Name: Ozarks Regional Stockyards livestock auction prices — 2025-03-18
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2025-03-18

Reporter comment USDA

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Compared to last week feeder steers and heifers sold 2.00-4.00 higher. Steer calves sold 4.00-8.00 higher and heifer calves sold 6.00-12.00 higher with spots 20.00 higher. Demand was very good on a moderate supply. Supplies were lighter than expected due to many producers cleaning up storm damage or helping neighbors clean up their damage. One stick-out draft was 20 head of 445 lb. heifers that brought 390.00/cwt.

Weight class

Steers · summary 500–600 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

500–600 lb steers averaged $354.04/cwt on 270 head. That ranks 1 of 33 comparable sales and sits −114.89 against this barn's trailing median of $468.93.

Average price

$354.04

270 head · 541 lb average

Value per head Derived

$1,916

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$288

per head · Medium and Large 1 over Large 2

$59.27/cwt at this weight

vs the market

−2.71

vs MO average

−3.12 vs national

What quality paid 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1	533	371.77	1,981	77
Medium 1	504	370.00	1,865	9thin
Large 1-2	564	355.00	2,002	7thin
Medium and Large 1-2	546	347.23	1,897	163
Medium and Large 2	534	334.71	1,787	8thin
Large 2	542	312.50	1,694	6thin

One grade step is worth $59.27/cwt here — about $288 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 sale270 hd

354.04

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MO average15 barns · 2,689 hd

356.75

−2.71

National average170 barns · 10,920 hd

357.16

−3.12

This barn, trailing median33 sales

468.93

−114.89

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

88 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	450–500	480	376.81/cwt	369.00–390.00	1,809	53
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	600–650	627	315.32/cwt	305.00–320.00	1,977	63
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	300–350	332	431.02/cwt	430.00–440.00	1,431	10
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	900–950	900	232.00/cwt	232.00–232.00	2,088	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	550–600	584	281.86/cwt	270.00–285.00	1,646	24
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	750–800	774	252.32/cwt	250.00–258.00	1,953	7
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	600–650	632	290.53/cwt	285.00–293.00	1,836	24
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	400–450	426	407.86/cwt	385.00–415.00	1,737	36
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	550–600	564	341.34/cwt	330.00–347.50	1,925	76
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	500–550	531	352.37/cwt	340.00–365.00	1,871	87
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	400–450	426	343.21/cwt	338.00–360.00	1,462	38
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	300–350	326	359.17/cwt	350.00–380.00	1,171	14
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	500–550	519	346.65/cwt	335.00–367.50	1,799	59
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	550–600	569	290.44/cwt	282.50–302.50	1,653	5
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	400–450	442	356.77/cwt	350.00–360.00	1,577	6
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	600–650	613	261.94/cwt	255.00–275.00	1,606	6
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	350–400	373	416.52/cwt	405.00–425.00	1,554	14
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	700–750	727	281.38/cwt	275.00–290.00	2,046	28
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	400–450	449	375.00/cwt	375.00–375.00	1,684	5
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	700–750	705	276.03/cwt	267.50–282.50	1,946	7
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	700–750	712	271.74/cwt	264.00–276.00	1,935	91
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	450–500	474	376.54/cwt	352.50–385.00	1,785	12
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	350–400	396	332.55/cwt	325.00–340.00	1,317	6
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	450–500	474	302.10/cwt	290.00–310.00	1,432	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	650–700	678	265.56/cwt	255.00–267.50	1,800	15
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	500–550	525	319.58/cwt	295.00–330.00	1,678	50
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	550–600	580	303.15/cwt	295.00–315.00	1,758	28
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	450–500	477	332.93/cwt	317.50–346.00	1,588	59
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	300–350	319	352.55/cwt	340.00–375.00	1,125	9
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	400–450	444	325.00/cwt	325.00–325.00	1,443	14
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	650–700	686	238.80/cwt	235.00–240.00	1,638	8
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	500–550	525	280.33/cwt	265.00–290.00	1,472	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	950–1000	993	145.00/cwt	145.00–145.00	1,440	32
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	750–800	779	233.00/cwt	233.00–233.00	1,815	6
Steers	Medium and Large 2	500–550	534	334.71/cwt	326.00–340.00	1,787	8
Steers	Medium and Large 2	450–500	493	342.97/cwt	325.00–350.00	1,691	7
Steers	Medium and Large 2	600–650	643	285.00/cwt	285.00–285.00	1,833	27
Steers	Medium and Large 2	700–750	729	235.00/cwt	235.00–235.00	1,713	10
Steers	Large 1-2	600–650	649	318.00/cwt	318.00–318.00	2,064	16
Steers	Large 1-2	750–800	787	263.00/cwt	263.00–263.00	2,070	6
Steers	Large 1-2	700–750	718	281.00/cwt	281.00–281.00	2,018	5
Heifers	Large 1-2	450–500	484	328.00/cwt	310.00–340.00	1,588	15
Heifers	Large 2	450–500	482	295.00/cwt	295.00–295.00	1,422	10
Steers	Large 2	500–550	542	312.50/cwt	312.50–312.50	1,694	6
Heifers	Medium 1-2	350–400	385	361.14/cwt	340.00–370.00	1,390	14
Heifers	Medium 2	400–450	404	332.50/cwt	332.50–332.50	1,343	7
Heifers	Large 1	400–450	440	400.00/cwt	400.00–400.00	1,760	6
Steers	Large 1	350–400	385	430.00/cwt	430.00–430.00	1,656	5
Heifers	Large 1	550–600	555	330.00/cwt	330.00–330.00	1,832	8
Steers	Large 1-2	550–600	564	355.00/cwt	355.00–355.00	2,002	7
Heifers	Medium 1	300–350	340	390.00/cwt	390.00–390.00	1,326	5
Steers	Medium 1-2	450–500	467	389.04/cwt	387.50–390.00	1,817	11
Steers	Medium 1-2	350–400	378	420.00/cwt	420.00–420.00	1,588	5
Heifers	Medium 1-2	450–500	478	353.04/cwt	345.00–365.00	1,688	15
Steers	Medium 1-2	400–450	428	365.00/cwt	365.00–365.00	1,562	5
Heifers	Medium 1-2	550–600	572	282.02/cwt	275.00–286.00	1,613	14
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	450–500	478	366.41/cwt	354.00–380.00	1,751	59
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	400–450	437	382.52/cwt	365.00–390.00	1,672	45
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	600–650	610	318.00/cwt	318.00–318.00	1,940	8
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	500–550	517	347.47/cwt	332.50–355.00	1,796	17
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	550–600	572	333.60/cwt	325.00–336.00	1,908	15
Steers	Medium 1	500–550	504	370.00/cwt	370.00–370.00	1,865	9
Steers	Medium and Large 1	850–900	869	268.66/cwt	260.00–276.50	2,335	34
Steers	Medium and Large 1	700–750	721	302.11/cwt	300.00–305.00	2,178	31
Steers	Medium and Large 1	800–850	816	279.27/cwt	276.00–280.50	2,279	88
Steers	Medium and Large 1	350–400	388	442.76/cwt	430.00–465.00	1,718	34
Steers	Medium and Large 1	650–700	676	321.42/cwt	315.00–324.00	2,173	29
Steers	Medium and Large 1Thin Fleshed	350–400	360	505.00/cwt	505.00–505.00	1,818	2
Steers	Medium and Large 1	600–650	624	327.29/cwt	323.00–335.00	2,042	66
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	300–350	311	409.32/cwt	405.00–415.00	1,273	7
Steers	Medium and Large 1	900–950	928	255.00/cwt	255.00–255.00	2,366	7
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	550–600	569	326.03/cwt	315.00–340.00	1,855	43
Steers	Medium and Large 1	450–500	467	401.53/cwt	395.00–410.00	1,875	33
Steers	Medium and Large 1	500–550	521	377.83/cwt	367.50–405.00	1,968	57
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	650–700	677	282.55/cwt	275.00–285.00	1,913	43
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	850–900	851	239.00/cwt	239.00–239.00	2,034	7
Steers	Medium and Large 1	550–600	567	354.50/cwt	352.50–355.00	2,010	20
Steers	Medium and Large 1	300–350	333	465.55/cwt	450.00–500.00	1,550	19
Steers	Medium and Large 1	750–800	769	281.44/cwt	276.00–290.00	2,164	110
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	350–400	363	397.73/cwt	385.00–415.00	1,444	38
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	350–400	391	349.70/cwt	346.00–370.00	1,367	12
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	500–550	507	328.76/cwt	325.00–332.50	1,667	8
Steers	Medium and Large 1	400–450	425	426.89/cwt	420.00–447.50	1,814	80
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	800–850	825	245.82/cwt	244.00–247.00	2,028	13
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	600–650	617	306.93/cwt	297.50–310.00	1,894	25
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	750–800	761	262.00/cwt	262.00–262.00	1,994	15
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	750–800	781	274.02/cwt	273.00–275.00	2,140	23
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	650–700	664	306.03/cwt	290.00–315.00	2,032	14

How this sale compares

Missouri weighted averages

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