Sale reports / Missouri / Ozarks Regional Stockyards / 2026-09-01

Ozarks Regional Stockyards

Feeder Cattle · West Plains, Missouri · Tue, Sep 1
● Final48 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 1249
Receipts
603 head
▼ 1,156 vs last sale 1,759▼ 1,340 vs year ago 1,943 · −69.0%
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Reporter comment USDA

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Compared to last week, feeder steers and heifers were steady to 4.00 lower. There were too few calves under 700 lbs to establish a market however undertones were lower. Demand was moderate on a light supply. The largest draft of the day was 66 head of 786 lb. colored-up steers which sold for 331.50/cwt. Heat has returned to the Ozarks with near or above triple digit temperatures predicted for the rest of the week. Heat and market instability are keeping cattle at home, except for those that are on dried up pastures.

Weight classPick one — the panels below update

Steers · summary 500–600 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot
500–600 lb steers averaged $348.32/cwt on 38 head, down $17.43 from the prior sale. That ranks 1 of 36 comparable sales and sits −94.14 against this barn's trailing median of $442.46.
Average price
$348.32
▼ 17.43 vs prior sale
38 head · 569 lb average
Value per head Derived
$1,981
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
$289
per head · Medium and Large 1 over Large 2
$39.00/cwt at this weight
vs the market
−30.71
vs MO average
−23.07 vs national

Price by quality 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 1569359.002,0435thin
Large 1-2578356.652,0617thin
Medium and Large 1-2570348.391,98422
Large 2548320.001,7544thin
One grade step is worth $39.00/cwt here — about $289 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 sale38 hd
348.32
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MO average12 barns · 720 hd
379.02
−30.71
National average157 barns · 5,984 hd
371.39
−23.07
This barn, trailing median36 sales
442.46
−94.14
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

48 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 · Steers26 lots · lightest first
Steers300–350Medium and Large 1311512.50/cwt512.50–512.501,5944
Steers300–350Medium and Large 1-2332455.00/cwt455.00–455.001,5113
Steers350–400Medium and Large 1379490.00/cwt490.00–490.001,8574
Steers350–400Medium and Large 1-2382460.99/cwt450.00–475.001,7617
Steers400–450Medium and Large 1-2408425.00/cwt425.00–425.001,7348
Steers400–450Medium and Large 1434452.62/cwt450.00–457.501,96415
Steers450–500Medium and Large 1-2474400.00/cwt400.00–400.001,89611
Steers450–500Medium and Large 1482422.50/cwt422.50–422.502,0363
Steers450–500Medium and Large 1Unweaned482400.00/cwt400.00–400.001,9283
Steers450–500Medium and Large 2494355.00/cwt355.00–355.001,7544
Steers500–550Medium and Large 1-2518362.32/cwt355.00–370.001,8774
Steers500–550Large 2548320.00/cwt320.00–320.001,7544
Steers550–600Medium and Large 1569359.00/cwt359.00–359.002,0435
Steers550–600Large 1-2578356.65/cwt345.00–365.002,0617
Steers550–600Medium and Large 1-2581345.29/cwt325.00–352.502,00618
Steers600–650Medium and Large 1-2615343.36/cwt335.00–350.002,1129
Steers600–650Medium and Large 1Unweaned618344.54/cwt340.00–352.502,12914
Steers650–700Medium and Large 1652352.50/cwt352.50–352.502,29816
Steers650–700Medium and Large 2665310.00/cwt310.00–310.002,0623
Steers650–700Large 2677310.00/cwt310.00–310.002,0993
Steers700–750Medium and Large 1704336.00/cwt336.00–336.002,36558
Steers700–750Medium and Large 1-2738300.00/cwt300.00–300.002,2143
Steers750–800Medium and Large 1Unweaned761300.00/cwt300.00–300.002,2836
Steers750–800Medium and Large 1786331.44/cwt330.00–331.502,60569
Steers800–850Medium and Large 1-2Fleshy838250.00/cwt250.00–250.002,0955
Steers850–900Medium and Large 1873309.00/cwt309.00–309.002,69858
Feeder Cattle · Heifers16 lots · lightest first
Heifers350–400Medium and Large 1-2392383.63/cwt375.00–405.001,5047
Heifers400–450Large 2402335.00/cwt335.00–335.001,3473
Heifers400–450Medium and Large 1-2419375.00/cwt375.00–375.001,57124
Heifers450–500Medium and Large 1-2478349.92/cwt342.50–360.001,6737
Heifers450–500Large 1-2499335.00/cwt335.00–335.001,6727
Heifers500–550Medium 1522360.00/cwt360.00–360.001,8794
Heifers500–550Medium and Large 1526346.06/cwt345.00–350.001,8209
Heifers500–550Medium and Large 1-2526327.25/cwt320.00–340.001,72111
Heifers550–600Medium and Large 1-2573320.00/cwt320.00–320.001,8348
Heifers550–600Medium and Large 1Unweaned596322.09/cwt320.00–325.001,92012
Heifers550–600Medium and Large 1597340.00/cwt340.00–340.002,0305
Heifers600–650Medium and Large 1-2610307.50/cwt307.50–307.501,8763
Heifers600–650Medium and Large 1614342.50/cwt342.50–342.502,1038
Heifers650–700Large 1-2664315.00/cwt315.00–315.002,0924
Heifers650–700Medium and Large 1Unweaned696300.00/cwt300.00–300.002,08812
Heifers700–750Medium and Large 1738312.50/cwt312.50–312.502,3063
Feeder Cattle · Bulls6 lots · lightest first
Bulls400–450Medium and Large 1428420.00/cwt420.00–420.001,7983
Bulls450–500Medium and Large 1464382.55/cwt380.00–385.001,7756
Bulls450–500Medium and Large 1-2490359.28/cwt350.00–375.001,7608
Bulls600–650Medium and Large 1-2632300.00/cwt300.00–300.001,8963
Bulls650–700Medium and Large 2660280.00/cwt280.00–280.001,8483
Bulls700–750Medium and Large 1-2737300.00/cwt300.00–300.002,2113

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.