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Ozarks Regional Stockyards

Name: Ozarks Regional Stockyards livestock auction prices — 2024-10-01
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2024-10-01

Feeder Cattle · West Plains, Missouri · Tue, Oct 1

● Final73 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 1249

← Sep 24Oct 1Oct 8 →

Receipts

1,759 head

▼ 389 vs last sale 2,148▼ 613 vs year ago 2,372 · −25.8%

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

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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

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Compared to last week, feeder calves were steady to 3.00 higher. Steer and heifer calves under 700 lbs. sold 3.00-6.00 higher with spots 12.00 higher. Demand was very good on a light supply. The market was very active with not enough stocker calves in the offering to fill the demand. Discounts are starting to get larger on unweaned or short-weaned calves as we enter October with its wide temperature ranges and sick calves. Buyers are trying to get calves bought up in time to straighten them out and ready for wheat pastures.

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 $275.68/cwt on 116 head. That ranks 1 of 35 comparable sales and sits −170.04 against this barn's trailing median of $445.72.

Average price

$275.68

116 head · 542 lb average

Value per head Derived

$1,493

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$325

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

$43.48/cwt at this weight

vs the market

−3.91

vs MO average

−11.14 vs national

Price by quality 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1	542	291.84	1,582	57
Medium and Large 1-2	538	266.32	1,433	38
Large 1-2	578	249.00	1,439	12thin
Medium and Large 2	506	248.36	1,257	9thin

One grade step is worth $43.48/cwt here — about $325 a head. Across this sale the premium is widest at 600–700 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 sale116 hd

275.68

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MO average15 barns · 1,638 hd

279.59

−3.91

National average167 barns · 15,497 hd

286.82

−11.14

This barn, trailing median35 sales

445.72

−170.04

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 · Steers36 lots · lightest first
Steers	300–350	Medium and Large 1-2	319	312.13/cwt	310.00–315.00	996	5
Steers	300–350	Medium and Large 1	325	319.50/cwt	317.50–320.00	1,038	10
Steers	350–400	Medium and Large 1	358	316.94/cwt	312.50–320.00	1,135	5
Steers	350–400	Medium and Large 1-2	358	301.23/cwt	300.00–302.50	1,078	6
Steers	350–400	Medium 1	375	332.00/cwt	332.00–332.00	1,245	5
Steers	400–450	Medium and Large 1-2	406	279.71/cwt	277.50–284.00	1,136	9
Steers	400–450	Medium and Large 1	430	310.98/cwt	306.00–318.00	1,337	19
Steers	400–450	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	446	292.00/cwt	292.00–292.00	1,302	17
Steers	450–500	Medium 1-2	460	280.00/cwt	280.00–280.00	1,288	5
Steers	450–500	Medium and Large 1	471	306.51/cwt	300.00–315.00	1,444	9
Steers	450–500	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	484	290.00/cwt	290.00–290.00	1,404	5
Steers	450–500	Medium and Large 1-2	488	276.62/cwt	267.50–285.00	1,350	22
Steers	500–550	Medium and Large 2	506	248.36/cwt	240.00–265.00	1,257	9
Steers	500–550	Medium and Large 1-2	507	279.64/cwt	277.00–285.00	1,418	13
Steers	500–550	Medium and Large 1	514	312.32/cwt	312.00–312.50	1,605	17
Steers	500–550	Medium and Large 1-2Unweaned	525	267.50/cwt	267.50–267.50	1,404	11
Steers	500–550	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	530	284.67/cwt	283.00–286.00	1,509	16
Steers	550–600	Medium and Large 1	570	282.12/cwt	277.50–292.50	1,608	24
Steers	550–600	Medium and Large 1-2	577	253.03/cwt	250.00–265.00	1,460	14
Steers	550–600	Large 1-2	578	249.00/cwt	249.00–249.00	1,439	12
Steers	600–650	Large 2	601	230.00/cwt	230.00–230.00	1,382	9
Steers	600–650	Medium and Large 1-2	622	249.97/cwt	237.50–254.00	1,555	35
Steers	600–650	Medium and Large 1	635	276.84/cwt	270.00–283.00	1,758	29
Steers	600–650	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	639	258.86/cwt	258.50–264.00	1,654	43
Steers	650–700	Medium and Large 2-3	661	160.00/cwt	160.00–160.00	1,058	7
Steers	650–700	Large 1-2	671	240.84/cwt	240.00–242.00	1,616	7
Steers	650–700	Medium and Large 1-2	688	245.00/cwt	245.00–245.00	1,686	5
Steers	650–700	Medium and Large 1	694	250.00/cwt	250.00–250.00	1,735	6
Steers	700–750	Medium and Large 1-2	717	240.00/cwt	240.00–240.00	1,721	7
Steers	700–750	Medium and Large 1	720	250.26/cwt	248.00–253.00	1,802	17
Steers	750–800	Medium and Large 1	760	245.93/cwt	243.00–248.00	1,869	33
Steers	750–800	Large 1-2	774	238.00/cwt	238.00–238.00	1,842	5
Steers	750–800	Medium and Large 1-2	778	234.62/cwt	230.00–240.00	1,825	15
Steers	800–850	Medium and Large 1	819	239.85/cwt	239.50–240.00	1,964	41
Steers	800–850	Medium and Large 1-2	838	233.00/cwt	233.00–233.00	1,953	62
Steers	850–900	Medium and Large 1-2	865	224.76/cwt	220.00–225.00	1,944	85
Feeder Cattle · Heifers30 lots · lightest first
Heifers	300–350	Medium and Large 1	329	292.12/cwt	290.00–295.00	961	12
Heifers	350–400	Medium and Large 1-2	371	264.81/cwt	260.00–276.00	982	10
Heifers	350–400	Medium and Large 1	376	288.99/cwt	285.00–295.00	1,087	7
Heifers	400–450	Medium and Large 1	423	294.53/cwt	277.00–302.00	1,246	14
Heifers	400–450	Medium and Large 1-2	431	255.39/cwt	250.00–265.00	1,101	11
Heifers	400–450	Medium and Large 2	435	237.50/cwt	237.50–237.50	1,033	6
Heifers	450–500	Medium and Large 2	452	227.50/cwt	227.50–227.50	1,028	5
Heifers	450–500	Medium and Large 1-2	462	257.89/cwt	240.00–265.00	1,191	17
Heifers	450–500	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	467	260.65/cwt	260.00–261.00	1,217	9
Heifers	450–500	Medium and Large 1	474	270.94/cwt	267.00–287.00	1,284	42
Heifers	500–550	Large 1-2	519	230.00/cwt	230.00–230.00	1,194	5
Heifers	500–550	Medium and Large 1	521	261.73/cwt	260.00–267.50	1,364	56
Heifers	500–550	Medium and Large 2	523	227.24/cwt	220.00–230.00	1,188	18
Heifers	500–550	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	528	251.00/cwt	251.00–251.00	1,325	15
Heifers	500–550	Medium and Large 1-2	532	247.85/cwt	240.00–256.00	1,319	62
Heifers	550–600	Large 1-2	562	246.00/cwt	246.00–246.00	1,383	19
Heifers	550–600	Medium and Large 1-2	566	238.55/cwt	235.00–246.00	1,350	20
Heifers	550–600	Medium and Large 2	574	220.77/cwt	210.00–230.00	1,267	13
Heifers	550–600	Medium and Large 1	596	252.82/cwt	252.50–255.00	1,507	38
Heifers	600–650	Medium and Large 1-2	618	222.78/cwt	220.00–225.00	1,377	7
Heifers	600–650	Medium and Large 1	619	252.53/cwt	250.00–253.00	1,563	25
Heifers	650–700	Medium and Large 1	667	238.26/cwt	234.00–245.00	1,589	62
Heifers	650–700	Medium and Large 1-2	669	229.09/cwt	225.00–232.50	1,533	9
Heifers	700–750	Medium and Large 1-2	713	222.57/cwt	215.00–230.00	1,587	10
Heifers	750–800	Medium and Large 2	754	160.00/cwt	160.00–160.00	1,206	5
Heifers	750–800	Medium and Large 1-2	772	220.86/cwt	217.50–228.00	1,705	25
Heifers	800–850	Medium and Large 1-2	814	204.83/cwt	204.00–215.00	1,667	26
Heifers	850–900	Medium and Large 1	886	209.50/cwt	209.50–209.50	1,856	10
Heifers	950–1000	Medium and Large 1-2	981	192.50/cwt	192.50–192.50	1,888	6
Heifers	950–1000	Medium and Large 2	982	155.00/cwt	155.00–155.00	1,522	9
Feeder Cattle · Bulls6 lots · lightest first
Bulls	400–450	Medium and Large 1	430	278.37/cwt	276.00–280.00	1,197	10
Bulls	500–550	Medium and Large 1	503	263.28/cwt	260.00–269.00	1,324	11
Bulls	500–550	Medium and Large 1-2	541	244.49/cwt	236.00–250.00	1,323	14
Bulls	550–600	Medium and Large 1-2	574	242.73/cwt	225.00–245.00	1,393	32
Bulls	600–650	Medium and Large 1-2	637	225.04/cwt	215.00–235.00	1,434	12
Bulls	850–900	Medium and Large 1-2	877	165.00/cwt	165.00–165.00	1,447	6
Feeder Cattle · Dairy Steers1 lot · lightest first
Dairy Steers	700–750	Large 3	712	150.00/cwt	150.00–150.00	1,068	6

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 Oct 1, 2024

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Receipts 1,759Last week 2,148Year ago 2,372

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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	319	310.00–315.00	312.13
6	350–400	358	300.00–302.50	301.23
9	400–450	406	277.50–284.00	279.71
22	450–500	488	267.50–285.00	276.62
13	500–550	507	277.00–285.00	279.64
14	550–600	577	250.00–265.00	253.03
35	600–650	622	237.50–254.00	249.97
5	650–700	688	245.00	245.00
7	700–750	717	240.00	240.00
15	750–800	778	230.00–240.00	234.62
62	800–850	838	233.00	233.00
85	850–900	865	220.00–225.00	224.76

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 2-3$ per cwt · actual wt
7	650–700	661	160.00	160.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
9	500–550	506	240.00–265.00	248.36

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Unweaned$ per cwt · actual wt
11	500–550	525	267.50	267.50

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
12	550–600	578	249.00	249.00
7	650–700	671	240.00–242.00	240.84
5	750–800	774	238.00	238.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
9	600–650	601	230.00	230.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium 1$ per cwt · actual wt
5	350–400	375	332.00	332.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
5	450–500	460	280.00	280.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
10	300–350	325	317.50–320.00	319.50
5	350–400	358	312.50–320.00	316.94
19	400–450	430	306.00–318.00	310.98
9	450–500	471	300.00–315.00	306.51
17	500–550	514	312.00–312.50	312.32
24	550–600	570	277.50–292.50	282.12
29	600–650	635	270.00–283.00	276.84
6	650–700	694	250.00	250.00
17	700–750	720	248.00–253.00	250.26
33	750–800	760	243.00–248.00	245.93
41	800–850	819	239.50–240.00	239.85

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1 · Unweaned$ per cwt · actual wt
17	400–450	446	292.00	292.00
5	450–500	484	290.00	290.00
16	500–550	530	283.00–286.00	284.67
43	600–650	639	258.50–264.00	258.86

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Unweaned$ per cwt · actual wt
9	450–500	467	260.00–261.00	260.65
15	500–550	528	251.00	251.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
10	350–400	371	260.00–276.00	264.81
11	400–450	431	250.00–265.00	255.39
17	450–500	462	240.00–265.00	257.89
62	500–550	532	240.00–256.00	247.85
20	550–600	566	235.00–246.00	238.55
7	600–650	618	220.00–225.00	222.78
9	650–700	669	225.00–232.50	229.09
10	700–750	713	215.00–230.00	222.57
25	750–800	772	217.50–228.00	220.86
26	800–850	814	204.00–215.00	204.83
6	950–1000	981	192.50	192.50

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
6	400–450	435	237.50	237.50
5	450–500	452	227.50	227.50
18	500–550	523	220.00–230.00	227.24
13	550–600	574	210.00–230.00	220.77
5	750–800	754	160.00	160.00
9	950–1000	982	155.00	155.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
5	500–550	519	230.00	230.00
19	550–600	562	246.00	246.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
12	300–350	329	290.00–295.00	292.12
7	350–400	376	285.00–295.00	288.99
14	400–450	423	277.00–302.00	294.53
42	450–500	474	267.00–287.00	270.94
56	500–550	521	260.00–267.50	261.73
38	550–600	596	252.50–255.00	252.82
25	600–650	619	250.00–253.00	252.53
62	650–700	667	234.00–245.00	238.26
10	850–900	886	209.50	209.50

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
14	500–550	541	236.00–250.00	244.49
32	550–600	574	225.00–245.00	242.73
12	600–650	637	215.00–235.00	225.04
6	850–900	877	165.00	165.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
10	400–450	430	276.00–280.00	278.37
11	500–550	503	260.00–269.00	263.28

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Dairy Steers — Large 3$ per cwt · actual wt
6	700–750	712	150.00	150.00

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.