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Ozarks Regional Stockyards

Name: Ozarks Regional Stockyards livestock auction prices — 2025-02-25
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2025-02-25

Feeder Cattle · West Plains, Missouri · Tue, Feb 25

● Final73 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 1249

← Feb 11Feb 25Mar 4 →

Receipts

2,689 head

▲ 1,973 vs last sale 716▼ 260 vs year ago 2,949 · −8.8%

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 the last well tested sale three weeks ago, feeder steers and heifers were 10.00-15.00 higher. Steer and heifer calves under 700 lbs. were 15.00-20.00 higher. Demand was very good on a moderate supply. Winter weather kept receipts light two weeks ago and closed the sale barn last week. Spring-like temperatures this week helped receipts to return to normal despite the muddy conditions. One stick-out draft was 60 head of 559 lb. heifers that brought 309.00/cwt. The Cattle on Feed Report released last week reported Inventories 1 percent lower, Placements 2 percent higher, which was lower than expected, and Marketing 1 percent higher. These neutral to slightly bullish numbers helped the cattle futures get traction and make some gains this week.

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 $339.37/cwt on 338 head. That ranks 1 of 35 comparable sales and sits −106.34 against this barn's trailing median of $445.72.

Average price

$339.37

338 head · 555 lb average

Value per head Derived

$1,885

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$299

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

$52.13/cwt at this weight

vs the market

−4.16

vs MO average

−8.87 vs national

Price by quality 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1	556	351.32	1,954	207
Medium 1	551	339.03	1,866	16thin
Medium and Large 1-2	555	320.10	1,777	103
Medium and Large 2	553	299.19	1,654	12thin

One grade step is worth $52.13/cwt here — about $299 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 sale338 hd

339.37

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MO average10 barns · 1,446 hd

343.54

−4.16

National average180 barns · 14,929 hd

348.24

−8.87

This barn, trailing median35 sales

445.72

−106.34

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 · Steers38 lots · lightest first
Steers	300–350	Medium and Large 1	333	426.69/cwt	422.50–450.00	1,421	6
Steers	300–350	Medium and Large 1-2	335	413.32/cwt	412.50–415.00	1,385	9
Steers	350–400	Medium and Large 1	362	447.26/cwt	440.00–475.00	1,619	14
Steers	350–400	Medium and Large 1-2	377	410.66/cwt	405.00–415.00	1,548	9
Steers	400–450	Medium and Large 1	429	416.49/cwt	395.00–430.00	1,787	70
Steers	400–450	Medium and Large 1-2	430	382.60/cwt	362.50–395.00	1,645	25
Steers	450–500	Medium 1	462	385.00/cwt	385.00–385.00	1,779	5
Steers	450–500	Large 1-2	469	360.00/cwt	360.00–360.00	1,688	6
Steers	450–500	Medium and Large 1	480	373.88/cwt	370.00–378.00	1,795	49
Steers	450–500	Medium and Large 2	484	280.00/cwt	280.00–280.00	1,355	5
Steers	450–500	Medium and Large 1-2	485	355.27/cwt	335.00–367.50	1,723	53
Steers	500–550	Medium and Large 1	520	363.84/cwt	350.00–376.00	1,892	78
Steers	500–550	Medium and Large 1-2	529	330.17/cwt	315.00–347.50	1,747	43
Steers	500–550	Medium 1	533	348.00/cwt	348.00–348.00	1,855	9
Steers	500–550	Medium and Large 2	535	305.75/cwt	295.00–310.00	1,636	7
Steers	550–600	Medium and Large 1Thin Fleshed	556	385.00/cwt	385.00–385.00	2,141	6
Steers	550–600	Medium 1	573	327.50/cwt	327.50–327.50	1,877	7
Steers	550–600	Medium and Large 1-2	574	312.88/cwt	300.00–325.00	1,796	60
Steers	550–600	Medium and Large 2	578	290.00/cwt	290.00–290.00	1,676	5
Steers	550–600	Medium and Large 1	579	341.74/cwt	324.00–355.00	1,979	123
Steers	600–650	Medium and Large 1	602	330.38/cwt	320.00–336.00	1,989	20
Steers	600–650	Medium and Large 1-2	621	310.26/cwt	300.00–317.50	1,927	51
Steers	600–650	Medium and Large 2-3	626	232.50/cwt	232.50–232.50	1,455	6
Steers	600–650	Medium and Large 2	649	290.00/cwt	290.00–290.00	1,882	9
Steers	650–700	Medium and Large 1	675	297.18/cwt	290.00–307.00	2,006	97
Steers	650–700	Medium and Large 2	678	258.61/cwt	242.00–265.00	1,753	17
Steers	650–700	Medium and Large 1-2	680	283.13/cwt	280.00–288.00	1,925	52
Steers	700–750	Large 1	705	289.00/cwt	289.00–289.00	2,037	5
Steers	700–750	Medium and Large 1	712	291.10/cwt	284.00–304.00	2,073	88
Steers	700–750	Medium and Large 1-2	723	276.03/cwt	270.00–281.00	1,996	28
Steers	700–750	Medium and Large 2	745	240.00/cwt	240.00–240.00	1,788	12
Steers	750–800	Medium and Large 1	775	276.65/cwt	270.50–283.00	2,144	60
Steers	750–800	Medium and Large 1-2	780	257.34/cwt	242.50–267.50	2,007	30
Steers	800–850	Medium and Large 1-2	813	256.56/cwt	247.50–260.00	2,086	30
Steers	800–850	Medium and Large 2	816	227.50/cwt	227.50–227.50	1,856	6
Steers	800–850	Medium and Large 1	819	269.79/cwt	265.00–277.50	2,210	133
Steers	800–850	Large 1-2	824	245.00/cwt	245.00–245.00	2,019	10
Steers	850–900	Medium and Large 1-2	857	250.63/cwt	230.00–256.00	2,148	29
Feeder Cattle · Heifers31 lots · lightest first
Heifers	300–350	Medium and Large 1	329	384.57/cwt	375.00–400.00	1,265	10
Heifers	350–400	Medium 1	354	360.00/cwt	360.00–360.00	1,274	5
Heifers	350–400	Medium and Large 1-2	362	350.00/cwt	350.00–350.00	1,267	7
Heifers	350–400	Medium and Large 1	372	372.00/cwt	360.00–385.00	1,384	21
Heifers	350–400	Large 1	385	377.50/cwt	377.50–377.50	1,453	5
Heifers	400–450	Medium 1	403	355.00/cwt	355.00–355.00	1,431	6
Heifers	400–450	Medium and Large 1Thin Fleshed	406	372.50/cwt	372.50–372.50	1,512	6
Heifers	400–450	Medium and Large 1-2	427	315.69/cwt	310.00–325.00	1,348	5
Heifers	400–450	Medium and Large 1	431	347.95/cwt	330.00–360.00	1,500	53
Heifers	450–500	Medium and Large 1	468	335.55/cwt	325.00–352.50	1,570	92
Heifers	450–500	Large 1	476	324.00/cwt	324.00–324.00	1,542	8
Heifers	450–500	Medium and Large 1-2	483	315.79/cwt	300.00–322.50	1,525	24
Heifers	500–550	Medium and Large 1	516	330.62/cwt	317.50–340.00	1,706	52
Heifers	500–550	Medium and Large 1-2	536	293.68/cwt	282.50–305.00	1,574	73
Heifers	550–600	Medium and Large 1	566	302.96/cwt	286.00–315.00	1,715	115
Heifers	550–600	Medium and Large 2	566	229.25/cwt	217.50–235.00	1,298	16
Heifers	550–600	Medium and Large 1-2	589	263.45/cwt	256.00–281.00	1,552	34
Heifers	550–600	Large 1	598	290.00/cwt	290.00–290.00	1,734	6
Heifers	600–650	Medium 1	615	272.50/cwt	272.50–272.50	1,676	7
Heifers	600–650	Medium and Large 1	619	276.79/cwt	270.00–292.00	1,713	144
Heifers	600–650	Medium and Large 1-2	623	260.67/cwt	255.00–265.00	1,624	13
Heifers	600–650	Large 1-2	625	265.00/cwt	265.00–265.00	1,656	5
Heifers	650–700	Medium and Large 1	672	270.45/cwt	260.00–280.00	1,817	132
Heifers	650–700	Medium and Large 1Replacement	674	290.00/cwt	290.00–290.00	1,955	10
Heifers	650–700	Medium and Large 2	674	202.08/cwt	200.00–203.00	1,362	18
Heifers	650–700	Medium and Large 1-2	685	249.97/cwt	237.50–256.00	1,712	31
Heifers	700–750	Medium and Large 1	727	254.75/cwt	246.00–259.00	1,852	24
Heifers	700–750	Medium and Large 1-2	744	235.00/cwt	235.00–235.00	1,748	9
Heifers	750–800	Medium and Large 1-2	784	220.97/cwt	220.00–227.50	1,732	30
Heifers	900–950	Medium and Large 1-2	935	210.00/cwt	210.00–210.00	1,964	5
Heifers	950–1000	Medium and Large 2	998	145.00/cwt	145.00–145.00	1,447	6
Feeder Cattle · Bulls4 lots · lightest first
Bulls	300–350	Medium and Large 1	338	395.00/cwt	395.00–395.00	1,335	6
Bulls	600–650	Medium and Large 1-2	606	221.00/cwt	221.00–221.00	1,339	5
Bulls	650–700	Medium and Large 1	669	275.05/cwt	261.00–281.00	1,840	11
Bulls	850–900	Medium and Large 1-2	881	214.00/cwt	214.00–214.00	1,885	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 Feb 25, 2025

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Receipts 2,689Last week 716Year ago 2,949

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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
9	300–350	335	412.50–415.00	413.32
9	350–400	377	405.00–415.00	410.66
25	400–450	430	362.50–395.00	382.60
53	450–500	485	335.00–367.50	355.27
43	500–550	529	315.00–347.50	330.17
60	550–600	574	300.00–325.00	312.88
51	600–650	621	300.00–317.50	310.26
52	650–700	680	280.00–288.00	283.13
28	700–750	723	270.00–281.00	276.03
30	750–800	780	242.50–267.50	257.34
30	800–850	813	247.50–260.00	256.56
29	850–900	857	230.00–256.00	250.63

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
5	450–500	484	280.00	280.00
7	500–550	535	295.00–310.00	305.75
5	550–600	578	290.00	290.00
9	600–650	649	290.00	290.00
17	650–700	678	242.00–265.00	258.61
12	700–750	745	240.00	240.00
6	800–850	816	227.50	227.50

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 2-3$ per cwt · actual wt
6	600–650	626	232.50	232.50

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
6	450–500	469	360.00	360.00
10	800–850	824	245.00	245.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium 1$ per cwt · actual wt
5	450–500	462	385.00	385.00
9	500–550	533	348.00	348.00
7	550–600	573	327.50	327.50

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
5	700–750	705	289.00	289.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
6	300–350	333	422.50–450.00	426.69
14	350–400	362	440.00–475.00	447.26
70	400–450	429	395.00–430.00	416.49
49	450–500	480	370.00–378.00	373.88
78	500–550	520	350.00–376.00	363.84
123	550–600	579	324.00–355.00	341.74
20	600–650	602	320.00–336.00	330.38
97	650–700	675	290.00–307.00	297.18
88	700–750	712	284.00–304.00	291.10
60	750–800	775	270.50–283.00	276.65
133	800–850	819	265.00–277.50	269.79

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1 · Thin Fleshed$ per cwt · actual wt
6	550–600	556	385.00	385.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
10	300–350	329	375.00–400.00	384.57
21	350–400	372	360.00–385.00	372.00
53	400–450	431	330.00–360.00	347.95
92	450–500	468	325.00–352.50	335.55
52	500–550	516	317.50–340.00	330.62
115	550–600	566	286.00–315.00	302.96
144	600–650	619	270.00–292.00	276.79
132	650–700	672	260.00–280.00	270.45
24	700–750	727	246.00–259.00	254.75

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
7	350–400	362	350.00	350.00
5	400–450	427	310.00–325.00	315.69
24	450–500	483	300.00–322.50	315.79
73	500–550	536	282.50–305.00	293.68
34	550–600	589	256.00–281.00	263.45
13	600–650	623	255.00–265.00	260.67
31	650–700	685	237.50–256.00	249.97
9	700–750	744	235.00	235.00
30	750–800	784	220.00–227.50	220.97
5	900–950	935	210.00	210.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
16	550–600	566	217.50–235.00	229.25
18	650–700	674	200.00–203.00	202.08
6	950–1000	998	145.00	145.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
5	350–400	385	377.50	377.50
8	450–500	476	324.00	324.00
6	550–600	598	290.00	290.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
5	600–650	625	265.00	265.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium 1$ per cwt · actual wt
5	350–400	354	360.00	360.00
6	400–450	403	355.00	355.00
7	600–650	615	272.50	272.50

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Replacement$ per cwt · actual wt
10	650–700	674	290.00	290.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Thin Fleshed$ per cwt · actual wt
6	400–450	406	372.50	372.50

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
6	300–350	338	395.00	395.00
11	650–700	669	261.00–281.00	275.05

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
5	600–650	606	221.00	221.00
5	850–900	881	214.00	214.00

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.