Name: Ozarks Regional Stockyards livestock auction prices — 2026-03-24
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2026-03-24

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

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Compared to last week, feeder steers and heifers were 4.00-8.00 higher. Steer and heifer calves were 6.00-12.00 higher. Demand was good on a moderate supply. There was a good supply of feeder calves in the offering with the largest steer draft being 74 head weighing 707 lbs. which sold for 400.75/cwt. The largest heifer draft was 70 head weighing 724 lbs. which sold for 340.00/cwt. The CME cattle futures have continued to climb, led by feeder cattle futures. Boxed beef prices have leveled off as year-to-date, federally inspected cattle slaughter is down 9.8 percent. The USDA's Cattle on Feed Report, released Friday, reported Inventories were down slightly, Placements were 4 percent higher and Marketings were 7 percent lower than a year ago.

Weight class

Steers · summary 500–600 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

500–600 lb steers averaged $483.04/cwt on 268 head, down $0.65 from the prior sale. That ranks 21 of 33 comparable sales and sits +14.11 against this barn's trailing median of $468.93.

Average price

$483.04

▼ 0.65 vs prior sale

268 head · 552 lb average

Value per head Derived

$2,668

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$765

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

$166.20/cwt at this weight

vs the market

+3.04

vs MO average

+4.95 vs national

What quality paid 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1	545	511.20	2,786	125
Large 1	556	490.92	2,730	22
Medium and Large 1-2	555	466.58	2,590	100
Medium 1-2	544	437.50	2,380	5thin
Medium and Large 2	591	410.00	2,423	6thin
Medium and Large 2-3	586	345.00	2,022	10thin

One grade step is worth $166.20/cwt here — about $765 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 sale268 hd

483.04

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MO average20 barns · 2,707 hd

480.01

+3.04

National average173 barns · 11,948 hd

478.09

+4.95

This barn, trailing median33 sales

468.93

+14.11

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

73 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	550–600	578	444.80/cwt	425.00–467.50	2,571	49
Steers	Medium and Large 2	650–700	665	337.50/cwt	337.50–337.50	2,244	12
Steers	Medium and Large 2-3	550–600	586	345.00/cwt	345.00–345.00	2,022	10
Steers	Medium 1-2	450–500	458	480.00/cwt	480.00–480.00	2,198	6
Steers	Medium and Large 1	800–850	817	354.64/cwt	347.00–369.00	2,897	130
Steers	Medium and Large 2	350–400	386	534.54/cwt	525.00–540.00	2,063	15
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	800–850	841	330.00/cwt	330.00–330.00	2,775	8
Steers	Medium and Large 2	550–600	591	410.00/cwt	410.00–410.00	2,423	6
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	450–500	479	515.12/cwt	490.00–528.00	2,467	58
Steers	Medium and Large 1	350–400	369	649.85/cwt	620.00–680.00	2,398	13
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	650–700	673	374.02/cwt	355.00–385.00	2,517	51
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	300–350	323	583.89/cwt	570.00–595.00	1,886	7
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	350–400	376	557.28/cwt	530.00–575.00	2,095	10
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	500–550	533	487.51/cwt	470.00–505.00	2,598	51
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	750–800	765	337.76/cwt	330.00–348.00	2,584	30
Steers	Medium and Large 1	750–800	782	357.80/cwt	354.00–372.50	2,798	51
Steers	Medium and Large 1	600–650	619	440.06/cwt	420.00–455.00	2,724	69
Steers	Large 1	650–700	658	415.00/cwt	415.00–415.00	2,731	8
Steers	Medium and Large 1	450–500	475	548.06/cwt	535.00–575.00	2,603	44
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	600–650	629	409.36/cwt	400.00–415.00	2,575	73
Steers	Medium 1-2	500–550	544	437.50/cwt	437.50–437.50	2,380	5
Steers	Medium and Large 1	400–450	424	616.92/cwt	590.00–650.00	2,616	16
Steers	Medium and Large 1	550–600	569	490.69/cwt	470.00–517.50	2,792	64
Steers	Medium and Large 1	650–700	672	406.87/cwt	395.00–420.00	2,734	66
Steers	Medium and Large 1	500–550	520	532.72/cwt	520.00–565.00	2,770	61
Steers	Medium and Large 1	300–350	338	653.32/cwt	640.00–690.00	2,208	19
Steers	Large 1-2	650–700	697	370.00/cwt	370.00–370.00	2,579	6
Dairy Steers	Large 3	950–1000	973	222.00/cwt	222.00–222.00	2,160	16
Steers	Large 1	750–800	780	371.35/cwt	363.00–380.00	2,897	16
Steers	Medium and Large 1Thin Fleshed	350–400	380	700.00/cwt	700.00–700.00	2,660	5
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	400–450	419	481.22/cwt	450.00–500.00	2,016	10
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	350–400	394	471.77/cwt	450.00–505.00	1,859	5
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	550–600	567	426.31/cwt	415.00–435.00	2,417	7
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	450–500	476	479.12/cwt	465.00–485.00	2,281	20
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	350–400	366	577.31/cwt	550.00–595.00	2,113	13
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	500–550	533	475.19/cwt	465.00–485.00	2,533	20
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	550–600	560	429.76/cwt	415.00–445.00	2,407	31
Heifers	Large 1	550–600	582	412.50/cwt	412.50–412.50	2,401	5
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	500–550	546	420.00/cwt	420.00–420.00	2,293	5
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	450–500	478	428.76/cwt	400.00–440.00	2,049	11
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	300–350	337	547.91/cwt	545.00–555.00	1,846	19
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	450–500	458	405.00/cwt	405.00–405.00	1,855	6
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	400–450	432	480.69/cwt	460.00–500.00	2,077	59
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	550–600	581	399.68/cwt	390.00–410.00	2,322	55
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	400–450	438	452.88/cwt	450.00–460.00	1,984	17
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	550–600	581	360.00/cwt	360.00–360.00	2,092	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	600–650	629	377.81/cwt	370.00–380.00	2,376	55
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Thin Fleshed	400–450	401	570.00/cwt	570.00–570.00	2,286	7
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	650–700	672	330.05/cwt	320.00–345.00	2,218	7
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	500–550	529	417.51/cwt	400.00–432.50	2,209	34
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	750–800	753	341.38/cwt	335.00–343.00	2,571	25
Heifers	Medium and Large 2-3	400–450	445	325.00/cwt	325.00–325.00	1,446	6
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	600–650	612	397.62/cwt	390.00–402.00	2,433	33
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	700–750	714	329.37/cwt	320.00–336.00	2,352	25
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	700–750	725	340.12/cwt	340.00–341.00	2,466	86
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	450–500	475	440.79/cwt	425.00–455.00	2,094	36
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	850–900	858	316.00/cwt	316.00–316.00	2,711	17
Heifers	Large 1-2	500–550	548	385.00/cwt	385.00–385.00	2,110	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	350–400	365	551.12/cwt	535.00–555.00	2,012	24
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	250–300	294	630.00/cwt	630.00–630.00	1,852	9
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	300–350	326	572.31/cwt	565.00–600.00	1,866	16
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	650–700	668	359.99/cwt	357.50–370.00	2,405	42
Heifers	Large 1-2	400–450	445	477.42/cwt	470.00–500.00	2,125	8
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	350–400	375	500.00/cwt	500.00–500.00	1,875	23
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	700–750	719	368.36/cwt	362.50–372.50	2,649	6
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	750–800	769	317.20/cwt	317.00–317.50	2,439	5
Steers	Medium and Large 1	700–750	707	397.47/cwt	375.00–407.50	2,810	94
Steers	Large 1	550–600	556	490.92/cwt	484.00–495.00	2,730	22
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	450–500	472	480.91/cwt	460.00–495.00	2,270	85
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	500–550	516	456.79/cwt	445.00–477.50	2,357	36
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	400–450	431	548.14/cwt	525.00–575.00	2,362	64
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	400–450	421	527.16/cwt	512.50–545.00	2,219	85
Steers	Medium and Large 2	400–450	440	500.03/cwt	470.00–520.00	2,200	16

How this sale compares

Missouri weighted averages

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