Name: Ozarks Regional Stockyards livestock auction prices — 2025-05-27
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2025-05-27

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to last week, feeder steers and heifers sold steady. Steer and heifer calves sold steady to weak. Demand was moderate on a very light supply. Rain for several days have made barnyards sloppy and difficult for cattle movement. The largest draft of the day was 68 head of 884 lb. steers which sold for 275.00/cwt. The USDA's Cattle on Feed Report released Friday came with no surprises and in line with predictions. Inventories were 2 percent lower, Placements and Marketings were 3 percent lower. The cattle futures, following the Memorial Holiday, trended lower to start the week.

Weight class

Steers · summary 500–600 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

500–600 lb steers averaged $371.41/cwt on 105 head. That ranks 1 of 33 comparable sales and sits −97.52 against this barn's trailing median of $468.93.

Average price

$371.41

105 head · 534 lb average

Value per head Derived

$1,985

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$283

per head · Medium and Large 1 over Medium 2

$79.47/cwt at this weight

vs the market

−15.61

vs MO average

−2.73 vs national

What quality paid 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1	531	395.47	2,100	39
Medium and Large 1-2	529	364.36	1,927	52
Medium 1-2	549	350.00	1,922	6thin
Medium 2	575	316.00	1,817	8thin

One grade step is worth $79.47/cwt here — about $283 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 sale105 hd

371.41

—

MO average11 barns · 2,290 hd

387.01

−15.61

National average120 barns · 5,578 hd

374.14

−2.73

This barn, trailing median33 sales

468.93

−97.52

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

61 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	550–600	574	353.07/cwt	340.00–365.00	2,027	13
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	650–700	689	306.64/cwt	300.00–310.00	2,113	12
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	600–650	626	337.74/cwt	323.00–345.00	2,114	38
Steers	Medium and Large 1	900–950	947	266.00/cwt	266.00–266.00	2,519	61
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	600–650	628	295.15/cwt	287.50–300.00	1,854	18
Steers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	600–650	604	350.00/cwt	350.00–350.00	2,114	6
Steers	Medium and Large 1	400–450	422	440.00/cwt	440.00–440.00	1,857	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	600–650	626	300.00/cwt	300.00–300.00	1,878	17
Steers	Medium and Large 1	250–300	282	527.50/cwt	527.50–527.50	1,488	4
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	1050–1100	1,080	210.00/cwt	210.00–210.00	2,268	3
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	500–550	514	368.12/cwt	352.50–380.00	1,892	39
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	400–450	428	385.00/cwt	385.00–385.00	1,648	3
Steers	Medium and Large 1	700–750	707	334.00/cwt	334.00–334.00	2,361	8
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	650–700	670	302.88/cwt	300.00–304.00	2,029	18
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	450–500	474	345.00/cwt	345.00–345.00	1,635	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	450–500	458	366.23/cwt	357.50–375.00	1,677	31
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	850–900	898	270.00/cwt	270.00–270.00	2,425	3
Steers	Medium and Large 1	800–850	800	285.00/cwt	285.00–285.00	2,280	10
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	600–650	644	306.19/cwt	303.00–311.00	1,972	24
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	500–550	526	340.00/cwt	340.00–340.00	1,788	8
Steers	Medium and Large 1	300–350	317	482.97/cwt	475.00–495.00	1,531	10
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	550–600	552	317.50/cwt	317.50–317.50	1,753	6
Steers	Medium and Large 1	750–800	789	295.89/cwt	295.00–303.00	2,335	35
Steers	Medium and Large 1	500–550	531	395.47/cwt	380.00–405.00	2,100	39
Steers	Large 2	300–350	338	420.00/cwt	420.00–420.00	1,420	3
Dairy Steers	Large 3	550–600	594	213.00/cwt	213.00–213.00	1,265	11
Steers	Large 2	400–450	446	380.00/cwt	380.00–380.00	1,695	4
Dairy Steers	Large 3	500–550	531	211.00/cwt	211.00–211.00	1,120	10
Steers	Large 1	650–700	650	334.00/cwt	334.00–334.00	2,171	4
Heifers	Large 1	650–700	652	290.00/cwt	290.00–290.00	1,891	4
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	550–600	559	330.00/cwt	330.00–330.00	1,845	4
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	500–550	505	355.00/cwt	355.00–355.00	1,793	4
Steers	Medium 2	550–600	575	316.00/cwt	316.00–316.00	1,817	8
Steers	Medium 1-2	500–550	549	350.00/cwt	350.00–350.00	1,922	6
Heifers	Medium 1	450–500	453	357.50/cwt	357.50–357.50	1,619	3
Heifers	Large 2	350–400	397	385.00/cwt	385.00–385.00	1,528	7
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	950–1000	966	145.00/cwt	145.00–145.00	1,401	29
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	400–450	437	346.64/cwt	330.00–350.00	1,515	12
Steers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	650–700	678	329.00/cwt	329.00–329.00	2,231	12
Steers	Medium and Large 1	850–900	884	275.00/cwt	275.00–275.00	2,431	68
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	400–450	423	408.64/cwt	400.00–415.00	1,729	9
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	600–650	614	319.99/cwt	315.00–325.00	1,965	4
Steers	Medium and Large 2	400–450	424	365.00/cwt	365.00–365.00	1,548	3
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	550–600	560	300.00/cwt	300.00–300.00	1,680	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	650–700	670	285.00/cwt	285.00–285.00	1,910	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	550–600	593	310.93/cwt	305.00–312.00	1,844	49
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	900–950	945	252.50/cwt	252.50–252.50	2,386	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	350–400	374	365.08/cwt	360.00–370.00	1,365	4
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	700–750	728	305.00/cwt	305.00–305.00	2,220	3
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	450–500	468	325.00/cwt	325.00–325.00	1,521	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	300–350	340	406.54/cwt	400.00–410.00	1,382	14
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	800–850	839	256.00/cwt	256.00–256.00	2,148	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	500–550	533	325.36/cwt	305.00–332.50	1,734	23
Steers	Medium and Large 2	450–500	477	344.94/cwt	335.00–350.00	1,645	6
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	400–450	448	375.00/cwt	375.00–375.00	1,680	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	350–400	367	395.00/cwt	395.00–395.00	1,450	6
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	400–450	425	370.00/cwt	370.00–370.00	1,573	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	450–500	477	344.32/cwt	325.00–353.00	1,642	47
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	350–400	381	421.46/cwt	420.00–425.00	1,606	7
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	450–500	474	392.77/cwt	380.00–405.00	1,862	27
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	400–450	424	411.92/cwt	400.00–430.00	1,747	22

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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