Name: Ozarks Regional Stockyards livestock auction prices — 2026-01-13
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2026-01-13

Reporter comment USDA

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Compared to last week, feeder steers and heifers sold 2.00-4.00 higher. Steer and heifer calves sold unevenly steady from 4.00 lower to 4.00 higher. Demand was good on a heavy supply. The offering was much higher than expected as producers took advantage of the higher market and the mild weather to bring calves to town. The largest draft of the day was 134 head of 667 lb. heifers which sold for 358.00/cwt. Live Cattle Futures traded higher on Tuesday and Feeder Cattle Futures traded sharply higher.

Weight class

Steers · summary 500–600 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

500–600 lb steers averaged $451.25/cwt on 565 head, down $10.56 from the prior sale. That ranks 12 of 33 comparable sales and sits −17.68 against this barn's trailing median of $468.93.

Average price

$451.25

▼ 10.56 vs prior sale

565 head · 554 lb average

Value per head Derived

$2,499

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$464

per head · Large 1 over Large 2

$132.87/cwt at this weight

vs the market

−13.10

vs MO average

−20.73 vs national

What quality paid 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Large 1	525	502.87	2,640	19thin
Medium and Large 1	555	472.64	2,624	271
Large 1-2	557	441.25	2,458	12thin
Medium and Large 1-2	555	432.16	2,397	224
Medium and Large 2	542	397.09	2,154	29
Large 2	588	370.00	2,176	10thin

One grade step is worth $132.87/cwt here — about $464 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 sale565 hd

451.25

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MO average21 barns · 7,366 hd

464.35

−13.10

National average187 barns · 29,067 hd

471.98

−20.73

This barn, trailing median33 sales

468.93

−17.68

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

92 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	450–500	480	524.11/cwt	505.00–542.50	2,516	146
Steers	Large 1-2	450–500	481	440.00/cwt	440.00–440.00	2,116	9
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	650–700	664	383.82/cwt	360.00–393.00	2,549	94
Steers	Medium and Large 2	650–700	659	357.50/cwt	357.50–357.50	2,356	5
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	450–500	474	484.59/cwt	450.00–500.00	2,297	83
Steers	Medium and Large 1	350–400	375	592.73/cwt	570.00–617.50	2,223	49
Steers	Medium and Large 1	750–800	766	370.47/cwt	363.00–375.00	2,838	76
Steers	Large 1-2	600–650	634	385.71/cwt	380.00–392.50	2,445	11
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	800–850	802	310.00/cwt	310.00–310.00	2,486	8
Steers	Medium and Large 2	300–350	324	516.65/cwt	505.00–530.00	1,674	14
Steers	Medium and Large 2	400–450	422	467.93/cwt	450.00–475.00	1,975	11
Steers	Large 1-2	550–600	579	445.00/cwt	445.00–445.00	2,577	6
Steers	Large 1-2	700–750	728	350.00/cwt	350.00–350.00	2,548	6
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	350–400	377	545.59/cwt	525.00–560.00	2,057	21
Steers	Medium and Large 2	800–850	842	310.00/cwt	310.00–310.00	2,610	6
Steers	Medium and Large 2	350–400	380	495.16/cwt	475.00–505.00	1,882	23
Steers	Medium and Large 2	700–750	711	329.56/cwt	327.50–330.00	2,343	24
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	700–750	719	365.79/cwt	340.00–372.50	2,630	54
Steers	Large 2	550–600	588	370.00/cwt	370.00–370.00	2,176	10
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	400–450	430	519.85/cwt	495.00–535.00	2,235	53
Steers	Medium and Large 2	750–800	766	310.00/cwt	310.00–310.00	2,375	14
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	550–600	577	401.27/cwt	378.00–417.00	2,315	213
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	650–700	673	354.87/cwt	332.50–367.50	2,388	326
Steers	Medium and Large 1	900–950	902	329.00/cwt	329.00–329.00	2,968	6
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	500–550	520	443.56/cwt	425.00–460.00	2,307	75
Steers	Medium 2	450–500	496	435.00/cwt	435.00–435.00	2,158	7
Steers	Large 1-2	500–550	535	437.50/cwt	437.50–437.50	2,341	6
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	600–650	627	390.60/cwt	370.00–402.50	2,449	28
Steers	Medium and Large 1	500–550	527	484.54/cwt	465.00–510.00	2,554	115
Steers	Medium and Large 1	400–450	413	591.35/cwt	570.00–600.00	2,442	33
Steers	Medium and Large 1	600–650	612	422.27/cwt	407.00–437.50	2,584	161
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	550–600	572	426.42/cwt	405.00–445.00	2,439	149
Steers	Large 1	600–650	605	420.00/cwt	420.00–420.00	2,541	9
Steers	Medium and Large 1	300–350	308	605.00/cwt	605.00–605.00	1,863	9
Steers	Medium and Large 1	650–700	675	403.35/cwt	398.00–417.50	2,723	134
Steers	Large 1	650–700	651	407.50/cwt	407.50–407.50	2,653	5
Steers	Medium and Large 1	700–750	713	384.83/cwt	375.00–393.00	2,744	151
Steers	Medium 1-2	650–700	683	385.00/cwt	385.00–385.00	2,630	16
Steers	Medium and Large 1	550–600	576	463.87/cwt	450.50–500.00	2,672	156
Steers	Large 1	500–550	525	502.87/cwt	500.00–511.00	2,640	19
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	500–550	533	412.20/cwt	405.00–425.00	2,197	14
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	450–500	469	452.15/cwt	445.00–465.00	2,121	19
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	550–600	574	390.79/cwt	380.00–415.00	2,243	10
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	600–650	621	356.18/cwt	350.00–370.00	2,212	18
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	400–450	413	474.94/cwt	465.00–480.00	1,962	22
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	700–750	722	345.00/cwt	345.00–345.00	2,491	5
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	650–700	659	356.59/cwt	345.00–370.00	2,350	16
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	400–450	426	375.00/cwt	375.00–375.00	1,598	11
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	350–400	384	416.69/cwt	405.00–435.00	1,600	37
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	500–550	520	423.07/cwt	405.00–442.50	2,200	176
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	500–550	510	374.73/cwt	350.00–400.00	1,911	10
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	450–500	483	416.13/cwt	400.00–440.00	2,010	20
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Fancy	450–500	453	495.00/cwt	495.00–495.00	2,242	15
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	400–450	427	437.35/cwt	407.50–450.00	1,867	16
Heifers	Medium 2	300–350	334	405.00/cwt	405.00–405.00	1,353	8
Heifers	Medium and Large 2-3	400–450	429	357.28/cwt	355.00–360.00	1,533	11
Bulls	Large 1-2	500–550	542	380.00/cwt	380.00–380.00	2,060	5
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	350–400	374	440.00/cwt	440.00–440.00	1,646	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	400–450	424	480.23/cwt	465.00–495.00	2,036	39
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	350–400	387	528.01/cwt	520.00–570.00	2,043	37
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	350–400	389	479.79/cwt	475.00–495.00	1,866	27
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	700–750	734	317.56/cwt	310.00–322.50	2,331	23
Heifers	Large 1	550–600	571	385.00/cwt	385.00–385.00	2,198	17
Heifers	Large 1	450–500	469	466.27/cwt	455.00–477.50	2,187	10
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	500–550	531	351.01/cwt	350.00–352.50	1,864	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	450–500	484	380.91/cwt	380.00–385.00	1,844	27
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	400–450	435	445.42/cwt	440.00–450.00	1,938	52
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	500–550	521	378.03/cwt	355.00–395.00	1,970	92
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	400–450	422	394.22/cwt	375.00–412.50	1,664	25
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	900–950	917	320.00/cwt	320.00–320.00	2,934	14
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	850–900	886	318.32/cwt	318.00–320.00	2,820	19
Steers	Medium and Large 2	550–600	585	382.21/cwt	375.00–400.00	2,236	10
Steers	Medium and Large 2	500–550	520	404.92/cwt	380.00–415.00	2,106	19
Heifers	Large 1-2	500–550	530	359.33/cwt	355.00–365.00	1,904	14
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	750–800	774	314.82/cwt	290.00–321.00	2,437	67
Steers	Medium and Large 2	600–650	635	358.00/cwt	358.00–358.00	2,273	6
Steers	Medium 2	300–350	341	460.21/cwt	450.00–500.00	1,569	10
Heifers	Large 1-2	650–700	672	325.00/cwt	325.00–325.00	2,184	5
Heifers	Large 1-2	550–600	589	332.50/cwt	332.50–332.50	1,958	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	600–650	624	335.00/cwt	335.00–335.00	2,090	13
Heifers	Medium 1-2	550–600	599	372.50/cwt	372.50–372.50	2,231	7
Steers	Medium and Large 1Fancy	350–400	359	690.00/cwt	690.00–690.00	2,477	5
Steers	Medium and Large 1Fancy	450–500	468	600.00/cwt	600.00–600.00	2,808	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	700–750	707	335.00/cwt	335.00–335.00	2,368	6
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	450–500	470	421.10/cwt	395.00–435.00	1,979	63
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	550–600	573	335.94/cwt	330.00–345.00	1,925	10
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	650–700	655	312.64/cwt	305.00–325.00	2,048	13
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	600–650	615	367.07/cwt	352.50–380.00	2,257	141
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	550–600	571	364.82/cwt	345.00–375.00	2,083	55
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	300–350	313	427.70/cwt	405.00–445.00	1,339	9
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	300–350	342	494.78/cwt	465.00–505.00	1,692	8
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	450–500	479	451.23/cwt	442.50–465.00	2,161	60

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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