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Ozarks Regional Stockyards

Name: Ozarks Regional Stockyards livestock auction prices — 2024-04-30
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2024-04-30

Feeder Cattle · West Plains, Missouri · Tue, Apr 30

● Final76 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 1249

← Apr 23Apr 30May 7 →

Receipts

1,914 head

▼ 1,151 vs last sale 3,065▼ 786 vs year ago 2,700 · −29.1%

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Reporter comment USDA

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Compared to last week, steer calves under 600 lbs. sold 8.00-12.00 higher with heavier weight steers selling steady to 5.00 higher. Heifer calves under 650 lbs sold 3.00-6.00 higher with spots 12.00 higher. Heavier weights heifers were not well tested. Demand was good on a moderate supply. The largest draft of the day was 44 head of 745 lb. steers that brought 270.00/cwt. Another stick-out draft was 28 head of 839 lb. steers that brought 250.00/cwt. The first significant Spring rain fell across the area this past weekend with reports of 2-7 inches, helping to relieve some drought conditions.

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 $267.47/cwt on 193 head. That ranks 1 of 36 comparable sales and sits −137.57 against this barn's trailing median of $405.04.

Average price

$267.47

193 head · 541 lb average

Value per head Derived

$1,447

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$218

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

$44.87/cwt at this weight

vs the market

−5.68

vs MO average

−0.91 vs national

Price by quality 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1	541	287.63	1,556	48
Medium 1	512	277.76	1,422	18thin
Large 1	557	265.00	1,476	5thin
Medium and Large 1-2	544	262.04	1,426	94
Medium 1-2	524	255.00	1,336	5thin
Medium and Large 2	551	242.76	1,338	23

One grade step is worth $44.87/cwt here — about $218 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 sale193 hd

267.47

—

MO average17 barns · 2,455 hd

273.15

−5.68

National average173 barns · 11,009 hd

268.38

−0.91

This barn, trailing median36 sales

405.04

−137.57

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

76 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 · Steers30 lots · lightest first
Steers	250–300	Medium and Large 1	296	413.00/cwt	413.00–413.00	1,222	8
Steers	300–350	Medium and Large 1	313	396.71/cwt	385.00–410.00	1,242	23
Steers	350–400	Medium and Large 1	367	370.49/cwt	365.00–385.00	1,360	26
Steers	350–400	Medium and Large 1-2	394	331.01/cwt	320.00–335.00	1,304	19
Steers	400–450	Medium and Large 1-2	428	335.67/cwt	335.00–337.50	1,437	11
Steers	400–450	Medium and Large 1	441	353.67/cwt	350.00–360.00	1,560	27
Steers	400–450	Medium and Large 2	441	309.55/cwt	290.00–320.00	1,365	14
Steers	450–500	Medium and Large 1-2	466	328.61/cwt	320.00–337.50	1,531	22
Steers	450–500	Medium and Large 1	478	342.40/cwt	337.50–352.50	1,637	51
Steers	500–550	Medium and Large 1-2	519	308.69/cwt	290.00–316.00	1,602	7
Steers	500–550	Medium 1-2	525	305.55/cwt	300.00–312.00	1,604	15
Steers	500–550	Medium and Large 1	529	343.99/cwt	334.00–360.00	1,820	76
Steers	500–550	Medium and Large 2	543	285.00/cwt	285.00–285.00	1,548	5
Steers	550–600	Medium 1	554	323.00/cwt	323.00–323.00	1,789	13
Steers	550–600	Medium and Large 1	569	320.37/cwt	310.00–338.00	1,823	54
Steers	550–600	Medium and Large 1-2	570	296.22/cwt	287.50–302.50	1,688	22
Steers	600–650	Medium and Large 1-2	622	279.36/cwt	262.50–285.00	1,738	27
Steers	600–650	Medium and Large 1	624	299.86/cwt	287.50–302.00	1,871	29
Steers	600–650	Medium 1-2	627	272.50/cwt	272.50–272.50	1,709	9
Steers	650–700	Medium 1	663	272.00/cwt	272.00–272.00	1,803	17
Steers	650–700	Medium and Large 1-2	665	256.60/cwt	247.00–265.00	1,706	24
Steers	650–700	Medium and Large 1	668	287.00/cwt	287.00–287.00	1,917	10
Steers	700–750	Large 1-2	702	237.50/cwt	237.50–237.50	1,667	5
Steers	700–750	Medium and Large 1-2	725	240.48/cwt	237.50–252.50	1,743	26
Steers	700–750	Medium and Large 1	741	268.34/cwt	257.50–270.00	1,988	51
Steers	750–800	Medium and Large 1Fleshy	790	235.00/cwt	235.00–235.00	1,857	11
Steers	800–850	Medium and Large 1-2	826	231.01/cwt	215.00–239.00	1,908	15
Steers	800–850	Medium and Large 2	838	213.46/cwt	213.00–215.00	1,789	17
Steers	800–850	Medium and Large 1	839	250.00/cwt	250.00–250.00	2,098	28
Steers	900–950	Medium and Large 1-2	912	216.00/cwt	216.00–216.00	1,970	19
Feeder Cattle · Heifers36 lots · lightest first
Heifers	300–350	Medium and Large 1	300	342.50/cwt	342.50–342.50	1,028	15
Heifers	300–350	Medium and Large 1-2	324	311.48/cwt	310.00–312.50	1,009	15
Heifers	350–400	Medium and Large 1	362	328.09/cwt	325.00–335.00	1,188	42
Heifers	350–400	Medium and Large 2	383	276.34/cwt	275.00–277.50	1,058	11
Heifers	350–400	Medium and Large 1-2	386	317.64/cwt	315.00–318.00	1,226	25
Heifers	400–450	Medium 2	421	262.50/cwt	262.50–262.50	1,105	5
Heifers	400–450	Medium 1-2	422	307.50/cwt	307.50–307.50	1,298	5
Heifers	400–450	Medium and Large 2	423	267.49/cwt	262.00–277.50	1,131	11
Heifers	400–450	Large 1	432	307.50/cwt	307.50–307.50	1,328	6
Heifers	400–450	Medium and Large 1	437	315.12/cwt	311.00–325.00	1,377	73
Heifers	400–450	Medium and Large 1-2	446	298.01/cwt	295.00–302.50	1,329	15
Heifers	450–500	Medium and Large 2-3	458	227.50/cwt	227.50–227.50	1,042	7
Heifers	450–500	Medium 2-3	459	180.00/cwt	180.00–180.00	826	7
Heifers	450–500	Medium and Large 1	470	306.62/cwt	300.00–310.00	1,441	70
Heifers	450–500	Medium and Large 1-2	485	283.84/cwt	275.00–294.00	1,377	34
Heifers	450–500	Medium and Large 2	490	260.36/cwt	247.50–267.50	1,276	22
Heifers	500–550	Medium 1	512	277.76/cwt	275.00–280.00	1,422	18
Heifers	500–550	Medium and Large 1-2	518	266.95/cwt	252.50–275.00	1,383	55
Heifers	500–550	Medium 1-2	524	255.00/cwt	255.00–255.00	1,336	5
Heifers	500–550	Medium and Large 1Thin Fleshed	529	312.50/cwt	312.50–312.50	1,653	5
Heifers	500–550	Medium and Large 1	531	288.56/cwt	280.00–297.50	1,532	32
Heifers	500–550	Medium and Large 2	533	247.19/cwt	242.50–255.00	1,318	12
Heifers	550–600	Large 1	557	265.00/cwt	265.00–265.00	1,476	5
Heifers	550–600	Medium and Large 2	571	237.93/cwt	225.00–243.00	1,359	11
Heifers	550–600	Medium and Large 1	576	273.61/cwt	272.50–274.00	1,576	11
Heifers	550–600	Medium and Large 1-2	581	255.12/cwt	240.00–263.00	1,482	39
Heifers	600–650	Medium and Large 1	613	255.85/cwt	250.00–259.00	1,568	19
Heifers	600–650	Medium and Large 1-2	617	239.52/cwt	231.00–242.50	1,478	36
Heifers	600–650	Medium 1	628	250.00/cwt	250.00–250.00	1,570	5
Heifers	650–700	Medium and Large 1-2	677	236.73/cwt	235.00–239.00	1,603	34
Heifers	700–750	Medium and Large 1-2	728	219.11/cwt	212.50–226.00	1,595	52
Heifers	700–750	Medium 1-2	744	220.00/cwt	220.00–220.00	1,637	10
Heifers	750–800	Medium 1	766	234.00/cwt	234.00–234.00	1,792	32
Heifers	850–900	Medium and Large 1	854	208.00/cwt	208.00–208.00	1,776	7
Heifers	850–900	Medium 1	878	214.00/cwt	214.00–214.00	1,879	12
Heifers	950–1000	Medium and Large 2	968	133.36/cwt	132.50–138.00	1,291	39
Feeder Cattle · Bulls9 lots · lightest first
Bulls	450–500	Medium and Large 1	478	319.28/cwt	302.50–332.50	1,526	11
Bulls	450–500	Medium and Large 1-2	493	287.55/cwt	282.50–295.00	1,418	5
Bulls	500–550	Medium and Large 1-2	525	265.00/cwt	265.00–265.00	1,391	7
Bulls	500–550	Medium and Large 1	529	316.00/cwt	316.00–316.00	1,672	5
Bulls	550–600	Medium and Large 1-2	590	271.65/cwt	271.00–272.50	1,603	7
Bulls	600–650	Medium and Large 1-2	609	241.24/cwt	240.00–242.50	1,469	6
Bulls	600–650	Medium and Large 1	634	267.20/cwt	267.00–267.50	1,694	10
Bulls	650–700	Medium and Large 1-2	684	248.00/cwt	248.00–248.00	1,696	10
Bulls	650–700	Medium and Large 1	687	252.50/cwt	252.50–252.50	1,735	5
Feeder Cattle · Dairy Steers1 lot · lightest first
Dairy Steers	350–400	Large 3	386	222.00/cwt	222.00–222.00	857	25

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 30, 2024

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Receipts 1,914Last week 3,065Year ago 2,700

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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
15	300–350	300	342.50	342.50
42	350–400	362	325.00–335.00	328.09
73	400–450	437	311.00–325.00	315.12
70	450–500	470	300.00–310.00	306.62
32	500–550	531	280.00–297.50	288.56
11	550–600	576	272.50–274.00	273.61
19	600–650	613	250.00–259.00	255.85
7	850–900	854	208.00	208.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
15	300–350	324	310.00–312.50	311.48
25	350–400	386	315.00–318.00	317.64
15	400–450	446	295.00–302.50	298.01
34	450–500	485	275.00–294.00	283.84
55	500–550	518	252.50–275.00	266.95
39	550–600	581	240.00–263.00	255.12
36	600–650	617	231.00–242.50	239.52
34	650–700	677	235.00–239.00	236.73
52	700–750	728	212.50–226.00	219.11

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 2-3$ per cwt · actual wt
7	450–500	458	227.50	227.50

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
11	350–400	383	275.00–277.50	276.34
11	400–450	423	262.00–277.50	267.49
22	450–500	490	247.50–267.50	260.36
12	500–550	533	242.50–255.00	247.19
11	550–600	571	225.00–243.00	237.93
39	950–1000	968	132.50–138.00	133.36

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium 2$ per cwt · actual wt
5	400–450	421	262.50	262.50

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium 2-3$ per cwt · actual wt
7	450–500	459	180.00	180.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
6	400–450	432	307.50	307.50
5	550–600	557	265.00	265.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
5	400–450	422	307.50	307.50
5	500–550	524	255.00	255.00
10	700–750	744	220.00	220.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium 1$ per cwt · actual wt
18	500–550	512	275.00–280.00	277.76
5	600–650	628	250.00	250.00
32	750–800	766	234.00	234.00
12	850–900	878	214.00	214.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Thin Fleshed$ per cwt · actual wt
5	500–550	529	312.50	312.50

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
5	450–500	493	282.50–295.00	287.55
7	500–550	525	265.00	265.00
7	550–600	590	271.00–272.50	271.65
6	600–650	609	240.00–242.50	241.24
10	650–700	684	248.00	248.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
11	450–500	478	302.50–332.50	319.28
5	500–550	529	316.00	316.00
10	600–650	634	267.00–267.50	267.20
5	650–700	687	252.50	252.50

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
19	350–400	394	320.00–335.00	331.01
11	400–450	428	335.00–337.50	335.67
22	450–500	466	320.00–337.50	328.61
7	500–550	519	290.00–316.00	308.69
22	550–600	570	287.50–302.50	296.22
27	600–650	622	262.50–285.00	279.36
24	650–700	665	247.00–265.00	256.60
26	700–750	725	237.50–252.50	240.48
15	800–850	826	215.00–239.00	231.01
19	900–950	912	216.00	216.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
14	400–450	441	290.00–320.00	309.55
5	500–550	543	285.00	285.00
17	800–850	838	213.00–215.00	213.46

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
5	700–750	702	237.50	237.50

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium 1$ per cwt · actual wt
13	550–600	554	323.00	323.00
17	650–700	663	272.00	272.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
15	500–550	525	300.00–312.00	305.55
9	600–650	627	272.50	272.50

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1 · Fleshy$ per cwt · actual wt
11	750–800	790	235.00	235.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
8	250–300	296	413.00	413.00
23	300–350	313	385.00–410.00	396.71
26	350–400	367	365.00–385.00	370.49
27	400–450	441	350.00–360.00	353.67
51	450–500	478	337.50–352.50	342.40
76	500–550	529	334.00–360.00	343.99
54	550–600	569	310.00–338.00	320.37
29	600–650	624	287.50–302.00	299.86
10	650–700	668	287.00	287.00
51	700–750	741	257.50–270.00	268.34
28	800–850	839	250.00	250.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Dairy Steers — Large 3$ per cwt · actual wt
25	350–400	386	222.00	222.00

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.