Name: Ozarks Regional Stockyards livestock auction prices — 2024-03-12
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2024-03-12

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

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Compared to last week, steer and heifer calves under 650 lbs. sold 6.00-12.00 higher with heavier weight calves steady to 3.00 higher. Demand was good on a light to moderate supply. Peewee calves under 500 lbs. were in very high demand as local buyers were looking to get calves ready for the rapidly greening pastures.

Weight class

Heifers · summary 500–600 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

500–600 lb heifers averaged $270.84/cwt on 226 head. That ranks 1 of 33 comparable sales and sits −146.16 against this barn's trailing median of $417.00.

Average price

$270.84

226 head · 560 lb average

Value per head Derived

$1,518

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$41

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

$34.03/cwt at this weight

vs the market

−1.95

vs MO average

−5.33 vs national

What quality paid 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium 1	507	290.00	1,470	5thin
Medium and Large 1	564	280.52	1,582	130
Medium and Large 1-2	558	255.97	1,429	91

One grade step is worth $34.03/cwt here — about $41 a head. Across this sale the premium is widest at 800–900 lb. USDA reports each grade on its own line and never publishes the spread.

This barn's trailing prices 500–600 lb

33 sales

Heifers 500–600 lb: high $443.28, low $334.89, median $417.00 across 33 sales. Sales under 10 head in this class are excluded, so a thin day cannot swing the median or the ranking.

How it compared 500–600 lb

Same class and week · spot auction only

This sale226 hd

270.84

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MO average16 barns · 2,775 hd

272.79

−1.95

National average176 barns · 16,729 hd

276.17

−5.33

This barn, trailing median33 sales

417.00

−146.16

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

71 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 1-2	850–900	866	202.19/cwt	192.50–210.00	1,751	9
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	350–400	367	275.00/cwt	275.00–275.00	1,009	10
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	700–750	718	209.76/cwt	200.00–220.00	1,506	8
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	350–400	395	253.00/cwt	253.00–253.00	999	6
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	550–600	570	295.62/cwt	287.50–305.00	1,685	22
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	800–850	826	223.03/cwt	215.00–228.00	1,842	47
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	650–700	694	227.65/cwt	210.00–233.00	1,580	48
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	600–650	627	269.26/cwt	250.00–279.00	1,688	37
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	350–400	377	340.02/cwt	335.00–355.00	1,282	23
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	800–850	847	175.00/cwt	175.00–175.00	1,482	9
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	450–500	479	331.49/cwt	310.00–344.00	1,588	76
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	500–550	516	306.11/cwt	290.00–315.00	1,580	48
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	600–650	645	237.23/cwt	225.00–242.00	1,530	43
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	300–350	332	334.22/cwt	320.00–355.00	1,110	37
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	850–900	860	190.00/cwt	190.00–190.00	1,634	6
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	550–600	575	253.01/cwt	240.00–260.00	1,455	54
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	650–700	675	260.49/cwt	250.00–265.00	1,758	13
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	450–500	477	275.31/cwt	265.00–282.50	1,313	87
Steers	Medium and Large 2	500–550	533	255.00/cwt	255.00–255.00	1,359	7
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	400–450	427	281.72/cwt	275.00–292.50	1,203	33
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	300–350	322	293.26/cwt	275.00–302.50	944	20
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	450–500	476	221.50/cwt	167.50–250.00	1,054	11
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	850–900	896	132.50/cwt	132.50–132.50	1,187	19
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	400–450	403	247.77/cwt	240.00–252.50	999	8
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	500–550	540	250.00/cwt	250.00–250.00	1,350	7
Steers	Medium and Large 2	300–350	349	310.00/cwt	310.00–310.00	1,082	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	350–400	360	265.00/cwt	265.00–265.00	954	8
Steers	Medium and Large 2	600–650	649	225.00/cwt	225.00–225.00	1,460	9
Steers	Medium and Large 2	350–400	388	302.72/cwt	292.50–310.00	1,175	12
Heifers	Large 1	450–500	465	305.00/cwt	305.00–305.00	1,418	9
Steers	Large 1-2	650–700	695	240.00/cwt	240.00–240.00	1,668	28
Steers	Large 1-2	400–450	405	309.00/cwt	309.00–309.00	1,251	5
Steers	Large 1-2	550–600	557	280.00/cwt	280.00–280.00	1,560	7
Heifers	Large 1-2	600–650	620	235.00/cwt	235.00–235.00	1,457	5
Heifers	Large 1-2	750–800	789	185.00/cwt	185.00–185.00	1,460	5
Heifers	Medium 1	500–550	507	290.00/cwt	290.00–290.00	1,470	5
Heifers	Medium 1	400–450	422	292.50/cwt	292.50–292.50	1,234	5
Steers	Medium 1-2	550–600	597	287.50/cwt	287.50–287.50	1,716	7
Steers	Medium 1-2	450–500	495	312.00/cwt	312.00–312.00	1,544	5
Steers	Large 1	450–500	472	342.50/cwt	342.50–342.50	1,617	6
Steers	Large 1	550–600	552	320.00/cwt	320.00–320.00	1,766	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	800–850	826	208.00/cwt	208.00–208.00	1,718	23
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	650–700	658	252.00/cwt	252.00–252.00	1,658	6
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	350–400	368	315.59/cwt	300.00–330.00	1,161	6
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	600–650	620	252.50/cwt	252.50–252.50	1,566	5
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	450–500	465	300.00/cwt	300.00–300.00	1,395	5
Heifers	Medium 1	600–650	604	253.00/cwt	253.00–253.00	1,528	5
Steers	Medium and Large 1	350–400	383	379.80/cwt	366.00–400.00	1,455	23
Steers	Medium and Large 1	500–550	542	331.64/cwt	321.00–336.00	1,797	61
Steers	Medium and Large 1	550–600	569	315.97/cwt	308.00–325.00	1,798	30
Steers	Medium and Large 1	450–500	480	362.27/cwt	347.50–381.00	1,739	68
Steers	Medium and Large 1	400–450	431	363.41/cwt	350.00–377.50	1,566	14
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	400–450	425	308.40/cwt	297.00–318.00	1,311	49
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Fleshy	550–600	571	242.50/cwt	242.50–242.50	1,385	6
Steers	Medium and Large 1	300–350	336	383.55/cwt	362.50–397.50	1,289	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	600–650	610	248.02/cwt	243.00–253.00	1,513	97
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	350–400	374	328.19/cwt	320.00–333.00	1,227	34
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	500–550	535	280.38/cwt	270.00–297.50	1,500	13
Steers	Medium and Large 1	600–650	615	301.46/cwt	285.00–315.00	1,854	59
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	750–800	760	217.25/cwt	195.00–220.00	1,651	27
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	450–500	474	303.06/cwt	285.00–315.00	1,437	147
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	650–700	671	236.78/cwt	234.50–243.00	1,589	92
Steers	Medium and Large 1	650–700	682	269.00/cwt	269.00–269.00	1,835	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	550–600	573	277.97/cwt	263.00–290.00	1,593	108
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Fleshy	750–800	775	210.00/cwt	210.00–210.00	1,628	9
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	700–750	741	235.00/cwt	235.00–235.00	1,741	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	750–800	770	222.00/cwt	222.00–222.00	1,709	22
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	500–550	520	293.04/cwt	287.50–297.00	1,524	22
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	400–450	425	323.27/cwt	312.50–335.00	1,374	17
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	1100–1150	1,135	174.00/cwt	174.00–174.00	1,975	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	500–550	534	260.28/cwt	250.00–265.00	1,390	37

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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