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Ozarks Regional Stockyards

Name: Ozarks Regional Stockyards livestock auction prices — 2025-08-26
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2025-08-26

Feeder Cattle · West Plains, Missouri · Tue, Aug 26

● Final79 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 1249

← Aug 19Aug 26Sep 2 →

Receipts

2,828 head

▲ 1,592 vs last sale 1,236▲ 1,247 vs year ago 1,581 · +78.9%

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 the last week, feeder steers and heifers sold 6.00-8.00 higher. Steer and heifer calves sold 10.00-15.00 higher with spots 20.00 higher. Demand was very good on a moderate supply. Cooler weather and lower humidity helped receipts to return to more normal levels. Cash prices for feeders and calves continue to climb with positive gains on the future boards and higher slaughter cattle prices. The USDA's Cattle on Feed report, released Friday, had Inventories down 2 percent, Placements down 6 percent and Marketings down 6 percent all of which helped to keep market bullish.

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 $434.12/cwt on 311 head. That ranks 17 of 36 comparable sales and sits −8.34 against this barn's trailing median of $442.46.

Average price

$434.12

311 head · 541 lb average

Value per head Derived

$2,348

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$160

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

$40.95/cwt at this weight

vs the market

−0.19

vs MO average

+24.82 vs national

Price by quality 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1	536	445.23	2,385	225
Large 1	592	412.50	2,442	8thin
Medium and Large 1-2	550	404.28	2,225	78

One grade step is worth $40.95/cwt here — about $160 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 sale311 hd

434.12

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MO average15 barns · 2,056 hd

434.31

−0.19

National average152 barns · 8,476 hd

409.30

+24.82

This barn, trailing median36 sales

442.46

−8.34

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

79 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 · Steers34 lots · lightest first
Steers	250–300	Medium and Large 1	273	588.76/cwt	565.00–605.00	1,607	8
Steers	300–350	Medium and Large 1	341	524.69/cwt	520.00–535.00	1,789	16
Steers	350–400	Medium and Large 1	358	495.00/cwt	495.00–495.00	1,772	10
Steers	350–400	Medium and Large 1-2	383	467.69/cwt	452.50–485.00	1,791	21
Steers	350–400	Large 2	392	465.00/cwt	465.00–465.00	1,823	8
Steers	400–450	Large 1-2	418	432.54/cwt	425.00–445.00	1,808	8
Steers	400–450	Medium and Large 2	422	410.00/cwt	410.00–410.00	1,730	8
Steers	400–450	Medium and Large 1	428	485.69/cwt	480.00–495.00	2,079	54
Steers	400–450	Medium and Large 1-2	429	458.70/cwt	450.00–467.50	1,968	47
Steers	400–450	Medium and Large 1-2Unweaned	449	415.00/cwt	415.00–415.00	1,863	7
Steers	450–500	Medium and Large 1	474	471.77/cwt	460.00–495.00	2,236	40
Steers	450–500	Medium and Large 1-2	479	438.93/cwt	425.00–452.50	2,102	37
Steers	500–550	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	510	421.11/cwt	420.00–425.00	2,148	14
Steers	500–550	Medium and Large 1	520	449.89/cwt	435.00–472.50	2,339	133
Steers	500–550	Medium and Large 1-2	525	413.09/cwt	397.50–430.00	2,169	45
Steers	550–600	Medium and Large 1	567	441.62/cwt	420.00–457.50	2,504	78
Steers	550–600	Medium and Large 1-2	585	392.27/cwt	375.00–407.50	2,295	33
Steers	550–600	Large 1	592	412.50/cwt	412.50–412.50	2,442	8
Steers	600–650	Medium and Large 2	619	348.17/cwt	340.00–356.00	2,155	6
Steers	600–650	Medium and Large 1	629	423.88/cwt	410.00–441.00	2,666	71
Steers	600–650	Medium and Large 1-2	629	387.22/cwt	370.00–400.00	2,436	102
Steers	650–700	Medium and Large 1	661	394.55/cwt	391.00–400.00	2,608	22
Steers	650–700	Medium and Large 2	665	356.00/cwt	356.00–356.00	2,367	7
Steers	650–700	Medium and Large 1-2	689	378.00/cwt	365.00–387.50	2,604	36
Steers	700–750	Medium and Large 1	723	373.26/cwt	367.50–377.50	2,699	28
Steers	700–750	Medium and Large 1-2	732	351.95/cwt	340.00–365.00	2,576	50
Steers	750–800	Medium and Large 1	760	364.00/cwt	364.00–364.00	2,766	7
Steers	750–800	Medium and Large 1-2	768	355.34/cwt	340.00–360.00	2,729	38
Steers	750–800	Medium and Large 1Full	773	356.00/cwt	356.00–356.00	2,752	7
Steers	800–850	Medium and Large 2	800	310.00/cwt	310.00–310.00	2,480	5
Steers	800–850	Medium and Large 1-2	824	331.27/cwt	330.00–335.00	2,730	8
Steers	800–850	Medium and Large 1	832	351.00/cwt	351.00–351.00	2,920	8
Steers	850–900	Medium and Large 1	859	346.00/cwt	346.00–346.00	2,972	63
Steers	850–900	Medium and Large 1-2	893	335.34/cwt	310.00–337.00	2,995	64
Feeder Cattle · Heifers31 lots · lightest first
Heifers	300–350	Medium and Large 1	324	505.00/cwt	505.00–505.00	1,636	7
Heifers	350–400	Medium and Large 2	364	400.39/cwt	380.00–405.00	1,457	11
Heifers	350–400	Medium and Large 1	368	448.28/cwt	445.00–455.00	1,650	6
Heifers	350–400	Medium and Large 1-2	382	434.32/cwt	430.00–440.00	1,659	7
Heifers	350–400	Large 1-2	394	420.00/cwt	420.00–420.00	1,655	5
Heifers	400–450	Large 1	416	436.39/cwt	435.00–440.00	1,815	7
Heifers	400–450	Medium and Large 1	424	440.32/cwt	430.00–450.00	1,867	74
Heifers	400–450	Medium and Large 1-2	433	410.70/cwt	390.00–425.00	1,778	46
Heifers	400–450	Medium and Large 2	434	369.28/cwt	360.00–385.00	1,603	10
Heifers	450–500	Medium and Large 1	474	414.06/cwt	400.00–430.00	1,963	104
Heifers	450–500	Medium and Large 1-2	483	389.25/cwt	382.50–397.50	1,880	16
Heifers	500–550	Medium 1	522	387.50/cwt	387.50–387.50	2,023	9
Heifers	500–550	Medium and Large 1-2	527	368.83/cwt	350.00–380.00	1,944	38
Heifers	500–550	Medium and Large 2	527	346.37/cwt	340.00–355.00	1,825	7
Heifers	500–550	Medium and Large 1	528	395.19/cwt	382.50–415.00	2,087	145
Heifers	550–600	Medium and Large 1-2	568	353.31/cwt	340.00–372.50	2,007	49
Heifers	550–600	Medium and Large 1	569	390.66/cwt	375.00–410.00	2,223	102
Heifers	550–600	Large 1	570	380.00/cwt	380.00–380.00	2,166	15
Heifers	600–650	Medium and Large 1-2	611	351.34/cwt	345.00–360.00	2,147	39
Heifers	600–650	Medium and Large 2	617	313.15/cwt	305.00–327.50	1,932	18
Heifers	600–650	Medium and Large 1	626	382.79/cwt	367.50–396.00	2,396	34
Heifers	650–700	Medium and Large 1	671	357.26/cwt	350.00–370.00	2,397	42
Heifers	650–700	Large 1-2	678	342.50/cwt	342.50–342.50	2,322	5
Heifers	650–700	Medium and Large 1-2	690	340.46/cwt	335.00–342.50	2,349	43
Heifers	700–750	Medium and Large 2	704	300.00/cwt	300.00–300.00	2,112	6
Heifers	700–750	Medium and Large 1	714	349.46/cwt	345.00–351.00	2,495	65
Heifers	750–800	Medium and Large 1-2	768	315.00/cwt	315.00–315.00	2,419	8
Heifers	750–800	Medium and Large 2-3	793	250.00/cwt	250.00–250.00	1,983	9
Heifers	800–850	Medium and Large 1	804	328.00/cwt	328.00–328.00	2,637	11
Heifers	800–850	Medium and Large 2	822	280.00/cwt	280.00–280.00	2,302	5
Heifers	800–850	Medium and Large 1-2	836	314.90/cwt	313.00–320.00	2,633	22
Feeder Cattle · Bulls14 lots · lightest first
Bulls	350–400	Medium and Large 1	366	463.95/cwt	450.00–475.00	1,698	13
Bulls	350–400	Medium and Large 2	371	355.00/cwt	355.00–355.00	1,317	8
Bulls	350–400	Medium and Large 1-2	395	430.00/cwt	430.00–430.00	1,699	6
Bulls	400–450	Medium and Large 1-2	444	394.00/cwt	394.00–394.00	1,749	5
Bulls	450–500	Medium and Large 1	482	413.58/cwt	410.00–415.00	1,993	14
Bulls	450–500	Medium and Large 1-2	485	378.73/cwt	375.00–380.00	1,837	8
Bulls	500–550	Medium and Large 1	521	384.79/cwt	380.00–390.00	2,005	16
Bulls	500–550	Medium and Large 1-2	532	354.99/cwt	340.00–370.00	1,889	27
Bulls	550–600	Medium and Large 1-2	585	354.96/cwt	335.00–365.00	2,077	26
Bulls	550–600	Medium and Large 1	588	372.50/cwt	372.50–372.50	2,190	15
Bulls	550–600	Medium and Large 2	590	320.00/cwt	320.00–320.00	1,888	5
Bulls	600–650	Medium and Large 1-2	626	351.45/cwt	335.00–358.00	2,200	11
Bulls	650–700	Medium and Large 2	676	306.62/cwt	285.00–315.00	2,073	14
Bulls	750–800	Medium and Large 1-2	788	300.00/cwt	300.00–300.00	2,364	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.

Missouri feeder prices, every weight →Every state and region →

Ozarks Regional Stockyards Feeder Cattle - West Plains, MO

Tue Aug 26, 2025

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Receipts 2,828Last week 1,236Year ago 1,581

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Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
8	250–300	273	565.00–605.00	588.76
16	300–350	341	520.00–535.00	524.69
10	350–400	358	495.00	495.00
54	400–450	428	480.00–495.00	485.69
40	450–500	474	460.00–495.00	471.77
133	500–550	520	435.00–472.50	449.89
78	550–600	567	420.00–457.50	441.62
71	600–650	629	410.00–441.00	423.88
22	650–700	661	391.00–400.00	394.55
28	700–750	723	367.50–377.50	373.26
7	750–800	760	364.00	364.00
8	800–850	832	351.00	351.00
63	850–900	859	346.00	346.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1 · Unweaned$ per cwt · actual wt
14	500–550	510	420.00–425.00	421.11

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
21	350–400	383	452.50–485.00	467.69
47	400–450	429	450.00–467.50	458.70
37	450–500	479	425.00–452.50	438.93
45	500–550	525	397.50–430.00	413.09
33	550–600	585	375.00–407.50	392.27
102	600–650	629	370.00–400.00	387.22
36	650–700	689	365.00–387.50	378.00
50	700–750	732	340.00–365.00	351.95
38	750–800	768	340.00–360.00	355.34
8	800–850	824	330.00–335.00	331.27
64	850–900	893	310.00–337.00	335.34

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Unweaned$ per cwt · actual wt
7	400–450	449	415.00	415.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
8	400–450	418	425.00–445.00	432.54

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
8	550–600	592	412.50	412.50

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1 · Full$ per cwt · actual wt
7	750–800	773	356.00	356.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
8	350–400	392	465.00	465.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
8	400–450	422	410.00	410.00
6	600–650	619	340.00–356.00	348.17
7	650–700	665	356.00	356.00
5	800–850	800	310.00	310.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
6	350–400	395	430.00	430.00
5	400–450	444	394.00	394.00
8	450–500	485	375.00–380.00	378.73
27	500–550	532	340.00–370.00	354.99
26	550–600	585	335.00–365.00	354.96
11	600–650	626	335.00–358.00	351.45
7	750–800	788	300.00	300.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
13	350–400	366	450.00–475.00	463.95
14	450–500	482	410.00–415.00	413.58
16	500–550	521	380.00–390.00	384.79
15	550–600	588	372.50	372.50

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
8	350–400	371	355.00	355.00
5	550–600	590	320.00	320.00
14	650–700	676	285.00–315.00	306.62

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
7	350–400	382	430.00–440.00	434.32
46	400–450	433	390.00–425.00	410.70
16	450–500	483	382.50–397.50	389.25
38	500–550	527	350.00–380.00	368.83
49	550–600	568	340.00–372.50	353.31
39	600–650	611	345.00–360.00	351.34
43	650–700	690	335.00–342.50	340.46
8	750–800	768	315.00	315.00
22	800–850	836	313.00–320.00	314.90

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
7	300–350	324	505.00	505.00
6	350–400	368	445.00–455.00	448.28
74	400–450	424	430.00–450.00	440.32
104	450–500	474	400.00–430.00	414.06
145	500–550	528	382.50–415.00	395.19
102	550–600	569	375.00–410.00	390.66
34	600–650	626	367.50–396.00	382.79
42	650–700	671	350.00–370.00	357.26
65	700–750	714	345.00–351.00	349.46
11	800–850	804	328.00	328.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
5	350–400	394	420.00	420.00
5	650–700	678	342.50	342.50

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
7	400–450	416	435.00–440.00	436.39
15	550–600	570	380.00	380.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium 1$ per cwt · actual wt
9	500–550	522	387.50	387.50

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
11	350–400	364	380.00–405.00	400.39
10	400–450	434	360.00–385.00	369.28
7	500–550	527	340.00–355.00	346.37
18	600–650	617	305.00–327.50	313.15
6	700–750	704	300.00	300.00
5	800–850	822	280.00	280.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 2-3$ per cwt · actual wt
9	750–800	793	250.00	250.00

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.