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Ozarks Regional Stockyards

Name: Ozarks Regional Stockyards livestock auction prices — 2024-08-20
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2024-08-20

Feeder Cattle · West Plains, Missouri · Tue, Aug 20

● Final73 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 1249

← Aug 13Aug 20Aug 27 →

Receipts

2,163 head

▼ 874 vs last sale 3,037▲ 1,400 vs year ago 763 · +183.5%

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

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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

An additional 996 head sold through the video auction.

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Compared to last week, feeder steers and heifers sold steady to 5.00 lower. Calves sold 3.00-8.00 lower with spots 14.00 lower. Demand was good and decreased throughout the day as the cattle futures traded sharply lower. The supply was moderate with a few pot-load drafts in the offering, The largest draft of the day was 120 head of 980 lb. mixed steers which brought 220.00/cwt. Pasture conditions have improved from last week's rains allowing producers to hold on to calves a little longer in hopes of a higher market.

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 $273.19/cwt on 300 head. That ranks 1 of 35 comparable sales and sits −172.53 against this barn's trailing median of $445.72.

Average price

$273.19

300 head · 550 lb average

Value per head Derived

$1,503

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$241

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

$36.56/cwt at this weight

vs the market

−17.13

vs MO average

+2.69 vs national

Price by quality 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1	546	286.56	1,564	75
Medium and Large 1-2	553	269.69	1,492	208
Large 1-2	537	267.00	1,434	7thin
Medium and Large 2	529	250.00	1,323	10thin

One grade step is worth $36.56/cwt here — about $241 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 sale300 hd

273.19

—

MO average13 barns · 1,478 hd

290.32

−17.13

National average163 barns · 7,520 hd

270.50

+2.69

This barn, trailing median35 sales

445.72

−172.53

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

73 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 2	340	287.50/cwt	287.50–287.50	978	7
Steers	350–400	Medium and Large 1	353	329.02/cwt	320.00–342.50	1,161	13
Steers	350–400	Medium and Large 1-2	389	313.74/cwt	310.00–317.50	1,220	18
Steers	400–450	Medium and Large 1	424	317.16/cwt	310.00–325.00	1,345	26
Steers	400–450	Medium and Large 1-2	431	286.57/cwt	280.00–300.00	1,235	25
Steers	450–500	Medium and Large 2	465	263.98/cwt	255.00–267.50	1,228	13
Steers	450–500	Medium and Large 1	480	302.27/cwt	297.00–312.50	1,451	28
Steers	450–500	Medium and Large 1-2	482	285.67/cwt	275.00–294.00	1,377	39
Steers	500–550	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	508	285.00/cwt	285.00–285.00	1,448	6
Steers	500–550	Medium and Large 1-2	522	278.99/cwt	265.00–285.00	1,456	94
Steers	500–550	Medium and Large 1	524	294.46/cwt	293.00–300.00	1,543	28
Steers	500–550	Medium and Large 2	529	250.00/cwt	250.00–250.00	1,323	10
Steers	500–550	Large 1-2	537	267.00/cwt	267.00–267.00	1,434	7
Steers	550–600	Medium and Large 1	566	281.40/cwt	275.00–287.50	1,593	41
Steers	550–600	Medium and Large 1-2	579	262.02/cwt	251.00–270.00	1,517	114
Steers	600–650	Large 1-2	610	264.13/cwt	257.00–268.00	1,611	44
Steers	600–650	Medium and Large 1	623	265.64/cwt	265.00–266.00	1,655	33
Steers	600–650	Medium and Large 1-2	623	254.15/cwt	246.00–262.00	1,583	72
Steers	600–650	Medium and Large 2	631	232.00/cwt	232.00–232.00	1,464	9
Steers	650–700	Medium and Large 1	660	255.58/cwt	255.00–256.00	1,687	24
Steers	650–700	Medium and Large 1-2	676	242.46/cwt	232.50–251.00	1,639	67
Steers	650–700	Large 1-2	693	248.00/cwt	248.00–248.00	1,719	5
Steers	700–750	Medium and Large 1	713	253.27/cwt	247.00–258.00	1,806	40
Steers	700–750	Large 1-2	719	242.00/cwt	242.00–242.00	1,740	7
Steers	700–750	Medium and Large 1-2	725	233.34/cwt	227.00–237.00	1,692	39
Steers	700–750	Medium and Large 2	732	218.00/cwt	218.00–218.00	1,596	6
Steers	750–800	Medium and Large 1	758	236.00/cwt	236.00–236.00	1,789	5
Steers	750–800	Medium and Large 1-2	778	225.30/cwt	221.00–231.00	1,753	18
Steers	800–850	Medium and Large 1-2	824	220.34/cwt	219.00–222.00	1,816	11
Steers	850–900	Medium and Large 1	875	226.60/cwt	226.60–226.60	1,983	58
Steers	900–950	Medium and Large 1-2	926	200.00/cwt	200.00–200.00	1,852	30
Steers	950–1000	Medium and Large 1	980	220.00/cwt	220.00–220.00	2,156	120
Steers	950–1000	Medium and Large 2	982	184.00/cwt	184.00–184.00	1,807	9
Feeder Cattle · Heifers30 lots · lightest first
Heifers	350–400	Medium and Large 1	382	306.43/cwt	305.00–311.00	1,171	8
Heifers	350–400	Medium and Large 1-2	394	291.00/cwt	291.00–291.00	1,147	6
Heifers	350–400	Medium and Large 2	397	260.00/cwt	260.00–260.00	1,032	6
Heifers	400–450	Medium and Large 1	423	298.03/cwt	290.00–307.00	1,261	41
Heifers	400–450	Medium and Large 2	423	255.00/cwt	255.00–255.00	1,079	6
Heifers	400–450	Medium and Large 1-2	428	272.75/cwt	265.00–283.00	1,167	46
Heifers	450–500	Medium and Large 1	474	282.69/cwt	277.50–297.00	1,340	62
Heifers	450–500	Medium and Large 1-2	478	257.54/cwt	250.00–268.00	1,231	19
Heifers	500–550	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	509	252.50/cwt	252.50–252.50	1,285	7
Heifers	500–550	Medium 1	512	255.00/cwt	255.00–255.00	1,306	5
Heifers	500–550	Medium and Large 1-2	520	249.62/cwt	245.00–256.00	1,298	26
Heifers	500–550	Medium and Large 1	527	262.07/cwt	257.50–272.00	1,381	45
Heifers	550–600	Medium and Large 1	570	251.92/cwt	250.00–260.00	1,436	56
Heifers	550–600	Medium 1-2	575	240.00/cwt	240.00–240.00	1,380	14
Heifers	550–600	Medium and Large 1-2	585	240.37/cwt	227.50–244.00	1,406	70
Heifers	600–650	Medium and Large 1-2	621	230.46/cwt	227.00–236.00	1,431	33
Heifers	600–650	Large 1-2	626	229.00/cwt	229.00–229.00	1,434	8
Heifers	600–650	Medium and Large 1	629	241.51/cwt	238.00–250.00	1,519	78
Heifers	650–700	Medium and Large 1-2	661	225.83/cwt	225.00–227.50	1,493	12
Heifers	650–700	Medium and Large 2	675	215.19/cwt	212.50–217.00	1,453	5
Heifers	650–700	Medium and Large 1	680	229.00/cwt	229.00–229.00	1,557	15
Heifers	700–750	Medium and Large 1	703	228.00/cwt	228.00–228.00	1,603	6
Heifers	700–750	Medium and Large 1-2	741	212.49/cwt	200.00–216.00	1,575	9
Heifers	800–850	Medium and Large 1-2	809	201.00/cwt	201.00–201.00	1,626	35
Heifers	800–850	Medium and Large 1	816	225.00/cwt	225.00–225.00	1,836	10
Heifers	850–900	Medium and Large 2	869	163.68/cwt	160.00–169.00	1,422	10
Heifers	850–900	Medium and Large 1-2	879	189.84/cwt	186.00–195.00	1,669	7
Heifers	850–900	Medium and Large 2-3	884	123.00/cwt	123.00–123.00	1,087	14
Heifers	950–1000	Medium and Large 2	981	141.66/cwt	140.00–155.00	1,390	18
Heifers	1100–1150	Medium and Large 2	1,105	142.50/cwt	142.50–142.50	1,575	12
Feeder Cattle · Bulls10 lots · lightest first
Bulls	350–400	Medium and Large 2	368	241.10/cwt	240.00–242.50	887	7
Bulls	350–400	Medium and Large 1	382	310.47/cwt	302.50–327.50	1,186	6
Bulls	350–400	Medium and Large 1-2	382	276.96/cwt	275.00–280.00	1,058	5
Bulls	400–450	Medium and Large 1-2	430	275.89/cwt	270.00–285.00	1,186	20
Bulls	400–450	Medium and Large 1	436	294.57/cwt	282.50–302.50	1,284	5
Bulls	500–550	Medium and Large 1	539	263.65/cwt	263.00–265.00	1,421	9
Bulls	550–600	Medium and Large 1-2	565	249.87/cwt	245.00–253.00	1,412	33
Bulls	550–600	Medium and Large 2	571	207.86/cwt	202.50–210.00	1,187	7
Bulls	650–700	Medium and Large 1	653	240.00/cwt	240.00–240.00	1,567	5
Bulls	650–700	Medium and Large 1-2	671	232.56/cwt	230.00–235.00	1,560	8

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 Aug 20, 2024

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Receipts 2,163Last week 3,037Year ago 763

An additional 996 head sold through the video auction.

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Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
13	350–400	353	320.00–342.50	329.02
26	400–450	424	310.00–325.00	317.16
28	450–500	480	297.00–312.50	302.27
28	500–550	524	293.00–300.00	294.46
41	550–600	566	275.00–287.50	281.40
33	600–650	623	265.00–266.00	265.64
24	650–700	660	255.00–256.00	255.58
40	700–750	713	247.00–258.00	253.27
5	750–800	758	236.00	236.00
58	850–900	875	226.60	226.60
120	950–1000	980	220.00	220.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
7	500–550	537	267.00	267.00
44	600–650	610	257.00–268.00	264.13
5	650–700	693	248.00	248.00
7	700–750	719	242.00	242.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
18	350–400	389	310.00–317.50	313.74
25	400–450	431	280.00–300.00	286.57
39	450–500	482	275.00–294.00	285.67
94	500–550	522	265.00–285.00	278.99
114	550–600	579	251.00–270.00	262.02
72	600–650	623	246.00–262.00	254.15
67	650–700	676	232.50–251.00	242.46
39	700–750	725	227.00–237.00	233.34
18	750–800	778	221.00–231.00	225.30
11	800–850	824	219.00–222.00	220.34
30	900–950	926	200.00	200.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
7	300–350	340	287.50	287.50
13	450–500	465	255.00–267.50	263.98
10	500–550	529	250.00	250.00
9	600–650	631	232.00	232.00
6	700–750	732	218.00	218.00
9	950–1000	982	184.00	184.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1 · Unweaned$ per cwt · actual wt
6	500–550	508	285.00	285.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
5	350–400	382	275.00–280.00	276.96
20	400–450	430	270.00–285.00	275.89
33	550–600	565	245.00–253.00	249.87
8	650–700	671	230.00–235.00	232.56

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
7	350–400	368	240.00–242.50	241.10
7	550–600	571	202.50–210.00	207.86

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
6	350–400	382	302.50–327.50	310.47
5	400–450	436	282.50–302.50	294.57
9	500–550	539	263.00–265.00	263.65
5	650–700	653	240.00	240.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
8	350–400	382	305.00–311.00	306.43
41	400–450	423	290.00–307.00	298.03
62	450–500	474	277.50–297.00	282.69
45	500–550	527	257.50–272.00	262.07
56	550–600	570	250.00–260.00	251.92
78	600–650	629	238.00–250.00	241.51
15	650–700	680	229.00	229.00
6	700–750	703	228.00	228.00
10	800–850	816	225.00	225.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
6	350–400	394	291.00	291.00
46	400–450	428	265.00–283.00	272.75
19	450–500	478	250.00–268.00	257.54
26	500–550	520	245.00–256.00	249.62
70	550–600	585	227.50–244.00	240.37
33	600–650	621	227.00–236.00	230.46
12	650–700	661	225.00–227.50	225.83
9	700–750	741	200.00–216.00	212.49
35	800–850	809	201.00	201.00
7	850–900	879	186.00–195.00	189.84

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium 1$ per cwt · actual wt
5	500–550	512	255.00	255.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
8	600–650	626	229.00	229.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
6	350–400	397	260.00	260.00
6	400–450	423	255.00	255.00
5	650–700	675	212.50–217.00	215.19
10	850–900	869	160.00–169.00	163.68
18	950–1000	981	140.00–155.00	141.66
12	1100–1150	1,105	142.50	142.50

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 2-3$ per cwt · actual wt
14	850–900	884	123.00	123.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
14	550–600	575	240.00	240.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Unweaned$ per cwt · actual wt
7	500–550	509	252.50	252.50

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.