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Ozarks Regional Stockyards

Name: Ozarks Regional Stockyards livestock auction prices — 2026-09-29
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2026-09-29

Feeder Cattle · West Plains, Missouri · Tue, Sep 29

● Final93 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 1249

← Sep 22Sep 29Oct 6 →

Receipts

3,051 head

▼ 211 vs last sale 3,262▲ 1,302 vs year ago 1,749 · +74.4%

Also sold hereSlaughter/Replacement CattleWed Oct 28, 2026 Cattle SpecialFri Aug 14, 2026

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Reporter comment USDA

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Compared to last week, feeder steers and heifers were steady to 6.00 higher. Steer and heifer calves under 700 lbs were steady to 6.00 lower. Demand was good on a moderate supply. There were several drafts of green yearlings crossing the scales today with the largest draft being 102 head of 936 lb. colored-up steers which sold for 296.00/cwt. Fall like temperatures have arrived in the Ozarks with daytime highs near 90 and nighttime lows in the 50's. Lack of water in ponds and streams and poor pasture conditions are becoming more and more of a problem, with much of the area ten inches or more below the average rainfall for the year.

Weight class — the figures below change to match

Weight classPick one — the panels below update

Steers · summary 500–600 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

500–600 lb steers averaged $381.31/cwt on 309 head, down $25.08 from the prior sale. That ranks 4 of 36 comparable sales and sits −61.15 against this barn's trailing median of $442.46.

Average price

$381.31

▼ 25.08 vs prior sale

309 head · 550 lb average

Value per head Derived

$2,099

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$313

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

$43.43/cwt at this weight

vs the market

−17.89

vs MO average

−33.35 vs national

Price by quality 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1	545	393.87	2,146	127
Medium 1-2	564	389.56	2,197	5thin
Large 1-2	550	384.05	2,112	16thin
Medium and Large 1-2	557	372.68	2,077	148
Medium and Large 2	523	350.44	1,833	13thin

One grade step is worth $43.43/cwt here — about $313 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 sale309 hd

381.31

—

MO average19 barns · 2,493 hd

399.21

−17.89

National average184 barns · 17,632 hd

414.66

−33.35

This barn, trailing median36 sales

442.46

−61.15

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

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

93 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.

Class	Weight	Grade / description	Avg wt	Price	Range	Per head	Head
Feeder Cattle · Steers50 lots · lightest first
Steers	300–350	Medium and Large 1	323	531.16/cwt	525.00–550.00	1,716	8
Steers	300–350	Medium and Large 1-2	340	494.57/cwt	490.00–497.50	1,682	5
Steers	350–400	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	364	460.00/cwt	460.00–460.00	1,674	10
Steers	350–400	Medium and Large 1-2	370	445.45/cwt	440.00–447.50	1,648	15
Steers	350–400	Medium and Large 1	386	502.10/cwt	490.00–525.00	1,938	7
Steers	350–400	Medium and Large 2	391	416.68/cwt	400.00–425.00	1,629	6
Steers	400–450	Medium and Large 1Fancy	406	520.00/cwt	520.00–520.00	2,111	5
Steers	400–450	Medium and Large 1	417	479.82/cwt	465.00–495.00	2,001	28
Steers	400–450	Medium and Large 1-2	426	438.29/cwt	420.00–455.00	1,867	43
Steers	400–450	Medium and Large 2-3	434	360.00/cwt	360.00–360.00	1,562	6
Steers	400–450	Medium and Large 2	440	397.39/cwt	380.00–405.00	1,749	24
Steers	400–450	Large 2	448	400.00/cwt	400.00–400.00	1,792	6
Steers	450–500	Medium and Large 1	464	474.36/cwt	460.00–480.00	2,201	7
Steers	450–500	Medium 1-2	472	420.00/cwt	420.00–420.00	1,982	5
Steers	450–500	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	476	418.51/cwt	410.00–430.00	1,992	7
Steers	450–500	Medium and Large 2	477	375.56/cwt	370.00–380.00	1,791	9
Steers	450–500	Medium and Large 1-2	483	411.60/cwt	400.00–420.00	1,988	54
Steers	500–550	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	509	395.00/cwt	395.00–395.00	2,011	6
Steers	500–550	Large 1-2	514	400.00/cwt	400.00–400.00	2,056	7
Steers	500–550	Medium and Large 1	516	404.66/cwt	400.00–415.00	2,088	48
Steers	500–550	Medium and Large 2	523	350.44/cwt	340.00–360.00	1,833	13
Steers	500–550	Medium and Large 1-2	537	382.67/cwt	360.00–392.50	2,055	71
Steers	550–600	Medium and Large 1	562	396.49/cwt	390.00–415.00	2,228	38
Steers	550–600	Medium 1-2	564	389.56/cwt	385.00–392.50	2,197	5
Steers	550–600	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	572	376.05/cwt	375.00–387.50	2,151	35
Steers	550–600	Medium and Large 1-2	576	363.46/cwt	350.00–385.00	2,094	77
Steers	550–600	Large 1-2	578	371.64/cwt	360.00–375.00	2,148	9
Steers	600–650	Medium and Large 1Fancy	612	405.00/cwt	405.00–405.00	2,479	9
Steers	600–650	Large 1	614	400.00/cwt	400.00–400.00	2,456	6
Steers	600–650	Medium and Large 1-2	619	340.60/cwt	330.00–353.00	2,108	65
Steers	600–650	Medium and Large 1	627	367.72/cwt	360.00–385.00	2,306	67
Steers	600–650	Medium and Large 2	629	309.81/cwt	302.50–320.00	1,949	11
Steers	600–650	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	637	347.94/cwt	342.50–355.00	2,216	43
Steers	650–700	Medium and Large 1	665	357.62/cwt	347.50–377.50	2,378	17
Steers	650–700	Large 1	680	365.00/cwt	365.00–365.00	2,482	10
Steers	650–700	Medium and Large 1-2	680	334.13/cwt	320.00–340.00	2,272	84
Steers	650–700	Large 1-2	684	330.00/cwt	330.00–330.00	2,257	10
Steers	700–750	Medium and Large 1-2	729	321.20/cwt	307.50–335.00	2,342	76
Steers	700–750	Medium and Large 1	734	349.61/cwt	340.00–355.00	2,566	78
Steers	700–750	Medium and Large 2	737	300.00/cwt	300.00–300.00	2,211	5
Steers	750–800	Medium and Large 1	761	334.34/cwt	325.00–350.00	2,544	36
Steers	750–800	Medium and Large 1-2	791	319.37/cwt	317.50–320.00	2,526	8
Steers	750–800	Medium 1	791	315.00/cwt	315.00–315.00	2,492	12
Steers	800–850	Medium and Large 1-2	807	306.32/cwt	300.00–319.00	2,472	15
Steers	800–850	Medium and Large 1	823	329.76/cwt	320.00–340.00	2,714	175
Steers	850–900	Medium and Large 1	866	326.00/cwt	326.00–326.00	2,823	40
Steers	850–900	Medium and Large 1-2	886	300.00/cwt	300.00–300.00	2,658	20
Steers	900–950	Medium and Large 1-2	935	295.70/cwt	285.00–296.00	2,765	105
Steers	900–950	Medium and Large 1	946	310.00/cwt	310.00–310.00	2,933	53
Steers	950–1000	Medium 1Fleshy	958	290.00/cwt	290.00–290.00	2,778	6
Feeder Cattle · Heifers34 lots · lightest first
Heifers	300–350	Medium and Large 1-2	328	408.74/cwt	400.00–425.00	1,341	11
Heifers	300–350	Medium and Large 2	337	361.93/cwt	355.00–375.00	1,220	10
Heifers	350–400	Medium and Large 1-2	371	398.01/cwt	385.00–415.00	1,477	15
Heifers	350–400	Medium and Large 1	379	427.50/cwt	427.50–427.50	1,620	6
Heifers	350–400	Medium and Large 2	382	365.83/cwt	350.00–375.00	1,397	11
Heifers	400–450	Medium and Large 1-2	423	374.14/cwt	365.00–385.00	1,583	67
Heifers	400–450	Medium and Large 1	429	415.00/cwt	415.00–415.00	1,780	13
Heifers	400–450	Large 1-2	446	380.00/cwt	380.00–380.00	1,695	5
Heifers	450–500	Medium and Large 1	474	373.07/cwt	370.00–380.00	1,768	57
Heifers	450–500	Medium and Large 2	475	330.00/cwt	330.00–330.00	1,568	5
Heifers	450–500	Medium and Large 1-2	486	347.49/cwt	340.00–367.50	1,689	68
Heifers	500–550	Medium 1-2	507	362.50/cwt	362.50–362.50	1,838	5
Heifers	500–550	Medium and Large 1-2	522	344.82/cwt	330.00–357.50	1,800	77
Heifers	500–550	Medium and Large 2	527	324.70/cwt	320.00–328.00	1,711	10
Heifers	500–550	Medium and Large 1	535	378.98/cwt	372.50–380.00	2,028	51
Heifers	550–600	Medium and Large 1-2	567	329.76/cwt	325.00–340.00	1,870	45
Heifers	550–600	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	573	336.78/cwt	335.00–337.50	1,930	20
Heifers	550–600	Medium and Large 2	575	320.00/cwt	320.00–320.00	1,840	10
Heifers	550–600	Large 1-2	577	340.00/cwt	340.00–340.00	1,962	13
Heifers	550–600	Medium and Large 1	582	352.33/cwt	345.00–360.00	2,051	37
Heifers	600–650	Medium and Large 1	620	342.03/cwt	340.00–346.00	2,121	45
Heifers	600–650	Medium and Large 2	623	306.10/cwt	300.00–312.50	1,907	10
Heifers	600–650	Medium and Large 1-2	628	325.15/cwt	315.00–335.00	2,042	20
Heifers	650–700	Medium and Large 1	670	336.91/cwt	325.00–344.00	2,257	70
Heifers	650–700	Medium and Large 1-2	672	306.37/cwt	300.00–315.00	2,059	14
Heifers	700–750	Medium and Large 1-2	701	306.67/cwt	300.00–310.00	2,150	6
Heifers	700–750	Large 1-2	743	302.55/cwt	300.00–303.00	2,248	32
Heifers	700–750	Medium 1	745	317.50/cwt	317.50–317.50	2,365	12
Heifers	750–800	Medium and Large 1	768	329.00/cwt	329.00–329.00	2,527	13
Heifers	750–800	Medium and Large 1-2	783	297.89/cwt	285.00–310.00	2,332	56
Heifers	800–850	Medium and Large 1-2	827	286.30/cwt	280.00–300.00	2,368	35
Heifers	850–900	Medium and Large 1-2	891	288.00/cwt	288.00–288.00	2,566	32
Heifers	900–950	Medium and Large 1-2	925	275.00/cwt	275.00–275.00	2,544	19
Heifers	1000–1050	Medium and Large 1-2	1,039	255.00/cwt	255.00–255.00	2,649	7
Feeder Cattle · Bulls9 lots · lightest first
Bulls	300–350	Medium and Large 1	332	469.62/cwt	467.50–475.00	1,559	20
Bulls	400–450	Medium and Large 1-2	415	390.00/cwt	390.00–390.00	1,619	5
Bulls	400–450	Medium and Large 1	442	415.00/cwt	415.00–415.00	1,834	29
Bulls	450–500	Medium and Large 1-2	473	348.74/cwt	325.00–360.00	1,650	19
Bulls	450–500	Medium and Large 1	481	362.98/cwt	350.00–380.00	1,746	35
Bulls	500–550	Medium and Large 1-2	534	342.07/cwt	332.50–350.00	1,827	36
Bulls	550–600	Medium and Large 1-2	585	313.36/cwt	300.00–342.50	1,833	33
Bulls	600–650	Medium and Large 1-2	632	303.19/cwt	300.00–312.50	1,916	21
Bulls	650–700	Medium and Large 1-2	653	300.00/cwt	300.00–300.00	1,959	6

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.

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Receipts 3,051Last week 3,262Year ago 1,749

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Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
5	300–350	340	490.00–497.50	494.57
15	350–400	370	440.00–447.50	445.45
43	400–450	426	420.00–455.00	438.29
54	450–500	483	400.00–420.00	411.60
71	500–550	537	360.00–392.50	382.67
77	550–600	576	350.00–385.00	363.46
65	600–650	619	330.00–353.00	340.60
84	650–700	680	320.00–340.00	334.13
76	700–750	729	307.50–335.00	321.20
8	750–800	791	317.50–320.00	319.37
15	800–850	807	300.00–319.00	306.32
20	850–900	886	300.00	300.00
105	900–950	935	285.00–296.00	295.70

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
8	300–350	323	525.00–550.00	531.16
7	350–400	386	490.00–525.00	502.10
28	400–450	417	465.00–495.00	479.82
7	450–500	464	460.00–480.00	474.36
48	500–550	516	400.00–415.00	404.66
38	550–600	562	390.00–415.00	396.49
67	600–650	627	360.00–385.00	367.72
17	650–700	665	347.50–377.50	357.62
78	700–750	734	340.00–355.00	349.61
36	750–800	761	325.00–350.00	334.34
175	800–850	823	320.00–340.00	329.76
40	850–900	866	326.00	326.00
53	900–950	946	310.00	310.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1 · Unweaned$ per cwt · actual wt
10	350–400	364	460.00	460.00
7	450–500	476	410.00–430.00	418.51
6	500–550	509	395.00	395.00
35	550–600	572	375.00–387.50	376.05
43	600–650	637	342.50–355.00	347.94

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
7	500–550	514	400.00	400.00
9	550–600	578	360.00–375.00	371.64
10	650–700	684	330.00	330.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
6	600–650	614	400.00	400.00
10	650–700	680	365.00	365.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium 1$ per cwt · actual wt
12	750–800	791	315.00	315.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium 1 · Fleshy$ per cwt · actual wt
6	950–1000	958	290.00	290.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
6	400–450	448	400.00	400.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1 · Fancy$ per cwt · actual wt
5	400–450	406	520.00	520.00
9	600–650	612	405.00	405.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
5	450–500	472	420.00	420.00
5	550–600	564	385.00–392.50	389.56

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 2-3$ per cwt · actual wt
6	400–450	434	360.00	360.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
6	350–400	391	400.00–425.00	416.68
24	400–450	440	380.00–405.00	397.39
9	450–500	477	370.00–380.00	375.56
13	500–550	523	340.00–360.00	350.44
11	600–650	629	302.50–320.00	309.81
5	700–750	737	300.00	300.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
11	300–350	328	400.00–425.00	408.74
15	350–400	371	385.00–415.00	398.01
67	400–450	423	365.00–385.00	374.14
68	450–500	486	340.00–367.50	347.49
77	500–550	522	330.00–357.50	344.82
45	550–600	567	325.00–340.00	329.76
20	600–650	628	315.00–335.00	325.15
14	650–700	672	300.00–315.00	306.37
6	700–750	701	300.00–310.00	306.67
56	750–800	783	285.00–310.00	297.89
35	800–850	827	280.00–300.00	286.30
32	850–900	891	288.00	288.00
19	900–950	925	275.00	275.00
7	1000–1050	1,039	255.00	255.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
6	350–400	379	427.50	427.50
13	400–450	429	415.00	415.00
57	450–500	474	370.00–380.00	373.07
51	500–550	535	372.50–380.00	378.98
37	550–600	582	345.00–360.00	352.33
45	600–650	620	340.00–346.00	342.03
70	650–700	670	325.00–344.00	336.91
13	750–800	768	329.00	329.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Unweaned$ per cwt · actual wt
20	550–600	573	335.00–337.50	336.78

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
5	400–450	446	380.00	380.00
13	550–600	577	340.00	340.00
32	700–750	743	300.00–303.00	302.55

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium 1$ per cwt · actual wt
12	700–750	745	317.50	317.50

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
5	500–550	507	362.50	362.50

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
10	300–350	337	355.00–375.00	361.93
11	350–400	382	350.00–375.00	365.83
5	450–500	475	330.00	330.00
10	500–550	527	320.00–328.00	324.70
10	550–600	575	320.00	320.00
10	600–650	623	300.00–312.50	306.10

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
5	400–450	415	390.00	390.00
19	450–500	473	325.00–360.00	348.74
36	500–550	534	332.50–350.00	342.07
33	550–600	585	300.00–342.50	313.36
21	600–650	632	300.00–312.50	303.19
6	650–700	653	300.00	300.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
20	300–350	332	467.50–475.00	469.62
29	400–450	442	415.00	415.00
35	450–500	481	350.00–380.00	362.98

Head, weight ranges, average weights and price ranges are exactly as USDA AMS filed them — nothing recomputed, nothing rounded — in USDA's own reporting structure. This is RaisedBeef's rendering of that data, not a copy of USDA's document.