Sale reports / Missouri / South Central Regional Stockyards / 2026-02-11

South Central Regional Stockyards

Feeder Cattle · Slaughter Cattle · Replacement Cattle · Vienna, Missouri · Wed, Feb 11
● Final65 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 1817
Feeder Cattle receipts
1,712 head
▲ 882 vs last sale 830▲ 1,712 vs year ago 0 · no sale a year ago
Slaughter Cattle receipts
80 head
▲ 24 vs last sale 56▲ 80 vs year ago 0 · no sale a year ago
Replacement Cattle receipts
20 head
▲ 0 vs last sale 20▲ 20 vs year ago 0 · no sale a year ago
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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to the last reported sale three weeks ago, feeder steers 5.00-15.00 higher except several near 500 lbs steady. Feeder heifers under 550 lbs 20.00-40.00 higher, over 550 lbs 10.00-15.00 higher. Slaughter cows 2.00-5.00 higher. Demand very good. Supply moderate. High quality offering including several green yearling cattle weighing 650-850 lbs. Different day same story in the feeder trade with more stratospheric prices including 55 head of 632 steers @ 463.00 and 32 head of 807 lb steers @ 382.00.

Weight classPick one — the panels below update

Steers · summary 500–600 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot
500–600 lb steers averaged $489.44/cwt on 223 head. That ranks 14 of 20 comparable sales and sits +9.41 against this barn's trailing median of $480.03.
Average price
$489.44
223 head · 558 lb average
Value per head Derived
$2,729
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
$429
per head · Medium and Large 1 over Medium and Large 2
$85.83/cwt at this weight
vs the market
+7.46
vs MO average
+11.05 vs national

Price by quality 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 1560492.832,758196
Medium and Large 1-2533485.052,58520
Medium and Large 2572407.002,3287thin
One grade step is worth $85.83/cwt here — about $429 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 sale223 hd
489.44
—
MO average19 barns · 4,913 hd
481.98
+7.46
National average184 barns · 16,706 hd
478.39
+11.05
This barn, trailing median20 sales
480.03
+9.41
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—Average1,740195.283,3989thin
CowsBreaker 75-80%High1,575171.112,6949thin
CowsBoner 80-85%Low1,273162.862,07322
CowsLean 85-90%Low1,037136.471,41514

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 $/cwt figures above.
ClassStageAgeAvg wt$/headHead
Bred CowsAll Stages (1-9 mo)Young (2-4 yrs)1,317$3,5714thin

Every lot

65 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 · Steers28 lots · lightest first
Steers250–300Medium and Large 1271606.27/cwt590.00–630.001,6438
Steers250–300Medium and Large 1-2287548.84/cwt530.00–585.001,5756
Steers300–350Medium and Large 1316619.12/cwt610.00–625.001,9568
Steers350–400Medium and Large 1-2374564.40/cwt555.00–567.502,11115
Steers350–400Medium and Large 1386591.13/cwt575.00–600.002,2829
Steers400–450Medium and Large 1433588.20/cwt570.00–595.002,54712
Steers450–500Medium and Large 1Unweaned453553.00/cwt553.00–553.002,5056
Steers450–500Medium and Large 1-2472507.50/cwt500.00–515.002,3954
Steers450–500Medium and Large 1477544.87/cwt520.00–567.502,599101
Steers450–500Medium 1487500.00/cwt500.00–500.002,4356
Steers500–550Medium and Large 1522526.21/cwt503.00–540.002,74762
Steers500–550Medium and Large 1-2524501.48/cwt460.00–531.002,62814
Steers500–550Medium and Large 1Unweaned540473.00/cwt473.00–473.002,5545
Steers550–600Medium and Large 1Unweaned550440.00/cwt440.00–440.002,4203
Steers550–600Medium and Large 1-2554446.71/cwt425.00–472.502,4756
Steers550–600Medium and Large 2572407.00/cwt407.00–407.002,3287
Steers550–600Medium and Large 1579478.45/cwt453.00–500.002,770126
Steers600–650Medium and Large 1627451.02/cwt424.00–464.002,828108
Steers600–650Medium and Large 1-2639415.13/cwt410.00–427.502,65310
Steers650–700Medium and Large 1666433.16/cwt375.00–437.002,88581
Steers650–700Medium and Large 1Fleshy672375.00/cwt375.00–375.002,5204
Steers650–700Medium and Large 1-2689379.43/cwt375.00–381.002,61415
Steers700–750Medium and Large 1723390.50/cwt383.50–401.002,82387
Steers750–800Medium and Large 1774375.67/cwt350.00–384.002,908115
Steers750–800Medium and Large 1-2777368.00/cwt368.00–368.002,8595
Steers800–850Medium and Large 1818372.24/cwt352.25–382.003,04547
Steers850–900Medium and Large 1859348.00/cwt348.00–348.002,98920
Steers1000–1050Medium and Large 11,021310.00/cwt310.00–310.003,1653
Feeder Cattle · Heifers20 lots · lightest first
Heifers300–350Medium and Large 1-2318509.45/cwt500.00–520.001,6204
Heifers300–350Medium and Large 1320529.77/cwt525.00–535.001,6954
Heifers350–400Medium and Large 1375521.39/cwt516.00–527.501,9559
Heifers400–450Medium and Large 1-2405479.81/cwt465.00–495.001,9434
Heifers400–450Medium and Large 1Unweaned415481.00/cwt481.00–481.001,9963
Heifers400–450Medium and Large 1419509.35/cwt480.00–520.002,13429
Heifers450–500Medium and Large 1Unweaned454475.00/cwt475.00–475.002,15710
Heifers450–500Medium and Large 1473476.43/cwt457.00–500.002,25445
Heifers450–500Medium and Large 1-2473442.73/cwt411.00–477.002,09420
Heifers500–550Medium and Large 1527462.91/cwt417.50–490.002,44085
Heifers550–600Medium and Large 1565422.45/cwt402.50–429.002,38764
Heifers550–600Medium and Large 1-2586382.19/cwt370.00–387.002,24014
Heifers600–650Medium and Large 1617394.35/cwt384.00–403.002,43383
Heifers600–650Medium and Large 1-2630369.00/cwt369.00–369.002,3257
Heifers650–700Medium and Large 1675372.22/cwt367.00–377.002,51296
Heifers700–750Medium and Large 1Replacement717363.60/cwt357.00–377.002,6076
Heifers700–750Medium and Large 1719364.79/cwt358.00–366.252,62323
Heifers700–750Medium and Large 1-2723338.21/cwt330.00–354.002,44512
Heifers750–800Medium and Large 1781342.47/cwt333.50–345.502,6758
Heifers800–850Medium and Large 1820342.77/cwt342.50–343.002,81113
Feeder Cattle · Bulls4 lots · lightest first
Bulls400–450Medium and Large 1-2414551.94/cwt532.50–580.002,28511
Bulls500–550Medium and Large 1-2510440.00/cwt440.00–440.002,2446
Bulls550–600Medium and Large 1-2595403.00/cwt403.00–403.002,3983
Bulls600–650Medium and Large 1-2629385.47/cwt357.00–415.002,4254
Slaughter Cattle · Bulls3 lots · lightest first
Bulls——1,440168.50/cwt168.50–168.502,4261
Bulls——1,737194.84/cwt190.00–198.503,3846
Bulls——1,900209.97/cwt208.00–212.003,9892
Slaughter Cattle · Cows9 lots · lightest first
Cows—Lean 85-90%860108.00/cwt108.00–108.009291
Cows—Lean 85-90%1,010149.29/cwt147.00–154.001,5084
Cows—Lean 85-90%1,063130.42/cwt114.00–143.001,3868
Cows—Lean 85-90%1,115162.00/cwt162.00–162.001,8061
Cows—Boner 80-85%1,188174.88/cwt174.00–176.002,0782
Cows—Boner 80-85%1,278163.36/cwt158.50–169.002,08818
Cows—Boner 80-85%1,313146.31/cwt145.00–147.501,9212
Cows—Breaker 75-80%1,532167.69/cwt167.00–168.002,5693
Cows—Breaker 75-80%1,596172.82/cwt172.00–175.002,7586
Replacement Cattle · Bred Cows1 lot · lightest first
Bred Cows—Medium and Large 11,3173,571.01/head3,100.00–4,150.003,5714

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.