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Ozarks Regional Stockyards

Name: Ozarks Regional Stockyards livestock auction prices — 2023-12-12
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2023-12-12

Feeder Cattle · West Plains, Missouri · Tue, Dec 12

● Final82 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 1249

← Dec 5Dec 12Dec 19 →

Receipts

2,450 head

▲ 140 vs last sale 2,310▲ 35 vs year ago 2,415 · +1.4%

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 feeders sold unevenly steady. The supply of feeders was light to moderate with the majority of the offering once again calves under 700 lbs. Overall quality was average however many of the calves were weaned with shots. Drafts were small making buyers really work to try to assemble loads of any matching cattle this week. Demand was moderate, early in the day buyers watched as feeder futures seemed as confused as spectators on which direction the day would be, however by midday green covered the board and gains held.

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 $235.00/cwt on 844 head.

Average price

$235.00

844 head · 582 lb average

Value per head Derived

$1,369

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$294

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

$24.71/cwt at this weight

vs the market

−2.38

vs MO average

Price by quality 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1	597	246.37	1,472	337
Medium and Large 1-2	588	229.68	1,351	366
Medium and Large 2	531	221.66	1,178	141

One grade step is worth $24.71/cwt here — about $294 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 sale844 hd

235.00

—

MO average18 barns · 18,067 hd

237.39

−2.38

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

Every lot

82 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 · Steers38 lots · lightest first
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	329	284.99/cwt	265.00–300.00	938	9
Steers	—	Medium and Large 2	379	245.00/cwt	245.00–245.00	929	19
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	389	273.49/cwt	265.00–280.00	1,064	21
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1	423	288.67/cwt	285.00–291.00	1,221	13
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	426	265.22/cwt	257.50–275.00	1,130	38
Steers	—	Medium and Large 2	429	238.28/cwt	235.00–240.00	1,022	25
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	471	258.86/cwt	248.00–269.00	1,219	18
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1	476	274.89/cwt	270.00–284.00	1,308	25
Steers	—	Medium and Large 2	478	231.21/cwt	225.00–238.00	1,105	21
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1-2Unweaned	494	234.00/cwt	234.00–234.00	1,156	9
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	507	243.10/cwt	230.00–250.00	1,233	19
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	519	241.19/cwt	237.50–242.00	1,252	11
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1	522	269.55/cwt	261.00–278.00	1,407	45
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1-2Unweaned	523	229.43/cwt	225.00–235.00	1,200	13
Steers	—	Medium and Large 2	527	219.87/cwt	200.00–238.00	1,159	19
Steers	—	Medium and Large 2	574	213.43/cwt	203.00–220.00	1,225	23
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1	579	251.27/cwt	245.00–252.00	1,455	49
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	581	234.57/cwt	227.00–250.00	1,363	56
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1-2Unweaned	582	221.29/cwt	220.00–224.00	1,288	22
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1-2Fleshy	610	200.00/cwt	200.00–200.00	1,220	10
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1	623	241.92/cwt	226.00–250.00	1,507	121
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	626	221.08/cwt	215.00–230.00	1,384	32
Steers	—	Medium and Large 2	645	206.59/cwt	200.00–207.00	1,333	16
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	651	215.00/cwt	215.00–215.00	1,400	4
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1	665	226.83/cwt	225.00–230.00	1,508	40
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	671	216.36/cwt	211.00–220.00	1,452	21
Steers	—	Medium and Large 2	682	200.00/cwt	200.00–200.00	1,364	6
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1-2Unweaned	684	200.00/cwt	200.00–200.00	1,368	9
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1-2Fleshy	712	180.00/cwt	180.00–180.00	1,282	2
Steers	—	Medium and Large 2	721	181.29/cwt	180.00–185.00	1,307	4
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	722	202.79/cwt	195.00–215.00	1,464	51
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1	723	214.00/cwt	214.00–214.00	1,547	14
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	762	201.92/cwt	190.00–212.00	1,539	25
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1	774	206.97/cwt	206.00–211.00	1,602	15
Steers	—	Medium and Large 2	785	185.00/cwt	185.00–185.00	1,452	3
Steers	—	Medium and Large 2	818	183.00/cwt	181.00–183.50	1,497	5
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	845	199.00/cwt	198.00–200.00	1,682	5
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	897	190.00/cwt	190.00–190.00	1,704	6
Feeder Cattle · Heifers33 lots · lightest first
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	330	234.18/cwt	230.00–242.50	773	12
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	377	235.74/cwt	225.00–245.00	889	33
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 2	380	204.33/cwt	200.00–210.00	776	8
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1	400	242.00/cwt	242.00–242.00	968	6
Heifers	—	Medium 2	409	175.00/cwt	175.00–175.00	716	4
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	417	218.00/cwt	210.00–230.00	909	46
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 2	433	192.50/cwt	192.50–192.50	834	16
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1	457	229.40/cwt	227.50–232.00	1,048	14
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1-2Unweaned	457	200.00/cwt	200.00–200.00	914	6
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 2	464	194.35/cwt	180.00–205.00	902	28
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	465	219.06/cwt	210.00–228.00	1,019	61
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 2	526	176.55/cwt	175.00–180.00	929	23
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	528	201.90/cwt	187.50–218.00	1,066	134
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1	542	232.00/cwt	232.00–232.00	1,257	15
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 2	553	180.00/cwt	180.00–180.00	995	17
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1	562	220.23/cwt	219.00–221.00	1,238	16
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	570	204.16/cwt	182.50–218.00	1,164	163
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1-2Unweaned	610	177.50/cwt	177.50–177.50	1,083	5
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 2	615	175.00/cwt	175.00–175.00	1,076	3
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	630	195.61/cwt	180.00–206.00	1,232	97
Heifers	—	Medium 2	648	150.00/cwt	150.00–150.00	972	5
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1-2Unweaned	655	170.00/cwt	170.00–170.00	1,114	7
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1	658	210.00/cwt	210.00–210.00	1,382	12
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	661	188.69/cwt	184.00–195.00	1,247	37
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1-2Fleshy	661	175.00/cwt	175.00–175.00	1,157	5
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 2	680	175.01/cwt	170.00–176.00	1,190	14
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 2	727	171.71/cwt	169.00–174.00	1,248	11
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	739	190.86/cwt	181.00–194.00	1,410	12
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1-2Fleshy	752	178.00/cwt	178.00–178.00	1,339	4
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	774	184.00/cwt	184.00–184.00	1,424	4
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 2	795	170.00/cwt	170.00–170.00	1,352	3
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	858	185.00/cwt	185.00–185.00	1,587	10
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 2	872	144.50/cwt	140.00–145.00	1,260	10
Feeder Cattle · Bulls11 lots · lightest first
Bulls	—	Medium and Large 1	410	257.50/cwt	257.50–257.50	1,056	2
Bulls	—	Medium and Large 1-2	468	219.77/cwt	217.50–236.00	1,029	8
Bulls	—	Medium and Large 2	477	205.35/cwt	185.00–210.00	980	11
Bulls	—	Medium and Large 1-2	533	200.73/cwt	190.00–207.50	1,070	16
Bulls	—	Medium and Large 2	550	179.00/cwt	179.00–179.00	985	10
Bulls	—	Medium and Large 1-2	564	201.65/cwt	190.00–210.00	1,137	27
Bulls	—	Medium and Large 1	627	210.45/cwt	201.00–220.00	1,320	6
Bulls	—	Medium and Large 1-2	633	198.48/cwt	185.00–201.00	1,256	40
Bulls	—	Medium and Large 2	664	169.44/cwt	140.00–189.00	1,125	10
Bulls	—	Medium and Large 1-2	676	187.34/cwt	185.00–188.00	1,266	14
Bulls	—	Medium and Large 1-2	704	165.00/cwt	165.00–165.00	1,162	4

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 Dec 12, 2023

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

Receipts 2,450Last week 2,310Year ago 2,415

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Unweaned$ per cwt · actual wt
13	—	523	225.00–235.00	229.43
9	—	684	200.00	200.00
9	—	494	234.00	234.00
22	—	582	220.00–224.00	221.29

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
21	—	389	265.00–280.00	273.49
19	—	507	230.00–250.00	243.10
32	—	626	215.00–230.00	221.08
21	—	671	211.00–220.00	216.36
25	—	762	190.00–212.00	201.92
6	—	897	190.00	190.00
56	—	581	227.00–250.00	234.57
51	—	722	195.00–215.00	202.79
38	—	426	257.50–275.00	265.22
5	—	845	198.00–200.00	199.00
18	—	471	248.00–269.00	258.86
9	—	329	265.00–300.00	284.99

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
21	—	478	225.00–238.00	231.21
16	—	645	200.00–207.00	206.59
23	—	574	203.00–220.00	213.43
19	—	379	245.00	245.00
6	—	682	200.00	200.00
25	—	429	235.00–240.00	238.28
19	—	527	200.00–238.00	219.87
4	—	721	180.00–185.00	181.29
5	—	818	181.00–183.50	183.00
3	—	785	185.00	185.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
14	—	723	214.00	214.00
121	—	623	226.00–250.00	241.92
49	—	579	245.00–252.00	251.27
15	—	774	206.00–211.00	206.97
40	—	665	225.00–230.00	226.83
13	—	423	285.00–291.00	288.67
25	—	476	270.00–284.00	274.89
45	—	522	261.00–278.00	269.55

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1 · Unweaned$ per cwt · actual wt
4	—	651	215.00	215.00
11	—	519	237.50–242.00	241.19

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Fleshy$ per cwt · actual wt
10	—	610	200.00	200.00
2	—	712	180.00	180.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Unweaned$ per cwt · actual wt
6	—	457	200.00	200.00
5	—	610	177.50	177.50
7	—	655	170.00	170.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
33	—	377	225.00–245.00	235.74
46	—	417	210.00–230.00	218.00
163	—	570	182.50–218.00	204.16
134	—	528	187.50–218.00	201.90
4	—	774	184.00	184.00
97	—	630	180.00–206.00	195.61
37	—	661	184.00–195.00	188.69
61	—	465	210.00–228.00	219.06
10	—	858	185.00	185.00
12	—	739	181.00–194.00	190.86
12	—	330	230.00–242.50	234.18

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
14	—	457	227.50–232.00	229.40
12	—	658	210.00	210.00
6	—	400	242.00	242.00
16	—	562	219.00–221.00	220.23
15	—	542	232.00	232.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Fleshy$ per cwt · actual wt
4	—	752	178.00	178.00
5	—	661	175.00	175.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
11	—	727	169.00–174.00	171.71
10	—	872	140.00–145.00	144.50
8	—	380	200.00–210.00	204.33
28	—	464	180.00–205.00	194.35
17	—	553	180.00	180.00
3	—	795	170.00	170.00
3	—	615	175.00	175.00
23	—	526	175.00–180.00	176.55
14	—	680	170.00–176.00	175.01
16	—	433	192.50	192.50

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium 2$ per cwt · actual wt
4	—	409	175.00	175.00
5	—	648	150.00	150.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
16	—	533	190.00–207.50	200.73
14	—	676	185.00–188.00	187.34
27	—	564	190.00–210.00	201.65
4	—	704	165.00	165.00
8	—	468	217.50–236.00	219.77
40	—	633	185.00–201.00	198.48

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
6	—	627	201.00–220.00	210.45
2	—	410	257.50	257.50

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
10	—	550	179.00	179.00
11	—	477	185.00–210.00	205.35
10	—	664	140.00–189.00	169.44

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.