Sale reports / Missouri / Ozarks Regional Stockyards / 2022-02-22

Ozarks Regional Stockyards

Feeder Cattle · West Plains, Missouri · Tue, Feb 22
● Final64 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 1249
Receipts
1,781 head
▼ 1,878 vs last sale 3,659▼ 67 vs year ago 1,848 · −3.6%
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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to last week, steer and heifer calves traded steady while yearlings were not well tested. Demand was good, especially on heifer calves. The supply was light due to the heavy early morning rains. Cattle futures opened the week mixed while grain futures opened sharply higher.

Weight classPick one — the panels below update

Heifers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot
0–100 lb heifers averaged $155.45/cwt on 772 head.
Average price
$155.45
772 head · 566 lb average
Value per head Derived
$880
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
$160
per head · Medium 1 over Medium and Large 2
$21.81/cwt at this weight
vs the market
−5.84
vs MO average

Price by quality 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium 1456167.507645thin
Large 1565163.0092111thin
Medium and Large 1587160.37941398
Medium and Large 1-2558150.25839292
Medium 1-2606150.009098thin
Large 1-2532146.4578028
Medium and Large 2414145.6960430
One grade step is worth $21.81/cwt here — about $160 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 sale772 hd
155.45
—
MO average14 barns · 9,363 hd
161.28
−5.84
A barn can sit above the state average at one weight and below it at another — check the class you actually sell.

Every lot

64 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 · Steers33 lots · lightest first
Steers—Medium and Large 1322215.82/cwt212.50–220.006959
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2348197.50/cwt197.50–197.506875
Steers—Medium and Large 1373208.69/cwt206.00–212.507789
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2395192.00/cwt192.00–192.007585
Steers—Medium 1-2404190.00/cwt190.00–190.007687
Steers—Medium and Large 1409205.96/cwt205.00–207.508428
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2424189.66/cwt184.00–196.0080450
Steers—Medium and Large 2433169.25/cwt162.50–178.007337
Steers—Medium 1446197.50/cwt197.50–197.508815
Steers—Medium and Large 1461201.00/cwt201.00–201.009278
Steers—Medium and Large 2464168.36/cwt162.00–172.5078115
Steers—Medium 1-2475182.50/cwt182.50–182.508675
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2477184.46/cwt182.50–190.0088030
Steers—Large 1-2507166.00/cwt166.00–166.008426
Steers—Medium and Large 2518170.18/cwt167.50–172.5088213
Steers—Medium and Large 1532210.00/cwt210.00–210.001,11711
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2533184.95/cwt175.00–190.0098648
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2568175.42/cwt164.00–180.0099641
Steers—Medium and Large 1577202.47/cwt194.00–210.001,16821
Steers—Medium and Large 2579155.99/cwt153.00–162.5090330
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2604165.97/cwt157.00–167.001,00239
Steers—Medium and Large 1616180.74/cwt175.00–187.001,11342
Steers—Large 1-2627157.08/cwt150.00–163.0098511
Steers—Medium and Large 1658168.49/cwt165.00–171.001,10994
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2669158.62/cwt154.00–164.001,06118
Steers—Medium and Large 1717160.56/cwt156.00–162.001,15129
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2735148.57/cwt142.50–157.001,09237
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2761149.90/cwt148.00–153.001,14114
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2819144.04/cwt135.00–148.001,18020
Steers—Medium 1-2842130.00/cwt130.00–130.001,0959
Steers—Medium and Large 1914143.00/cwt143.00–143.001,30723
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2948140.00/cwt140.00–140.001,32739
Steers—Medium and Large 1-21,015130.00/cwt130.00–130.001,32015
Feeder Cattle · Heifers26 lots · lightest first
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2383173.28/cwt172.00–175.006647
Heifers—Medium and Large 2383148.84/cwt145.00–150.0057017
Heifers—Medium and Large 1418172.24/cwt169.00–180.0072023
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2424158.18/cwt151.00–166.0067152
Heifers—Medium and Large 2426140.77/cwt135.00–145.006007
Heifers—Medium 1456167.50/cwt167.50–167.507645
Heifers—Medium and Large 1474178.30/cwt173.00–184.0084529
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2477156.10/cwt145.00–164.0074546
Heifers—Medium and Large 2490142.50/cwt142.50–142.506986
Heifers—Large 1-2493143.76/cwt142.50–145.007096
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2518153.02/cwt145.00–157.5079360
Heifers—Large 1-2518147.55/cwt147.00–148.0076411
Heifers—Medium and Large 1528167.08/cwt161.00–179.00882106
Heifers—Large 1565163.00/cwt163.00–163.0092111
Heifers—Large 1-2568146.82/cwt145.00–149.0083411
Heifers—Medium and Large 1574160.82/cwt157.00–162.0092319
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2580148.65/cwt142.50–153.0086218
Heifers—Medium 1-2606150.00/cwt150.00–150.009098
Heifers—Medium and Large 1607154.78/cwt150.00–157.0094099
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2629142.15/cwt134.00–149.0089432
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2670143.65/cwt135.00–145.0096245
Heifers—Medium and Large 1679152.84/cwt150.00–153.501,038115
Heifers—Medium and Large 1721147.10/cwt145.00–150.001,0617
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2725139.69/cwt129.00–144.001,01319
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2758134.58/cwt130.00–138.001,0207
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2910131.50/cwt131.50–131.501,1976
Feeder Cattle · Bulls5 lots · lightest first
Bulls—Medium and Large 1481171.08/cwt170.00–172.5082314
Bulls—Medium and Large 1528163.00/cwt163.00–163.008615
Bulls—Medium and Large 1-2542157.45/cwt157.00–158.008539
Bulls—Medium and Large 1566162.56/cwt160.00–165.0092013
Bulls—Medium and Large 1-2685139.00/cwt139.00–139.009525

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.