Sale reports / Missouri / Ozarks Regional Stockyards / 2023-01-24

Ozarks Regional Stockyards

Feeder Cattle · West Plains, Missouri · Tue, Jan 24
● Final56 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 1249
Receipts
1,524 head
▼ 2,025 vs last sale 3,549▼ 1,812 vs year ago 3,336 · −54.3%
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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

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Compared to last week, steer and heifer calves traded steady to 4.00 higher. Demand was good on a very light supply. The market was active as buyers competed to purchase full loads. Receipts were lighter than expected as Winter weather moved into the area, The USDA's Cattle on Feed Report released Friday, reported Inventories 3 percent lower, Placements 8 percent lower and Marketings 6 percent lower. Feeder Cattle Future traded uneven and Live Cattle Futures traded slightly higher as Corn Futures traded higher.

Weight classPick one — the panels below update

Steers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot
0–100 lb steers averaged $187.10/cwt on 692 head.
Average price
$187.10
692 head · 598 lb average
Value per head Derived
$1,118
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
−$21
per head · Medium 1 over Medium and Large 2
$26.77/cwt at this weight
vs the market
−6.45
vs MO average

Price by quality 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium 1445200.008908thin
Medium and Large 1633191.641,214354
Medium and Large 1-2568183.251,042286
Medium and Large 2526173.2391144
One grade step is worth $26.77/cwt here — about −$21 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 sale692 hd
187.10
—
MO average19 barns · 8,276 hd
193.55
−6.45
A barn can sit above the state average at one weight and below it at another — check the class you actually sell.

Every lot

56 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 · Steers29 lots · lightest first
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2317202.43/cwt200.00–207.506426
Steers—Medium and Large 1331221.64/cwt220.00–222.507346
Steers—Medium and Large 2336182.50/cwt182.50–182.506135
Steers—Medium and Large 1382217.54/cwt215.00–222.5083111
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2390205.01/cwt203.00–210.0080010
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2411205.11/cwt202.50–207.5084312
Steers—Medium and Large 1424215.86/cwt210.00–218.0091525
Steers—Medium 1445200.00/cwt200.00–200.008908
Steers—Medium and Large 2462185.00/cwt185.00–185.008555
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2470200.27/cwt191.00–206.0094130
Steers—Medium and Large 1480210.96/cwt209.00–217.001,01326
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2517191.91/cwt183.00–197.0099298
Steers—Medium and Large 1530210.28/cwt205.00–216.001,11462
Steers—Medium and Large 2542178.49/cwt177.00–181.0096721
Steers—Medium and Large 1565198.77/cwt195.00–205.001,12337
Steers—Medium and Large 2568157.98/cwt155.00–165.008977
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2577178.58/cwt173.00–186.001,03031
Steers—Medium and Large 1617187.41/cwt184.00–189.001,15624
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2625173.90/cwt171.00–175.001,08744
Steers—Medium and Large 2631155.06/cwt150.00–160.009786
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2661165.46/cwt162.50–172.001,09410
Steers—Medium and Large 1676176.56/cwt175.00–177.001,19423
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2721154.66/cwt150.00–156.501,11518
Steers—Medium and Large 1733171.00/cwt171.00–171.001,25312
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2757166.00/cwt166.00–166.001,25713
Steers—Medium and Large 1765176.00/cwt176.00–176.001,34669
Steers—Medium and Large 1835171.00/cwt171.00–171.001,42859
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2840150.00/cwt150.00–150.001,2609
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2938147.00/cwt147.00–147.001,3795
Feeder Cattle · Heifers18 lots · lightest first
Heifers—Medium and Large 1384183.02/cwt180.00–188.0070352
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2423173.40/cwt169.00–175.0073328
Heifers—Medium 1-2466161.50/cwt161.50–161.507535
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2474169.36/cwt156.00–174.0080372
Heifers—Medium and Large 1477181.38/cwt177.00–187.5086556
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2517163.30/cwt155.00–167.0084437
Heifers—Medium and Large 1528175.65/cwt169.00–185.0092799
Heifers—Medium and Large 2528145.00/cwt145.00–145.007665
Heifers—Medium and Large 1556170.18/cwt168.00–171.0094627
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2557162.50/cwt162.50–162.509055
Heifers—Medium 1-2600150.00/cwt150.00–150.009005
Heifers—Medium and Large 1622164.47/cwt163.00–167.001,02343
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2632154.85/cwt150.00–157.5097924
Heifers—Large 1636165.50/cwt165.50–165.501,05318
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2666153.20/cwt152.50–155.001,02036
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2722157.50/cwt157.50–157.501,13718
Heifers—Medium and Large 2742131.18/cwt125.00–135.0097313
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2773146.19/cwt140.00–150.001,1308
Feeder Cattle · Bulls9 lots · lightest first
Bulls—Medium and Large 1422202.11/cwt192.50–205.0085313
Bulls—Medium and Large 1517180.61/cwt180.00–182.5093412
Bulls—Medium and Large 1-2577153.73/cwt150.00–157.5088710
Bulls—Medium and Large 1-2646160.00/cwt160.00–160.001,03417
Bulls—Medium and Large 1-2683143.99/cwt140.00–145.0098310
Bulls—Medium and Large 1-2706150.69/cwt142.50–159.001,06410
Bulls—Medium and Large 1-2834125.32/cwt115.00–130.001,04521
Bulls—Medium and Large 1-2958122.06/cwt114.00–129.001,16913
Bulls—Large 1-21,008115.00/cwt115.00–115.001,15911

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.