Name: Ozarks Regional Stockyards livestock auction prices — 2024-04-09
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2024-04-09

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

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Compared to last week, five and six weight steer and heifer calves were 3.00-6.00 higher with other weights not well tested. Demand was good on a light supply. The offering was mostly new-crop calves with several bawlers and few calves over 700 lbs. The largest draft of the day was 44 head of 636 lb. steers that brought 311/cwt. Cattle Contracts traded higher and Corn Futures traded lower.

Weight class

Steers · summary 500–600 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

500–600 lb steers averaged $309.20/cwt on 201 head. That ranks 1 of 33 comparable sales and sits −159.73 against this barn's trailing median of $468.93.

Average price

$309.20

201 head · 542 lb average

Value per head Derived

$1,674

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$403

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

$58.01/cwt at this weight

vs the market

+2.79

vs MO average

+3.73 vs national

What quality paid 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1	557	324.74	1,807	111
Medium and Large 1-2	521	299.87	1,562	62
Large 1-2	533	275.00	1,466	5thin
Medium and Large 2	527	266.74	1,405	23

One grade step is worth $58.01/cwt here — about $403 a head. Across this sale the premium is widest at 500–600 lb. USDA reports each grade on its own line and never publishes the spread.

This barn's trailing prices 500–600 lb

33 sales

Steers 500–600 lb: high $511.30, low $395.13, median $468.93 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 sale201 hd

309.20

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MO average17 barns · 2,998 hd

306.41

+2.79

National average170 barns · 11,306 hd

305.47

+3.73

This barn, trailing median33 sales

468.93

−159.73

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

66 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	500–550	516	302.14/cwt	290.00–315.00	1,559	56
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	850–900	867	216.77/cwt	210.00–228.00	1,879	8
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	450–500	470	315.97/cwt	303.00–330.00	1,485	45
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	650–700	681	262.97/cwt	261.00–265.00	1,791	12
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	400–450	416	286.38/cwt	276.00–299.00	1,191	22
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	350–400	374	294.98/cwt	285.00–302.50	1,103	22
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	500–550	532	248.82/cwt	240.00–251.00	1,324	19
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	600–650	622	228.56/cwt	215.00–233.00	1,422	18
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	300–350	331	307.94/cwt	300.00–315.00	1,019	16
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	550–600	567	278.73/cwt	275.00–282.50	1,580	6
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	250–300	288	317.50/cwt	317.50–317.50	914	13
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	650–700	655	221.48/cwt	215.00–228.00	1,451	10
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	700–750	719	213.64/cwt	208.00–219.00	1,536	39
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	550–600	581	250.15/cwt	240.00–255.00	1,453	36
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	450–500	482	274.07/cwt	260.00–285.00	1,321	26
Steers	Medium and Large 2	500–550	511	270.00/cwt	270.00–270.00	1,380	18
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	850–900	872	140.00/cwt	140.00–140.00	1,221	20
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	950–1000	984	138.00/cwt	138.00–138.00	1,358	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	750–800	780	202.00/cwt	202.00–202.00	1,576	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	400–450	440	260.00/cwt	260.00–260.00	1,144	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	750–800	774	206.15/cwt	205.00–213.00	1,596	14
Heifers	Medium and Large 2-3	450–500	485	187.50/cwt	187.50–187.50	909	10
Steers	Medium and Large 2	600–650	641	258.00/cwt	258.00–258.00	1,654	14
Steers	Medium and Large 2	400–450	421	311.25/cwt	310.00–312.50	1,310	8
Steers	Medium and Large 2	450–500	457	287.50/cwt	287.50–287.50	1,314	6
Steers	Medium and Large 2	550–600	583	255.00/cwt	255.00–255.00	1,487	5
Steers	Medium and Large 2	300–350	318	313.60/cwt	305.00–325.00	997	5
Steers	Large 1-2	600–650	607	280.00/cwt	280.00–280.00	1,700	15
Steers	Large 1-2	450–500	465	329.00/cwt	329.00–329.00	1,530	13
Steers	Large 1-2	850–900	861	228.00/cwt	228.00–228.00	1,963	11
Steers	Large 1-2	750–800	792	220.00/cwt	220.00–220.00	1,742	6
Steers	Large 1-2	500–550	533	275.00/cwt	275.00–275.00	1,466	5
Heifers	Large 1-2	350–400	392	285.00/cwt	285.00–285.00	1,117	12
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	450–500	493	282.50/cwt	282.50–282.50	1,393	6
Steers	Medium and Large 1Thin Fleshed	500–550	508	353.00/cwt	353.00–353.00	1,793	11
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	450–500	478	306.72/cwt	299.00–312.50	1,466	15
Steers	Medium 1-2	350–400	359	332.50/cwt	332.50–332.50	1,194	8
Bulls	Large 1-2	350–400	394	300.00/cwt	300.00–300.00	1,182	9
Steers	Large 1-2	650–700	669	267.00/cwt	267.00–267.00	1,786	19
Steers	Medium and Large 1	450–500	470	338.99/cwt	335.00–363.00	1,593	38
Steers	Medium and Large 1	500–550	531	335.48/cwt	320.00–347.00	1,781	20
Steers	Medium and Large 1	350–400	352	357.50/cwt	357.50–357.50	1,258	11
Steers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	550–600	556	305.00/cwt	305.00–305.00	1,696	12
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	500–550	519	269.63/cwt	264.00–278.00	1,399	26
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	400–450	435	287.50/cwt	287.50–287.50	1,251	11
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	650–700	668	241.69/cwt	237.50–242.00	1,614	102
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	450–500	477	299.68/cwt	287.00–312.50	1,429	74
Steers	Medium and Large 1	600–650	631	312.55/cwt	295.00–325.00	1,972	117
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	500–550	523	299.03/cwt	282.50–308.00	1,564	44
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	550–600	572	266.03/cwt	264.00–268.00	1,522	26
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	400–450	420	311.61/cwt	305.00–317.50	1,309	17
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	700–750	709	236.50/cwt	236.00–237.00	1,677	10
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	500–550	535	280.90/cwt	275.00–290.00	1,503	10
Steers	Medium and Large 1	550–600	572	320.50/cwt	312.50–326.00	1,833	68
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	700–750	734	215.00/cwt	215.00–215.00	1,578	8
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	400–450	442	293.51/cwt	290.00–302.50	1,297	7
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	550–600	597	255.00/cwt	255.00–255.00	1,522	6
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	350–400	382	302.46/cwt	290.00–310.00	1,155	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	600–650	608	256.91/cwt	255.00–257.50	1,562	55
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	400–450	421	329.40/cwt	318.00–337.50	1,387	31
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	350–400	375	332.86/cwt	320.00–347.50	1,248	28
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	600–650	646	276.37/cwt	261.00–280.00	1,785	21
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	750–800	768	222.91/cwt	217.00–231.00	1,712	20
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	700–750	709	250.46/cwt	241.00–255.00	1,776	14
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Unweaned	450–500	485	251.99/cwt	250.00–253.00	1,222	9
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	300–350	316	352.57/cwt	342.50–355.00	1,114	11

How this sale compares

Missouri weighted averages

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