Name: Ozarks Regional Stockyards livestock auction prices — 2026-07-14
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2026-07-14

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

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Compared to last week, feeder calves sold 2.00-4.00 lower. Steer and heifer calves under 750 lbs. sold uneven from 4.00 lower to 4.00 higher with spots 10.00 lower. Demand was good on a moderate supply. The largest draft of the day was 81 head of 734 lb. heifers which sold for 340.25/cwt. CME Cattle Futures traded lower on Tuesday and Boxed Beef Prices continued to lose ground.

Weight class

Steers · summary 500–600 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

500–600 lb steers averaged $456.69/cwt on 268 head, down $27.19 from the prior sale. That ranks 14 of 33 comparable sales and sits −12.24 against this barn's trailing median of $468.93.

Average price

$456.69

▼ 27.19 vs prior sale

268 head · 541 lb average

Value per head Derived

$2,471

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$436

per head · Medium and Large 1 over Medium 2

$114.15/cwt at this weight

vs the market

−5.99

vs MO average

+17.54 vs national

What quality paid 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1	530	489.15	2,593	124
Large 1-2	564	450.00	2,538	7thin
Medium and Large 1-2	545	435.66	2,375	114
Medium and Large 2	573	394.85	2,262	15thin
Medium 2	575	375.00	2,156	8thin

One grade step is worth $114.15/cwt here — about $436 a head. Across this sale the premium is widest at 400–500 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

456.69

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MO average16 barns · 2,054 hd

462.68

−5.99

National average158 barns · 7,617 hd

439.15

+17.54

This barn, trailing median33 sales

468.93

−12.24

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
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	600–650	620	385.00/cwt	385.00–385.00	2,387	5
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	300–350	349	550.00/cwt	550.00–550.00	1,920	8
Steers	Medium 2	550–600	575	375.00/cwt	375.00–375.00	2,156	8
Bulls	Large 1-2	650–700	673	365.00/cwt	365.00–365.00	2,456	5
Bulls	Large 1-2	700–750	700	355.00/cwt	355.00–355.00	2,485	5
Steers	Large 1-2	550–600	564	450.00/cwt	450.00–450.00	2,538	7
Heifers	Large 1-2	550–600	584	367.00/cwt	350.00–377.50	2,143	18
Heifers	Large 1-2	700–750	714	326.36/cwt	325.00–332.50	2,330	22
Steers	Large 1-2	650–700	655	388.30/cwt	387.00–390.00	2,543	21
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	400–450	431	485.00/cwt	485.00–485.00	2,090	7
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	400–450	415	485.95/cwt	480.00–495.00	2,017	21
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	500–550	526	432.13/cwt	430.00–437.50	2,273	59
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	700–750	734	340.25/cwt	340.25–340.25	2,497	81
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	300–350	341	520.00/cwt	520.00–520.00	1,773	6
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	550–600	578	408.09/cwt	405.00–417.50	2,359	32
Steers	Medium and Large 1	700–750	709	399.27/cwt	390.00–405.00	2,831	17
Steers	Medium and Large 1	500–550	517	498.48/cwt	480.00–520.00	2,577	81
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	450–500	469	480.32/cwt	450.00–495.00	2,253	35
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	550–600	591	410.00/cwt	410.00–410.00	2,423	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	800–850	807	327.00/cwt	327.00–327.00	2,639	23
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	600–650	619	388.33/cwt	380.00–398.00	2,404	38
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	650–700	662	338.51/cwt	320.00–355.00	2,241	21
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	1000–1050	1,042	300.00/cwt	300.00–300.00	3,126	31
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	750–800	788	330.00/cwt	330.00–330.00	2,600	5
Steers	Medium and Large 1	550–600	565	475.92/cwt	460.00–490.00	2,689	29
Steers	Medium and Large 1	650–700	668	412.95/cwt	407.50–422.50	2,759	11
Steers	Medium and Large 1	400–450	405	550.67/cwt	545.00–555.00	2,230	14
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	350–400	369	453.00/cwt	445.00–460.00	1,672	27
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	400–450	432	442.70/cwt	425.00–460.00	1,912	27
Steers	Medium and Large 1	600–650	624	445.87/cwt	430.00–461.00	2,782	118
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	450–500	474	420.10/cwt	410.00–440.00	1,991	28
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	400–450	418	443.83/cwt	440.00–450.00	1,855	5
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	550–600	578	379.88/cwt	360.00–390.00	2,196	19
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	550–600	569	377.04/cwt	360.00–395.00	2,145	53
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	450–500	471	428.64/cwt	400.00–440.00	2,019	57
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	400–450	434	497.29/cwt	480.00–515.00	2,158	50
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	500–550	545	418.08/cwt	407.50–420.00	2,279	13
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	650–700	664	339.75/cwt	325.00–355.00	2,256	6
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	750–800	792	308.00/cwt	308.00–308.00	2,439	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	600–650	619	363.55/cwt	350.00–375.00	2,250	37
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	450–500	481	480.65/cwt	450.00–500.00	2,312	34
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	900–950	942	300.00/cwt	300.00–300.00	2,826	10
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	750–800	770	316.68/cwt	300.00–320.00	2,438	15
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	700–750	730	323.79/cwt	302.50–333.00	2,364	9
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	800–850	811	304.00/cwt	304.00–304.00	2,465	6
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	500–550	520	445.24/cwt	425.00–467.50	2,315	60
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	550–600	573	425.01/cwt	407.50–442.50	2,435	54
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	500–550	523	399.11/cwt	375.00–405.00	2,087	75
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	850–900	865	300.00/cwt	300.00–300.00	2,595	7
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	700–750	729	361.43/cwt	320.00–369.00	2,635	32
Steers	Medium and Large 2	550–600	573	394.85/cwt	390.00–405.00	2,262	15
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	450–500	473	397.15/cwt	390.00–400.00	1,879	7
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	650–700	678	372.71/cwt	360.00–390.00	2,527	23
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	300–350	341	549.06/cwt	540.00–565.00	1,872	11
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	350–400	372	559.71/cwt	540.00–570.00	2,082	14
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	550–600	556	355.00/cwt	355.00–355.00	1,974	6
Steers	Medium and Large 2-3	400–450	421	430.00/cwt	430.00–430.00	1,810	5
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	800–850	838	340.00/cwt	340.00–340.00	2,849	22
Steers	Medium and Large 2	350–400	394	482.84/cwt	480.00–485.00	1,902	7
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	600–650	614	394.35/cwt	390.00–400.00	2,421	9
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	950–1000	973	315.01/cwt	310.00–317.00	3,065	14
Steers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	600–650	602	407.51/cwt	405.00–410.00	2,453	10
Steers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	650–700	658	387.09/cwt	380.00–390.00	2,547	17
Steers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	500–550	533	462.61/cwt	450.00–475.00	2,466	14
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	500–550	531	416.51/cwt	410.00–420.00	2,212	35
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	350–400	373	415.53/cwt	400.00–425.00	1,550	8
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	400–450	438	407.67/cwt	400.00–415.00	1,786	6
Heifers	Large 1-2	500–550	538	394.70/cwt	380.00–412.50	2,123	15
Steers	Large 1-2	600–650	620	410.52/cwt	395.00–417.50	2,545	22
Steers	Medium 2	600–650	636	360.00/cwt	360.00–360.00	2,290	5

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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