Sale reports / Missouri / South Central Regional Stockyards / 2025-11-19

South Central Regional Stockyards

Feeder Cattle · Slaughter Cattle · Vienna, Missouri · Wed, Nov 19
● Final59 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 1817
Feeder Cattle receipts
1,146 head
▼ 465 vs last sale 1,611▲ 79 vs year ago 1,067 · +7.4%
Slaughter Cattle receipts
116 head
▲ 23 vs last sale 93▲ 45 vs year ago 71 · +63.4%
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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to last week feeders traded mostly 5.00-10.00 lower. The supply was moderate and with many smaller packages in the offering. Slaughter cows and bulls sold mostly steady.

Weight classPick one — the panels below update

Steers · summary 500–600 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot
500–600 lb steers averaged $412.11/cwt on 266 head. That ranks 1 of 20 comparable sales and sits −67.91 against this barn's trailing median of $480.03.
Average price
$412.11
266 head · 552 lb average
Value per head Derived
$2,276
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
$213
per head · Medium and Large 1 over Medium and Large 1-2
$35.13/cwt at this weight
vs the market
+20.99
vs MO average
+2.03 vs national

Price by quality 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 1553417.612,310224
Large 1-2542385.002,0875thin
Medium and Large 1-2548382.482,09737
One grade step is worth $35.13/cwt here — about $213 a head. Across this sale the premium is widest at 600–700 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 sale266 hd
412.11
—
MO average17 barns · 2,928 hd
391.12
+20.99
National average185 barns · 23,076 hd
410.08
+2.03
This barn, trailing median20 sales
480.03
−67.91
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
530487444401median 480.0303/0404/2906/1009/1610/28
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 · $/cwt
Cull cows and bulls are graded, not weight-classed — grade is what moves the money here.
ClassGradeDressingAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Bulls—Average1,649169.132,79011
CowsBreaker 75-80%Average1,477159.972,36213
CowsBoner 80-85%High1,303153.932,00625
CowsLean 85-90%Very Low1,033124.621,28746

Every lot

59 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.
ClassWeightGrade / descriptionAvg wtPriceRangePer headHead
Feeder Cattle · Steers31 lots · lightest first
Steers350–400Medium and Large 1-2Unweaned378404.61/cwt401.00–412.001,5296
Steers350–400Medium and Large 1-2383457.19/cwt435.00–467.001,7516
Steers350–400Medium and Large 1385482.23/cwt470.00–497.501,85712
Steers350–400Medium and Large 1Unweaned399446.00/cwt446.00–446.001,7805
Steers400–450Medium and Large 1Thin Fleshed405501.00/cwt501.00–501.002,0294
Steers400–450Medium and Large 1Value Added433471.94/cwt468.00–480.002,04415
Steers400–450Medium and Large 1-2443431.19/cwt430.00–432.001,9105
Steers450–500Medium and Large 1468466.92/cwt450.00–479.002,18547
Steers450–500Medium and Large 1Thin Fleshed474485.71/cwt482.00–491.002,30222
Steers450–500Medium and Large 1Value Added483458.00/cwt458.00–458.002,21218
Steers450–500Medium and Large 1-2491436.01/cwt418.00–448.002,1415
Steers500–550Medium and Large 1Unweaned514443.64/cwt442.00–444.002,28023
Steers500–550Medium and Large 1Thin Fleshed519472.00/cwt472.00–472.002,45014
Steers500–550Medium and Large 1Value Added522452.00/cwt452.00–452.002,3597
Steers500–550Medium and Large 1-2Unweaned527341.00/cwt341.00–341.001,7976
Steers500–550Medium and Large 1-2531406.54/cwt330.00–429.002,15919
Steers500–550Medium and Large 1538441.55/cwt438.00–446.002,37630
Steers500–550Large 1-2542385.00/cwt385.00–385.002,0875
Steers550–600Medium and Large 1Value Added555427.96/cwt424.00–430.002,37530
Steers550–600Medium and Large 1Unweaned562398.89/cwt384.00–402.002,24253
Steers550–600Medium and Large 1576393.18/cwt381.00–404.502,26567
Steers550–600Medium and Large 1-2586365.14/cwt336.00–377.002,14012
Steers600–650Medium and Large 1621379.98/cwt374.00–399.002,36044
Steers650–700Medium and Large 1Value Added658374.07/cwt365.00–382.252,46134
Steers650–700Medium and Large 1660359.51/cwt356.00–363.002,37310
Steers650–700Medium and Large 1-2686327.25/cwt325.50–328.002,24510
Steers650–700Medium and Large 1Unweaned691341.72/cwt341.00–342.002,36121
Steers700–750Medium and Large 1730336.28/cwt335.00–341.002,45526
Steers750–800Medium and Large 1-2755330.34/cwt329.00–331.002,4946
Steers800–850Medium and Large 1826320.76/cwt319.00–323.002,64911
Steers950–1000Medium and Large 1-2991443.00/cwt443.00–443.004,3909
Feeder Cattle · Heifers17 lots · lightest first
Heifers300–350Medium and Large 1Unweaned302422.00/cwt422.00–422.001,2742
Heifers350–400Medium and Large 1389417.99/cwt416.00–420.001,6268
Heifers400–450Medium and Large 1437403.70/cwt400.00–414.001,76411
Heifers400–450Medium and Large 1Value Added438409.00/cwt409.00–409.001,7915
Heifers450–500Medium and Large 1472405.77/cwt394.00–422.501,91576
Heifers450–500Medium and Large 1-2Unweaned478348.97/cwt335.00–364.001,6684
Heifers450–500Medium and Large 1Value Added490403.00/cwt403.00–403.001,9755
Heifers500–550Medium and Large 1Unweaned505354.00/cwt354.00–354.001,7884
Heifers500–550Medium and Large 1516364.00/cwt364.00–364.001,8787
Heifers500–550Medium and Large 1Thin Fleshed528380.00/cwt380.00–380.002,0063
Heifers500–550Medium and Large 1-2533349.01/cwt341.00–355.001,86014
Heifers550–600Medium and Large 1Unweaned550332.00/cwt332.00–332.001,82618
Heifers550–600Medium and Large 1-2563332.42/cwt317.00–340.001,87243
Heifers600–650Medium and Large 1-2628319.42/cwt316.50–321.002,00616
Heifers650–700Medium and Large 1658330.00/cwt330.00–330.002,1719
Heifers650–700Medium and Large 1-2Fleshy665312.61/cwt308.00–315.002,0799
Heifers750–800Medium and Large 1-2752284.00/cwt284.00–284.002,1367
Feeder Cattle · Bulls1 lot · lightest first
Bulls600–650Medium and Large 1-2640300.00/cwt300.00–300.001,9202
Slaughter Cattle · Bulls2 lots · lightest first
Bulls——1,449160.63/cwt142.00–169.502,3284
Bulls——1,764173.98/cwt160.00–184.003,0697
Slaughter Cattle · Cows8 lots · lightest first
Cows—Lean 85-90%958102.68/cwt94.50–110.009846
Cows—Lean 85-90%967116.42/cwt109.00–128.001,12619
Cows—Lean 85-90%1,108147.13/cwt142.00–153.001,6304
Cows—Lean 85-90%1,115136.24/cwt128.00–142.001,51917
Cows—Boner 80-85%1,284148.85/cwt141.00–153.501,91115
Cows—Boner 80-85%1,332161.55/cwt153.00–168.002,15210
Cows—Breaker 75-80%1,440166.46/cwt162.50–169.002,3974
Cows—Breaker 75-80%1,493157.08/cwt150.00–160.502,3459

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.