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Ozarks Regional Stockyards

Name: Ozarks Regional Stockyards livestock auction prices — 2025-03-18
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2025-03-18

Feeder Cattle · West Plains, Missouri · Tue, Mar 18

● Final88 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 1249

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Receipts

2,500 head

▼ 511 vs last sale 3,011▲ 391 vs year ago 2,109 · +18.5%

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

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Compared to last week feeder steers and heifers sold 2.00-4.00 higher. Steer calves sold 4.00-8.00 higher and heifer calves sold 6.00-12.00 higher with spots 20.00 higher. Demand was very good on a moderate supply. Supplies were lighter than expected due to many producers cleaning up storm damage or helping neighbors clean up their damage. One stick-out draft was 20 head of 445 lb. heifers that brought 390.00/cwt.

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 $354.04/cwt on 270 head. That ranks 2 of 36 comparable sales and sits −88.42 against this barn's trailing median of $442.46.

Average price

$354.04

270 head · 541 lb average

Value per head Derived

$1,916

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$288

per head · Medium and Large 1 over Large 2

$59.27/cwt at this weight

vs the market

−2.71

vs MO average

−3.12 vs national

Price by quality 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1	533	371.77	1,981	77
Medium 1	504	370.00	1,865	9thin
Large 1-2	564	355.00	2,002	7thin
Medium and Large 1-2	546	347.23	1,897	163
Medium and Large 2	534	334.71	1,787	8thin
Large 2	542	312.50	1,694	6thin

One grade step is worth $59.27/cwt here — about $288 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 sale270 hd

354.04

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MO average15 barns · 2,689 hd

356.75

−2.71

National average170 barns · 10,920 hd

357.16

−3.12

This barn, trailing median36 sales

442.46

−88.42

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

36 sales

Steers 500–600 lb: high $507.84, low $348.32, median $442.46 across 36 sales. Sales under 10 head in this class are excluded, so a thin day cannot swing the median or the ranking.

Every lot

88 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 · Steers39 lots · lightest first
Steers	300–350	Medium and Large 1-2	332	431.02/cwt	430.00–440.00	1,431	10
Steers	300–350	Medium and Large 1	333	465.55/cwt	450.00–500.00	1,550	19
Steers	350–400	Medium and Large 1Thin Fleshed	360	505.00/cwt	505.00–505.00	1,818	2
Steers	350–400	Medium and Large 1-2	373	416.52/cwt	405.00–425.00	1,554	14
Steers	350–400	Medium 1-2	378	420.00/cwt	420.00–420.00	1,588	5
Steers	350–400	Large 1	385	430.00/cwt	430.00–430.00	1,656	5
Steers	350–400	Medium and Large 1	388	442.76/cwt	430.00–465.00	1,718	34
Steers	400–450	Medium and Large 1	425	426.89/cwt	420.00–447.50	1,814	80
Steers	400–450	Medium and Large 1-2	426	407.86/cwt	385.00–415.00	1,737	36
Steers	400–450	Medium 1-2	428	365.00/cwt	365.00–365.00	1,562	5
Steers	450–500	Medium and Large 1	467	401.53/cwt	395.00–410.00	1,875	33
Steers	450–500	Medium 1-2	467	389.04/cwt	387.50–390.00	1,817	11
Steers	450–500	Medium and Large 1-2	480	376.81/cwt	369.00–390.00	1,809	53
Steers	450–500	Medium and Large 2	493	342.97/cwt	325.00–350.00	1,691	7
Steers	500–550	Medium 1	504	370.00/cwt	370.00–370.00	1,865	9
Steers	500–550	Medium and Large 1	521	377.83/cwt	367.50–405.00	1,968	57
Steers	500–550	Medium and Large 1-2	531	352.37/cwt	340.00–365.00	1,871	87
Steers	500–550	Medium and Large 2	534	334.71/cwt	326.00–340.00	1,787	8
Steers	500–550	Large 2	542	312.50/cwt	312.50–312.50	1,694	6
Steers	550–600	Large 1-2	564	355.00/cwt	355.00–355.00	2,002	7
Steers	550–600	Medium and Large 1-2	564	341.34/cwt	330.00–347.50	1,925	76
Steers	550–600	Medium and Large 1	567	354.50/cwt	352.50–355.00	2,010	20
Steers	600–650	Medium and Large 1	624	327.29/cwt	323.00–335.00	2,042	66
Steers	600–650	Medium and Large 1-2	627	315.32/cwt	305.00–320.00	1,977	63
Steers	600–650	Medium and Large 2	643	285.00/cwt	285.00–285.00	1,833	27
Steers	600–650	Large 1-2	649	318.00/cwt	318.00–318.00	2,064	16
Steers	650–700	Medium and Large 1-2	664	306.03/cwt	290.00–315.00	2,032	14
Steers	650–700	Medium and Large 1	676	321.42/cwt	315.00–324.00	2,173	29
Steers	700–750	Large 1-2	718	281.00/cwt	281.00–281.00	2,018	5
Steers	700–750	Medium and Large 1	721	302.11/cwt	300.00–305.00	2,178	31
Steers	700–750	Medium and Large 1-2	727	281.38/cwt	275.00–290.00	2,046	28
Steers	700–750	Medium and Large 2	729	235.00/cwt	235.00–235.00	1,713	10
Steers	750–800	Medium and Large 1	769	281.44/cwt	276.00–290.00	2,164	110
Steers	750–800	Medium and Large 1-2	781	274.02/cwt	273.00–275.00	2,140	23
Steers	750–800	Large 1-2	787	263.00/cwt	263.00–263.00	2,070	6
Steers	800–850	Medium and Large 1	816	279.27/cwt	276.00–280.50	2,279	88
Steers	850–900	Medium and Large 1	869	268.66/cwt	260.00–276.50	2,335	34
Steers	900–950	Medium and Large 1-2	900	232.00/cwt	232.00–232.00	2,088	5
Steers	900–950	Medium and Large 1	928	255.00/cwt	255.00–255.00	2,366	7
Feeder Cattle · Heifers39 lots · lightest first
Heifers	300–350	Medium and Large 1	311	409.32/cwt	405.00–415.00	1,273	7
Heifers	300–350	Medium and Large 2	319	352.55/cwt	340.00–375.00	1,125	9
Heifers	300–350	Medium and Large 1-2	326	359.17/cwt	350.00–380.00	1,171	14
Heifers	300–350	Medium 1	340	390.00/cwt	390.00–390.00	1,326	5
Heifers	350–400	Medium and Large 1	363	397.73/cwt	385.00–415.00	1,444	38
Heifers	350–400	Medium 1-2	385	361.14/cwt	340.00–370.00	1,390	14
Heifers	350–400	Medium and Large 1-2	391	349.70/cwt	346.00–370.00	1,367	12
Heifers	350–400	Medium and Large 2	396	332.55/cwt	325.00–340.00	1,317	6
Heifers	400–450	Medium 2	404	332.50/cwt	332.50–332.50	1,343	7
Heifers	400–450	Medium and Large 1-2	426	343.21/cwt	338.00–360.00	1,462	38
Heifers	400–450	Medium and Large 1	437	382.52/cwt	365.00–390.00	1,672	45
Heifers	400–450	Large 1	440	400.00/cwt	400.00–400.00	1,760	6
Heifers	400–450	Medium and Large 2	444	325.00/cwt	325.00–325.00	1,443	14
Heifers	450–500	Medium and Large 2	474	302.10/cwt	290.00–310.00	1,432	5
Heifers	450–500	Medium and Large 1-2	477	332.93/cwt	317.50–346.00	1,588	59
Heifers	450–500	Medium and Large 1	478	366.41/cwt	354.00–380.00	1,751	59
Heifers	450–500	Medium 1-2	478	353.04/cwt	345.00–365.00	1,688	15
Heifers	450–500	Large 2	482	295.00/cwt	295.00–295.00	1,422	10
Heifers	450–500	Large 1-2	484	328.00/cwt	310.00–340.00	1,588	15
Heifers	500–550	Medium and Large 1	519	346.65/cwt	335.00–367.50	1,799	59
Heifers	500–550	Medium and Large 1-2	525	319.58/cwt	295.00–330.00	1,678	50
Heifers	500–550	Medium and Large 2	525	280.33/cwt	265.00–290.00	1,472	5
Heifers	550–600	Large 1	555	330.00/cwt	330.00–330.00	1,832	8
Heifers	550–600	Medium and Large 1	569	326.03/cwt	315.00–340.00	1,855	43
Heifers	550–600	Medium 1-2	572	282.02/cwt	275.00–286.00	1,613	14
Heifers	550–600	Medium and Large 1-2	580	303.15/cwt	295.00–315.00	1,758	28
Heifers	550–600	Medium and Large 2	584	281.86/cwt	270.00–285.00	1,646	24
Heifers	600–650	Medium and Large 1	617	306.93/cwt	297.50–310.00	1,894	25
Heifers	600–650	Medium and Large 1-2	632	290.53/cwt	285.00–293.00	1,836	24
Heifers	650–700	Medium and Large 1	677	282.55/cwt	275.00–285.00	1,913	43
Heifers	650–700	Medium and Large 1-2	678	265.56/cwt	255.00–267.50	1,800	15
Heifers	650–700	Medium and Large 2	686	238.80/cwt	235.00–240.00	1,638	8
Heifers	700–750	Medium and Large 1	712	271.74/cwt	264.00–276.00	1,935	91
Heifers	750–800	Medium and Large 1	761	262.00/cwt	262.00–262.00	1,994	15
Heifers	750–800	Medium and Large 1-2	774	252.32/cwt	250.00–258.00	1,953	7
Heifers	750–800	Medium and Large 2	779	233.00/cwt	233.00–233.00	1,815	6
Heifers	800–850	Medium and Large 1	825	245.82/cwt	244.00–247.00	2,028	13
Heifers	850–900	Medium and Large 1	851	239.00/cwt	239.00–239.00	2,034	7
Heifers	950–1000	Medium and Large 2	993	145.00/cwt	145.00–145.00	1,440	32
Feeder Cattle · Bulls10 lots · lightest first
Bulls	400–450	Medium and Large 1-2	442	356.77/cwt	350.00–360.00	1,577	6
Bulls	400–450	Medium and Large 1	449	375.00/cwt	375.00–375.00	1,684	5
Bulls	450–500	Medium and Large 1	474	376.54/cwt	352.50–385.00	1,785	12
Bulls	500–550	Medium and Large 1-2	507	328.76/cwt	325.00–332.50	1,667	8
Bulls	500–550	Medium and Large 1	517	347.47/cwt	332.50–355.00	1,796	17
Bulls	550–600	Medium and Large 1-2	569	290.44/cwt	282.50–302.50	1,653	5
Bulls	550–600	Medium and Large 1	572	333.60/cwt	325.00–336.00	1,908	15
Bulls	600–650	Medium and Large 1	610	318.00/cwt	318.00–318.00	1,940	8
Bulls	600–650	Medium and Large 1-2	613	261.94/cwt	255.00–275.00	1,606	6
Bulls	700–750	Medium and Large 1	705	276.03/cwt	267.50–282.50	1,946	7

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.

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Ozarks Regional Stockyards Feeder Cattle - West Plains, MO

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Receipts 2,500Last week 3,011Year ago 2,109

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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
10	300–350	332	430.00–440.00	431.02
14	350–400	373	405.00–425.00	416.52
36	400–450	426	385.00–415.00	407.86
53	450–500	480	369.00–390.00	376.81
87	500–550	531	340.00–365.00	352.37
76	550–600	564	330.00–347.50	341.34
63	600–650	627	305.00–320.00	315.32
14	650–700	664	290.00–315.00	306.03
28	700–750	727	275.00–290.00	281.38
23	750–800	781	273.00–275.00	274.02
5	900–950	900	232.00	232.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
7	450–500	493	325.00–350.00	342.97
8	500–550	534	326.00–340.00	334.71
27	600–650	643	285.00	285.00
10	700–750	729	235.00	235.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
7	550–600	564	355.00	355.00
16	600–650	649	318.00	318.00
5	700–750	718	281.00	281.00
6	750–800	787	263.00	263.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
6	500–550	542	312.50	312.50

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
5	350–400	385	430.00	430.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
5	350–400	378	420.00	420.00
5	400–450	428	365.00	365.00
11	450–500	467	387.50–390.00	389.04

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium 1$ per cwt · actual wt
9	500–550	504	370.00	370.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
19	300–350	333	450.00–500.00	465.55
34	350–400	388	430.00–465.00	442.76
80	400–450	425	420.00–447.50	426.89
33	450–500	467	395.00–410.00	401.53
57	500–550	521	367.50–405.00	377.83
20	550–600	567	352.50–355.00	354.50
66	600–650	624	323.00–335.00	327.29
29	650–700	676	315.00–324.00	321.42
31	700–750	721	300.00–305.00	302.11
110	750–800	769	276.00–290.00	281.44
88	800–850	816	276.00–280.50	279.27
34	850–900	869	260.00–276.50	268.66
7	900–950	928	255.00	255.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1 · Thin Fleshed$ per cwt · actual wt
2	350–400	360	505.00	505.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
9	300–350	319	340.00–375.00	352.55
6	350–400	396	325.00–340.00	332.55
14	400–450	444	325.00	325.00
5	450–500	474	290.00–310.00	302.10
5	500–550	525	265.00–290.00	280.33
24	550–600	584	270.00–285.00	281.86
8	650–700	686	235.00–240.00	238.80
6	750–800	779	233.00	233.00
32	950–1000	993	145.00	145.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
14	300–350	326	350.00–380.00	359.17
12	350–400	391	346.00–370.00	349.70
38	400–450	426	338.00–360.00	343.21
59	450–500	477	317.50–346.00	332.93
50	500–550	525	295.00–330.00	319.58
28	550–600	580	295.00–315.00	303.15
24	600–650	632	285.00–293.00	290.53
15	650–700	678	255.00–267.50	265.56
7	750–800	774	250.00–258.00	252.32

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
7	300–350	311	405.00–415.00	409.32
38	350–400	363	385.00–415.00	397.73
45	400–450	437	365.00–390.00	382.52
59	450–500	478	354.00–380.00	366.41
59	500–550	519	335.00–367.50	346.65
43	550–600	569	315.00–340.00	326.03
25	600–650	617	297.50–310.00	306.93
43	650–700	677	275.00–285.00	282.55
91	700–750	712	264.00–276.00	271.74
15	750–800	761	262.00	262.00
13	800–850	825	244.00–247.00	245.82
7	850–900	851	239.00	239.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
15	450–500	484	310.00–340.00	328.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
10	450–500	482	295.00	295.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
14	350–400	385	340.00–370.00	361.14
15	450–500	478	345.00–365.00	353.04
14	550–600	572	275.00–286.00	282.02

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium 2$ per cwt · actual wt
7	400–450	404	332.50	332.50

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
6	400–450	440	400.00	400.00
8	550–600	555	330.00	330.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium 1$ per cwt · actual wt
5	300–350	340	390.00	390.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
6	400–450	442	350.00–360.00	356.77
8	500–550	507	325.00–332.50	328.76
5	550–600	569	282.50–302.50	290.44
6	600–650	613	255.00–275.00	261.94

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
5	400–450	449	375.00	375.00
12	450–500	474	352.50–385.00	376.54
17	500–550	517	332.50–355.00	347.47
15	550–600	572	325.00–336.00	333.60
8	600–650	610	318.00	318.00
7	700–750	705	267.50–282.50	276.03

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.