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Ozarks Regional Stockyards

Name: Ozarks Regional Stockyards livestock auction prices — 2024-02-27
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2024-02-27

Feeder Cattle · West Plains, Missouri · Tue, Feb 27

● Final82 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 1249

← Feb 20Feb 27Mar 5 →

Receipts

2,949 head

▼ 907 vs last sale 3,856▲ 432 vs year ago 2,517 · +17.2%

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, steer and heifer calves under 600 lbs. were 5.00-10.00 higher with spots 15.00 higher. Stocker and Feeder calves over 600 lbs. were 3.00-6.00 higher. Demand was good on a moderate supply. The largest draft of the day was 270 head of 556 lb. steer calves that brought 329.85/cwt. The USDA's Cattle on Feed Report released Friday, reported Inventories were slightly higher, Placements were 7 percent lower and Marketings were mostly lower, compared to a year ago.

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 $292.32/cwt on 1,284 head.

Average price

$292.32

1,284 head · 612 lb average

Value per head Derived

$1,790

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$306

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

$34.37/cwt at this weight

vs the market

+15.11

vs MO average

Price by quality 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1	621	298.92	1,857	872
Medium and Large 1-2	596	280.40	1,671	336
Medium 1-2	622	272.74	1,697	29
Large 1	678	271.00	1,837	12thin
Medium and Large 2	488	266.56	1,302	24
Large 1-2	586	264.55	1,551	11thin

One grade step is worth $34.37/cwt here — about $306 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 sale1,284 hd

292.32

—

MO average16 barns · 13,362 hd

277.21

+15.11

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 · Steers36 lots · lightest first
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1	278	367.13/cwt	365.00–370.00	1,021	14
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1	311	362.50/cwt	362.50–362.50	1,127	5
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	332	340.00/cwt	340.00–340.00	1,129	6
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	358	330.00/cwt	330.00–330.00	1,181	7
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1	363	354.24/cwt	342.50–375.00	1,286	43
Steers	—	Medium and Large 2	424	276.18/cwt	265.00–287.50	1,171	8
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1	425	339.01/cwt	332.50–352.50	1,441	50
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	433	318.92/cwt	312.50–327.50	1,381	25
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	473	314.81/cwt	307.50–322.50	1,489	33
Steers	—	Medium and Large 2	482	248.00/cwt	248.00–248.00	1,195	5
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1	483	344.70/cwt	327.50–358.00	1,665	38
Steers	—	Medium 1-2	498	306.00/cwt	306.00–306.00	1,524	13
Steers	—	Large 1-2	516	272.50/cwt	272.50–272.50	1,406	6
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1	519	322.94/cwt	310.00–332.00	1,676	49
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	522	295.51/cwt	285.00–302.50	1,543	29
Steers	—	Medium and Large 2	538	268.00/cwt	268.00–268.00	1,442	11
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1	556	328.93/cwt	306.00–329.85	1,829	282
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	565	284.00/cwt	284.00–284.00	1,605	5
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	584	289.86/cwt	280.00–295.00	1,693	126
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1	612	281.33/cwt	273.00–290.00	1,722	59
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	621	262.53/cwt	247.00–270.00	1,630	32
Steers	—	Large 1-2	671	255.00/cwt	255.00–255.00	1,711	5
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1	674	273.58/cwt	262.00–279.00	1,844	56
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	676	245.50/cwt	240.00–250.00	1,660	11
Steers	—	Large 1	678	271.00/cwt	271.00–271.00	1,837	12
Steers	—	Medium 1-2	685	254.00/cwt	254.00–254.00	1,740	11
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1	715	269.50/cwt	258.00–271.50	1,927	145
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	715	238.94/cwt	222.50–245.00	1,708	11
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1	758	250.00/cwt	250.00–250.00	1,895	6
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	764	233.81/cwt	222.50–240.00	1,786	29
Steers	—	Medium 1-2	806	227.50/cwt	227.50–227.50	1,834	5
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1	853	236.00/cwt	236.00–236.00	2,013	14
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	872	215.00/cwt	215.00–215.00	1,875	12
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1	931	219.97/cwt	218.00–228.00	2,048	57
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1	960	213.00/cwt	213.00–213.00	2,045	54
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	992	190.00/cwt	190.00–190.00	1,885	10
Feeder Cattle · Heifers37 lots · lightest first
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1	284	333.96/cwt	312.50–340.00	948	13
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 2-3	328	228.45/cwt	225.00–230.00	749	9
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1	332	300.92/cwt	300.00–303.00	999	10
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	332	277.81/cwt	275.00–280.00	922	16
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 2	335	275.00/cwt	275.00–275.00	921	5
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1	368	318.50/cwt	310.00–325.00	1,172	19
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	385	282.27/cwt	272.50–290.00	1,087	20
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1	416	298.36/cwt	290.00–307.50	1,241	42
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 2	422	255.00/cwt	255.00–255.00	1,076	11
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	428	281.89/cwt	270.00–288.00	1,206	24
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 2	470	237.87/cwt	225.00–242.50	1,118	13
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1	473	287.86/cwt	277.00–296.00	1,362	63
Heifers	—	Medium 1	477	276.00/cwt	276.00–276.00	1,317	5
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	483	265.36/cwt	255.00–274.00	1,282	46
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 2	515	219.88/cwt	200.00–225.00	1,132	15
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1	523	276.27/cwt	267.50–283.00	1,445	79
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	532	248.21/cwt	242.50–259.00	1,320	42
Heifers	—	Large 1-2	536	238.00/cwt	238.00–238.00	1,276	6
Heifers	—	Medium 1	572	267.00/cwt	267.00–267.00	1,527	10
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	580	246.01/cwt	230.00–250.00	1,427	40
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1	582	268.13/cwt	257.50–280.00	1,561	104
Heifers	—	Large 1	602	262.50/cwt	262.50–262.50	1,580	30
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 2	624	210.33/cwt	205.00–215.00	1,312	21
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	627	232.25/cwt	222.50–241.00	1,456	23
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1	631	248.39/cwt	245.00–252.00	1,567	27
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 2-3	646	150.00/cwt	150.00–150.00	969	10
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1	668	239.38/cwt	233.50–253.50	1,599	99
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	676	228.55/cwt	225.00–230.00	1,545	35
Heifers	—	Large 1-2	698	215.00/cwt	215.00–215.00	1,501	5
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1	716	230.90/cwt	221.00–234.50	1,653	64
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	748	214.00/cwt	214.00–214.00	1,601	10
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1	763	221.00/cwt	221.00–221.00	1,686	17
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	773	209.69/cwt	200.00–215.00	1,621	24
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	823	198.53/cwt	195.00–206.00	1,634	16
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 2	831	165.00/cwt	165.00–165.00	1,371	6
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 2	886	137.17/cwt	130.00–138.00	1,215	38
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 2	920	130.00/cwt	130.00–130.00	1,196	11
Feeder Cattle · Bulls8 lots · lightest first
Bulls	—	Medium and Large 1	476	280.00/cwt	280.00–280.00	1,333	6
Bulls	—	Medium and Large 1	508	286.06/cwt	272.50–290.00	1,453	9
Bulls	—	Medium and Large 1	573	268.30/cwt	258.00–276.00	1,537	13
Bulls	—	Medium and Large 1-2	613	241.40/cwt	225.00–250.00	1,480	25
Bulls	—	Medium and Large 1-2	662	227.50/cwt	227.50–227.50	1,506	5
Bulls	—	Medium and Large 1-2	734	217.48/cwt	215.00–220.00	1,596	10
Bulls	—	Medium and Large 1-2	779	212.50/cwt	212.50–212.50	1,655	5
Bulls	—	Medium and Large 1-2	858	190.00/cwt	190.00–190.00	1,630	5
Feeder Cattle · Dairy Steers1 lot · lightest first
Dairy Steers	—	Large 3	506	183.00/cwt	183.00–183.00	926	12

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 Feb 27, 2024

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

Receipts 2,949Last week 3,856Year ago 2,517

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Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
56	—	674	262.00–279.00	273.58
5	—	311	362.50	362.50
54	—	960	213.00	213.00
43	—	363	342.50–375.00	354.24
38	—	483	327.50–358.00	344.70
57	—	931	218.00–228.00	219.97
145	—	715	258.00–271.50	269.50
59	—	612	273.00–290.00	281.33
49	—	519	310.00–332.00	322.94
14	—	278	365.00–370.00	367.13
6	—	758	250.00	250.00
50	—	425	332.50–352.50	339.01
282	—	556	306.00–329.85	328.93
14	—	853	236.00	236.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
11	—	538	268.00	268.00
8	—	424	265.00–287.50	276.18
5	—	482	248.00	248.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
11	—	676	240.00–250.00	245.50
25	—	433	312.50–327.50	318.92
7	—	358	330.00	330.00
32	—	621	247.00–270.00	262.53
12	—	872	215.00	215.00
33	—	473	307.50–322.50	314.81
29	—	522	285.00–302.50	295.51
10	—	992	190.00	190.00
6	—	332	340.00	340.00
11	—	715	222.50–245.00	238.94
126	—	584	280.00–295.00	289.86
29	—	764	222.50–240.00	233.81

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
5	—	806	227.50	227.50
13	—	498	306.00	306.00
11	—	685	254.00	254.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
5	—	671	255.00	255.00
6	—	516	272.50	272.50

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Value Added$ per cwt · actual wt
5	—	565	284.00	284.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
12	—	678	271.00	271.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
63	—	473	277.00–296.00	287.86
27	—	631	245.00–252.00	248.39
104	—	582	257.50–280.00	268.13
42	—	416	290.00–307.50	298.36
17	—	763	221.00	221.00
64	—	716	221.00–234.50	230.90
10	—	332	300.00–303.00	300.92
13	—	284	312.50–340.00	333.96
99	—	668	233.50–253.50	239.38
19	—	368	310.00–325.00	318.50
79	—	523	267.50–283.00	276.27

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
38	—	886	130.00–138.00	137.17
21	—	624	205.00–215.00	210.33
15	—	515	200.00–225.00	219.88
13	—	470	225.00–242.50	237.87
11	—	422	255.00	255.00
6	—	831	165.00	165.00
11	—	920	130.00	130.00
5	—	335	275.00	275.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
30	—	602	262.50	262.50

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
35	—	676	225.00–230.00	228.55
24	—	428	270.00–288.00	281.89
23	—	627	222.50–241.00	232.25
16	—	823	195.00–206.00	198.53
16	—	332	275.00–280.00	277.81
10	—	748	214.00	214.00
42	—	532	242.50–259.00	248.21
40	—	580	230.00–250.00	246.01
24	—	773	200.00–215.00	209.69
20	—	385	272.50–290.00	282.27
46	—	483	255.00–274.00	265.36

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
6	—	536	238.00	238.00
5	—	698	215.00	215.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 2-3$ per cwt · actual wt
10	—	646	150.00	150.00
9	—	328	225.00–230.00	228.45

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium 1$ per cwt · actual wt
5	—	477	276.00	276.00
10	—	572	267.00	267.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Dairy Steers — Large 3$ per cwt · actual wt
12	—	506	183.00	183.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
5	—	858	190.00	190.00
5	—	779	212.50	212.50
25	—	613	225.00–250.00	241.40
5	—	662	227.50	227.50
10	—	734	215.00–220.00	217.48

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
9	—	508	272.50–290.00	286.06
6	—	476	280.00	280.00
13	—	573	258.00–276.00	268.30

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.