Name: Ozarks Regional Stockyards livestock auction prices — 2025-11-18
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2025-11-18

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

*Close*

Compared to last week, feeder steers and heifers were steady. Steer and heifers calves were uneven from 4.00 lower to 4.00 higher, depending on the quality and pre-conditioning. Demand was good on a light supply. The supply was typical for firearms deer season in Arkansas and Missouri. The quality of the offering was average at best with only five drafts larger than 25 head.

Weight class

Steers · summary 500–600 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

500–600 lb steers averaged $392.95/cwt on 181 head. That ranks 1 of 33 comparable sales and sits −75.98 against this barn's trailing median of $468.93.

Average price

$392.95

181 head · 555 lb average

Value per head Derived

$2,180

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$256

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

$58.56/cwt at this weight

vs the market

+0.66

vs MO average

−17.13 vs national

What quality paid 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1	551	408.56	2,251	121
Medium and Large 1-2	559	365.63	2,045	44
Medium 1-2	570	350.00	1,995	16thin

One grade step is worth $58.56/cwt here — about $256 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 sale181 hd

392.95

—

MO average18 barns · 3,188 hd

392.28

+0.66

National average185 barns · 23,076 hd

410.08

−17.13

This barn, trailing median33 sales

468.93

−75.98

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

60 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	Large 1-2	400–450	413	420.00/cwt	420.00–420.00	1,735	7
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	400–450	417	382.88/cwt	380.00–385.00	1,597	5
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	400–450	443	428.36/cwt	417.50–445.00	1,898	31
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	500–550	518	340.35/cwt	335.00–347.50	1,763	13
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	450–500	479	362.20/cwt	355.00–367.50	1,735	8
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	650–700	675	290.00/cwt	290.00–290.00	1,958	5
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Fleshy	950–1000	966	260.00/cwt	260.00–260.00	2,512	11
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Fleshy	1050–1100	1,061	260.00/cwt	260.00–260.00	2,759	6
Steers	Medium and Large 1	350–400	381	472.66/cwt	455.00–490.00	1,801	13
Steers	Medium and Large 1	550–600	576	399.66/cwt	384.00–406.00	2,302	53
Steers	Medium and Large 1	500–550	526	424.37/cwt	412.50–430.00	2,232	35
Steers	Medium and Large 1	450–500	468	444.00/cwt	420.00–460.00	2,078	20
Steers	Medium and Large 1	300–350	311	471.46/cwt	465.00–495.00	1,466	5
Steers	Medium and Large 1	400–450	438	474.36/cwt	445.00–485.00	2,078	31
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	850–900	869	308.00/cwt	308.00–308.00	2,677	7
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	750–800	752	312.50/cwt	312.50–312.50	2,350	6
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	550–600	575	368.16/cwt	357.50–370.00	2,117	41
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	400–450	434	412.82/cwt	395.00–425.00	1,792	34
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	350–400	374	418.39/cwt	400.00–435.00	1,565	32
Steers	Medium and Large 1	750–800	774	347.50/cwt	347.50–347.50	2,690	16
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	500–550	524	368.71/cwt	355.00–380.00	1,932	63
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	600–650	619	333.73/cwt	332.50–337.50	2,066	12
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	550–600	570	348.02/cwt	347.50–350.00	1,984	10
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	650–700	680	345.00/cwt	345.00–345.00	2,346	31
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	450–500	487	372.35/cwt	370.00–375.00	1,813	14
Steers	Medium 1-2	600–650	646	330.00/cwt	330.00–330.00	2,132	8
Steers	Medium 1-2	450–500	483	370.00/cwt	370.00–370.00	1,787	7
Heifers	Medium 1-2	600–650	633	300.00/cwt	300.00–300.00	1,899	5
Steers	Large 1-2	600–650	640	325.00/cwt	325.00–325.00	2,080	10
Heifers	Large 1-2	550–600	591	302.50/cwt	302.50–302.50	1,788	5
Steers	Medium and Large 1	600–650	608	376.83/cwt	372.50–380.00	2,291	22
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	450–500	476	358.00/cwt	358.00–358.00	1,704	11
Steers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	500–550	537	406.09/cwt	404.00–407.50	2,181	33
Steers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	600–650	612	365.00/cwt	365.00–365.00	2,234	5
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	350–400	394	440.00/cwt	440.00–440.00	1,734	5
Steers	Medium 1-2	550–600	570	350.00/cwt	350.00–350.00	1,995	16
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	450–500	474	306.59/cwt	302.50–312.50	1,453	7
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	400–450	432	331.04/cwt	325.00–340.00	1,430	5
Steers	Medium and Large 2	300–350	349	425.00/cwt	425.00–425.00	1,483	8
Steers	Medium and Large 2	400–450	410	400.00/cwt	400.00–400.00	1,640	5
Steers	Medium and Large 2	350–400	383	410.00/cwt	410.00–410.00	1,570	5
Steers	Medium and Large 1	650–700	674	357.00/cwt	357.00–357.00	2,406	30
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	350–400	367	435.75/cwt	430.00–445.00	1,599	12
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	550–600	571	365.26/cwt	350.00–382.50	2,086	29
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	750–800	777	328.90/cwt	325.00–330.00	2,556	27
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	600–650	625	344.13/cwt	330.00–366.00	2,151	17
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	800–850	847	311.50/cwt	311.50–311.50	2,638	63
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	700–750	720	334.94/cwt	326.00–340.00	2,412	46
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	300–350	336	425.00/cwt	425.00–425.00	1,428	8
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	650–700	660	341.63/cwt	330.00–347.50	2,255	6
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	500–550	537	366.34/cwt	365.00–370.00	1,967	15
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	450–500	483	386.08/cwt	375.00–400.00	1,865	13
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	650–700	674	323.01/cwt	300.00–330.00	2,177	13
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	550–600	579	320.78/cwt	310.00–325.00	1,857	13
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	300–350	333	393.65/cwt	385.00–400.00	1,311	10
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	400–450	432	368.15/cwt	350.00–385.00	1,590	27
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	350–400	384	384.47/cwt	375.00–390.00	1,476	23
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	450–500	468	350.67/cwt	332.50–365.00	1,641	21
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	700–750	742	302.50/cwt	302.50–302.50	2,245	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	500–550	518	320.29/cwt	312.50–337.50	1,659	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.

Missouri feeder prices, every weight →Every state and region →