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Ozarks Regional Stockyards

Name: Ozarks Regional Stockyards livestock auction prices — 2025-01-03
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2025-01-03

Feeder Cattle · West Plains, Missouri · Fri, Jan 3

● Final97 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 1839

← Dec 7Jan 3Feb 1 →

Receipts

7,172 head

▲ 7,172 vs last sale 0▲ 7,172 vs year ago 0 · no sale a year ago

Also sold hereSlaughter/Replacement CattleWed Oct 28, 2026 Feeder CattleTue Nov 3, 2026

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Ozarks Regional Stockyard started the New Year with a Wean/Vac Special Feeder sale on Friday, January 3. Compared to the most recent feeder special on December 3, feeder steers and heifers sold 2.00-5.00 higher. Steer and heifer calves under 700 lbs. sold steady to 5.00 higher with peewee calves 10.00-15.00 higher. Demand was good on a heavy supply. The quality was exceptional, even for a Wean/Vac special. Strings of longtime weaned and vaccinated black hided calves arrived throughout the day and into the evening hours making it the largest sale in over ten years for ORS. Many producers had put off marketing calves into the new year and numbers were boosted by the forecast of Winter weather moving into the area this weekend.

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 $315.45/cwt on 803 head.

Average price

$315.45

803 head · 554 lb average

Value per head Derived

$1,749

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$338

per head · Medium and Large 1 over Medium and Large 2-3

$77.21/cwt at this weight

vs the market

−10.84

vs MO average

−17.42 vs national

Price by quality 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1	550	327.21	1,800	515
Medium 1	557	312.50	1,741	8thin
Medium and Large 1-2	561	298.84	1,677	226
Medium 1-2	561	277.54	1,556	25
Medium and Large 2	561	277.47	1,556	16thin
Large 1-2	580	275.00	1,595	5thin
Medium and Large 2-3	585	250.00	1,463	8thin

One grade step is worth $77.21/cwt here — about $338 a head. Across this sale the premium is widest at 500–600 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 sale803 hd

315.45

—

MO average8 barns · 3,695 hd

326.28

−10.84

National average40 barns · 9,035 hd

332.87

−17.42

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

Every lot

97 lots · USDA AMS · Ozarks Regional Stockyards Cattle Special - 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	338	409.19/cwt	400.00–425.00	1,383	29
Steers	350–400	Medium and Large 1Thin Fleshed	364	435.00/cwt	435.00–435.00	1,583	16
Steers	350–400	Medium and Large 1	375	387.17/cwt	375.00–400.00	1,452	32
Steers	400–450	Medium and Large 1-2	410	359.85/cwt	350.00–365.00	1,475	20
Steers	400–450	Medium and Large 1	437	383.68/cwt	372.50–400.00	1,677	80
Steers	400–450	Medium and Large 2	447	323.57/cwt	320.00–325.00	1,446	19
Steers	450–500	Medium 1	457	360.00/cwt	360.00–360.00	1,645	6
Steers	450–500	Medium and Large 2	472	305.32/cwt	297.50–310.00	1,441	24
Steers	450–500	Medium and Large 1	474	354.71/cwt	342.50–367.50	1,681	97
Steers	450–500	Medium 1-2	475	333.35/cwt	330.00–337.50	1,583	15
Steers	450–500	Medium and Large 1-2	488	328.62/cwt	316.00–340.00	1,604	46
Steers	450–500	Medium 2	497	302.50/cwt	302.50–302.50	1,503	9
Steers	500–550	Medium and Large 1Thin Fleshed	508	362.50/cwt	362.50–362.50	1,842	11
Steers	500–550	Medium and Large 1-2	525	312.75/cwt	300.00–322.50	1,642	87
Steers	500–550	Medium and Large 1	526	336.18/cwt	325.00–355.00	1,768	210
Steers	500–550	Medium and Large 2	531	288.60/cwt	287.50–290.00	1,532	7
Steers	500–550	Medium 1-2	537	272.50/cwt	272.50–272.50	1,463	9
Steers	550–600	Medium 1	557	312.50/cwt	312.50–312.50	1,741	8
Steers	550–600	Medium and Large 1	569	319.48/cwt	302.50–332.50	1,818	294
Steers	550–600	Medium 1-2	574	280.38/cwt	260.00–287.50	1,609	16
Steers	550–600	Large 1-2	580	275.00/cwt	275.00–275.00	1,595	5
Steers	550–600	Medium and Large 1-2	584	290.13/cwt	270.00–300.00	1,694	139
Steers	550–600	Medium and Large 2	584	268.81/cwt	262.00–282.50	1,570	9
Steers	550–600	Medium and Large 2-3	585	250.00/cwt	250.00–250.00	1,463	8
Steers	600–650	Medium and Large 2	615	242.50/cwt	242.50–242.50	1,491	12
Steers	600–650	Large 1-2	621	266.14/cwt	255.00–275.00	1,653	7
Steers	600–650	Medium and Large 1	623	297.39/cwt	286.00–312.50	1,853	267
Steers	600–650	Medium and Large 1-2	633	276.26/cwt	255.00–285.00	1,749	108
Steers	600–650	Medium 1	642	286.40/cwt	278.00–293.00	1,839	16
Steers	650–700	Large 1-2	663	269.54/cwt	260.00–277.00	1,787	7
Steers	650–700	Large 1	667	282.00/cwt	282.00–282.00	1,881	7
Steers	650–700	Medium and Large 1	669	287.40/cwt	272.50–299.00	1,923	375
Steers	650–700	Medium and Large 2-3	670	217.50/cwt	217.50–217.50	1,457	7
Steers	650–700	Medium and Large 1-2	683	267.63/cwt	250.00–273.00	1,828	130
Steers	700–750	Large 1	710	272.00/cwt	272.00–272.00	1,931	9
Steers	700–750	Medium and Large 1	715	276.68/cwt	265.00–287.00	1,978	590
Steers	700–750	Medium 1	723	265.19/cwt	260.00–269.00	1,917	33
Steers	700–750	Medium and Large 1-2	725	256.97/cwt	240.00–263.00	1,863	169
Steers	750–800	Medium 1	764	265.00/cwt	265.00–265.00	2,025	51
Steers	750–800	Medium and Large 1-2	768	249.37/cwt	245.00–252.50	1,915	51
Steers	750–800	Medium and Large 1	784	265.19/cwt	257.00–272.00	2,079	670
Steers	800–850	Medium and Large 1-2	815	229.45/cwt	223.00–240.00	1,870	31
Steers	800–850	Medium and Large 1	824	258.34/cwt	250.00–266.00	2,129	71
Steers	800–850	Medium and Large 2	837	210.00/cwt	210.00–210.00	1,758	13
Steers	850–900	Medium and Large 1-2	874	230.00/cwt	230.00–230.00	2,010	6
Steers	850–900	Medium and Large 1	878	248.91/cwt	245.00–250.00	2,185	59
Steers	900–950	Medium and Large 1	911	242.25/cwt	232.50–246.50	2,207	90
Steers	900–950	Medium and Large 1-2	935	221.81/cwt	216.00–229.00	2,074	11
Steers	1000–1050	Medium and Large 1	1,024	230.00/cwt	230.00–230.00	2,355	33
Steers	1000–1050	Medium and Large 1-2	1,048	217.50/cwt	217.50–217.50	2,279	10
Feeder Cattle · Heifers44 lots · lightest first
Heifers	300–350	Medium and Large 1	305	350.59/cwt	337.50–360.00	1,069	12
Heifers	300–350	Medium and Large 1-2	310	332.50/cwt	332.50–332.50	1,031	6
Heifers	350–400	Medium 1	360	332.50/cwt	332.50–332.50	1,197	11
Heifers	350–400	Medium and Large 1	373	343.44/cwt	332.50–360.00	1,281	34
Heifers	350–400	Medium and Large 1-2	398	300.00/cwt	300.00–300.00	1,194	5
Heifers	400–450	Medium 1-2	403	302.50/cwt	302.50–302.50	1,219	5
Heifers	400–450	Medium and Large 1Thin Fleshed	420	356.33/cwt	352.50–360.00	1,497	30
Heifers	400–450	Medium and Large 1	430	334.15/cwt	317.50–342.50	1,437	74
Heifers	400–450	Medium and Large 1-2	434	305.65/cwt	300.00–312.50	1,327	19
Heifers	400–450	Medium 1	445	317.50/cwt	317.50–317.50	1,413	16
Heifers	450–500	Medium and Large 1Thin Fleshed	460	348.49/cwt	345.00–352.50	1,603	30
Heifers	450–500	Medium and Large 1	477	322.14/cwt	312.50–335.00	1,537	125
Heifers	450–500	Medium and Large 1-2	479	293.12/cwt	275.00–307.50	1,404	78
Heifers	450–500	Medium and Large 2-3	487	225.00/cwt	225.00–225.00	1,096	5
Heifers	500–550	Medium and Large 2	510	254.29/cwt	250.00–255.00	1,297	21
Heifers	500–550	Medium 1-2	515	277.50/cwt	277.50–277.50	1,429	7
Heifers	500–550	Medium and Large 1	528	303.30/cwt	295.00–325.00	1,601	249
Heifers	500–550	Medium and Large 1-2	535	284.50/cwt	270.00–292.50	1,522	83
Heifers	550–600	Medium and Large 1	568	280.94/cwt	267.50–297.50	1,596	255
Heifers	550–600	Medium 1	574	271.75/cwt	271.00–273.00	1,560	29
Heifers	550–600	Medium and Large 1-2	578	262.57/cwt	252.50–267.50	1,518	112
Heifers	550–600	Large 1	593	268.92/cwt	268.00–270.00	1,595	13
Heifers	550–600	Medium and Large 2-3	595	132.50/cwt	132.50–132.50	788	5
Heifers	600–650	Medium and Large 1	623	265.51/cwt	257.50–270.00	1,654	219
Heifers	600–650	Medium and Large 1-2	628	252.79/cwt	242.50–257.50	1,588	59
Heifers	600–650	Large 1	629	267.19/cwt	260.00–272.00	1,681	12
Heifers	600–650	Medium and Large 2	641	210.00/cwt	210.00–210.00	1,346	11
Heifers	600–650	Large 1-2	649	250.00/cwt	250.00–250.00	1,623	5
Heifers	650–700	Medium and Large 1	674	260.36/cwt	252.00–274.00	1,755	360
Heifers	650–700	Medium and Large 1-2	680	244.88/cwt	235.00–251.00	1,665	121
Heifers	650–700	Medium 1	681	258.24/cwt	252.50–260.00	1,759	90
Heifers	650–700	Medium and Large 2	691	225.00/cwt	225.00–225.00	1,555	8
Heifers	700–750	Large 1-2	703	235.00/cwt	235.00–235.00	1,652	13
Heifers	700–750	Medium and Large 1-2	707	245.62/cwt	245.00–246.00	1,737	35
Heifers	700–750	Medium and Large 1	726	251.48/cwt	250.00–261.00	1,826	155
Heifers	700–750	Large 1	738	252.00/cwt	252.00–252.00	1,860	45
Heifers	700–750	Medium 1-2	742	240.00/cwt	240.00–240.00	1,781	5
Heifers	750–800	Medium and Large 1	758	263.00/cwt	263.00–263.00	1,994	16
Heifers	750–800	Medium 1	759	241.00/cwt	241.00–241.00	1,829	6
Heifers	750–800	Medium and Large 1-2	768	227.97/cwt	225.00–232.50	1,751	84
Heifers	800–850	Medium and Large 1-2	836	206.69/cwt	197.50–216.00	1,728	10
Heifers	850–900	Medium and Large 1-2	864	212.50/cwt	212.50–212.50	1,836	11
Heifers	950–1000	Medium and Large 1-2	972	201.00/cwt	201.00–201.00	1,954	11
Heifers	950–1000	Medium and Large 2	981	140.00/cwt	140.00–140.00	1,373	8
Feeder Cattle · Bulls3 lots · lightest first
Bulls	400–450	Medium 1-2	401	200.00/cwt	200.00–200.00	802	5
Bulls	600–650	Medium and Large 1	631	273.28/cwt	267.50–277.50	1,724	7
Bulls	700–750	Medium and Large 1-2	731	230.00/cwt	230.00–230.00	1,681	5

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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Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium 1$ per cwt · actual wt
6	450–500	457	360.00	360.00
8	550–600	557	312.50	312.50
16	600–650	642	278.00–293.00	286.40
33	700–750	723	260.00–269.00	265.19
51	750–800	764	265.00	265.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
15	450–500	475	330.00–337.50	333.35
9	500–550	537	272.50	272.50
16	550–600	574	260.00–287.50	280.38

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
5	550–600	580	275.00	275.00
7	600–650	621	255.00–275.00	266.14
7	650–700	663	260.00–277.00	269.54

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium 2$ per cwt · actual wt
9	450–500	497	302.50	302.50

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
29	300–350	338	400.00–425.00	409.19
32	350–400	375	375.00–400.00	387.17
80	400–450	437	372.50–400.00	383.68
97	450–500	474	342.50–367.50	354.71
210	500–550	526	325.00–355.00	336.18
294	550–600	569	302.50–332.50	319.48
267	600–650	623	286.00–312.50	297.39
375	650–700	669	272.50–299.00	287.40
590	700–750	715	265.00–287.00	276.68
670	750–800	784	257.00–272.00	265.19
71	800–850	824	250.00–266.00	258.34
59	850–900	878	245.00–250.00	248.91
90	900–950	911	232.50–246.50	242.25
33	1000–1050	1,024	230.00	230.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
20	400–450	410	350.00–365.00	359.85
46	450–500	488	316.00–340.00	328.62
87	500–550	525	300.00–322.50	312.75
139	550–600	584	270.00–300.00	290.13
108	600–650	633	255.00–285.00	276.26
130	650–700	683	250.00–273.00	267.63
169	700–750	725	240.00–263.00	256.97
51	750–800	768	245.00–252.50	249.37
31	800–850	815	223.00–240.00	229.45
6	850–900	874	230.00	230.00
11	900–950	935	216.00–229.00	221.81
10	1000–1050	1,048	217.50	217.50

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
19	400–450	447	320.00–325.00	323.57
24	450–500	472	297.50–310.00	305.32
7	500–550	531	287.50–290.00	288.60
9	550–600	584	262.00–282.50	268.81
12	600–650	615	242.50	242.50
13	800–850	837	210.00	210.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 2-3$ per cwt · actual wt
8	550–600	585	250.00	250.00
7	650–700	670	217.50	217.50

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1 · Thin Fleshed$ per cwt · actual wt
16	350–400	364	435.00	435.00
11	500–550	508	362.50	362.50

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
7	650–700	667	282.00	282.00
9	700–750	710	272.00	272.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
13	550–600	593	268.00–270.00	268.92
12	600–650	629	260.00–272.00	267.19
45	700–750	738	252.00	252.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium 1$ per cwt · actual wt
11	350–400	360	332.50	332.50
16	400–450	445	317.50	317.50
29	550–600	574	271.00–273.00	271.75
90	650–700	681	252.50–260.00	258.24
6	750–800	759	241.00	241.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
5	600–650	649	250.00	250.00
13	700–750	703	235.00	235.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
12	300–350	305	337.50–360.00	350.59
34	350–400	373	332.50–360.00	343.44
74	400–450	430	317.50–342.50	334.15
125	450–500	477	312.50–335.00	322.14
249	500–550	528	295.00–325.00	303.30
255	550–600	568	267.50–297.50	280.94
219	600–650	623	257.50–270.00	265.51
360	650–700	674	252.00–274.00	260.36
155	700–750	726	250.00–261.00	251.48
16	750–800	758	263.00	263.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
6	300–350	310	332.50	332.50
5	350–400	398	300.00	300.00
19	400–450	434	300.00–312.50	305.65
78	450–500	479	275.00–307.50	293.12
83	500–550	535	270.00–292.50	284.50
112	550–600	578	252.50–267.50	262.57
59	600–650	628	242.50–257.50	252.79
121	650–700	680	235.00–251.00	244.88
35	700–750	707	245.00–246.00	245.62
84	750–800	768	225.00–232.50	227.97
10	800–850	836	197.50–216.00	206.69
11	850–900	864	212.50	212.50
11	950–1000	972	201.00	201.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
21	500–550	510	250.00–255.00	254.29
11	600–650	641	210.00	210.00
8	650–700	691	225.00	225.00
8	950–1000	981	140.00	140.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
5	400–450	403	302.50	302.50
7	500–550	515	277.50	277.50
5	700–750	742	240.00	240.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 2-3$ per cwt · actual wt
5	450–500	487	225.00	225.00
5	550–600	595	132.50	132.50

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Thin Fleshed$ per cwt · actual wt
30	400–450	420	352.50–360.00	356.33
30	450–500	460	345.00–352.50	348.49

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
7	600–650	631	267.50–277.50	273.28

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
5	700–750	731	230.00	230.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls — Medium 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
5	400–450	401	200.00	200.00

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.