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Ozarks Regional Stockyards

Name: Ozarks Regional Stockyards livestock auction prices — 2024-04-02
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2024-04-02

Feeder Cattle · West Plains, Missouri · Tue, Apr 2

● Final71 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 1249

← Mar 26Apr 2Apr 9 →

Receipts

1,784 head

▲ 19 vs last sale 1,765▼ 394 vs year ago 2,178 · −18.1%

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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

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Compared to last week, steers over 450 lbs. sold 4.00-8.00 higher and heifers over 500 lbs sold steady to 5.00 higher. Lighter weight PeeWee steer and heifer calves sold 3.00-6.00 lower. Demand was good and improved throughout the day. The supply was light with the offering averaging 3.39 head/draft. The Cattle Futures rebounded a little from Monday's sharply lower close but still has a ways to go to get back to where it was previously.

Weight class — the figures below change to match

Weight classPick one — the panels below update

Heifers · summary 500–600 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

500–600 lb heifers averaged $269.21/cwt on 161 head. That ranks 1 of 36 comparable sales and sits −135.83 against this barn's trailing median of $405.04.

Average price

$269.21

161 head · 530 lb average

Value per head Derived

$1,427

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$189

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

$58.58/cwt at this weight

vs the market

−0.48

vs MO average

−1.38 vs national

Price by quality 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1	521	281.68	1,467	105
Medium and Large 1-2	539	254.66	1,373	32
Medium and Large 2	539	247.07	1,332	11thin
Large 1-2	573	223.10	1,278	13thin

One grade step is worth $58.58/cwt here — about $189 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 sale161 hd

269.21

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MO average16 barns · 1,594 hd

269.69

−0.48

National average179 barns · 13,329 hd

270.59

−1.38

This barn, trailing median36 sales

405.04

−135.83

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

36 sales

Heifers 500–600 lb: high $442.84, low $332.23, median $405.04 across 36 sales. Sales under 10 head in this class are excluded, so a thin day cannot swing the median or the ranking.

Every lot

71 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 · Steers33 lots · lightest first
Steers	300–350	Medium and Large 1-2	349	350.00/cwt	350.00–350.00	1,222	13
Steers	350–400	Medium and Large 1	356	360.00/cwt	360.00–360.00	1,282	5
Steers	350–400	Medium and Large 1-2	378	331.11/cwt	325.00–350.00	1,252	17
Steers	350–400	Large 1-2	392	350.00/cwt	350.00–350.00	1,372	8
Steers	400–450	Medium 1-2	428	310.00/cwt	310.00–310.00	1,327	8
Steers	400–450	Medium and Large 1	433	358.41/cwt	350.00–367.50	1,552	17
Steers	400–450	Medium and Large 1-2	433	324.94/cwt	312.50–330.00	1,407	15
Steers	400–450	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	449	325.00/cwt	325.00–325.00	1,459	8
Steers	450–500	Medium and Large 1-2	457	320.05/cwt	315.00–325.00	1,463	6
Steers	450–500	Large 1-2	473	312.10/cwt	310.00–315.00	1,476	15
Steers	450–500	Medium and Large 1	479	357.49/cwt	350.00–367.50	1,712	35
Steers	450–500	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	489	330.00/cwt	330.00–330.00	1,614	5
Steers	500–550	Large 1-2	515	305.00/cwt	305.00–305.00	1,571	8
Steers	500–550	Medium and Large 1Thin Fleshed	516	359.00/cwt	359.00–359.00	1,852	12
Steers	500–550	Medium and Large 1	517	330.55/cwt	320.00–340.00	1,709	65
Steers	500–550	Medium and Large 1-2	532	300.04/cwt	290.00–306.00	1,596	8
Steers	500–550	Large 2	535	250.00/cwt	250.00–250.00	1,338	6
Steers	550–600	Medium and Large 1	572	317.12/cwt	306.00–330.00	1,814	47
Steers	550–600	Medium and Large 1-2	577	297.47/cwt	286.00–301.00	1,716	14
Steers	550–600	Medium and Large 2	585	256.12/cwt	252.50–262.50	1,498	8
Steers	600–650	Medium and Large 1Thin Fleshed	617	327.00/cwt	327.00–327.00	2,018	5
Steers	600–650	Medium and Large 1-2	624	280.98/cwt	275.00–287.00	1,753	56
Steers	600–650	Medium and Large 1	626	309.71/cwt	297.50–319.00	1,939	36
Steers	650–700	Medium and Large 1-2	680	263.48/cwt	257.50–270.00	1,792	21
Steers	650–700	Medium and Large 1	688	285.00/cwt	285.00–285.00	1,961	7
Steers	700–750	Medium and Large 1	701	267.00/cwt	267.00–267.00	1,872	6
Steers	700–750	Medium and Large 1-2	739	236.00/cwt	236.00–236.00	1,744	8
Steers	750–800	Medium and Large 1-2	764	233.01/cwt	231.00–237.50	1,780	19
Steers	750–800	Medium and Large 1	787	244.00/cwt	244.00–244.00	1,920	41
Steers	800–850	Large 1Fleshy	802	220.00/cwt	220.00–220.00	1,764	14
Steers	800–850	Medium and Large 1-2	813	217.14/cwt	210.00–223.00	1,765	9
Steers	850–900	Medium and Large 1-2	880	203.50/cwt	203.50–203.50	1,791	6
Steers	900–950	Medium and Large 1-2	909	217.00/cwt	217.00–217.00	1,973	9
Feeder Cattle · Heifers29 lots · lightest first
Heifers	300–350	Medium and Large 1-2	344	301.22/cwt	287.50–311.00	1,036	15
Heifers	300–350	Medium and Large 2	345	268.59/cwt	260.00–275.00	927	14
Heifers	350–400	Medium and Large 1	359	319.42/cwt	315.00–323.00	1,147	21
Heifers	350–400	Medium and Large 1-2	367	295.20/cwt	280.00–307.50	1,083	7
Heifers	350–400	Medium and Large 2	370	269.84/cwt	265.00–275.00	998	6
Heifers	350–400	Medium 2	371	252.50/cwt	252.50–252.50	937	5
Heifers	400–450	Large 1-2	412	290.00/cwt	290.00–290.00	1,195	12
Heifers	400–450	Medium and Large 1-2	418	282.65/cwt	270.00–297.50	1,181	39
Heifers	400–450	Medium and Large 1	419	312.18/cwt	307.00–315.00	1,308	47
Heifers	400–450	Medium 1-2	436	292.50/cwt	292.50–292.50	1,275	7
Heifers	450–500	Medium and Large 1-2Unweaned	455	252.50/cwt	252.50–252.50	1,149	13
Heifers	450–500	Medium and Large 1	471	291.19/cwt	290.00–292.50	1,372	6
Heifers	450–500	Large 1-2	476	277.50/cwt	277.50–277.50	1,321	16
Heifers	450–500	Medium and Large 2	478	238.15/cwt	230.00–250.00	1,138	19
Heifers	450–500	Medium and Large 1-2	480	274.34/cwt	262.50–282.50	1,317	57
Heifers	500–550	Medium and Large 1	514	283.22/cwt	272.50–290.00	1,456	91
Heifers	500–550	Medium and Large 1-2	525	253.54/cwt	247.50–270.00	1,331	24
Heifers	500–550	Medium and Large 2	539	247.07/cwt	240.00–257.50	1,332	11
Heifers	550–600	Medium and Large 1	565	271.68/cwt	263.00–274.00	1,535	14
Heifers	550–600	Large 1-2	573	223.10/cwt	213.00–232.50	1,278	13
Heifers	550–600	Medium and Large 1-2	581	258.00/cwt	258.00–258.00	1,499	8
Heifers	600–650	Medium and Large 1	611	251.11/cwt	244.00–259.00	1,534	34
Heifers	600–650	Medium and Large 1-2	630	231.65/cwt	223.00–240.00	1,459	10
Heifers	650–700	Medium and Large 1-2	660	220.95/cwt	210.00–232.50	1,458	68
Heifers	650–700	Medium and Large 1	683	237.09/cwt	236.00–238.00	1,619	115
Heifers	700–750	Medium and Large 1-2	709	217.55/cwt	214.00–218.00	1,542	28
Heifers	750–800	Medium and Large 1-2	785	207.34/cwt	202.50–210.50	1,628	10
Heifers	800–850	Medium and Large 1-2	825	203.78/cwt	200.00–207.50	1,681	8
Heifers	950–1000	Medium and Large 2	967	133.33/cwt	132.00–136.00	1,289	18
Feeder Cattle · Bulls8 lots · lightest first
Bulls	300–350	Medium and Large 1	316	300.00/cwt	300.00–300.00	948	5
Bulls	350–400	Medium and Large 1	372	301.68/cwt	300.00–307.50	1,122	14
Bulls	400–450	Medium and Large 1	426	306.11/cwt	300.00–313.00	1,304	24
Bulls	450–500	Medium and Large 1-2	454	260.00/cwt	260.00–260.00	1,180	6
Bulls	450–500	Medium and Large 1	470	309.40/cwt	307.00–315.00	1,454	13
Bulls	550–600	Medium and Large 1-2	586	255.00/cwt	255.00–255.00	1,494	10
Bulls	750–800	Medium and Large 1-2	756	211.25/cwt	210.00–212.50	1,597	6
Bulls	1150–1200	Medium and Large 1-2	1,175	148.00/cwt	148.00–148.00	1,739	6
Feeder Cattle · Dairy Steers1 lot · lightest first
Dairy Steers	300–350	Large 3	342	236.00/cwt	236.00–236.00	807	17

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 Apr 2, 2024

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Receipts 1,784Last week 1,765Year ago 2,178

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Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
13	300–350	349	350.00	350.00
17	350–400	378	325.00–350.00	331.11
15	400–450	433	312.50–330.00	324.94
6	450–500	457	315.00–325.00	320.05
8	500–550	532	290.00–306.00	300.04
14	550–600	577	286.00–301.00	297.47
56	600–650	624	275.00–287.00	280.98
21	650–700	680	257.50–270.00	263.48
8	700–750	739	236.00	236.00
19	750–800	764	231.00–237.50	233.01
9	800–850	813	210.00–223.00	217.14
6	850–900	880	203.50	203.50
9	900–950	909	217.00	217.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
8	550–600	585	252.50–262.50	256.12

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
8	350–400	392	350.00	350.00
15	450–500	473	310.00–315.00	312.10
8	500–550	515	305.00	305.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
6	500–550	535	250.00	250.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Large 1 · Fleshy$ per cwt · actual wt
14	800–850	802	220.00	220.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
8	400–450	428	310.00	310.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1 · Unweaned$ per cwt · actual wt
8	400–450	449	325.00	325.00
5	450–500	489	330.00	330.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
5	350–400	356	360.00	360.00
17	400–450	433	350.00–367.50	358.41
35	450–500	479	350.00–367.50	357.49
65	500–550	517	320.00–340.00	330.55
47	550–600	572	306.00–330.00	317.12
36	600–650	626	297.50–319.00	309.71
7	650–700	688	285.00	285.00
6	700–750	701	267.00	267.00
41	750–800	787	244.00	244.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1 · Thin Fleshed$ per cwt · actual wt
12	500–550	516	359.00	359.00
5	600–650	617	327.00	327.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
21	350–400	359	315.00–323.00	319.42
47	400–450	419	307.00–315.00	312.18
6	450–500	471	290.00–292.50	291.19
91	500–550	514	272.50–290.00	283.22
14	550–600	565	263.00–274.00	271.68
34	600–650	611	244.00–259.00	251.11
115	650–700	683	236.00–238.00	237.09

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
15	300–350	344	287.50–311.00	301.22
7	350–400	367	280.00–307.50	295.20
39	400–450	418	270.00–297.50	282.65
57	450–500	480	262.50–282.50	274.34
24	500–550	525	247.50–270.00	253.54
8	550–600	581	258.00	258.00
10	600–650	630	223.00–240.00	231.65
68	650–700	660	210.00–232.50	220.95
28	700–750	709	214.00–218.00	217.55
10	750–800	785	202.50–210.50	207.34
8	800–850	825	200.00–207.50	203.78

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
14	300–350	345	260.00–275.00	268.59
6	350–400	370	265.00–275.00	269.84
19	450–500	478	230.00–250.00	238.15
11	500–550	539	240.00–257.50	247.07
18	950–1000	967	132.00–136.00	133.33

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Unweaned$ per cwt · actual wt
13	450–500	455	252.50	252.50

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
12	400–450	412	290.00	290.00
16	450–500	476	277.50	277.50
13	550–600	573	213.00–232.50	223.10

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
7	400–450	436	292.50	292.50

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium 2$ per cwt · actual wt
5	350–400	371	252.50	252.50

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
6	450–500	454	260.00	260.00
10	550–600	586	255.00	255.00
6	750–800	756	210.00–212.50	211.25
6	1150–1200	1,175	148.00	148.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
5	300–350	316	300.00	300.00
14	350–400	372	300.00–307.50	301.68
24	400–450	426	300.00–313.00	306.11
13	450–500	470	307.00–315.00	309.40

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Dairy Steers — Large 3$ per cwt · actual wt
17	300–350	342	236.00	236.00

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.