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South Central Regional Stockyards

Name: South Central Regional Stockyards livestock auction prices — 2026-03-18
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2026-03-18

Feeder Cattle · Slaughter Cattle · Replacement Cattle · Vienna, Missouri · Wed, Mar 18

● Final65 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 1817

← Mar 4Mar 18Apr 1 →

Feeder Cattle receipts

935 head

▼ 85 vs last sale 1,020▲ 128 vs year ago 807 · +15.9%

Slaughter Cattle receipts

46 head

▼ 1 vs last sale 47▼ 79 vs year ago 125 · −63.2%

Replacement Cattle receipts

15 head

▼ 5 vs last sale 20▼ 135 vs year ago 150 · −90.0%

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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to the last reported sale two weeks ago, feeder steers steady. Feeder heifers under 550 lbs 5,00-15.00 higher, over 550 lbs steady. Slaughter cows steady to 2.00 higher. Demand good to very good. Supply light. Good quality feeder offering with some nice packages of grazing steers weighing around 600 lbs. Feeder numbers in this area continue to be light with fall calf movement expected to pick up in a couple of weeks.

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 $483.99/cwt on 151 head, down $18.52 from the prior sale. That ranks 13 of 20 comparable sales and sits +3.97 against this barn's trailing median of $480.03.

Average price

$483.99

▼ 18.52 vs prior sale

151 head · 551 lb average

Value per head Derived

$2,666

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$225

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

$26.48/cwt at this weight

vs the market

+6.65

vs MO average

+11.87 vs national

Price by quality 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1	553	487.50	2,696	131
Medium and Large 1-2	536	461.02	2,471	20

One grade step is worth $26.48/cwt here — about $225 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 sale151 hd

483.99

—

MO average14 barns · 1,542 hd

477.34

+6.65

National average160 barns · 7,757 hd

472.12

+11.87

This barn, trailing median20 sales

480.03

+3.97

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	1,727	203.36	3,513	5thin
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	High	1,470	171.75	2,525	2thin
Cows	Boner 80-85%	High	1,281	171.00	2,191	6thin
Cows	Lean 85-90%	Low	988	142.82	1,410	21

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	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	(<2 yrs)	800	$2,950	3thin

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.

Class	Weight	Grade / description	Avg wt	Price	Range	Per head	Head
Feeder Cattle · Steers28 lots · lightest first
Steers	250–300	Medium and Large 1	281	632.70/cwt	625.00–650.00	1,778	6
Steers	300–350	Medium and Large 1-2	320	595.00/cwt	595.00–595.00	1,904	3
Steers	350–400	Medium and Large 1	367	596.23/cwt	580.00–620.00	2,188	17
Steers	350–400	Medium and Large 1-2	397	552.13/cwt	550.00–557.50	2,192	7
Steers	400–450	Medium and Large 1	420	559.96/cwt	534.00–575.00	2,352	21
Steers	400–450	Medium and Large 1-2	438	527.91/cwt	490.00–549.00	2,312	12
Steers	400–450	Medium and Large 1Value Added	439	579.00/cwt	579.00–579.00	2,542	8
Steers	450–500	Medium and Large 1-2Fleshy	470	466.00/cwt	466.00–466.00	2,190	3
Steers	450–500	Medium and Large 1-2	473	485.08/cwt	465.00–500.00	2,294	14
Steers	450–500	Medium and Large 1	481	535.59/cwt	535.00–537.50	2,576	21
Steers	500–550	Medium and Large 1Value Added	511	558.00/cwt	558.00–558.00	2,851	14
Steers	500–550	Medium and Large 1	515	517.01/cwt	491.00–526.00	2,663	44
Steers	500–550	Medium and Large 1-2	536	461.02/cwt	449.00–491.00	2,471	20
Steers	550–600	Medium and Large 1	581	455.84/cwt	438.00–466.00	2,648	51
Steers	550–600	Medium and Large 1Value Added	591	457.00/cwt	457.00–457.00	2,701	22
Steers	600–650	Medium and Large 1Thin Fleshed	603	457.00/cwt	457.00–457.00	2,756	8
Steers	600–650	Medium and Large 1	611	445.70/cwt	444.50–446.00	2,723	34
Steers	600–650	Medium and Large 1-2	630	411.00/cwt	394.00–429.00	2,589	30
Steers	650–700	Medium and Large 1	668	412.36/cwt	395.00–417.50	2,755	18
Steers	650–700	Medium and Large 1Fleshy	690	381.00/cwt	381.00–381.00	2,629	4
Steers	650–700	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	696	364.00/cwt	364.00–364.00	2,533	6
Steers	650–700	Medium 1-2	698	371.00/cwt	371.00–371.00	2,590	3
Steers	700–750	Medium and Large 1-2	720	378.00/cwt	378.00–378.00	2,722	12
Steers	700–750	Medium and Large 1	724	382.30/cwt	376.00–385.50	2,768	9
Steers	750–800	Medium and Large 1-2	783	353.52/cwt	351.00–355.50	2,768	9
Steers	750–800	Medium and Large 1	796	363.50/cwt	363.50–363.50	2,893	22
Steers	800–850	Medium and Large 1-2	806	348.00/cwt	348.00–348.00	2,805	3
Steers	950–1000	Medium and Large 2-3	966	259.00/cwt	259.00–259.00	2,502	4
Feeder Cattle · Heifers24 lots · lightest first
Heifers	250–300	Medium and Large 1	279	632.42/cwt	625.00–635.00	1,764	7
Heifers	300–350	Medium and Large 1	330	599.37/cwt	595.00–605.00	1,978	7
Heifers	300–350	Medium and Large 1-2	335	545.00/cwt	545.00–545.00	1,826	4
Heifers	350–400	Medium and Large 2	361	440.00/cwt	440.00–440.00	1,588	3
Heifers	350–400	Medium and Large 1	382	558.23/cwt	535.00–590.00	2,132	28
Heifers	350–400	Medium and Large 1-2	398	486.00/cwt	486.00–486.00	1,934	3
Heifers	400–450	Medium and Large 1	427	521.50/cwt	498.00–535.00	2,227	14
Heifers	400–450	Medium and Large 1-2	429	478.70/cwt	446.00–500.00	2,054	6
Heifers	400–450	Medium and Large 1Fleshy	438	470.00/cwt	470.00–470.00	2,059	4
Heifers	450–500	Medium and Large 1Value Added	450	519.00/cwt	519.00–519.00	2,336	13
Heifers	450–500	Medium and Large 2-3	451	376.00/cwt	376.00–376.00	1,696	3
Heifers	450–500	Medium and Large 1-2Thin Fleshed	472	491.00/cwt	491.00–491.00	2,318	4
Heifers	450–500	Medium and Large 1	482	475.58/cwt	463.00–508.00	2,292	17
Heifers	450–500	Medium and Large 1Full	497	417.98/cwt	406.00–426.00	2,077	5
Heifers	500–550	Medium and Large 1Value Added	517	468.00/cwt	468.00–468.00	2,420	21
Heifers	500–550	Medium and Large 1	522	456.69/cwt	426.00–480.00	2,384	52
Heifers	500–550	Medium and Large 1Fleshy	541	380.00/cwt	380.00–380.00	2,056	4
Heifers	550–600	Medium and Large 1Fleshy	586	379.23/cwt	370.00–386.00	2,222	12
Heifers	550–600	Medium and Large 1-2	588	384.97/cwt	383.50–392.00	2,264	11
Heifers	600–650	Medium and Large 1Thin Fleshed	609	405.00/cwt	405.00–405.00	2,466	12
Heifers	600–650	Medium and Large 1-2	613	370.99/cwt	359.00–384.50	2,274	19
Heifers	600–650	Medium and Large 1	620	385.75/cwt	377.00–394.00	2,392	17
Heifers	650–700	Medium and Large 1Thin Fleshed	682	371.50/cwt	371.50–371.50	2,534	12
Heifers	700–750	Medium and Large 1	734	343.04/cwt	334.50–357.50	2,518	14
Feeder Cattle · Bulls3 lots · lightest first
Bulls	350–400	Medium and Large 1-2	384	560.00/cwt	560.00–560.00	2,150	5
Bulls	400–450	Medium and Large 1-2	425	533.01/cwt	480.00–550.00	2,265	16
Bulls	500–550	Medium and Large 1-2	528	437.28/cwt	412.00–450.50	2,309	15
Slaughter Cattle · Bulls2 lots · lightest first
Bulls	—	—	1,683	190.48/cwt	190.00–191.00	3,206	2
Bulls	—	—	1,757	211.94/cwt	205.00–219.00	3,724	3
Slaughter Cattle · Cows7 lots · lightest first
Cows	—	Lean 85-90%	942	136.80/cwt	125.00–139.50	1,289	14
Cows	—	Lean 85-90%	1,045	161.50/cwt	161.50–161.50	1,688	2
Cows	—	Lean 85-90%	1,092	152.20/cwt	142.00–157.50	1,662	5
Cows	—	Boner 80-85%	1,254	168.13/cwt	162.50–172.00	2,108	4
Cows	—	Boner 80-85%	1,335	176.75/cwt	176.50–177.00	2,360	2
Cows	—	Breaker 75-80%	1,460	174.50/cwt	174.50–174.50	2,548	1
Cows	—	Breaker 75-80%	1,480	169.00/cwt	169.00–169.00	2,501	1
Replacement Cattle · Bred Heifers1 lot · lightest first
Bred Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	800	2,950.00/head	2,950.00–2,950.00	2,950	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 Mar 18, 2026

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

Feeder CattleReceipts 935Last week 1,020Year ago 807

Slaughter CattleReceipts 46Last week 47Year ago 125

Replacement CattleReceipts 15Last week 20Year ago 150

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
3	650–700	698	371.00	371.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
3	300–350	320	595.00	595.00
7	350–400	397	550.00–557.50	552.13
12	400–450	438	490.00–549.00	527.91
14	450–500	473	465.00–500.00	485.08
20	500–550	536	449.00–491.00	461.02
30	600–650	630	394.00–429.00	411.00
12	700–750	720	378.00	378.00
9	750–800	783	351.00–355.50	353.52
3	800–850	806	348.00	348.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
6	250–300	281	625.00–650.00	632.70
17	350–400	367	580.00–620.00	596.23
21	400–450	420	534.00–575.00	559.96
21	450–500	481	535.00–537.50	535.59
44	500–550	515	491.00–526.00	517.01
51	550–600	581	438.00–466.00	455.84
34	600–650	611	444.50–446.00	445.70
18	650–700	668	395.00–417.50	412.36
9	700–750	724	376.00–385.50	382.30
22	750–800	796	363.50	363.50

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1 · Fleshy$ per cwt · actual wt
4	650–700	690	381.00	381.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 2-3$ per cwt · actual wt
4	950–1000	966	259.00	259.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1 · Thin Fleshed$ per cwt · actual wt
8	600–650	603	457.00	457.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1 · Unweaned$ per cwt · actual wt
6	650–700	696	364.00	364.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1 · Value Added$ per cwt · actual wt
8	400–450	439	579.00	579.00
14	500–550	511	558.00	558.00
22	550–600	591	457.00	457.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Fleshy$ per cwt · actual wt
3	450–500	470	466.00	466.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Value Added$ per cwt · actual wt
13	450–500	450	519.00	519.00
21	500–550	517	468.00	468.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Thin Fleshed$ per cwt · actual wt
12	600–650	609	405.00	405.00
12	650–700	682	371.50	371.50

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Full$ per cwt · actual wt
5	450–500	497	406.00–426.00	417.98

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Fleshy$ per cwt · actual wt
4	400–450	438	470.00	470.00
4	500–550	541	380.00	380.00
12	550–600	586	370.00–386.00	379.23

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
3	350–400	361	440.00	440.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
4	300–350	335	545.00	545.00
3	350–400	398	486.00	486.00
6	400–450	429	446.00–500.00	478.70
11	550–600	588	383.50–392.00	384.97
19	600–650	613	359.00–384.50	370.99

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
7	250–300	279	625.00–635.00	632.42
7	300–350	330	595.00–605.00	599.37
28	350–400	382	535.00–590.00	558.23
14	400–450	427	498.00–535.00	521.50
17	450–500	482	463.00–508.00	475.58
52	500–550	522	426.00–480.00	456.69
17	600–650	620	377.00–394.00	385.75
14	700–750	734	334.50–357.50	343.04

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 2-3$ per cwt · actual wt
3	450–500	451	376.00	376.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Thin Fleshed$ per cwt · actual wt
4	450–500	472	491.00	491.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
5	350–400	384	560.00	560.00
16	400–450	425	480.00–550.00	533.01
15	500–550	528	412.00–450.50	437.28

Slaughter Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cows — Lean 85-90%$ per cwt · actual wt
14	—	942	125.00–139.50	136.80
5	—	1,092	142.00–157.50	152.20
2	—	1,045	161.50	161.50

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cows — Breaker 75-80%$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	1,460	174.50	174.50
1	—	1,480	169.00	169.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cows — Boner 80-85%$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	1,335	176.50–177.00	176.75
4	—	1,254	162.50–172.00	168.13

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	1,683	190.00–191.00	190.48
3	—	1,757	205.00–219.00	211.94

Replacement Cattle

As reported

Age	Stage	Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bred Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per head · actual wt
(<2 yrs)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	3	—	800	2,950.00	2,950.00

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.