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Ozarks Regional Stockyards

Name: Ozarks Regional Stockyards livestock auction prices — 2025-08-12
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2025-08-12

Feeder Cattle · West Plains, Missouri · Tue, Aug 12

● Final69 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 1249

← Aug 5Aug 12Aug 19 →

Receipts

2,081 head

▼ 933 vs last sale 3,014▼ 956 vs year ago 3,037 · −31.5%

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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

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Compared to the previous week, feeder steers and heifers traded 6.00 to 12.00 higher, while steer calves saw gains of 15.00 to 20.00 and heifer calves increased by 5.00 to 10.00. Demand was good on a moderate supply. Calf condition continues to be a key factor in pricing, with short or unweaned calves that are fleshy and carry excess hair receiving significant discounts. The largest lot of the day consisted of 223 head of 953-pound steers, which sold at 317.50/cwt. Another notable group included 59 head of 573-pound steers, bringing 442.00/cwt. Much of the area south and east of the Ozarks Regional Stockyard is experiencing abnormal dryness and is likely to be classified as moderate drought unless scattered thunderstorms provide relief. On Tuesday, cattle and soybean futures closed higher, while corn futures continued to decline.

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 $411.91/cwt on 216 head. That ranks 12 of 35 comparable sales and sits −33.81 against this barn's trailing median of $445.72.

Average price

$411.91

216 head · 550 lb average

Value per head Derived

$2,266

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$497

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

$67.12/cwt at this weight

vs the market

−7.49

vs MO average

+24.42 vs national

Price by quality 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1	558	428.06	2,389	128
Medium 1-2	550	409.23	2,249	13thin
Medium and Large 1-2	540	390.18	2,108	54
Large 1-2	530	382.00	2,025	10thin
Medium and Large 2	524	360.94	1,891	11thin

One grade step is worth $67.12/cwt here — about $497 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 sale216 hd

411.91

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MO average15 barns · 1,742 hd

419.40

−7.49

National average151 barns · 7,160 hd

387.49

+24.42

This barn, trailing median35 sales

445.72

−33.81

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

69 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 · Steers35 lots · lightest first
Steers	300–350	Medium and Large 1	303	509.14/cwt	500.00–522.50	1,543	5
Steers	350–400	Medium and Large 2	355	420.00/cwt	420.00–420.00	1,491	5
Steers	400–450	Medium and Large 1	409	488.02/cwt	460.00–500.00	1,996	10
Steers	400–450	Medium and Large 1-2	420	442.73/cwt	415.00–450.00	1,859	37
Steers	400–450	Small and Medium 2	442	382.50/cwt	382.50–382.50	1,691	13
Steers	450–500	Medium and Large 1-2	476	418.71/cwt	412.50–425.00	1,993	15
Steers	450–500	Medium and Large 2	477	401.68/cwt	400.00–402.50	1,916	15
Steers	450–500	Medium and Large 1	482	476.61/cwt	442.50–485.00	2,297	29
Steers	500–550	Medium and Large 1-2	522	400.64/cwt	387.50–412.50	2,091	31
Steers	500–550	Medium and Large 1	524	424.81/cwt	416.00–440.00	2,226	39
Steers	500–550	Medium and Large 2	524	360.94/cwt	350.00–375.00	1,891	11
Steers	500–550	Large 1-2	530	382.00/cwt	382.00–382.00	2,025	10
Steers	500–550	Medium 1-2	533	422.50/cwt	422.50–422.50	2,252	8
Steers	550–600	Medium and Large 1-2	565	376.07/cwt	372.50–380.00	2,125	23
Steers	550–600	Medium and Large 1	571	437.32/cwt	415.00–442.00	2,497	75
Steers	550–600	Medium 1-2	576	388.00/cwt	388.00–388.00	2,235	5
Steers	550–600	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	583	387.54/cwt	385.00–397.50	2,259	14
Steers	600–650	Large 2	602	342.50/cwt	342.50–342.50	2,062	5
Steers	600–650	Large 1-2	610	381.72/cwt	370.00–390.00	2,328	25
Steers	600–650	Medium and Large 1	616	409.24/cwt	400.00–425.00	2,521	54
Steers	600–650	Medium and Large 1-2	628	376.29/cwt	367.50–385.00	2,363	9
Steers	650–700	Large 1-2	654	360.00/cwt	360.00–360.00	2,354	5
Steers	650–700	Medium and Large 1-2	669	359.64/cwt	350.00–365.00	2,406	13
Steers	650–700	Medium and Large 1	682	379.80/cwt	370.00–387.50	2,590	42
Steers	650–700	Medium and Large 1-2Unweaned	698	342.50/cwt	342.50–342.50	2,391	14
Steers	700–750	Medium and Large 1	735	364.06/cwt	357.50–370.00	2,676	90
Steers	700–750	Medium and Large 1-2	739	341.02/cwt	339.00–345.00	2,520	12
Steers	750–800	Medium and Large 1	765	357.86/cwt	355.00–360.00	2,738	21
Steers	750–800	Medium and Large 1-2	778	328.74/cwt	327.50–330.00	2,558	8
Steers	800–850	Medium and Large 1	808	335.00/cwt	335.00–335.00	2,707	5
Steers	800–850	Medium and Large 1-2	834	324.24/cwt	305.00–327.50	2,704	29
Steers	850–900	Medium and Large 1	852	337.50/cwt	337.50–337.50	2,876	62
Steers	850–900	Medium and Large 1-2	880	315.82/cwt	315.50–320.00	2,779	69
Steers	900–950	Medium and Large 1-2	924	310.00/cwt	310.00–310.00	2,864	24
Steers	950–1000	Medium and Large 1	953	317.50/cwt	317.50–317.50	3,026	223
Feeder Cattle · Heifers24 lots · lightest first
Heifers	300–350	Medium 2	316	410.00/cwt	410.00–410.00	1,296	5
Heifers	350–400	Medium and Large 1-2	376	415.21/cwt	402.50–420.00	1,561	15
Heifers	400–450	Medium 1-2	424	395.00/cwt	395.00–395.00	1,675	9
Heifers	400–450	Medium and Large 1	430	425.07/cwt	420.00–430.00	1,828	39
Heifers	450–500	Medium and Large 1-2	476	388.74/cwt	372.50–395.00	1,850	35
Heifers	450–500	Medium and Large 2	482	354.60/cwt	332.50–362.50	1,709	11
Heifers	450–500	Medium and Large 1	487	404.83/cwt	400.00–417.50	1,972	44
Heifers	500–550	Large 1-2	503	347.50/cwt	347.50–347.50	1,748	5
Heifers	500–550	Medium and Large 1	520	389.17/cwt	372.50–397.50	2,024	68
Heifers	500–550	Medium and Large 1-2	529	360.30/cwt	350.00–377.50	1,906	24
Heifers	500–550	Medium 1-2	538	357.50/cwt	357.50–357.50	1,923	9
Heifers	500–550	Medium and Large 2	541	339.26/cwt	337.50–340.00	1,835	10
Heifers	550–600	Medium and Large 1	565	371.93/cwt	355.00–388.00	2,101	82
Heifers	550–600	Large 1	568	362.50/cwt	362.50–362.50	2,059	10
Heifers	550–600	Medium and Large 1-2	581	350.00/cwt	350.00–350.00	2,034	35
Heifers	600–650	Medium and Large 1-2	614	340.09/cwt	330.00–348.00	2,088	13
Heifers	600–650	Medium and Large 1	638	357.97/cwt	346.00–366.00	2,284	39
Heifers	600–650	Large 1	649	343.00/cwt	343.00–343.00	2,226	9
Heifers	650–700	Medium and Large 1-2	663	318.66/cwt	315.00–329.00	2,113	15
Heifers	650–700	Medium and Large 1	674	341.56/cwt	338.00–345.00	2,302	29
Heifers	650–700	Medium 1-2	681	331.00/cwt	331.00–331.00	2,254	9
Heifers	700–750	Medium and Large 1	723	343.24/cwt	339.00–347.50	2,482	42
Heifers	750–800	Medium and Large 1-2	784	298.83/cwt	285.00–302.00	2,343	15
Heifers	800–850	Medium and Large 1	821	309.39/cwt	308.00–319.00	2,540	56
Feeder Cattle · Bulls10 lots · lightest first
Bulls	400–450	Medium and Large 1-2	443	412.50/cwt	412.50–412.50	1,827	6
Bulls	450–500	Medium and Large 1-2	482	366.64/cwt	362.50–372.50	1,767	12
Bulls	500–550	Medium and Large 1-2	536	356.48/cwt	345.00–365.00	1,911	16
Bulls	500–550	Medium and Large 1	542	383.80/cwt	375.00–395.00	2,080	9
Bulls	550–600	Medium and Large 1	590	360.92/cwt	349.00–375.00	2,129	18
Bulls	550–600	Medium and Large 1-2	592	347.50/cwt	347.50–347.50	2,057	5
Bulls	600–650	Medium and Large 1-2	623	327.76/cwt	320.00–342.50	2,042	22
Bulls	650–700	Large 1-2	664	313.00/cwt	313.00–313.00	2,078	5
Bulls	650–700	Medium and Large 1-2	682	326.37/cwt	317.50–338.00	2,226	15
Bulls	700–750	Medium and Large 1-2	718	313.00/cwt	313.00–313.00	2,247	11

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 Aug 12, 2025

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

Receipts 2,081Last week 3,014Year ago 3,037

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Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
15	350–400	376	402.50–420.00	415.21
35	450–500	476	372.50–395.00	388.74
24	500–550	529	350.00–377.50	360.30
35	550–600	581	350.00	350.00
13	600–650	614	330.00–348.00	340.09
15	650–700	663	315.00–329.00	318.66
15	750–800	784	285.00–302.00	298.83

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
39	400–450	430	420.00–430.00	425.07
44	450–500	487	400.00–417.50	404.83
68	500–550	520	372.50–397.50	389.17
82	550–600	565	355.00–388.00	371.93
39	600–650	638	346.00–366.00	357.97
29	650–700	674	338.00–345.00	341.56
42	700–750	723	339.00–347.50	343.24
56	800–850	821	308.00–319.00	309.39

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
5	500–550	503	347.50	347.50

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
10	550–600	568	362.50	362.50
9	600–650	649	343.00	343.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
9	400–450	424	395.00	395.00
9	500–550	538	357.50	357.50
9	650–700	681	331.00	331.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium 2$ per cwt · actual wt
5	300–350	316	410.00	410.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
11	450–500	482	332.50–362.50	354.60
10	500–550	541	337.50–340.00	339.26

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
6	400–450	443	412.50	412.50
12	450–500	482	362.50–372.50	366.64
16	500–550	536	345.00–365.00	356.48
5	550–600	592	347.50	347.50
22	600–650	623	320.00–342.50	327.76
15	650–700	682	317.50–338.00	326.37
11	700–750	718	313.00	313.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
9	500–550	542	375.00–395.00	383.80
18	550–600	590	349.00–375.00	360.92

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls — Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
5	650–700	664	313.00	313.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
5	300–350	303	500.00–522.50	509.14
10	400–450	409	460.00–500.00	488.02
29	450–500	482	442.50–485.00	476.61
39	500–550	524	416.00–440.00	424.81
75	550–600	571	415.00–442.00	437.32
54	600–650	616	400.00–425.00	409.24
42	650–700	682	370.00–387.50	379.80
90	700–750	735	357.50–370.00	364.06
21	750–800	765	355.00–360.00	357.86
5	800–850	808	335.00	335.00
62	850–900	852	337.50	337.50
223	950–1000	953	317.50	317.50

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
37	400–450	420	415.00–450.00	442.73
15	450–500	476	412.50–425.00	418.71
31	500–550	522	387.50–412.50	400.64
23	550–600	565	372.50–380.00	376.07
9	600–650	628	367.50–385.00	376.29
13	650–700	669	350.00–365.00	359.64
12	700–750	739	339.00–345.00	341.02
8	750–800	778	327.50–330.00	328.74
29	800–850	834	305.00–327.50	324.24
69	850–900	880	315.50–320.00	315.82
24	900–950	924	310.00	310.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1 · Unweaned$ per cwt · actual wt
14	550–600	583	385.00–397.50	387.54

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Small and Medium 2$ per cwt · actual wt
13	400–450	442	382.50	382.50

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
10	500–550	530	382.00	382.00
25	600–650	610	370.00–390.00	381.72
5	650–700	654	360.00	360.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
8	500–550	533	422.50	422.50
5	550–600	576	388.00	388.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
5	600–650	602	342.50	342.50

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
5	350–400	355	420.00	420.00
15	450–500	477	400.00–402.50	401.68
11	500–550	524	350.00–375.00	360.94

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Unweaned$ per cwt · actual wt
14	650–700	698	342.50	342.50

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.