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Ozarks Regional Stockyards

Name: Ozarks Regional Stockyards livestock auction prices — 2024-04-16
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2024-04-16

Feeder Cattle · West Plains, Missouri · Tue, Apr 16

● Final61 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 1249

← Apr 9Apr 16Apr 23 →

Receipts

1,868 head

▲ 224 vs last sale 1,644▼ 734 vs year ago 2,602 · −28.2%

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 were steady to 4.00 lower with spots 8.00 lower on steers. Demand was moderate on a light to moderate supply. Thin condition calves are starting to get harder to find as pastures conditions continue to improve with showers and 80 degree days and 60 degree nights. The largest draft of the day was 41 head of 545 lb. heifers that brought 293.00/cwt. Both Live and Feeder Cattle Futures traded higher as Corn Futures traded lower.

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 $309.31/cwt on 277 head. That ranks 1 of 35 comparable sales and sits −136.41 against this barn's trailing median of $445.72.

Average price

$309.31

277 head · 547 lb average

Value per head Derived

$1,691

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$64

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

$29.70/cwt at this weight

vs the market

+6.51

vs MO average

+4.92 vs national

Price by quality 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1	537	318.21	1,708	194
Medium and Large 1-2	570	288.51	1,644	83

One grade step is worth $29.70/cwt here — about $64 a head. Across this sale the premium is widest at 600–700 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 sale277 hd

309.31

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MO average16 barns · 2,807 hd

302.80

+6.51

National average171 barns · 11,979 hd

304.39

+4.92

This barn, trailing median35 sales

445.72

−136.41

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

61 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 · Steers24 lots · lightest first
Steers	300–350	Medium and Large 1-2	332	333.79/cwt	327.50–340.00	1,108	18
Steers	300–350	Medium and Large 1	339	368.38/cwt	360.00–372.50	1,249	9
Steers	350–400	Medium and Large 1	360	364.31/cwt	360.00–367.50	1,312	12
Steers	350–400	Medium and Large 1-2	375	333.29/cwt	320.00–352.50	1,250	7
Steers	350–400	Medium 1	379	350.00/cwt	350.00–350.00	1,327	8
Steers	400–450	Medium and Large 1	412	351.61/cwt	345.00–355.00	1,449	12
Steers	400–450	Medium and Large 1-2	433	331.57/cwt	317.50–337.50	1,436	30
Steers	450–500	Medium and Large 1	470	330.70/cwt	323.00–340.00	1,554	39
Steers	450–500	Medium and Large 1-2	471	298.67/cwt	290.00–320.00	1,407	31
Steers	500–550	Medium and Large 1	520	320.19/cwt	308.00–330.00	1,665	129
Steers	500–550	Medium and Large 1-2	534	294.86/cwt	280.00–300.00	1,575	27
Steers	550–600	Medium and Large 1	570	314.28/cwt	298.00–327.00	1,791	65
Steers	550–600	Medium and Large 1-2	587	285.45/cwt	275.00–292.50	1,676	56
Steers	600–650	Medium and Large 1Thin Fleshed	607	322.00/cwt	322.00–322.00	1,955	9
Steers	600–650	Medium and Large 1-2Fleshy	621	258.00/cwt	258.00–258.00	1,602	5
Steers	600–650	Medium and Large 1	624	298.30/cwt	281.00–312.00	1,861	41
Steers	600–650	Medium and Large 1-2	636	265.64/cwt	262.50–275.00	1,689	21
Steers	650–700	Medium and Large 1	659	279.53/cwt	278.00–280.00	1,842	49
Steers	650–700	Medium and Large 1-2	685	251.44/cwt	246.00–262.50	1,722	47
Steers	700–750	Medium and Large 1	719	254.16/cwt	249.00–256.50	1,827	44
Steers	750–800	Medium and Large 1-2	757	228.00/cwt	228.00–228.00	1,726	5
Steers	800–850	Medium and Large 1	813	232.00/cwt	232.00–232.00	1,886	9
Steers	800–850	Medium and Large 1-2	815	214.91/cwt	203.00–221.00	1,752	18
Steers	850–900	Large 1	860	219.00/cwt	219.00–219.00	1,883	32
Feeder Cattle · Heifers30 lots · lightest first
Heifers	300–350	Medium and Large 1-2	330	300.97/cwt	292.50–310.00	993	13
Heifers	350–400	Medium and Large 1	373	309.62/cwt	306.00–315.00	1,155	16
Heifers	350–400	Medium 1	378	300.00/cwt	300.00–300.00	1,134	10
Heifers	350–400	Medium and Large 1-2	391	291.80/cwt	272.50–300.00	1,141	13
Heifers	400–450	Medium 2	431	230.00/cwt	230.00–230.00	991	8
Heifers	400–450	Medium and Large 1	434	295.88/cwt	295.00–297.50	1,284	17
Heifers	400–450	Medium and Large 1-2	435	274.87/cwt	266.00–282.50	1,196	46
Heifers	400–450	Medium and Large 2	440	263.08/cwt	250.00–267.50	1,158	12
Heifers	400–450	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	448	285.00/cwt	285.00–285.00	1,277	11
Heifers	450–500	Medium and Large 1	476	288.88/cwt	287.50–290.00	1,375	25
Heifers	450–500	Medium and Large 1-2	477	269.84/cwt	260.00–278.00	1,287	33
Heifers	450–500	Medium 1	494	280.00/cwt	280.00–280.00	1,383	6
Heifers	500–550	Medium and Large 2	511	242.50/cwt	242.50–242.50	1,239	5
Heifers	500–550	Medium 1-2	515	240.00/cwt	240.00–240.00	1,236	5
Heifers	500–550	Medium and Large 1-2	523	255.04/cwt	240.00–265.00	1,334	41
Heifers	500–550	Medium and Large 1	539	286.04/cwt	268.00–293.00	1,542	76
Heifers	550–600	Medium and Large 1	558	264.77/cwt	252.50–277.50	1,477	56
Heifers	550–600	Medium and Large 1-2	574	241.74/cwt	228.00–247.50	1,388	35
Heifers	550–600	Medium 1-2	585	236.00/cwt	236.00–236.00	1,381	5
Heifers	600–650	Medium and Large 1	614	246.87/cwt	245.00–248.50	1,516	58
Heifers	600–650	Medium and Large 1-2	631	231.50/cwt	220.00–238.00	1,461	29
Heifers	650–700	Medium and Large 1	652	240.99/cwt	232.50–246.00	1,571	27
Heifers	650–700	Medium and Large 1-2	671	218.16/cwt	205.00–223.00	1,464	35
Heifers	650–700	Medium and Large 2	691	196.00/cwt	196.00–196.00	1,354	6
Heifers	700–750	Large 1-2	700	211.00/cwt	211.00–211.00	1,477	5
Heifers	700–750	Medium and Large 1-2	722	207.81/cwt	200.00–219.50	1,500	28
Heifers	750–800	Medium and Large 1-2	764	213.11/cwt	208.50–218.00	1,628	18
Heifers	850–900	Medium and Large 2	895	135.00/cwt	135.00–135.00	1,208	17
Heifers	900–950	Medium and Large 1-2	909	186.50/cwt	186.50–186.50	1,695	9
Heifers	1050–1100	Medium and Large 2	1,057	138.00/cwt	138.00–138.00	1,459	6
Feeder Cattle · Bulls7 lots · lightest first
Bulls	400–450	Medium and Large 1	418	311.40/cwt	302.50–320.00	1,302	13
Bulls	450–500	Medium and Large 1	468	314.77/cwt	307.50–324.00	1,473	21
Bulls	500–550	Medium and Large 1	509	285.00/cwt	285.00–285.00	1,451	5
Bulls	500–550	Medium and Large 1-2	516	267.50/cwt	267.50–267.50	1,380	5
Bulls	550–600	Medium and Large 1	572	272.50/cwt	262.50–287.50	1,559	26
Bulls	600–650	Medium and Large 1	602	267.50/cwt	267.50–267.50	1,610	5
Bulls	850–900	Medium and Large 1-2	895	173.00/cwt	173.00–173.00	1,548	6

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 16, 2024

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

Receipts 1,868Last week 1,644Year ago 2,602

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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
18	300–350	332	327.50–340.00	333.79
7	350–400	375	320.00–352.50	333.29
30	400–450	433	317.50–337.50	331.57
31	450–500	471	290.00–320.00	298.67
27	500–550	534	280.00–300.00	294.86
56	550–600	587	275.00–292.50	285.45
21	600–650	636	262.50–275.00	265.64
47	650–700	685	246.00–262.50	251.44
5	750–800	757	228.00	228.00
18	800–850	815	203.00–221.00	214.91

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
9	300–350	339	360.00–372.50	368.38
12	350–400	360	360.00–367.50	364.31
12	400–450	412	345.00–355.00	351.61
39	450–500	470	323.00–340.00	330.70
129	500–550	520	308.00–330.00	320.19
65	550–600	570	298.00–327.00	314.28
41	600–650	624	281.00–312.00	298.30
49	650–700	659	278.00–280.00	279.53
44	700–750	719	249.00–256.50	254.16
9	800–850	813	232.00	232.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
32	850–900	860	219.00	219.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium 1$ per cwt · actual wt
8	350–400	379	350.00	350.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Fleshy$ per cwt · actual wt
5	600–650	621	258.00	258.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1 · Thin Fleshed$ per cwt · actual wt
9	600–650	607	322.00	322.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
13	300–350	330	292.50–310.00	300.97
13	350–400	391	272.50–300.00	291.80
46	400–450	435	266.00–282.50	274.87
33	450–500	477	260.00–278.00	269.84
41	500–550	523	240.00–265.00	255.04
35	550–600	574	228.00–247.50	241.74
29	600–650	631	220.00–238.00	231.50
35	650–700	671	205.00–223.00	218.16
28	700–750	722	200.00–219.50	207.81
18	750–800	764	208.50–218.00	213.11
9	900–950	909	186.50	186.50

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
12	400–450	440	250.00–267.50	263.08
5	500–550	511	242.50	242.50
6	650–700	691	196.00	196.00
17	850–900	895	135.00	135.00
6	1050–1100	1,057	138.00	138.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium 1$ per cwt · actual wt
10	350–400	378	300.00	300.00
6	450–500	494	280.00	280.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
5	500–550	515	240.00	240.00
5	550–600	585	236.00	236.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium 2$ per cwt · actual wt
8	400–450	431	230.00	230.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
5	700–750	700	211.00	211.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Unweaned$ per cwt · actual wt
11	400–450	448	285.00	285.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
16	350–400	373	306.00–315.00	309.62
17	400–450	434	295.00–297.50	295.88
25	450–500	476	287.50–290.00	288.88
76	500–550	539	268.00–293.00	286.04
56	550–600	558	252.50–277.50	264.77
58	600–650	614	245.00–248.50	246.87
27	650–700	652	232.50–246.00	240.99

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
5	500–550	516	267.50	267.50
6	850–900	895	173.00	173.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
13	400–450	418	302.50–320.00	311.40
21	450–500	468	307.50–324.00	314.77
5	500–550	509	285.00	285.00
26	550–600	572	262.50–287.50	272.50
5	600–650	602	267.50	267.50

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.