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Ozarks Regional Stockyards

Name: Ozarks Regional Stockyards livestock auction prices — 2024-03-05
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2024-03-05

Feeder Cattle · West Plains, Missouri · Tue, Mar 5

● Final81 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 1249

← Feb 27Mar 5Mar 12 →

Receipts

3,131 head

▲ 182 vs last sale 2,949▼ 174 vs year ago 3,305 · −5.3%

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. feeder steers and heifers were steady to 5.00 higher. Steer and heifer calves under 600 lbs. sold 6.00-12.00 higher with most of the gain on heifer calves. Demand was good on a moderate supply. Pastures in the Ozarks are starting to green up but growth is limited with nighttime temperatures in the 30's and 40's. The cattle futures traded higher as corn futures were lower. Our thoughts and prayers are with the Menz family this week following the loss of Todd Menz, a long time friend and buyer at ORS.

Weight class — the figures below change to match

Weight classPick one — the panels below update

Steers · summary 500–600 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

500–600 lb steers averaged $297.96/cwt on 570 head. That ranks 1 of 35 comparable sales and sits −147.75 against this barn's trailing median of $445.72.

Average price

$297.96

570 head · 555 lb average

Value per head Derived

$1,653

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$308

per head · Medium and Large 1 over Large 2

$58.17/cwt at this weight

vs the market

−13.04

vs MO average

−15.04 vs national

Price by quality 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1	550	310.42	1,708	285
Medium and Large 1-2	560	289.37	1,620	247
Medium 1-2	539	278.00	1,498	6thin
Medium and Large 2	563	259.36	1,461	22
Large 2	555	252.25	1,400	10thin

One grade step is worth $58.17/cwt here — about $308 a head. Across this sale the premium is widest at 400–500 lb. USDA reports each grade on its own line and never publishes the spread.

How it compared 500–600 lb

Same class and week · spot auction only

This sale570 hd

297.96

—

MO average9 barns · 2,467 hd

311.00

−13.04

National average178 barns · 13,961 hd

313.00

−15.04

This barn, trailing median35 sales

445.72

−147.75

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

This barn's trailing prices 500–600 lb

35 sales

Steers 500–600 lb: high $507.84, low $348.32, median $445.72 across 35 sales. Sales under 10 head in this class are excluded, so a thin day cannot swing the median or the ranking.

Every lot

81 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 · Steers40 lots · lightest first
Steers	300–350	Medium and Large 1-2	319	333.40/cwt	315.00–337.50	1,064	11
Steers	300–350	Medium and Large 1	328	364.50/cwt	360.00–375.00	1,196	13
Steers	350–400	Medium and Large 1	369	349.00/cwt	343.00–360.00	1,288	40
Steers	350–400	Medium and Large 1-2	382	327.40/cwt	312.50–340.00	1,251	35
Steers	350–400	Medium and Large 2	395	305.00/cwt	305.00–305.00	1,205	5
Steers	400–450	Medium and Large 1-2	423	323.17/cwt	317.50–330.00	1,367	51
Steers	400–450	Large 1-2	425	327.50/cwt	327.50–327.50	1,392	5
Steers	400–450	Medium and Large 2	430	291.58/cwt	280.00–302.50	1,254	6
Steers	400–450	Medium and Large 1	433	357.39/cwt	350.00–380.00	1,547	34
Steers	450–500	Medium and Large 1	469	354.70/cwt	335.00–370.00	1,664	56
Steers	450–500	Medium and Large 1-2	471	315.68/cwt	302.50–327.50	1,487	67
Steers	450–500	Medium and Large 1-2Unweaned	471	285.00/cwt	285.00–285.00	1,342	5
Steers	450–500	Medium 1-2	478	300.00/cwt	300.00–300.00	1,434	6
Steers	450–500	Medium and Large 2	483	287.62/cwt	282.50–295.00	1,389	24
Steers	500–550	Medium and Large 1	515	319.15/cwt	312.00–325.00	1,644	95
Steers	500–550	Medium and Large 1-2	532	299.52/cwt	282.50–309.00	1,593	94
Steers	500–550	Medium 1-2	539	278.00/cwt	278.00–278.00	1,498	6
Steers	500–550	Medium and Large 2	542	262.50/cwt	262.50–262.50	1,423	9
Steers	500–550	Large 2	548	257.00/cwt	257.00–257.00	1,408	5
Steers	550–600	Large 2	562	247.50/cwt	247.50–247.50	1,391	5
Steers	550–600	Medium and Large 1	568	306.05/cwt	300.00–313.00	1,738	190
Steers	550–600	Medium and Large 1-2	577	283.13/cwt	271.00–295.00	1,634	153
Steers	550–600	Medium and Large 2	578	257.18/cwt	252.50–263.00	1,487	13
Steers	600–650	Large 2	617	240.00/cwt	240.00–240.00	1,481	5
Steers	600–650	Medium 1-2	623	254.00/cwt	254.00–254.00	1,582	5
Steers	600–650	Medium and Large 1	624	288.30/cwt	278.00–299.00	1,799	58
Steers	600–650	Medium and Large 1-2	625	267.89/cwt	250.00–276.00	1,674	44
Steers	650–700	Medium and Large 1-2	671	255.67/cwt	243.00–261.00	1,716	70
Steers	650–700	Medium and Large 1	673	278.68/cwt	265.00–287.00	1,876	99
Steers	650–700	Large 1-2	689	259.00/cwt	259.00–259.00	1,785	10
Steers	700–750	Medium and Large 1	721	274.66/cwt	270.00–280.00	1,980	78
Steers	700–750	Large 1	730	261.00/cwt	261.00–261.00	1,905	6
Steers	750–800	Medium and Large 1-2	766	250.00/cwt	250.00–250.00	1,915	5
Steers	750–800	Medium and Large 1	783	246.34/cwt	245.00–247.00	1,929	42
Steers	800–850	Medium and Large 2	815	203.00/cwt	203.00–203.00	1,654	10
Steers	800–850	Medium and Large 1	826	236.65/cwt	235.00–237.00	1,955	39
Steers	800–850	Medium and Large 1-2	836	231.01/cwt	230.00–232.00	1,931	8
Steers	850–900	Medium and Large 1-2	891	223.08/cwt	210.00–225.00	1,988	23
Steers	950–1000	Medium and Large 1-2	994	211.00/cwt	211.00–211.00	2,097	10
Steers	1100–1150	Medium and Large 1Fleshy	1,101	186.00/cwt	186.00–186.00	2,048	9
Feeder Cattle · Heifers31 lots · lightest first
Heifers	250–300	Medium and Large 1	273	325.00/cwt	325.00–325.00	887	8
Heifers	300–350	Medium and Large 1	326	311.78/cwt	310.00–312.50	1,016	11
Heifers	300–350	Medium and Large 1-2	331	277.85/cwt	275.00–280.00	920	7
Heifers	300–350	Medium and Large 2	342	260.00/cwt	260.00–260.00	889	6
Heifers	350–400	Medium and Large 1-2	363	275.77/cwt	270.00–277.50	1,001	17
Heifers	350–400	Medium and Large 2	384	259.14/cwt	250.00–270.00	995	18
Heifers	350–400	Large 1-2	387	267.50/cwt	267.50–267.50	1,035	5
Heifers	350–400	Medium and Large 1	389	309.23/cwt	307.50–312.50	1,203	35
Heifers	400–450	Medium and Large 1-2	427	282.99/cwt	272.50–290.00	1,208	38
Heifers	400–450	Medium and Large 1	429	310.94/cwt	295.00–317.50	1,334	91
Heifers	450–500	Medium and Large 1-2	477	269.48/cwt	255.00–277.50	1,285	46
Heifers	450–500	Medium and Large 1	480	290.86/cwt	282.50–312.50	1,396	120
Heifers	450–500	Medium 1	492	298.00/cwt	298.00–298.00	1,466	13
Heifers	500–550	Medium and Large 1-2	530	261.76/cwt	250.00–272.50	1,387	86
Heifers	500–550	Medium and Large 1	533	286.26/cwt	275.00–307.50	1,526	114
Heifers	500–550	Medium and Large 2	537	242.37/cwt	240.00–247.50	1,302	17
Heifers	550–600	Medium and Large 1	571	274.60/cwt	267.50–279.00	1,568	63
Heifers	550–600	Medium and Large 1-2	575	248.07/cwt	233.00–252.50	1,426	21
Heifers	600–650	Medium 1	612	257.00/cwt	257.00–257.00	1,573	7
Heifers	600–650	Medium and Large 1	624	256.87/cwt	249.00–268.00	1,603	92
Heifers	600–650	Medium and Large 1-2	630	239.07/cwt	225.00–245.00	1,506	23
Heifers	600–650	Large 1-2	636	240.00/cwt	240.00–240.00	1,526	24
Heifers	650–700	Medium and Large 1	661	240.13/cwt	236.00–245.00	1,587	57
Heifers	650–700	Medium and Large 1-2	688	220.00/cwt	220.00–220.00	1,514	7
Heifers	700–750	Large 1	718	227.00/cwt	227.00–227.00	1,630	6
Heifers	700–750	Medium and Large 1-2	725	214.58/cwt	214.00–215.00	1,556	7
Heifers	700–750	Medium and Large 1	741	226.47/cwt	226.00–227.00	1,678	34
Heifers	750–800	Medium and Large 1-2	762	205.00/cwt	205.00–205.00	1,562	6
Heifers	750–800	Medium and Large 1	763	223.00/cwt	223.00–223.00	1,701	8
Heifers	950–1000	Medium and Large 2	974	132.50/cwt	132.50–132.50	1,291	30
Heifers	1050–1100	Medium and Large 1-2	1,070	175.00/cwt	175.00–175.00	1,873	21
Feeder Cattle · Bulls10 lots · lightest first
Bulls	400–450	Medium and Large 1	401	310.74/cwt	300.00–325.00	1,246	7
Bulls	450–500	Medium and Large 1-2	469	280.00/cwt	280.00–280.00	1,313	8
Bulls	450–500	Medium and Large 1	470	317.50/cwt	317.50–317.50	1,492	5
Bulls	450–500	Medium and Large 2	493	232.50/cwt	232.50–232.50	1,146	9
Bulls	550–600	Medium and Large 1-2	582	245.11/cwt	243.00–247.00	1,427	19
Bulls	550–600	Medium and Large 1	588	266.65/cwt	255.00–272.50	1,568	15
Bulls	600–650	Medium and Large 2	626	182.50/cwt	182.50–182.50	1,142	5
Bulls	600–650	Medium and Large 1-2	636	245.00/cwt	245.00–245.00	1,558	6
Bulls	650–700	Medium and Large 1	655	240.00/cwt	240.00–240.00	1,572	5
Bulls	700–750	Medium and Large 1	702	228.65/cwt	227.50–230.00	1,605	13

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 Mar 5, 2024

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Receipts 3,131Last week 2,949Year ago 3,305

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Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
7	300–350	331	275.00–280.00	277.85
17	350–400	363	270.00–277.50	275.77
38	400–450	427	272.50–290.00	282.99
46	450–500	477	255.00–277.50	269.48
86	500–550	530	250.00–272.50	261.76
21	550–600	575	233.00–252.50	248.07
23	600–650	630	225.00–245.00	239.07
7	650–700	688	220.00	220.00
7	700–750	725	214.00–215.00	214.58
6	750–800	762	205.00	205.00
21	1050–1100	1,070	175.00	175.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
6	300–350	342	260.00	260.00
18	350–400	384	250.00–270.00	259.14
17	500–550	537	240.00–247.50	242.37
30	950–1000	974	132.50	132.50

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
5	350–400	387	267.50	267.50
24	600–650	636	240.00	240.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
6	700–750	718	227.00	227.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium 1$ per cwt · actual wt
13	450–500	492	298.00	298.00
7	600–650	612	257.00	257.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
8	250–300	273	325.00	325.00
11	300–350	326	310.00–312.50	311.78
35	350–400	389	307.50–312.50	309.23
91	400–450	429	295.00–317.50	310.94
120	450–500	480	282.50–312.50	290.86
114	500–550	533	275.00–307.50	286.26
63	550–600	571	267.50–279.00	274.60
92	600–650	624	249.00–268.00	256.87
57	650–700	661	236.00–245.00	240.13
34	700–750	741	226.00–227.00	226.47
8	750–800	763	223.00	223.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
11	300–350	319	315.00–337.50	333.40
35	350–400	382	312.50–340.00	327.40
51	400–450	423	317.50–330.00	323.17
67	450–500	471	302.50–327.50	315.68
94	500–550	532	282.50–309.00	299.52
153	550–600	577	271.00–295.00	283.13
44	600–650	625	250.00–276.00	267.89
70	650–700	671	243.00–261.00	255.67
5	750–800	766	250.00	250.00
8	800–850	836	230.00–232.00	231.01
23	850–900	891	210.00–225.00	223.08
10	950–1000	994	211.00	211.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Unweaned$ per cwt · actual wt
5	450–500	471	285.00	285.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
5	350–400	395	305.00	305.00
6	400–450	430	280.00–302.50	291.58
24	450–500	483	282.50–295.00	287.62
9	500–550	542	262.50	262.50
13	550–600	578	252.50–263.00	257.18
10	800–850	815	203.00	203.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
5	400–450	425	327.50	327.50
10	650–700	689	259.00	259.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
5	500–550	548	257.00	257.00
5	550–600	562	247.50	247.50
5	600–650	617	240.00	240.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
6	450–500	478	300.00	300.00
6	500–550	539	278.00	278.00
5	600–650	623	254.00	254.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
6	700–750	730	261.00	261.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1 · Fleshy$ per cwt · actual wt
9	1100–1150	1,101	186.00	186.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
13	300–350	328	360.00–375.00	364.50
40	350–400	369	343.00–360.00	349.00
34	400–450	433	350.00–380.00	357.39
56	450–500	469	335.00–370.00	354.70
95	500–550	515	312.00–325.00	319.15
190	550–600	568	300.00–313.00	306.05
58	600–650	624	278.00–299.00	288.30
99	650–700	673	265.00–287.00	278.68
78	700–750	721	270.00–280.00	274.66
42	750–800	783	245.00–247.00	246.34
39	800–850	826	235.00–237.00	236.65

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
8	450–500	469	280.00	280.00
19	550–600	582	243.00–247.00	245.11
6	600–650	636	245.00	245.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
9	450–500	493	232.50	232.50
5	600–650	626	182.50	182.50

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
7	400–450	401	300.00–325.00	310.74
5	450–500	470	317.50	317.50
15	550–600	588	255.00–272.50	266.65
5	650–700	655	240.00	240.00
13	700–750	702	227.50–230.00	228.65

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.