Name: Ozarks Regional Stockyards livestock auction prices — 2025-09-30
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2025-09-30

Reporter comment USDA

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Compared to last week, feeder steers sold steady to 3.00 higher while feeder heifers were not well tested. Steer and heifers calves sold uneven from 6.00 lower to 6.00 higher with the amount of preconditioning being the deciding factor. Demand was moderate to good, on a light supply. A couple of stick-out drafts were 7 head of 334 lb. fancy black steers which sold for 6.00/cwt and 14 head of 389 lb. fancy black heifers which sold for 490.00/cwt. Pastures are greening up following the much needed rain last week. Feeder Cattle Futures showed good gains on Tuesday while Live Cattle Futures saw modest gains. Boxed Beef Cutouts are continuing their downward trend.

Weight class

Steers · summary 500–600 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

500–600 lb steers averaged $400.36/cwt on 139 head. That ranks 2 of 33 comparable sales and sits −68.57 against this barn's trailing median of $468.93.

Average price

$400.36

139 head · 541 lb average

Value per head Derived

$2,165

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$533

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

$103.99/cwt at this weight

vs the market

−13.47

vs MO average

−22.29 vs national

What quality paid 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1	541	416.49	2,252	68
Medium and Large 1-2	540	391.60	2,114	65
Medium and Large 2	550	312.50	1,719	6thin

One grade step is worth $103.99/cwt here — about $533 a head. Across this sale the premium is widest at 300–400 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 sale139 hd

400.36

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MO average15 barns · 2,259 hd

413.83

−13.47

National average177 barns · 15,324 hd

422.65

−22.29

This barn, trailing median33 sales

468.93

−68.57

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

65 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	600–650	629	356.63/cwt	340.00–375.00	2,243	27
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	500–550	518	395.12/cwt	370.00–405.00	2,047	41
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	550–600	576	342.14/cwt	325.00–352.50	1,971	8
Steers	Medium and Large 1	800–850	834	353.00/cwt	353.00–353.00	2,944	62
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	400–450	439	380.86/cwt	365.00–405.00	1,672	39
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	700–750	700	320.00/cwt	320.00–320.00	2,240	5
Steers	Medium and Large 1	350–400	377	503.66/cwt	490.00–512.50	1,899	8
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	300–350	336	413.98/cwt	400.00–430.00	1,391	25
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	600–650	607	336.76/cwt	325.00–340.00	2,044	14
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	400–450	419	425.78/cwt	415.00–447.50	1,784	31
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	650–700	680	364.57/cwt	362.50–367.50	2,479	7
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	800–850	807	343.86/cwt	330.00–344.50	2,775	94
Steers	Medium and Large 1	450–500	465	463.03/cwt	440.00–482.50	2,153	54
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	450–500	489	367.31/cwt	360.00–370.00	1,796	11
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	600–650	616	335.44/cwt	330.00–342.50	2,066	7
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	500–550	526	384.06/cwt	370.00–400.00	2,020	12
Steers	Medium and Large 1	500–550	522	419.85/cwt	410.00–430.00	2,192	43
Steers	Medium and Large 1	400–450	421	494.47/cwt	470.00–515.00	2,082	16
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	350–400	381	428.43/cwt	425.00–435.00	1,632	6
Steers	Medium and Large 1	550–600	573	410.72/cwt	402.50–427.50	2,353	25
Steers	Medium and Large 1	650–700	685	388.84/cwt	387.50–390.00	2,664	36
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	350–400	398	440.00/cwt	440.00–440.00	1,751	6
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	450–500	483	401.40/cwt	385.00–415.00	1,939	53
Steers	Medium and Large 1	600–650	627	380.68/cwt	380.00–405.00	2,387	110
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	450–500	479	415.20/cwt	410.00–420.00	1,989	6
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	500–550	523	376.87/cwt	367.50–390.00	1,971	34
Heifers	Medium 1-2	400–450	444	394.70/cwt	370.00–400.00	1,752	11
Steers	Medium 1	700–750	745	360.00/cwt	360.00–360.00	2,682	11
Heifers	Large 1-2	600–650	622	340.00/cwt	340.00–340.00	2,115	8
Heifers	Large 2	600–650	626	300.00/cwt	300.00–300.00	1,878	6
Steers	Large 1-2	650–700	665	357.50/cwt	357.50–357.50	2,377	7
Heifers	Large 1-2	650–700	661	324.00/cwt	324.00–324.00	2,142	6
Steers	Medium and Large 1	700–750	708	370.92/cwt	360.00–380.00	2,626	45
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Fancy	350–400	389	490.00/cwt	490.00–490.00	1,906	14
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Fancy	400–450	438	460.00/cwt	460.00–460.00	2,015	20
Steers	Medium and Large 1Fancy	400–450	407	522.50/cwt	522.50–522.50	2,127	12
Steers	Medium and Large 1Fancy	300–350	334	600.00/cwt	600.00–600.00	2,004	7
Heifers	Medium 2	450–500	488	325.00/cwt	325.00–325.00	1,586	14
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	350–400	373	382.84/cwt	380.00–385.00	1,428	11
Steers	Medium and Large 2	600–650	624	339.34/cwt	335.00–350.00	2,117	7
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	400–450	419	343.77/cwt	330.00–360.00	1,440	32
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	500–550	538	320.00/cwt	320.00–320.00	1,722	7
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	300–350	314	357.50/cwt	357.50–357.50	1,123	6
Steers	Medium and Large 1	300–350	337	511.50/cwt	500.00–535.00	1,724	6
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	550–600	578	339.89/cwt	330.00–350.00	1,965	15
Steers	Medium and Large 2	300–350	329	405.00/cwt	405.00–405.00	1,332	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	550–600	560	327.53/cwt	320.00–330.00	1,834	12
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	400–450	444	340.00/cwt	340.00–340.00	1,510	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	450–500	482	340.00/cwt	340.00–340.00	1,639	6
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	700–750	717	292.50/cwt	290.00–300.00	2,097	8
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	300–350	340	475.00/cwt	475.00–475.00	1,615	5
Steers	Medium and Large 2	400–450	438	412.15/cwt	410.00–415.00	1,805	7
Steers	Medium and Large 2	550–600	550	312.50/cwt	312.50–312.50	1,719	6
Steers	Medium and Large 2	450–500	480	378.67/cwt	365.00–385.00	1,818	19
Steers	Medium and Large 2	350–400	380	408.54/cwt	405.00–420.00	1,552	12
Steers	Medium and Large 2	700–750	721	312.50/cwt	312.50–312.50	2,253	5
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	500–550	518	350.00/cwt	350.00–350.00	1,813	12
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	400–450	409	448.09/cwt	435.00–460.00	1,833	18
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	750–800	771	345.00/cwt	345.00–345.00	2,660	5
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	450–500	472	418.40/cwt	395.00–430.00	1,975	26
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	550–600	577	385.59/cwt	375.00–392.50	2,225	24
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	650–700	664	350.00/cwt	350.00–350.00	2,324	7
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	700–750	714	341.06/cwt	330.00–350.00	2,435	9
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	450–500	477	356.43/cwt	350.00–377.50	1,700	35
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	500–550	518	347.03/cwt	330.00–362.50	1,798	17

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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