Name: Ozarks Regional Stockyards livestock auction prices — 2024-11-19
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2024-11-19

Reporter comment USDA

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Compared to last week, feeder steers and heifers over 650 lbs. sold steady to 4.00 higher. Steer calves under 650 lbs. sold 10.00-15.00 higher with spots 20.00 higher. Heifer calves under 650 lbs. sold 5.00-10.00 higher. Demand was good on stocker and feeder calves and very good on peewee calves. The supply was moderate and higher than normal for the week of firearm deer season in Missouri. Both Feeder Cattle and Live Cattle Futures traded higher today. Wheat pastures continue to improve, with rain across the Wheat Belt, helping to drive demand for calves ready to turn out.

Weight class

Steers · summary 500–600 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

500–600 lb steers averaged $304.73/cwt on 394 head. That ranks 1 of 33 comparable sales and sits −164.20 against this barn's trailing median of $468.93.

Average price

$304.73

394 head · 542 lb average

Value per head Derived

$1,650

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$430

per head · Medium and Large 1 over Large 2

$76.73/cwt at this weight

vs the market

+11.37

vs MO average

−4.53 vs national

What quality paid 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1	540	316.73	1,712	285
Medium and Large 1-2	542	282.53	1,531	64
Medium 1-2	553	276.07	1,527	14thin
Large 1-2	585	258.00	1,509	6thin
Medium and Large 2	537	255.01	1,370	20
Large 2	534	240.00	1,282	5thin

One grade step is worth $76.73/cwt here — about $430 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 sale394 hd

304.73

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MO average17 barns · 3,163 hd

293.36

+11.37

National average182 barns · 24,645 hd

309.26

−4.53

This barn, trailing median33 sales

468.93

−164.20

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

80 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
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	450–500	487	240.59/cwt	230.00–252.50	1,172	14
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	500–550	535	256.43/cwt	251.00–259.00	1,372	46
Steers	Medium and Large 1	550–600	578	303.48/cwt	293.00–312.00	1,754	83
Steers	Medium and Large 1	500–550	522	326.58/cwt	314.00–338.00	1,705	163
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	550–600	580	270.07/cwt	261.00–283.00	1,566	24
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	600–650	627	254.07/cwt	242.00–264.00	1,593	49
Steers	Medium and Large 1	400–450	432	342.90/cwt	332.50–360.00	1,481	34
Steers	Medium and Large 2Fleshy	550–600	583	240.00/cwt	240.00–240.00	1,399	5
Steers	Large 1-2	550–600	585	258.00/cwt	258.00–258.00	1,509	6
Steers	Medium and Large 1	700–750	719	261.50/cwt	259.00–263.00	1,880	51
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	450–500	477	294.42/cwt	285.00–307.50	1,404	61
Steers	Medium and Large 2	500–550	522	260.02/cwt	245.00–262.50	1,357	15
Steers	Medium and Large 1	750–800	768	244.20/cwt	243.00–246.00	1,875	25
Steers	Medium and Large 1	650–700	661	263.85/cwt	257.50–265.00	1,744	22
Steers	Medium 1-2	550–600	566	275.00/cwt	275.00–275.00	1,557	8
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	400–450	432	299.83/cwt	287.50–310.00	1,295	38
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	750–800	760	237.38/cwt	235.00–240.00	1,804	13
Steers	Medium and Large 1Thin Fleshed	300–350	321	407.50/cwt	407.50–407.50	1,308	6
Steers	Large 1-2	750–800	777	238.00/cwt	238.00–238.00	1,849	6
Steers	Large 1-2	700–750	702	240.00/cwt	240.00–240.00	1,685	6
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	800–850	825	226.73/cwt	213.00–233.00	1,871	12
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	850–900	870	223.89/cwt	223.00–225.00	1,948	9
Steers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	500–550	538	303.77/cwt	300.00–310.00	1,634	39
Steers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	450–500	470	317.06/cwt	315.00–321.00	1,490	12
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	500–550	519	290.00/cwt	280.00–300.00	1,505	40
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	350–400	391	312.22/cwt	297.50–330.00	1,221	31
Steers	Large 2	500–550	534	240.00/cwt	240.00–240.00	1,282	5
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	650–700	676	235.29/cwt	225.00–243.00	1,591	28
Dairy Steers	Large 3	300–350	306	200.00/cwt	200.00–200.00	612	7
Steers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	400–450	421	316.03/cwt	312.50–318.00	1,330	18
Steers	Medium 1-2	500–550	536	277.50/cwt	277.50–277.50	1,487	6
Steers	Medium 1-2	600–650	623	257.00/cwt	257.00–257.00	1,601	13
Steers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	600–650	620	262.37/cwt	259.00–265.00	1,627	60
Steers	Medium and Large 2	450–500	473	266.88/cwt	250.00–272.50	1,262	5
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	650–700	656	223.00/cwt	220.00–235.00	1,463	5
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	600–650	631	228.98/cwt	225.00–230.00	1,445	15
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	850–900	866	184.00/cwt	184.00–184.00	1,593	8
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	1050–1100	1,093	152.80/cwt	150.00–154.00	1,670	10
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	500–550	519	242.89/cwt	240.00–245.00	1,261	7
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	750–800	763	212.81/cwt	208.00–220.00	1,624	5
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	550–600	560	220.00/cwt	220.00–220.00	1,232	7
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	400–450	438	295.07/cwt	291.00–305.00	1,292	10
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	450–500	482	281.36/cwt	275.00–290.00	1,356	32
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	350–400	381	327.47/cwt	310.00–329.00	1,248	31
Heifers	Large 1	550–600	555	247.50/cwt	247.50–247.50	1,374	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Fleshy	500–550	522	253.00/cwt	253.00–253.00	1,321	13
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	500–550	522	266.71/cwt	260.00–277.50	1,392	85
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	550–600	569	254.90/cwt	246.00–262.00	1,450	89
Heifers	Large 1-2	500–550	504	224.12/cwt	220.00–231.00	1,130	8
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	750–800	751	231.00/cwt	231.00–231.00	1,735	5
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	500–550	510	272.95/cwt	262.50–305.00	1,392	13
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	550–600	590	257.07/cwt	248.00–267.50	1,517	13
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	550–600	584	233.47/cwt	232.50–235.00	1,363	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	650–700	655	242.10/cwt	239.00–244.00	1,586	64
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	650–700	681	225.76/cwt	210.00–235.00	1,537	13
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	700–750	714	225.00/cwt	225.00–225.00	1,607	11
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	300–350	320	331.51/cwt	320.00–332.50	1,061	12
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	700–750	734	232.20/cwt	231.00–235.00	1,704	50
Heifers	Medium 1-2	600–650	615	239.00/cwt	239.00–239.00	1,470	5
Heifers	Medium 1-2	350–400	396	297.50/cwt	297.50–297.50	1,178	5
Heifers	Medium 1-2	650–700	684	207.50/cwt	207.50–207.50	1,419	6
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	350–400	384	253.50/cwt	247.50–270.00	973	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	600–650	611	254.05/cwt	245.00–257.50	1,552	38
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	400–450	417	294.35/cwt	287.50–305.00	1,227	16
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	400–450	425	243.42/cwt	230.00–250.00	1,035	9
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	400–450	425	274.59/cwt	267.50–285.00	1,167	31
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	1150–1200	1,191	147.50/cwt	147.50–147.50	1,757	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	950–1000	982	147.88/cwt	145.00–166.00	1,452	36
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	450–500	474	262.34/cwt	254.00–273.00	1,243	51
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	500–550	536	241.97/cwt	222.50–252.50	1,297	23
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	550–600	589	239.63/cwt	238.00–243.00	1,411	6
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	650–700	684	202.90/cwt	200.00–204.00	1,388	19
Steers	Medium and Large 1	450–500	469	343.67/cwt	325.00–353.00	1,612	72
Steers	Medium and Large 1	600–650	610	287.05/cwt	272.50–290.00	1,751	43
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	350–400	378	272.85/cwt	262.50–280.00	1,031	7
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	600–650	618	238.00/cwt	238.00–238.00	1,471	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	450–500	496	264.00/cwt	264.00–264.00	1,309	7
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	400–450	415	274.26/cwt	272.50–277.50	1,138	9
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	700–750	722	241.39/cwt	229.00–248.00	1,743	38
Steers	Medium and Large 1	350–400	370	355.98/cwt	337.50–365.00	1,317	26

How this sale compares

Missouri weighted averages

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