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South Central Regional Stockyards

Name: South Central Regional Stockyards livestock auction prices — 2025-05-21
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2025-05-21

Feeder Cattle · Slaughter Cattle · Replacement Cattle · Vienna, Missouri · Wed, May 21

● Final73 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 1817

← May 14May 21Jun 4 →

Feeder Cattle receipts

2,225 head

▲ 135 vs last sale 2,090▲ 571 vs year ago 1,654 · +34.5%

Slaughter Cattle receipts

103 head

▲ 31 vs last sale 72▲ 35 vs year ago 68 · +51.5%

Replacement Cattle receipts

30 head

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

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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to last Wednesday, feeder steers under 475 lbs 6.00-12.00 lower, over 475 lbs unevenly steady. Feeder heifers mostly steady to 4.00 lower except those near 425 lbs 5.00-10.00 lower. Slaughter cows 2.00-4.00 higher. Demand good.. Supply heavy. Another large run of high quality feeders although with more weaned cattle and more flesh overall this week. The feeder market is still quite strong despite the recent 10.00/cwt decline in feeder futures since the recent record highs with steady prices seen in several spots on the best cattle. Beef cutout values have been working seasonally higher with fed cattle looking likely to be at least steady this week.

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 $385.36/cwt on 488 head. That ranks 1 of 20 comparable sales and sits −94.66 against this barn's trailing median of $480.03.

Average price

$385.36

488 head · 550 lb average

Value per head Derived

$2,118

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$161

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

$32.12/cwt at this weight

vs the market

+2.27

vs MO average

+7.31 vs national

Price by quality 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1	549	387.27	2,128	459
Medium and Large 1-2	554	355.15	1,967	29

One grade step is worth $32.12/cwt here — about $161 a head. Across this sale the premium is widest at 200–300 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 sale488 hd

385.36

—

MO average15 barns · 4,890 hd

383.09

+2.27

National average157 barns · 12,981 hd

378.05

+7.31

This barn, trailing median20 sales

480.03

−94.66

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	—	High	1,753	179.42	3,146	7thin
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	Average	1,418	151.06	2,142	2thin
Cows	Boner 80-85%	Low	1,243	149.13	1,854	33
Cows	Lean 85-90%	High	1,056	137.17	1,448	26

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)	1,178	$2,442	5
Bred Cows	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	Aged (>8 yrs)	1,255	$2,235	4thin

Every lot

73 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 · Steers34 lots · lightest first
Steers	250–300	Medium and Large 1	274	528.82/cwt	520.00–535.00	1,449	5
Steers	250–300	Medium and Large 1-2	274	477.92/cwt	475.00–480.00	1,310	5
Steers	300–350	Medium and Large 1	313	477.85/cwt	455.00–495.00	1,496	11
Steers	300–350	Medium and Large 1-2	316	467.98/cwt	442.50–495.00	1,479	10
Steers	350–400	Medium and Large 1-2	365	409.43/cwt	404.00–420.00	1,494	6
Steers	350–400	Medium and Large 1	380	463.76/cwt	432.00–475.00	1,762	30
Steers	400–450	Medium and Large 1Full	418	423.00/cwt	423.00–423.00	1,768	7
Steers	400–450	Medium and Large 1-2	430	411.36/cwt	393.00–426.00	1,769	21
Steers	400–450	Medium and Large 1	432	430.08/cwt	405.00–442.00	1,858	37
Steers	400–450	Medium and Large 2	432	384.63/cwt	367.50–391.00	1,662	7
Steers	450–500	Medium and Large 1	470	410.67/cwt	392.00–421.00	1,930	102
Steers	450–500	Medium and Large 1-2	475	386.36/cwt	378.00–400.00	1,835	28
Steers	450–500	Medium and Large 1Value Added	482	424.00/cwt	424.00–424.00	2,044	9
Steers	450–500	Medium and Large 1Fleshy	487	387.00/cwt	387.00–387.00	1,885	2
Steers	500–550	Medium and Large 1Thin Fleshed	502	421.00/cwt	421.00–421.00	2,113	10
Steers	500–550	Medium and Large 1Fleshy	524	380.29/cwt	370.00–390.00	1,993	15
Steers	500–550	Medium and Large 1	530	395.90/cwt	372.00–411.00	2,098	175
Steers	500–550	Medium and Large 1Full	538	384.00/cwt	384.00–384.00	2,066	11
Steers	500–550	Medium and Large 1-2	539	358.23/cwt	336.00–379.00	1,931	17
Steers	550–600	Medium and Large 1	564	384.42/cwt	368.00–398.00	2,168	111
Steers	550–600	Medium and Large 1Value Added	568	384.13/cwt	372.00–401.00	2,182	96
Steers	550–600	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	568	359.76/cwt	333.00–363.00	2,043	31
Steers	550–600	Medium and Large 1-2	575	350.78/cwt	348.00–354.00	2,017	12
Steers	550–600	Medium and Large 1Fleshy	580	356.00/cwt	356.00–356.00	2,065	3
Steers	550–600	Medium and Large 1Full	596	367.00/cwt	367.00–367.00	2,187	7
Steers	600–650	Medium and Large 1	615	390.83/cwt	371.00–397.00	2,404	114
Steers	600–650	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	626	346.67/cwt	339.00–353.00	2,170	20
Steers	600–650	Medium and Large 1Value Added	627	381.00/cwt	381.00–381.00	2,389	9
Steers	600–650	Medium and Large 1Fleshy	638	362.00/cwt	362.00–362.00	2,310	14
Steers	650–700	Medium and Large 1-2	655	331.71/cwt	321.00–337.00	2,173	6
Steers	650–700	Medium and Large 1	670	344.02/cwt	339.50–368.00	2,305	66
Steers	650–700	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	671	312.29/cwt	304.00–330.00	2,095	14
Steers	700–750	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	726	303.89/cwt	298.50–307.00	2,206	14
Steers	700–750	Medium and Large 1	731	324.98/cwt	319.50–330.50	2,376	39
Feeder Cattle · Heifers25 lots · lightest first
Heifers	250–300	Medium and Large 1	265	479.43/cwt	470.00–490.00	1,270	4
Heifers	300–350	Medium and Large 1	335	445.11/cwt	426.00–460.00	1,491	8
Heifers	350–400	Medium and Large 1-2	380	397.14/cwt	385.00–415.00	1,509	7
Heifers	350–400	Medium and Large 1	383	419.60/cwt	400.00–428.00	1,607	12
Heifers	400–450	Medium and Large 1Value Added	402	419.00/cwt	419.00–419.00	1,684	18
Heifers	400–450	Medium and Large 1-2	424	379.53/cwt	358.00–394.00	1,609	36
Heifers	400–450	Medium and Large 1	428	403.95/cwt	388.00–420.00	1,729	58
Heifers	450–500	Medium and Large 1Fleshy	477	344.64/cwt	341.00–350.00	1,644	5
Heifers	450–500	Medium and Large 1	478	378.12/cwt	354.00–395.00	1,807	121
Heifers	450–500	Medium and Large 1-2	483	351.51/cwt	342.00–364.00	1,698	16
Heifers	500–550	Medium and Large 1Value Added	513	356.10/cwt	345.50–365.00	1,827	34
Heifers	500–550	Medium and Large 2	517	313.00/cwt	313.00–313.00	1,618	5
Heifers	500–550	Medium and Large 1	523	350.22/cwt	331.00–374.00	1,832	115
Heifers	500–550	Medium and Large 1-2	523	329.24/cwt	320.00–353.00	1,722	15
Heifers	500–550	Medium and Large 1Fleshy	524	332.00/cwt	332.00–332.00	1,740	5
Heifers	550–600	Medium and Large 1Fleshy	550	323.00/cwt	323.00–323.00	1,777	5
Heifers	550–600	Medium and Large 1	563	334.51/cwt	318.00–339.00	1,883	107
Heifers	550–600	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	575	321.04/cwt	313.00–328.00	1,846	32
Heifers	550–600	Medium and Large 1-2	576	306.61/cwt	302.00–314.00	1,766	9
Heifers	550–600	Medium and Large 1Value Added	583	330.00/cwt	330.00–330.00	1,924	35
Heifers	600–650	Medium and Large 1	615	325.57/cwt	305.00–330.50	2,002	44
Heifers	600–650	Medium and Large 1Replacement	641	327.00/cwt	327.00–327.00	2,096	17
Heifers	650–700	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	653	286.00/cwt	286.00–286.00	1,868	3
Heifers	700–750	Medium and Large 1Fleshy	706	261.00/cwt	261.00–261.00	1,843	6
Heifers	700–750	Medium and Large 1Value Added	713	285.50/cwt	285.50–285.50	2,036	8
Feeder Cattle · Bulls2 lots · lightest first
Bulls	450–500	Medium and Large 1-2	471	374.80/cwt	365.00–390.00	1,765	10
Bulls	500–550	Medium and Large 1-2	535	341.38/cwt	329.00–354.00	1,826	4
Feeder Cattle · Cows1 lot · lightest first
Cows	400–450	Medium and Large 1	430	384.00/cwt	384.00–384.00	1,651	4
Slaughter Cattle · Bulls2 lots · lightest first
Bulls	—	—	1,739	177.91/cwt	172.00–186.00	3,094	6
Bulls	—	—	1,840	188.50/cwt	188.50–188.50	3,468	1
Slaughter Cattle · Cows7 lots · lightest first
Cows	—	Lean 85-90%	1,010	151.00/cwt	151.00–151.00	1,525	1
Cows	—	Lean 85-90%	1,056	142.70/cwt	135.00–148.50	1,507	19
Cows	—	Lean 85-90%	1,063	117.35/cwt	110.00–126.50	1,247	6
Cows	—	Boner 80-85%	1,231	148.37/cwt	144.00–152.00	1,826	23
Cows	—	Boner 80-85%	1,245	153.69/cwt	153.50–155.00	1,913	8
Cows	—	Boner 80-85%	1,375	139.55/cwt	137.50–142.00	1,919	2
Cows	—	Breaker 75-80%	1,418	151.06/cwt	150.00–152.00	2,142	2
Replacement Cattle · Bred Cows2 lots · lightest first
Bred Cows	—	Medium and Large 1-2	1,178	2,441.74/head	2,200.00–2,650.00	2,442	5
Bred Cows	—	Medium and Large 1	1,255	2,235.00/head	2,235.00–2,235.00	2,235	4

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 May 21, 2025

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

Feeder CattleReceipts 2,225Last week 2,090Year ago 1,654

Slaughter CattleReceipts 103Last week 72Year ago 68

Replacement CattleReceipts 30Last week 20Year ago 20

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1 · Full$ per cwt · actual wt
7	400–450	418	423.00	423.00
11	500–550	538	384.00	384.00
7	550–600	596	367.00	367.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1 · Value Added$ per cwt · actual wt
9	450–500	482	424.00	424.00
96	550–600	568	372.00–401.00	384.13
9	600–650	627	381.00	381.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1 · Thin Fleshed$ per cwt · actual wt
10	500–550	502	421.00	421.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1 · Unweaned$ per cwt · actual wt
31	550–600	568	333.00–363.00	359.76
20	600–650	626	339.00–353.00	346.67
14	650–700	671	304.00–330.00	312.29
14	700–750	726	298.50–307.00	303.89

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
5	250–300	274	520.00–535.00	528.82
11	300–350	313	455.00–495.00	477.85
30	350–400	380	432.00–475.00	463.76
37	400–450	432	405.00–442.00	430.08
102	450–500	470	392.00–421.00	410.67
175	500–550	530	372.00–411.00	395.90
111	550–600	564	368.00–398.00	384.42
114	600–650	615	371.00–397.00	390.83
66	650–700	670	339.50–368.00	344.02
39	700–750	731	319.50–330.50	324.98

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1 · Fleshy$ per cwt · actual wt
2	450–500	487	387.00	387.00
15	500–550	524	370.00–390.00	380.29
3	550–600	580	356.00	356.00
14	600–650	638	362.00	362.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
7	400–450	432	367.50–391.00	384.63

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
5	250–300	274	475.00–480.00	477.92
10	300–350	316	442.50–495.00	467.98
6	350–400	365	404.00–420.00	409.43
21	400–450	430	393.00–426.00	411.36
28	450–500	475	378.00–400.00	386.36
17	500–550	539	336.00–379.00	358.23
12	550–600	575	348.00–354.00	350.78
6	650–700	655	321.00–337.00	331.71

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Replacement$ per cwt · actual wt
17	600–650	641	327.00	327.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
4	250–300	265	470.00–490.00	479.43
8	300–350	335	426.00–460.00	445.11
12	350–400	383	400.00–428.00	419.60
58	400–450	428	388.00–420.00	403.95
121	450–500	478	354.00–395.00	378.12
115	500–550	523	331.00–374.00	350.22
107	550–600	563	318.00–339.00	334.51
44	600–650	615	305.00–330.50	325.57

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Value Added$ per cwt · actual wt
18	400–450	402	419.00	419.00
34	500–550	513	345.50–365.00	356.10
35	550–600	583	330.00	330.00
8	700–750	713	285.50	285.50

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Fleshy$ per cwt · actual wt
5	450–500	477	341.00–350.00	344.64
5	500–550	524	332.00	332.00
5	550–600	550	323.00	323.00
6	700–750	706	261.00	261.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
5	500–550	517	313.00	313.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
7	350–400	380	385.00–415.00	397.14
36	400–450	424	358.00–394.00	379.53
16	450–500	483	342.00–364.00	351.51
15	500–550	523	320.00–353.00	329.24
9	550–600	576	302.00–314.00	306.61

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Unweaned$ per cwt · actual wt
32	550–600	575	313.00–328.00	321.04
3	650–700	653	286.00	286.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cows — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
4	400–450	430	384.00	384.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
10	450–500	471	365.00–390.00	374.80
4	500–550	535	329.00–354.00	341.38

Slaughter Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	1,840	188.50	188.50
6	—	1,739	172.00–186.00	177.91

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cows — Lean 85-90%$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	1,010	151.00	151.00
19	—	1,056	135.00–148.50	142.70
6	—	1,063	110.00–126.50	117.35

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cows — Breaker 75-80%$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	1,418	150.00–152.00	151.06

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cows — Boner 80-85%$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	1,375	137.50–142.00	139.55
8	—	1,245	153.50–155.00	153.69
23	—	1,231	144.00–152.00	148.37

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	—	1,178	2,200.00–2,650.00	2,441.74

Age	Stage	Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bred Cows — Medium and Large 1$ per head · actual wt
Aged (>8 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	4	—	1,255	2,235.00	2,235.00

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.