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Ozarks Regional Stockyards

Name: Ozarks Regional Stockyards livestock auction prices — 2025-09-23
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2025-09-23

Feeder Cattle · West Plains, Missouri · Tue, Sep 23

● Final68 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 1249

← Sep 16Sep 23Sep 30 →

Receipts

1,905 head

▲ 199 vs last sale 1,706▼ 243 vs year ago 2,148 · −11.3%

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 and heifers sold steady to 5.00 higher. Steer and heifer calves sold 4.00-8.00 higher with spots 12.00 higher. Peewee Calves sold 10.00-20.00 higher. Demand was good on a moderate supply. The largest draft of the day was 70 head of 663 lb. heifers which brought 368.00/cwt. One stick-out draft was 19 head of 703 lb. replacement quality heifers which brought 387.50/cwt. The USDA's Cattle on Feed Report, released Friday, had Inventories at 98.4 percent, Placements at 90 percent and Marketings at 86.3 percent. The report was perceived as neutral since the numbers came in as expected. On Sunday, the US Secretary of Agriculture announced that the border will remain closed indefinitely due to the New World Screwworm continuing to be an issue in Mexico. The cattle futures erupted on Monday with feeder contracts up the limit. Cash prices responded by being sharply higher on Monday and continued that upward movement on Tuesday.

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 $421.79/cwt on 264 head. That ranks 14 of 35 comparable sales and sits −23.93 against this barn's trailing median of $445.72.

Average price

$421.79

264 head · 544 lb average

Value per head Derived

$2,296

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$36

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

$40.74/cwt at this weight

vs the market

+0.53

vs MO average

+4.70 vs national

Price by quality 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1	544	430.74	2,345	182
Medium 1	564	430.00	2,425	5thin
Medium and Large 1-2	540	400.79	2,163	72
Medium 1-2	592	390.00	2,309	5thin

One grade step is worth $40.74/cwt here — about $36 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 sale264 hd

421.79

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MO average14 barns · 1,818 hd

421.26

+0.53

National average168 barns · 11,658 hd

417.09

+4.70

This barn, trailing median35 sales

445.72

−23.93

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

68 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	289	545.00/cwt	545.00–545.00	1,575	7
Steers	300–350	Medium and Large 1	325	521.24/cwt	500.00–550.00	1,694	9
Steers	350–400	Medium and Large 1-2	365	436.37/cwt	430.00–445.00	1,593	5
Steers	350–400	Medium and Large 1	387	508.14/cwt	505.00–510.00	1,967	32
Steers	400–450	Medium and Large 1-2	427	428.32/cwt	415.00–445.00	1,829	7
Steers	400–450	Medium and Large 1	440	456.21/cwt	447.50–475.00	2,007	21
Steers	400–450	Medium and Large 2	442	402.50/cwt	402.50–402.50	1,779	9
Steers	450–500	Medium and Large 1	468	458.49/cwt	445.00–477.50	2,146	45
Steers	450–500	Medium and Large 1-2	472	410.60/cwt	395.00–425.00	1,938	24
Steers	450–500	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	496	425.00/cwt	425.00–425.00	2,108	7
Steers	500–550	Medium and Large 1-2	522	406.03/cwt	385.00–415.00	2,119	49
Steers	500–550	Medium and Large 1	525	438.89/cwt	420.00–460.00	2,304	109
Steers	550–600	Medium 1	564	430.00/cwt	430.00–430.00	2,425	5
Steers	550–600	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	565	406.00/cwt	406.00–406.00	2,294	17
Steers	550–600	Medium and Large 1	576	422.39/cwt	410.00–440.00	2,433	56
Steers	550–600	Medium and Large 1-2	577	389.64/cwt	370.00–405.00	2,248	23
Steers	550–600	Medium 1-2	592	390.00/cwt	390.00–390.00	2,309	5
Steers	600–650	Medium and Large 2	611	346.96/cwt	337.50–365.00	2,120	6
Steers	600–650	Medium and Large 1-2	612	382.19/cwt	372.50–390.00	2,339	35
Steers	600–650	Medium and Large 1	623	408.63/cwt	397.00–420.00	2,546	64
Steers	600–650	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	635	380.00/cwt	380.00–380.00	2,413	18
Steers	600–650	Medium 1	638	395.00/cwt	395.00–395.00	2,520	9
Steers	650–700	Large 1	668	400.00/cwt	400.00–400.00	2,672	21
Steers	650–700	Medium and Large 1	671	396.50/cwt	382.50–400.00	2,661	46
Steers	650–700	Medium and Large 1-2	676	347.51/cwt	340.00–350.00	2,349	50
Steers	700–750	Medium and Large 1-2	708	338.81/cwt	332.50–340.00	2,399	13
Steers	700–750	Medium and Large 1	722	383.97/cwt	370.00–392.50	2,772	34
Steers	750–800	Medium and Large 1	765	376.01/cwt	370.00–377.50	2,876	43
Steers	750–800	Medium and Large 1-2	774	344.23/cwt	330.00–347.50	2,664	18
Steers	800–850	Medium and Large 1	800	350.00/cwt	350.00–350.00	2,800	12
Steers	800–850	Medium and Large 1-2	820	338.25/cwt	325.00–345.00	2,774	6
Steers	850–900	Medium and Large 1	860	347.05/cwt	346.75–347.50	2,985	133
Steers	900–950	Medium and Large 1	929	336.00/cwt	336.00–336.00	3,121	57
Steers	1350–1400	Medium and Large 1-2	1,398	240.00/cwt	240.00–240.00	3,355	5
Feeder Cattle · Heifers25 lots · lightest first
Heifers	250–300	Medium and Large 1	283	500.00/cwt	500.00–500.00	1,415	5
Heifers	350–400	Medium and Large 1-2	382	405.61/cwt	395.00–425.00	1,549	8
Heifers	400–450	Medium and Large 1-2	425	412.76/cwt	410.00–415.00	1,754	11
Heifers	400–450	Medium and Large 1	435	442.22/cwt	440.00–447.50	1,924	23
Heifers	450–500	Medium and Large 1Fancy	462	461.12/cwt	455.00–465.00	2,130	8
Heifers	450–500	Medium and Large 1-2	467	368.53/cwt	360.00–380.00	1,721	38
Heifers	450–500	Medium and Large 2	489	330.56/cwt	320.00–345.00	1,616	7
Heifers	450–500	Medium and Large 1	497	411.28/cwt	395.00–427.50	2,044	23
Heifers	500–550	Medium 2	513	322.50/cwt	322.50–322.50	1,654	5
Heifers	500–550	Medium and Large 1-2	524	348.39/cwt	340.00–355.00	1,826	16
Heifers	500–550	Medium and Large 1	530	392.76/cwt	380.00–415.00	2,082	48
Heifers	500–550	Medium and Large 2	538	331.06/cwt	330.00–335.00	1,781	9
Heifers	500–550	Medium and Large 1-2Unweaned	540	320.00/cwt	320.00–320.00	1,728	5
Heifers	550–600	Medium and Large 1	566	384.57/cwt	370.00–390.00	2,177	42
Heifers	550–600	Medium and Large 1-2	568	345.37/cwt	330.00–355.00	1,962	20
Heifers	600–650	Medium and Large 1	616	374.59/cwt	360.00–379.00	2,307	42
Heifers	600–650	Medium and Large 1-2	625	330.79/cwt	326.00–350.00	2,067	42
Heifers	600–650	Medium 1-2	634	348.00/cwt	348.00–348.00	2,206	5
Heifers	650–700	Medium and Large 1-2	657	333.51/cwt	322.50–340.00	2,191	30
Heifers	650–700	Medium and Large 1	668	365.30/cwt	352.50–368.00	2,440	93
Heifers	700–750	Medium and Large 1Replacement	703	387.50/cwt	387.50–387.50	2,724	19
Heifers	750–800	Medium and Large 1Replacement	759	356.00/cwt	356.00–356.00	2,702	30
Heifers	750–800	Medium and Large 1-2	765	306.86/cwt	300.00–317.50	2,347	5
Heifers	800–850	Medium and Large 1-2	837	305.00/cwt	305.00–305.00	2,553	8
Heifers	850–900	Medium and Large 1Fleshy	898	300.00/cwt	300.00–300.00	2,694	8
Feeder Cattle · Bulls9 lots · lightest first
Bulls	400–450	Medium and Large 1	426	430.00/cwt	430.00–430.00	1,832	7
Bulls	450–500	Medium and Large 1	474	407.42/cwt	405.00–410.00	1,931	12
Bulls	450–500	Medium and Large 1-2	487	361.64/cwt	355.00–370.00	1,761	9
Bulls	500–550	Medium and Large 1-2	511	350.00/cwt	350.00–350.00	1,789	5
Bulls	500–550	Medium and Large 1	535	402.79/cwt	397.50–407.50	2,155	16
Bulls	550–600	Medium and Large 1	587	380.00/cwt	380.00–380.00	2,231	7
Bulls	550–600	Medium and Large 1-2	589	339.49/cwt	332.50–342.50	2,000	10
Bulls	650–700	Medium and Large 1-2	653	330.00/cwt	330.00–330.00	2,155	5
Bulls	700–750	Medium and Large 1-2	710	288.48/cwt	280.00–300.00	2,048	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 Sep 23, 2025

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

Receipts 1,905Last week 1,706Year ago 2,148

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Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
5	350–400	365	430.00–445.00	436.37
7	400–450	427	415.00–445.00	428.32
24	450–500	472	395.00–425.00	410.60
49	500–550	522	385.00–415.00	406.03
23	550–600	577	370.00–405.00	389.64
35	600–650	612	372.50–390.00	382.19
50	650–700	676	340.00–350.00	347.51
13	700–750	708	332.50–340.00	338.81
18	750–800	774	330.00–347.50	344.23
6	800–850	820	325.00–345.00	338.25
5	1350–1400	1,398	240.00	240.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
7	250–300	289	545.00	545.00
9	300–350	325	500.00–550.00	521.24
32	350–400	387	505.00–510.00	508.14
21	400–450	440	447.50–475.00	456.21
45	450–500	468	445.00–477.50	458.49
109	500–550	525	420.00–460.00	438.89
56	550–600	576	410.00–440.00	422.39
64	600–650	623	397.00–420.00	408.63
46	650–700	671	382.50–400.00	396.50
34	700–750	722	370.00–392.50	383.97
43	750–800	765	370.00–377.50	376.01
12	800–850	800	350.00	350.00
133	850–900	860	346.75–347.50	347.05
57	900–950	929	336.00	336.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1 · Unweaned$ per cwt · actual wt
7	450–500	496	425.00	425.00
17	550–600	565	406.00	406.00
18	600–650	635	380.00	380.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
5	550–600	592	390.00	390.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium 1$ per cwt · actual wt
5	550–600	564	430.00	430.00
9	600–650	638	395.00	395.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
21	650–700	668	400.00	400.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
9	400–450	442	402.50	402.50
6	600–650	611	337.50–365.00	346.96

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Unweaned$ per cwt · actual wt
5	500–550	540	320.00	320.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
8	350–400	382	395.00–425.00	405.61
11	400–450	425	410.00–415.00	412.76
38	450–500	467	360.00–380.00	368.53
16	500–550	524	340.00–355.00	348.39
20	550–600	568	330.00–355.00	345.37
42	600–650	625	326.00–350.00	330.79
30	650–700	657	322.50–340.00	333.51
5	750–800	765	300.00–317.50	306.86
8	800–850	837	305.00	305.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
5	250–300	283	500.00	500.00
23	400–450	435	440.00–447.50	442.22
23	450–500	497	395.00–427.50	411.28
48	500–550	530	380.00–415.00	392.76
42	550–600	566	370.00–390.00	384.57
42	600–650	616	360.00–379.00	374.59
93	650–700	668	352.50–368.00	365.30

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium 2$ per cwt · actual wt
5	500–550	513	322.50	322.50

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
5	600–650	634	348.00	348.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Replacement$ per cwt · actual wt
19	700–750	703	387.50	387.50
30	750–800	759	356.00	356.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Fleshy$ per cwt · actual wt
8	850–900	898	300.00	300.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Fancy$ per cwt · actual wt
8	450–500	462	455.00–465.00	461.12

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
7	450–500	489	320.00–345.00	330.56
9	500–550	538	330.00–335.00	331.06

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
9	450–500	487	355.00–370.00	361.64
5	500–550	511	350.00	350.00
10	550–600	589	332.50–342.50	339.49
5	650–700	653	330.00	330.00
7	700–750	710	280.00–300.00	288.48

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
7	400–450	426	430.00	430.00
12	450–500	474	405.00–410.00	407.42
16	500–550	535	397.50–407.50	402.79
7	550–600	587	380.00	380.00

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.