Name: Ozarks Regional Stockyards livestock auction prices — 2024-04-02
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2024-04-02

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

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Compared to last week, steers over 450 lbs. sold 4.00-8.00 higher and heifers over 500 lbs sold steady to 5.00 higher. Lighter weight PeeWee steer and heifer calves sold 3.00-6.00 lower. Demand was good and improved throughout the day. The supply was light with the offering averaging 3.39 head/draft. The Cattle Futures rebounded a little from Monday's sharply lower close but still has a ways to go to get back to where it was previously.

Weight class

Heifers · summary 500–600 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

500–600 lb heifers averaged $269.21/cwt on 161 head. That ranks 1 of 33 comparable sales and sits −147.78 against this barn's trailing median of $417.00.

Average price

$269.21

161 head · 530 lb average

Value per head Derived

$1,427

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$189

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

$58.58/cwt at this weight

vs the market

−0.48

vs MO average

−1.38 vs national

What quality paid 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1	521	281.68	1,467	105
Medium and Large 1-2	539	254.66	1,373	32
Medium and Large 2	539	247.07	1,332	11thin
Large 1-2	573	223.10	1,278	13thin

One grade step is worth $58.58/cwt here — about $189 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.

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 sale161 hd

269.21

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MO average16 barns · 1,594 hd

269.69

−0.48

National average179 barns · 13,329 hd

270.59

−1.38

This barn, trailing median33 sales

417.00

−147.78

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	350–400	378	331.11/cwt	325.00–350.00	1,252	17
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	550–600	565	271.68/cwt	263.00–274.00	1,535	14
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	700–750	739	236.00/cwt	236.00–236.00	1,744	8
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	750–800	756	211.25/cwt	210.00–212.50	1,597	6
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	600–650	624	280.98/cwt	275.00–287.00	1,753	56
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	350–400	367	295.20/cwt	280.00–307.50	1,083	7
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	750–800	764	233.01/cwt	231.00–237.50	1,780	19
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	650–700	680	263.48/cwt	257.50–270.00	1,792	21
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	800–850	813	217.14/cwt	210.00–223.00	1,765	9
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	400–450	433	324.94/cwt	312.50–330.00	1,407	15
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	650–700	660	220.95/cwt	210.00–232.50	1,458	68
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	300–350	349	350.00/cwt	350.00–350.00	1,222	13
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	300–350	345	268.59/cwt	260.00–275.00	927	14
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	550–600	577	297.47/cwt	286.00–301.00	1,716	14
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	900–950	909	217.00/cwt	217.00–217.00	1,973	9
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	600–650	630	231.65/cwt	223.00–240.00	1,459	10
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	550–600	581	258.00/cwt	258.00–258.00	1,499	8
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	450–500	480	274.34/cwt	262.50–282.50	1,317	57
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	450–500	478	238.15/cwt	230.00–250.00	1,138	19
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	800–850	825	203.78/cwt	200.00–207.50	1,681	8
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	300–350	344	301.22/cwt	287.50–311.00	1,036	15
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Unweaned	450–500	455	252.50/cwt	252.50–252.50	1,149	13
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	500–550	532	300.04/cwt	290.00–306.00	1,596	8
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	450–500	457	320.05/cwt	315.00–325.00	1,463	6
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	950–1000	967	133.33/cwt	132.00–136.00	1,289	18
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	500–550	539	247.07/cwt	240.00–257.50	1,332	11
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	400–450	418	282.65/cwt	270.00–297.50	1,181	39
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	700–750	709	217.55/cwt	214.00–218.00	1,542	28
Steers	Medium and Large 2	550–600	585	256.12/cwt	252.50–262.50	1,498	8
Steers	Large 1-2	500–550	515	305.00/cwt	305.00–305.00	1,571	8
Heifers	Large 1-2	400–450	412	290.00/cwt	290.00–290.00	1,195	12
Heifers	Large 1-2	550–600	573	223.10/cwt	213.00–232.50	1,278	13
Dairy Steers	Large 3	300–350	342	236.00/cwt	236.00–236.00	807	17
Steers	Large 2	500–550	535	250.00/cwt	250.00–250.00	1,338	6
Steers	Large 1Fleshy	800–850	802	220.00/cwt	220.00–220.00	1,764	14
Steers	Medium 1-2	400–450	428	310.00/cwt	310.00–310.00	1,327	8
Heifers	Medium 1-2	400–450	436	292.50/cwt	292.50–292.50	1,275	7
Heifers	Medium 2	350–400	371	252.50/cwt	252.50–252.50	937	5
Steers	Large 1-2	450–500	473	312.10/cwt	310.00–315.00	1,476	15
Steers	Large 1-2	350–400	392	350.00/cwt	350.00–350.00	1,372	8
Heifers	Large 1-2	450–500	476	277.50/cwt	277.50–277.50	1,321	16
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	350–400	370	269.84/cwt	265.00–275.00	998	6
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	450–500	471	291.19/cwt	290.00–292.50	1,372	6
Steers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	400–450	449	325.00/cwt	325.00–325.00	1,459	8
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	400–450	426	306.11/cwt	300.00–313.00	1,304	24
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	350–400	372	301.68/cwt	300.00–307.50	1,122	14
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	300–350	316	300.00/cwt	300.00–300.00	948	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	350–400	359	319.42/cwt	315.00–323.00	1,147	21
Steers	Medium and Large 1	700–750	701	267.00/cwt	267.00–267.00	1,872	6
Steers	Medium and Large 1	550–600	572	317.12/cwt	306.00–330.00	1,814	47
Steers	Medium and Large 1	750–800	787	244.00/cwt	244.00–244.00	1,920	41
Steers	Medium and Large 1	450–500	479	357.49/cwt	350.00–367.50	1,712	35
Steers	Medium and Large 1	650–700	688	285.00/cwt	285.00–285.00	1,961	7
Steers	Medium and Large 1Thin Fleshed	500–550	516	359.00/cwt	359.00–359.00	1,852	12
Steers	Medium and Large 1	600–650	626	309.71/cwt	297.50–319.00	1,939	36
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	500–550	514	283.22/cwt	272.50–290.00	1,456	91
Steers	Medium and Large 1	500–550	517	330.55/cwt	320.00–340.00	1,709	65
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	450–500	470	309.40/cwt	307.00–315.00	1,454	13
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	400–450	419	312.18/cwt	307.00–315.00	1,308	47
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	1150–1200	1,175	148.00/cwt	148.00–148.00	1,739	6
Steers	Medium and Large 1	400–450	433	358.41/cwt	350.00–367.50	1,552	17
Steers	Medium and Large 1Thin Fleshed	600–650	617	327.00/cwt	327.00–327.00	2,018	5
Steers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	450–500	489	330.00/cwt	330.00–330.00	1,614	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	650–700	683	237.09/cwt	236.00–238.00	1,619	115
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	600–650	611	251.11/cwt	244.00–259.00	1,534	34
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	850–900	880	203.50/cwt	203.50–203.50	1,791	6
Steers	Medium and Large 1	350–400	356	360.00/cwt	360.00–360.00	1,282	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	500–550	525	253.54/cwt	247.50–270.00	1,331	24
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	750–800	785	207.34/cwt	202.50–210.50	1,628	10
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	550–600	586	255.00/cwt	255.00–255.00	1,494	10
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	450–500	454	260.00/cwt	260.00–260.00	1,180	6

How this sale compares

Missouri weighted averages

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