Name: Ozarks Regional Stockyards livestock auction prices — 2025-02-11
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2025-02-11

Reporter comment USDA

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Compared to last week, there were too few cattle in the offering for an adequate comparison however, undertones were steady to weak. Demand was moderate on a very light supply. Supplies were lighter than normal as Winter weather moved across the area. Prices were pretty much all over the place with buyers willing to pay up for longtime weaned, vaccinated and thin fleshed calves. Bawling and fleshy calves were sharply discounted. The Cattle Futures continued their downward trend on Tuesday with Boxed Beef Cutouts also lower than a week ago.

Weight class

Steers · summary 500–600 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

500–600 lb steers averaged $315.66/cwt on 154 head. That ranks 1 of 33 comparable sales and sits −153.27 against this barn's trailing median of $468.93.

Average price

$315.66

154 head · 547 lb average

Value per head Derived

$1,725

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$280

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

$60.22/cwt at this weight

vs the market

−25.41

vs MO average

−23.01 vs national

What quality paid 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1	530	333.26	1,768	68
Medium and Large 1-2	561	305.52	1,714	76
Medium and Large 2	545	273.05	1,488	10thin

One grade step is worth $60.22/cwt here — about $280 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 sale154 hd

315.66

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MO average15 barns · 2,779 hd

341.07

−25.41

National average155 barns · 9,244 hd

338.67

−23.01

This barn, trailing median33 sales

468.93

−153.27

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

43 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	Large 1	600–650	602	275.00/cwt	275.00–275.00	1,656	4
Steers	Large 1-2	700–750	734	255.00/cwt	255.00–255.00	1,872	4
Steers	Large 1	600–650	606	296.00/cwt	296.00–296.00	1,794	4
Heifers	Large 1	400–450	408	332.50/cwt	332.50–332.50	1,357	3
Steers	Large 1	450–500	479	363.00/cwt	363.00–363.00	1,739	7
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	500–550	501	312.50/cwt	312.50–312.50	1,566	4
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	550–600	573	300.97/cwt	283.00–310.00	1,725	55
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	500–550	534	275.77/cwt	268.00–290.00	1,473	39
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	500–550	508	240.00/cwt	240.00–240.00	1,219	3
Steers	Medium and Large 2	450–500	472	275.00/cwt	275.00–275.00	1,298	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	1000–1050	1,040	145.00/cwt	145.00–145.00	1,508	22
Steers	Medium and Large 2	550–600	564	268.41/cwt	255.00–282.50	1,514	6
Steers	Medium and Large 2	300–350	319	352.50/cwt	352.50–352.50	1,124	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	300–350	342	360.00/cwt	360.00–360.00	1,231	3
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	650–700	670	278.18/cwt	272.50–280.00	1,864	21
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	400–450	438	361.72/cwt	355.00–370.00	1,584	14
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	450–500	478	333.17/cwt	327.50–342.50	1,593	21
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	350–400	380	309.93/cwt	305.00–325.00	1,178	8
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	550–600	583	269.73/cwt	260.00–275.00	1,573	27
Steers	Medium and Large 1	900–950	913	240.00/cwt	240.00–240.00	2,191	9
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	700–750	724	256.14/cwt	252.50–265.00	1,854	7
Steers	Medium and Large 1	550–600	563	315.73/cwt	312.50–320.00	1,778	27
Steers	Medium and Large 2	500–550	516	280.00/cwt	280.00–280.00	1,445	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	600–650	619	270.26/cwt	265.00–273.00	1,673	32
Steers	Medium and Large 1	500–550	509	344.81/cwt	335.00–352.50	1,755	41
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	450–500	471	327.65/cwt	315.00–342.50	1,543	46
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	700–750	733	245.00/cwt	245.00–245.00	1,796	7
Steers	Medium and Large 1	400–450	410	392.83/cwt	387.50–405.00	1,611	8
Steers	Medium and Large 1	350–400	371	410.00/cwt	410.00–410.00	1,521	7
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	350–400	356	347.36/cwt	335.00–360.00	1,237	4
Steers	Medium and Large 1	650–700	657	292.84/cwt	292.00–294.00	1,924	31
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	550–600	566	300.00/cwt	300.00–300.00	1,698	10
Steers	Medium and Large 1	600–650	616	299.74/cwt	293.00–310.00	1,846	32
Steers	Medium and Large 1	450–500	456	375.00/cwt	375.00–375.00	1,710	6
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	450–500	462	287.36/cwt	285.00–297.50	1,328	26
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	600–650	637	249.10/cwt	246.00–257.50	1,587	13
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	650–700	698	255.00/cwt	255.00–255.00	1,780	6
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	1000–1050	1,047	180.00/cwt	180.00–180.00	1,885	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	650–700	655	257.00/cwt	257.00–257.00	1,683	14
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	750–800	761	252.92/cwt	252.50–254.00	1,925	21
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	500–550	530	317.44/cwt	295.00–327.50	1,682	21
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	600–650	616	281.84/cwt	280.00–283.00	1,736	8
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	350–400	398	370.00/cwt	370.00–370.00	1,473	5

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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