Name: Ozarks Regional Stockyards livestock auction prices — 2026-02-17
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2026-02-17

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

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Compared to last week, feeder steers and heifers were steady. Steer calves were 4.00-8.00 higher and heifer calves were steady to 4.00 higher. Demand was good on a moderate supply. The largest draft of the day was 95 head of 624 lb. steer calves which sold for 465.00/cwt. Some much needed rain fell across the area this weekend but not enough to improve on the drought conditions. The CME Cattle Futures traded higher on Tuesday following the President's Day break.

Weight class

Steers · summary 500–600 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

500–600 lb steers averaged $486.90/cwt on 225 head, up $17.96 from the prior sale. That ranks 28 of 33 comparable sales and sits +17.96 against this barn's trailing median of $468.93.

Average price

$486.90

▲ 17.96 vs prior sale

225 head · 545 lb average

Value per head Derived

$2,654

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$796

per head · Medium and Large 1 over Medium 2-3

$146.31/cwt at this weight

vs the market

+3.58

vs MO average

−0.45 vs national

What quality paid 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1	544	506.31	2,755	160
Large 1-2	553	462.08	2,556	12thin
Medium and Large 1-2	557	457.94	2,552	32
Medium and Large 2	518	431.20	2,234	11thin
Medium 2-3	544	360.00	1,958	10thin

One grade step is worth $146.31/cwt here — about $796 a head. Across this sale the premium is widest at 500–600 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 sale225 hd

486.90

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MO average18 barns · 3,127 hd

483.31

+3.58

National average178 barns · 13,390 hd

487.35

−0.45

This barn, trailing median33 sales

468.93

+17.96

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

70 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 2	400–450	425	509.19/cwt	495.00–535.00	2,164	17
Steers	Large 1-2	450–500	454	508.19/cwt	505.00–510.00	2,307	14
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	600–650	610	417.89/cwt	410.00–425.00	2,549	16
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	550–600	570	442.47/cwt	424.00–457.50	2,522	22
Steers	Medium 2-3	500–550	544	360.00/cwt	360.00–360.00	1,958	10
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	400–450	429	552.10/cwt	535.00–575.00	2,369	42
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	650–700	676	392.10/cwt	377.50–402.50	2,651	23
Steers	Medium and Large 1	650–700	669	414.01/cwt	410.00–430.00	2,770	48
Steers	Large 1-2	650–700	667	352.50/cwt	352.50–352.50	2,351	8
Steers	Medium and Large 2	500–550	518	431.20/cwt	410.00–450.00	2,234	11
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	1000–1050	1,018	310.00/cwt	310.00–310.00	3,156	10
Steers	Medium and Large 1	450–500	474	551.96/cwt	540.00–560.00	2,616	41
Steers	Large 1-2	700–750	720	330.00/cwt	330.00–330.00	2,376	5
Steers	Medium and Large 1	350–400	375	642.23/cwt	615.00–675.00	2,408	12
Steers	Medium and Large 1	500–550	532	524.28/cwt	505.00–550.00	2,789	103
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	500–550	529	491.97/cwt	480.00–500.00	2,603	10
Steers	Large 1-2	500–550	524	485.00/cwt	485.00–485.00	2,541	7
Steers	Medium and Large 1	400–450	433	637.75/cwt	590.00–650.00	2,761	39
Steers	Medium and Large 1	700–750	729	381.76/cwt	380.00–395.00	2,783	68
Steers	Medium and Large 1Thin Fleshed	300–350	335	730.00/cwt	730.00–730.00	2,446	5
Steers	Medium and Large 1	550–600	566	473.83/cwt	457.50–490.00	2,682	57
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	450–500	491	520.67/cwt	513.00–530.00	2,556	9
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	800–850	831	325.95/cwt	322.50–335.00	2,709	7
Steers	Large 1	600–650	621	439.00/cwt	439.00–439.00	2,726	12
Steers	Large 1	700–750	712	385.11/cwt	370.00–391.00	2,742	11
Steers	Medium and Large 1	300–350	339	655.00/cwt	655.00–655.00	2,220	5
Steers	Medium and Large 1	750–800	773	360.02/cwt	358.00–365.00	2,783	24
Steers	Medium and Large 1	600–650	624	455.53/cwt	430.00–465.00	2,843	180
Steers	Medium and Large 1	800–850	825	357.70/cwt	354.00–370.00	2,951	82
Heifers	Large 1	400–450	430	500.00/cwt	500.00–500.00	2,150	10
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	500–550	512	435.88/cwt	425.00–450.00	2,232	7
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	600–650	614	375.00/cwt	375.00–375.00	2,303	5
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	550–600	568	439.59/cwt	435.00–450.00	2,497	13
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	400–450	401	525.00/cwt	525.00–525.00	2,105	5
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	600–650	625	380.00/cwt	380.00–380.00	2,375	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	850–900	870	290.00/cwt	290.00–290.00	2,523	11
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	450–500	470	485.99/cwt	470.00–495.00	2,284	69
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	350–400	382	451.39/cwt	450.00–455.00	1,724	7
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	550–600	553	365.00/cwt	365.00–365.00	2,018	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	700–750	739	324.60/cwt	322.50–325.00	2,399	12
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	550–600	567	428.72/cwt	415.00–452.50	2,431	206
Heifers	Large 1-2	400–450	449	472.50/cwt	472.50–472.50	2,122	10
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	750–800	787	318.00/cwt	318.00–318.00	2,503	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	350–400	379	556.56/cwt	537.50–577.50	2,109	29
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	500–550	513	477.89/cwt	445.00–487.50	2,452	21
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	550–600	595	393.57/cwt	392.50–400.00	2,342	14
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	300–350	328	556.42/cwt	550.00–565.00	1,825	13
Heifers	Large 1-2	750–800	784	310.00/cwt	310.00–310.00	2,430	6
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	650–700	670	358.89/cwt	352.50–370.00	2,405	41
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	600–650	639	320.89/cwt	320.00–322.50	2,050	14
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	450–500	480	386.25/cwt	380.00–400.00	1,854	12
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	600–650	635	347.03/cwt	340.00–352.00	2,204	11
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	800–850	821	307.26/cwt	305.00–308.00	2,523	8
Steers	Medium and Large 1Fancy	600–650	611	485.00/cwt	485.00–485.00	2,963	15
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	300–350	329	611.05/cwt	577.50–625.00	2,010	21
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	450–500	450	450.00/cwt	450.00–450.00	2,025	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	500–550	541	365.00/cwt	365.00–365.00	1,975	7
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	650–700	683	335.37/cwt	322.50–347.50	2,291	37
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	400–450	427	479.97/cwt	472.50–485.00	2,049	21
Steers	Medium and Large 2	350–400	398	563.00/cwt	563.00–563.00	2,241	10
Steers	Medium and Large 2	600–650	633	389.03/cwt	380.00–425.00	2,463	10
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	400–450	401	529.52/cwt	525.00–540.00	2,123	10
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	500–550	526	415.78/cwt	400.00–430.00	2,187	81
Steers	Large 1	450–500	471	540.00/cwt	540.00–540.00	2,543	7
Steers	Medium and Large 1Fancy	450–500	459	615.00/cwt	615.00–615.00	2,823	13
Steers	Large 1-2	550–600	594	430.00/cwt	430.00–430.00	2,554	5
Steers	Medium and Large 2	450–500	480	500.00/cwt	500.00–500.00	2,400	12
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	600–650	617	377.39/cwt	370.00–390.00	2,328	58
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	700–750	705	342.50/cwt	342.50–342.50	2,415	5
Steers	Medium and Large 2	1100–1150	1,116	225.00/cwt	225.00–225.00	2,511	6

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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