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Ozarks Regional Stockyards

Name: Ozarks Regional Stockyards livestock auction prices — 2025-05-20
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2025-05-20

Feeder Cattle · West Plains, Missouri · Tue, May 20

● Final89 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 1249

← May 13May 20May 27 →

Receipts

5,102 head

▲ 2,896 vs last sale 2,206▼ 55 vs year ago 5,157 · −1.1%

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

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Reporter comment USDA

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Compared to last week, feeder steers were steady to 6.00 higher and heifers were steady to 3.00 lower. Steer and heifer calves under 700 lbs. were uneven from 6.00 lower to 6.00 higher. Demand was good and improved throughout the day. The supply was heavy as those waiting for the market to peak took last week's "key reversal" as a sign to bring calves to town. The quality of the offering was above average with several large packages of unweaned and short-weaned calves coming across the scale. The largest draft of the day was 198 black-hided steers weighing 607 lbs. that brought 376.00/cwt. The largest heifer draft was 81 head weighing 664 lbs. that sold for 304.00/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 $371.15/cwt on 947 head. That ranks 4 of 35 comparable sales and sits −74.56 against this barn's trailing median of $445.72.

Average price

$371.15

947 head · 551 lb average

Value per head Derived

$2,046

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$408

per head · Medium 1 over Medium and Large 2

$75.33/cwt at this weight

vs the market

−11.71

vs MO average

−6.90 vs national

Price by quality 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium 1	538	391.00	2,104	11thin
Medium and Large 1	551	381.50	2,102	545
Medium 1-2	529	363.26	1,923	21
Large 1-2	579	362.00	2,096	5thin
Medium and Large 1-2	554	358.97	1,990	325
Medium 2	542	334.12	1,811	29
Medium and Large 2	537	315.67	1,695	11thin

One grade step is worth $75.33/cwt here — about $408 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 sale947 hd

371.15

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MO average15 barns · 4,799 hd

382.86

−11.71

National average157 barns · 12,981 hd

378.05

−6.90

This barn, trailing median35 sales

445.72

−74.56

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

89 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 · Steers44 lots · lightest first
Steers	300–350	Medium and Large 1	311	509.18/cwt	495.00–517.50	1,584	14
Steers	300–350	Medium and Large 1-2	311	475.00/cwt	475.00–475.00	1,477	5
Steers	350–400	Medium and Large 1	378	469.18/cwt	460.00–500.00	1,774	44
Steers	350–400	Medium and Large 1-2	384	436.07/cwt	420.00–445.00	1,675	24
Steers	350–400	Medium 1-2	388	430.00/cwt	430.00–430.00	1,668	5
Steers	400–450	Medium and Large 1-2	426	420.45/cwt	400.00–435.00	1,791	69
Steers	400–450	Medium and Large 1	429	445.18/cwt	437.50–457.00	1,910	65
Steers	400–450	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	437	426.60/cwt	422.50–435.00	1,864	40
Steers	450–500	Medium and Large 1	461	428.85/cwt	420.00–440.00	1,977	115
Steers	450–500	Medium 1-2	465	394.16/cwt	380.00–405.00	1,833	16
Steers	450–500	Medium and Large 1-2	471	397.64/cwt	380.00–415.00	1,873	102
Steers	450–500	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	486	408.19/cwt	407.50–409.00	1,984	62
Steers	450–500	Medium and Large 2	486	373.17/cwt	370.00–378.00	1,814	15
Steers	500–550	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	516	378.05/cwt	375.00–382.50	1,951	92
Steers	500–550	Medium 1-2	517	366.62/cwt	366.00–367.00	1,895	16
Steers	500–550	Medium and Large 1	524	392.40/cwt	387.00–399.00	2,056	193
Steers	500–550	Medium and Large 1-2	524	367.59/cwt	350.00–382.50	1,926	134
Steers	500–550	Medium and Large 2	537	315.67/cwt	310.00–322.50	1,695	11
Steers	500–550	Medium 1	538	391.00/cwt	391.00–391.00	2,104	11
Steers	500–550	Medium 2	542	334.12/cwt	320.00–337.50	1,811	29
Steers	550–600	Medium 1-2	569	352.50/cwt	352.50–352.50	2,006	5
Steers	550–600	Medium and Large 1-2	574	354.73/cwt	340.00–372.00	2,036	177
Steers	550–600	Medium and Large 1	579	380.46/cwt	375.00–394.00	2,203	152
Steers	550–600	Large 1-2	579	362.00/cwt	362.00–362.00	2,096	5
Steers	550–600	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	589	366.42/cwt	350.00–371.00	2,158	108
Steers	550–600	Medium and Large 1-2Unweaned	598	330.00/cwt	330.00–330.00	1,973	14
Steers	600–650	Medium and Large 1	607	372.28/cwt	350.00–377.50	2,260	333
Steers	600–650	Medium 1-2	632	310.00/cwt	310.00–310.00	1,959	6
Steers	600–650	Medium and Large 1-2	633	332.73/cwt	324.00–345.00	2,106	79
Steers	600–650	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	639	346.98/cwt	342.00–347.50	2,217	66
Steers	650–700	Medium and Large 1	659	339.50/cwt	335.00–346.00	2,237	77
Steers	650–700	Medium and Large 2	661	287.50/cwt	287.50–287.50	1,900	9
Steers	650–700	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	663	318.01/cwt	305.00–331.00	2,108	18
Steers	650–700	Medium and Large 1-2	668	323.82/cwt	302.00–337.50	2,163	86
Steers	700–750	Medium and Large 1	710	333.14/cwt	320.00–335.00	2,365	40
Steers	700–750	Medium and Large 1-2	725	277.88/cwt	272.00–290.00	2,015	12
Steers	750–800	Medium and Large 1-2	753	290.86/cwt	290.00–291.00	2,190	36
Steers	750–800	Medium and Large 1	760	305.87/cwt	302.00–317.50	2,325	38
Steers	750–800	Large 1-2	788	287.00/cwt	287.00–287.00	2,262	27
Steers	800–850	Medium and Large 1	822	297.20/cwt	295.00–300.00	2,443	41
Steers	850–900	Medium and Large 1-2	871	278.00/cwt	278.00–278.00	2,421	32
Steers	900–950	Medium and Large 1	922	280.00/cwt	280.00–280.00	2,582	16
Steers	900–950	Medium and Large 2	924	220.00/cwt	220.00–220.00	2,033	5
Steers	950–1000	Medium and Large 1	958	266.00/cwt	266.00–266.00	2,548	20
Feeder Cattle · Heifers38 lots · lightest first
Heifers	300–350	Medium and Large 1	331	433.00/cwt	433.00–433.00	1,433	5
Heifers	300–350	Medium and Large 1-2	332	418.11/cwt	390.00–425.00	1,388	25
Heifers	350–400	Medium and Large 1-2	368	396.89/cwt	375.00–405.00	1,461	40
Heifers	350–400	Medium and Large 1	376	422.75/cwt	410.00–430.00	1,590	53
Heifers	400–450	Medium and Large 1	421	406.13/cwt	385.00–415.00	1,710	138
Heifers	400–450	Medium and Large 1-2	422	365.00/cwt	355.00–382.50	1,540	39
Heifers	400–450	Medium 1	434	400.00/cwt	400.00–400.00	1,736	10
Heifers	450–500	Medium and Large 1	463	367.70/cwt	362.00–380.00	1,702	158
Heifers	450–500	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	473	356.44/cwt	345.00–360.00	1,686	48
Heifers	450–500	Medium and Large 2	480	321.17/cwt	317.50–325.00	1,542	6
Heifers	450–500	Medium and Large 1-2	481	343.80/cwt	327.00–357.50	1,654	185
Heifers	450–500	Medium 2	494	322.50/cwt	322.50–322.50	1,593	27
Heifers	500–550	Medium and Large 1	524	356.57/cwt	337.50–370.00	1,868	230
Heifers	500–550	Medium 2	527	317.50/cwt	317.50–317.50	1,673	6
Heifers	500–550	Medium and Large 1-2	528	323.83/cwt	300.00–335.00	1,710	195
Heifers	500–550	Medium and Large 2	529	317.50/cwt	317.50–317.50	1,680	5
Heifers	500–550	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	531	322.11/cwt	315.00–325.00	1,710	42
Heifers	500–550	Large 1-2	539	325.00/cwt	325.00–325.00	1,752	8
Heifers	550–600	Medium 1	564	323.57/cwt	315.00–330.00	1,825	12
Heifers	550–600	Medium and Large 1	571	322.72/cwt	316.00–330.00	1,843	177
Heifers	550–600	Medium and Large 1-2	578	307.23/cwt	285.00–315.00	1,776	54
Heifers	550–600	Medium and Large 2	579	263.43/cwt	262.50–265.00	1,525	8
Heifers	550–600	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	592	302.50/cwt	302.50–302.50	1,791	7
Heifers	600–650	Medium 1	600	313.00/cwt	313.00–313.00	1,878	24
Heifers	600–650	Large 1-2	609	290.00/cwt	290.00–290.00	1,766	7
Heifers	600–650	Medium and Large 1	615	317.83/cwt	310.00–328.00	1,955	124
Heifers	600–650	Medium and Large 1-2	627	297.94/cwt	275.00–307.50	1,868	30
Heifers	600–650	Medium and Large 2	634	277.50/cwt	277.50–277.50	1,759	13
Heifers	650–700	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	651	291.05/cwt	287.50–302.50	1,895	17
Heifers	650–700	Medium and Large 1	672	303.69/cwt	300.00–305.00	2,041	126
Heifers	650–700	Medium and Large 1-2	678	284.38/cwt	270.00–290.00	1,928	91
Heifers	700–750	Medium and Large 1-2	735	277.75/cwt	277.00–279.00	2,041	53
Heifers	750–800	Medium and Large 2	755	237.46/cwt	236.00–240.00	1,793	11
Heifers	750–800	Medium and Large 1	762	279.00/cwt	279.00–279.00	2,126	18
Heifers	750–800	Medium and Large 1-2	781	272.75/cwt	265.00–277.50	2,130	39
Heifers	800–850	Medium and Large 1	818	270.15/cwt	269.00–271.00	2,210	31
Heifers	850–900	Medium and Large 1-2	867	229.04/cwt	220.00–245.00	1,986	19
Heifers	950–1000	Medium and Large 1-2	983	206.00/cwt	206.00–206.00	2,025	5
Feeder Cattle · Bulls7 lots · lightest first
Bulls	450–500	Medium and Large 1-2	482	367.00/cwt	367.00–367.00	1,769	5
Bulls	500–550	Medium and Large 1	511	365.00/cwt	365.00–365.00	1,865	5
Bulls	500–550	Medium and Large 1-2	534	326.12/cwt	320.00–337.50	1,741	11
Bulls	550–600	Medium and Large 1	574	328.74/cwt	327.50–330.00	1,887	8
Bulls	550–600	Medium and Large 1-2	577	315.00/cwt	315.00–315.00	1,818	5
Bulls	600–650	Medium and Large 1-2	606	302.50/cwt	302.50–302.50	1,833	9
Bulls	650–700	Medium and Large 1	656	313.98/cwt	310.00–320.00	2,060	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 May 20, 2025

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Receipts 5,102Last week 2,206Year ago 5,157

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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
5	450–500	482	367.00	367.00
11	500–550	534	320.00–337.50	326.12
5	550–600	577	315.00	315.00
9	600–650	606	302.50	302.50

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
5	500–550	511	365.00	365.00
8	550–600	574	327.50–330.00	328.74
5	650–700	656	310.00–320.00	313.98

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
25	300–350	332	390.00–425.00	418.11
40	350–400	368	375.00–405.00	396.89
39	400–450	422	355.00–382.50	365.00
185	450–500	481	327.00–357.50	343.80
195	500–550	528	300.00–335.00	323.83
54	550–600	578	285.00–315.00	307.23
30	600–650	627	275.00–307.50	297.94
91	650–700	678	270.00–290.00	284.38
53	700–750	735	277.00–279.00	277.75
39	750–800	781	265.00–277.50	272.75
19	850–900	867	220.00–245.00	229.04
5	950–1000	983	206.00	206.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Unweaned$ per cwt · actual wt
48	450–500	473	345.00–360.00	356.44
42	500–550	531	315.00–325.00	322.11
7	550–600	592	302.50	302.50
17	650–700	651	287.50–302.50	291.05

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
5	300–350	331	433.00	433.00
53	350–400	376	410.00–430.00	422.75
138	400–450	421	385.00–415.00	406.13
158	450–500	463	362.00–380.00	367.70
230	500–550	524	337.50–370.00	356.57
177	550–600	571	316.00–330.00	322.72
124	600–650	615	310.00–328.00	317.83
126	650–700	672	300.00–305.00	303.69
18	750–800	762	279.00	279.00
31	800–850	818	269.00–271.00	270.15

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium 1$ per cwt · actual wt
10	400–450	434	400.00	400.00
12	550–600	564	315.00–330.00	323.57
24	600–650	600	313.00	313.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
8	500–550	539	325.00	325.00
7	600–650	609	290.00	290.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium 2$ per cwt · actual wt
27	450–500	494	322.50	322.50
6	500–550	527	317.50	317.50

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
6	450–500	480	317.50–325.00	321.17
5	500–550	529	317.50	317.50
8	550–600	579	262.50–265.00	263.43
13	600–650	634	277.50	277.50
11	750–800	755	236.00–240.00	237.46

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
14	300–350	311	495.00–517.50	509.18
44	350–400	378	460.00–500.00	469.18
65	400–450	429	437.50–457.00	445.18
115	450–500	461	420.00–440.00	428.85
193	500–550	524	387.00–399.00	392.40
152	550–600	579	375.00–394.00	380.46
333	600–650	607	350.00–377.50	372.28
77	650–700	659	335.00–346.00	339.50
40	700–750	710	320.00–335.00	333.14
38	750–800	760	302.00–317.50	305.87
41	800–850	822	295.00–300.00	297.20
16	900–950	922	280.00	280.00
20	950–1000	958	266.00	266.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Unweaned$ per cwt · actual wt
14	550–600	598	330.00	330.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1 · Unweaned$ per cwt · actual wt
40	400–450	437	422.50–435.00	426.60
62	450–500	486	407.50–409.00	408.19
92	500–550	516	375.00–382.50	378.05
108	550–600	589	350.00–371.00	366.42
66	600–650	639	342.00–347.50	346.98
18	650–700	663	305.00–331.00	318.01

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
5	550–600	579	362.00	362.00
27	750–800	788	287.00	287.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
5	350–400	388	430.00	430.00
16	450–500	465	380.00–405.00	394.16
16	500–550	517	366.00–367.00	366.62
5	550–600	569	352.50	352.50
6	600–650	632	310.00	310.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium 1$ per cwt · actual wt
11	500–550	538	391.00	391.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium 2$ per cwt · actual wt
29	500–550	542	320.00–337.50	334.12

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
15	450–500	486	370.00–378.00	373.17
11	500–550	537	310.00–322.50	315.67
9	650–700	661	287.50	287.50
5	900–950	924	220.00	220.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
5	300–350	311	475.00	475.00
24	350–400	384	420.00–445.00	436.07
69	400–450	426	400.00–435.00	420.45
102	450–500	471	380.00–415.00	397.64
134	500–550	524	350.00–382.50	367.59
177	550–600	574	340.00–372.00	354.73
79	600–650	633	324.00–345.00	332.73
86	650–700	668	302.00–337.50	323.82
12	700–750	725	272.00–290.00	277.88
36	750–800	753	290.00–291.00	290.86
32	850–900	871	278.00	278.00

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.