Name: Ozarks Regional Stockyards livestock auction prices — 2025-08-26
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2025-08-26

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

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Compared to the last week, feeder steers and heifers sold 6.00-8.00 higher. Steer and heifer calves sold 10.00-15.00 higher with spots 20.00 higher. Demand was very good on a moderate supply. Cooler weather and lower humidity helped receipts to return to more normal levels. Cash prices for feeders and calves continue to climb with positive gains on the future boards and higher slaughter cattle prices. The USDA's Cattle on Feed report, released Friday, had Inventories down 2 percent, Placements down 6 percent and Marketings down 6 percent all of which helped to keep market bullish.

Weight class

Steers · summary 500–600 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

500–600 lb steers averaged $434.12/cwt on 311 head. That ranks 6 of 33 comparable sales and sits −34.81 against this barn's trailing median of $468.93.

Average price

$434.12

311 head · 541 lb average

Value per head Derived

$2,348

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$160

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

$40.95/cwt at this weight

vs the market

−0.19

vs MO average

+24.82 vs national

What quality paid 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1	536	445.23	2,385	225
Large 1	592	412.50	2,442	8thin
Medium and Large 1-2	550	404.28	2,225	78

One grade step is worth $40.95/cwt here — about $160 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 sale311 hd

434.12

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MO average15 barns · 2,056 hd

434.31

−0.19

National average152 barns · 8,476 hd

409.30

+24.82

This barn, trailing median33 sales

468.93

−34.81

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

79 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	800–850	832	351.00/cwt	351.00–351.00	2,920	8
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	400–450	444	394.00/cwt	394.00–394.00	1,749	5
Steers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	500–550	510	421.11/cwt	420.00–425.00	2,148	14
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	600–650	611	351.34/cwt	345.00–360.00	2,147	39
Steers	Medium and Large 1	500–550	520	449.89/cwt	435.00–472.50	2,339	133
Steers	Medium and Large 1	350–400	358	495.00/cwt	495.00–495.00	1,772	10
Steers	Medium and Large 1	850–900	859	346.00/cwt	346.00–346.00	2,972	63
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	800–850	824	331.27/cwt	330.00–335.00	2,730	8
Steers	Medium and Large 1	750–800	760	364.00/cwt	364.00–364.00	2,766	7
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	600–650	629	387.22/cwt	370.00–400.00	2,436	102
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	750–800	788	300.00/cwt	300.00–300.00	2,364	7
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Unweaned	400–450	449	415.00/cwt	415.00–415.00	1,863	7
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	500–550	525	413.09/cwt	397.50–430.00	2,169	45
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	450–500	485	378.73/cwt	375.00–380.00	1,837	8
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	350–400	395	430.00/cwt	430.00–430.00	1,699	6
Steers	Medium and Large 1	600–650	629	423.88/cwt	410.00–441.00	2,666	71
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	500–550	528	395.19/cwt	382.50–415.00	2,087	145
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	450–500	474	414.06/cwt	400.00–430.00	1,963	104
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	700–750	714	349.46/cwt	345.00–351.00	2,495	65
Steers	Medium and Large 1	250–300	273	588.76/cwt	565.00–605.00	1,607	8
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	400–450	424	440.32/cwt	430.00–450.00	1,867	74
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	550–600	588	372.50/cwt	372.50–372.50	2,190	15
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	500–550	521	384.79/cwt	380.00–390.00	2,005	16
Steers	Medium and Large 1	650–700	661	394.55/cwt	391.00–400.00	2,608	22
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	800–850	804	328.00/cwt	328.00–328.00	2,637	11
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	600–650	626	351.45/cwt	335.00–358.00	2,200	11
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	650–700	671	357.26/cwt	350.00–370.00	2,397	42
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	300–350	324	505.00/cwt	505.00–505.00	1,636	7
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	350–400	366	463.95/cwt	450.00–475.00	1,698	13
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	600–650	626	382.79/cwt	367.50–396.00	2,396	34
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	450–500	482	413.58/cwt	410.00–415.00	1,993	14
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	350–400	368	448.28/cwt	445.00–455.00	1,650	6
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	550–600	569	390.66/cwt	375.00–410.00	2,223	102
Heifers	Large 1-2	350–400	394	420.00/cwt	420.00–420.00	1,655	5
Heifers	Large 1-2	650–700	678	342.50/cwt	342.50–342.50	2,322	5
Steers	Large 1-2	400–450	418	432.54/cwt	425.00–445.00	1,808	8
Heifers	Large 1	550–600	570	380.00/cwt	380.00–380.00	2,166	15
Heifers	Large 1	400–450	416	436.39/cwt	435.00–440.00	1,815	7
Steers	Large 1	550–600	592	412.50/cwt	412.50–412.50	2,442	8
Steers	Medium and Large 1	700–750	723	373.26/cwt	367.50–377.50	2,699	28
Steers	Medium and Large 1	450–500	474	471.77/cwt	460.00–495.00	2,236	40
Steers	Medium and Large 1	300–350	341	524.69/cwt	520.00–535.00	1,789	16
Steers	Medium and Large 1Full	750–800	773	356.00/cwt	356.00–356.00	2,752	7
Heifers	Medium 1	500–550	522	387.50/cwt	387.50–387.50	2,023	9
Steers	Large 2	350–400	392	465.00/cwt	465.00–465.00	1,823	8
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	800–850	822	280.00/cwt	280.00–280.00	2,302	5
Steers	Medium and Large 2	600–650	619	348.17/cwt	340.00–356.00	2,155	6
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	600–650	617	313.15/cwt	305.00–327.50	1,932	18
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	700–750	704	300.00/cwt	300.00–300.00	2,112	6
Steers	Medium and Large 1	400–450	428	485.69/cwt	480.00–495.00	2,079	54
Steers	Medium and Large 1	550–600	567	441.62/cwt	420.00–457.50	2,504	78
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	500–550	527	346.37/cwt	340.00–355.00	1,825	7
Steers	Medium and Large 2	400–450	422	410.00/cwt	410.00–410.00	1,730	8
Steers	Medium and Large 2	800–850	800	310.00/cwt	310.00–310.00	2,480	5
Steers	Medium and Large 2	650–700	665	356.00/cwt	356.00–356.00	2,367	7
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	400–450	434	369.28/cwt	360.00–385.00	1,603	10
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	350–400	364	400.39/cwt	380.00–405.00	1,457	11
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	650–700	689	378.00/cwt	365.00–387.50	2,604	36
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	350–400	383	467.69/cwt	452.50–485.00	1,791	21
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	850–900	893	335.34/cwt	310.00–337.00	2,995	64
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	350–400	371	355.00/cwt	355.00–355.00	1,317	8
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	750–800	768	355.34/cwt	340.00–360.00	2,729	38
Heifers	Medium and Large 2-3	750–800	793	250.00/cwt	250.00–250.00	1,983	9
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	550–600	585	392.27/cwt	375.00–407.50	2,295	33
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	500–550	527	368.83/cwt	350.00–380.00	1,944	38
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	700–750	732	351.95/cwt	340.00–365.00	2,576	50
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	650–700	676	306.62/cwt	285.00–315.00	2,073	14
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	450–500	479	438.93/cwt	425.00–452.50	2,102	37
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	550–600	590	320.00/cwt	320.00–320.00	1,888	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	650–700	690	340.46/cwt	335.00–342.50	2,349	43
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	450–500	483	389.25/cwt	382.50–397.50	1,880	16
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	400–450	429	458.70/cwt	450.00–467.50	1,968	47
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	350–400	382	434.32/cwt	430.00–440.00	1,659	7
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	750–800	768	315.00/cwt	315.00–315.00	2,419	8
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	550–600	568	353.31/cwt	340.00–372.50	2,007	49
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	400–450	433	410.70/cwt	390.00–425.00	1,778	46
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	550–600	585	354.96/cwt	335.00–365.00	2,077	26
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	800–850	836	314.90/cwt	313.00–320.00	2,633	22
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	500–550	532	354.99/cwt	340.00–370.00	1,889	27

How this sale compares

Missouri weighted averages

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