Name: Ozarks Regional Stockyards livestock auction prices — 2026-01-06
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2026-01-06

Reporter comment USDA

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Compared to the last sale four days ago, which was a wean/vac special, feeder steers and heifers sold steady to 6.00 higher. Steer and heifer calves sold steady to 8.00 higher. PeeWee calves under 450 lbs. sold 15.00-20.00 higher. Demand was very good on a moderate supply. Several of the 28 barn records established on Friday were matched or broken on Tuesday, including a package of 355 lb. steers selling for 700.00/cwt. The offering averaged 4.3 head/draft creating an active market as buyers competed to put together loads. Feeder Cattle Futures traded higher with January up eight consecutive sessions, gaining 16.23 since December 26. Live Cattle Future traded slightly higher.

Weight class

Steers · summary 500–600 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

500–600 lb steers averaged $461.80/cwt on 433 head, up $26.84 from the prior sale. That ranks 16 of 33 comparable sales and sits −7.13 against this barn's trailing median of $468.93.

Average price

$461.80

▲ 26.84 vs prior sale

433 head · 549 lb average

Value per head Derived

$2,537

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$615

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

$122.78/cwt at this weight

vs the market

+4.63

vs MO average

−4.53 vs national

What quality paid 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1	547	482.78	2,642	257
Large 1-2	531	447.50	2,376	9thin
Medium and Large 1-2	556	434.51	2,415	151
Large 2	523	404.38	2,115	11thin
Medium and Large 2	563	360.00	2,027	5thin

One grade step is worth $122.78/cwt here — about $615 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 sale433 hd

461.80

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MO average14 barns · 5,226 hd

457.17

+4.63

National average195 barns · 28,890 hd

466.33

−4.53

This barn, trailing median33 sales

468.93

−7.13

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

88 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	650–700	676	376.85/cwt	365.00–385.00	2,548	69
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	700–750	721	356.29/cwt	345.00–360.00	2,569	52
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	800–850	811	310.00/cwt	310.00–310.00	2,514	8
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	450–500	477	416.55/cwt	400.00–435.00	1,987	76
Steers	Medium and Large 1	900–950	916	319.00/cwt	319.00–319.00	2,922	69
Steers	Medium and Large 1	400–450	429	593.49/cwt	575.00–620.00	2,546	67
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	550–600	581	360.70/cwt	350.00–375.00	2,096	91
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	400–450	428	541.05/cwt	515.00–560.00	2,316	24
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	500–550	529	387.24/cwt	365.00–400.00	2,048	49
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	850–900	872	300.00/cwt	300.00–300.00	2,616	20
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	450–500	473	442.71/cwt	430.00–450.00	2,094	20
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	500–550	548	367.50/cwt	367.50–367.50	2,014	6
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	600–650	634	389.50/cwt	385.00–400.00	2,469	29
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	600–650	619	335.47/cwt	327.50–340.00	2,077	42
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	700–750	713	321.72/cwt	315.00–323.00	2,294	25
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	350–400	377	504.67/cwt	500.00–510.00	1,903	14
Steers	Medium and Large 1	500–550	525	492.33/cwt	470.00–515.00	2,585	124
Steers	Medium and Large 1	300–350	323	659.57/cwt	625.00–685.00	2,130	11
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	750–800	767	310.00/cwt	310.00–310.00	2,378	5
Steers	Medium and Large 1	550–600	568	473.87/cwt	455.00–495.00	2,692	133
Steers	Medium and Large 1	800–850	836	340.00/cwt	340.00–340.00	2,842	76
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	500–550	520	452.67/cwt	440.00–465.00	2,354	49
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	400–450	442	487.50/cwt	487.50–487.50	2,155	10
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	600–650	615	369.23/cwt	350.00–384.00	2,271	117
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	650–700	656	341.49/cwt	330.00–347.50	2,240	17
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	300–350	334	578.21/cwt	555.00–600.00	1,931	10
Steers	Medium and Large 1	750–800	758	366.63/cwt	352.50–372.50	2,779	65
Steers	Medium and Large 1	600–650	619	428.69/cwt	415.00–445.00	2,654	135
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	450–500	478	460.10/cwt	440.00–485.00	2,199	48
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	400–450	419	501.89/cwt	475.00–520.00	2,103	68
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	350–400	390	511.11/cwt	500.00–520.00	1,993	11
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	450–500	466	484.91/cwt	470.00–502.50	2,260	9
Steers	Medium and Large 1	700–750	716	382.65/cwt	364.00–397.50	2,740	79
Steers	Medium and Large 1	650–700	666	410.76/cwt	390.00–422.50	2,736	73
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	500–550	522	431.63/cwt	405.00–445.00	2,253	113
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	350–400	368	559.20/cwt	525.00–575.00	2,058	25
Steers	Medium and Large 1	450–500	489	512.18/cwt	500.00–522.50	2,505	42
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	550–600	571	417.00/cwt	415.00–420.00	2,381	5
Steers	Large 1-2	600–650	647	383.64/cwt	370.00–395.00	2,482	11
Heifers	Large 1-2	450–500	480	406.67/cwt	400.00–435.00	1,952	10
Heifers	Large 1-2	500–550	514	380.00/cwt	380.00–380.00	1,953	6
Heifers	Large 1-2	700–750	713	325.00/cwt	325.00–325.00	2,317	18
Steers	Large 1-2	850–900	863	322.00/cwt	322.00–322.00	2,779	25
Heifers	Large 1	700–750	739	328.00/cwt	328.00–328.00	2,424	18
Steers	Large 1-2	500–550	531	447.50/cwt	447.50–447.50	2,376	9
Heifers	Large 1-2	350–400	374	445.00/cwt	445.00–445.00	1,664	12
Heifers	Large 1-2	800–850	847	300.00/cwt	300.00–300.00	2,541	13
Heifers	Large 1-2	850–900	888	286.00/cwt	286.00–286.00	2,540	16
Dairy Steers	Large 3	1000–1050	1,047	170.00/cwt	170.00–170.00	1,780	9
Heifers	Large 2	500–550	546	330.00/cwt	330.00–330.00	1,802	5
Heifers	Medium 1-2	350–400	386	445.00/cwt	445.00–445.00	1,718	8
Heifers	Medium 1	450–500	485	455.00/cwt	455.00–455.00	2,207	8
Heifers	Medium 1	500–550	503	425.99/cwt	410.00–430.00	2,143	10
Steers	Medium 1	350–400	398	590.00/cwt	590.00–590.00	2,348	5
Steers	Large 2	400–450	444	474.95/cwt	465.00–480.00	2,109	12
Steers	Large 2	500–550	523	404.38/cwt	400.00–410.00	2,115	11
Steers	Medium and Large 1Fancy	350–400	355	700.00/cwt	700.00–700.00	2,485	5
Steers	Medium and Large 1Fancy	400–450	413	635.65/cwt	630.00–640.00	2,625	8
Steers	Medium 2	350–400	367	475.00/cwt	475.00–475.00	1,743	9
Heifers	Medium 1-2	600–650	641	308.53/cwt	300.00–320.00	1,978	7
Heifers	Medium 1-2	450–500	467	417.50/cwt	417.50–417.50	1,950	8
Heifers	Medium 1-2	400–450	437	405.00/cwt	405.00–405.00	1,770	7
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	350–400	364	405.00/cwt	405.00–405.00	1,474	7
Steers	Medium and Large 2	450–500	476	440.20/cwt	435.00–445.00	2,095	14
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	550–600	568	393.54/cwt	380.00–420.00	2,235	57
Steers	Medium and Large 1	350–400	366	597.58/cwt	570.00–625.00	2,187	30
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	500–550	526	434.71/cwt	410.00–445.00	2,287	18
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Fancy	450–500	478	500.00/cwt	500.00–500.00	2,390	7
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	300–350	323	613.62/cwt	600.00–620.00	1,982	13
Steers	Medium and Large 2	650–700	689	340.00/cwt	340.00–340.00	2,343	8
Steers	Medium and Large 2	350–400	379	505.00/cwt	505.00–505.00	1,914	5
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	450–500	497	370.00/cwt	370.00–370.00	1,839	5
Steers	Medium and Large 2-3	450–500	474	342.00/cwt	342.00–342.00	1,621	6
Steers	Medium and Large 2-3	350–400	392	330.00/cwt	330.00–330.00	1,294	8
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	900–950	922	312.50/cwt	312.50–312.50	2,881	6
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	550–600	573	425.79/cwt	410.00–445.00	2,440	102
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	500–550	523	343.54/cwt	340.00–350.00	1,797	11
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	450–500	485	378.86/cwt	370.00–390.00	1,837	48
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	700–750	736	276.78/cwt	270.00–290.00	2,037	6
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	850–900	892	317.00/cwt	317.00–317.00	2,828	14
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	400–450	427	447.98/cwt	425.00–465.00	1,913	70
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	650–700	681	321.68/cwt	310.00–328.00	2,191	35
Steers	Medium and Large 2	550–600	563	360.00/cwt	360.00–360.00	2,027	5
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	800–850	817	321.86/cwt	305.00–328.00	2,630	34
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	750–800	790	338.35/cwt	338.00–340.00	2,673	22
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	350–400	389	526.68/cwt	525.00–530.00	2,049	9
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	750–800	773	306.34/cwt	300.00–310.00	2,368	14
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	450–500	475	474.01/cwt	450.00–495.00	2,252	42

How this sale compares

Missouri weighted averages

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