Ozarks Regional Stockyards Video Auction

The sale in one line

Forward delivery · estimated weights

17 lots covering 1,539 head for delivery across Current, Aug-Sep, Sep to 2 buyer regions. Weights are USDA’s estimates — these cattle had not been weighed when they sold.

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

This is Ozarks Regional Stockyards first video sale. Demand was good to very good on a moderate supply.

Current delivery

12 lots · 1,182 head

Class	Grade	Weight	Est. wt	Price	Range	Buyer region	Head
Heifers	Medium and Large 1None	550–600	580	144.00/cwt	144.00	South Central	86
Heifers	Medium and Large 1None	800–850	825	128.75/cwt	127.75–129.75	South Central	120
Steers	Medium and Large 1None	850–900	885	139.75/cwt	139.75	South Central	115
Dairy Steers	Large 2-3None	850–900	885	97.00/cwt	97.00	South Central	115
Heifers	Medium and Large 1None	700–750	725	131.00/cwt	131.00	Southeast	68
Heifers	Medium and Large 1None	550–600	565	148.00/cwt	148.00	Southeast	85
Heifers	Medium and Large 1None	450–500	485	148.00/cwt	148.00	Southeast	100
Steers	Medium and Large 1None	1000–1050	1,000	129.10/cwt	129.10	Southeast	52
Steers	Medium and Large 1None	800–850	825	138.00/cwt	138.00	Southeast	55
Steers	Medium and Large 1None	650–700	675	156.00/cwt	156.00	Southeast	74
Steers	Medium and Large 1None	550–600	560	169.00/cwt	169.00	Southeast	90
Steers	Medium and Large 1None	900–950	915	136.24/cwt	133.50–139.75	Southeast	222

Aug-Sep delivery

4 lots · 292 head

Class	Grade	Weight	Est. wt	Price	Range	Buyer region	Head
Heifers	Medium and Large 1None	600–650	600	138.50/cwt	138.50	South Central	80
Steers	Medium and Large 1None	550–600	580	159.50/cwt	159.50	South Central	82
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2None	850–900	870	131.00/cwt	131.00	South Central	58
Steers	Medium and Large 1None	650–700	675	154.50/cwt	154.50	Southeast	72

Sep delivery

1 lot · 65 head

Class	Grade	Weight	Est. wt	Price	Range	Buyer region	Head
Heifers	Medium and Large 1None	750–800	750	128.25/cwt	128.25	Southeast	65

Where the buyers were

As USDA grouped them

Region	States
South Central	KS, MO, NM, OK, TX
Southeast	AL, AR, FL, GA, KY, LA, MS, NC, SC, TN, VA, WV

Source: USDA AMS · Jefferson City, MO. Prices are as filed, F.O.B. at origin, with the buyer taking freight — they are not comparable to a spot ring price and never enter a barn average. Weights are USDA’s estimates — these cattle had not been weighed when they sold. Delivery months differ between lots; a price for one month is not a price for another. Head is summed from the lots as reported.

Feeder Cattle — prices, barns, and planning

Fed Cattle — the cash market and what quality pays

Beef & Retail — from the box to the grocery shelf

Feed & Hay — the cost side, cash not futures

Cows & Bred Stock — the rebuild market

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