Name: Ozarks Regional Stockyards livestock auction prices — 2025-07-22
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2025-07-22

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

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Compared to last week, feeder steers and heifers sold 2.00-4.00 higher. Steer and heifers calves sold 3.00-9.00 higher. Demand was good on a very light supply. Only three drafts in the offering were over twenty head with the largest draft being 81 head. Today's supply was impacted by excessive heat warnings throughout the region. Buyer demand was notably lower for short or unweaned calves, as well as those carrying fescue hair or appearing fleshy. These types were discounted due to concerns over high shrinkage and increased stress under extreme heat conditions.

Weight class

Steers · summary 500–600 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

500–600 lb steers averaged $374.94/cwt on 108 head. That ranks 1 of 33 comparable sales and sits −93.99 against this barn's trailing median of $468.93.

Average price

$374.94

108 head · 543 lb average

Value per head Derived

$2,037

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$277

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

$73.17/cwt at this weight

vs the market

−12.92

vs MO average

−0.80 vs national

What quality paid 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1	528	405.58	2,143	26
Large 1-2	543	386.25	2,097	15thin
Medium and Large 1-2	541	371.62	2,010	44
Medium 1-2	571	350.00	1,999	9thin
Medium and Large 2	561	332.40	1,866	14thin

One grade step is worth $73.17/cwt here — about $277 a head. Across this sale the premium is widest at 600–700 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 sale108 hd

374.94

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MO average12 barns · 1,020 hd

387.86

−12.92

National average142 barns · 5,388 hd

375.74

−0.80

This barn, trailing median33 sales

468.93

−93.99

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

63 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	700–750	708	307.50/cwt	307.50–307.50	2,177	6
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	800–850	821	282.50/cwt	282.50–282.50	2,319	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	400–450	434	374.90/cwt	350.00–380.00	1,627	17
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	450–500	478	358.00/cwt	337.50–362.50	1,711	28
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	400–450	429	411.71/cwt	397.50–437.50	1,766	17
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	750–800	763	290.00/cwt	290.00–290.00	2,213	7
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	450–500	451	425.00/cwt	425.00–425.00	1,917	5
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	450–500	483	362.69/cwt	350.00–375.00	1,752	15
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	400–450	442	365.00/cwt	365.00–365.00	1,613	3
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	550–600	574	329.97/cwt	325.00–347.50	1,894	9
Steers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	400–450	407	437.50/cwt	437.50–437.50	1,781	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	700–750	733	313.00/cwt	313.00–313.00	2,294	81
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	550–600	573	341.21/cwt	335.00–347.50	1,955	39
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	700–750	715	305.19/cwt	297.50–325.00	2,182	7
Steers	Medium and Large 1	600–650	647	361.00/cwt	361.00–361.00	2,336	16
Steers	Medium and Large 1	400–450	418	453.39/cwt	450.00–455.00	1,895	3
Steers	Medium and Large 1	650–700	658	350.10/cwt	350.00–352.50	2,304	25
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	500–550	518	369.04/cwt	352.50–382.50	1,912	22
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	400–450	420	401.83/cwt	390.00–412.50	1,688	15
Steers	Medium and Large 1	300–350	337	475.00/cwt	475.00–475.00	1,601	3
Steers	Medium and Large 1	450–500	478	424.50/cwt	420.00–425.00	2,029	10
Steers	Medium and Large 1	700–750	700	332.50/cwt	332.50–332.50	2,328	8
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	350–400	355	427.50/cwt	427.50–427.50	1,518	3
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	400–450	421	411.76/cwt	397.50–437.50	1,734	23
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	500–550	536	364.34/cwt	350.00–377.50	1,953	14
Steers	Large 1-2	500–550	543	386.25/cwt	362.50–395.00	2,097	15
Heifers	Large 1-2	600–650	608	305.00/cwt	305.00–305.00	1,854	3
Steers	Large 1	450–500	475	433.00/cwt	433.00–433.00	2,057	5
Steers	Large 1-2	350–400	387	440.00/cwt	440.00–440.00	1,703	5
Heifers	Large 1	450–500	489	385.00/cwt	385.00–385.00	1,883	9
Steers	Large 1	600–650	623	360.00/cwt	360.00–360.00	2,243	9
Heifers	Medium 1-2	450–500	488	352.50/cwt	352.50–352.50	1,720	4
Heifers	Medium 1-2	500–550	532	347.50/cwt	347.50–347.50	1,849	4
Heifers	Large 2	300–350	300	357.50/cwt	357.50–357.50	1,073	3
Steers	Large 1-2	300–350	337	422.50/cwt	422.50–422.50	1,424	3
Heifers	Large 1-2	450–500	474	365.20/cwt	362.50–367.50	1,731	11
Heifers	Large 1-2	550–600	588	327.50/cwt	327.50–327.50	1,926	4
Steers	Medium and Large 1	500–550	510	411.63/cwt	410.00–417.50	2,099	20
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	550–600	598	360.00/cwt	360.00–360.00	2,153	3
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	350–400	367	454.68/cwt	445.00–460.00	1,669	3
Steers	Medium and Large 1Fleshy	850–900	883	300.00/cwt	300.00–300.00	2,649	20
Steers	Medium 1-2	550–600	571	350.00/cwt	350.00–350.00	1,999	9
Steers	Medium 1-2	450–500	467	405.00/cwt	405.00–405.00	1,891	3
Steers	Medium and Large 2	450–500	494	367.50/cwt	367.50–367.50	1,815	6
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	500–550	528	334.63/cwt	310.00–340.00	1,767	12
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	600–650	606	316.45/cwt	292.50–320.00	1,918	8
Steers	Medium and Large 2	550–600	580	316.51/cwt	305.00–327.50	1,836	9
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	450–500	483	374.02/cwt	372.50–375.00	1,807	13
Steers	Medium and Large 1	550–600	590	385.40/cwt	385.00–387.50	2,274	6
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	350–400	377	421.94/cwt	400.00–432.50	1,591	7
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	550–600	582	352.81/cwt	342.50–365.00	2,053	17
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	450–500	483	401.32/cwt	382.50–410.00	1,938	32
Steers	Medium and Large 2	400–450	444	395.00/cwt	395.00–395.00	1,754	8
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	450–500	463	319.79/cwt	315.00–332.50	1,481	6
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	300–350	333	347.50/cwt	347.50–347.50	1,157	6
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	350–400	381	374.52/cwt	367.50–397.50	1,427	19
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	500–550	515	383.47/cwt	362.50–393.00	1,975	27
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	650–700	671	328.81/cwt	305.00–337.00	2,206	18
Steers	Medium and Large 2	500–550	528	361.01/cwt	360.00–362.50	1,906	5
Steers	Medium and Large 2	650–700	675	280.00/cwt	280.00–280.00	1,890	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	350–400	391	359.05/cwt	350.00–365.00	1,404	5
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	350–400	370	412.81/cwt	405.00–420.00	1,527	7
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	600–650	640	317.50/cwt	317.50–317.50	2,032	3

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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