Sale reports / Missouri / Ozarks Regional Stockyards / 2026-07-14

Ozarks Regional Stockyards

Feeder Cattle · West Plains, Missouri · Tue, Jul 14
● Final70 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 1249
Receipts
1,890 head
▼ 14 vs last sale 1,904▼ 362 vs year ago 2,252 · −16.1%
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Reporter comment USDA

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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 classPick one — the panels below update

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 23 of 36 comparable sales and sits +14.23 against this barn's trailing median of $442.46.
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

Price by quality 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 1530489.152,593124
Large 1-2564450.002,5387thin
Medium and Large 1-2545435.662,375114
Medium and Large 2573394.852,26215thin
Medium 2575375.002,1568thin
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.

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 median36 sales
442.46
+14.23
A barn can sit above the state average at one weight and below it at another — check the class you actually sell.

This barn's trailing prices 500–600 lb

36 sales
522459397334median 442.4603/0305/0507/0709/0811/03
Steers 500–600 lb: high $507.84, low $348.32, median $442.46 across 36 sales. Sales under 10 head in this class are excluded, so a thin day cannot swing the median or the ranking.

Every lot

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. Grouped by class and set lightest first; USDA files them in sale-ring order.
ClassWeightGrade / descriptionAvg wtPriceRangePer headHead
Feeder Cattle · Steers29 lots · lightest first
Steers300–350Medium and Large 1-2341549.06/cwt540.00–565.001,87211
Steers350–400Medium and Large 1-2372559.71/cwt540.00–570.002,08214
Steers350–400Medium and Large 2394482.84/cwt480.00–485.001,9027
Steers400–450Medium and Large 1405550.67/cwt545.00–555.002,23014
Steers400–450Medium and Large 2-3421430.00/cwt430.00–430.001,8105
Steers400–450Medium and Large 1-2434497.29/cwt480.00–515.002,15850
Steers450–500Medium and Large 1-2481480.65/cwt450.00–500.002,31234
Steers500–550Medium and Large 1517498.48/cwt480.00–520.002,57781
Steers500–550Medium and Large 1-2520445.24/cwt425.00–467.502,31560
Steers500–550Medium and Large 1Unweaned533462.61/cwt450.00–475.002,46614
Steers550–600Large 1-2564450.00/cwt450.00–450.002,5387
Steers550–600Medium and Large 1565475.92/cwt460.00–490.002,68929
Steers550–600Medium and Large 1-2573425.01/cwt407.50–442.502,43554
Steers550–600Medium and Large 2573394.85/cwt390.00–405.002,26215
Steers550–600Medium 2575375.00/cwt375.00–375.002,1568
Steers600–650Medium and Large 1Unweaned602407.51/cwt405.00–410.002,45310
Steers600–650Medium and Large 1-2614394.35/cwt390.00–400.002,4219
Steers600–650Large 1-2620410.52/cwt395.00–417.502,54522
Steers600–650Medium and Large 1624445.87/cwt430.00–461.002,782118
Steers600–650Medium 2636360.00/cwt360.00–360.002,2905
Steers650–700Large 1-2655388.30/cwt387.00–390.002,54321
Steers650–700Medium and Large 1Unweaned658387.09/cwt380.00–390.002,54717
Steers650–700Medium and Large 1668412.95/cwt407.50–422.502,75911
Steers650–700Medium and Large 1-2678372.71/cwt360.00–390.002,52723
Steers700–750Medium and Large 1709399.27/cwt390.00–405.002,83117
Steers700–750Medium and Large 1-2729361.43/cwt320.00–369.002,63532
Steers800–850Medium and Large 1-2838340.00/cwt340.00–340.002,84922
Steers950–1000Medium and Large 1-2973315.01/cwt310.00–317.003,06514
Steers1000–1050Medium and Large 1-21,042300.00/cwt300.00–300.003,12631
Feeder Cattle · Heifers29 lots · lightest first
Heifers300–350Medium and Large 1341520.00/cwt520.00–520.001,7736
Heifers350–400Medium and Large 1-2369453.00/cwt445.00–460.001,67227
Heifers350–400Medium and Large 2373415.53/cwt400.00–425.001,5508
Heifers400–450Medium and Large 1415485.95/cwt480.00–495.002,01721
Heifers400–450Medium and Large 1-2432442.70/cwt425.00–460.001,91227
Heifers400–450Medium and Large 2438407.67/cwt400.00–415.001,7866
Heifers450–500Medium and Large 1469480.32/cwt450.00–495.002,25335
Heifers450–500Medium and Large 1-2471428.64/cwt400.00–440.002,01957
Heifers450–500Medium and Large 2473397.15/cwt390.00–400.001,8797
Heifers500–550Medium and Large 1-2523399.11/cwt375.00–405.002,08775
Heifers500–550Medium and Large 1526432.13/cwt430.00–437.502,27359
Heifers500–550Medium and Large 1Unweaned531416.51/cwt410.00–420.002,21235
Heifers500–550Large 1-2538394.70/cwt380.00–412.502,12315
Heifers550–600Medium and Large 2556355.00/cwt355.00–355.001,9746
Heifers550–600Medium and Large 1-2569377.04/cwt360.00–395.002,14553
Heifers550–600Medium and Large 1578408.09/cwt405.00–417.502,35932
Heifers550–600Large 1-2584367.00/cwt350.00–377.502,14318
Heifers600–650Medium and Large 1619388.33/cwt380.00–398.002,40438
Heifers600–650Medium and Large 1-2619363.55/cwt350.00–375.002,25037
Heifers650–700Medium and Large 1-2664339.75/cwt325.00–355.002,2566
Heifers700–750Large 1-2714326.36/cwt325.00–332.502,33022
Heifers700–750Medium and Large 1-2730323.79/cwt302.50–333.002,3649
Heifers700–750Medium and Large 1734340.25/cwt340.25–340.252,49781
Heifers750–800Medium and Large 1-2770316.68/cwt300.00–320.002,43815
Heifers750–800Medium and Large 1788330.00/cwt330.00–330.002,6005
Heifers800–850Medium and Large 1807327.00/cwt327.00–327.002,63923
Heifers800–850Medium and Large 1-2811304.00/cwt304.00–304.002,4656
Heifers850–900Medium and Large 1-2865300.00/cwt300.00–300.002,5957
Heifers900–950Medium and Large 1-2942300.00/cwt300.00–300.002,82610
Feeder Cattle · Bulls12 lots · lightest first
Bulls300–350Medium and Large 1349550.00/cwt550.00–550.001,9208
Bulls400–450Medium and Large 1-2418443.83/cwt440.00–450.001,8555
Bulls400–450Medium and Large 1431485.00/cwt485.00–485.002,0907
Bulls450–500Medium and Large 1-2474420.10/cwt410.00–440.001,99128
Bulls500–550Medium and Large 1-2545418.08/cwt407.50–420.002,27913
Bulls550–600Medium and Large 1-2578379.88/cwt360.00–390.002,19619
Bulls550–600Medium and Large 1591410.00/cwt410.00–410.002,4235
Bulls600–650Medium and Large 1620385.00/cwt385.00–385.002,3875
Bulls650–700Medium and Large 1-2662338.51/cwt320.00–355.002,24121
Bulls650–700Large 1-2673365.00/cwt365.00–365.002,4565
Bulls700–750Large 1-2700355.00/cwt355.00–355.002,4855
Bulls750–800Medium and Large 1-2792308.00/cwt308.00–308.002,4395

This sale against other markets

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.