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South Central Regional Stockyards

Name: South Central Regional Stockyards livestock auction prices — 2026-04-29
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2026-04-29

Feeder Cattle · Slaughter Cattle · Vienna, Missouri · Wed, Apr 29

● Final58 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 1817

← Apr 22Apr 29May 6 →

Feeder Cattle receipts

1,426 head

▲ 1,082 vs last sale 344▲ 592 vs year ago 834 · +71.0%

Slaughter Cattle receipts

78 head

▲ 8 vs last sale 70▲ 5 vs year ago 73 · +6.8%

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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to the last trended sale two weeks ago, feeder steers under 550 lbs steady to 5.00 lower, over 550 lbs 5.00-15.00 higher. Feeder heifers mostly steady. Slaughter cows 2.00-4.00 higher. Demand good. Supply moderate. Strong feeder offering of good quality fall calves weighing mostly from 400-625 lbs. Fed cattle will reach another all-time high price again this week with several bringing 255.00 yesterday and some confirmed sales at 256.00 today. More of the same is on tap for next week will several consignments of reputation fall calves expected.

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 $507.23/cwt on 316 head, up $53.76 from the prior sale. That ranks 19 of 20 comparable sales and sits +27.21 against this barn's trailing median of $480.03.

Average price

$507.23

▲ 53.76 vs prior sale

316 head · 550 lb average

Value per head Derived

$2,790

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$429

per head · Medium and Large 1 over Medium 1

$97.84/cwt at this weight

vs the market

+21.43

vs MO average

+26.21 vs national

Price by quality 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1	550	511.03	2,809	279
Medium and Large 1-2	548	488.84	2,680	32
Medium 1	576	413.19	2,380	5thin

One grade step is worth $97.84/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 sale316 hd

507.23

—

MO average18 barns · 3,114 hd

485.81

+21.43

National average169 barns · 10,621 hd

481.02

+26.21

This barn, trailing median20 sales

480.03

+27.21

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	1,901	219.84	4,179	8thin
Cows	Boner 80-85%	Average	1,366	175.06	2,390	9thin
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	Average	1,557	174.35	2,715	3thin
Cows	Lean 85-90%	Very Low	1,008	147.30	1,484	20

Every lot

58 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 · Steers25 lots · lightest first
Steers	300–350	Medium and Large 1	320	679.44/cwt	660.00–700.00	2,174	14
Steers	300–350	Medium and Large 1-2	336	647.68/cwt	630.00–670.00	2,176	7
Steers	300–350	Medium 1	346	590.00/cwt	590.00–590.00	2,041	5
Steers	350–400	Medium and Large 1	372	637.62/cwt	610.00–668.00	2,372	35
Steers	350–400	Medium and Large 1-2	380	610.66/cwt	585.00–650.00	2,321	14
Steers	400–450	Medium and Large 1-2	433	559.78/cwt	532.50–610.00	2,424	26
Steers	400–450	Medium and Large 1	434	591.48/cwt	572.50–625.00	2,567	93
Steers	450–500	Medium and Large 1Value Added	453	590.00/cwt	590.00–590.00	2,673	11
Steers	450–500	Medium and Large 1-2	461	545.90/cwt	530.00–561.00	2,517	14
Steers	450–500	Medium and Large 1	481	548.85/cwt	530.00–585.00	2,640	76
Steers	450–500	Medium and Large 1Fleshy	488	514.00/cwt	514.00–514.00	2,508	7
Steers	500–550	Medium and Large 1	523	531.11/cwt	510.00–549.00	2,778	136
Steers	500–550	Medium and Large 1-2	528	512.39/cwt	503.00–517.00	2,705	13
Steers	500–550	Medium and Large 1Fleshy	547	496.00/cwt	496.00–496.00	2,713	4
Steers	550–600	Medium and Large 1-2	562	472.73/cwt	471.00–484.00	2,657	19
Steers	550–600	Medium and Large 1Value Added	566	506.55/cwt	495.00–515.00	2,867	56
Steers	550–600	Medium and Large 1	574	494.63/cwt	463.00–508.00	2,839	52
Steers	550–600	Medium 1	576	413.19/cwt	412.00–415.00	2,380	5
Steers	550–600	Medium and Large 1Fleshy	597	460.47/cwt	450.00–462.00	2,749	31
Steers	600–650	Medium and Large 1	613	463.94/cwt	437.00–482.50	2,844	60
Steers	600–650	Medium and Large 1Value Added	619	478.50/cwt	478.50–478.50	2,962	10
Steers	600–650	Medium and Large 1-2	631	441.00/cwt	441.00–441.00	2,783	4
Steers	650–700	Medium and Large 1	661	440.39/cwt	430.00–447.00	2,911	25
Steers	700–750	Medium and Large 1Fleshy	706	407.00/cwt	407.00–407.00	2,873	3
Steers	700–750	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	715	404.00/cwt	404.00–404.00	2,889	8
Feeder Cattle · Heifers19 lots · lightest first
Heifers	250–300	Medium and Large 1	296	590.00/cwt	590.00–590.00	1,746	3
Heifers	300–350	Medium and Large 1-2	325	546.37/cwt	540.00–560.00	1,776	6
Heifers	300–350	Medium and Large 1	343	608.16/cwt	565.00–645.00	2,086	6
Heifers	350–400	Medium and Large 1-2	364	514.30/cwt	485.00–547.50	1,872	18
Heifers	350–400	Medium and Large 1	373	601.81/cwt	520.00–650.00	2,245	21
Heifers	400–450	Medium and Large 1-2	416	499.83/cwt	446.00–520.00	2,079	15
Heifers	400–450	Medium and Large 1	429	514.76/cwt	492.50–570.00	2,208	95
Heifers	450–500	Medium and Large 1Value Added	456	506.00/cwt	506.00–506.00	2,307	13
Heifers	450–500	Medium and Large 1-2Fleshy	468	445.39/cwt	435.00–450.00	2,084	10
Heifers	450–500	Medium and Large 1Fleshy	481	465.00/cwt	465.00–465.00	2,237	3
Heifers	450–500	Medium and Large 1	487	480.02/cwt	466.00–525.00	2,338	49
Heifers	450–500	Medium and Large 1-2	489	449.00/cwt	449.00–449.00	2,196	5
Heifers	450–500	Medium and Large 2	495	424.00/cwt	424.00–424.00	2,099	3
Heifers	500–550	Medium and Large 1	517	464.33/cwt	449.00–470.00	2,401	61
Heifers	500–550	Medium and Large 1Fleshy	520	442.18/cwt	430.00–453.00	2,299	11
Heifers	500–550	Medium and Large 1-2	535	439.12/cwt	433.00–443.50	2,349	12
Heifers	550–600	Medium and Large 1	567	439.49/cwt	425.00–450.50	2,492	56
Heifers	550–600	Medium and Large 1Value Added	576	439.00/cwt	439.00–439.00	2,529	15
Heifers	650–700	Medium and Large 1	650	377.50/cwt	377.50–377.50	2,454	6
Feeder Cattle · Bulls4 lots · lightest first
Bulls	350–400	Medium and Large 1-2	391	578.67/cwt	555.00–595.00	2,263	6
Bulls	450–500	Medium and Large 1-2	470	528.79/cwt	505.00–542.50	2,485	8
Bulls	550–600	Medium and Large 1-2	583	412.49/cwt	410.00–415.00	2,405	4
Bulls	850–900	Medium and Large 1-2	858	320.00/cwt	320.00–320.00	2,746	3
Slaughter Cattle · Bulls2 lots · lightest first
Bulls	—	—	1,530	200.00/cwt	200.00–200.00	3,060	1
Bulls	—	—	1,954	222.67/cwt	210.00–238.00	4,351	7
Slaughter Cattle · Cows8 lots · lightest first
Cows	—	Lean 85-90%	730	115.00/cwt	115.00–115.00	840	1
Cows	—	Lean 85-90%	1,002	141.23/cwt	135.00–145.00	1,415	11
Cows	—	Lean 85-90%	1,045	158.34/cwt	149.00–166.00	1,655	7
Cows	—	Lean 85-90%	1,085	169.00/cwt	169.00–169.00	1,834	1
Cows	—	Boner 80-85%	1,344	177.81/cwt	171.00–181.00	2,390	6
Cows	—	Boner 80-85%	1,370	184.00/cwt	184.00–184.00	2,521	1
Cows	—	Boner 80-85%	1,428	162.32/cwt	157.00–168.00	2,318	2
Cows	—	Breaker 75-80%	1,557	174.35/cwt	171.00–176.00	2,715	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 Apr 29, 2026

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

Feeder CattleReceipts 1,426Last week 344Year ago 834

Slaughter CattleReceipts 78Last week 70Year ago 73

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Value Added$ per cwt · actual wt
13	450–500	456	506.00	506.00
15	550–600	576	439.00	439.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
3	250–300	296	590.00	590.00
6	300–350	343	565.00–645.00	608.16
21	350–400	373	520.00–650.00	601.81
95	400–450	429	492.50–570.00	514.76
49	450–500	487	466.00–525.00	480.02
61	500–550	517	449.00–470.00	464.33
56	550–600	567	425.00–450.50	439.49
6	650–700	650	377.50	377.50

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Fleshy$ per cwt · actual wt
3	450–500	481	465.00	465.00
11	500–550	520	430.00–453.00	442.18

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
6	300–350	325	540.00–560.00	546.37
18	350–400	364	485.00–547.50	514.30
15	400–450	416	446.00–520.00	499.83
5	450–500	489	449.00	449.00
12	500–550	535	433.00–443.50	439.12

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Fleshy$ per cwt · actual wt
10	450–500	468	435.00–450.00	445.39

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
3	450–500	495	424.00	424.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium 1$ per cwt · actual wt
5	300–350	346	590.00	590.00
5	550–600	576	412.00–415.00	413.19

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
14	300–350	320	660.00–700.00	679.44
35	350–400	372	610.00–668.00	637.62
93	400–450	434	572.50–625.00	591.48
76	450–500	481	530.00–585.00	548.85
136	500–550	523	510.00–549.00	531.11
52	550–600	574	463.00–508.00	494.63
60	600–650	613	437.00–482.50	463.94
25	650–700	661	430.00–447.00	440.39

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1 · Fleshy$ per cwt · actual wt
7	450–500	488	514.00	514.00
4	500–550	547	496.00	496.00
31	550–600	597	450.00–462.00	460.47
3	700–750	706	407.00	407.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
7	300–350	336	630.00–670.00	647.68
14	350–400	380	585.00–650.00	610.66
26	400–450	433	532.50–610.00	559.78
14	450–500	461	530.00–561.00	545.90
13	500–550	528	503.00–517.00	512.39
19	550–600	562	471.00–484.00	472.73
4	600–650	631	441.00	441.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1 · Value Added$ per cwt · actual wt
11	450–500	453	590.00	590.00
56	550–600	566	495.00–515.00	506.55
10	600–650	619	478.50	478.50

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1 · Unweaned$ per cwt · actual wt
8	700–750	715	404.00	404.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
6	350–400	391	555.00–595.00	578.67
8	450–500	470	505.00–542.50	528.79
4	550–600	583	410.00–415.00	412.49
3	850–900	858	320.00	320.00

Slaughter Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cows — Boner 80-85%$ per cwt · actual wt
6	—	1,344	171.00–181.00	177.81
2	—	1,428	157.00–168.00	162.32
1	—	1,370	184.00	184.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cows — Lean 85-90%$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	730	115.00	115.00
11	—	1,002	135.00–145.00	141.23
1	—	1,085	169.00	169.00
7	—	1,045	149.00–166.00	158.34

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cows — Breaker 75-80%$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	1,557	171.00–176.00	174.35

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	1,530	200.00	200.00
7	—	1,954	210.00–238.00	222.67

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.