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Ozarks Regional Stockyards

Name: Ozarks Regional Stockyards livestock auction prices — 2024-05-14
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2024-05-14

Feeder Cattle · West Plains, Missouri · Tue, May 14

● Final86 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 1249

← May 7May 14May 21 →

Receipts

2,717 head

▲ 582 vs last sale 2,135▼ 690 vs year ago 3,407 · −20.3%

Also sold hereSlaughter/Replacement CattleWed Oct 28, 2026 Cattle SpecialFri Aug 14, 2026

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Reporter comment USDA

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Compared to last week, feeder steers and heifers sold 3.00-6.00 lower. Demand was moderate on a moderate supply. The quality of the offering was average with several groups of unweaned or short weaned calves in the offering. There were eight drafts of 20 head or more with seven of those drafts being heifers. The largest draft of the day was 100 head of 610 lb. mixed heifers that brought 250.00/cwt. Both Feeder and Live Cattle Futures traded sharply higher and Corn Futures traded lower as rain across the Corn and Acorn Belts has helped improve drought conditions, at least in the short term.

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 $267.88/cwt on 379 head. That ranks 1 of 35 comparable sales and sits −140.47 against this barn's trailing median of $408.36.

Average price

$267.88

379 head · 544 lb average

Value per head Derived

$1,458

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$233

per head · Medium 1 over Medium and Large 2

$38.13/cwt at this weight

vs the market

−10.29

vs MO average

−2.12 vs national

Price by quality 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium 1	528	280.63	1,482	21
Medium and Large 1	538	275.78	1,482	198
Medium and Large 1-2	552	257.99	1,423	122
Large 1-2	554	253.43	1,403	18thin
Medium 1-2	597	252.00	1,504	15thin
Medium and Large 2	515	242.50	1,249	5thin

One grade step is worth $38.13/cwt here — about $233 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 sale379 hd

267.88

—

MO average17 barns · 3,263 hd

278.17

−10.29

National average167 barns · 11,471 hd

270.00

−2.12

This barn, trailing median35 sales

408.36

−140.47

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

Heifers 500–600 lb: high $442.84, low $332.23, median $408.36 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

86 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 · Steers37 lots · lightest first
Steers	300–350	Medium and Large 1	321	377.34/cwt	372.50–380.00	1,211	9
Steers	300–350	Medium and Large 1-2	339	345.00/cwt	345.00–345.00	1,170	5
Steers	350–400	Medium and Large 1-2	367	345.99/cwt	340.00–352.50	1,270	18
Steers	350–400	Medium and Large 2	389	319.98/cwt	307.50–327.50	1,245	8
Steers	400–450	Medium and Large 1-2	421	328.48/cwt	315.00–335.00	1,383	50
Steers	400–450	Medium and Large 1	425	362.20/cwt	356.00–375.00	1,539	16
Steers	450–500	Medium and Large 2-3	455	255.00/cwt	255.00–255.00	1,160	6
Steers	450–500	Medium and Large 1	459	350.17/cwt	345.00–357.50	1,607	16
Steers	450–500	Medium 1-2	466	325.00/cwt	325.00–325.00	1,515	5
Steers	450–500	Medium 1	467	345.00/cwt	345.00–345.00	1,611	6
Steers	450–500	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	484	337.11/cwt	335.00–339.00	1,632	29
Steers	450–500	Medium and Large 1-2	484	318.50/cwt	305.00–332.50	1,542	61
Steers	450–500	Medium and Large 2	486	297.85/cwt	285.00–303.00	1,448	28
Steers	500–550	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	501	319.63/cwt	318.00–322.50	1,601	11
Steers	500–550	Medium and Large 1	512	330.54/cwt	325.00–336.00	1,692	53
Steers	500–550	Medium and Large 2	523	279.97/cwt	272.50–288.00	1,464	20
Steers	500–550	Medium and Large 1-2	531	299.25/cwt	291.00–315.00	1,589	69
Steers	500–550	Large 1-2	544	292.52/cwt	290.00–295.00	1,591	6
Steers	550–600	Medium and Large 1	556	314.45/cwt	310.00–322.50	1,748	35
Steers	550–600	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	561	305.23/cwt	302.00–309.00	1,712	41
Steers	550–600	Medium and Large 1-2	574	290.16/cwt	275.00–300.00	1,666	97
Steers	550–600	Medium and Large 2	587	261.50/cwt	247.50–269.00	1,535	12
Steers	600–650	Medium and Large 1	607	296.00/cwt	296.00–296.00	1,797	9
Steers	600–650	Medium and Large 1-2	628	279.07/cwt	265.00–291.00	1,753	57
Steers	600–650	Medium 1-2	635	271.00/cwt	271.00–271.00	1,721	11
Steers	600–650	Medium and Large 2	641	258.52/cwt	251.00–262.50	1,657	39
Steers	650–700	Medium and Large 1-2	667	260.09/cwt	251.00–267.00	1,735	26
Steers	650–700	Medium and Large 1	676	270.37/cwt	258.00–278.00	1,828	8
Steers	650–700	Medium and Large 2	679	240.11/cwt	238.00–243.00	1,630	12
Steers	700–750	Medium and Large 1	721	254.24/cwt	254.00–256.00	1,833	24
Steers	700–750	Medium and Large 1-2	735	244.02/cwt	237.00–246.00	1,794	48
Steers	750–800	Medium and Large 1	780	250.20/cwt	244.00–264.00	1,952	39
Steers	750–800	Medium and Large 1-2	790	231.35/cwt	225.00–235.00	1,828	29
Steers	800–850	Medium and Large 1-2	802	226.52/cwt	225.00–232.50	1,817	15
Steers	850–900	Medium and Large 1-2	894	208.01/cwt	200.00–216.00	1,860	10
Steers	900–950	Medium and Large 1-2	934	210.00/cwt	210.00–210.00	1,961	5
Steers	950–1000	Medium and Large 1-2	976	202.00/cwt	202.00–202.00	1,972	20
Feeder Cattle · Heifers37 lots · lightest first
Heifers	300–350	Medium and Large 1	304	380.00/cwt	380.00–380.00	1,155	5
Heifers	300–350	Medium and Large 2	324	294.41/cwt	285.00–305.00	954	6
Heifers	350–400	Medium 1-2	358	312.50/cwt	312.50–312.50	1,119	5
Heifers	350–400	Medium and Large 1-2	386	302.57/cwt	287.50–315.00	1,168	17
Heifers	350–400	Medium and Large 1	391	326.13/cwt	320.00–340.00	1,275	31
Heifers	400–450	Medium and Large 1-2	417	299.70/cwt	297.50–302.50	1,250	42
Heifers	400–450	Medium and Large 2	425	259.11/cwt	252.50–262.50	1,101	9
Heifers	400–450	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	429	305.78/cwt	302.50–308.00	1,312	24
Heifers	400–450	Medium and Large 1	430	316.93/cwt	310.00–330.00	1,363	44
Heifers	400–450	Medium 1	438	315.00/cwt	315.00–315.00	1,380	5
Heifers	450–500	Medium and Large 1	472	302.54/cwt	298.00–310.00	1,428	53
Heifers	450–500	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	476	282.94/cwt	275.00–288.00	1,347	37
Heifers	450–500	Medium and Large 2	480	263.28/cwt	260.00–267.50	1,264	9
Heifers	450–500	Medium and Large 1-2	489	262.34/cwt	261.00–267.50	1,283	97
Heifers	500–550	Medium and Large 2	515	242.50/cwt	242.50–242.50	1,249	5
Heifers	500–550	Medium and Large 1	524	282.02/cwt	277.50–300.00	1,478	120
Heifers	500–550	Large 1-2	526	266.00/cwt	266.00–266.00	1,399	8
Heifers	500–550	Medium 1	528	280.63/cwt	275.00–283.00	1,482	21
Heifers	500–550	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	529	273.81/cwt	272.50–275.00	1,448	33
Heifers	500–550	Medium and Large 1-2	532	265.32/cwt	250.00–271.00	1,412	66
Heifers	550–600	Medium and Large 1	572	265.39/cwt	262.50–266.00	1,518	21
Heifers	550–600	Medium and Large 1-2	575	249.36/cwt	240.00–252.50	1,434	56
Heifers	550–600	Large 1-2	576	243.38/cwt	230.00–256.00	1,402	10
Heifers	550–600	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	587	256.40/cwt	255.00–258.00	1,505	24
Heifers	550–600	Medium 1-2	597	252.00/cwt	252.00–252.00	1,504	15
Heifers	600–650	Medium and Large 1	614	250.67/cwt	248.00–256.00	1,539	172
Heifers	600–650	Medium and Large 1-2	625	240.79/cwt	235.00–245.00	1,505	12
Heifers	650–700	Medium and Large 1-2	672	221.90/cwt	210.00–230.00	1,491	25
Heifers	650–700	Medium and Large 1	683	233.41/cwt	233.00–235.00	1,594	30
Heifers	700–750	Medium and Large 1-2	727	219.86/cwt	206.00–226.00	1,598	45
Heifers	700–750	Medium and Large 1	735	229.50/cwt	229.50–229.50	1,687	32
Heifers	750–800	Medium and Large 1-2	767	209.34/cwt	206.00–210.00	1,606	60
Heifers	800–850	Medium and Large 2	821	172.66/cwt	172.00–175.00	1,418	14
Heifers	850–900	Medium and Large 1-2	897	206.00/cwt	206.00–206.00	1,848	7
Heifers	900–950	Medium and Large 2	923	136.00/cwt	136.00–136.00	1,255	12
Heifers	950–1000	Medium and Large 1-2	965	166.57/cwt	162.50–172.00	1,607	7
Heifers	950–1000	Medium and Large 2	980	132.72/cwt	130.00–135.00	1,301	22
Feeder Cattle · Bulls12 lots · lightest first
Bulls	300–350	Medium and Large 1	348	340.00/cwt	340.00–340.00	1,183	6
Bulls	350–400	Medium and Large 1-2	392	314.37/cwt	307.50–321.00	1,232	10
Bulls	400–450	Medium and Large 1	411	326.27/cwt	319.00–330.00	1,341	9
Bulls	450–500	Medium and Large 1	477	299.60/cwt	297.50–302.50	1,429	7
Bulls	450–500	Medium and Large 1-2	494	274.22/cwt	260.00–285.00	1,355	7
Bulls	500–550	Medium and Large 1	528	294.35/cwt	286.00–310.00	1,554	35
Bulls	500–550	Medium and Large 1-2	541	266.69/cwt	250.00–275.00	1,443	9
Bulls	550–600	Medium and Large 1	580	267.64/cwt	262.00–272.50	1,552	26
Bulls	550–600	Medium and Large 1-2	588	240.56/cwt	233.00–250.00	1,414	9
Bulls	600–650	Medium and Large 1-2	625	248.48/cwt	234.00–255.00	1,553	16
Bulls	600–650	Medium and Large 1	634	264.00/cwt	264.00–264.00	1,674	10
Bulls	750–800	Medium and Large 1-2	764	209.00/cwt	209.00–209.00	1,597	5

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

Tue May 14, 2024

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

Receipts 2,717Last week 2,135Year ago 3,407

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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
5	300–350	339	345.00	345.00
18	350–400	367	340.00–352.50	345.99
50	400–450	421	315.00–335.00	328.48
61	450–500	484	305.00–332.50	318.50
69	500–550	531	291.00–315.00	299.25
97	550–600	574	275.00–300.00	290.16
57	600–650	628	265.00–291.00	279.07
26	650–700	667	251.00–267.00	260.09
48	700–750	735	237.00–246.00	244.02
29	750–800	790	225.00–235.00	231.35
15	800–850	802	225.00–232.50	226.52
10	850–900	894	200.00–216.00	208.01
5	900–950	934	210.00	210.00
20	950–1000	976	202.00	202.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
8	350–400	389	307.50–327.50	319.98
28	450–500	486	285.00–303.00	297.85
20	500–550	523	272.50–288.00	279.97
12	550–600	587	247.50–269.00	261.50
39	600–650	641	251.00–262.50	258.52
12	650–700	679	238.00–243.00	240.11

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 2-3$ per cwt · actual wt
6	450–500	455	255.00	255.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
5	450–500	466	325.00	325.00
11	600–650	635	271.00	271.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
6	500–550	544	290.00–295.00	292.52

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium 1$ per cwt · actual wt
6	450–500	467	345.00	345.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
9	300–350	321	372.50–380.00	377.34
16	400–450	425	356.00–375.00	362.20
16	450–500	459	345.00–357.50	350.17
53	500–550	512	325.00–336.00	330.54
35	550–600	556	310.00–322.50	314.45
9	600–650	607	296.00	296.00
8	650–700	676	258.00–278.00	270.37
24	700–750	721	254.00–256.00	254.24
39	750–800	780	244.00–264.00	250.20

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1 · Unweaned$ per cwt · actual wt
29	450–500	484	335.00–339.00	337.11
11	500–550	501	318.00–322.50	319.63
41	550–600	561	302.00–309.00	305.23

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
10	350–400	392	307.50–321.00	314.37
7	450–500	494	260.00–285.00	274.22
9	500–550	541	250.00–275.00	266.69
9	550–600	588	233.00–250.00	240.56
16	600–650	625	234.00–255.00	248.48
5	750–800	764	209.00	209.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
6	300–350	348	340.00	340.00
9	400–450	411	319.00–330.00	326.27
7	450–500	477	297.50–302.50	299.60
35	500–550	528	286.00–310.00	294.35
26	550–600	580	262.00–272.50	267.64
10	600–650	634	264.00	264.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
17	350–400	386	287.50–315.00	302.57
42	400–450	417	297.50–302.50	299.70
97	450–500	489	261.00–267.50	262.34
66	500–550	532	250.00–271.00	265.32
56	550–600	575	240.00–252.50	249.36
12	600–650	625	235.00–245.00	240.79
25	650–700	672	210.00–230.00	221.90
45	700–750	727	206.00–226.00	219.86
60	750–800	767	206.00–210.00	209.34
7	850–900	897	206.00	206.00
7	950–1000	965	162.50–172.00	166.57

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
6	300–350	324	285.00–305.00	294.41
9	400–450	425	252.50–262.50	259.11
9	450–500	480	260.00–267.50	263.28
5	500–550	515	242.50	242.50
14	800–850	821	172.00–175.00	172.66
12	900–950	923	136.00	136.00
22	950–1000	980	130.00–135.00	132.72

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
5	350–400	358	312.50	312.50
15	550–600	597	252.00	252.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
8	500–550	526	266.00	266.00
10	550–600	576	230.00–256.00	243.38

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium 1$ per cwt · actual wt
5	400–450	438	315.00	315.00
21	500–550	528	275.00–283.00	280.63

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
5	300–350	304	380.00	380.00
31	350–400	391	320.00–340.00	326.13
44	400–450	430	310.00–330.00	316.93
53	450–500	472	298.00–310.00	302.54
120	500–550	524	277.50–300.00	282.02
21	550–600	572	262.50–266.00	265.39
172	600–650	614	248.00–256.00	250.67
30	650–700	683	233.00–235.00	233.41
32	700–750	735	229.50	229.50

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Unweaned$ per cwt · actual wt
24	400–450	429	302.50–308.00	305.78
37	450–500	476	275.00–288.00	282.94
33	500–550	529	272.50–275.00	273.81
24	550–600	587	255.00–258.00	256.40

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.