Sale reports / Missouri / Ozarks Regional Stockyards / 2019-08-20

Ozarks Regional Stockyards

Name: Ozarks Regional Stockyards livestock auction prices — 2019-08-20
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2019-08-20

Feeder Cattle · West Plains, Missouri · Tue, Aug 20

● Final73 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 1249

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Receipts

969 head

▼ 741 vs last sale 1,710▼ 2,165 vs year ago 3,134 · −69.1%

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

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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to last week, steer and heifer calves traded steady to 3.00 higher. Yearlings were scarce. Demand was moderate on a very light supply. With the heat index higher than fat cattle prices, receipts were the lowest they have been in several years. Steers averaged 571 lbs at $139.76/cwt while heifers averaged 537 lbs at $122.39/cwt.

Weight class — the figures below change to match

Weight classPick one — the panels below update

Heifers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

0–100 lb heifers averaged $124.32/cwt on 415 head.

Average price

$124.32

415 head · 536 lb average

Value per head Derived

$667

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$71

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

$25.41/cwt at this weight

vs the market

−7.84

vs MO average

Price by quality 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1	494	132.34	654	167
Medium 1-2	395	122.50	484	4thin
Medium and Large 1-2	574	121.00	694	194
Large 1-2	547	119.82	655	14thin
Medium and Large 2	545	106.93	583	36

One grade step is worth $25.41/cwt here — about $71 a head. Across this sale the premium is widest at 0–100 lb. USDA reports each grade on its own line and never publishes the spread.

How it compared 0–100 lb

Same class and week · spot auction only

This sale415 hd

124.32

—

MO average13 barns · 2,459 hd

132.16

−7.84

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

Every lot

73 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 · Steers23 lots · lightest first
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	321	148.85/cwt	145.00–155.00	478	7
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1	370	168.40/cwt	165.00–174.00	623	18
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	373	160.94/cwt	157.00–162.00	600	5
Steers	—	Large 1-2	387	145.00/cwt	145.00–145.00	561	6
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	416	153.74/cwt	152.50–155.00	640	4
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1	420	166.54/cwt	164.00–168.00	699	9
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1	474	153.73/cwt	152.00–158.00	729	18
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	478	148.69/cwt	142.00–152.00	711	3
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	513	143.03/cwt	135.00–148.00	734	23
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1	515	156.45/cwt	152.50–157.50	806	18
Steers	—	Medium and Large 2	527	126.12/cwt	107.00–130.00	665	18
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1	573	146.71/cwt	145.00–152.00	841	25
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	581	137.63/cwt	127.00–145.00	800	15
Steers	—	Large 1-2	604	130.00/cwt	130.00–130.00	785	9
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1	623	147.22/cwt	140.00–151.00	917	35
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	629	129.64/cwt	125.00–140.00	815	21
Steers	—	Medium and Large 2	663	116.69/cwt	114.00–118.00	774	3
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1	669	144.61/cwt	143.00–149.00	967	25
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	672	134.00/cwt	134.00–134.00	900	6
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	705	127.96/cwt	122.00–134.00	902	5
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	776	119.97/cwt	110.00–132.00	931	5
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	991	108.00/cwt	108.00–108.00	1,070	5
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	1,044	111.00/cwt	111.00–111.00	1,159	9
Feeder Cattle · Heifers31 lots · lightest first
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1	269	167.50/cwt	167.50–167.50	451	6
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	336	136.71/cwt	135.00–140.00	459	3
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1	362	146.78/cwt	142.50–155.00	531	14
Heifers	—	Large 1-2	378	130.00/cwt	130.00–130.00	491	3
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	380	138.48/cwt	130.00–140.00	526	11
Heifers	—	Medium 1-2	395	122.50/cwt	122.50–122.50	484	4
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 2	395	121.67/cwt	110.00–127.50	481	3
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 2	422	110.94/cwt	100.00–117.50	468	4
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	429	123.36/cwt	120.00–130.00	529	15
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1	433	134.10/cwt	132.50–139.00	581	39
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1	462	131.26/cwt	130.00–137.00	606	15
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	467	124.91/cwt	118.00–130.00	583	30
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 2	472	105.74/cwt	100.00–115.00	499	12
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1	520	129.12/cwt	128.00–142.50	671	54
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	523	124.10/cwt	110.00–130.00	649	47
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 2	526	107.46/cwt	100.00–110.00	565	4
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 2	560	97.57/cwt	92.50–108.00	546	3
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1	561	124.90/cwt	123.00–128.00	701	20
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	585	122.24/cwt	115.00–126.00	715	23
Heifers	—	Large 1-2	588	115.00/cwt	115.00–115.00	676	8
Heifers	—	Large 1-2	605	122.50/cwt	122.50–122.50	741	3
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	608	115.46/cwt	110.00–120.00	702	27
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1	609	125.56/cwt	123.00–129.00	765	7
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 2	667	106.86/cwt	100.00–110.00	713	7
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1	668	125.83/cwt	125.00–126.00	841	6
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	670	114.11/cwt	113.00–121.00	765	15
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1	735	123.00/cwt	123.00–123.00	904	6
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 2	875	100.39/cwt	95.00–103.00	878	3
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	879	110.74/cwt	109.00–112.00	973	12
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	918	108.00/cwt	108.00–108.00	991	8
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	1,085	92.50/cwt	92.50–92.50	1,004	3
Feeder Cattle · Bulls18 lots · lightest first
Bulls	—	Medium and Large 1	348	162.50/cwt	162.50–162.50	566	6
Bulls	—	Medium and Large 1	429	154.06/cwt	144.00–165.00	661	17
Bulls	—	Medium and Large 1-2	430	120.91/cwt	115.00–125.00	520	5
Bulls	—	Medium and Large 1-2	470	130.52/cwt	117.50–134.00	613	8
Bulls	—	Medium and Large 1	477	139.24/cwt	132.50–147.50	664	18
Bulls	—	Medium and Large 1	511	135.02/cwt	128.00–142.50	690	20
Bulls	—	Medium 1	515	131.00/cwt	131.00–131.00	675	11
Bulls	—	Medium and Large 1-2	556	122.28/cwt	120.00–124.00	680	7
Bulls	—	Medium and Large 1	577	132.82/cwt	132.50–136.00	766	15
Bulls	—	Medium and Large 1-2	608	124.89/cwt	110.00–129.00	759	7
Bulls	—	Medium and Large 1	617	134.81/cwt	132.50–136.00	832	3
Bulls	—	Medium and Large 1-2	679	123.71/cwt	113.00–125.00	840	9
Bulls	—	Medium and Large 1	688	125.00/cwt	125.00–125.00	860	6
Bulls	—	Medium and Large 1	700	123.00/cwt	123.00–123.00	861	4
Bulls	—	Medium and Large 1-2	725	111.79/cwt	102.50–116.00	810	6
Bulls	—	Medium and Large 1-2	773	111.53/cwt	111.00–117.50	862	12
Bulls	—	Medium and Large 1-2	866	107.00/cwt	107.00–107.00	927	4
Bulls	—	Medium and Large 1-2	906	106.00/cwt	106.00–106.00	960	5
Feeder Cattle · Dairy Steers1 lot · lightest first
Dairy Steers	—	Large 3	528	60.00/cwt	60.00–60.00	317	3

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.

Missouri feeder prices, every weight →Every state and region →

Ozarks Regional Stockyards Feeder Cattle - West Plains, MO

Tue Aug 20, 2019

USDA Livestock, Poultry & Grain Market News · Federal-State Market News Service, Jefferson City, MO (LS-JC)

Receipts 969Last week 1,710Year ago 3,134

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
23	—	513	135.00–148.00	143.03
5	—	991	108.00	108.00
6	—	672	134.00	134.00
3	—	478	142.00–152.00	148.69
7	—	321	145.00–155.00	148.85
4	—	416	152.50–155.00	153.74
9	—	1,044	111.00	111.00
5	—	373	157.00–162.00	160.94
15	—	581	127.00–145.00	137.63
5	—	705	122.00–134.00	127.96
21	—	629	125.00–140.00	129.64
5	—	776	110.00–132.00	119.97

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
35	—	623	140.00–151.00	147.22
9	—	420	164.00–168.00	166.54
18	—	370	165.00–174.00	168.40
18	—	474	152.00–158.00	153.73
18	—	515	152.50–157.50	156.45
25	—	573	145.00–152.00	146.71
25	—	669	143.00–149.00	144.61

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	663	114.00–118.00	116.69
18	—	527	107.00–130.00	126.12

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
6	—	387	145.00	145.00
9	—	604	130.00	130.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
7	—	608	110.00–129.00	124.89
8	—	470	117.50–134.00	130.52
4	—	866	107.00	107.00
9	—	679	113.00–125.00	123.71
5	—	430	115.00–125.00	120.91
12	—	773	111.00–117.50	111.53
5	—	906	106.00	106.00
6	—	725	102.50–116.00	111.79
7	—	556	120.00–124.00	122.28

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
20	—	511	128.00–142.50	135.02
4	—	700	123.00	123.00
6	—	348	162.50	162.50
6	—	688	125.00	125.00
15	—	577	132.50–136.00	132.82
17	—	429	144.00–165.00	154.06
18	—	477	132.50–147.50	139.24
3	—	617	132.50–136.00	134.81

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls — Medium 1$ per cwt · actual wt
11	—	515	131.00	131.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
15	—	462	130.00–137.00	131.26
20	—	561	123.00–128.00	124.90
6	—	269	167.50	167.50
39	—	433	132.50–139.00	134.10
6	—	668	125.00–126.00	125.83
54	—	520	128.00–142.50	129.12
6	—	735	123.00	123.00
7	—	609	123.00–129.00	125.56
14	—	362	142.50–155.00	146.78

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
4	—	395	122.50	122.50

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
4	—	526	100.00–110.00	107.46
7	—	667	100.00–110.00	106.86
12	—	472	100.00–115.00	105.74
3	—	395	110.00–127.50	121.67
3	—	560	92.50–108.00	97.57
3	—	875	95.00–103.00	100.39
4	—	422	100.00–117.50	110.94

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
30	—	467	118.00–130.00	124.91
11	—	380	130.00–140.00	138.48
47	—	523	110.00–130.00	124.10
12	—	879	109.00–112.00	110.74
15	—	429	120.00–130.00	123.36
15	—	670	113.00–121.00	114.11
3	—	336	135.00–140.00	136.71
23	—	585	115.00–126.00	122.24
3	—	1,085	92.50	92.50
27	—	608	110.00–120.00	115.46
8	—	918	108.00	108.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	378	130.00	130.00
3	—	605	122.50	122.50
8	—	588	115.00	115.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Dairy Steers — Large 3$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	528	60.00	60.00

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.