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Ozarks Regional Stockyards

Name: Ozarks Regional Stockyards livestock auction prices — 2025-04-29
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2025-04-29

Feeder Cattle · West Plains, Missouri · Tue, Apr 29

● Final64 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 1249

← Apr 22Apr 29May 6 →

Receipts

2,161 head

▲ 366 vs last sale 1,795▲ 247 vs year ago 1,914 · +12.9%

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, steer and heifer calves over 600 lbs. were 10.00-15.00 higher. Steer calves under 600 lbs. were 15.00-20.00 higher with similar weight heifers 4.00-8.00 higher. Demand was very good, especially on turnout calves. The supply was moderate. The largest draft of the day was 64 head of 862 lb. steers that sold for 280.50/cwt. Two stick-out drafts were 21 steers weighing 555 lbs. bringing 406.00/cwt. and another 21 steers weighing 610 lbs. bringing 382.00/cwt. Both were the highest prices ever recorded at the barn in their weight class. Choice Box Beef prices gained 16.53/cwt. from a week ago, as cattle slaughter numbers are historically small.

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 $382.18/cwt on 348 head. That ranks 5 of 35 comparable sales and sits −63.53 against this barn's trailing median of $445.72.

Average price

$382.18

348 head · 545 lb average

Value per head Derived

$2,082

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$106

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

$35.09/cwt at this weight

vs the market

−0.10

vs MO average

+7.75 vs national

Price by quality 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1	536	395.79	2,122	213
Medium and Large 1-2	559	360.71	2,016	135

One grade step is worth $35.09/cwt here — about $106 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 sale348 hd

382.18

—

MO average16 barns · 4,519 hd

382.28

−0.10

National average176 barns · 11,859 hd

374.43

+7.75

This barn, trailing median35 sales

445.72

−63.53

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

64 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 · Steers31 lots · lightest first
Steers	250–300	Medium and Large 1	288	512.50/cwt	512.50–512.50	1,476	7
Steers	300–350	Medium and Large 1	324	475.90/cwt	470.00–500.00	1,542	10
Steers	300–350	Medium and Large 1-2	330	440.10/cwt	425.00–460.00	1,452	17
Steers	350–400	Medium 1	350	440.00/cwt	440.00–440.00	1,540	5
Steers	350–400	Medium and Large 1	357	473.22/cwt	460.00–500.00	1,689	23
Steers	350–400	Medium and Large 1-2	381	441.30/cwt	435.00–450.00	1,681	33
Steers	350–400	Medium and Large 2	381	395.00/cwt	395.00–395.00	1,505	8
Steers	400–450	Medium and Large 1	424	453.21/cwt	437.50–475.00	1,922	97
Steers	400–450	Medium and Large 1-2	429	412.26/cwt	395.00–430.00	1,769	38
Steers	400–450	Medium 1-2	431	422.50/cwt	422.50–422.50	1,821	5
Steers	450–500	Medium and Large 1	469	428.95/cwt	415.00–457.50	2,012	53
Steers	450–500	Medium and Large 1-2	478	400.44/cwt	380.00–410.00	1,914	36
Steers	500–550	Medium and Large 1	515	404.45/cwt	386.00–420.00	2,083	133
Steers	500–550	Medium and Large 1-2	531	370.18/cwt	350.00–382.50	1,966	60
Steers	550–600	Medium and Large 1	567	383.62/cwt	370.00–406.00	2,175	69
Steers	550–600	Medium and Large 1-2	581	353.13/cwt	330.00–363.00	2,052	75
Steers	550–600	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	597	367.50/cwt	367.50–367.50	2,194	11
Steers	600–650	Medium and Large 1	615	374.66/cwt	352.50–382.00	2,304	44
Steers	600–650	Medium and Large 1-2	620	328.30/cwt	322.50–340.00	2,035	28
Steers	650–700	Medium and Large 1	661	343.26/cwt	322.50–351.00	2,269	39
Steers	650–700	Medium and Large 1-2	665	310.25/cwt	292.00–319.00	2,063	13
Steers	700–750	Medium and Large 1	710	314.95/cwt	312.50–316.00	2,236	17
Steers	700–750	Medium and Large 2	725	267.50/cwt	267.50–267.50	1,939	6
Steers	700–750	Medium and Large 1-2	743	293.25/cwt	291.00–300.00	2,179	16
Steers	750–800	Medium and Large 1-2	785	268.92/cwt	255.00–278.00	2,111	5
Steers	750–800	Medium and Large 1	795	307.00/cwt	307.00–307.00	2,441	5
Steers	800–850	Medium and Large 1	809	292.00/cwt	292.00–292.00	2,362	8
Steers	800–850	Medium and Large 1-2	848	279.00/cwt	279.00–279.00	2,366	5
Steers	850–900	Medium and Large 1	862	280.50/cwt	280.50–280.50	2,418	64
Steers	850–900	Medium and Large 2	878	247.50/cwt	247.50–247.50	2,173	5
Steers	900–950	Medium and Large 1-2	924	256.00/cwt	256.00–256.00	2,365	10
Feeder Cattle · Heifers26 lots · lightest first
Heifers	300–350	Medium and Large 1-2	325	386.38/cwt	375.00–415.00	1,256	13
Heifers	300–350	Medium and Large 1	332	425.00/cwt	410.00–445.00	1,411	18
Heifers	350–400	Medium and Large 1	366	419.33/cwt	405.00–442.50	1,535	23
Heifers	350–400	Medium and Large 1-2	383	377.02/cwt	370.00–395.00	1,444	13
Heifers	350–400	Medium and Large 2	388	366.27/cwt	355.00–382.50	1,421	5
Heifers	400–450	Medium 1	409	399.00/cwt	399.00–399.00	1,632	13
Heifers	400–450	Medium and Large 1	425	406.49/cwt	385.00–417.50	1,728	68
Heifers	400–450	Medium and Large 1-2	432	362.16/cwt	345.00–380.00	1,565	31
Heifers	400–450	Medium and Large 2	436	343.98/cwt	335.00–359.00	1,500	8
Heifers	450–500	Medium and Large 1	480	370.29/cwt	362.50–377.50	1,777	131
Heifers	450–500	Medium and Large 1-2	484	349.27/cwt	330.00–355.00	1,690	21
Heifers	450–500	Medium and Large 2	484	325.06/cwt	320.00–330.00	1,573	13
Heifers	450–500	Large 1-2	486	333.00/cwt	333.00–333.00	1,618	8
Heifers	500–550	Medium and Large 1	519	352.43/cwt	340.00–360.00	1,829	59
Heifers	500–550	Medium and Large 1-2	526	324.42/cwt	317.50–335.00	1,706	48
Heifers	550–600	Medium and Large 1	571	330.11/cwt	312.50–343.00	1,885	126
Heifers	550–600	Medium and Large 1-2	580	305.46/cwt	300.00–315.00	1,772	30
Heifers	600–650	Medium and Large 1-2	620	292.00/cwt	292.00–292.00	1,810	5
Heifers	600–650	Medium and Large 1	628	315.21/cwt	305.00–322.00	1,980	70
Heifers	600–650	Large 1	629	300.00/cwt	300.00–300.00	1,887	8
Heifers	650–700	Medium and Large 2	652	240.00/cwt	240.00–240.00	1,565	6
Heifers	650–700	Medium and Large 1	666	304.99/cwt	293.00–310.00	2,031	25
Heifers	650–700	Medium and Large 1-2	693	263.17/cwt	260.00–265.00	1,824	19
Heifers	700–750	Medium and Large 1	725	282.50/cwt	282.50–282.50	2,048	5
Heifers	750–800	Medium and Large 1	766	271.00/cwt	271.00–271.00	2,076	21
Heifers	900–950	Medium and Large 2	942	142.50/cwt	142.50–142.50	1,342	21
Feeder Cattle · Bulls7 lots · lightest first
Bulls	450–500	Medium and Large 1	466	360.00/cwt	360.00–360.00	1,678	5
Bulls	450–500	Medium and Large 1-2	490	350.00/cwt	350.00–350.00	1,715	6
Bulls	500–550	Medium and Large 1	528	345.45/cwt	332.50–360.00	1,824	11
Bulls	550–600	Medium and Large 1-2	575	306.44/cwt	305.00–307.50	1,762	7
Bulls	550–600	Medium and Large 1	593	322.91/cwt	320.00–325.00	1,915	12
Bulls	650–700	Medium and Large 1	694	275.00/cwt	275.00–275.00	1,909	6
Bulls	700–750	Medium and Large 1-2	744	256.00/cwt	256.00–256.00	1,905	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 Apr 29, 2025

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

Receipts 2,161Last week 1,795Year ago 1,914

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Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
6	450–500	490	350.00	350.00
7	550–600	575	305.00–307.50	306.44
5	700–750	744	256.00	256.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
5	450–500	466	360.00	360.00
11	500–550	528	332.50–360.00	345.45
12	550–600	593	320.00–325.00	322.91
6	650–700	694	275.00	275.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
7	250–300	288	512.50	512.50
10	300–350	324	470.00–500.00	475.90
23	350–400	357	460.00–500.00	473.22
97	400–450	424	437.50–475.00	453.21
53	450–500	469	415.00–457.50	428.95
133	500–550	515	386.00–420.00	404.45
69	550–600	567	370.00–406.00	383.62
44	600–650	615	352.50–382.00	374.66
39	650–700	661	322.50–351.00	343.26
17	700–750	710	312.50–316.00	314.95
5	750–800	795	307.00	307.00
8	800–850	809	292.00	292.00
64	850–900	862	280.50	280.50

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
17	300–350	330	425.00–460.00	440.10
33	350–400	381	435.00–450.00	441.30
38	400–450	429	395.00–430.00	412.26
36	450–500	478	380.00–410.00	400.44
60	500–550	531	350.00–382.50	370.18
75	550–600	581	330.00–363.00	353.13
28	600–650	620	322.50–340.00	328.30
13	650–700	665	292.00–319.00	310.25
16	700–750	743	291.00–300.00	293.25
5	750–800	785	255.00–278.00	268.92
5	800–850	848	279.00	279.00
10	900–950	924	256.00	256.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
5	400–450	431	422.50	422.50

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium 1$ per cwt · actual wt
5	350–400	350	440.00	440.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
8	350–400	381	395.00	395.00
6	700–750	725	267.50	267.50
5	850–900	878	247.50	247.50

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1 · Unweaned$ per cwt · actual wt
11	550–600	597	367.50	367.50

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
13	300–350	325	375.00–415.00	386.38
13	350–400	383	370.00–395.00	377.02
31	400–450	432	345.00–380.00	362.16
21	450–500	484	330.00–355.00	349.27
48	500–550	526	317.50–335.00	324.42
30	550–600	580	300.00–315.00	305.46
5	600–650	620	292.00	292.00
19	650–700	693	260.00–265.00	263.17

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
18	300–350	332	410.00–445.00	425.00
23	350–400	366	405.00–442.50	419.33
68	400–450	425	385.00–417.50	406.49
131	450–500	480	362.50–377.50	370.29
59	500–550	519	340.00–360.00	352.43
126	550–600	571	312.50–343.00	330.11
70	600–650	628	305.00–322.00	315.21
25	650–700	666	293.00–310.00	304.99
5	700–750	725	282.50	282.50
21	750–800	766	271.00	271.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium 1$ per cwt · actual wt
13	400–450	409	399.00	399.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
8	450–500	486	333.00	333.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
8	600–650	629	300.00	300.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
5	350–400	388	355.00–382.50	366.27
8	400–450	436	335.00–359.00	343.98
13	450–500	484	320.00–330.00	325.06
6	650–700	652	240.00	240.00
21	900–950	942	142.50	142.50

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.