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South Central Regional Stockyards

Name: South Central Regional Stockyards livestock auction prices — 2025-08-27
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2025-08-27

Feeder Cattle · Slaughter Cattle · Replacement Cattle · Vienna, Missouri · Wed, Aug 27

● Final51 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 1817

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Feeder Cattle receipts

893 head

▲ 474 vs last sale 419▲ 893 vs year ago 0 · no sale a year ago

Slaughter Cattle receipts

88 head

▲ 41 vs last sale 47▲ 88 vs year ago 0 · no sale a year ago

Replacement Cattle receipts

30 head

▲ 0 vs last sale 30▲ 30 vs year ago 0 · no sale a year ago

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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Based on limited comparisons with the sale two weeks ago, feeder steers and heifers 15.00-30.00 higher. Slaughter cows 3.00-5.00 higher. Supply moderate. Demand very good. The cattle narrative remains the same as the market continues to grind higher and those who have been on the elevator ride up are going to buy back more cattle with current feedlot closeouts estimated at around 480.00/head to the plus side.

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 $461.86/cwt on 146 head. That ranks 9 of 20 comparable sales and sits −18.17 against this barn's trailing median of $480.03.

Average price

$461.86

146 head · 548 lb average

Value per head Derived

$2,529

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$175

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

$25.61/cwt at this weight

vs the market

+25.13

vs MO average

+52.56 vs national

Price by quality 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1	548	464.66	2,549	130
Medium and Large 1-2	541	439.05	2,373	16thin

One grade step is worth $25.61/cwt here — about $175 a head. Across this sale the premium is widest at 300–400 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 sale146 hd

461.86

—

MO average16 barns · 2,363 hd

436.73

+25.13

National average152 barns · 8,476 hd

409.30

+52.56

This barn, trailing median20 sales

480.03

−18.17

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	1,796	193.45	3,474	7thin
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	High	1,521	167.67	2,550	12
Cows	Boner 80-85%	High	1,267	166.20	2,106	15
Cows	Lean 85-90%	Low	999	143.75	1,436	43

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)	1,161	$3,009	4thin
Bred Cows	2nd/3rd Stage (4-9 mo)	Aged (>8 yrs)	1,338	$2,597	10

Every lot

51 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	350–400	Medium and Large 1-2	368	467.35/cwt	460.00–475.00	1,720	4
Steers	350–400	Medium and Large 1	382	549.62/cwt	525.00–565.00	2,100	14
Steers	400–450	Medium and Large 1	419	514.80/cwt	505.00–522.00	2,157	12
Steers	400–450	Medium and Large 1-2	423	484.15/cwt	430.00–518.00	2,048	14
Steers	450–500	Medium and Large 1-2	464	451.56/cwt	436.00–471.00	2,095	12
Steers	450–500	Medium and Large 1	468	492.06/cwt	465.00–499.00	2,303	12
Steers	500–550	Medium and Large 1-2	515	453.45/cwt	425.00–480.00	2,335	10
Steers	500–550	Medium and Large 1	526	480.60/cwt	458.00–499.50	2,528	56
Steers	500–550	Medium and Large 1Value Added	529	501.00/cwt	501.00–501.00	2,650	7
Steers	500–550	Medium and Large 1Fleshy	529	460.00/cwt	460.00–460.00	2,433	10
Steers	550–600	Medium and Large 1	576	449.54/cwt	430.00–462.00	2,589	53
Steers	550–600	Medium and Large 1Fleshy	581	390.00/cwt	390.00–390.00	2,266	4
Steers	550–600	Medium and Large 1-2	583	415.05/cwt	412.00–418.00	2,420	6
Steers	600–650	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	610	440.00/cwt	440.00–440.00	2,684	11
Steers	600–650	Medium and Large 1	625	426.12/cwt	408.50–444.00	2,663	41
Steers	600–650	Medium and Large 1-2	630	404.32/cwt	393.00–412.00	2,547	14
Steers	600–650	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	630	403.95/cwt	390.00–413.00	2,545	10
Steers	650–700	Medium and Large 1	668	413.31/cwt	391.00–418.50	2,761	58
Steers	650–700	Medium and Large 1-2	675	361.00/cwt	361.00–361.00	2,437	3
Steers	650–700	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	677	389.66/cwt	389.00–391.00	2,638	6
Steers	700–750	Medium and Large 1	717	402.77/cwt	401.00–409.00	2,888	9
Steers	750–800	Medium and Large 1-2	768	347.50/cwt	347.00–348.00	2,669	4
Feeder Cattle · Heifers17 lots · lightest first
Heifers	400–450	Medium and Large 1	438	457.93/cwt	450.00–466.00	2,006	8
Heifers	400–450	Medium and Large 1-2	442	441.93/cwt	431.00–456.00	1,953	11
Heifers	450–500	Medium and Large 1-2	463	433.63/cwt	412.00–452.00	2,008	10
Heifers	450–500	Medium and Large 1	480	462.99/cwt	452.00–470.00	2,222	16
Heifers	450–500	Medium and Large 1Fleshy	481	445.00/cwt	445.00–445.00	2,140	7
Heifers	500–550	Medium and Large 1-2Thin Fleshed	511	439.00/cwt	439.00–439.00	2,243	7
Heifers	500–550	Medium and Large 1	520	453.89/cwt	438.00–469.00	2,360	41
Heifers	500–550	Medium and Large 1-2	520	416.33/cwt	412.00–421.00	2,165	4
Heifers	550–600	Medium and Large 1Value Added	558	450.00/cwt	450.00–450.00	2,511	8
Heifers	550–600	Medium and Large 1-2	567	366.00/cwt	366.00–366.00	2,075	3
Heifers	550–600	Medium and Large 1	575	410.27/cwt	395.00–449.00	2,359	24
Heifers	550–600	Medium and Large 1Replacement	588	408.00/cwt	408.00–408.00	2,399	5
Heifers	600–650	Medium and Large 1Value Added	609	405.00/cwt	405.00–405.00	2,466	7
Heifers	600–650	Medium and Large 1	619	393.48/cwt	381.00–406.00	2,436	35
Heifers	650–700	Medium and Large 1	678	379.59/cwt	371.00–389.00	2,574	41
Heifers	650–700	Medium and Large 2	680	336.00/cwt	336.00–336.00	2,285	8
Heifers	800–850	Medium and Large 1-2	848	286.00/cwt	286.00–286.00	2,425	3
Feeder Cattle · Bulls1 lot · lightest first
Bulls	500–550	Medium and Large 1-2	520	423.89/cwt	402.50–447.00	2,204	4
Slaughter Cattle · Bulls3 lots · lightest first
Bulls	—	—	1,720	207.00/cwt	207.00–207.00	3,560	1
Bulls	—	—	1,750	195.79/cwt	184.50–206.00	3,426	4
Bulls	—	—	1,925	182.00/cwt	182.00–182.00	3,504	2
Slaughter Cattle · Cows6 lots · lightest first
Cows	—	Lean 85-90%	947	132.82/cwt	116.00–140.50	1,258	16
Cows	—	Lean 85-90%	1,030	150.23/cwt	142.00–155.00	1,547	27
Cows	—	Boner 80-85%	1,265	163.57/cwt	157.50–169.50	2,069	11
Cows	—	Boner 80-85%	1,273	173.43/cwt	172.50–175.00	2,208	4
Cows	—	Breaker 75-80%	1,430	174.00/cwt	174.00–174.00	2,488	1
Cows	—	Breaker 75-80%	1,529	167.09/cwt	160.00–172.50	2,555	11
Replacement Cattle · Bred Cows2 lots · lightest first
Bred Cows	—	Medium and Large 1-2	1,161	3,009.35/head	2,600.00–3,350.00	3,009	4
Bred Cows	—	Medium and Large 1-2	1,338	2,597.42/head	2,300.00–2,700.00	2,597	10

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 Aug 27, 2025

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

Feeder CattleReceipts 893Last week 419Year ago 0

Slaughter CattleReceipts 88Last week 47Year ago 0

Replacement CattleReceipts 30Last week 30Year ago 0

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
4	350–400	368	460.00–475.00	467.35
14	400–450	423	430.00–518.00	484.15
12	450–500	464	436.00–471.00	451.56
10	500–550	515	425.00–480.00	453.45
6	550–600	583	412.00–418.00	415.05
14	600–650	630	393.00–412.00	404.32
3	650–700	675	361.00	361.00
4	750–800	768	347.00–348.00	347.50

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Value Added$ per cwt · actual wt
11	600–650	610	440.00	440.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1 · Unweaned$ per cwt · actual wt
10	600–650	630	390.00–413.00	403.95
6	650–700	677	389.00–391.00	389.66

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1 · Value Added$ per cwt · actual wt
7	500–550	529	501.00	501.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
14	350–400	382	525.00–565.00	549.62
12	400–450	419	505.00–522.00	514.80
12	450–500	468	465.00–499.00	492.06
56	500–550	526	458.00–499.50	480.60
53	550–600	576	430.00–462.00	449.54
41	600–650	625	408.50–444.00	426.12
58	650–700	668	391.00–418.50	413.31
9	700–750	717	401.00–409.00	402.77

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1 · Fleshy$ per cwt · actual wt
10	500–550	529	460.00	460.00
4	550–600	581	390.00	390.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Thin Fleshed$ per cwt · actual wt
7	500–550	511	439.00	439.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
8	400–450	438	450.00–466.00	457.93
16	450–500	480	452.00–470.00	462.99
41	500–550	520	438.00–469.00	453.89
24	550–600	575	395.00–449.00	410.27
35	600–650	619	381.00–406.00	393.48
41	650–700	678	371.00–389.00	379.59

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Value Added$ per cwt · actual wt
8	550–600	558	450.00	450.00
7	600–650	609	405.00	405.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Replacement$ per cwt · actual wt
5	550–600	588	408.00	408.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Fleshy$ per cwt · actual wt
7	450–500	481	445.00	445.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
8	650–700	680	336.00	336.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
11	400–450	442	431.00–456.00	441.93
10	450–500	463	412.00–452.00	433.63
4	500–550	520	412.00–421.00	416.33
3	550–600	567	366.00	366.00
3	800–850	848	286.00	286.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
4	500–550	520	402.50–447.00	423.89

Slaughter Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cows — Boner 80-85%$ per cwt · actual wt
4	—	1,273	172.50–175.00	173.43
11	—	1,265	157.50–169.50	163.57

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cows — Lean 85-90%$ per cwt · actual wt
16	—	947	116.00–140.50	132.82
27	—	1,030	142.00–155.00	150.23

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cows — Breaker 75-80%$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	1,430	174.00	174.00
11	—	1,529	160.00–172.50	167.09

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	1,925	182.00	182.00
4	—	1,750	184.50–206.00	195.79
1	—	1,720	207.00	207.00

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)	2nd/3rd Stage (4-9 mo)	4	—	1,161	2,600.00–3,350.00	3,009.35
Aged (>8 yrs)	2nd/3rd Stage (4-9 mo)	10	—	1,338	2,300.00–2,700.00	2,597.42

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.