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Ozarks Regional Stockyards

Name: Ozarks Regional Stockyards livestock auction prices — 2024-08-27
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2024-08-27

Feeder Cattle · West Plains, Missouri · Tue, Aug 27

● Final53 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 1249

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Receipts

1,581 head

▼ 582 vs last sale 2,163▼ 1,458 vs year ago 3,039 · −48.0%

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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

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Compared to last week, feeder steers and heifers were 3.00-6.00 higher. Steer calves were unevenly steady from 3.00 lower to 3.00 higher. Heifer calves were 2.00-4.00 higher. Demand was good on a light supply. The majority of the offering was made up of small drafts of bawling calves with only two drafts of over 25 head. The largest draft of the day was 136 head of 789 lb. steers which sold for 252.50/cwt. The monthly USDA's Cattle on Feed Report, released Friday, reported Inventories were slightly higher, Placements were 6 percent higher and Marketings were 8 percent higher. Numbers came in close to expectations contributing to some positive gains on the Cattle Futures Board.

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 $264.65/cwt on 115 head. That ranks 1 of 35 comparable sales and sits −181.07 against this barn's trailing median of $445.72.

Average price

$264.65

115 head · 546 lb average

Value per head Derived

$1,445

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$231

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

$35.73/cwt at this weight

vs the market

−15.16

vs MO average

−3.90 vs national

Price by quality 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1	533	288.61	1,539	23
Medium and Large 1-2	552	259.20	1,431	84
Medium and Large 2	517	252.88	1,307	8thin

One grade step is worth $35.73/cwt here — about $231 a head. Across this sale the premium is widest at 300–400 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 sale115 hd

264.65

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MO average14 barns · 1,289 hd

279.81

−15.16

National average155 barns · 6,455 hd

268.55

−3.90

This barn, trailing median35 sales

445.72

−181.07

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

53 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 · Steers23 lots · lightest first
Steers	300–350	Medium and Large 1	347	347.50/cwt	347.50–347.50	1,206	24
Steers	350–400	Medium 1-2	365	300.00/cwt	300.00–300.00	1,095	8
Steers	400–450	Medium and Large 1-2	426	289.43/cwt	278.00–303.00	1,233	29
Steers	400–450	Medium and Large 2	434	262.94/cwt	250.00–267.50	1,141	17
Steers	400–450	Medium and Large 1	435	311.54/cwt	308.00–317.00	1,355	5
Steers	450–500	Medium and Large 1-2	475	281.93/cwt	280.00–284.00	1,339	6
Steers	450–500	Medium and Large 1	486	297.04/cwt	292.50–305.00	1,444	12
Steers	450–500	Medium and Large 2	488	261.74/cwt	261.00–265.00	1,277	10
Steers	500–550	Medium and Large 1	512	298.40/cwt	291.00–311.00	1,528	14
Steers	500–550	Medium and Large 2	517	252.88/cwt	250.00–257.50	1,307	8
Steers	500–550	Medium and Large 1-2	530	265.30/cwt	255.00–282.50	1,406	29
Steers	550–600	Medium and Large 1-2	564	255.99/cwt	245.00–265.00	1,444	55
Steers	550–600	Medium and Large 1	566	273.39/cwt	269.00–281.00	1,547	9
Steers	600–650	Medium and Large 1-2	621	251.81/cwt	248.00–258.00	1,564	17
Steers	600–650	Medium and Large 1	624	269.10/cwt	262.00–284.00	1,679	46
Steers	650–700	Medium and Large 1	659	255.00/cwt	255.00–255.00	1,680	8
Steers	650–700	Medium and Large 1-2	688	238.42/cwt	235.00–242.00	1,640	29
Steers	700–750	Medium and Large 1	710	244.97/cwt	242.00–247.50	1,739	28
Steers	700–750	Medium and Large 1-2	720	236.86/cwt	228.00–240.00	1,705	64
Steers	750–800	Medium and Large 1-2	773	230.00/cwt	230.00–230.00	1,778	11
Steers	750–800	Medium and Large 1	788	251.66/cwt	240.00–252.50	1,983	146
Steers	800–850	Medium and Large 1	817	238.28/cwt	230.00–239.00	1,947	65
Steers	900–950	Medium and Large 1-2	904	220.00/cwt	220.00–220.00	1,989	7
Feeder Cattle · Heifers22 lots · lightest first
Heifers	250–300	Medium and Large 1-2	276	312.50/cwt	312.50–312.50	863	24
Heifers	300–350	Medium and Large 1-2	338	290.00/cwt	290.00–290.00	980	9
Heifers	350–400	Medium and Large 2	387	265.33/cwt	263.00–267.00	1,027	14
Heifers	400–450	Medium and Large 2	426	244.19/cwt	235.00–252.50	1,040	10
Heifers	400–450	Medium and Large 1-2	429	262.65/cwt	252.50–275.00	1,127	43
Heifers	450–500	Medium and Large 1	461	275.00/cwt	275.00–275.00	1,268	5
Heifers	450–500	Large 1-2	461	246.62/cwt	242.50–252.50	1,137	5
Heifers	450–500	Medium and Large 2	466	241.47/cwt	238.00–242.50	1,125	9
Heifers	450–500	Medium and Large 1-2	472	260.50/cwt	246.00–267.50	1,230	49
Heifers	500–550	Medium and Large 1-2	523	240.23/cwt	230.00–250.00	1,256	36
Heifers	500–550	Medium and Large 1	526	257.28/cwt	254.00–262.00	1,353	46
Heifers	550–600	Medium and Large 1-2	566	238.14/cwt	235.00–243.00	1,348	17
Heifers	550–600	Medium and Large 1	578	253.42/cwt	248.00–256.00	1,465	46
Heifers	600–650	Medium and Large 1	621	245.11/cwt	240.00–257.00	1,522	60
Heifers	600–650	Medium and Large 1-2	622	229.91/cwt	220.00–235.00	1,430	19
Heifers	650–700	Medium and Large 1	656	248.00/cwt	248.00–248.00	1,627	7
Heifers	650–700	Medium and Large 1-2	669	223.81/cwt	212.50–232.00	1,497	9
Heifers	700–750	Large 1-2	710	215.00/cwt	215.00–215.00	1,527	5
Heifers	700–750	Medium and Large 1	728	230.00/cwt	230.00–230.00	1,674	11
Heifers	700–750	Medium and Large 1-2	744	220.00/cwt	220.00–220.00	1,637	20
Heifers	750–800	Medium and Large 1-2	769	213.00/cwt	213.00–213.00	1,638	7
Heifers	800–850	Medium and Large 1-2	817	218.33/cwt	218.00–220.00	1,784	12
Feeder Cattle · Bulls8 lots · lightest first
Bulls	300–350	Medium and Large 1-2	311	312.50/cwt	312.50–312.50	972	5
Bulls	400–450	Medium and Large 1-2	434	258.07/cwt	245.00–267.50	1,120	8
Bulls	450–500	Medium and Large 1-2	487	258.17/cwt	245.00–270.00	1,257	27
Bulls	500–550	Medium and Large 1	532	257.50/cwt	257.50–257.50	1,370	5
Bulls	500–550	Medium and Large 1-2	544	235.84/cwt	234.00–242.50	1,283	9
Bulls	550–600	Medium and Large 1-2	568	239.45/cwt	225.00–248.00	1,360	29
Bulls	600–650	Medium and Large 1-2	606	229.00/cwt	229.00–229.00	1,388	5
Bulls	600–650	Medium and Large 1	613	238.48/cwt	238.00–239.00	1,462	17

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 →

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Receipts 1,581Last week 2,163Year ago 3,039

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Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
24	250–300	276	312.50	312.50
9	300–350	338	290.00	290.00
43	400–450	429	252.50–275.00	262.65
49	450–500	472	246.00–267.50	260.50
36	500–550	523	230.00–250.00	240.23
17	550–600	566	235.00–243.00	238.14
19	600–650	622	220.00–235.00	229.91
9	650–700	669	212.50–232.00	223.81
20	700–750	744	220.00	220.00
7	750–800	769	213.00	213.00
12	800–850	817	218.00–220.00	218.33

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
14	350–400	387	263.00–267.00	265.33
10	400–450	426	235.00–252.50	244.19
9	450–500	466	238.00–242.50	241.47

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
5	450–500	461	275.00	275.00
46	500–550	526	254.00–262.00	257.28
46	550–600	578	248.00–256.00	253.42
60	600–650	621	240.00–257.00	245.11
7	650–700	656	248.00	248.00
11	700–750	728	230.00	230.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
5	450–500	461	242.50–252.50	246.62
5	700–750	710	215.00	215.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
29	400–450	426	278.00–303.00	289.43
6	450–500	475	280.00–284.00	281.93
29	500–550	530	255.00–282.50	265.30
55	550–600	564	245.00–265.00	255.99
17	600–650	621	248.00–258.00	251.81
29	650–700	688	235.00–242.00	238.42
64	700–750	720	228.00–240.00	236.86
11	750–800	773	230.00	230.00
7	900–950	904	220.00	220.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
17	400–450	434	250.00–267.50	262.94
10	450–500	488	261.00–265.00	261.74
8	500–550	517	250.00–257.50	252.88

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
8	350–400	365	300.00	300.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
24	300–350	347	347.50	347.50
5	400–450	435	308.00–317.00	311.54
12	450–500	486	292.50–305.00	297.04
14	500–550	512	291.00–311.00	298.40
9	550–600	566	269.00–281.00	273.39
46	600–650	624	262.00–284.00	269.10
8	650–700	659	255.00	255.00
28	700–750	710	242.00–247.50	244.97
146	750–800	788	240.00–252.50	251.66
65	800–850	817	230.00–239.00	238.28

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
5	500–550	532	257.50	257.50
17	600–650	613	238.00–239.00	238.48

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
5	300–350	311	312.50	312.50
8	400–450	434	245.00–267.50	258.07
27	450–500	487	245.00–270.00	258.17
9	500–550	544	234.00–242.50	235.84
29	550–600	568	225.00–248.00	239.45
5	600–650	606	229.00	229.00

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.