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South Central Regional Stockyards

Name: South Central Regional Stockyards livestock auction prices — 2025-12-03
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2025-12-03

Feeder Cattle · Slaughter Cattle · Replacement Cattle · Vienna, Missouri · Wed, Dec 3

● Final60 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 1817

← Nov 19Dec 3Dec 10 →

Feeder Cattle receipts

891 head

▼ 255 vs last sale 1,146▼ 1,036 vs year ago 1,927 · −53.8%

Slaughter Cattle receipts

110 head

▼ 6 vs last sale 116▼ 10 vs year ago 120 · −8.3%

Replacement Cattle receipts

20 head

▲ 20 vs last sale 0▲ 0 vs year ago 20 · +0.0%

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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to the sale two weeks ago, feeder steers and heifers 5.00-15.00 higher. Demand good. Supply moderate. Cattle market action is mostly positive so far this week with auctions and futures prices higher and a higher feedlot trade looking likely. A nice feeder offering is expected next 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 $428.63/cwt on 96 head. That ranks 7 of 20 comparable sales and sits −51.39 against this barn's trailing median of $480.03.

Average price

$428.63

96 head · 549 lb average

Value per head Derived

$2,351

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$170

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

$26.24/cwt at this weight

vs the market

+19.33

vs MO average

−0.52 vs national

Price by quality 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1	550	435.46	2,396	71
Medium and Large 1-2	544	409.23	2,226	25

One grade step is worth $26.24/cwt here — about $170 a head. Across this sale the premium is widest at 400–500 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 sale96 hd

428.63

—

MO average14 barns · 2,992 hd

409.30

+19.33

National average190 barns · 23,426 hd

429.15

−0.52

This barn, trailing median20 sales

480.03

−51.39

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	1,593	170.87	2,721	6thin
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	High	1,522	165.39	2,517	16
Cows	Boner 80-85%	Low	1,295	152.15	1,971	18
Cows	Lean 85-90%	Very Low	1,076	129.99	1,399	48

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 Heifers	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	(<2 yrs)	1,240	$3,400	1thin

Every lot

60 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 · Steers24 lots · lightest first
Steers	250–300	Medium and Large 1	298	465.00/cwt	465.00–465.00	1,386	5
Steers	350–400	Medium and Large 1-2	362	453.03/cwt	446.00–465.00	1,640	9
Steers	350–400	Medium and Large 1	377	499.59/cwt	465.00–518.00	1,883	13
Steers	400–450	Medium and Large 1	422	474.07/cwt	460.00–500.00	2,001	25
Steers	450–500	Medium and Large 1	468	466.09/cwt	453.00–470.00	2,181	21
Steers	450–500	Medium and Large 1-2	474	415.87/cwt	410.00–428.00	1,971	11
Steers	500–550	Medium and Large 1	528	457.09/cwt	432.00–465.00	2,413	28
Steers	500–550	Medium and Large 1-2	533	417.81/cwt	407.00–426.00	2,227	17
Steers	500–550	Medium and Large 1Value Added	539	462.50/cwt	462.50–462.50	2,493	10
Steers	550–600	Medium and Large 1-2	567	390.99/cwt	388.00–392.00	2,217	8
Steers	550–600	Medium and Large 1	572	402.23/cwt	399.00–407.00	2,301	15
Steers	550–600	Medium and Large 1Value Added	573	414.50/cwt	414.50–414.50	2,375	18
Steers	600–650	Medium and Large 1	608	390.34/cwt	381.00–397.00	2,373	26
Steers	600–650	Medium and Large 1Value Added	612	397.90/cwt	396.50–399.00	2,435	32
Steers	600–650	Medium and Large 1-2	615	365.00/cwt	365.00–365.00	2,245	3
Steers	650–700	Medium and Large 1Value Added	655	384.50/cwt	384.50–384.50	2,518	24
Steers	650–700	Medium and Large 1-2	656	340.00/cwt	340.00–340.00	2,230	4
Steers	650–700	Medium 1	660	348.50/cwt	348.50–348.50	2,300	10
Steers	650–700	Medium and Large 1	667	353.87/cwt	351.00–359.50	2,360	26
Steers	700–750	Medium and Large 1-2	701	336.00/cwt	326.00–341.00	2,355	6
Steers	700–750	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	722	325.00/cwt	325.00–325.00	2,347	10
Steers	750–800	Medium and Large 1	756	330.00/cwt	330.00–330.00	2,495	6
Steers	750–800	Medium and Large 1Value Added	762	330.00/cwt	330.00–330.00	2,515	7
Steers	800–850	Medium and Large 1Value Added	826	321.00/cwt	321.00–321.00	2,651	19
Feeder Cattle · Heifers21 lots · lightest first
Heifers	250–300	Medium and Large 1	290	415.00/cwt	415.00–415.00	1,204	5
Heifers	300–350	Medium and Large 1	332	428.15/cwt	426.00–430.00	1,421	15
Heifers	350–400	Medium and Large 1-2	367	411.43/cwt	410.00–414.00	1,510	8
Heifers	350–400	Medium and Large 1	387	433.29/cwt	418.00–445.00	1,677	7
Heifers	400–450	Medium and Large 1	425	435.29/cwt	410.00–449.00	1,850	18
Heifers	400–450	Medium and Large 1-2	428	387.43/cwt	385.00–392.00	1,658	9
Heifers	450–500	Medium and Large 1	471	400.41/cwt	379.00–424.00	1,886	32
Heifers	450–500	Medium and Large 1-2	477	380.22/cwt	370.00–397.50	1,814	6
Heifers	500–550	Medium and Large 1-2	519	366.83/cwt	359.00–372.00	1,904	13
Heifers	500–550	Medium and Large 1	528	375.64/cwt	374.00–380.00	1,983	16
Heifers	500–550	Medium and Large 1Replacement	536	400.00/cwt	400.00–400.00	2,144	6
Heifers	550–600	Medium 1Fleshy	565	321.00/cwt	321.00–321.00	1,814	4
Heifers	550–600	Medium and Large 1	567	371.27/cwt	371.00–371.50	2,105	15
Heifers	550–600	Medium and Large 1-2	572	345.04/cwt	337.50–351.00	1,974	13
Heifers	550–600	Medium and Large 1Value Added	576	379.00/cwt	379.00–379.00	2,183	21
Heifers	550–600	Medium and Large 1Fleshy	583	340.39/cwt	340.00–341.00	1,984	5
Heifers	600–650	Medium and Large 1-2	616	332.44/cwt	330.00–335.00	2,048	4
Heifers	600–650	Medium and Large 1	628	341.34/cwt	335.00–347.00	2,144	21
Heifers	650–700	Medium and Large 1Replacement	673	341.00/cwt	341.00–341.00	2,295	9
Heifers	650–700	Medium and Large 1	678	330.79/cwt	325.00–334.00	2,243	35
Heifers	800–850	Medium and Large 1	808	276.50/cwt	276.50–276.50	2,234	6
Feeder Cattle · Bulls3 lots · lightest first
Bulls	450–500	Medium and Large 1-2	487	394.00/cwt	394.00–394.00	1,919	4
Bulls	550–600	Medium and Large 1-2	560	352.00/cwt	352.00–352.00	1,971	2
Bulls	650–700	Medium and Large 1-2	658	291.98/cwt	290.00–294.00	1,921	4
Slaughter Cattle · Bulls2 lots · lightest first
Bulls	—	—	1,592	163.95/cwt	158.00–170.00	2,610	3
Bulls	—	—	1,593	177.79/cwt	174.50–180.00	2,832	3
Slaughter Cattle · Cows8 lots · lightest first
Cows	—	Lean 85-90%	885	94.23/cwt	80.00–98.00	834	9
Cows	—	Lean 85-90%	1,075	157.00/cwt	157.00–157.00	1,688	1
Cows	—	Lean 85-90%	1,118	139.39/cwt	133.00–148.00	1,558	32
Cows	—	Lean 85-90%	1,141	129.01/cwt	121.00–132.00	1,472	6
Cows	—	Boner 80-85%	1,283	153.16/cwt	149.00–164.00	1,965	17
Cows	—	Breaker 75-80%	1,373	162.34/cwt	153.00–164.00	2,229	7
Cows	—	Boner 80-85%	1,505	135.00/cwt	135.00–135.00	2,032	1
Cows	—	Breaker 75-80%	1,638	167.77/cwt	164.50–172.00	2,748	9
Replacement Cattle · Stock Cows1 lot · lightest first
Stock Cows	—	Medium and Large 1-2	1,056	173.00/cwt	173.00–173.00	1,827	5
Replacement Cattle · Bred Heifers1 lot · lightest first
Bred Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1	1,240	3,400.00/head	3,400.00–3,400.00	3,400	1

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 Dec 3, 2025

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

Feeder CattleReceipts 891Last week 1,146Year ago 1,927

Slaughter CattleReceipts 110Last week 116Year ago 120

Replacement CattleReceipts 20Last week 0Year ago 20

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1 · Value Added$ per cwt · actual wt
10	500–550	539	462.50	462.50
18	550–600	573	414.50	414.50
32	600–650	612	396.50–399.00	397.90
24	650–700	655	384.50	384.50
7	750–800	762	330.00	330.00
19	800–850	826	321.00	321.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
5	250–300	298	465.00	465.00
13	350–400	377	465.00–518.00	499.59
25	400–450	422	460.00–500.00	474.07
21	450–500	468	453.00–470.00	466.09
28	500–550	528	432.00–465.00	457.09
15	550–600	572	399.00–407.00	402.23
26	600–650	608	381.00–397.00	390.34
26	650–700	667	351.00–359.50	353.87
6	750–800	756	330.00	330.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1 · Unweaned$ per cwt · actual wt
10	700–750	722	325.00	325.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium 1$ per cwt · actual wt
10	650–700	660	348.50	348.50

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
9	350–400	362	446.00–465.00	453.03
11	450–500	474	410.00–428.00	415.87
17	500–550	533	407.00–426.00	417.81
8	550–600	567	388.00–392.00	390.99
3	600–650	615	365.00	365.00
4	650–700	656	340.00	340.00
6	700–750	701	326.00–341.00	336.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Replacement$ per cwt · actual wt
6	500–550	536	400.00	400.00
9	650–700	673	341.00	341.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Value Added$ per cwt · actual wt
21	550–600	576	379.00	379.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
5	250–300	290	415.00	415.00
15	300–350	332	426.00–430.00	428.15
7	350–400	387	418.00–445.00	433.29
18	400–450	425	410.00–449.00	435.29
32	450–500	471	379.00–424.00	400.41
16	500–550	528	374.00–380.00	375.64
15	550–600	567	371.00–371.50	371.27
21	600–650	628	335.00–347.00	341.34
35	650–700	678	325.00–334.00	330.79
6	800–850	808	276.50	276.50

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium 1 · Fleshy$ per cwt · actual wt
4	550–600	565	321.00	321.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Fleshy$ per cwt · actual wt
5	550–600	583	340.00–341.00	340.39

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
8	350–400	367	410.00–414.00	411.43
9	400–450	428	385.00–392.00	387.43
6	450–500	477	370.00–397.50	380.22
13	500–550	519	359.00–372.00	366.83
13	550–600	572	337.50–351.00	345.04
4	600–650	616	330.00–335.00	332.44

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
4	450–500	487	394.00	394.00
2	550–600	560	352.00	352.00
4	650–700	658	290.00–294.00	291.98

Slaughter Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cows — Breaker 75-80%$ per cwt · actual wt
9	—	1,638	164.50–172.00	167.77
7	—	1,373	153.00–164.00	162.34

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cows — Lean 85-90%$ per cwt · actual wt
9	—	885	80.00–98.00	94.23
6	—	1,141	121.00–132.00	129.01
1	—	1,075	157.00	157.00
32	—	1,118	133.00–148.00	139.39

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cows — Boner 80-85%$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	1,505	135.00	135.00
17	—	1,283	149.00–164.00	153.16

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	1,592	158.00–170.00	163.95
3	—	1,593	174.50–180.00	177.79

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/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	Open	5	—	1,056	173.00	173.00

Age	Stage	Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bred Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per head · actual wt
(<2 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	1	—	1,240	3,400.00	3,400.00

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.