Name: Ozarks Regional Stockyards livestock auction prices — 2026-06-23
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2026-06-23

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to last week, the steers weighing 450-650 lbs. sold 15.00 to 20.00 higher. The 650-750 lb. steers sold 7.00 higher and the heavier weight steers sold steady to weak. The heifers under 700 lbs. sold 10.00 to 13.00 higher and the heifers weighing 800-850 lbs. sold steady. Demand was good on a moderate supply. The largest draft of the day was 119 hd. of 872 lb. steers that sold at 350.50/cwt. The USDA's Cattle on Feed Report, released last week, reported Inventories were 2 percent higher, Placements were 10 percent lower, and Marketings were 12 percent lower than a year ago.

Weight class

Steers · summary 500–600 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

500–600 lb steers averaged $453.35/cwt on 276 head, up $7.63 from the prior sale. That ranks 13 of 33 comparable sales and sits −15.58 against this barn's trailing median of $468.93.

Average price

$453.35

▲ 7.63 vs prior sale

276 head · 553 lb average

Value per head Derived

$2,509

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$481

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

$98.17/cwt at this weight

vs the market

−23.00

vs MO average

−15.11 vs national

What quality paid 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1	564	469.92	2,649	153
Large 1-2	532	465.00	2,474	3thin
Medium and Large 1-2	530	443.14	2,347	93
Large 2	574	430.00	2,468	10thin
Medium and Large 2	583	371.75	2,167	17thin

One grade step is worth $98.17/cwt here — about $481 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 sale276 hd

453.35

—

MO average17 barns · 2,536 hd

476.35

−23.00

National average150 barns · 8,917 hd

468.46

−15.11

This barn, trailing median33 sales

468.93

−15.58

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	500–550	527	460.29/cwt	435.00–490.00	2,426	34
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	900–950	927	316.12/cwt	310.00–320.00	2,930	5
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Unweaned	650–700	684	380.00/cwt	380.00–380.00	2,599	8
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	500–550	538	425.00/cwt	425.00–425.00	2,287	6
Steers	Medium and Large 1	400–450	428	552.89/cwt	540.00–575.00	2,366	24
Steers	Medium and Large 1	850–900	872	350.50/cwt	350.50–350.50	3,056	119
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	850–900	889	332.00/cwt	332.00–332.00	2,951	16
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	400–450	426	529.24/cwt	515.00–535.00	2,255	16
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	650–700	668	335.15/cwt	330.00–339.00	2,239	7
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	500–550	528	427.45/cwt	420.00–445.00	2,257	54
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	550–600	578	414.27/cwt	400.00–422.50	2,394	26
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	700–750	744	353.00/cwt	353.00–353.00	2,626	12
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	600–650	623	372.63/cwt	370.00–380.00	2,321	26
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	550–600	592	375.97/cwt	360.00–395.00	2,226	43
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	450–500	475	471.81/cwt	465.00–480.00	2,241	26
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	450–500	455	495.00/cwt	495.00–495.00	2,252	8
Steers	Medium and Large 1	450–500	482	539.60/cwt	532.50–550.00	2,601	19
Steers	Medium and Large 1	550–600	576	461.10/cwt	447.50–476.00	2,656	104
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	400–450	424	514.53/cwt	505.00–525.00	2,182	10
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	300–350	346	551.55/cwt	540.00–575.00	1,908	9
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	500–550	523	452.58/cwt	432.50–470.00	2,367	39
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	650–700	686	353.95/cwt	345.00–359.00	2,428	28
Steers	Medium and Large 1	700–750	726	392.25/cwt	380.00–400.00	2,848	22
Steers	Medium and Large 1	800–850	830	358.00/cwt	358.00–358.00	2,971	10
Steers	Medium and Large 1	650–700	677	419.60/cwt	412.00–433.00	2,841	45
Steers	Medium and Large 1	500–550	528	499.61/cwt	480.00–517.50	2,638	41
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	600–650	630	382.82/cwt	377.50–392.50	2,412	40
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	450–500	481	480.12/cwt	475.00–490.00	2,309	28
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	500–550	516	455.00/cwt	455.00–455.00	2,348	12
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	550–600	597	440.00/cwt	440.00–440.00	2,627	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	550–600	576	419.46/cwt	412.50–427.50	2,416	47
Steers	Medium and Large 1	950–1000	966	335.50/cwt	335.50–335.50	3,241	18
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	300–350	315	630.00/cwt	630.00–630.00	1,985	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	750–800	770	339.00/cwt	339.00–339.00	2,610	8
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	300–350	312	577.91/cwt	565.00–585.00	1,803	6
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	350–400	366	560.00/cwt	560.00–560.00	2,050	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	800–850	814	325.98/cwt	323.00–329.00	2,653	22
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	400–450	425	521.14/cwt	515.00–530.00	2,215	12
Bulls	Large 1-2	600–650	623	350.00/cwt	350.00–350.00	2,181	3
Heifers	Large 1-2	450–500	487	452.67/cwt	440.00–470.00	2,205	11
Heifers	Large 1-2	750–800	762	332.00/cwt	332.00–332.00	2,530	6
Heifers	Large 1-2	550–600	590	390.00/cwt	390.00–390.00	2,301	4
Bulls	Large 1-2	700–750	745	300.00/cwt	300.00–300.00	2,235	2
Bulls	Large 1-2	550–600	567	407.50/cwt	407.50–407.50	2,311	5
Steers	Large 2	350–400	381	580.00/cwt	580.00–580.00	2,210	16
Steers	Large 2	550–600	574	430.00/cwt	430.00–430.00	2,468	10
Bulls	Large 2	450–500	486	452.50/cwt	452.50–452.50	2,199	8
Bulls	Large 2	650–700	692	300.00/cwt	300.00–300.00	2,076	2
Bulls	Large 2	500–550	507	350.00/cwt	350.00–350.00	1,775	3
Heifers	Large 2	450–500	468	460.00/cwt	460.00–460.00	2,153	9
Steers	Large 1-2	500–550	532	465.00/cwt	465.00–465.00	2,474	3
Steers	Large 1-2	700–750	701	390.00/cwt	390.00–390.00	2,734	9
Bulls	Large 1-2	650–700	668	320.00/cwt	320.00–320.00	2,138	3
Steers	Large 2	650–700	650	407.50/cwt	407.50–407.50	2,649	7
Steers	Large 2	1150–1200	1,180	230.00/cwt	230.00–230.00	2,714	2
Heifers	Large 2	350–400	365	515.00/cwt	515.00–515.00	1,880	13
Bulls	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	300–350	312	615.00/cwt	615.00–615.00	1,919	2
Steers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	450–500	468	519.17/cwt	500.00–532.50	2,430	18
Steers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	550–600	586	432.38/cwt	410.00–440.00	2,534	8
Heifers	Large 2	550–600	567	422.50/cwt	422.50–422.50	2,396	16
Bulls	Large 2	550–600	595	340.00/cwt	340.00–340.00	2,023	2
Steers	Large 2	450–500	451	495.00/cwt	495.00–495.00	2,232	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	400–450	447	458.12/cwt	455.00–460.00	2,048	8
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	800–850	842	340.00/cwt	340.00–340.00	2,863	18
Steers	Medium and Large 2	700–750	719	338.00/cwt	338.00–338.00	2,430	9
Steers	Medium and Large 1	600–650	621	453.01/cwt	437.50–465.00	2,813	55
Steers	Medium and Large 1	750–800	789	383.00/cwt	383.00–383.00	3,022	24
Steers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	600–650	630	430.00/cwt	430.00–430.00	2,709	5
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	700–750	733	367.71/cwt	350.00–375.00	2,695	23
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	350–400	375	568.83/cwt	560.00–577.50	2,133	17
Steers	Medium and Large 2	350–400	357	455.00/cwt	455.00–455.00	1,624	3
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	350–400	362	450.00/cwt	450.00–450.00	1,629	2
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	550–600	588	430.52/cwt	417.50–450.00	2,531	20
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	650–700	686	403.04/cwt	390.00–407.50	2,765	33
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	800–850	800	300.00/cwt	300.00–300.00	2,400	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	350–400	381	517.66/cwt	495.00–530.00	1,972	11
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	600–650	607	426.75/cwt	415.00–432.50	2,590	48
Steers	Medium and Large 2Unweaned	450–500	488	425.00/cwt	425.00–425.00	2,074	13
Steers	Medium and Large 2Unweaned	550–600	583	371.75/cwt	360.00–380.00	2,167	17
Heifers	Medium and Large 2Unweaned	400–450	400	445.00/cwt	445.00–445.00	1,780	10
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	400–450	432	494.33/cwt	490.00–505.00	2,136	18
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	300–350	315	615.00/cwt	610.00–625.00	1,937	6
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Unweaned	500–550	502	434.66/cwt	430.00–450.00	2,182	39
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Unweaned	600–650	619	366.00/cwt	366.00–366.00	2,266	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Unweaned	500–550	528	400.00/cwt	400.00–400.00	2,112	7
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	450–500	483	500.23/cwt	485.00–510.00	2,416	24
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	750–800	782	310.00/cwt	310.00–310.00	2,424	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	650–700	665	370.00/cwt	370.00–370.00	2,461	2

How this sale compares

Missouri weighted averages

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