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Ozarks Regional Stockyards

Name: Ozarks Regional Stockyards livestock auction prices — 2025-11-18
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2025-11-18

Feeder Cattle · West Plains, Missouri · Tue, Nov 18

● Final60 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 1249

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Receipts

1,451 head

▼ 557 vs last sale 2,008▼ 758 vs year ago 2,209 · −34.3%

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, feeder steers and heifers were steady. Steer and heifers calves were uneven from 4.00 lower to 4.00 higher, depending on the quality and pre-conditioning. Demand was good on a light supply. The supply was typical for firearms deer season in Arkansas and Missouri. The quality of the offering was average at best with only five drafts larger than 25 head.

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 $392.95/cwt on 181 head. That ranks 5 of 36 comparable sales and sits −49.51 against this barn's trailing median of $442.46.

Average price

$392.95

181 head · 555 lb average

Value per head Derived

$2,180

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$256

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

$58.56/cwt at this weight

vs the market

+0.66

vs MO average

−17.13 vs national

Price by quality 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1	551	408.56	2,251	121
Medium and Large 1-2	559	365.63	2,045	44
Medium 1-2	570	350.00	1,995	16thin

One grade step is worth $58.56/cwt here — about $256 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 sale181 hd

392.95

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MO average18 barns · 3,188 hd

392.28

+0.66

National average185 barns · 23,076 hd

410.08

−17.13

This barn, trailing median36 sales

442.46

−49.51

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

60 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 · Steers32 lots · lightest first
Steers	300–350	Medium and Large 1	311	471.46/cwt	465.00–495.00	1,466	5
Steers	300–350	Medium and Large 1-2	336	425.00/cwt	425.00–425.00	1,428	8
Steers	300–350	Medium and Large 2	349	425.00/cwt	425.00–425.00	1,483	8
Steers	350–400	Medium and Large 1-2	367	435.75/cwt	430.00–445.00	1,599	12
Steers	350–400	Medium and Large 1	381	472.66/cwt	455.00–490.00	1,801	13
Steers	350–400	Medium and Large 2	383	410.00/cwt	410.00–410.00	1,570	5
Steers	400–450	Medium and Large 2	410	400.00/cwt	400.00–400.00	1,640	5
Steers	400–450	Large 1-2	413	420.00/cwt	420.00–420.00	1,735	7
Steers	400–450	Medium and Large 1	438	474.36/cwt	445.00–485.00	2,078	31
Steers	400–450	Medium and Large 1-2	443	428.36/cwt	417.50–445.00	1,898	31
Steers	450–500	Medium and Large 1	468	444.00/cwt	420.00–460.00	2,078	20
Steers	450–500	Medium and Large 1-2	483	386.08/cwt	375.00–400.00	1,865	13
Steers	450–500	Medium 1-2	483	370.00/cwt	370.00–370.00	1,787	7
Steers	500–550	Medium and Large 1	526	424.37/cwt	412.50–430.00	2,232	35
Steers	500–550	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	537	406.09/cwt	404.00–407.50	2,181	33
Steers	500–550	Medium and Large 1-2	537	366.34/cwt	365.00–370.00	1,967	15
Steers	550–600	Medium 1-2	570	350.00/cwt	350.00–350.00	1,995	16
Steers	550–600	Medium and Large 1-2	571	365.26/cwt	350.00–382.50	2,086	29
Steers	550–600	Medium and Large 1	576	399.66/cwt	384.00–406.00	2,302	53
Steers	600–650	Medium and Large 1	608	376.83/cwt	372.50–380.00	2,291	22
Steers	600–650	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	612	365.00/cwt	365.00–365.00	2,234	5
Steers	600–650	Medium and Large 1-2	625	344.13/cwt	330.00–366.00	2,151	17
Steers	600–650	Large 1-2	640	325.00/cwt	325.00–325.00	2,080	10
Steers	600–650	Medium 1-2	646	330.00/cwt	330.00–330.00	2,132	8
Steers	650–700	Medium and Large 1-2	660	341.63/cwt	330.00–347.50	2,255	6
Steers	650–700	Medium and Large 1	674	357.00/cwt	357.00–357.00	2,406	30
Steers	700–750	Medium and Large 1-2	720	334.94/cwt	326.00–340.00	2,412	46
Steers	750–800	Medium and Large 1	774	347.50/cwt	347.50–347.50	2,690	16
Steers	750–800	Medium and Large 1-2	777	328.90/cwt	325.00–330.00	2,556	27
Steers	800–850	Medium and Large 1-2	847	311.50/cwt	311.50–311.50	2,638	63
Steers	950–1000	Medium and Large 1-2Fleshy	966	260.00/cwt	260.00–260.00	2,512	11
Steers	1050–1100	Medium and Large 1-2Fleshy	1,061	260.00/cwt	260.00–260.00	2,759	6
Feeder Cattle · Heifers22 lots · lightest first
Heifers	300–350	Medium and Large 1-2	333	393.65/cwt	385.00–400.00	1,311	10
Heifers	350–400	Medium and Large 1	374	418.39/cwt	400.00–435.00	1,565	32
Heifers	350–400	Medium and Large 1-2	384	384.47/cwt	375.00–390.00	1,476	23
Heifers	400–450	Medium and Large 1-2	432	368.15/cwt	350.00–385.00	1,590	27
Heifers	400–450	Medium and Large 2	432	331.04/cwt	325.00–340.00	1,430	5
Heifers	400–450	Medium and Large 1	434	412.82/cwt	395.00–425.00	1,792	34
Heifers	450–500	Medium and Large 1-2	468	350.67/cwt	332.50–365.00	1,641	21
Heifers	450–500	Medium and Large 2	474	306.59/cwt	302.50–312.50	1,453	7
Heifers	450–500	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	476	358.00/cwt	358.00–358.00	1,704	11
Heifers	450–500	Medium and Large 1	487	372.35/cwt	370.00–375.00	1,813	14
Heifers	500–550	Medium and Large 1-2	518	320.29/cwt	312.50–337.50	1,659	22
Heifers	500–550	Medium and Large 1	524	368.71/cwt	355.00–380.00	1,932	63
Heifers	550–600	Medium and Large 1	575	368.16/cwt	357.50–370.00	2,117	41
Heifers	550–600	Medium and Large 1-2	579	320.78/cwt	310.00–325.00	1,857	13
Heifers	550–600	Large 1-2	591	302.50/cwt	302.50–302.50	1,788	5
Heifers	600–650	Medium and Large 1	619	333.73/cwt	332.50–337.50	2,066	12
Heifers	600–650	Medium 1-2	633	300.00/cwt	300.00–300.00	1,899	5
Heifers	650–700	Medium and Large 1-2	674	323.01/cwt	300.00–330.00	2,177	13
Heifers	650–700	Medium and Large 1	680	345.00/cwt	345.00–345.00	2,346	31
Heifers	700–750	Medium and Large 1-2	742	302.50/cwt	302.50–302.50	2,245	5
Heifers	750–800	Medium and Large 1	752	312.50/cwt	312.50–312.50	2,350	6
Heifers	850–900	Medium and Large 1	869	308.00/cwt	308.00–308.00	2,677	7
Feeder Cattle · Bulls6 lots · lightest first
Bulls	350–400	Medium and Large 1	394	440.00/cwt	440.00–440.00	1,734	5
Bulls	400–450	Medium and Large 1-2	417	382.88/cwt	380.00–385.00	1,597	5
Bulls	450–500	Medium and Large 1-2	479	362.20/cwt	355.00–367.50	1,735	8
Bulls	500–550	Medium and Large 1-2	518	340.35/cwt	335.00–347.50	1,763	13
Bulls	550–600	Medium and Large 1	570	348.02/cwt	347.50–350.00	1,984	10
Bulls	650–700	Medium and Large 1-2	675	290.00/cwt	290.00–290.00	1,958	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 Nov 18, 2025

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

Receipts 1,451Last week 2,008Year ago 2,209

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Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
7	400–450	413	420.00	420.00
10	600–650	640	325.00	325.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
8	300–350	336	425.00	425.00
12	350–400	367	430.00–445.00	435.75
31	400–450	443	417.50–445.00	428.36
13	450–500	483	375.00–400.00	386.08
15	500–550	537	365.00–370.00	366.34
29	550–600	571	350.00–382.50	365.26
17	600–650	625	330.00–366.00	344.13
6	650–700	660	330.00–347.50	341.63
46	700–750	720	326.00–340.00	334.94
27	750–800	777	325.00–330.00	328.90
63	800–850	847	311.50	311.50

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Fleshy$ per cwt · actual wt
11	950–1000	966	260.00	260.00
6	1050–1100	1,061	260.00	260.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
5	300–350	311	465.00–495.00	471.46
13	350–400	381	455.00–490.00	472.66
31	400–450	438	445.00–485.00	474.36
20	450–500	468	420.00–460.00	444.00
35	500–550	526	412.50–430.00	424.37
53	550–600	576	384.00–406.00	399.66
22	600–650	608	372.50–380.00	376.83
30	650–700	674	357.00	357.00
16	750–800	774	347.50	347.50

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
7	450–500	483	370.00	370.00
16	550–600	570	350.00	350.00
8	600–650	646	330.00	330.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1 · Unweaned$ per cwt · actual wt
33	500–550	537	404.00–407.50	406.09
5	600–650	612	365.00	365.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
8	300–350	349	425.00	425.00
5	350–400	383	410.00	410.00
5	400–450	410	400.00	400.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
5	400–450	417	380.00–385.00	382.88
8	450–500	479	355.00–367.50	362.20
13	500–550	518	335.00–347.50	340.35
5	650–700	675	290.00	290.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
5	350–400	394	440.00	440.00
10	550–600	570	347.50–350.00	348.02

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
32	350–400	374	400.00–435.00	418.39
34	400–450	434	395.00–425.00	412.82
14	450–500	487	370.00–375.00	372.35
63	500–550	524	355.00–380.00	368.71
41	550–600	575	357.50–370.00	368.16
12	600–650	619	332.50–337.50	333.73
31	650–700	680	345.00	345.00
6	750–800	752	312.50	312.50
7	850–900	869	308.00	308.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
5	600–650	633	300.00	300.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
5	550–600	591	302.50	302.50

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Unweaned$ per cwt · actual wt
11	450–500	476	358.00	358.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
5	400–450	432	325.00–340.00	331.04
7	450–500	474	302.50–312.50	306.59

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
10	300–350	333	385.00–400.00	393.65
23	350–400	384	375.00–390.00	384.47
27	400–450	432	350.00–385.00	368.15
21	450–500	468	332.50–365.00	350.67
22	500–550	518	312.50–337.50	320.29
13	550–600	579	310.00–325.00	320.78
13	650–700	674	300.00–330.00	323.01
5	700–750	742	302.50	302.50

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.