Name: Ozarks Regional Stockyards livestock auction prices — 2025-04-22
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2025-04-22

Reporter comment USDA

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Compared to last week, feeder steers and heifers were 3.00-6.00 higher. Steer and heifer calves under 700 lbs. were 6.00-12.00 higher with some peewee heifers 20.00 higher. Demand was very good on a light to moderate supply. The offering was mostly smaller drafts of short-weaned calves with only one draft over 30 head, which was 81 head of 651 lb. mixed heifers that sold for 294.50/cwt. Buyers were aggressive and less selective as they worked to pick up full loads. The USDA's Cattle on Feed Report, released last week, reported Inventories were down 2 percent, Placements were up 5 percent and Marketings were up 1 percent. The cash and futures markets continue to rebound from two weeks ago and seem to establish new records almost daily.

Weight class

Heifers · summary 500–600 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

500–600 lb heifers averaged $327.00/cwt on 202 head. That ranks 1 of 33 comparable sales and sits −90.00 against this barn's trailing median of $417.00.

Average price

$327.00

202 head · 545 lb average

Value per head Derived

$1,783

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$375

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

$61.18/cwt at this weight

vs the market

+0.39

vs MO average

−2.95 vs national

What quality paid 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1	545	337.87	1,842	109
Large 1	556	327.50	1,821	8thin
Medium and Large 1-2	546	316.27	1,726	78
Medium and Large 2	530	276.69	1,466	7thin

One grade step is worth $61.18/cwt here — about $375 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

Heifers 500–600 lb: high $443.28, low $334.89, median $417.00 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 sale202 hd

327.00

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MO average16 barns · 1,683 hd

326.61

+0.39

National average175 barns · 11,256 hd

329.95

−2.95

This barn, trailing median33 sales

417.00

−90.00

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

70 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	550–600	577	307.00/cwt	295.00–312.50	1,771	29
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	750–800	777	284.46/cwt	282.50–287.00	2,210	9
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	450–500	466	384.30/cwt	380.00–392.50	1,791	35
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	550–600	564	342.56/cwt	340.00–345.00	1,932	8
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	450–500	463	387.20/cwt	375.00–395.00	1,793	7
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	400–450	419	413.35/cwt	400.00–417.50	1,732	31
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	800–850	814	277.50/cwt	277.50–277.50	2,259	7
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	500–550	530	276.69/cwt	272.50–280.00	1,466	7
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	650–700	681	307.36/cwt	295.00–317.50	2,093	14
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	400–450	433	368.02/cwt	342.50–377.00	1,594	8
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	600–650	610	335.43/cwt	332.50–337.50	2,046	19
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	500–550	526	322.37/cwt	317.50–335.00	1,696	15
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	700–750	727	296.27/cwt	285.00–300.00	2,154	8
Steers	Medium and Large 2	750–800	777	258.00/cwt	258.00–258.00	2,005	13
Steers	Medium and Large 2	600–650	610	292.71/cwt	285.00–307.50	1,786	9
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	450–500	482	336.29/cwt	320.00–350.00	1,621	26
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	550–600	579	339.99/cwt	327.50–350.00	1,969	32
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	500–550	531	360.98/cwt	342.50–375.00	1,917	57
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	650–700	668	277.50/cwt	270.00–280.00	1,854	8
Steers	Medium and Large 2	500–550	517	330.00/cwt	330.00–330.00	1,706	7
Steers	Medium and Large 2	450–500	450	350.00/cwt	350.00–350.00	1,575	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	700–750	709	270.50/cwt	270.50–270.50	1,918	27
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	600–650	638	290.63/cwt	275.00–298.00	1,854	18
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	500–550	527	321.75/cwt	302.50–330.00	1,696	49
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	350–400	387	385.72/cwt	377.00–395.00	1,493	39
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	900–950	905	145.00/cwt	145.00–145.00	1,312	25
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	600–650	613	265.23/cwt	265.00–267.50	1,626	23
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	800–850	808	208.00/cwt	208.00–208.00	1,681	7
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	450–500	483	283.81/cwt	277.50–290.00	1,371	6
Steers	Medium 1-2	350–400	369	412.50/cwt	412.50–412.50	1,522	9
Steers	Medium 1-2	450–500	452	395.00/cwt	395.00–395.00	1,785	7
Heifers	Large 1	550–600	556	327.50/cwt	327.50–327.50	1,821	8
Heifers	Large 1-2	600–650	645	270.00/cwt	270.00–270.00	1,742	5
Dairy Steers	Large 3	450–500	480	272.50/cwt	272.50–272.50	1,308	5
Heifers	Large 1Fancy	400–450	414	450.00/cwt	450.00–450.00	1,863	8
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Fleshy	650–700	685	285.00/cwt	285.00–285.00	1,952	7
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Fleshy	550–600	571	310.00/cwt	310.00–310.00	1,770	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Fleshy	750–800	761	260.00/cwt	260.00–260.00	1,979	7
Steers	Medium 1	400–450	424	413.35/cwt	410.00–432.50	1,753	19
Heifers	Medium 1-2	350–400	383	392.50/cwt	392.50–392.50	1,503	10
Steers	Medium 1-2	300–350	327	425.00/cwt	425.00–425.00	1,390	5
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	400–450	422	393.32/cwt	390.00–395.00	1,660	6
Steers	Medium and Large 1	350–400	389	454.13/cwt	442.50–465.00	1,767	32
Steers	Medium and Large 1	800–850	835	285.00/cwt	285.00–285.00	2,380	20
Steers	Medium and Large 2	650–700	691	270.00/cwt	270.00–270.00	1,866	16
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	700–750	728	275.00/cwt	275.00–275.00	2,002	5
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	650–700	671	310.00/cwt	310.00–310.00	2,080	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	650–700	651	294.50/cwt	294.50–294.50	1,917	81
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	450–500	460	373.91/cwt	355.00–391.00	1,720	76
Steers	Medium and Large 1	950–1000	962	259.50/cwt	259.50–259.50	2,496	9
Steers	Medium and Large 1	600–650	643	340.00/cwt	340.00–340.00	2,186	7
Steers	Medium and Large 1	300–350	304	479.82/cwt	455.00–495.00	1,459	8
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	350–400	391	430.00/cwt	430.00–430.00	1,681	7
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	400–450	431	398.20/cwt	380.00–420.00	1,716	50
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	300–350	329	445.00/cwt	445.00–445.00	1,464	5
Steers	Medium and Large 1	400–450	412	435.05/cwt	425.00–455.00	1,792	32
Steers	Medium and Large 1	500–550	517	386.85/cwt	375.00–399.00	2,000	76
Steers	Medium and Large 1	450–500	473	413.47/cwt	407.50–430.00	1,956	48
Steers	Medium and Large 1	550–600	565	370.85/cwt	357.50–386.00	2,095	55
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	300–350	338	390.63/cwt	377.50–400.00	1,320	7
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	550–600	558	322.50/cwt	322.50–322.50	1,800	9
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	350–400	376	426.31/cwt	410.00–440.00	1,603	33
Steers	Medium and Large 1	750–800	760	292.00/cwt	292.00–292.00	2,219	7
Steers	Medium and Large 1	650–700	680	324.50/cwt	324.00–325.00	2,207	10
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	550–600	565	328.19/cwt	320.00–340.00	1,854	54
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	950–1000	954	247.50/cwt	247.50–247.50	2,361	5
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	450–500	478	348.77/cwt	345.00–350.00	1,667	17
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	500–550	515	366.35/cwt	345.00–377.50	1,887	23
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	600–650	613	315.08/cwt	314.00–316.00	1,931	53
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	500–550	521	351.12/cwt	335.00–370.00	1,829	50

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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