South Central Regional Stockyards Market Report

Vienna, Missouri · USDA-reported Auction Livestock

Sale of Wednesday, October 25, 2023

447 head sold ·Official USDA report

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light 6-weight M&L 1 steers $246.66/cwt +0.66 vs last sale · ≈ $1,522/hd at 617 lb · 15 head

light 5-weight M&L 1 heifers $245.85/cwt +6.35 vs last sale · ≈ $1,291/hd at 525 lb · 14 head

heavy 6-weight M&L 1 heifers $221.64/cwt ≈ $1,496/hd at 675 lb · 12 head

Receipts

Head	This sale	Last sale	Last year
Total receipts	447	492	611
Feeder cattle	292	319	455
Slaughter cattle	105	143	156
Replacement cattle	50	30	0

Market comments — USDA reporter

Feeder supply not sufficient to establish a market trend. Slaughter cows 1.00-2.00 lower. Feeders are lower around the circuit this week as futures prices suffered big losses following Friday's bearish Cattle on Feed report which showed a larger than expected placement figure.

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Feeder Steers

Medium and Large 1 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
350–365	358	4	307.00	$307.00	$1,099	—
480	480	3	287.00	$287.00	$1,378	-14.64
500–545	521	10	266.00–285.50	$281.12	$1,465	-9.50
580	580	4	238.00	$238.00	$1,380	-30.50
605–630	617	15	243.50–250.00	$246.66	$1,522	-4.34

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
450–485	471	5	260.00–274.00	$265.35	$1,250	—
520–535	529	7	241.00–261.00	$250.58	$1,326	-27.92
640	640	8	240.00	$240.00	$1,536	—

Large 1 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
670	670	6	224.00	$224.00	$1,501	—
765	765	4	215.00	$215.00	$1,645	—

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Feeder Heifers

Medium and Large 1 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
300–345	323	4	245.00–247.00	$245.93	$794	—
405–445	429	10	247.00–251.00	$249.25	$1,069	—
460–485	466	9	241.00	$241.00	$1,123	-5.29
500–540	525	14	240.50–253.50	$245.85	$1,291	+6.18
560–590	580	6	237.50–240.00	$238.30	$1,382	—
610	610	6	226.50–237.00	$233.50	$1,424	—
620 unweaned	620	4	218.00	$218.00	$1,352	-1.80
660–680	675	12	219.50–226.50	$221.64	$1,496	—

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
450–460 unweaned	457	6	226.00–230.00	$227.31	$1,039	—
455–480	468	6	221.00–236.00	$228.47	$1,069	-12.11
500	500	5	235.00	$235.00	$1,175	+15.00

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Feeder Bulls

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
370–385	378	4	215.00–284.00	$250.19	$946	-30.48
450–495	475	6	215.00–271.00	$237.74	$1,129	-16.26
690	690	8	177.00–189.50	$182.63	$1,260	—
785	785	3	187.00	$187.00	$1,468	—

Medium 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
315	315	3	283.00	$283.00	$891	—

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Slaughter Cows

Boner ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Dressing	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
1150–1485	1248	80-85%	14	89.50–95.00	$92.62	$1,156	—
1230–1470	1289	80-85%	8	95.00–100.00	$96.15	$1,239	+2.69
1135–1395	1316	80-85%	6	85.00–90.00	$87.74	$1,155	—

Lean ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Dressing	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
945	945	85-90%	4	72.00–74.00	$72.50	$685	—
1025	1025	85-90%	2	66.00	$66.00	$676	-14.39
1015–1215	1107	85-90%	11	81.00–90.50	$86.49	$957	—
1190	1190	85-90%	1	90.00	$90.00	$1,071	—

Breaker ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Dressing	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
1465	1465	75-80%	1	98.50	$98.50	$1,443	-3.50
1410–1650	1563	75-80%	6	89.50–95.50	$93.75	$1,465	—

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Slaughter Bulls

YG1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
1750–1950	1842	3	102.00–104.50	$103.53	$1,907	—
1880–1905	1893	2	112.50	$112.50	$2,130	—
1675–2100	1927	3	105.00–108.00	$106.04	$2,043	—

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Bred Cows

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $
925–1380	1174	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	All Stages (1-9 mo)	19	1,400.00–2,000.00	$1,702.98

Large 1 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd
1530	1530	Middle Aged/Aged (>5 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	10	110.00–123.00	$117.80	$1,802

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Reading this report

What does "Medium and Large 1" mean?

USDA feeder grades describe frame size and muscle thickness, not quality of the individual animal. "Medium and Large" is the frame score; the number is muscle (1 = heaviest muscled). "Medium and Large 1–2" pens mix both muscle scores — common across the Southeast.

What is $/cwt?

Dollars per hundredweight — per 100 lb of animal. A 500-lb calf at $450/cwt brings 5 × $450 = $2,250. Lighter cattle usually bring more per cwt but less per head.

Why are some prices per head?

Bred cows, cow-calf pairs, and some replacement classes sell by the head, not by weight. We show those exactly as USDA reports them — a $/head figure is never converted into $/cwt on this site.

Where do these numbers come from?

From the USDA Agricultural Marketing Service's Livestock Market News — federal reporters at the sale. We publish each report in full and link the official USDA document at the top of the page.