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Ozarks Regional Stockyards

Name: Ozarks Regional Stockyards livestock auction prices — 2025-12-02
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2025-12-02

Feeder Cattle · West Plains, Missouri · Tue, Dec 2

● Final77 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 1249

← Nov 25Dec 2Dec 9 →

Receipts

3,482 head

▲ 2,196 vs last sale 1,286▼ 2,428 vs year ago 5,910 · −41.1%

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 15.00-25.00 higher. Steer and heifer calves sold 30.00-40.00 higher with spots 50.00 higher. Demand was very good on a moderate supply. ORS held their December Special Pre-Vac Sale during their weekly Feeder Sale on Tuesday. Quality was above average, as could be expected for a special sale. Most weight ranges gained what had been lost the past couple of weeks with some drafts setting near record prices for the barn. The market was extremely active with several buyers ringside that haven't been seen in several months. Receipts were lighter than expected as ice and snow fell across most of the area on Monday.

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 $417.59/cwt on 490 head. That ranks 13 of 35 comparable sales and sits −28.13 against this barn's trailing median of $445.72.

Average price

$417.59

490 head · 544 lb average

Value per head Derived

$2,274

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$505

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

$73.16/cwt at this weight

vs the market

+11.23

vs MO average

−11.56 vs national

Price by quality 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1	538	434.09	2,334	291
Medium 1-2	550	414.00	2,277	33
Medium and Large 1-2	561	392.60	2,201	149
Medium and Large 2	507	360.93	1,830	17thin

One grade step is worth $73.16/cwt here — about $505 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 sale490 hd

417.59

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MO average11 barns · 2,430 hd

406.35

+11.23

National average190 barns · 23,426 hd

429.15

−11.56

This barn, trailing median35 sales

445.72

−28.13

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

77 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 · Steers42 lots · lightest first
Steers	300–350	Medium and Large 1	319	536.50/cwt	515.00–555.00	1,711	17
Steers	350–400	Medium 1-2	351	450.00/cwt	450.00–450.00	1,580	5
Steers	350–400	Medium and Large 2	365	351.03/cwt	350.00–355.00	1,281	19
Steers	350–400	Medium and Large 1-2	384	462.41/cwt	450.00–475.00	1,776	22
Steers	350–400	Medium and Large 1	386	501.60/cwt	485.00–520.00	1,936	19
Steers	400–450	Medium and Large 1-2	423	448.29/cwt	430.00–467.50	1,896	34
Steers	400–450	Medium and Large 1	427	507.25/cwt	480.00–522.50	2,166	29
Steers	400–450	Medium and Large 1-2Unweaned	438	416.23/cwt	415.00–420.00	1,823	8
Steers	400–450	Medium 1-2	447	432.24/cwt	430.00–437.50	1,932	10
Steers	450–500	Medium and Large 2	470	360.00/cwt	360.00–360.00	1,692	8
Steers	450–500	Medium and Large 1-2	477	425.84/cwt	402.50–442.50	2,031	62
Steers	450–500	Medium and Large 1Fancy	478	515.00/cwt	515.00–515.00	2,462	14
Steers	450–500	Medium and Large 1	485	468.06/cwt	450.00–495.00	2,270	84
Steers	450–500	Medium 1	485	455.00/cwt	455.00–455.00	2,207	5
Steers	500–550	Medium and Large 2	507	360.93/cwt	347.50–375.00	1,830	17
Steers	500–550	Medium and Large 1	521	447.71/cwt	429.00–470.00	2,333	178
Steers	500–550	Medium and Large 1-2	528	409.39/cwt	390.00–425.00	2,162	52
Steers	500–550	Medium 1-2	539	420.00/cwt	420.00–420.00	2,264	22
Steers	500–550	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	540	412.00/cwt	412.00–412.00	2,225	21
Steers	550–600	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	569	396.00/cwt	396.00–396.00	2,253	25
Steers	550–600	Medium and Large 1	570	419.06/cwt	402.50–435.00	2,389	67
Steers	550–600	Medium 1-2	572	402.00/cwt	402.00–402.00	2,299	11
Steers	550–600	Medium and Large 1-2	578	383.60/cwt	365.00–397.50	2,217	97
Steers	600–650	Medium and Large 1	620	390.50/cwt	374.00–406.00	2,421	279
Steers	600–650	Medium 1	632	371.00/cwt	371.00–371.00	2,345	22
Steers	600–650	Medium and Large 1-2	636	356.07/cwt	347.00–363.00	2,265	46
Steers	600–650	Large 1-2	637	365.00/cwt	365.00–365.00	2,325	24
Steers	600–650	Medium and Large 2	639	330.18/cwt	328.00–335.00	2,110	16
Steers	650–700	Medium and Large 1	673	369.71/cwt	355.00–390.00	2,488	135
Steers	650–700	Medium 1-2	679	350.00/cwt	350.00–350.00	2,377	13
Steers	650–700	Medium and Large 1-2	682	341.84/cwt	335.00–350.00	2,331	28
Steers	650–700	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	688	343.00/cwt	343.00–343.00	2,360	12
Steers	700–750	Medium and Large 1	715	358.33/cwt	340.00–375.00	2,562	179
Steers	700–750	Medium and Large 1-2	717	333.48/cwt	320.00–337.50	2,391	20
Steers	700–750	Large 1	737	346.00/cwt	346.00–346.00	2,550	40
Steers	750–800	Medium and Large 1	777	332.19/cwt	325.00–335.00	2,581	23
Steers	750–800	Medium and Large 1-2	778	318.44/cwt	305.00–320.00	2,477	19
Steers	800–850	Medium and Large 1	807	319.02/cwt	317.50–326.00	2,574	33
Steers	800–850	Medium and Large 1-2	820	287.93/cwt	280.00–307.50	2,361	7
Steers	850–900	Medium and Large 1	854	321.00/cwt	321.00–321.00	2,741	9
Steers	850–900	Large 1-2	881	310.00/cwt	310.00–310.00	2,731	6
Steers	850–900	Medium and Large 1-2	886	310.00/cwt	310.00–310.00	2,747	8
Feeder Cattle · Heifers30 lots · lightest first
Heifers	300–350	Medium and Large 1-2	319	396.36/cwt	385.00–400.00	1,264	8
Heifers	300–350	Medium and Large 2	326	350.00/cwt	350.00–350.00	1,141	7
Heifers	300–350	Medium and Large 1	328	432.67/cwt	425.00–440.00	1,419	6
Heifers	350–400	Medium and Large 1	368	429.65/cwt	420.00–460.00	1,581	16
Heifers	350–400	Medium and Large 1Fancy	372	490.00/cwt	490.00–490.00	1,823	12
Heifers	350–400	Medium and Large 1-2	385	387.01/cwt	385.00–392.50	1,490	11
Heifers	400–450	Medium and Large 2	416	365.00/cwt	365.00–365.00	1,518	9
Heifers	400–450	Medium and Large 1-2	418	382.83/cwt	382.50–385.00	1,600	16
Heifers	400–450	Medium and Large 1Fancy	421	465.00/cwt	465.00–465.00	1,958	11
Heifers	400–450	Medium and Large 1	427	429.42/cwt	415.00–445.00	1,834	68
Heifers	450–500	Medium and Large 1-2	480	361.96/cwt	350.00–375.00	1,737	50
Heifers	450–500	Medium and Large 1	488	417.19/cwt	407.50–437.50	2,036	110
Heifers	450–500	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	489	395.00/cwt	395.00–395.00	1,932	36
Heifers	450–500	Medium 1-2	494	357.50/cwt	357.50–357.50	1,766	13
Heifers	500–550	Medium and Large 1	525	392.73/cwt	380.00–415.00	2,062	126
Heifers	500–550	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	536	374.16/cwt	370.00–375.00	2,005	29
Heifers	500–550	Medium and Large 2	537	317.12/cwt	310.00–335.00	1,703	25
Heifers	500–550	Medium and Large 1-2	543	365.01/cwt	340.00–372.50	1,982	54
Heifers	550–600	Medium and Large 1-2	572	322.90/cwt	310.00–335.00	1,847	63
Heifers	550–600	Medium and Large 1	575	359.25/cwt	344.00–380.00	2,066	166
Heifers	550–600	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	597	339.75/cwt	339.00–340.00	2,028	28
Heifers	600–650	Medium and Large 1	631	333.26/cwt	320.00–350.00	2,103	109
Heifers	600–650	Medium and Large 1-2	635	298.53/cwt	290.00–310.00	1,896	7
Heifers	600–650	Large 1-2	641	315.00/cwt	315.00–315.00	2,019	7
Heifers	650–700	Medium and Large 1	672	324.58/cwt	317.50–335.00	2,181	132
Heifers	650–700	Medium and Large 1-2	679	306.26/cwt	300.00–310.00	2,080	19
Heifers	700–750	Medium and Large 1	716	319.42/cwt	312.00–325.00	2,287	60
Heifers	700–750	Medium and Large 1-2	727	298.15/cwt	285.00–308.00	2,168	22
Heifers	750–800	Medium and Large 1	755	321.00/cwt	321.00–321.00	2,424	35
Heifers	750–800	Medium and Large 1-2	781	306.00/cwt	306.00–306.00	2,390	6
Feeder Cattle · Bulls4 lots · lightest first
Bulls	500–550	Medium and Large 1	536	386.29/cwt	375.00–390.00	2,071	12
Bulls	550–600	Medium and Large 1	568	359.02/cwt	357.50–360.00	2,039	8
Bulls	650–700	Medium and Large 1-2	681	307.13/cwt	302.50–310.00	2,092	8
Bulls	700–750	Medium and Large 1	732	317.00/cwt	317.00–317.00	2,320	16
Feeder Cattle · Dairy Steers1 lot · lightest first
Dairy Steers	650–700	Large 3	675	190.00/cwt	190.00–190.00	1,283	6

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 Dec 2, 2025

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

Receipts 3,482Last week 1,286Year ago 5,910

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Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
8	300–350	319	385.00–400.00	396.36
11	350–400	385	385.00–392.50	387.01
16	400–450	418	382.50–385.00	382.83
50	450–500	480	350.00–375.00	361.96
54	500–550	543	340.00–372.50	365.01
63	550–600	572	310.00–335.00	322.90
7	600–650	635	290.00–310.00	298.53
19	650–700	679	300.00–310.00	306.26
22	700–750	727	285.00–308.00	298.15
6	750–800	781	306.00	306.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Unweaned$ per cwt · actual wt
36	450–500	489	395.00	395.00
29	500–550	536	370.00–375.00	374.16
28	550–600	597	339.00–340.00	339.75

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
6	300–350	328	425.00–440.00	432.67
16	350–400	368	420.00–460.00	429.65
68	400–450	427	415.00–445.00	429.42
110	450–500	488	407.50–437.50	417.19
126	500–550	525	380.00–415.00	392.73
166	550–600	575	344.00–380.00	359.25
109	600–650	631	320.00–350.00	333.26
132	650–700	672	317.50–335.00	324.58
60	700–750	716	312.00–325.00	319.42
35	750–800	755	321.00	321.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
7	600–650	641	315.00	315.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
13	450–500	494	357.50	357.50

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Fancy$ per cwt · actual wt
12	350–400	372	490.00	490.00
11	400–450	421	465.00	465.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
7	300–350	326	350.00	350.00
9	400–450	416	365.00	365.00
25	500–550	537	310.00–335.00	317.12

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
22	350–400	384	450.00–475.00	462.41
34	400–450	423	430.00–467.50	448.29
62	450–500	477	402.50–442.50	425.84
52	500–550	528	390.00–425.00	409.39
97	550–600	578	365.00–397.50	383.60
46	600–650	636	347.00–363.00	356.07
28	650–700	682	335.00–350.00	341.84
20	700–750	717	320.00–337.50	333.48
19	750–800	778	305.00–320.00	318.44
7	800–850	820	280.00–307.50	287.93
8	850–900	886	310.00	310.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Unweaned$ per cwt · actual wt
8	400–450	438	415.00–420.00	416.23

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
17	300–350	319	515.00–555.00	536.50
19	350–400	386	485.00–520.00	501.60
29	400–450	427	480.00–522.50	507.25
84	450–500	485	450.00–495.00	468.06
178	500–550	521	429.00–470.00	447.71
67	550–600	570	402.50–435.00	419.06
279	600–650	620	374.00–406.00	390.50
135	650–700	673	355.00–390.00	369.71
179	700–750	715	340.00–375.00	358.33
23	750–800	777	325.00–335.00	332.19
33	800–850	807	317.50–326.00	319.02
9	850–900	854	321.00	321.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1 · Unweaned$ per cwt · actual wt
21	500–550	540	412.00	412.00
25	550–600	569	396.00	396.00
12	650–700	688	343.00	343.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium 1$ per cwt · actual wt
5	450–500	485	455.00	455.00
22	600–650	632	371.00	371.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
24	600–650	637	365.00	365.00
6	850–900	881	310.00	310.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
40	700–750	737	346.00	346.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
5	350–400	351	450.00	450.00
10	400–450	447	430.00–437.50	432.24
22	500–550	539	420.00	420.00
11	550–600	572	402.00	402.00
13	650–700	679	350.00	350.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1 · Fancy$ per cwt · actual wt
14	450–500	478	515.00	515.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
19	350–400	365	350.00–355.00	351.03
8	450–500	470	360.00	360.00
17	500–550	507	347.50–375.00	360.93
16	600–650	639	328.00–335.00	330.18

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
8	650–700	681	302.50–310.00	307.13

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
12	500–550	536	375.00–390.00	386.29
8	550–600	568	357.50–360.00	359.02
16	700–750	732	317.00	317.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Dairy Steers — Large 3$ per cwt · actual wt
6	650–700	675	190.00	190.00

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.