Name: Ozarks Regional Stockyards livestock auction prices — 2025-12-16
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2025-12-16

Reporter comment USDA

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Compared to last week, feeders steers sold 6.00-12.00 higher and lightly tested feeder heifers sold mostly steady. Steer and heifers calves sold 4.00-8.00 higher with spots 20.00 higher. PeeWee calves were very uneven from 15.00 lower to 15.00 higher. Demand was very good on a moderate supply. There were a lot of large drafts in the offering this week with 21 drafts having 25 head or more. The largest draft of the day was 130 head of steers weighing 794 lbs. which sold for 351.50/cwt. This was the last feeder sale of the year. The next feeder sale will be January 2 at 8:00 AM and will be a Wean/Vac Special. For 2025, Ozarks Regional Stockyard sold 113,723 feeders through the ring and 37,017 feeders on the Video Auction. Merry Christmas and Happy New Year on behalf of the MDA Market News Service.

Weight class

Steers · summary 500–600 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

500–600 lb steers averaged $434.96/cwt on 356 head. That ranks 6 of 33 comparable sales and sits −33.97 against this barn's trailing median of $468.93.

Average price

$434.96

356 head · 557 lb average

Value per head Derived

$2,425

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$232

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

$64.87/cwt at this weight

vs the market

+5.79

vs MO average

−9.14 vs national

What quality paid 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1	554	444.87	2,467	269
Medium and Large 1-2	558	411.19	2,293	63
Large 1-2	598	405.00	2,422	6thin
Medium 1-2	588	380.00	2,234	18thin

One grade step is worth $64.87/cwt here — about $232 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 sale356 hd

434.96

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MO average19 barns · 4,066 hd

429.18

+5.79

National average163 barns · 16,063 hd

444.10

−9.14

This barn, trailing median33 sales

468.93

−33.97

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

62 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	850–900	866	319.00/cwt	319.00–319.00	2,763	33
Heifers	Large 1-2	350–400	389	380.00/cwt	380.00–380.00	1,478	5
Steers	Large 1-2	450–500	462	455.00/cwt	455.00–455.00	2,102	5
Steers	Large 1-2	550–600	598	405.00/cwt	405.00–405.00	2,422	6
Dairy Steers	Large 3	400–450	443	265.00/cwt	265.00–265.00	1,174	7
Steers	Medium 1	400–450	419	545.00/cwt	545.00–545.00	2,284	7
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	350–400	378	462.31/cwt	445.00–480.00	1,748	24
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	600–650	629	343.14/cwt	332.50–348.00	2,158	82
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	650–700	669	334.00/cwt	334.00–334.00	2,234	79
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	550–600	575	391.51/cwt	365.00–397.50	2,251	117
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	750–800	751	319.00/cwt	319.00–319.00	2,396	33
Steers	Medium and Large 1	800–850	804	341.30/cwt	341.00–343.00	2,744	34
Steers	Medium and Large 1	350–400	376	541.04/cwt	525.00–565.00	2,034	16
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	400–450	416	449.22/cwt	440.00–457.50	1,869	14
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	300–350	325	483.24/cwt	465.00–515.00	1,571	38
Steers	Medium and Large 1	500–550	518	456.57/cwt	445.00–477.00	2,365	69
Steers	Medium and Large 1	400–450	418	523.00/cwt	515.00–540.00	2,186	38
Steers	Medium and Large 1	700–750	712	358.58/cwt	354.00–367.50	2,553	39
Steers	Medium and Large 1	450–500	470	478.25/cwt	472.50–485.00	2,248	48
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	500–550	539	382.70/cwt	377.50–395.00	2,063	81
Steers	Medium and Large 1	650–700	670	393.41/cwt	385.00–402.50	2,636	192
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	550–600	574	338.10/cwt	335.00–340.00	1,941	8
Steers	Medium and Large 1	300–350	335	560.97/cwt	545.00–585.00	1,879	12
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	450–500	467	395.12/cwt	370.00–405.00	1,845	19
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	500–550	529	426.79/cwt	402.50–437.50	2,258	23
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	450–500	466	431.56/cwt	415.00–437.50	2,011	31
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	550–600	574	402.22/cwt	385.00–415.00	2,309	40
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	450–500	479	393.85/cwt	375.00–410.00	1,887	51
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	550–600	573	352.29/cwt	330.00–357.50	2,019	85
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	850–900	880	280.20/cwt	279.00–287.50	2,466	21
Steers	Medium and Large 1	850–900	882	325.21/cwt	323.50–328.50	2,868	172
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	650–700	679	345.00/cwt	345.00–345.00	2,343	5
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	450–500	486	425.63/cwt	417.50–435.00	2,069	19
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	500–550	538	405.00/cwt	405.00–405.00	2,179	10
Heifers	Medium 2	300–350	309	385.00/cwt	385.00–385.00	1,190	6
Steers	Medium 2-3	450–500	460	270.00/cwt	270.00–270.00	1,242	5
Steers	Medium 1-2	550–600	588	380.00/cwt	380.00–380.00	2,234	18
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	650–700	673	365.33/cwt	345.00–375.00	2,459	41
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	750–800	786	333.89/cwt	330.00–335.00	2,624	9
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	600–650	624	373.78/cwt	355.00–384.00	2,332	34
Steers	Medium and Large 1	750–800	779	350.06/cwt	347.50–351.50	2,727	207
Steers	Medium and Large 1	550–600	567	440.84/cwt	420.00–460.00	2,500	200
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	600–650	633	345.00/cwt	345.00–345.00	2,184	6
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	450–500	481	347.50/cwt	347.50–347.50	1,671	6
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	500–550	537	360.00/cwt	360.00–360.00	1,933	6
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	350–400	398	457.50/cwt	457.50–457.50	1,821	6
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	750–800	759	305.51/cwt	300.00–312.50	2,319	9
Steers	Medium and Large 2	350–400	383	411.11/cwt	400.00–425.00	1,575	7
Steers	Medium and Large 2	450–500	475	422.50/cwt	422.50–422.50	2,007	6
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	800–850	816	290.00/cwt	290.00–290.00	2,366	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	600–650	610	305.44/cwt	300.00–320.00	1,863	16
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	350–400	377	433.56/cwt	420.00–440.00	1,635	12
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	400–450	443	416.59/cwt	400.00–435.00	1,845	28
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	300–350	340	507.19/cwt	505.00–510.00	1,724	9
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	500–550	522	366.78/cwt	340.00–377.50	1,915	33
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	400–450	418	464.04/cwt	440.00–485.00	1,940	23
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	450–500	475	446.52/cwt	425.00–465.00	2,121	17
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	650–700	678	302.94/cwt	280.00–321.00	2,054	9
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	700–750	736	313.70/cwt	305.00–319.00	2,309	36
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	700–750	729	325.79/cwt	314.00–337.50	2,375	27
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	850–900	882	300.00/cwt	300.00–300.00	2,646	7
Steers	Medium and Large 1	600–650	633	396.48/cwt	390.00–407.50	2,510	85

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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