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Ozarks Regional Stockyards

Name: Ozarks Regional Stockyards livestock auction prices — 2024-04-23
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2024-04-23

Feeder Cattle · West Plains, Missouri · Tue, Apr 23

● Final84 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 1249

← Apr 16Apr 23Apr 30 →

Receipts

3,065 head

▲ 1,197 vs last sale 1,868▲ 363 vs year ago 2,702 · +13.4%

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Reporter comment USDA

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Compared to last week, feeder steers and heifers sold 5.00-10.00 higher with spots 15.00 higher on calves. Demand was very good on a moderate supply. The market was active with the quality of the offering above average. For the first time in several weeks 50 percent or more of the offering weighed over 600 lbs. One stick-out draft of the day was 49 head of 500 lb. steers that brought 360.00/cwt. The USDA's Cattle on Feed Report, released Friday, reported Inventories were 1 percent higher, Placements 12 percent lower and Marketings 14 percent 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 $315.17/cwt on 324 head. That ranks 1 of 35 comparable sales and sits −130.54 against this barn's trailing median of $445.72.

Average price

$315.17

324 head · 542 lb average

Value per head Derived

$1,707

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$343

per head · Medium and Large 1 over Medium 2

$91.27/cwt at this weight

vs the market

+4.27

vs MO average

+5.62 vs national

Price by quality 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1	529	340.27	1,800	182
Medium and Large 1-2	562	294.80	1,658	94
Medium and Large 2	546	261.19	1,426	43
Medium 2	585	249.00	1,457	5thin

One grade step is worth $91.27/cwt here — about $343 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 sale324 hd

315.17

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MO average17 barns · 3,028 hd

310.91

+4.27

National average173 barns · 10,802 hd

309.55

+5.62

This barn, trailing median35 sales

445.72

−130.54

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

84 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 · Steers44 lots · lightest first
Steers	300–350	Medium and Large 1	317	380.20/cwt	370.00–390.00	1,205	34
Steers	300–350	Medium and Large 1-2	323	330.88/cwt	330.00–332.50	1,069	6
Steers	300–350	Medium and Large 2	329	305.11/cwt	300.00–310.00	1,004	8
Steers	350–400	Medium and Large 1	379	357.22/cwt	350.00–360.00	1,354	22
Steers	350–400	Medium and Large 1-2	381	332.94/cwt	320.00–342.50	1,269	31
Steers	400–450	Medium and Large 1-2	408	328.14/cwt	315.00–335.00	1,339	9
Steers	400–450	Medium and Large 1Thin Fleshed	412	377.50/cwt	377.50–377.50	1,555	20
Steers	400–450	Medium and Large 1	430	341.31/cwt	340.00–347.50	1,468	29
Steers	400–450	Medium 2	435	276.51/cwt	266.00–300.00	1,203	10
Steers	450–500	Medium and Large 1-2	470	317.35/cwt	302.50–325.00	1,492	47
Steers	450–500	Medium and Large 2	471	288.41/cwt	287.50–290.00	1,358	8
Steers	450–500	Medium and Large 2-3	471	252.50/cwt	252.50–252.50	1,189	9
Steers	450–500	Medium and Large 1	477	351.98/cwt	330.00–359.00	1,679	80
Steers	450–500	Medium 1-2	492	287.50/cwt	287.50–287.50	1,415	6
Steers	500–550	Medium and Large 1Thin Fleshed	500	362.00/cwt	362.00–362.00	1,810	49
Steers	500–550	Medium and Large 2	504	274.97/cwt	267.50–277.50	1,386	12
Steers	500–550	Medium and Large 1	527	335.48/cwt	320.00–345.00	1,768	93
Steers	500–550	Medium and Large 1-2	528	302.43/cwt	290.00–315.00	1,597	23
Steers	500–550	Medium and Large 1-2Unweaned	541	282.50/cwt	282.50–282.50	1,528	7
Steers	550–600	Medium and Large 2	562	255.86/cwt	250.00–270.00	1,438	31
Steers	550–600	Medium and Large 1	569	324.79/cwt	315.00–340.00	1,848	40
Steers	550–600	Medium and Large 1-2	577	293.40/cwt	285.00–303.00	1,693	64
Steers	550–600	Medium 2	585	249.00/cwt	249.00–249.00	1,457	5
Steers	600–650	Large 1	603	298.00/cwt	298.00–298.00	1,797	13
Steers	600–650	Medium and Large 1Thin Fleshed	612	330.00/cwt	330.00–330.00	2,020	7
Steers	600–650	Medium and Large 1-2	621	274.52/cwt	257.00–286.00	1,705	47
Steers	600–650	Medium and Large 1	631	299.41/cwt	290.00–319.00	1,889	101
Steers	650–700	Medium and Large 1-2	662	262.74/cwt	256.00–271.00	1,739	59
Steers	650–700	Medium and Large 2	662	225.56/cwt	220.00–231.00	1,493	6
Steers	650–700	Medium and Large 1	665	287.89/cwt	276.00–300.00	1,914	75
Steers	700–750	Medium 1-2	714	233.00/cwt	233.00–233.00	1,664	5
Steers	700–750	Medium and Large 1-2	716	241.04/cwt	237.50–244.00	1,726	24
Steers	700–750	Medium and Large 1	720	262.99/cwt	250.00–273.00	1,894	34
Steers	750–800	Medium and Large 1	773	252.77/cwt	240.00–262.00	1,954	105
Steers	750–800	Large 1-2	776	239.00/cwt	239.00–239.00	1,855	5
Steers	750–800	Medium and Large 2	779	213.50/cwt	213.50–213.50	1,663	25
Steers	750–800	Medium and Large 1-2	785	225.60/cwt	219.00–230.00	1,771	10
Steers	800–850	Medium and Large 1-2	821	220.00/cwt	220.00–220.00	1,806	7
Steers	800–850	Medium and Large 1	831	226.75/cwt	224.00–236.50	1,884	80
Steers	850–900	Medium and Large 1-2	875	211.73/cwt	210.00–219.00	1,853	16
Steers	850–900	Medium and Large 1	880	226.26/cwt	226.00–226.50	1,991	25
Steers	900–950	Medium and Large 1	919	221.75/cwt	221.75–221.75	2,038	60
Steers	900–950	Medium and Large 1-2	948	216.00/cwt	216.00–216.00	2,048	6
Steers	950–1000	Medium and Large 1	978	220.50/cwt	220.50–220.50	2,156	55
Feeder Cattle · Heifers31 lots · lightest first
Heifers	250–300	Medium and Large 1	263	329.20/cwt	327.50–335.00	866	10
Heifers	300–350	Medium and Large 1-2	332	302.50/cwt	302.50–302.50	1,004	5
Heifers	300–350	Medium and Large 1	348	310.00/cwt	310.00–310.00	1,079	5
Heifers	350–400	Medium and Large 1	377	324.40/cwt	307.50–335.00	1,223	26
Heifers	350–400	Medium and Large 1-2	378	293.44/cwt	285.00–300.00	1,109	7
Heifers	350–400	Medium and Large 2	382	269.29/cwt	267.50–270.00	1,029	10
Heifers	400–450	Medium and Large 1	424	310.46/cwt	297.50–326.00	1,316	87
Heifers	400–450	Medium and Large 1-2	432	276.42/cwt	262.50–287.50	1,194	20
Heifers	450–500	Medium and Large 1Thin Fleshed	454	322.50/cwt	322.50–322.50	1,464	30
Heifers	450–500	Medium and Large 2	467	240.00/cwt	240.00–240.00	1,121	5
Heifers	450–500	Medium and Large 1	476	293.90/cwt	290.00–302.00	1,399	24
Heifers	450–500	Medium and Large 1-2	481	280.19/cwt	270.00–287.50	1,348	50
Heifers	500–550	Medium and Large 1Fancy	506	297.50/cwt	297.50–297.50	1,505	6
Heifers	500–550	Medium and Large 2	514	230.29/cwt	227.50–232.50	1,184	7
Heifers	500–550	Medium and Large 1	526	279.40/cwt	270.00–285.00	1,470	62
Heifers	500–550	Medium and Large 1-2	532	260.32/cwt	250.00–270.00	1,385	68
Heifers	550–600	Medium and Large 1-2	561	252.34/cwt	242.50–257.50	1,416	46
Heifers	550–600	Medium and Large 1	570	268.36/cwt	262.50–277.50	1,530	154
Heifers	600–650	Medium 1-2	615	239.00/cwt	239.00–239.00	1,470	7
Heifers	600–650	Medium and Large 1	628	252.17/cwt	247.00–264.00	1,584	60
Heifers	600–650	Medium and Large 1-2	630	236.27/cwt	220.00–240.00	1,489	20
Heifers	650–700	Medium and Large 1-2	663	233.95/cwt	228.00–238.00	1,551	57
Heifers	650–700	Medium and Large 1	668	240.97/cwt	240.00–247.50	1,610	134
Heifers	700–750	Medium and Large 1-2	715	224.23/cwt	222.50–226.50	1,603	31
Heifers	700–750	Medium and Large 1	720	239.28/cwt	231.00–240.50	1,723	95
Heifers	750–800	Medium and Large 1	776	225.63/cwt	223.00–227.00	1,751	55
Heifers	800–850	Medium and Large 1	806	225.00/cwt	225.00–225.00	1,814	17
Heifers	800–850	Medium and Large 1-2	814	211.00/cwt	211.00–211.00	1,718	6
Heifers	850–900	Medium and Large 1	887	210.00/cwt	210.00–210.00	1,863	43
Heifers	850–900	Medium and Large 2	893	132.50/cwt	132.50–132.50	1,183	18
Heifers	1050–1100	Medium and Large 1-2	1,087	162.00/cwt	162.00–162.00	1,761	7
Feeder Cattle · Bulls9 lots · lightest first
Bulls	350–400	Medium and Large 1	389	323.76/cwt	320.00–327.50	1,259	6
Bulls	450–500	Medium and Large 1-2	493	250.00/cwt	250.00–250.00	1,233	5
Bulls	500–550	Medium and Large 1	532	285.72/cwt	275.00–292.50	1,520	31
Bulls	550–600	Medium and Large 1	593	277.90/cwt	267.50–280.00	1,648	18
Bulls	600–650	Medium and Large 1	608	265.00/cwt	265.00–265.00	1,611	8
Bulls	750–800	Large 1-2	771	203.00/cwt	203.00–203.00	1,565	6
Bulls	750–800	Medium and Large 1-2	779	202.23/cwt	200.00–210.00	1,575	9
Bulls	800–850	Medium and Large 1-2	839	189.00/cwt	189.00–189.00	1,586	8
Bulls	950–1000	Medium and Large 1-2	976	187.00/cwt	187.00–187.00	1,825	15

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.

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Ozarks Regional Stockyards Feeder Cattle - West Plains, MO

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Receipts 3,065Last week 1,868Year ago 2,702

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Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
10	250–300	263	327.50–335.00	329.20
5	300–350	348	310.00	310.00
26	350–400	377	307.50–335.00	324.40
87	400–450	424	297.50–326.00	310.46
24	450–500	476	290.00–302.00	293.90
62	500–550	526	270.00–285.00	279.40
154	550–600	570	262.50–277.50	268.36
60	600–650	628	247.00–264.00	252.17
134	650–700	668	240.00–247.50	240.97
95	700–750	720	231.00–240.50	239.28
55	750–800	776	223.00–227.00	225.63
17	800–850	806	225.00	225.00
43	850–900	887	210.00	210.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
5	300–350	332	302.50	302.50
7	350–400	378	285.00–300.00	293.44
20	400–450	432	262.50–287.50	276.42
50	450–500	481	270.00–287.50	280.19
68	500–550	532	250.00–270.00	260.32
46	550–600	561	242.50–257.50	252.34
20	600–650	630	220.00–240.00	236.27
57	650–700	663	228.00–238.00	233.95
31	700–750	715	222.50–226.50	224.23
6	800–850	814	211.00	211.00
7	1050–1100	1,087	162.00	162.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
10	350–400	382	267.50–270.00	269.29
5	450–500	467	240.00	240.00
7	500–550	514	227.50–232.50	230.29
18	850–900	893	132.50	132.50

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
7	600–650	615	239.00	239.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Thin Fleshed$ per cwt · actual wt
30	450–500	454	322.50	322.50

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Fancy$ per cwt · actual wt
6	500–550	506	297.50	297.50

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
6	300–350	323	330.00–332.50	330.88
31	350–400	381	320.00–342.50	332.94
9	400–450	408	315.00–335.00	328.14
47	450–500	470	302.50–325.00	317.35
23	500–550	528	290.00–315.00	302.43
64	550–600	577	285.00–303.00	293.40
47	600–650	621	257.00–286.00	274.52
59	650–700	662	256.00–271.00	262.74
24	700–750	716	237.50–244.00	241.04
10	750–800	785	219.00–230.00	225.60
7	800–850	821	220.00	220.00
16	850–900	875	210.00–219.00	211.73
6	900–950	948	216.00	216.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
8	300–350	329	300.00–310.00	305.11
8	450–500	471	287.50–290.00	288.41
12	500–550	504	267.50–277.50	274.97
31	550–600	562	250.00–270.00	255.86
6	650–700	662	220.00–231.00	225.56
25	750–800	779	213.50	213.50

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 2-3$ per cwt · actual wt
9	450–500	471	252.50	252.50

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium 2$ per cwt · actual wt
10	400–450	435	266.00–300.00	276.51
5	550–600	585	249.00	249.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
13	600–650	603	298.00	298.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
5	750–800	776	239.00	239.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
6	450–500	492	287.50	287.50
5	700–750	714	233.00	233.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
34	300–350	317	370.00–390.00	380.20
22	350–400	379	350.00–360.00	357.22
29	400–450	430	340.00–347.50	341.31
80	450–500	477	330.00–359.00	351.98
93	500–550	527	320.00–345.00	335.48
40	550–600	569	315.00–340.00	324.79
101	600–650	631	290.00–319.00	299.41
75	650–700	665	276.00–300.00	287.89
34	700–750	720	250.00–273.00	262.99
105	750–800	773	240.00–262.00	252.77
80	800–850	831	224.00–236.50	226.75
25	850–900	880	226.00–226.50	226.26
60	900–950	919	221.75	221.75
55	950–1000	978	220.50	220.50

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1 · Thin Fleshed$ per cwt · actual wt
20	400–450	412	377.50	377.50
49	500–550	500	362.00	362.00
7	600–650	612	330.00	330.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Unweaned$ per cwt · actual wt
7	500–550	541	282.50	282.50

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
5	450–500	493	250.00	250.00
9	750–800	779	200.00–210.00	202.23
8	800–850	839	189.00	189.00
15	950–1000	976	187.00	187.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls — Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
6	750–800	771	203.00	203.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
6	350–400	389	320.00–327.50	323.76
31	500–550	532	275.00–292.50	285.72
18	550–600	593	267.50–280.00	277.90
8	600–650	608	265.00	265.00

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.