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Ozarks Regional Stockyards

Name: Ozarks Regional Stockyards livestock auction prices — 2025-09-16
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2025-09-16

Feeder Cattle · West Plains, Missouri · Tue, Sep 16

● Final79 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 1249

← Sep 9Sep 16Sep 23 →

Receipts

1,706 head

▼ 1,436 vs last sale 3,142▼ 275 vs year ago 1,981 · −13.9%

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, lightly tested feeder steers and heifers were steady to 4.00 lower. Steer calves were 3.00-6.00 lower and heifer calves were 3.00-6.00 higher. Demand was moderate on a light supply. Producers following a good pre-conditioning program of castration, weaning 60+ days and two or more rounds of shots were rewarded for their efforts with those calves selling steady to higher. The largest draft of the day was 73 hd. of 624 lb. mixed heifers which sold for 367.00/cwt. One stick-out draft was 29 hd. of 691 lb. heifers which brought 376.00/cwt. The isolated light rains across the region, last night, were not enough to provide any drought relief. Cattle futures traded mostly lower on Tuesday while crop futures traded higher.

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 $392.84/cwt on 193 head. That ranks 5 of 36 comparable sales and sits −49.63 against this barn's trailing median of $442.46.

Average price

$392.84

193 head · 550 lb average

Value per head Derived

$2,162

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$258

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

$61.81/cwt at this weight

vs the market

−24.15

vs MO average

−11.80 vs national

Price by quality 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1	546	416.65	2,277	97
Medium and Large 1-2	548	374.51	2,053	68
Medium and Large 2	569	354.84	2,019	28

One grade step is worth $61.81/cwt here — about $258 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 sale193 hd

392.84

—

MO average15 barns · 2,203 hd

416.99

−24.15

National average165 barns · 10,728 hd

404.64

−11.80

This barn, trailing median36 sales

442.46

−49.63

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 · Steers38 lots · lightest first
Steers	300–350	Medium and Large 1-2	317	480.70/cwt	470.00–485.00	1,524	11
Steers	300–350	Medium and Large 1	336	531.13/cwt	515.00–552.50	1,785	7
Steers	300–350	Medium and Large 2-3	347	360.00/cwt	360.00–360.00	1,249	6
Steers	350–400	Medium and Large 1-2	358	479.06/cwt	465.00–490.00	1,715	7
Steers	350–400	Medium and Large 1	383	495.00/cwt	495.00–495.00	1,896	8
Steers	400–450	Medium 2Unweaned	401	360.00/cwt	360.00–360.00	1,444	5
Steers	400–450	Medium and Large 1	410	469.14/cwt	457.50–470.00	1,923	31
Steers	400–450	Medium and Large 2	427	405.00/cwt	405.00–405.00	1,729	5
Steers	400–450	Medium and Large 2Unweaned	432	370.00/cwt	370.00–370.00	1,598	8
Steers	400–450	Medium and Large 1-2	444	436.38/cwt	432.50–450.00	1,938	9
Steers	450–500	Medium and Large 1	455	464.66/cwt	455.00–474.00	2,114	23
Steers	450–500	Medium and Large 1-2	469	434.13/cwt	410.00–445.00	2,036	26
Steers	450–500	Medium and Large 2-3	476	350.00/cwt	350.00–350.00	1,666	9
Steers	450–500	Medium and Large 1-2Unweaned	487	400.00/cwt	400.00–400.00	1,948	19
Steers	500–550	Medium and Large 1-2	519	381.23/cwt	375.00–385.00	1,979	32
Steers	500–550	Medium and Large 1	526	433.68/cwt	432.50–435.00	2,281	21
Steers	500–550	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	527	410.85/cwt	400.00–425.00	2,165	35
Steers	550–600	Medium and Large 2	565	358.07/cwt	345.00–361.00	2,023	23
Steers	550–600	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	571	395.00/cwt	395.00–395.00	2,255	5
Steers	550–600	Medium and Large 1	574	415.36/cwt	405.00–425.00	2,384	36
Steers	550–600	Medium and Large 1-2	574	368.54/cwt	360.00–375.00	2,115	36
Steers	550–600	Medium and Large 2Unweaned	588	340.00/cwt	340.00–340.00	1,999	5
Steers	600–650	Large 2	604	320.00/cwt	320.00–320.00	1,933	8
Steers	600–650	Medium and Large 1-2	608	374.28/cwt	365.00–380.00	2,276	8
Steers	600–650	Medium and Large 1	629	403.97/cwt	387.50–425.00	2,541	22
Steers	650–700	Medium and Large 1-2Unweaned	667	320.00/cwt	320.00–320.00	2,134	10
Steers	650–700	Large 1-2	681	340.00/cwt	340.00–340.00	2,315	6
Steers	650–700	Medium and Large 2	687	303.64/cwt	300.00–310.00	2,086	11
Steers	650–700	Medium and Large 1	688	400.00/cwt	400.00–400.00	2,752	10
Steers	650–700	Medium and Large 1-2	696	350.00/cwt	350.00–350.00	2,436	4
Steers	700–750	Medium 1-2	713	325.00/cwt	325.00–325.00	2,317	5
Steers	700–750	Medium and Large 1	731	378.97/cwt	367.50–383.00	2,770	27
Steers	700–750	Medium and Large 1-2	732	344.44/cwt	330.00–350.00	2,521	7
Steers	750–800	Large 1-2	755	339.00/cwt	339.00–339.00	2,559	9
Steers	750–800	Medium and Large 1	789	358.00/cwt	358.00–358.00	2,825	72
Steers	800–850	Medium and Large 1-2	824	324.00/cwt	310.00–332.50	2,670	6
Steers	850–900	Medium and Large 1	857	347.00/cwt	347.00–347.00	2,974	43
Steers	850–900	Medium and Large 1-2	880	307.50/cwt	307.50–307.50	2,706	4
Feeder Cattle · Heifers31 lots · lightest first
Heifers	300–350	Medium and Large 2-3	301	320.00/cwt	320.00–320.00	963	5
Heifers	300–350	Medium and Large 1-2	314	412.95/cwt	410.00–415.00	1,297	5
Heifers	300–350	Large 1-2	329	412.50/cwt	412.50–412.50	1,357	5
Heifers	300–350	Medium and Large 1	336	437.50/cwt	437.50–437.50	1,470	9
Heifers	350–400	Medium and Large 2	368	362.60/cwt	360.00–365.00	1,334	6
Heifers	350–400	Medium and Large 1-2	383	395.13/cwt	390.00–415.00	1,513	19
Heifers	400–450	Medium and Large 2	427	355.76/cwt	352.50–360.00	1,519	13
Heifers	400–450	Medium and Large 1	428	417.73/cwt	415.00–420.00	1,788	15
Heifers	400–450	Medium and Large 1-2Unweaned	432	356.14/cwt	350.00–370.00	1,539	11
Heifers	400–450	Medium and Large 1-2	434	388.72/cwt	380.00–402.50	1,687	39
Heifers	450–500	Medium and Large 1	454	401.51/cwt	390.00–410.00	1,823	20
Heifers	450–500	Medium and Large 2	471	327.23/cwt	320.00–330.00	1,541	14
Heifers	450–500	Medium 2Unweaned	471	320.00/cwt	320.00–320.00	1,507	6
Heifers	450–500	Medium and Large 1-2	481	353.82/cwt	345.00–365.00	1,702	75
Heifers	450–500	Medium and Large 1-2Unweaned	481	328.90/cwt	327.50–330.00	1,582	7
Heifers	450–500	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	489	376.19/cwt	370.00–380.00	1,840	13
Heifers	450–500	Large 1-2	489	372.50/cwt	372.50–372.50	1,822	10
Heifers	500–550	Medium and Large 1-2	516	362.88/cwt	350.00–380.00	1,872	36
Heifers	500–550	Medium and Large 1	518	403.90/cwt	402.50–405.00	2,092	11
Heifers	500–550	Medium and Large 1-2Unweaned	528	326.40/cwt	320.00–330.00	1,723	14
Heifers	550–600	Medium and Large 1-2	562	329.76/cwt	315.00–345.00	1,853	9
Heifers	550–600	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	568	348.75/cwt	347.50–350.00	1,981	6
Heifers	550–600	Medium and Large 1	581	367.14/cwt	366.00–368.00	2,133	21
Heifers	600–650	Medium and Large 1	621	365.72/cwt	356.00–367.00	2,271	83
Heifers	600–650	Medium and Large 1-2	628	337.51/cwt	332.50–345.50	2,120	5
Heifers	600–650	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	643	347.50/cwt	347.50–347.50	2,234	14
Heifers	650–700	Medium and Large 1-2	656	335.68/cwt	330.00–345.00	2,202	8
Heifers	650–700	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	677	348.00/cwt	348.00–348.00	2,356	10
Heifers	650–700	Medium and Large 1	691	376.00/cwt	376.00–376.00	2,598	29
Heifers	750–800	Medium and Large 1	760	333.71/cwt	327.50–340.00	2,536	6
Heifers	800–850	Medium and Large 1	829	316.75/cwt	315.00–318.00	2,626	7
Feeder Cattle · Bulls10 lots · lightest first
Bulls	350–400	Medium and Large 1	383	470.00/cwt	470.00–470.00	1,800	13
Bulls	400–450	Medium and Large 1-2	434	380.48/cwt	370.00–385.00	1,651	31
Bulls	450–500	Medium and Large 1	474	411.11/cwt	395.00–422.50	1,949	7
Bulls	450–500	Medium and Large 2	476	340.00/cwt	340.00–340.00	1,618	8
Bulls	450–500	Medium and Large 1-2	480	371.27/cwt	362.50–385.00	1,782	30
Bulls	500–550	Medium and Large 1	514	410.00/cwt	410.00–410.00	2,107	6
Bulls	500–550	Medium and Large 1-2	532	366.19/cwt	350.00–380.00	1,948	24
Bulls	550–600	Medium and Large 1-2	556	336.79/cwt	335.00–340.00	1,873	17
Bulls	600–650	Medium and Large 1-2	637	321.99/cwt	320.00–325.00	2,051	5
Bulls	700–750	Medium and Large 1-2	709	310.93/cwt	300.00–327.50	2,204	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 Sep 16, 2025

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Receipts 1,706Last week 3,142Year ago 1,981

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Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Unweaned$ per cwt · actual wt
11	400–450	432	350.00–370.00	356.14
7	450–500	481	327.50–330.00	328.90
14	500–550	528	320.00–330.00	326.40

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
5	300–350	314	410.00–415.00	412.95
19	350–400	383	390.00–415.00	395.13
39	400–450	434	380.00–402.50	388.72
75	450–500	481	345.00–365.00	353.82
36	500–550	516	350.00–380.00	362.88
9	550–600	562	315.00–345.00	329.76
5	600–650	628	332.50–345.50	337.51
8	650–700	656	330.00–345.00	335.68

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
9	300–350	336	437.50	437.50
15	400–450	428	415.00–420.00	417.73
20	450–500	454	390.00–410.00	401.51
11	500–550	518	402.50–405.00	403.90
21	550–600	581	366.00–368.00	367.14
83	600–650	621	356.00–367.00	365.72
29	650–700	691	376.00	376.00
6	750–800	760	327.50–340.00	333.71
7	800–850	829	315.00–318.00	316.75

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
5	300–350	329	412.50	412.50
10	450–500	489	372.50	372.50

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Unweaned$ per cwt · actual wt
13	450–500	489	370.00–380.00	376.19
6	550–600	568	347.50–350.00	348.75
14	600–650	643	347.50	347.50
10	650–700	677	348.00	348.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium 2 · Unweaned$ per cwt · actual wt
6	450–500	471	320.00	320.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
6	350–400	368	360.00–365.00	362.60
13	400–450	427	352.50–360.00	355.76
14	450–500	471	320.00–330.00	327.23

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 2-3$ per cwt · actual wt
5	300–350	301	320.00	320.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
11	300–350	317	470.00–485.00	480.70
7	350–400	358	465.00–490.00	479.06
9	400–450	444	432.50–450.00	436.38
26	450–500	469	410.00–445.00	434.13
32	500–550	519	375.00–385.00	381.23
36	550–600	574	360.00–375.00	368.54
8	600–650	608	365.00–380.00	374.28
4	650–700	696	350.00	350.00
7	700–750	732	330.00–350.00	344.44
6	800–850	824	310.00–332.50	324.00
4	850–900	880	307.50	307.50

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
7	300–350	336	515.00–552.50	531.13
8	350–400	383	495.00	495.00
31	400–450	410	457.50–470.00	469.14
23	450–500	455	455.00–474.00	464.66
21	500–550	526	432.50–435.00	433.68
36	550–600	574	405.00–425.00	415.36
22	600–650	629	387.50–425.00	403.97
10	650–700	688	400.00	400.00
27	700–750	731	367.50–383.00	378.97
72	750–800	789	358.00	358.00
43	850–900	857	347.00	347.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1 · Unweaned$ per cwt · actual wt
35	500–550	527	400.00–425.00	410.85
5	550–600	571	395.00	395.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Unweaned$ per cwt · actual wt
19	450–500	487	400.00	400.00
10	650–700	667	320.00	320.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
5	700–750	713	325.00	325.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
8	600–650	604	320.00	320.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
6	650–700	681	340.00	340.00
9	750–800	755	339.00	339.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium 2 · Unweaned$ per cwt · actual wt
5	400–450	401	360.00	360.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
5	400–450	427	405.00	405.00
23	550–600	565	345.00–361.00	358.07
11	650–700	687	300.00–310.00	303.64

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 2 · Unweaned$ per cwt · actual wt
8	400–450	432	370.00	370.00
5	550–600	588	340.00	340.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 2-3$ per cwt · actual wt
6	300–350	347	360.00	360.00
9	450–500	476	350.00	350.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
31	400–450	434	370.00–385.00	380.48
30	450–500	480	362.50–385.00	371.27
24	500–550	532	350.00–380.00	366.19
17	550–600	556	335.00–340.00	336.79
5	600–650	637	320.00–325.00	321.99
5	700–750	709	300.00–327.50	310.93

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
13	350–400	383	470.00	470.00
7	450–500	474	395.00–422.50	411.11
6	500–550	514	410.00	410.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
8	450–500	476	340.00	340.00

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.