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South Central Regional Stockyards

Name: South Central Regional Stockyards livestock auction prices — 2025-09-24
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2025-09-24

Feeder Cattle · Slaughter Cattle · Replacement Cattle · Vienna, Missouri · Wed, Sep 24

● Final68 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 1817

← Sep 10Sep 24Oct 1 →

Feeder Cattle receipts

1,239 head

▼ 220 vs last sale 1,459▼ 285 vs year ago 1,524 · −18.7%

Slaughter Cattle receipts

63 head

▼ 7 vs last sale 70▲ 0 vs year ago 63 · +0.0%

Replacement Cattle receipts

30 head

▼ 30 vs last sale 60▲ 10 vs year ago 20 · +50.0%

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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to the sale two weeks ago, feeder steers under 550 lbs steady to 5.00 higher, over 550 lbs 5.00-20.00 higher with greatest advance near 600 lbs. Feeder heifers under 550 lbs 15.00-30.00 higher, over 550 lbs 5.00-10.00 higher. Slaughter cows 2.00-3.00 lower. Demand very good. Supply moderate. Very good buyer attendance with several nice consignments of weaned cattle.

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 $452.30/cwt on 232 head. That ranks 8 of 20 comparable sales and sits −27.72 against this barn's trailing median of $480.03.

Average price

$452.30

232 head · 553 lb average

Value per head Derived

$2,500

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$426

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

$93.63/cwt at this weight

vs the market

+26.72

vs MO average

+35.21 vs national

Price by quality 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1	554	456.63	2,531	198
Medium and Large 1-2	540	433.34	2,339	31
Medium and Large 2	580	363.00	2,105	3thin

One grade step is worth $93.63/cwt here — about $426 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 sale232 hd

452.30

—

MO average14 barns · 1,812 hd

425.58

+26.72

National average168 barns · 11,658 hd

417.09

+35.21

This barn, trailing median20 sales

480.03

−27.72

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	1,890	184.13	3,479	9thin
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	Average	1,590	164.38	2,614	5thin
Cows	Boner 80-85%	High	1,297	160.29	2,079	24
Cows	Lean 85-90%	High	1,073	138.84	1,490	16

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)	1,065	$2,846	3thin

Every lot

68 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 · Steers25 lots · lightest first
Steers	250–300	Medium and Large 1-2	273	507.48/cwt	505.00–510.00	1,385	4
Steers	300–350	Medium and Large 1	325	488.00/cwt	488.00–488.00	1,586	3
Steers	300–350	Medium and Large 1-2	325	447.38/cwt	435.00–465.00	1,454	5
Steers	350–400	Medium and Large 1	381	491.65/cwt	465.00–505.00	1,873	14
Steers	400–450	Medium and Large 2	415	420.00/cwt	420.00–420.00	1,743	3
Steers	400–450	Medium and Large 1	420	484.43/cwt	476.00–496.00	2,035	6
Steers	400–450	Medium and Large 1-2	434	463.08/cwt	448.00–475.00	2,010	22
Steers	450–500	Medium and Large 1-2	464	462.65/cwt	442.00–475.00	2,147	8
Steers	450–500	Medium and Large 1	485	482.10/cwt	462.00–490.00	2,338	29
Steers	450–500	Medium and Large 1Fleshy	490	444.00/cwt	444.00–444.00	2,176	5
Steers	500–550	Medium and Large 1	522	472.71/cwt	462.00–500.00	2,468	73
Steers	500–550	Medium and Large 1-2	526	431.52/cwt	408.00–455.00	2,270	20
Steers	550–600	Medium and Large 1-2	565	436.65/cwt	429.00–443.00	2,467	11
Steers	550–600	Medium and Large 1Fleshy	568	421.14/cwt	416.00–422.00	2,392	19
Steers	550–600	Medium and Large 1	574	454.85/cwt	433.00–479.00	2,611	96
Steers	550–600	Medium and Large 1Full	575	423.68/cwt	410.00–433.00	2,436	10
Steers	550–600	Medium and Large 2	580	363.00/cwt	363.00–363.00	2,105	3
Steers	600–650	Medium and Large 1	633	424.72/cwt	401.00–476.00	2,688	72
Steers	650–700	Medium and Large 1	676	402.06/cwt	395.50–421.00	2,718	40
Steers	650–700	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	677	375.00/cwt	375.00–375.00	2,539	6
Steers	700–750	Medium and Large 1-2	702	383.78/cwt	359.00–386.00	2,694	49
Steers	700–750	Medium and Large 1	730	387.08/cwt	382.00–388.00	2,826	13
Steers	800–850	Medium and Large 1-2	808	346.00/cwt	346.00–346.00	2,796	3
Steers	800–850	Medium and Large 1	826	350.76/cwt	349.00–361.00	2,897	33
Steers	900–950	Medium and Large 2	945	292.25/cwt	292.25–292.25	2,762	20
Feeder Cattle · Heifers27 lots · lightest first
Heifers	250–300	Medium and Large 1-2	267	448.10/cwt	435.00–465.00	1,196	5
Heifers	300–350	Medium and Large 1-2	313	437.47/cwt	434.00–441.00	1,369	4
Heifers	350–400	Medium and Large 1	373	438.10/cwt	426.00–464.00	1,634	9
Heifers	350–400	Medium and Large 1-2	376	433.68/cwt	424.00–442.00	1,631	6
Heifers	400–450	Medium and Large 1	424	458.40/cwt	438.00–478.00	1,944	13
Heifers	400–450	Medium and Large 1-2	425	418.31/cwt	408.00–425.00	1,778	20
Heifers	400–450	Large 1	431	422.00/cwt	422.00–422.00	1,819	5
Heifers	400–450	Medium and Large 2	445	414.00/cwt	414.00–414.00	1,842	3
Heifers	450–500	Medium and Large 1	476	448.93/cwt	430.00–480.00	2,137	31
Heifers	450–500	Medium and Large 1-2	477	436.07/cwt	401.00–452.00	2,080	19
Heifers	450–500	Medium and Large 1Fleshy	480	415.00/cwt	415.00–415.00	1,992	7
Heifers	450–500	Medium and Large 1-2Thin Fleshed	498	458.00/cwt	458.00–458.00	2,281	18
Heifers	500–550	Medium and Large 1-2	522	390.58/cwt	365.00–408.00	2,039	20
Heifers	500–550	Medium and Large 1-2Full	522	351.77/cwt	346.00–361.00	1,836	5
Heifers	500–550	Medium and Large 1	523	437.31/cwt	401.00–451.00	2,287	34
Heifers	550–600	Medium and Large 1	561	410.30/cwt	373.00–424.00	2,302	54
Heifers	550–600	Medium and Large 1Fleshy	562	371.65/cwt	370.00–372.00	2,089	18
Heifers	550–600	Medium and Large 1-2	588	369.79/cwt	359.00–378.00	2,174	7
Heifers	600–650	Medium and Large 1Full	606	371.00/cwt	371.00–371.00	2,248	3
Heifers	600–650	Medium and Large 1	615	391.34/cwt	389.00–394.50	2,407	20
Heifers	600–650	Medium and Large 1-2	618	368.85/cwt	361.00–370.00	2,279	23
Heifers	600–650	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	622	338.50/cwt	338.50–338.50	2,105	5
Heifers	650–700	Medium and Large 1Fleshy	661	341.00/cwt	341.00–341.00	2,254	3
Heifers	650–700	Medium and Large 1	663	371.80/cwt	370.00–374.00	2,465	28
Heifers	650–700	Medium and Large 1-2	668	342.00/cwt	342.00–342.00	2,285	4
Heifers	800–850	Medium and Large 1-2	801	291.00/cwt	291.00–291.00	2,331	15
Heifers	800–850	Medium and Large 1	840	324.30/cwt	320.00–326.00	2,724	7
Feeder Cattle · Bulls3 lots · lightest first
Bulls	300–350	Medium and Large 1-2	301	485.00/cwt	485.00–485.00	1,460	3
Bulls	350–400	Medium and Large 1-2	380	475.00/cwt	475.00–475.00	1,805	10
Bulls	450–500	Medium and Large 1-2	472	393.26/cwt	372.00–436.00	1,856	6
Slaughter Cattle · Bulls3 lots · lightest first
Bulls	—	—	1,670	175.47/cwt	172.50–178.00	2,930	2
Bulls	—	—	1,830	187.87/cwt	182.00–194.50	3,438	5
Bulls	—	—	2,258	183.44/cwt	180.50–186.00	4,142	2
Slaughter Cattle · Cows9 lots · lightest first
Cows	—	Lean 85-90%	890	115.00/cwt	115.00–115.00	1,024	1
Cows	—	Lean 85-90%	1,023	125.56/cwt	115.00–134.00	1,284	6
Cows	—	Lean 85-90%	1,096	155.50/cwt	155.50–155.50	1,704	5
Cows	—	Lean 85-90%	1,166	143.88/cwt	138.00–150.00	1,678	4
Cows	—	Boner 80-85%	1,295	146.54/cwt	144.00–149.00	1,898	2
Cows	—	Boner 80-85%	1,297	158.30/cwt	155.00–164.00	2,053	15
Cows	—	Boner 80-85%	1,298	168.49/cwt	166.00–169.50	2,187	7
Cows	—	Breaker 75-80%	1,430	167.50/cwt	167.50–167.50	2,395	2
Cows	—	Breaker 75-80%	1,697	162.30/cwt	159.00–166.50	2,754	3
Replacement Cattle · Bred Cows1 lot · lightest first
Bred Cows	—	Medium and Large 1-2	1,065	2,846.01/head	2,500.00–3,200.00	2,846	3

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 Sep 24, 2025

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

Feeder CattleReceipts 1,239Last week 1,459Year ago 1,524

Slaughter CattleReceipts 63Last week 70Year ago 63

Replacement CattleReceipts 30Last week 60Year 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
5	250–300	267	435.00–465.00	448.10
4	300–350	313	434.00–441.00	437.47
6	350–400	376	424.00–442.00	433.68
20	400–450	425	408.00–425.00	418.31
19	450–500	477	401.00–452.00	436.07
20	500–550	522	365.00–408.00	390.58
7	550–600	588	359.00–378.00	369.79
23	600–650	618	361.00–370.00	368.85
4	650–700	668	342.00	342.00
15	800–850	801	291.00	291.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Unweaned$ per cwt · actual wt
5	600–650	622	338.50	338.50

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Full$ per cwt · actual wt
5	500–550	522	346.00–361.00	351.77

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
9	350–400	373	426.00–464.00	438.10
13	400–450	424	438.00–478.00	458.40
31	450–500	476	430.00–480.00	448.93
34	500–550	523	401.00–451.00	437.31
54	550–600	561	373.00–424.00	410.30
20	600–650	615	389.00–394.50	391.34
28	650–700	663	370.00–374.00	371.80
7	800–850	840	320.00–326.00	324.30

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Full$ per cwt · actual wt
3	600–650	606	371.00	371.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Fleshy$ per cwt · actual wt
7	450–500	480	415.00	415.00
18	550–600	562	370.00–372.00	371.65
3	650–700	661	341.00	341.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
5	400–450	431	422.00	422.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
3	400–450	445	414.00	414.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Thin Fleshed$ per cwt · actual wt
18	450–500	498	458.00	458.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
3	300–350	325	488.00	488.00
14	350–400	381	465.00–505.00	491.65
6	400–450	420	476.00–496.00	484.43
29	450–500	485	462.00–490.00	482.10
73	500–550	522	462.00–500.00	472.71
96	550–600	574	433.00–479.00	454.85
72	600–650	633	401.00–476.00	424.72
40	650–700	676	395.50–421.00	402.06
13	700–750	730	382.00–388.00	387.08
33	800–850	826	349.00–361.00	350.76

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1 · Unweaned$ per cwt · actual wt
6	650–700	677	375.00	375.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
4	250–300	273	505.00–510.00	507.48
5	300–350	325	435.00–465.00	447.38
22	400–450	434	448.00–475.00	463.08
8	450–500	464	442.00–475.00	462.65
20	500–550	526	408.00–455.00	431.52
11	550–600	565	429.00–443.00	436.65
49	700–750	702	359.00–386.00	383.78
3	800–850	808	346.00	346.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1 · Fleshy$ per cwt · actual wt
5	450–500	490	444.00	444.00
19	550–600	568	416.00–422.00	421.14

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1 · Full$ per cwt · actual wt
10	550–600	575	410.00–433.00	423.68

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
3	400–450	415	420.00	420.00
3	550–600	580	363.00	363.00
20	900–950	945	292.25	292.25

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
3	300–350	301	485.00	485.00
10	350–400	380	475.00	475.00
6	450–500	472	372.00–436.00	393.26

Slaughter Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cows — Lean 85-90%$ per cwt · actual wt
5	—	1,096	155.50	155.50
4	—	1,166	138.00–150.00	143.88
1	—	890	115.00	115.00
6	—	1,023	115.00–134.00	125.56

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cows — Breaker 75-80%$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	1,697	159.00–166.50	162.30
2	—	1,430	167.50	167.50

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cows — Boner 80-85%$ per cwt · actual wt
7	—	1,298	166.00–169.50	168.49
2	—	1,295	144.00–149.00	146.54
15	—	1,297	155.00–164.00	158.30

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	2,258	180.50–186.00	183.44
5	—	1,830	182.00–194.50	187.87
2	—	1,670	172.50–178.00	175.47

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)	3	—	1,065	2,500.00–3,200.00	2,846.01

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.