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Ozarks Regional Stockyards

Name: Ozarks Regional Stockyards livestock auction prices — 2024-12-17
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2024-12-17

Feeder Cattle · West Plains, Missouri · Tue, Dec 17

● Final75 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 1249

← Dec 10Dec 17Jan 14 →

Receipts

1,432 head

▼ 1,786 vs last sale 3,218▲ 280 vs year ago 1,152 · +24.3%

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 steers sold 4.00 higher while feeder heifers were not well tested. Steer and heifer calves were steady to 5.00 higher in a light test of the market. Demand was good on a light supply. Supplies were lighter than expected due to weekend rains, in excess of 3" across most of the area, making it difficult to get cattle to the market. The offering was mostly smaller drafts with only five drafts larger than 25 head. As typical for the week before the holidays, most cattle were sold to pay the tax man or for Christmas shopping. Many are waiting for the January special sale to postpone income to a different tax year. For 2024, Ozarks Regional Stockyard sales included 127,601 feeders through the ring and 36,786 head in the Video Auctions for a total of 164,387 head of feeder calves sold. On behalf of the Missouri Department of Agriculture's Market News Service, I would like to wish you a very Merry Christmas and a Happy New Year.

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 $297.84/cwt on 192 head. That ranks 1 of 35 comparable sales and sits −147.87 against this barn's trailing median of $445.72.

Average price

$297.84

192 head · 542 lb average

Value per head Derived

$1,614

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$493

per head · Medium and Large 1 over Medium and Large 2-3

$78.80/cwt at this weight

vs the market

−16.63

vs MO average

−28.79 vs national

Price by quality 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1	543	318.80	1,732	84
Large 1-2	526	295.00	1,552	7thin
Medium and Large 1-2	549	293.43	1,610	69
Medium and Large 2	538	264.38	1,422	17thin
Medium and Large 2-3	516	240.00	1,238	15thin

One grade step is worth $78.80/cwt here — about $493 a head. Across this sale the premium is widest at 500–600 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 sale192 hd

297.84

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MO average16 barns · 2,909 hd

314.47

−16.63

National average173 barns · 17,754 hd

326.63

−28.79

This barn, trailing median35 sales

445.72

−147.87

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

75 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 1	316	399.67/cwt	390.00–402.50	1,263	9
Steers	300–350	Medium and Large 1-2	318	376.08/cwt	370.00–385.00	1,196	5
Steers	300–350	Medium 1-2	326	343.97/cwt	335.00–357.50	1,121	5
Steers	350–400	Medium and Large 1	376	382.50/cwt	382.50–382.50	1,438	5
Steers	350–400	Medium and Large 1-2	392	345.29/cwt	342.50–367.50	1,354	11
Steers	400–450	Medium and Large 1	410	362.50/cwt	362.50–362.50	1,486	5
Steers	400–450	Medium and Large 1-2	425	340.79/cwt	332.50–349.00	1,448	37
Steers	450–500	Medium and Large 1	462	340.00/cwt	340.00–340.00	1,571	10
Steers	450–500	Medium and Large 2	471	287.69/cwt	275.00–300.00	1,355	16
Steers	450–500	Medium and Large 1-2Unweaned	477	301.07/cwt	300.00–302.50	1,436	9
Steers	450–500	Medium and Large 1-2	485	324.11/cwt	310.00–330.00	1,572	33
Steers	500–550	Medium and Large 2	506	278.49/cwt	277.50–280.00	1,409	10
Steers	500–550	Medium and Large 1	514	326.99/cwt	319.00–338.00	1,681	36
Steers	500–550	Medium and Large 2-3	516	240.00/cwt	240.00–240.00	1,238	15
Steers	500–550	Large 1-2	526	295.00/cwt	295.00–295.00	1,552	7
Steers	500–550	Medium and Large 1-2	527	311.35/cwt	305.00–315.00	1,641	34
Steers	550–600	Medium and Large 1	565	312.66/cwt	309.00–315.00	1,767	48
Steers	550–600	Medium and Large 1-2	570	276.03/cwt	270.00–283.00	1,573	35
Steers	550–600	Medium and Large 2	583	244.23/cwt	237.50–247.00	1,424	7
Steers	600–650	Medium and Large 1	606	302.89/cwt	300.00–311.00	1,836	42
Steers	600–650	Large 1	616	284.00/cwt	284.00–284.00	1,749	9
Steers	600–650	Medium and Large 1-2	625	274.26/cwt	263.00–284.00	1,714	25
Steers	600–650	Medium and Large 2	626	240.00/cwt	240.00–240.00	1,502	6
Steers	600–650	Medium 1-2	634	258.00/cwt	258.00–258.00	1,636	5
Steers	650–700	Large 1-2	667	266.00/cwt	266.00–266.00	1,774	5
Steers	650–700	Medium and Large 1-2	676	252.20/cwt	247.50–255.00	1,705	24
Steers	700–750	Medium and Large 1	721	263.74/cwt	253.00–270.00	1,902	14
Steers	750–800	Medium and Large 1-2	763	250.00/cwt	250.00–250.00	1,908	12
Steers	750–800	Medium and Large 1	792	254.50/cwt	254.50–254.50	2,016	66
Steers	850–900	Medium and Large 1	861	246.00/cwt	246.00–246.00	2,118	41
Steers	850–900	Medium and Large 1-2	871	220.00/cwt	220.00–220.00	1,916	5
Steers	900–950	Medium and Large 1	912	239.75/cwt	239.75–239.75	2,187	55
Steers	950–1000	Medium and Large 2	989	189.00/cwt	189.00–189.00	1,869	6
Feeder Cattle · Heifers32 lots · lightest first
Heifers	300–350	Medium and Large 1	310	333.20/cwt	327.50–335.00	1,033	14
Heifers	300–350	Medium and Large 2	316	281.54/cwt	280.00–282.50	890	5
Heifers	300–350	Medium and Large 1-2	341	317.04/cwt	315.00–320.00	1,081	18
Heifers	350–400	Medium 1	356	322.50/cwt	322.50–322.50	1,148	12
Heifers	350–400	Medium and Large 1	387	330.97/cwt	325.00–335.00	1,281	5
Heifers	350–400	Large 1-2	396	282.50/cwt	282.50–282.50	1,119	5
Heifers	400–450	Medium and Large 1Thin Fleshed	407	341.61/cwt	340.00–342.50	1,390	17
Heifers	400–450	Medium and Large 1	421	318.59/cwt	310.00–335.00	1,341	20
Heifers	400–450	Large 1-2	425	250.00/cwt	250.00–250.00	1,063	5
Heifers	400–450	Medium and Large 1-2	434	295.17/cwt	280.00–302.50	1,281	16
Heifers	400–450	Medium 2	443	222.56/cwt	207.50–230.00	986	6
Heifers	450–500	Medium 1	462	322.50/cwt	322.50–322.50	1,490	22
Heifers	450–500	Medium and Large 1-2	462	290.00/cwt	290.00–290.00	1,340	5
Heifers	450–500	Medium and Large 1	475	313.19/cwt	297.50–322.50	1,488	22
Heifers	500–550	Medium 2	506	240.00/cwt	240.00–240.00	1,214	5
Heifers	500–550	Medium and Large 1	513	295.46/cwt	280.00–305.00	1,516	31
Heifers	500–550	Medium and Large 1Thin Fleshed	519	317.50/cwt	317.50–317.50	1,648	6
Heifers	500–550	Medium 1-2	528	257.50/cwt	257.50–257.50	1,360	7
Heifers	500–550	Medium and Large 1-2	531	260.66/cwt	257.50–262.50	1,384	14
Heifers	500–550	Large 1-2	542	255.00/cwt	255.00–255.00	1,382	8
Heifers	550–600	Medium and Large 1	555	277.53/cwt	267.50–285.00	1,540	13
Heifers	550–600	Medium and Large 1-2	588	254.33/cwt	237.50–257.50	1,495	27
Heifers	600–650	Medium and Large 1	610	272.38/cwt	252.50–277.00	1,662	27
Heifers	600–650	Medium and Large 1-2	613	246.00/cwt	246.00–246.00	1,508	19
Heifers	600–650	Medium 2	624	200.00/cwt	200.00–200.00	1,248	6
Heifers	600–650	Large 1-2	644	220.00/cwt	220.00–220.00	1,417	7
Heifers	650–700	Medium and Large 1-2	667	232.81/cwt	228.00–245.00	1,553	14
Heifers	650–700	Large 1-2	699	230.00/cwt	230.00–230.00	1,608	8
Heifers	700–750	Medium and Large 1-2	728	219.00/cwt	219.00–219.00	1,594	5
Heifers	750–800	Medium and Large 2	773	204.02/cwt	195.00–208.00	1,577	10
Heifers	900–950	Medium and Large 2	915	145.00/cwt	145.00–145.00	1,327	9
Heifers	950–1000	Medium and Large 2	985	145.00/cwt	145.00–145.00	1,428	26
Feeder Cattle · Bulls10 lots · lightest first
Bulls	450–500	Medium and Large 1	461	332.50/cwt	332.50–332.50	1,533	15
Bulls	450–500	Medium and Large 1-2	466	294.00/cwt	294.00–294.00	1,370	5
Bulls	500–550	Medium and Large 2	506	235.00/cwt	235.00–235.00	1,189	5
Bulls	500–550	Medium and Large 1	511	290.74/cwt	280.00–292.50	1,486	14
Bulls	500–550	Medium and Large 1-2	537	267.50/cwt	267.50–267.50	1,436	5
Bulls	550–600	Medium and Large 1-2	576	238.06/cwt	235.00–240.00	1,371	5
Bulls	550–600	Medium and Large 1	577	265.87/cwt	265.00–267.50	1,534	22
Bulls	650–700	Medium and Large 1	657	255.00/cwt	255.00–255.00	1,675	5
Bulls	700–750	Medium and Large 1	711	230.00/cwt	230.00–230.00	1,635	5
Bulls	700–750	Medium and Large 1-2	711	215.50/cwt	215.50–215.50	1,532	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.

Missouri feeder prices, every weight →Every state and region →

Ozarks Regional Stockyards Feeder Cattle - West Plains, MO

Tue Dec 17, 2024

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

Receipts 1,432Last week 3,218Year ago 1,152

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Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
5	350–400	396	282.50	282.50
5	400–450	425	250.00	250.00
8	500–550	542	255.00	255.00
7	600–650	644	220.00	220.00
8	650–700	699	230.00	230.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
5	300–350	316	280.00–282.50	281.54
10	750–800	773	195.00–208.00	204.02
9	900–950	915	145.00	145.00
26	950–1000	985	145.00	145.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
18	300–350	341	315.00–320.00	317.04
16	400–450	434	280.00–302.50	295.17
5	450–500	462	290.00	290.00
14	500–550	531	257.50–262.50	260.66
27	550–600	588	237.50–257.50	254.33
19	600–650	613	246.00	246.00
14	650–700	667	228.00–245.00	232.81
5	700–750	728	219.00	219.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Thin Fleshed$ per cwt · actual wt
17	400–450	407	340.00–342.50	341.61
6	500–550	519	317.50	317.50

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium 2$ per cwt · actual wt
6	400–450	443	207.50–230.00	222.56
5	500–550	506	240.00	240.00
6	600–650	624	200.00	200.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
14	300–350	310	327.50–335.00	333.20
5	350–400	387	325.00–335.00	330.97
20	400–450	421	310.00–335.00	318.59
22	450–500	475	297.50–322.50	313.19
31	500–550	513	280.00–305.00	295.46
13	550–600	555	267.50–285.00	277.53
27	600–650	610	252.50–277.00	272.38

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium 1$ per cwt · actual wt
12	350–400	356	322.50	322.50
22	450–500	462	322.50	322.50

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
7	500–550	528	257.50	257.50

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
7	500–550	526	295.00	295.00
5	650–700	667	266.00	266.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
16	450–500	471	275.00–300.00	287.69
10	500–550	506	277.50–280.00	278.49
7	550–600	583	237.50–247.00	244.23
6	600–650	626	240.00	240.00
6	950–1000	989	189.00	189.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 2-3$ per cwt · actual wt
15	500–550	516	240.00	240.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
5	300–350	318	370.00–385.00	376.08
11	350–400	392	342.50–367.50	345.29
37	400–450	425	332.50–349.00	340.79
33	450–500	485	310.00–330.00	324.11
34	500–550	527	305.00–315.00	311.35
35	550–600	570	270.00–283.00	276.03
25	600–650	625	263.00–284.00	274.26
24	650–700	676	247.50–255.00	252.20
12	750–800	763	250.00	250.00
5	850–900	871	220.00	220.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Unweaned$ per cwt · actual wt
9	450–500	477	300.00–302.50	301.07

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
9	300–350	316	390.00–402.50	399.67
5	350–400	376	382.50	382.50
5	400–450	410	362.50	362.50
10	450–500	462	340.00	340.00
36	500–550	514	319.00–338.00	326.99
48	550–600	565	309.00–315.00	312.66
42	600–650	606	300.00–311.00	302.89
14	700–750	721	253.00–270.00	263.74
66	750–800	792	254.50	254.50
41	850–900	861	246.00	246.00
55	900–950	912	239.75	239.75

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
5	300–350	326	335.00–357.50	343.97
5	600–650	634	258.00	258.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
9	600–650	616	284.00	284.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
5	500–550	506	235.00	235.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
5	450–500	466	294.00	294.00
5	500–550	537	267.50	267.50
5	550–600	576	235.00–240.00	238.06
5	700–750	711	215.50	215.50

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
15	450–500	461	332.50	332.50
14	500–550	511	280.00–292.50	290.74
22	550–600	577	265.00–267.50	265.87
5	650–700	657	255.00	255.00
5	700–750	711	230.00	230.00

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.