Sale reports / Missouri / Ozarks Regional Stockyards / 2025-06-03

Ozarks Regional Stockyards

Feeder Cattle · West Plains, Missouri · Tue, Jun 3
● Final78 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 1249
Receipts
2,772 head
▲ 1,757 vs last sale 1,015▼ 177 vs year ago 2,949 · −6.0%
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Reporter comment USDA

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Compared to last week, feeder steer sold 8.00-16.00 higher while feeder heifers were not well tested. Steer calves under 700 lbs. sold steady to 5.00 higher. Heifer calves under 700 lbs. sold 6.00-12.00 higher. Demand was good on a moderate supply. The largest draft of the day was 80 head of 629 lb. heifers which brought 316.00/cwt. A stick-out sale was two loads of steers averaging 895 lbs. which sold for 295.50-295.75/cwt.

Weight classPick one — the panels below update

Steers · summary 500–600 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot
500–600 lb steers averaged $364.00/cwt on 366 head. That ranks 2 of 35 comparable sales and sits −81.71 against this barn's trailing median of $445.72.
Average price
$364.00
366 head · 549 lb average
Value per head Derived
$1,998
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
$189
per head · Medium and Large 1 over Medium 2
$65.01/cwt at this weight
vs the market
−14.60
vs MO average
−14.58 vs national

Price by quality 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 1544385.012,093139
Medium and Large 1-2552354.121,956183
Medium and Large 2535346.001,85120
Medium 1-2554338.181,87214thin
Large 1-2561330.001,8515thin
Medium 2595320.001,9045thin
One grade step is worth $65.01/cwt here — about $189 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 sale366 hd
364.00
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MO average13 barns · 4,354 hd
378.60
−14.60
National average158 barns · 13,435 hd
378.58
−14.58
This barn, trailing median35 sales
445.72
−81.71
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
522459397334median 445.7203/0304/2806/3009/0110/27
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

78 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.
ClassWeightGrade / descriptionAvg wtPriceRangePer headHead
Feeder Cattle · Steers39 lots · lightest first
Steers250–300Medium and Large 1295521.80/cwt510.00–540.001,5395
Steers300–350Medium and Large 1316461.89/cwt455.00–475.001,4606
Steers300–350Medium and Large 1-2335446.69/cwt440.00–450.001,4966
Steers350–400Medium and Large 1381468.32/cwt450.00–485.001,78415
Steers350–400Medium 2396335.00/cwt335.00–335.001,3278
Steers400–450Large 1-2400405.00/cwt405.00–405.001,6207
Steers400–450Medium and Large 1416440.08/cwt430.00–455.001,83120
Steers400–450Medium and Large 1-2423409.65/cwt396.00–425.001,73327
Steers450–500Medium 1450407.50/cwt407.50–407.501,8346
Steers450–500Medium and Large 1465440.05/cwt410.00–447.502,04663
Steers450–500Medium and Large 2468359.84/cwt345.00–365.001,68412
Steers450–500Medium and Large 1-2471393.67/cwt375.00–405.001,85457
Steers450–500Medium 1-2484340.00/cwt340.00–340.001,64614
Steers500–550Medium and Large 1526391.29/cwt382.50–415.002,05879
Steers500–550Medium and Large 1-2527367.53/cwt355.00–380.001,93797
Steers500–550Medium 1-2Unweaned530331.62/cwt330.00–337.501,7589
Steers500–550Medium and Large 2535346.00/cwt345.00–347.001,85120
Steers550–600Large 1-2561330.00/cwt330.00–330.001,8515
Steers550–600Medium and Large 1567376.74/cwt365.00–387.502,13660
Steers550–600Medium and Large 1-2581339.00/cwt335.00–362.501,97086
Steers550–600Medium 2595320.00/cwt320.00–320.001,9045
Steers550–600Medium 1-2596350.00/cwt350.00–350.002,0865
Steers600–650Medium and Large 1622357.88/cwt350.00–378.002,22675
Steers600–650Medium and Large 1-2622336.24/cwt322.50–345.002,091101
Steers600–650Medium and Large 1Unweaned623346.00/cwt346.00–346.002,1569
Steers600–650Medium and Large 2634312.50/cwt312.50–312.501,98113
Steers650–700Medium and Large 1-2673324.51/cwt312.50–326.002,18443
Steers650–700Medium and Large 1679346.55/cwt344.00–355.002,35326
Steers650–700Large 1-2698305.00/cwt305.00–305.002,1295
Steers700–750Medium and Large 1-2725311.97/cwt300.00–323.002,26260
Steers700–750Medium and Large 1734330.00/cwt330.00–330.002,4225
Steers750–800Large 1-2752293.00/cwt293.00–293.002,20311
Steers750–800Medium and Large 1779315.50/cwt315.50–315.502,45843
Steers800–850Medium and Large 1824300.76/cwt300.00–304.002,47826
Steers800–850Medium and Large 1-2826270.00/cwt270.00–270.002,2305
Steers850–900Medium and Large 1-2880280.89/cwt280.00–283.002,47220
Steers850–900Medium and Large 1890291.95/cwt284.00–295.752,598184
Steers900–950Medium and Large 1903281.00/cwt281.00–281.002,53725
Steers900–950Medium and Large 1-2941270.00/cwt270.00–270.002,5415
Feeder Cattle · Heifers29 lots · lightest first
Heifers250–300Medium and Large 1269450.00/cwt450.00–450.001,2115
Heifers300–350Medium and Large 1330440.41/cwt430.00–460.001,45314
Heifers300–350Medium and Large 1-2331415.03/cwt400.00–425.001,3747
Heifers350–400Medium and Large 1369410.36/cwt405.00–412.501,5147
Heifers350–400Medium and Large 1-2376375.00/cwt375.00–375.001,4105
Heifers350–400Medium and Large 2392360.00/cwt360.00–360.001,4116
Heifers400–450Medium and Large 1-2418373.73/cwt370.00–380.001,56216
Heifers400–450Medium and Large 1422406.52/cwt385.00–422.501,71675
Heifers400–450Medium and Large 2448340.01/cwt330.00–345.001,5239
Heifers450–500Medium and Large 1467374.48/cwt368.00–387.501,74954
Heifers450–500Medium and Large 2477322.21/cwt310.00–330.001,53723
Heifers450–500Medium and Large 1-2478345.39/cwt337.50–355.001,65154
Heifers500–550Medium 2511322.50/cwt322.50–322.501,6487
Heifers500–550Medium and Large 2511307.50/cwt307.50–307.501,5716
Heifers500–550Medium and Large 1Unweaned512327.50/cwt327.50–327.501,67713
Heifers500–550Medium and Large 1-2517328.82/cwt315.00–337.501,70078
Heifers500–550Medium and Large 1523347.56/cwt340.00–360.001,818114
Heifers550–600Medium and Large 1564336.66/cwt330.00–352.501,89984
Heifers550–600Medium 1-2565310.00/cwt310.00–310.001,7525
Heifers550–600Medium and Large 1-2577312.79/cwt300.00–318.001,80522
Heifers600–650Medium and Large 1622316.73/cwt310.00–331.001,970159
Heifers600–650Medium and Large 1Unweaned625300.00/cwt300.00–300.001,8757
Heifers600–650Medium and Large 1-2634300.82/cwt282.50–307.501,90752
Heifers650–700Medium and Large 1655306.00/cwt306.00–306.002,00427
Heifers650–700Medium and Large 1-2666287.22/cwt275.00–300.001,91321
Heifers700–750Large 1-2702285.00/cwt285.00–285.002,0015
Heifers700–750Medium and Large 1-2714285.97/cwt277.50–292.502,04215
Heifers700–750Medium and Large 1722295.59/cwt295.00–297.502,13421
Heifers850–900Medium and Large 1862262.00/cwt262.00–262.002,25830
Feeder Cattle · Bulls10 lots · lightest first
Bulls450–500Medium and Large 1-2459343.53/cwt332.50–355.001,5776
Bulls450–500Medium and Large 1485360.00/cwt360.00–360.001,7465
Bulls500–550Medium and Large 1-2524327.50/cwt327.50–327.501,7166
Bulls550–600Medium and Large 1588328.16/cwt327.50–330.001,93015
Bulls550–600Medium and Large 1-2588320.00/cwt320.00–320.001,88211
Bulls600–650Medium and Large 1-2627294.13/cwt282.50–300.001,84410
Bulls600–650Medium and Large 1637322.50/cwt322.50–322.502,0547
Bulls650–700Medium and Large 1-2657276.00/cwt270.00–280.001,8135
Bulls650–700Medium and Large 1685302.50/cwt302.50–302.502,07212
Bulls700–750Medium and Large 1-2735275.30/cwt272.50–282.502,0237

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.