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South Central Regional Stockyards

Name: South Central Regional Stockyards livestock auction prices — 2026-04-22
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2026-04-22

Feeder Cattle · Slaughter Cattle · Replacement Cattle · Vienna, Missouri · Wed, Apr 22

● Final42 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 1817

← Apr 15Apr 22Apr 29 →

Feeder Cattle receipts

344 head

▼ 1,044 vs last sale 1,388▲ 344 vs year ago 0 · no sale a year ago

Slaughter Cattle receipts

70 head

▼ 38 vs last sale 108▲ 70 vs year ago 0 · no sale a year ago

Replacement Cattle receipts

160 head

▲ 130 vs last sale 30▲ 160 vs year ago 0 · no sale a year ago

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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to last Wednesday, feeder steers and heifers sold with a lower undertone but with no price trend established. Slaughter cows steady. Demand moderate. Supply light. The feeder market is generally lower this week with cattle futures also in decline in recent days. Cow sale following the feeders featured a liquidation of good quality older bred cows and pairs. A nice run of feeders is expected next week.

Weight class — the figures below change to match

Weight classPick one — the panels below update

Heifers · summary 500–600 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

500–600 lb heifers averaged $416.77/cwt on 49 head, down $21.05 from the prior sale. That ranks 8 of 20 comparable sales and sits −5.69 against this barn's trailing median of $422.47.

Average price

$416.77

▼ 21.05 vs prior sale

49 head · 550 lb average

Value per head Derived

$2,292

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$154

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

$48.75/cwt at this weight

vs the market

−11.94

vs MO average

−5.40 vs national

Price by quality 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1	548	420.75	2,304	45
Medium and Large 1-2	578	372.00	2,150	4thin

One grade step is worth $48.75/cwt here — about $154 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 sale49 hd

416.77

—

MO average18 barns · 2,584 hd

428.71

−11.94

National average167 barns · 11,519 hd

422.17

−5.40

This barn, trailing median20 sales

422.47

−5.69

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

Heifers 500–600 lb: high $462.49, low $357.64, median $422.47 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	1,815	217.12	3,941	4thin
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	Average	1,559	178.63	2,786	10
Cows	Boner 80-85%	Average	1,342	171.32	2,299	9thin
Cows	Lean 85-90%	Average	1,081	151.40	1,637	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 Cows	All Stages (1-9 mo)	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	1,379	$3,847	6
Bred Cows	2nd/3rd Stage (4-9 mo)	Aged (>8 yrs)	1,258	$3,252	29
Cow-Calf Pairs	Open	Young (2-4 yrs)	1,005	$5,700	7
Cow-Calf Pairs	Open	Aged (>8 yrs)	1,173	$4,149	26

Every lot

42 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 · Steers14 lots · lightest first
Steers	300–350	Medium and Large 1	333	659.23/cwt	647.50–680.00	2,195	9
Steers	350–400	Medium and Large 1-2	390	587.40/cwt	580.00–595.00	2,291	4
Steers	400–450	Medium and Large 1-2	421	542.57/cwt	540.00–545.00	2,284	4
Steers	400–450	Medium and Large 1	443	546.64/cwt	540.00–558.00	2,422	8
Steers	450–500	Medium and Large 1	481	525.99/cwt	518.00–535.00	2,530	10
Steers	500–550	Medium and Large 1	509	500.73/cwt	495.00–510.00	2,549	8
Steers	500–550	Medium and Large 1Fleshy	513	494.00/cwt	494.00–494.00	2,534	3
Steers	500–550	Medium 1-2	513	441.55/cwt	438.00–445.00	2,265	4
Steers	500–550	Medium and Large 2	533	435.00/cwt	435.00–435.00	2,319	6
Steers	550–600	Medium and Large 1-2	570	450.00/cwt	450.00–450.00	2,565	3
Steers	550–600	Medium and Large 1	585	444.03/cwt	440.00–459.00	2,598	35
Steers	600–650	Medium and Large 1	628	426.00/cwt	426.00–426.00	2,675	4
Steers	650–700	Medium and Large 1	655	419.59/cwt	418.00–422.00	2,748	5
Steers	650–700	Medium and Large 1Fleshy	658	400.00/cwt	400.00–400.00	2,632	3
Feeder Cattle · Heifers13 lots · lightest first
Heifers	350–400	Medium and Large 1	386	510.00/cwt	510.00–510.00	1,969	4
Heifers	400–450	Medium and Large 1	406	517.50/cwt	517.50–517.50	2,101	7
Heifers	400–450	Medium and Large 1-2	420	474.95/cwt	465.00–484.00	1,995	4
Heifers	400–450	Medium and Large 1Fleshy	433	490.00/cwt	490.00–490.00	2,122	3
Heifers	450–500	Medium and Large 1-2	467	437.85/cwt	424.00–451.00	2,045	16
Heifers	450–500	Medium and Large 1	479	464.64/cwt	445.00–484.00	2,226	14
Heifers	500–550	Medium and Large 1	507	448.44/cwt	448.00–450.00	2,274	18
Heifers	500–550	Medium and Large 1Fleshy	531	426.00/cwt	426.00–426.00	2,262	3
Heifers	550–600	Medium and Large 1-2	578	372.00/cwt	372.00–372.00	2,150	4
Heifers	550–600	Medium and Large 1	580	399.33/cwt	390.00–402.00	2,316	24
Heifers	700–750	Medium and Large 1	733	358.50/cwt	358.50–358.50	2,628	9
Heifers	750–800	Medium and Large 1	760	336.50/cwt	336.50–336.50	2,557	3
Heifers	800–850	Medium and Large 1	825	326.50/cwt	326.50–326.50	2,694	3
Feeder Cattle · Bulls1 lot · lightest first
Bulls	500–550	Medium and Large 1-2	542	424.05/cwt	420.00–428.00	2,298	4
Slaughter Cattle · Bulls1 lot · lightest first
Bulls	—	—	1,815	217.12/cwt	205.00–223.00	3,941	4
Slaughter Cattle · Cows7 lots · lightest first
Cows	—	Lean 85-90%	1,034	143.47/cwt	140.00–147.00	1,483	9
Cows	—	Lean 85-90%	1,117	157.34/cwt	150.00–164.00	1,757	12
Cows	—	Boner 80-85%	1,250	155.00/cwt	155.00–155.00	1,938	1
Cows	—	Boner 80-85%	1,346	172.84/cwt	165.00–177.00	2,326	7
Cows	—	Boner 80-85%	1,405	177.00/cwt	177.00–177.00	2,487	1
Cows	—	Breaker 75-80%	1,530	171.66/cwt	167.50–177.50	2,626	4
Cows	—	Breaker 75-80%	1,579	183.28/cwt	178.00–187.50	2,894	6
Replacement Cattle · Cow-Calf Pairs3 lots · lightest first
Cow-Calf Pairs	—	Medium and Large 1	1,005	5,700.00/head	5,200.00–6,000.00	5,700	7
Cow-Calf Pairs	—	Medium and Large 1-2Broken Mouth	1,127	3,915.00/head	3,800.00–4,200.00	3,915	15
Cow-Calf Pairs	—	Medium and Large 1-2	1,236	4,468.18/head	4,400.00–4,550.00	4,468	11
Replacement Cattle · Bred Cows3 lots · lightest first
Bred Cows	—	Medium and Large 1-2	1,244	3,447.06/head	3,000.00–3,750.00	3,447	16
Bred Cows	—	Medium and Large 1-2Broken Mouth	1,275	3,012.65/head	2,500.00–3,200.00	3,013	13
Bred Cows	—	Medium and Large 1	1,379	3,847.06/head	3,350.00–4,100.00	3,847	6

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 Apr 22, 2026

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

Feeder CattleReceipts 344Last week 1,388Year ago 0

Slaughter CattleReceipts 70Last week 108Year ago 0

Replacement CattleReceipts 160Last week 30Year ago 0

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Fleshy$ per cwt · actual wt
3	400–450	433	490.00	490.00
3	500–550	531	426.00	426.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
4	350–400	386	510.00	510.00
7	400–450	406	517.50	517.50
14	450–500	479	445.00–484.00	464.64
18	500–550	507	448.00–450.00	448.44
24	550–600	580	390.00–402.00	399.33
9	700–750	733	358.50	358.50
3	750–800	760	336.50	336.50
3	800–850	825	326.50	326.50

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
4	400–450	420	465.00–484.00	474.95
16	450–500	467	424.00–451.00	437.85
4	550–600	578	372.00	372.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
4	500–550	513	438.00–445.00	441.55

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
6	500–550	533	435.00	435.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
9	300–350	333	647.50–680.00	659.23
8	400–450	443	540.00–558.00	546.64
10	450–500	481	518.00–535.00	525.99
8	500–550	509	495.00–510.00	500.73
35	550–600	585	440.00–459.00	444.03
4	600–650	628	426.00	426.00
5	650–700	655	418.00–422.00	419.59

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
4	350–400	390	580.00–595.00	587.40
4	400–450	421	540.00–545.00	542.57
3	550–600	570	450.00	450.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1 · Fleshy$ per cwt · actual wt
3	500–550	513	494.00	494.00
3	650–700	658	400.00	400.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
4	500–550	542	420.00–428.00	424.05

Replacement Cattle

As reported

Age	Stage	Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cow-Calf Pairs — Medium and Large 1-2 · Broken Mouth$ per head · estimate wt
Aged (>8 yrs)	Open	15	—	1,127	3,800.00–4,200.00	3,915.00

Age	Stage	Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cow-Calf Pairs — Medium and Large 1-2$ per head · estimate wt
Aged (>8 yrs)	Open	11	—	1,236	4,400.00–4,550.00	4,468.18

Age	Stage	Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cow-Calf Pairs — Medium and Large 1$ per head · estimate wt
Young (2-4 yrs)	Open	7	—	1,005	5,200.00–6,000.00	5,700.00

Age	Stage	Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bred Cows — Medium and Large 1-2 · Broken Mouth$ per head · actual wt
Aged (>8 yrs)	2nd/3rd Stage (4-9 mo)	13	—	1,275	2,500.00–3,200.00	3,012.65

Age	Stage	Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bred Cows — Medium and Large 1$ per head · actual wt
Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	All Stages (1-9 mo)	6	—	1,379	3,350.00–4,100.00	3,847.06

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)	2nd/3rd Stage (4-9 mo)	16	—	1,244	3,000.00–3,750.00	3,447.06

Slaughter Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls$ per cwt · actual wt
4	—	1,815	205.00–223.00	217.12

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cows — Boner 80-85%$ per cwt · actual wt
7	—	1,346	165.00–177.00	172.84
1	—	1,405	177.00	177.00
1	—	1,250	155.00	155.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cows — Breaker 75-80%$ per cwt · actual wt
4	—	1,530	167.50–177.50	171.66
6	—	1,579	178.00–187.50	183.28

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cows — Lean 85-90%$ per cwt · actual wt
12	—	1,117	150.00–164.00	157.34
9	—	1,034	140.00–147.00	143.47

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.