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

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

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There were no recent wean-vac specials for an adequate comparison, however compared to last week's regular sale, feeder steers and heifers sold 3.00-6.00 higher. Steer and heifer calves under 750 lbs. sold 15.00-20.00 higher with spots 30.00 higher. Demand was very good on a heavy supply. Several occasional buyers joined the regular buyers which made for a very active market. Quality was above average with most calves long-time weaned with two rounds of shots with several drafts in thin condition. Demand was very good on grazing type calves with most headed to wheat pastures for some cheap gains.

Weight class

Steers · summary 500–600 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

500–600 lb steers averaged $323.11/cwt on 684 head. That ranks 1 of 33 comparable sales and sits −145.83 against this barn's trailing median of $468.93.

Average price

$323.11

684 head · 553 lb average

Value per head Derived

$1,788

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$432

per head · Medium and Large 1 over Medium 2

$94.70/cwt at this weight

vs the market

+5.19

vs MO average

−2.26 vs national

What quality paid 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1	553	340.03	1,880	383
Large 1	555	312.00	1,732	13thin
Medium and Large 1-2	552	304.38	1,679	272
Medium 2	590	245.33	1,447	16thin

One grade step is worth $94.70/cwt here — about $432 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

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 sale684 hd

323.11

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MO average9 barns · 2,569 hd

317.91

+5.19

National average187 barns · 33,494 hd

325.37

−2.26

This barn, trailing median33 sales

468.93

−145.83

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

105 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	1000–1050	1,025	145.00/cwt	145.00–145.00	1,486	39
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	700–750	737	238.18/cwt	225.00–244.00	1,755	110
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	900–950	915	221.77/cwt	215.00–224.00	2,029	12
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	300–350	321	365.71/cwt	362.50–375.00	1,174	14
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	500–550	532	266.96/cwt	250.00–278.00	1,420	46
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	700–750	746	195.00/cwt	195.00–195.00	1,455	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	550–600	575	267.39/cwt	250.00–272.50	1,537	123
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	350–400	379	335.31/cwt	325.00–352.50	1,271	20
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	550–600	567	299.38/cwt	283.00–311.00	1,697	167
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	450–500	477	327.34/cwt	316.00–344.00	1,561	119
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	400–450	424	334.88/cwt	325.00–347.50	1,420	38
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	850–900	880	245.83/cwt	245.00–246.00	2,163	34
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	450–500	479	287.91/cwt	275.00–300.00	1,379	102
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	750–800	781	249.80/cwt	235.00–259.00	1,951	139
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	650–700	685	262.70/cwt	248.00–274.00	1,799	158
Steers	Medium and Large 1Thin Fleshed	400–450	438	400.00/cwt	400.00–400.00	1,752	14
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	500–550	527	312.32/cwt	295.00–324.00	1,646	105
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	800–850	814	245.11/cwt	230.00–252.50	1,995	106
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	700–750	726	252.27/cwt	240.00–261.00	1,831	112
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	550–600	572	231.01/cwt	225.00–235.00	1,321	10
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	400–450	434	305.00/cwt	305.00–305.00	1,324	5
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	450–500	499	310.00/cwt	310.00–310.00	1,547	5
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	600–650	615	246.18/cwt	244.00–250.00	1,514	17
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	600–650	624	250.12/cwt	245.00–254.00	1,561	50
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	600–650	630	276.00/cwt	265.00–284.00	1,739	96
Steers	Medium and Large 1Thin Fleshed	500–550	516	358.11/cwt	355.00–359.00	1,848	54
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	550–600	584	232.71/cwt	220.00–245.00	1,359	43
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	450–500	485	258.32/cwt	255.00–263.00	1,253	26
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	400–450	437	300.20/cwt	292.50–306.00	1,312	48
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	350–400	372	303.66/cwt	302.50–307.50	1,130	13
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Unweaned	400–450	438	321.45/cwt	320.00–322.50	1,408	14
Steers	Medium and Large 2	400–450	425	308.80/cwt	302.50–320.00	1,312	31
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	950–1000	964	148.00/cwt	148.00–148.00	1,427	8
Steers	Medium and Large 2	300–350	326	321.85/cwt	320.00–330.00	1,049	16
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	750–800	784	231.98/cwt	220.00–235.00	1,819	20
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	800–850	815	228.00/cwt	228.00–228.00	1,858	15
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	650–700	664	244.02/cwt	238.00–249.00	1,620	63
Steers	Medium and Large 2	750–800	784	227.72/cwt	217.50–238.00	1,785	8
Steers	Medium and Large 2	600–650	635	258.00/cwt	258.00–258.00	1,638	10
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	650–700	671	223.93/cwt	222.50–225.00	1,503	7
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	350–400	357	289.01/cwt	282.50–292.50	1,032	20
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	800–850	844	156.00/cwt	156.00–156.00	1,317	8
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	450–500	499	235.00/cwt	235.00–235.00	1,173	5
Steers	Medium and Large 2	450–500	477	291.90/cwt	282.50–310.00	1,392	28
Steers	Medium and Large 2	350–400	386	317.50/cwt	317.50–317.50	1,226	10
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	850–900	875	187.50/cwt	187.50–187.50	1,641	8
Heifers	Large 1-2	450–500	492	270.00/cwt	270.00–270.00	1,328	5
Heifers	Large 1-2	600–650	640	250.00/cwt	250.00–250.00	1,600	14
Heifers	Large 1-2	650–700	696	242.50/cwt	242.50–242.50	1,688	5
Steers	Large 1-2	400–450	430	337.50/cwt	337.50–337.50	1,451	13
Steers	Large 1-2Unweaned	450–500	465	307.50/cwt	307.50–307.50	1,430	7
Dairy Steers	Large 3	800–850	816	150.00/cwt	150.00–150.00	1,224	7
Steers	Large 1	600–650	606	307.50/cwt	307.50–307.50	1,863	5
Heifers	Large 1	550–600	572	286.16/cwt	286.00–287.50	1,637	28
Heifers	Large 1	650–700	679	252.00/cwt	252.00–252.00	1,711	11
Steers	Large 1	550–600	555	312.00/cwt	312.00–312.00	1,732	13
Steers	Large 1	700–750	706	266.00/cwt	266.00–266.00	1,878	13
Steers	Large 1-2	650–700	685	255.00/cwt	255.00–255.00	1,747	14
Heifers	Medium 1-2	550–600	582	262.39/cwt	257.50–265.00	1,527	17
Heifers	Medium 2	550–600	580	238.00/cwt	238.00–238.00	1,380	6
Steers	Medium 2	550–600	590	245.33/cwt	241.00–255.00	1,447	16
Steers	Medium 2	450–500	481	269.00/cwt	269.00–269.00	1,294	17
Heifers	Medium 2	650–700	664	215.00/cwt	215.00–215.00	1,428	6
Heifers	Medium 2	400–450	420	246.37/cwt	235.00–252.50	1,035	11
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Fleshy	650–700	687	240.00/cwt	240.00–240.00	1,649	20
Heifers	Medium 1	600–650	635	268.00/cwt	268.00–268.00	1,702	11
Heifers	Medium 1	500–550	533	278.00/cwt	278.00–278.00	1,482	13
Steers	Medium 1-2	600–650	623	260.23/cwt	253.00–265.00	1,621	22
Heifers	Medium 1-2	600–650	610	249.01/cwt	246.00–250.00	1,519	16
Heifers	Medium 1-2	450–500	487	289.00/cwt	289.00–289.00	1,407	8
Steers	Medium and Large 1	600–650	632	299.78/cwt	292.00–309.00	1,895	165
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	500–550	525	285.80/cwt	277.50–290.00	1,500	12
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	400–450	426	320.30/cwt	315.00–332.50	1,364	82
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	700–750	708	251.07/cwt	247.00–254.50	1,778	26
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	300–350	319	335.48/cwt	320.00–345.00	1,070	18
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	600–650	631	261.23/cwt	257.00–275.00	1,648	242
Steers	Medium and Large 1	850–900	850	259.00/cwt	259.00–259.00	2,202	18
Steers	Medium and Large 1	750–800	765	263.33/cwt	261.00–271.00	2,014	149
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	800–850	836	243.08/cwt	234.00–248.00	2,032	112
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	650–700	667	257.60/cwt	250.00–275.00	1,718	206
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	500–550	521	262.50/cwt	262.50–262.50	1,368	6
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	800–850	828	197.50/cwt	195.00–199.00	1,635	8
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	450–500	491	287.49/cwt	285.00–290.00	1,412	10
Steers	Medium and Large 1	300–350	338	397.50/cwt	397.50–397.50	1,344	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	550–600	569	278.77/cwt	274.00–290.00	1,586	250
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	500–550	529	295.20/cwt	280.00–307.00	1,562	259
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	600–650	619	269.75/cwt	260.00–278.00	1,670	17
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Thin Fleshed	450–500	450	340.00/cwt	340.00–340.00	1,530	7
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Thin Fleshed	500–550	509	315.00/cwt	315.00–315.00	1,603	60
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	450–500	465	319.32/cwt	305.00–335.00	1,485	108
Steers	Medium and Large 1	450–500	478	372.52/cwt	360.00–379.00	1,781	77
Steers	Medium and Large 1	500–550	530	335.38/cwt	325.00–346.00	1,778	115
Steers	Medium and Large 1Thin Fleshed	550–600	561	353.45/cwt	352.50–354.00	1,983	54
Steers	Medium and Large 1Thin Fleshed	600–650	620	318.26/cwt	315.00–320.00	1,973	23
Steers	Medium and Large 1Thin Fleshed	650–700	661	308.00/cwt	308.00–308.00	2,036	7
Steers	Medium and Large 1	1000–1050	1,009	235.00/cwt	235.00–235.00	2,371	7
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	750–800	799	234.00/cwt	234.00–234.00	1,870	9
Steers	Medium and Large 1	550–600	579	332.75/cwt	317.50–342.50	1,927	160
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	550–600	557	281.80/cwt	277.00–287.50	1,570	11
Steers	Medium and Large 1	900–950	905	253.00/cwt	253.00–253.00	2,290	25
Steers	Medium and Large 1	800–850	825	256.58/cwt	255.00–260.00	2,117	40
Steers	Medium and Large 1	400–450	429	362.67/cwt	350.00–377.50	1,556	23
Steers	Medium and Large 1	650–700	664	284.82/cwt	276.00–297.50	1,891	258
Steers	Medium and Large 1	350–400	377	399.89/cwt	395.00–405.00	1,508	10
Steers	Medium and Large 1	700–750	719	271.48/cwt	265.00–275.00	1,952	58

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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