Name: Ozarks Regional Stockyards livestock auction prices — 2019-11-19
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2019-11-19

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to last week, steer calves under 700 lbs traded 2.00-5.00 lower with heavier weights trading steady to 3.00 higher. Heifer calves traded 3.00-6.00 lower with the exception of peewee weights trading 3.00 higher. Demand was good on a heavy supply. Steers averaged 597 lbs at $142.60/cwt while heifers averaged 556 lbs at $128.71/cwt.

Weight class

Steers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

0–100 lb steers averaged $144.31/cwt on 1,902 head.

Average price

$144.31

1,902 head · 597 lb average

Value per head Derived

$862

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

−$23

per head · Medium 1-2 over Medium 2

$50.25/cwt at this weight

vs the market

−4.72

vs MO average

What quality paid 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium 1-2	382	150.25	574	41
Medium and Large 1	605	149.10	903	989
Large 1	665	142.56	947	36
Medium and Large 1-2	600	139.84	840	689
Large 1-2	592	137.94	817	85
Medium and Large 2	503	132.88	668	41
Large 2	618	110.00	680	10thin
Medium 2	597	100.00	597	11thin

One grade step is worth $50.25/cwt here — about −$23 a head. Across this sale the premium is widest at 0–100 lb. USDA reports each grade on its own line and never publishes the spread.

How it compared 0–100 lb

Same class and week · spot auction only

This sale1,902 hd

144.31

—

MO average20 barns · 13,110 hd

149.02

−4.72

A barn can sit above the state average at one weight and below it at another — check the class you actually sell.

Every lot, as filed

115 lots · USDA AMS · Ozarks Regional Stockyards Feeder Cattle - West Plains, MO

Nothing removed and nothing rounded — the same lots as the USDA report, with per-head values added.

Class	Grade / description	Weight	Avg wt	Price	Range	Per head	Head
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	354	145.00/cwt	145.00–145.00	513	5
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	461	130.00/cwt	130.00–130.00	599	5
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	570	148.17/cwt	144.00–157.00	845	125
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	778	145.09/cwt	141.00–148.50	1,129	129
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	622	144.33/cwt	140.00–151.00	898	151
Steers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	—	622	135.41/cwt	132.50–138.00	842	12
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	623	134.51/cwt	125.00–139.00	838	69
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	527	142.40/cwt	134.00–148.00	750	84
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	—	527	128.00/cwt	128.00–128.00	675	7
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	—	616	123.61/cwt	120.00–127.00	761	17
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	683	141.74/cwt	140.00–144.00	968	53
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	726	143.53/cwt	138.00–149.00	1,042	68
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	430	166.98/cwt	160.00–172.00	718	80
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	526	154.25/cwt	147.50–162.00	811	118
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	625	131.75/cwt	130.00–133.00	823	78
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	465	136.01/cwt	132.50–142.00	632	81
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	371	141.33/cwt	135.00–146.00	524	87
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	523	132.90/cwt	130.00–144.00	695	92
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	661	132.91/cwt	130.00–138.00	879	117
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	428	138.86/cwt	133.00–144.00	594	144
Heifers	Medium 1-2	—	538	110.00/cwt	110.00–110.00	592	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	337	146.00/cwt	146.00–146.00	492	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	781	131.40/cwt	131.00–132.00	1,026	12
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	876	129.61/cwt	129.50–130.00	1,135	31
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	719	131.58/cwt	128.00–137.00	946	43
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	577	131.00/cwt	130.00–133.00	756	75
Steers	Large 1	—	976	129.00/cwt	129.00–129.00	1,259	8
Steers	Large 1	—	477	155.60/cwt	154.00–158.00	742	10
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Unweaned	—	613	115.00/cwt	115.00–115.00	705	5
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	670	134.58/cwt	125.00–139.00	902	108
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	485	143.66/cwt	138.00–151.00	697	93
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	575	138.22/cwt	134.00–143.00	795	84
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	—	670	114.41/cwt	102.50–122.00	767	15
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	—	637	109.55/cwt	100.00–119.00	698	14
Dairy Steers	Large 3	—	665	65.00/cwt	65.00–65.00	432	17
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	427	138.00/cwt	138.00–138.00	589	20
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	847	115.00/cwt	115.00–115.00	974	6
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	584	124.58/cwt	120.00–127.50	728	5
Heifers	Large 1	—	432	136.21/cwt	134.00–138.00	588	11
Heifers	Large 1	—	664	135.00/cwt	135.00–135.00	896	5
Heifers	Large 1	—	523	133.00/cwt	133.00–133.00	696	5
Heifers	Large 1	—	465	137.00/cwt	137.00–137.00	637	5
Heifers	Large 1	—	345	146.00/cwt	146.00–146.00	504	5
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	—	569	115.95/cwt	102.00–125.00	660	41
Heifers	Medium 1	—	470	134.00/cwt	134.00–134.00	630	6
Heifers	Large 1-2	—	562	121.62/cwt	119.00–124.00	684	31
Heifers	Large 1-2	—	478	129.82/cwt	125.00–132.00	621	27
Heifers	Large 1-2	—	633	121.99/cwt	120.00–128.00	772	12
Heifers	Large 1-2	—	512	117.00/cwt	117.00–117.00	599	6
Heifers	Large 1-2	—	770	117.50/cwt	117.50–117.50	905	5
Heifers	Medium 1	—	512	131.17/cwt	130.00–132.00	672	12
Steers	Large 1-2	—	458	143.72/cwt	140.00–149.00	658	15
Steers	Large 1-2	—	728	132.90/cwt	129.00–136.00	968	11
Steers	Large 1-2	—	778	137.00/cwt	137.00–137.00	1,066	8
Steers	Large 1-2	—	427	141.49/cwt	130.00–145.00	604	8
Steers	Large 1-2	—	808	134.00/cwt	134.00–134.00	1,083	6
Steers	Large 1-2	—	656	127.33/cwt	127.00–128.00	835	6
Steers	Medium 2	—	597	100.00/cwt	100.00–100.00	597	11
Steers	Medium 1-2	—	422	149.39/cwt	142.50–157.50	630	23
Steers	Medium 1-2	—	316	148.02/cwt	145.00–150.00	468	13
Steers	Medium 1-2	—	368	160.00/cwt	160.00–160.00	589	5
Steers	Large 2	—	618	110.00/cwt	110.00–110.00	680	10
Steers	Large 1-2	—	580	138.42/cwt	130.00–143.00	803	26
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	—	581	134.00/cwt	134.00–134.00	779	11
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	—	531	130.68/cwt	130.00–131.00	694	6
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	—	381	160.00/cwt	160.00–160.00	610	5
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	838	141.99/cwt	140.00–143.00	1,190	48
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	467	160.60/cwt	154.00–168.00	750	39
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	363	178.03/cwt	176.00–179.00	646	24
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	—	528	120.30/cwt	112.00–125.00	635	10
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	—	807	98.00/cwt	98.00–98.00	791	6
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	—	775	113.50/cwt	102.50–125.00	880	6
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	—	479	112.97/cwt	110.00–115.00	541	5
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	—	473	140.41/cwt	132.50–147.00	664	18
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	—	415	145.41/cwt	138.00–152.50	603	13
Steers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	—	538	145.01/cwt	143.00–146.00	780	30
Steers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	—	578	140.86/cwt	132.50–144.00	814	23
Steers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	—	430	156.45/cwt	154.00–158.00	673	18
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	722	133.13/cwt	130.00–136.00	961	57
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	376	158.64/cwt	150.00–165.00	596	43
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	431	150.91/cwt	146.00–155.00	650	36
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	874	134.06/cwt	130.00–138.00	1,172	18
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,310	90.00/cwt	90.00–90.00	1,179	8
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	960	126.00/cwt	126.00–126.00	1,210	5
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	840	136.00/cwt	136.00–136.00	1,142	5
Steers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	—	473	151.83/cwt	151.00–152.50	718	39
Steers	Large 1	—	568	141.85/cwt	140.00–143.00	806	13
Steers	Large 1-2	—	387	142.50/cwt	142.50–142.50	551	5
Heifers	Medium 1-2	—	330	125.00/cwt	125.00–125.00	413	5
Heifers	Medium 1-2	—	458	117.50/cwt	117.50–117.50	538	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	677	100.00/cwt	100.00–100.00	677	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	744	100.00/cwt	100.00–100.00	744	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	460	106.84/cwt	105.00–110.00	491	8
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	532	112.26/cwt	105.00–115.00	597	11
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	622	110.69/cwt	105.00–117.00	688	17
Steers	Large 1	—	792	140.00/cwt	140.00–140.00	1,109	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	479	127.69/cwt	125.00–131.00	612	64
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	725	126.94/cwt	115.00–129.00	920	67
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	527	126.53/cwt	120.00–132.00	667	88
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	578	124.01/cwt	117.00–128.00	717	88
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Unweaned	—	576	112.44/cwt	110.00–115.00	648	15
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Unweaned	—	683	115.23/cwt	115.00–116.00	787	17
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	934	86.99/cwt	85.00–95.00	812	10
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	325	128.41/cwt	125.00–130.00	417	19
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	370	129.51/cwt	125.00–132.50	479	31
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	426	127.35/cwt	120.00–133.00	543	33
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	673	125.92/cwt	120.00–129.00	847	40
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	620	124.56/cwt	120.00–129.00	772	52
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	924	136.87/cwt	136.00–138.00	1,265	21
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	343	165.46/cwt	163.00–172.50	568	25
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	770	133.18/cwt	131.00–136.00	1,025	28
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	—	582	128.44/cwt	128.00–129.00	748	20
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	893	117.00/cwt	117.00–117.00	1,045	6
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	772	126.13/cwt	125.00–128.00	974	8
Steers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	—	657	134.04/cwt	132.00–138.00	881	32

How this sale compares

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.

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