Name: Ozarks Regional Stockyards livestock auction prices — 2024-10-01
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2024-10-01

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

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Compared to last week, feeder calves were steady to 3.00 higher. Steer and heifer calves under 700 lbs. sold 3.00-6.00 higher with spots 12.00 higher. Demand was very good on a light supply. The market was very active with not enough stocker calves in the offering to fill the demand. Discounts are starting to get larger on unweaned or short-weaned calves as we enter October with its wide temperature ranges and sick calves. Buyers are trying to get calves bought up in time to straighten them out and ready for wheat pastures.

Weight class

Steers · summary 500–600 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

500–600 lb steers averaged $275.68/cwt on 116 head. That ranks 1 of 33 comparable sales and sits −193.25 against this barn's trailing median of $468.93.

Average price

$275.68

116 head · 542 lb average

Value per head Derived

$1,493

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$325

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

$43.48/cwt at this weight

vs the market

−3.91

vs MO average

−11.14 vs national

What quality paid 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1	542	291.84	1,582	57
Medium and Large 1-2	538	266.32	1,433	38
Large 1-2	578	249.00	1,439	12thin
Medium and Large 2	506	248.36	1,257	9thin

One grade step is worth $43.48/cwt here — about $325 a head. Across this sale the premium is widest at 600–700 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 sale116 hd

275.68

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MO average15 barns · 1,638 hd

279.59

−3.91

National average167 barns · 15,497 hd

286.82

−11.14

This barn, trailing median33 sales

468.93

−193.25

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

73 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	358	301.23/cwt	300.00–302.50	1,078	6
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	800–850	838	233.00/cwt	233.00–233.00	1,953	62
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	750–800	778	234.62/cwt	230.00–240.00	1,825	15
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	700–750	717	240.00/cwt	240.00–240.00	1,721	7
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	500–550	528	251.00/cwt	251.00–251.00	1,325	15
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	600–650	618	222.78/cwt	220.00–225.00	1,377	7
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	400–450	431	255.39/cwt	250.00–265.00	1,101	11
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	650–700	688	245.00/cwt	245.00–245.00	1,686	5
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	450–500	488	276.62/cwt	267.50–285.00	1,350	22
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	550–600	577	253.03/cwt	250.00–265.00	1,460	14
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	500–550	541	244.49/cwt	236.00–250.00	1,323	14
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	650–700	669	229.09/cwt	225.00–232.50	1,533	9
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	950–1000	981	192.50/cwt	192.50–192.50	1,888	6
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	300–350	319	312.13/cwt	310.00–315.00	996	5
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	850–900	865	224.76/cwt	220.00–225.00	1,944	85
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	800–850	814	204.83/cwt	204.00–215.00	1,667	26
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	350–400	371	264.81/cwt	260.00–276.00	982	10
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	400–450	406	279.71/cwt	277.50–284.00	1,136	9
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	450–500	462	257.89/cwt	240.00–265.00	1,191	17
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	500–550	523	227.24/cwt	220.00–230.00	1,188	18
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	950–1000	982	155.00/cwt	155.00–155.00	1,522	9
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	750–800	754	160.00/cwt	160.00–160.00	1,206	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	700–750	713	222.57/cwt	215.00–230.00	1,587	10
Steers	Medium and Large 2-3	650–700	661	160.00/cwt	160.00–160.00	1,058	7
Steers	Medium and Large 2	500–550	506	248.36/cwt	240.00–265.00	1,257	9
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	550–600	574	220.77/cwt	210.00–230.00	1,267	13
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	400–450	435	237.50/cwt	237.50–237.50	1,033	6
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	450–500	452	227.50/cwt	227.50–227.50	1,028	5
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Unweaned	500–550	525	267.50/cwt	267.50–267.50	1,404	11
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	550–600	566	238.55/cwt	235.00–246.00	1,350	20
Heifers	Large 1-2	500–550	519	230.00/cwt	230.00–230.00	1,194	5
Steers	Large 1-2	750–800	774	238.00/cwt	238.00–238.00	1,842	5
Heifers	Large 1-2	550–600	562	246.00/cwt	246.00–246.00	1,383	19
Steers	Large 1-2	550–600	578	249.00/cwt	249.00–249.00	1,439	12
Steers	Large 2	600–650	601	230.00/cwt	230.00–230.00	1,382	9
Dairy Steers	Large 3	700–750	712	150.00/cwt	150.00–150.00	1,068	6
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	550–600	596	252.82/cwt	252.50–255.00	1,507	38
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	500–550	503	263.28/cwt	260.00–269.00	1,324	11
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	400–450	430	278.37/cwt	276.00–280.00	1,197	10
Steers	Medium 1	350–400	375	332.00/cwt	332.00–332.00	1,245	5
Steers	Medium 1-2	450–500	460	280.00/cwt	280.00–280.00	1,288	5
Steers	Large 1-2	650–700	671	240.84/cwt	240.00–242.00	1,616	7
Steers	Medium and Large 1	800–850	819	239.85/cwt	239.50–240.00	1,964	41
Steers	Medium and Large 1	750–800	760	245.93/cwt	243.00–248.00	1,869	33
Steers	Medium and Large 1	550–600	570	282.12/cwt	277.50–292.50	1,608	24
Steers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	600–650	639	258.86/cwt	258.50–264.00	1,654	43
Steers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	450–500	484	290.00/cwt	290.00–290.00	1,404	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	450–500	467	260.65/cwt	260.00–261.00	1,217	9
Steers	Medium and Large 1	500–550	514	312.32/cwt	312.00–312.50	1,605	17
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	600–650	619	252.53/cwt	250.00–253.00	1,563	25
Steers	Medium and Large 1	650–700	694	250.00/cwt	250.00–250.00	1,735	6
Steers	Medium and Large 1	450–500	471	306.51/cwt	300.00–315.00	1,444	9
Steers	Medium and Large 1	300–350	325	319.50/cwt	317.50–320.00	1,038	10
Steers	Medium and Large 1	600–650	635	276.84/cwt	270.00–283.00	1,758	29
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	500–550	521	261.73/cwt	260.00–267.50	1,364	56
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	300–350	329	292.12/cwt	290.00–295.00	961	12
Steers	Medium and Large 1	700–750	720	250.26/cwt	248.00–253.00	1,802	17
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	850–900	886	209.50/cwt	209.50–209.50	1,856	10
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	400–450	423	294.53/cwt	277.00–302.00	1,246	14
Steers	Medium and Large 1	400–450	430	310.98/cwt	306.00–318.00	1,337	19
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	600–650	637	225.04/cwt	215.00–235.00	1,434	12
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	350–400	376	288.99/cwt	285.00–295.00	1,087	7
Steers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	500–550	530	284.67/cwt	283.00–286.00	1,509	16
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	650–700	667	238.26/cwt	234.00–245.00	1,589	62
Steers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	400–450	446	292.00/cwt	292.00–292.00	1,302	17
Steers	Medium and Large 1	350–400	358	316.94/cwt	312.50–320.00	1,135	5
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	500–550	507	279.64/cwt	277.00–285.00	1,418	13
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	500–550	532	247.85/cwt	240.00–256.00	1,319	62
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	750–800	772	220.86/cwt	217.50–228.00	1,705	25
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	850–900	877	165.00/cwt	165.00–165.00	1,447	6
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	550–600	574	242.73/cwt	225.00–245.00	1,393	32
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	450–500	474	270.94/cwt	267.00–287.00	1,284	42
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	600–650	622	249.97/cwt	237.50–254.00	1,555	35

How this sale compares

Missouri weighted averages

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