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Ozarks Regional Stockyards

Name: Ozarks Regional Stockyards livestock auction prices — 2021-05-18
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2021-05-18

Feeder Cattle · West Plains, Missouri · Tue, May 18

● Final80 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 1249

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Receipts

3,817 head

▲ 1,353 vs last sale 2,464▼ 1,793 vs year ago 5,610 · −32.0%

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

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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

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Compared to last week, 500-750 lbs steer calves and 400-700 lbs heifer calves traded 5.00-10.00 higher with other weights not well tested. Demand was good on a moderate to heavy supply. Quality was above average with several large drafts from reputation herds in the offering.

Weight class — the figures below change to match

Weight classPick one — the panels below update

Steers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

0–100 lb steers averaged $156.43/cwt on 1,898 head.

Average price

$156.43

1,898 head · 588 lb average

Value per head Derived

$920

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$83

per head · Medium 1 over Medium and Large 2

$31.67/cwt at this weight

vs the market

+3.70

vs MO average

Price by quality 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium 1	518	167.55	868	49
Large 1	585	162.57	951	19thin
Medium and Large 1	596	160.31	955	1,260
Medium 1-2	501	149.73	751	11thin
Medium and Large 1-2	579	148.95	862	445
Large 1-2	576	139.63	804	53
Medium and Large 2	578	135.88	786	61

One grade step is worth $31.67/cwt here — about $83 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 sale1,898 hd

156.43

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MO average17 barns · 10,337 hd

152.73

+3.70

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

Every lot

80 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 · Steers41 lots · lightest first
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1	311	185.00/cwt	185.00–185.00	575	5
Steers	—	Medium 1	354	175.00/cwt	175.00–175.00	620	7
Steers	—	Large 1-2	365	160.00/cwt	160.00–160.00	584	5
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	379	163.59/cwt	160.00–167.50	620	6
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1	380	181.38/cwt	177.00–185.00	689	11
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1	427	177.07/cwt	174.00–180.00	756	24
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	427	165.77/cwt	161.00–172.00	708	45
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1	468	175.95/cwt	170.00–183.00	823	80
Steers	—	Large 1-2	469	155.97/cwt	150.00–165.00	731	13
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	473	162.60/cwt	152.50–168.50	769	89
Steers	—	Medium 1-2	479	165.00/cwt	165.00–165.00	790	5
Steers	—	Medium and Large 2	487	150.00/cwt	150.00–150.00	731	8
Steers	—	Medium 1	489	174.18/cwt	166.00–179.00	852	21
Steers	—	Large 1	498	176.00/cwt	176.00–176.00	876	10
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	518	155.77/cwt	151.00–160.00	807	57
Steers	—	Medium 1-2	520	137.00/cwt	137.00–137.00	712	6
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1	522	170.32/cwt	160.00–177.00	889	162
Steers	—	Large 1-2	538	133.00/cwt	133.00–133.00	716	5
Steers	—	Medium 1	541	166.00/cwt	166.00–166.00	898	6
Steers	—	Medium and Large 2	544	145.00/cwt	145.00–145.00	789	6
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1	574	162.96/cwt	157.00–173.00	935	414
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	581	148.69/cwt	141.00–155.00	864	73
Steers	—	Medium and Large 2	581	134.79/cwt	128.00–139.00	783	32
Steers	—	Medium 1	591	165.00/cwt	165.00–165.00	975	6
Steers	—	Medium and Large 2	608	127.38/cwt	125.00–132.00	774	9
Steers	—	Large 1-2	615	129.71/cwt	129.00–130.00	798	17
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1	619	158.78/cwt	153.00–161.00	983	335
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	622	143.55/cwt	135.00–151.00	893	76
Steers	—	Medium 1	651	149.00/cwt	149.00–149.00	970	9
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1	662	149.64/cwt	144.00–153.50	991	83
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	672	132.40/cwt	129.00–135.00	890	37
Steers	—	Medium and Large 2	676	126.48/cwt	124.00–129.00	855	6
Steers	—	Large 1	681	147.65/cwt	145.00–149.00	1,005	9
Steers	—	Large 1-2	697	132.50/cwt	132.50–132.50	924	5
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	715	130.38/cwt	130.00–131.00	932	16
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1	725	138.79/cwt	136.00–144.00	1,006	88
Steers	—	Large 1-2	745	130.00/cwt	130.00–130.00	969	8
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	773	126.40/cwt	120.00–130.00	977	30
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1	846	135.50/cwt	135.50–135.50	1,146	58
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	872	125.31/cwt	125.00–126.00	1,093	10
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	1,092	116.00/cwt	116.00–116.00	1,267	6
Feeder Cattle · Heifers32 lots · lightest first
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	330	151.22/cwt	145.00–155.00	499	10
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1	351	152.50/cwt	152.50–152.50	535	5
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	387	143.02/cwt	140.00–148.00	553	13
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	420	141.97/cwt	138.00–145.00	596	30
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1	428	152.48/cwt	147.00–161.00	653	114
Heifers	—	Large 1-2	440	137.00/cwt	137.00–137.00	603	5
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1	473	146.85/cwt	143.00–151.00	695	85
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 2	481	124.16/cwt	121.00–126.00	597	8
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	483	137.53/cwt	130.00–142.00	664	81
Heifers	—	Medium 1	498	145.00/cwt	145.00–145.00	722	15
Heifers	—	Large 1	516	135.10/cwt	134.00–137.00	697	8
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1	526	142.61/cwt	137.50–147.50	750	152
Heifers	—	Large 1-2	530	126.56/cwt	120.00–133.00	671	17
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	534	131.31/cwt	125.00–137.00	701	42
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1	563	142.69/cwt	134.00–146.50	803	224
Heifers	—	Medium 1	566	133.02/cwt	129.00–137.00	753	19
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	578	130.44/cwt	120.00–133.00	754	166
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1	616	134.68/cwt	131.00–136.00	830	29
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	626	126.40/cwt	123.00–132.00	791	94
Heifers	—	Medium 1	642	129.00/cwt	129.00–129.00	828	5
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1	651	140.00/cwt	130.00–145.00	911	56
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	673	121.50/cwt	114.00–127.00	818	66
Heifers	—	Medium 1-2	694	123.00/cwt	123.00–123.00	854	14
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 2	696	105.00/cwt	105.00–105.00	731	5
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1	716	125.64/cwt	123.50–131.00	900	38
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	722	119.81/cwt	117.50–122.00	865	21
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1	751	120.00/cwt	120.00–120.00	901	34
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	777	115.50/cwt	115.50–115.50	897	7
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	838	114.00/cwt	114.00–114.00	955	6
Heifers	—	Large 1-2	882	110.00/cwt	110.00–110.00	970	7
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1	914	114.49/cwt	113.50–117.00	1,046	35
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	963	99.35/cwt	90.00–105.00	957	8
Feeder Cattle · Bulls7 lots · lightest first
Bulls	—	Medium and Large 1-2	418	145.00/cwt	145.00–145.00	606	5
Bulls	—	Medium and Large 1	431	153.88/cwt	152.50–155.00	663	13
Bulls	—	Medium and Large 1-2	478	138.31/cwt	137.00–140.00	661	9
Bulls	—	Medium and Large 1-2	544	136.28/cwt	135.00–138.00	741	7
Bulls	—	Medium and Large 1-2	574	124.78/cwt	120.00–129.00	716	11
Bulls	—	Medium and Large 1	597	133.00/cwt	133.00–133.00	794	7
Bulls	—	Medium and Large 1-2	693	119.58/cwt	110.00–126.00	829	10

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 May 18, 2021

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

Receipts 3,817Last week 2,464Year ago 5,610

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Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
17	—	530	120.00–133.00	126.56
5	—	440	137.00	137.00
7	—	882	110.00	110.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
8	—	516	134.00–137.00	135.10

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium 1$ per cwt · actual wt
19	—	566	129.00–137.00	133.02
15	—	498	145.00	145.00
5	—	642	129.00	129.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
14	—	694	123.00	123.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
34	—	751	120.00	120.00
114	—	428	147.00–161.00	152.48
29	—	616	131.00–136.00	134.68
224	—	563	134.00–146.50	142.69
38	—	716	123.50–131.00	125.64
35	—	914	113.50–117.00	114.49
5	—	351	152.50	152.50
56	—	651	130.00–145.00	140.00
152	—	526	137.50–147.50	142.61
85	—	473	143.00–151.00	146.85

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
94	—	626	123.00–132.00	126.40
13	—	387	140.00–148.00	143.02
66	—	673	114.00–127.00	121.50
6	—	838	114.00	114.00
30	—	420	138.00–145.00	141.97
42	—	534	125.00–137.00	131.31
10	—	330	145.00–155.00	151.22
166	—	578	120.00–133.00	130.44
81	—	483	130.00–142.00	137.53
21	—	722	117.50–122.00	119.81
8	—	963	90.00–105.00	99.35
7	—	777	115.50	115.50

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
8	—	481	121.00–126.00	124.16
5	—	696	105.00	105.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
5	—	365	160.00	160.00
5	—	697	132.50	132.50
13	—	469	150.00–165.00	155.97
8	—	745	130.00	130.00
5	—	538	133.00	133.00
17	—	615	129.00–130.00	129.71

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
10	—	498	176.00	176.00
9	—	681	145.00–149.00	147.65

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium 1$ per cwt · actual wt
6	—	541	166.00	166.00
21	—	489	166.00–179.00	174.18
7	—	354	175.00	175.00
9	—	651	149.00	149.00
6	—	591	165.00	165.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
16	—	715	130.00–131.00	130.38
10	—	872	125.00–126.00	125.31
89	—	473	152.50–168.50	162.60
6	—	1,092	116.00	116.00
57	—	518	151.00–160.00	155.77
76	—	622	135.00–151.00	143.55
30	—	773	120.00–130.00	126.40
6	—	379	160.00–167.50	163.59
37	—	672	129.00–135.00	132.40
45	—	427	161.00–172.00	165.77
73	—	581	141.00–155.00	148.69

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
335	—	619	153.00–161.00	158.78
5	—	311	185.00	185.00
83	—	662	144.00–153.50	149.64
80	—	468	170.00–183.00	175.95
58	—	846	135.50	135.50
24	—	427	174.00–180.00	177.07
162	—	522	160.00–177.00	170.32
88	—	725	136.00–144.00	138.79
414	—	574	157.00–173.00	162.96
11	—	380	177.00–185.00	181.38

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
9	—	608	125.00–132.00	127.38
6	—	676	124.00–129.00	126.48
32	—	581	128.00–139.00	134.79
6	—	544	145.00	145.00
8	—	487	150.00	150.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
5	—	479	165.00	165.00
6	—	520	137.00	137.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
7	—	597	133.00	133.00
13	—	431	152.50–155.00	153.88

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
11	—	574	120.00–129.00	124.78
10	—	693	110.00–126.00	119.58
9	—	478	137.00–140.00	138.31
7	—	544	135.00–138.00	136.28
5	—	418	145.00	145.00

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.