Name: Ozarks Regional Stockyards livestock auction prices — 2025-04-15
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2025-04-15

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

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Compared to the last sale two weeks ago, feeder steers and heifers were steady to 4.00 higher. Steer and heifer calves under 700 lbs. were 4.00-8.00 higher. Demand was very good on a moderate supply. Last week's feeder auction was cancelled due to the heavy rains and flooding.

Weight class

Steers · summary 500–600 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

500–600 lb steers averaged $352.46/cwt on 199 head. That ranks 1 of 33 comparable sales and sits −116.47 against this barn's trailing median of $468.93.

Average price

$352.46

199 head · 547 lb average

Value per head Derived

$1,929

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$494

per head · Medium and Large 1 over Medium and Large 2-3

$106.36/cwt at this weight

vs the market

−9.96

vs MO average

−12.30 vs national

What quality paid 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1	539	368.86	1,990	125
Medium and Large 1-2	566	333.71	1,889	45
Large 1-2	570	330.20	1,882	11thin
Medium and Large 2	536	315.00	1,688	8thin
Medium 1-2	524	310.00	1,624	5thin
Medium and Large 2-3	570	262.50	1,496	5thin

One grade step is worth $106.36/cwt here — about $494 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 sale199 hd

352.46

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MO average16 barns · 2,645 hd

362.42

−9.96

National average169 barns · 11,281 hd

364.76

−12.30

This barn, trailing median33 sales

468.93

−116.47

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

82 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 1-2	400–450	427	361.70/cwt	355.00–365.00	1,544	24
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	450–500	472	320.00/cwt	320.00–320.00	1,510	6
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	650–700	659	274.11/cwt	272.50–275.00	1,806	14
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	450–500	474	339.65/cwt	325.00–355.00	1,610	52
Steers	Medium and Large 2	350–400	396	375.00/cwt	375.00–375.00	1,485	5
Steers	Medium and Large 2	600–650	616	291.63/cwt	290.00–292.50	1,796	6
Steers	Medium and Large 2	700–750	717	252.50/cwt	252.50–252.50	1,810	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	600–650	636	249.82/cwt	235.00–265.00	1,589	10
Steers	Large 1-2	700–750	716	295.00/cwt	295.00–295.00	2,112	8
Steers	Large 1-2	800–850	820	260.00/cwt	260.00–260.00	2,132	5
Steers	Large 1-2	600–650	614	324.00/cwt	324.00–324.00	1,989	5
Heifers	Large 1-2	400–450	423	357.85/cwt	355.00–360.00	1,514	12
Dairy Steers	Large 3	400–450	430	260.00/cwt	260.00–260.00	1,118	11
Heifers	Large 1	550–600	555	310.00/cwt	310.00–310.00	1,721	5
Heifers	Medium 1-2	300–350	326	365.00/cwt	365.00–365.00	1,190	6
Steers	Medium 1Thin Fleshed	350–400	352	470.00/cwt	470.00–470.00	1,654	12
Steers	Medium 1Thin Fleshed	400–450	427	450.00/cwt	450.00–450.00	1,922	15
Steers	Large 1	650–700	658	317.00/cwt	317.00–317.00	2,086	5
Heifers	Large 1	400–450	419	390.00/cwt	390.00–390.00	1,634	7
Steers	Large 1-2	550–600	570	330.20/cwt	322.00–340.00	1,882	11
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	550–600	560	318.40/cwt	310.00–327.50	1,783	10
Heifers	Medium 1	800–850	842	260.00/cwt	260.00–260.00	2,189	13
Steers	Medium 1	350–400	351	410.00/cwt	410.00–410.00	1,439	5
Heifers	Medium 1-2	450–500	476	334.95/cwt	330.00–340.00	1,594	12
Steers	Medium 1-2	500–550	524	310.00/cwt	310.00–310.00	1,624	5
Heifers	Medium 1-2	550–600	592	300.00/cwt	300.00–300.00	1,776	6
Steers	Medium and Large 1	350–400	375	439.03/cwt	425.00–465.00	1,646	27
Steers	Medium and Large 2-3	550–600	570	262.50/cwt	262.50–262.50	1,496	5
Steers	Medium and Large 2	500–550	536	315.00/cwt	315.00–315.00	1,688	8
Steers	Medium and Large 2	450–500	469	345.63/cwt	340.00–355.00	1,621	8
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	500–550	514	358.82/cwt	350.00–365.00	1,844	10
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	450–500	478	372.75/cwt	365.00–382.50	1,782	15
Steers	Medium and Large 1	600–650	627	340.61/cwt	327.50–355.00	2,136	37
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	350–400	383	406.22/cwt	392.50–417.50	1,556	18
Steers	Medium and Large 1	500–550	518	379.28/cwt	365.00–395.00	1,965	85
Steers	Medium and Large 1	850–900	886	264.17/cwt	256.00–268.00	2,341	31
Steers	Medium and Large 1	400–450	415	428.19/cwt	410.00–447.50	1,777	33
Steers	Medium and Large 1	750–800	795	280.87/cwt	280.50–287.00	2,233	34
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	400–450	432	385.40/cwt	375.00–395.00	1,665	33
Steers	Medium and Large 1	300–350	336	465.02/cwt	440.00–480.00	1,562	27
Steers	Medium and Large 1	650–700	653	313.87/cwt	310.00–327.50	2,050	28
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	700–750	716	265.00/cwt	265.00–265.00	1,897	54
Steers	Medium and Large 1	450–500	463	414.29/cwt	392.50–430.00	1,918	56
Steers	Medium and Large 1	550–600	585	346.73/cwt	340.00–367.50	2,028	40
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	500–550	520	341.87/cwt	330.00–362.50	1,778	46
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	400–450	414	390.00/cwt	390.00–390.00	1,615	6
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	500–550	527	353.78/cwt	345.00–365.00	1,864	13
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	650–700	660	280.00/cwt	280.00–280.00	1,848	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	450–500	475	375.48/cwt	357.50–389.00	1,784	80
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	600–650	620	308.25/cwt	297.50–312.50	1,911	7
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	300–350	335	389.94/cwt	385.00–392.50	1,306	12
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	550–600	582	325.55/cwt	312.50–332.50	1,895	32
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	700–750	725	285.82/cwt	272.50–294.00	2,072	23
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	550–600	569	289.89/cwt	285.00–297.50	1,649	8
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	600–650	642	284.17/cwt	280.00–292.50	1,824	6
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	300–350	338	420.31/cwt	415.00–430.00	1,421	19
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	400–450	432	383.81/cwt	370.00–400.00	1,658	50
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	800–850	813	251.16/cwt	235.00–267.50	2,042	6
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	550–600	593	285.00/cwt	285.00–285.00	1,690	5
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	900–950	922	255.72/cwt	250.00–262.00	2,358	22
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	750–800	768	253.41/cwt	250.00–260.00	1,946	15
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	600–650	616	315.93/cwt	300.00–325.00	1,946	61
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	350–400	381	417.02/cwt	415.00–420.00	1,589	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	600–650	630	286.31/cwt	270.00–291.00	1,804	58
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	500–550	530	321.36/cwt	310.00–327.50	1,703	21
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	450–500	481	381.07/cwt	370.00–395.00	1,833	21
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	700–750	718	260.00/cwt	260.00–260.00	1,867	17
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	650–700	688	297.78/cwt	290.00–307.50	2,049	9
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	1250–1300	1,297	185.00/cwt	185.00–185.00	2,399	8
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	900–950	935	145.00/cwt	145.00–145.00	1,356	29
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	350–400	375	340.00/cwt	340.00–340.00	1,275	10
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	600–650	622	309.00/cwt	306.00–320.00	1,922	52
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	850–900	862	247.00/cwt	247.00–247.00	2,129	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	650–700	673	284.00/cwt	284.00–284.00	1,911	6
Steers	Medium and Large 1	700–750	720	311.01/cwt	302.50–320.00	2,239	30
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	750–800	771	259.00/cwt	259.00–259.00	1,997	19
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	550–600	573	324.82/cwt	311.00–334.00	1,861	69
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	350–400	365	363.49/cwt	355.00–370.00	1,327	7
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	450–500	474	349.77/cwt	343.00–355.00	1,658	11
Steers	Medium and Large 1	800–850	818	281.50/cwt	281.50–281.50	2,303	21
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	850–900	854	248.50/cwt	248.50–248.50	2,122	20
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	300–350	332	410.35/cwt	400.00–430.00	1,362	25

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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