759	290.00	290.00
83	800–850	813	282.50–289.50	289.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1 · Fleshy$ per cwt · actual wt
17	550–600	566	291.00–338.00	319.57
20	600–650	627	277.00–312.00	294.19
3	650–700	666	300.00	300.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
8	500–550	516	310.00–314.00	311.50
23	550–600	563	310.00–321.50	319.47
16	600–650	633	311.00–316.50	315.85

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1 · Value Added$ per cwt · actual wt
11	400–450	418	458.00–470.00	463.22
7	450–500	470	400.00	400.00
24	550–600	582	350.00–360.00	355.32

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
10	400–450	415	379.00–425.00	403.43
11	450–500	492	340.00–360.00	355.76
13	500–550	526	326.00–361.00	342.95
15	550–600	562	324.00–348.00	331.70
4	600–650	645	304.50–326.00	315.20

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1 · Thin Fleshed$ per cwt · actual wt
9	550–600	567	389.00	389.00
9	600–650	631	359.00–360.00	359.78

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Unweaned$ per cwt · actual wt
4	600–650	625	284.00–290.00	286.89

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
3	450–500	476	340.00	340.00

Slaughter Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cows — Boner 80-85%$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	1,353	130.00–134.50	132.15
1	—	1,225	148.50	148.50
10	—	1,226	134.50–145.50	141.60

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cows — Lean 85-90%$ per cwt · actual wt
13	—	1,052	115.00–125.00	120.96
2	—	862	65.00	65.00
9	—	998	80.50–113.00	102.72

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cows — Breaker 75-80%$ per cwt · actual wt
5	—	1,456	137.50–145.50	141.69
1	—	1,550	134.00	134.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls$ per cwt · actual wt
5	—	1,836	165.00–182.00	175.02
4	—	1,608	120.00–160.00	139.31
3	—	2,140	182.00–184.50	183.37

Replacement Cattle

As reported

Age	Stage	Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Stock Cows — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
Young (2-4 yrs)	Open	12	—	870	206.00	206.00

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.