Name: Ozarks Regional Stockyards livestock auction prices — 2026-03-10
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2026-03-10

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

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Compared to last week, feeder heifers sold 2.00-4.00 lower with feeder steers not well tested. Steer and heifers calves sold 4.00-8.00 lower. Peewee calves sold 10.00-15.00 higher. Demand was moderate on a light supply. The quality of the offering was average at best with buyers being very selective. The largest draft of the day was 88 head of 729 lb. heifers which sold for 341.50/cwt.

Weight class

Steers · summary 500–600 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

500–600 lb steers averaged $473.41/cwt on 142 head, down $10.57 from the prior sale. That ranks 19 of 33 comparable sales and sits +4.48 against this barn's trailing median of $468.93.

Average price

$473.41

▼ 10.57 vs prior sale

142 head · 545 lb average

Value per head Derived

$2,578

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$179

per head · Large 1 over Large 1-2

$80.00/cwt at this weight

vs the market

+3.03

vs MO average

+1.21 vs national

What quality paid 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Large 1	523	515.00	2,693	5thin
Medium and Large 1	545	488.53	2,663	63
Medium and Large 1-2	543	459.37	2,495	69
Large 1-2	578	435.00	2,514	5thin

One grade step is worth $80.00/cwt here — about $179 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 sale142 hd

473.41

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MO average18 barns · 2,036 hd

470.37

+3.03

National average178 barns · 10,669 hd

472.20

+1.21

This barn, trailing median33 sales

468.93

+4.48

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	Medium and Large 1-2	300–350	334	565.21/cwt	560.00–575.00	1,888	11
Steers	Medium and Large 2	400–450	413	519.71/cwt	505.00–530.00	2,146	5
Steers	Medium and Large 2	350–400	358	520.00/cwt	520.00–520.00	1,862	6
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	350–400	395	585.00/cwt	585.00–585.00	2,311	5
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	450–500	476	509.27/cwt	480.00–525.00	2,424	22
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	700–750	739	343.58/cwt	340.00–362.50	2,539	19
Steers	Medium 1-2	300–350	322	570.00/cwt	570.00–570.00	1,835	10
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	550–600	571	437.64/cwt	415.00–450.00	2,499	21
Steers	Medium and Large 1	500–550	523	510.53/cwt	497.50–540.00	2,670	41
Steers	Large 1-2	800–850	815	333.00/cwt	333.00–333.00	2,714	8
Steers	Large 1-2	600–650	644	362.50/cwt	362.50–362.50	2,335	5
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	900–950	905	304.01/cwt	303.00–307.50	2,751	9
Steers	Medium and Large 1	350–400	368	637.85/cwt	615.00–670.00	2,347	19
Steers	Large 1-2	750–800	772	322.50/cwt	322.50–322.50	2,490	6
Steers	Large 1-2	550–600	578	435.00/cwt	435.00–435.00	2,514	5
Steers	Medium and Large 1	300–350	324	672.87/cwt	645.00–705.00	2,180	14
Steers	Medium and Large 1	600–650	610	442.41/cwt	417.50–452.00	2,699	65
Steers	Medium and Large 1	650–700	681	393.77/cwt	390.00–415.00	2,682	46
Steers	Medium and Large 1Value Added	600–650	623	430.00/cwt	430.00–430.00	2,679	6
Steers	Medium and Large 1	400–450	406	611.73/cwt	605.00–620.00	2,484	9
Steers	Medium and Large 1	750–800	779	359.70/cwt	358.00–365.00	2,802	8
Steers	Medium and Large 1	700–750	719	370.40/cwt	362.50–375.00	2,663	8
Steers	Medium and Large 1	450–500	454	538.54/cwt	535.00–550.00	2,445	24
Steers	Medium and Large 1	550–600	586	447.54/cwt	442.50–460.00	2,623	22
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	350–400	380	530.77/cwt	520.00–535.00	2,017	10
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	350–400	388	500.00/cwt	500.00–500.00	1,940	10
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	400–450	434	515.71/cwt	507.50–540.00	2,238	14
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	550–600	562	432.04/cwt	415.00–450.00	2,428	12
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	600–650	610	421.71/cwt	415.00–425.00	2,572	6
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	450–500	465	492.74/cwt	475.00–505.00	2,291	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	400–450	429	503.06/cwt	485.00–512.50	2,158	26
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	450–500	475	462.77/cwt	455.00–480.00	2,198	21
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	350–400	370	539.50/cwt	530.00–550.00	1,996	20
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	300–350	345	549.19/cwt	535.00–560.00	1,895	13
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	950–1000	956	240.00/cwt	240.00–240.00	2,294	27
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	1050–1100	1,064	200.00/cwt	200.00–200.00	2,128	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	450–500	479	442.56/cwt	420.00–450.00	2,120	30
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	550–600	584	381.09/cwt	380.00–385.00	2,226	27
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	300–350	323	510.00/cwt	510.00–510.00	1,647	12
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	800–850	814	292.50/cwt	292.50–292.50	2,381	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	450–500	487	399.00/cwt	385.00–410.00	1,943	10
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	400–450	423	440.00/cwt	440.00–440.00	1,861	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	500–550	519	444.27/cwt	440.00–447.50	2,306	29
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	600–650	632	363.77/cwt	350.00–372.50	2,299	17
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	350–400	387	480.31/cwt	465.00–510.00	1,859	10
Heifers	Large 1-2	550–600	558	400.00/cwt	400.00–400.00	2,232	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	500–550	526	411.93/cwt	390.00–427.50	2,167	56
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	400–450	422	462.45/cwt	445.00–470.00	1,952	35
Steers	Large 1	500–550	523	515.00/cwt	515.00–515.00	2,693	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	550–600	571	434.66/cwt	420.00–437.50	2,482	31
Heifers	Medium 1	300–350	302	567.50/cwt	567.50–567.50	1,714	9
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	700–750	729	340.35/cwt	320.00–341.50	2,481	93
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	600–650	611	408.08/cwt	405.00–417.50	2,493	17
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	650–700	678	352.00/cwt	352.00–352.00	2,387	5
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	650–700	679	387.19/cwt	367.50–389.50	2,629	85
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	500–550	531	468.87/cwt	455.00–490.00	2,490	48
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	400–450	427	534.33/cwt	500.00–550.00	2,282	38
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	600–650	644	407.42/cwt	407.00–412.50	2,624	37
Steers	Medium and Large 2	300–350	335	555.00/cwt	555.00–555.00	1,859	6
Steers	Large 1	600–650	608	440.00/cwt	440.00–440.00	2,675	9

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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