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South Central Regional Stockyards

Name: South Central Regional Stockyards livestock auction prices — 2026-05-13
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2026-05-13

Feeder Cattle · Slaughter Cattle · Replacement Cattle · Vienna, Missouri · Wed, May 13

● Final70 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 1817

← May 6May 13May 20 →

Feeder Cattle receipts

1,657 head

▼ 124 vs last sale 1,781▼ 433 vs year ago 2,090 · −20.7%

Slaughter Cattle receipts

109 head

▲ 36 vs last sale 73▲ 37 vs year ago 72 · +51.4%

Replacement Cattle receipts

50 head

▲ 10 vs last sale 40▲ 30 vs year ago 20 · +150.0%

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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to last Wednesday, feeder steers steady to 12.00 lower with best demand on steer calves near 450 lbs and several high quality 600-675 lbs. Feeder heifers under 600 lbs 5.00-15.00 lower, over 600 lbs steady. Demand moderate to good. Supply moderate. Similar feeder offering to last week with several consignments of outstanding fall calves. The feeder market has eased back so far this week following administration talk of lowering tariffs and increasing beef imports although we got some support Wednesday from a nice rebound in cattle futures. Fed cattle appear headed for another new record high this week as packers struggle to come up with enough numbers. Slaughter cows sold 1.00-2.00 higher.

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 $501.66/cwt on 304 head, down $8.92 from the prior sale. That ranks 16 of 20 comparable sales and sits +21.63 against this barn's trailing median of $480.03.

Average price

$501.66

▼ 8.92 vs prior sale

304 head · 538 lb average

Value per head Derived

$2,696

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$193

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

$40.58/cwt at this weight

vs the market

+17.98

vs MO average

+27.96 vs national

Price by quality 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1	537	504.51	2,711	282
Medium and Large 2	520	472.50	2,457	3thin
Medium and Large 1-2	543	463.93	2,518	19thin

One grade step is worth $40.58/cwt here — about $193 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 sale304 hd

501.66

—

MO average18 barns · 5,045 hd

483.68

+17.98

National average167 barns · 12,191 hd

473.70

+27.96

This barn, trailing median20 sales

480.03

+21.63

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	1,955	233.05	4,556	6thin
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	Average	1,479	181.64	2,686	5thin
Cows	Boner 80-85%	Very Low	1,249	175.52	2,193	18
Cows	Lean 85-90%	Average	1,079	158.92	1,715	34

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 Stage (4-6 mo)	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	1,045	$2,813	5
Bred Cows	All Stages (1-9 mo)	Aged (>8 yrs)	1,121	$2,476	4thin

Every lot

70 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 · Steers31 lots · lightest first
Steers	250–300	Medium and Large 1-2	251	635.00/cwt	635.00–635.00	1,594	3
Steers	250–300	Medium and Large 1	278	682.43/cwt	680.00–685.00	1,897	4
Steers	300–350	Medium 1-2	310	595.00/cwt	595.00–595.00	1,845	3
Steers	300–350	Medium and Large 1	327	652.17/cwt	630.00–670.00	2,133	8
Steers	300–350	Medium and Large 1-2	332	617.14/cwt	580.00–628.00	2,049	8
Steers	350–400	Medium and Large 1	374	619.75/cwt	590.00–645.00	2,318	54
Steers	350–400	Medium and Large 1-2	392	563.36/cwt	560.00–580.00	2,208	12
Steers	400–450	Medium and Large 1Fleshy	415	581.00/cwt	581.00–581.00	2,411	6
Steers	400–450	Medium and Large 1	418	587.41/cwt	571.00–617.50	2,455	33
Steers	400–450	Medium and Large 1-2	443	500.00/cwt	500.00–500.00	2,215	3
Steers	450–500	Medium and Large 1-2	466	484.72/cwt	484.00–487.50	2,259	10
Steers	450–500	Medium and Large 1	474	543.46/cwt	512.50–581.00	2,576	108
Steers	450–500	Medium and Large 1Full	495	514.00/cwt	514.00–514.00	2,544	3
Steers	500–550	Medium and Large 2	520	472.50/cwt	472.50–472.50	2,457	3
Steers	500–550	Medium and Large 1	524	515.62/cwt	482.50–535.00	2,702	148
Steers	500–550	Medium and Large 1-2	524	476.05/cwt	470.00–486.00	2,495	14
Steers	500–550	Medium and Large 1Value Added	531	521.07/cwt	516.00–522.50	2,767	50
Steers	500–550	Medium and Large 1Fleshy	543	460.00/cwt	460.00–460.00	2,498	3
Steers	500–550	Medium and Large 1Full	547	474.00/cwt	474.00–474.00	2,593	10
Steers	550–600	Medium and Large 1	568	475.87/cwt	460.00–489.00	2,703	71
Steers	550–600	Medium and Large 1-2	595	430.00/cwt	430.00–430.00	2,559	5
Steers	600–650	Medium and Large 1Value Added	613	470.50/cwt	470.50–470.50	2,884	21
Steers	600–650	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	615	446.95/cwt	425.00–464.00	2,749	52
Steers	600–650	Medium and Large 1	628	448.18/cwt	420.00–473.50	2,815	84
Steers	600–650	Medium and Large 1-2	629	412.75/cwt	408.00–420.00	2,596	5
Steers	650–700	Medium and Large 1-2	652	419.00/cwt	419.00–419.00	2,732	4
Steers	650–700	Medium and Large 1Value Added	653	458.50/cwt	458.50–458.50	2,994	50
Steers	650–700	Medium and Large 1	679	437.71/cwt	411.50–457.00	2,972	38
Steers	650–700	Medium and Large 1Full	698	395.00/cwt	395.00–395.00	2,757	8
Steers	700–750	Medium and Large 2-3	712	373.00/cwt	373.00–373.00	2,656	4
Steers	700–750	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	715	371.00/cwt	371.00–371.00	2,653	3
Feeder Cattle · Heifers24 lots · lightest first
Heifers	250–300	Medium and Large 1	269	621.66/cwt	600.00–630.00	1,672	7
Heifers	300–350	Medium and Large 1	323	570.76/cwt	550.00–600.00	1,844	19
Heifers	350–400	Medium and Large 1-2	364	521.35/cwt	515.00–530.00	1,898	5
Heifers	350–400	Medium and Large 1	377	553.30/cwt	540.00–582.50	2,086	41
Heifers	400–450	Medium and Large 1Value Added	416	536.00/cwt	536.00–536.00	2,230	12
Heifers	400–450	Medium and Large 1	419	524.49/cwt	487.50–555.00	2,198	73
Heifers	450–500	Medium and Large 1	474	480.63/cwt	455.00–519.00	2,278	102
Heifers	450–500	Medium and Large 1-2	478	451.53/cwt	425.00–495.00	2,158	19
Heifers	450–500	Medium and Large 1Fleshy	482	453.50/cwt	452.00–455.00	2,186	12
Heifers	500–550	Medium and Large 1Value Added	502	468.00/cwt	468.00–468.00	2,349	27
Heifers	500–550	Medium and Large 1Fleshy	515	427.08/cwt	418.00–434.00	2,199	7
Heifers	500–550	Medium and Large 1	522	445.69/cwt	426.00–455.00	2,327	63
Heifers	500–550	Medium and Large 1-2	530	415.00/cwt	415.00–415.00	2,200	5
Heifers	500–550	Medium and Large 1Thin Fleshed	545	450.00/cwt	450.00–450.00	2,453	12
Heifers	550–600	Medium and Large 1	558	430.11/cwt	400.00–446.00	2,400	14
Heifers	550–600	Medium and Large 1Full	565	392.00/cwt	392.00–392.00	2,215	5
Heifers	550–600	Medium and Large 2	565	360.00/cwt	360.00–360.00	2,034	4
Heifers	550–600	Medium and Large 1Thin Fleshed	567	433.00/cwt	433.00–433.00	2,455	12
Heifers	550–600	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	579	386.54/cwt	386.00–388.00	2,238	11
Heifers	550–600	Medium and Large 2-3	586	346.00/cwt	346.00–346.00	2,028	5
Heifers	550–600	Medium and Large 1Value Added	591	424.00/cwt	424.00–424.00	2,506	11
Heifers	550–600	Medium and Large 1-2	597	405.00/cwt	405.00–405.00	2,418	4
Heifers	600–650	Medium and Large 1	605	409.50/cwt	409.50–409.50	2,477	13
Heifers	650–700	Medium and Large 1	667	376.55/cwt	375.00–376.75	2,512	61
Feeder Cattle · Bulls3 lots · lightest first
Bulls	350–400	Medium and Large 1-2	370	575.00/cwt	575.00–575.00	2,128	8
Bulls	550–600	Medium and Large 1-2	586	404.85/cwt	390.00–415.00	2,372	5
Bulls	600–650	Medium and Large 1-2	640	382.00/cwt	382.00–382.00	2,445	3
Slaughter Cattle · Bulls2 lots · lightest first
Bulls	—	—	1,860	227.16/cwt	223.00–229.00	4,225	4
Bulls	—	—	2,145	244.82/cwt	239.00–250.00	5,251	2
Slaughter Cattle · Cows8 lots · lightest first
Cows	—	Lean 85-90%	940	146.45/cwt	139.00–150.00	1,377	4
Cows	—	Lean 85-90%	1,078	179.18/cwt	178.00–180.50	1,932	2
Cows	—	Lean 85-90%	1,099	159.26/cwt	153.00–169.00	1,750	28
Cows	—	Boner 80-85%	1,222	175.58/cwt	171.50–184.00	2,146	12
Cows	—	Boner 80-85%	1,260	139.00/cwt	139.00–139.00	1,751	1
Cows	—	Boner 80-85%	1,295	166.00/cwt	166.00–166.00	2,150	1
Cows	—	Boner 80-85%	1,317	186.87/cwt	185.50–188.00	2,461	4
Cows	—	Breaker 75-80%	1,479	181.64/cwt	180.00–184.00	2,686	5
Replacement Cattle · Bred Cows2 lots · lightest first
Bred Cows	—	Medium 1-2	1,045	2,812.89/head	2,600.00–3,050.00	2,813	5
Bred Cows	—	Medium and Large 1-2	1,121	2,476.27/head	2,150.00–2,975.00	2,476	4

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 May 13, 2026

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

Feeder CattleReceipts 1,657Last week 1,781Year ago 2,090

Slaughter CattleReceipts 109Last week 73Year ago 72

Replacement CattleReceipts 50Last week 40Year ago 20

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
7	250–300	269	600.00–630.00	621.66
19	300–350	323	550.00–600.00	570.76
41	350–400	377	540.00–582.50	553.30
73	400–450	419	487.50–555.00	524.49
102	450–500	474	455.00–519.00	480.63
63	500–550	522	426.00–455.00	445.69
14	550–600	558	400.00–446.00	430.11
13	600–650	605	409.50	409.50
61	650–700	667	375.00–376.75	376.55

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
5	350–400	364	515.00–530.00	521.35
19	450–500	478	425.00–495.00	451.53
5	500–550	530	415.00	415.00
4	550–600	597	405.00	405.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Value Added$ per cwt · actual wt
12	400–450	416	536.00	536.00
27	500–550	502	468.00	468.00
11	550–600	591	424.00	424.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Unweaned$ per cwt · actual wt
11	550–600	579	386.00–388.00	386.54

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Thin Fleshed$ per cwt · actual wt
12	500–550	545	450.00	450.00
12	550–600	567	433.00	433.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 2-3$ per cwt · actual wt
5	550–600	586	346.00	346.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
4	550–600	565	360.00	360.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Fleshy$ per cwt · actual wt
12	450–500	482	452.00–455.00	453.50
7	500–550	515	418.00–434.00	427.08

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Full$ per cwt · actual wt
5	550–600	565	392.00	392.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
3	250–300	251	635.00	635.00
8	300–350	332	580.00–628.00	617.14
12	350–400	392	560.00–580.00	563.36
3	400–450	443	500.00	500.00
10	450–500	466	484.00–487.50	484.72
14	500–550	524	470.00–486.00	476.05
5	550–600	595	430.00	430.00
5	600–650	629	408.00–420.00	412.75
4	650–700	652	419.00	419.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1 · Value Added$ per cwt · actual wt
50	500–550	531	516.00–522.50	521.07
21	600–650	613	470.50	470.50
50	650–700	653	458.50	458.50

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1 · Unweaned$ per cwt · actual wt
52	600–650	615	425.00–464.00	446.95
3	700–750	715	371.00	371.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
3	300–350	310	595.00	595.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 2-3$ per cwt · actual wt
4	700–750	712	373.00	373.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
3	500–550	520	472.50	472.50

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1 · Full$ per cwt · actual wt
3	450–500	495	514.00	514.00
10	500–550	547	474.00	474.00
8	650–700	698	395.00	395.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
4	250–300	278	680.00–685.00	682.43
8	300–350	327	630.00–670.00	652.17
54	350–400	374	590.00–645.00	619.75
33	400–450	418	571.00–617.50	587.41
108	450–500	474	512.50–581.00	543.46
148	500–550	524	482.50–535.00	515.62
71	550–600	568	460.00–489.00	475.87
84	600–650	628	420.00–473.50	448.18
38	650–700	679	411.50–457.00	437.71

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1 · Fleshy$ per cwt · actual wt
6	400–450	415	581.00	581.00
3	500–550	543	460.00	460.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
8	350–400	370	575.00	575.00
5	550–600	586	390.00–415.00	404.85
3	600–650	640	382.00	382.00

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)	All Stages (1-9 mo)	4	—	1,121	2,150.00–2,975.00	2,476.27

Age	Stage	Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bred Cows — Medium 1-2$ per head · actual wt
Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	5	—	1,045	2,600.00–3,050.00	2,812.89

Slaughter Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cows — Boner 80-85%$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	1,260	139.00	139.00
1	—	1,295	166.00	166.00
12	—	1,222	171.50–184.00	175.58
4	—	1,317	185.50–188.00	186.87

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cows — Lean 85-90%$ per cwt · actual wt
28	—	1,099	153.00–169.00	159.26
4	—	940	139.00–150.00	146.45
2	—	1,078	178.00–180.50	179.18

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cows — Breaker 75-80%$ per cwt · actual wt
5	—	1,479	180.00–184.00	181.64

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls$ per cwt · actual wt
4	—	1,860	223.00–229.00	227.16
2	—	2,145	239.00–250.00	244.82

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.