Sale reports / Missouri / Ozarks Regional Stockyards / 2022-08-16

Ozarks Regional Stockyards

Feeder Cattle · West Plains, Missouri · Tue, Aug 16
● Final68 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 1249
Receipts
2,064 head
403 vs last sale 1,661 931 vs year ago 2,995 · 31.1%
Also sold hereSlaughter/Replacement CattleWed Aug 19, 2026Cattle SpecialFri Aug 14, 2026
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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to last week, steer and heifer calves traded 4.00-8.00 higher with some peewee calves 12.00 higher. Feeder steers and heifers were not well tested however undertones were firm. Demand was good on a light supply of mostly calves with 61 percent of the offering weighing under 600 lbs. Receipts were higher than expected as cooler temperatures, lower humidity and rain moved across the area. Both Feeder and Live Cattle Contracts traded higher as Grain Contracts traded lower.

Weight class

Heifers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot
0–100 lb heifers averaged $169.31/cwt on 871 head.
Average price
$169.31
871 head · 545 lb average
Value per head Derived
$923
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
$383
per head · Medium and Large 1 over Medium and Large 2
$35.97/cwt at this weight
vs the market
4.03
vs MO average

What quality paid 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 1572175.741,004495
Large 1623169.501,05510thin
Medium and Large 1-2513162.70834309
Large 1-2497156.1977633
Medium and Large 2445139.7762124
One grade step is worth $35.97/cwt here — about $383 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 sale871 hd
169.31
MO average12 barns · 5,628 hd
173.34
−4.03
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

68 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.
ClassGrade / descriptionWeightAvg wtPriceRangePer headHead
HeifersLarge 1518176.00/cwt176.00–176.009125
HeifersLarge 1727163.00/cwt163.00–163.001,1855
HeifersMedium and Large 1434178.52/cwt176.00–182.0077524
HeifersMedium and Large 1590175.49/cwt170.00–177.001,035139
HeifersLarge 1-2545155.00/cwt155.00–155.0084514
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2664150.13/cwt146.00–153.0099716
SteersMedium 1-2642154.00/cwt154.00–154.0098910
SteersMedium and Large 2508174.36/cwt170.00–180.008867
SteersMedium and Large 2491180.00/cwt180.00–180.008847
SteersMedium and Large 1-21,022130.00/cwt130.00–130.001,32914
SteersMedium and Large 1-2391205.00/cwt205.00–205.0080210
SteersMedium and Large 1587206.98/cwt201.00–213.001,21539
SteersMedium and Large 1472217.95/cwt205.00–225.001,02931
SteersMedium and Large 1-2898149.00/cwt149.00–149.001,3385
SteersMedium and Large 1-2734168.72/cwt167.00–170.001,23823
SteersLarge 1-2653172.50/cwt172.50–172.501,1269
SteersMedium and Large 1-2614177.49/cwt175.00–186.001,09050
HeifersLarge 1-2568155.00/cwt155.00–155.008805
HeifersLarge 1-2361160.00/cwt160.00–160.005785
SteersMedium and Large 1-2762160.04/cwt155.00–163.001,22017
SteersMedium and Large 1-2536196.11/cwt187.50–198.001,05117
SteersMedium and Large 1-2561188.69/cwt183.00–193.001,05924
SteersMedium and Large 1810169.00/cwt169.00–169.001,36910
SteersMedium and Large 1677187.91/cwt181.00–195.001,27295
SteersMedium and Large 1-2676166.84/cwt162.50–177.001,12866
SteersMedium and Large 1-2470191.66/cwt184.00–200.0090161
SteersMedium and Large 1527209.48/cwt206.00–216.001,10439
SteersMedium and Large 1619202.74/cwt197.50–206.001,25549
SteersLarge 1516203.00/cwt203.00–203.001,04710
SteersMedium and Large 1419212.87/cwt207.50–218.0089232
SteersMedium 1-2585170.79/cwt158.00–173.5099917
SteersMedium and Large 1713177.33/cwt171.50–184.001,26453
SteersMedium and Large 1313223.79/cwt217.50–228.007008
SteersMedium and Large 1350208.00/cwt208.00–208.007285
BullsMedium and Large 1-2632149.14/cwt142.50–156.009436
BullsMedium and Large 1666167.75/cwt167.50–168.001,1176
BullsMedium and Large 1403205.00/cwt205.00–205.008265
BullsMedium and Large 1473181.61/cwt177.50–190.0085921
BullsMedium and Large 1515182.23/cwt173.00–195.0093813
BullsMedium and Large 1587177.00/cwt177.00–177.001,0398
BullsMedium and Large 1-2555147.43/cwt140.00–155.008186
BullsMedium and Large 1-2472151.70/cwt150.00–152.5071613
HeifersMedium and Large 2576134.06/cwt128.00–140.007726
HeifersMedium and Large 2430135.00/cwt135.00–135.0058112
BullsMedium and Large 1-2546166.00/cwt166.00–166.009069
BullsMedium and Large 1-2400166.00/cwt166.00–166.006647
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2344169.72/cwt165.00–175.0058419
HeifersMedium and Large 2342155.00/cwt155.00–155.005306
HeifersMedium and Large 1316189.11/cwt187.50–190.0059821
HeifersMedium and Large 1765159.85/cwt159.00–161.001,2237
HeifersMedium and Large 1723166.00/cwt166.00–166.001,20031
HeifersMedium and Large 1471181.32/cwt176.00–190.0085427
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2624154.07/cwt152.50–156.0096124
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2369172.74/cwt162.50–177.5063723
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2474164.63/cwt155.00–170.0078060
HeifersMedium and Large 1398183.00/cwt183.00–183.007285
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2432169.92/cwt162.50–176.0073444
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2715148.47/cwt146.00–151.001,06219
HeifersLarge 1-2458156.58/cwt150.00–160.007179
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2564160.70/cwt152.00–165.0090661
SteersMedium and Large 1-2843160.00/cwt160.00–160.001,34915
SteersMedium and Large 2372180.73/cwt173.00–185.0067213
HeifersMedium and Large 1527179.95/cwt170.00–183.0094897
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2521162.80/cwt152.00–169.0084843
HeifersMedium and Large 1608171.47/cwt164.00–175.001,04390
HeifersMedium and Large 1658173.68/cwt163.00–178.001,14354
SteersLarge 1-2421185.64/cwt180.00–190.007827
SteersMedium and Large 1-2405195.66/cwt195.00–196.007929

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.