Sale reports / Missouri / Ozarks Regional Stockyards / 2025-11-11

Ozarks Regional Stockyards

Feeder Cattle · West Plains, Missouri · Tue, Nov 11
● Final63 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 1249
Receipts
2,008 head
▼ 14 vs last sale 2,022▼ 1,044 vs year ago 3,052 · −34.2%
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Reporter comment USDA

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Compared to last week, lightly tested feeder steers and heifers were steady to 6.00 higher. Steer and Heifer calves were 6.00-12.00 higher. Demand was good on a moderate supply. The largest draft of the day was 87 head of 523 lb. steers that sold for 457.00/cwt. The Feeder Cattle Futures were up the limit on Monday and stayed on the positive side on Tuesday. Temperatures have been swinging about as drastically as the futures market with the first freeze of the season early week and upper 70's forecasted for late week.

Weight classPick one — the panels below update

Steers · summary 500–600 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot
500–600 lb steers averaged $405.17/cwt on 352 head. That ranks 9 of 36 comparable sales and sits −37.30 against this barn's trailing median of $442.46.
Average price
$405.17
352 head · 548 lb average
Value per head Derived
$2,218
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
$570
per head · Medium and Large 1 over Medium 2
$100.36/cwt at this weight
vs the market
+12.71
vs MO average
−19.70 vs national

Price by quality 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 1540432.862,338196
Medium and Large 1-2559375.642,100130
Medium and Large 2548347.501,90420
Medium 2532332.501,7696thin
One grade step is worth $100.36/cwt here — about $570 a head. Across this sale the premium is widest at 500–600 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 sale352 hd
405.17
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MO average20 barns · 3,288 hd
392.45
+12.71
National average177 barns · 31,012 hd
424.87
−19.70
This barn, trailing median36 sales
442.46
−37.30
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
522459397334median 442.4603/0305/0507/0709/0811/03
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

63 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 · Steers29 lots · lightest first
Steers300–350Medium and Large 1-2332436.67/cwt430.00–440.001,4506
Steers350–400Medium and Large 2362392.04/cwt380.00–400.001,41910
Steers350–400Medium and Large 1373490.71/cwt465.00–502.501,83028
Steers350–400Medium and Large 1-2382438.50/cwt420.00–455.001,6758
Steers400–450Medium and Large 1-2429432.20/cwt417.50–445.001,85448
Steers400–450Medium and Large 1439501.00/cwt501.00–501.002,19981
Steers400–450Medium 1-2445410.00/cwt410.00–410.001,8256
Steers450–500Medium and Large 2461385.00/cwt385.00–385.001,7755
Steers450–500Medium and Large 1-2482401.54/cwt385.00–405.001,93519
Steers450–500Medium and Large 1485441.34/cwt420.00–455.002,14038
Steers500–550Medium and Large 1521451.68/cwt422.50–457.002,353115
Steers500–550Medium and Large 1Unweaned525404.18/cwt400.00–410.002,12228
Steers500–550Medium 2532332.50/cwt332.50–332.501,7696
Steers500–550Medium and Large 1-2537387.80/cwt380.00–405.002,08258
Steers500–550Medium and Large 2548347.50/cwt347.50–347.501,90420
Steers550–600Medium and Large 1-2577365.84/cwt350.00–375.002,11172
Steers550–600Medium and Large 1590407.17/cwt392.50–408.002,40253
Steers600–650Medium and Large 1-2613351.08/cwt340.00–357.502,15261
Steers600–650Medium and Large 1614379.58/cwt379.00–380.002,33119
Steers600–650Large 1-2619355.00/cwt355.00–355.002,19711
Steers600–650Medium and Large 1Unweaned626362.75/cwt360.00–375.002,27179
Steers650–700Large 1-2665335.00/cwt335.00–335.002,2285
Steers650–700Medium and Large 1672352.43/cwt350.00–360.002,36868
Steers650–700Medium and Large 1Unweaned679342.67/cwt340.00–343.002,32786
Steers650–700Medium and Large 1-2684329.18/cwt315.00–337.502,25225
Steers700–750Medium and Large 1710380.00/cwt380.00–380.002,69811
Steers700–750Medium and Large 1-2715329.44/cwt320.00–340.002,35524
Steers800–850Medium and Large 1819338.00/cwt338.00–338.002,76816
Steers1150–1200Medium and Large 1-21,170250.00/cwt250.00–250.002,92541
Feeder Cattle · Heifers29 lots · lightest first
Heifers250–300Medium and Large 1-2267430.00/cwt430.00–430.001,1489
Heifers300–350Medium and Large 1-2334395.41/cwt380.00–400.001,3219
Heifers350–400Medium and Large 1370408.69/cwt402.50–427.501,51232
Heifers350–400Medium and Large 1-2386379.11/cwt367.50–392.501,46320
Heifers400–450Medium and Large 1426412.21/cwt400.00–435.001,75612
Heifers400–450Medium and Large 1-2436371.83/cwt370.00–372.501,6217
Heifers400–450Medium and Large 2437334.46/cwt325.00–340.001,46216
Heifers450–500Medium and Large 1465379.25/cwt375.00–390.001,76426
Heifers450–500Medium and Large 1-2476358.77/cwt350.00–370.001,70824
Heifers450–500Medium and Large 2478321.61/cwt310.00–330.001,5377
Heifers450–500Large 1479380.00/cwt380.00–380.001,8205
Heifers500–550Medium and Large 1-2511347.89/cwt335.00–350.001,77814
Heifers500–550Medium and Large 1523379.87/cwt365.00–400.001,98733
Heifers500–550Medium and Large 1Unweaned524355.49/cwt350.00–357.501,86328
Heifers550–600Medium and Large 1Fancy560383.00/cwt383.00–383.002,14513
Heifers550–600Medium 1562361.00/cwt361.00–361.002,02926
Heifers550–600Medium and Large 1576356.76/cwt350.00–367.502,05547
Heifers550–600Medium and Large 1Unweaned580343.00/cwt343.00–343.001,98911
Heifers550–600Medium and Large 1-2593329.80/cwt317.50–332.001,95646
Heifers600–650Medium and Large 2610315.98/cwt310.00–317.501,92710
Heifers600–650Medium and Large 1Unweaned615331.00/cwt331.00–331.002,03617
Heifers600–650Medium and Large 1616347.75/cwt345.00–350.002,14211
Heifers600–650Medium and Large 1-2622330.44/cwt322.50–337.502,05533
Heifers650–700Medium and Large 1657340.00/cwt340.00–340.002,23412
Heifers650–700Medium and Large 1-2680305.92/cwt300.00–312.502,08011
Heifers650–700Medium and Large 2-3687220.00/cwt220.00–220.001,5116
Heifers700–750Medium and Large 1-2726318.57/cwt312.50–320.002,31321
Heifers750–800Medium and Large 1769315.00/cwt315.00–315.002,4225
Heifers850–900Large 1-2875294.00/cwt294.00–294.002,57311
Feeder Cattle · Bulls5 lots · lightest first
Bulls400–450Small and Medium 2441280.00/cwt280.00–280.001,2355
Bulls450–500Medium and Large 1473391.37/cwt375.00–395.001,85111
Bulls550–600Medium and Large 1-2576324.39/cwt310.00–335.001,8687
Bulls600–650Medium and Large 1-2624303.46/cwt300.00–310.001,8946
Bulls650–700Medium and Large 1-2680306.78/cwt300.00–310.002,0869

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.