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South Central Regional Stockyards

Name: South Central Regional Stockyards livestock auction prices — 2026-03-04
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2026-03-04

Feeder Cattle · Slaughter Cattle · Replacement Cattle · Vienna, Missouri · Wed, Mar 4

● Final66 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 1817

← Feb 18Mar 4Mar 18 →

Feeder Cattle receipts

1,020 head

▲ 413 vs last sale 607▲ 67 vs year ago 953 · +7.0%

Slaughter Cattle receipts

47 head

▼ 52 vs last sale 99▼ 23 vs year ago 70 · −32.9%

Replacement Cattle receipts

20 head

▼ 30 vs last sale 50▼ 10 vs year ago 30 · −33.3%

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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to the last reported sale two weeks ago, feeder steers and heifers steady. Slaughter cows steady. Demand good to very good. Supply moderate. Several top grazing cattle again this week highlighted by 56 head of 509 lb steers @ 559.00. Cattle futures were a pleasant surprise on Wednesday with most feeder contracts gaining over 700 points.

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 $502.51/cwt on 221 head. That ranks 17 of 20 comparable sales and sits +22.48 against this barn's trailing median of $480.03.

Average price

$502.51

221 head · 538 lb average

Value per head Derived

$2,704

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$270

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

$68.50/cwt at this weight

vs the market

+27.81

vs MO average

+26.95 vs national

Price by quality 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1	535	513.98	2,748	184
Medium and Large 1-2	556	445.47	2,478	37

One grade step is worth $68.50/cwt here — about $270 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 sale221 hd

502.51

—

MO average15 barns · 2,509 hd

474.70

+27.81

National average177 barns · 11,580 hd

475.56

+26.95

This barn, trailing median20 sales

480.03

+22.48

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	1,645	194.02	3,192	10
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	Average	1,475	171.50	2,530	1thin
Cows	Boner 80-85%	Average	1,319	160.12	2,112	13
Cows	Lean 85-90%	Very Low	1,033	140.23	1,449	11

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)	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	1,450	$3,279	9
Bred Cows	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	Aged (>8 yrs)	1,313	$2,899	2thin

Every lot

66 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 · Steers30 lots · lightest first
Steers	250–300	Medium and Large 1	265	689.25/cwt	665.00–710.00	1,827	6
Steers	300–350	Medium and Large 1-2	339	598.46/cwt	580.00–610.00	2,029	8
Steers	300–350	Medium and Large 1	343	641.08/cwt	610.00–651.00	2,199	17
Steers	350–400	Medium and Large 1-2Thin Fleshed	367	600.00/cwt	600.00–600.00	2,202	6
Steers	350–400	Medium and Large 1-2	370	571.64/cwt	552.50–585.00	2,115	5
Steers	350–400	Medium and Large 1	376	593.76/cwt	585.00–605.00	2,233	9
Steers	350–400	Medium and Large 1Fleshy	389	580.46/cwt	570.00–595.00	2,258	14
Steers	400–450	Medium and Large 1Value Added	412	602.00/cwt	602.00–602.00	2,480	33
Steers	400–450	Medium and Large 1-2	421	509.44/cwt	490.00–525.00	2,145	9
Steers	400–450	Medium and Large 1	428	573.84/cwt	549.00–599.00	2,456	14
Steers	450–500	Medium and Large 1-2Thin Fleshed	462	545.00/cwt	545.00–545.00	2,518	11
Steers	450–500	Medium and Large 1-2	464	490.13/cwt	475.00–525.00	2,274	13
Steers	450–500	Medium and Large 1	476	549.76/cwt	537.00–562.50	2,617	6
Steers	500–550	Medium and Large 1Value Added	510	553.39/cwt	534.00–559.00	2,822	72
Steers	500–550	Medium and Large 1	518	528.86/cwt	490.00–539.00	2,739	45
Steers	500–550	Medium and Large 1-2	533	454.26/cwt	442.50–461.00	2,421	8
Steers	500–550	Medium and Large 1-2Fleshy	534	440.41/cwt	420.00–450.00	2,352	6
Steers	550–600	Medium and Large 1Fleshy	559	450.93/cwt	435.00–465.00	2,521	23
Steers	550–600	Medium and Large 1-2	570	443.74/cwt	430.00–445.00	2,529	23
Steers	550–600	Medium and Large 1	579	467.22/cwt	451.00–500.00	2,705	44
Steers	600–650	Medium and Large 1-2	615	414.00/cwt	414.00–414.00	2,546	9
Steers	600–650	Medium and Large 1	631	424.20/cwt	418.00–436.00	2,677	26
Steers	600–650	Medium and Large 1-2Thin Fleshed	640	420.00/cwt	420.00–420.00	2,688	7
Steers	600–650	Medium and Large 1Value Added	644	439.00/cwt	439.00–439.00	2,827	8
Steers	650–700	Medium and Large 1Value Added	650	429.50/cwt	429.50–429.50	2,792	10
Steers	650–700	Medium and Large 1	685	420.00/cwt	420.00–420.00	2,877	10
Steers	700–750	Medium and Large 1Value Added	717	405.25/cwt	405.25–405.25	2,906	10
Steers	700–750	Medium and Large 1	738	380.00/cwt	380.00–380.00	2,804	4
Steers	750–800	Medium and Large 1	778	370.50/cwt	370.50–370.50	2,882	30
Steers	850–900	Medium and Large 1-2	890	301.00/cwt	301.00–301.00	2,679	3
Feeder Cattle · Heifers23 lots · lightest first
Heifers	250–300	Medium and Large 1	286	593.92/cwt	590.00–600.00	1,699	5
Heifers	300–350	Medium and Large 1	321	580.43/cwt	555.00–597.50	1,863	20
Heifers	300–350	Medium and Large 1-2	336	483.04/cwt	480.00–485.00	1,623	5
Heifers	350–400	Medium and Large 1-2Thin Fleshed	370	575.00/cwt	575.00–575.00	2,128	7
Heifers	350–400	Medium and Large 1	374	542.13/cwt	517.50–575.00	2,028	21
Heifers	350–400	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	387	513.00/cwt	513.00–513.00	1,985	17
Heifers	400–450	Medium and Large 1	423	499.89/cwt	480.00–510.00	2,115	23
Heifers	400–450	Medium and Large 1-2	442	465.03/cwt	448.00–475.00	2,055	8
Heifers	450–500	Medium and Large 1-2Thin Fleshed	457	485.00/cwt	485.00–485.00	2,216	6
Heifers	450–500	Medium and Large 1Fleshy	473	410.00/cwt	410.00–410.00	1,939	3
Heifers	450–500	Medium and Large 1	476	482.15/cwt	475.00–485.00	2,295	23
Heifers	450–500	Medium and Large 1-2	477	443.54/cwt	425.00–449.00	2,116	14
Heifers	500–550	Medium and Large 1-2	524	407.37/cwt	397.00–425.00	2,135	8
Heifers	500–550	Medium and Large 1	528	447.57/cwt	414.00–475.00	2,363	56
Heifers	500–550	Medium and Large 1Fleshy	537	395.81/cwt	390.00–405.00	2,125	5
Heifers	500–550	Medium and Large 1-2Fleshy	549	359.00/cwt	359.00–359.00	1,971	6
Heifers	550–600	Medium and Large 1	584	402.36/cwt	388.00–408.00	2,350	18
Heifers	550–600	Medium and Large 1-2	585	399.49/cwt	390.00–403.00	2,337	13
Heifers	600–650	Medium and Large 1	621	386.23/cwt	372.00–400.00	2,398	12
Heifers	650–700	Medium and Large 1Replacement	669	373.50/cwt	369.00–383.00	2,499	31
Heifers	650–700	Medium and Large 1-2	671	338.00/cwt	338.00–338.00	2,268	4
Heifers	700–750	Medium and Large 1-2	738	339.50/cwt	339.50–339.50	2,506	5
Heifers	850–900	Medium and Large 1Replacement	858	314.00/cwt	314.00–314.00	2,694	3
Feeder Cattle · Bulls2 lots · lightest first
Bulls	400–450	Medium and Large 1-2	417	523.23/cwt	470.00–577.50	2,182	6
Bulls	550–600	Medium and Large 1-2	568	390.14/cwt	367.50–416.00	2,216	7
Slaughter Cattle · Bulls2 lots · lightest first
Bulls	—	—	1,602	200.33/cwt	191.00–207.00	3,209	6
Bulls	—	—	1,710	184.56/cwt	178.50–188.50	3,156	4
Slaughter Cattle · Cows7 lots · lightest first
Cows	—	Lean 85-90%	996	140.15/cwt	133.00–143.00	1,396	6
Cows	—	Lean 85-90%	1,055	109.00/cwt	109.00–109.00	1,150	1
Cows	—	Lean 85-90%	1,083	148.16/cwt	145.00–152.00	1,605	4
Cows	—	Boner 80-85%	1,205	172.50/cwt	172.50–172.50	2,079	1
Cows	—	Boner 80-85%	1,311	162.59/cwt	160.00–163.50	2,132	8
Cows	—	Boner 80-85%	1,363	152.08/cwt	150.00–154.50	2,073	4
Cows	—	Breaker 75-80%	1,475	171.50/cwt	171.50–171.50	2,530	1
Replacement Cattle · Bred Cows2 lots · lightest first
Bred Cows	—	Medium and Large 1-2	1,313	2,899.38/head	2,675.00–3,150.00	2,899	2
Bred Cows	—	Medium and Large 1-2	1,450	3,278.98/head	2,900.00–3,500.00	3,279	9

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 Mar 4, 2026

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

Feeder CattleReceipts 1,020Last week 607Year ago 953

Slaughter CattleReceipts 47Last week 99Year ago 70

Replacement CattleReceipts 20Last week 50Year ago 30

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
6	250–300	265	665.00–710.00	689.25
17	300–350	343	610.00–651.00	641.08
9	350–400	376	585.00–605.00	593.76
14	400–450	428	549.00–599.00	573.84
6	450–500	476	537.00–562.50	549.76
45	500–550	518	490.00–539.00	528.86
44	550–600	579	451.00–500.00	467.22
26	600–650	631	418.00–436.00	424.20
10	650–700	685	420.00	420.00
4	700–750	738	380.00	380.00
30	750–800	778	370.50	370.50

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
8	300–350	339	580.00–610.00	598.46
5	350–400	370	552.50–585.00	571.64
9	400–450	421	490.00–525.00	509.44
13	450–500	464	475.00–525.00	490.13
8	500–550	533	442.50–461.00	454.26
23	550–600	570	430.00–445.00	443.74
9	600–650	615	414.00	414.00
3	850–900	890	301.00	301.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1 · Fleshy$ per cwt · actual wt
14	350–400	389	570.00–595.00	580.46
23	550–600	559	435.00–465.00	450.93

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Thin Fleshed$ per cwt · actual wt
6	350–400	367	600.00	600.00
11	450–500	462	545.00	545.00
7	600–650	640	420.00	420.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1 · Value Added$ per cwt · actual wt
33	400–450	412	602.00	602.00
72	500–550	510	534.00–559.00	553.39
8	600–650	644	439.00	439.00
10	650–700	650	429.50	429.50
10	700–750	717	405.25	405.25

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Fleshy$ per cwt · actual wt
6	500–550	534	420.00–450.00	440.41

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Value Added$ per cwt · actual wt
17	350–400	387	513.00	513.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
5	250–300	286	590.00–600.00	593.92
20	300–350	321	555.00–597.50	580.43
21	350–400	374	517.50–575.00	542.13
23	400–450	423	480.00–510.00	499.89
23	450–500	476	475.00–485.00	482.15
56	500–550	528	414.00–475.00	447.57
18	550–600	584	388.00–408.00	402.36
12	600–650	621	372.00–400.00	386.23

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Fleshy$ per cwt · actual wt
6	500–550	549	359.00	359.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Fleshy$ per cwt · actual wt
3	450–500	473	410.00	410.00
5	500–550	537	390.00–405.00	395.81

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
5	300–350	336	480.00–485.00	483.04
8	400–450	442	448.00–475.00	465.03
14	450–500	477	425.00–449.00	443.54
8	500–550	524	397.00–425.00	407.37
13	550–600	585	390.00–403.00	399.49
4	650–700	671	338.00	338.00
5	700–750	738	339.50	339.50

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Thin Fleshed$ per cwt · actual wt
7	350–400	370	575.00	575.00
6	450–500	457	485.00	485.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Replacement$ per cwt · actual wt
31	650–700	669	369.00–383.00	373.50
3	850–900	858	314.00	314.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
6	400–450	417	470.00–577.50	523.23
7	550–600	568	367.50–416.00	390.14

Slaughter Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cows — Lean 85-90%$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	1,055	109.00	109.00
6	—	996	133.00–143.00	140.15
4	—	1,083	145.00–152.00	148.16

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cows — Breaker 75-80%$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	1,475	171.50	171.50

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cows — Boner 80-85%$ per cwt · actual wt
8	—	1,311	160.00–163.50	162.59
4	—	1,363	150.00–154.50	152.08
1	—	1,205	172.50	172.50

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls$ per cwt · actual wt
6	—	1,602	191.00–207.00	200.33
4	—	1,710	178.50–188.50	184.56

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
Aged (>8 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	2	—	1,313	2,675.00–3,150.00	2,899.38
Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	2nd/3rd Stage (4-9 mo)	9	—	1,450	2,900.00–3,500.00	3,278.98

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.