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Ozarks Regional Stockyards

Name: Ozarks Regional Stockyards livestock auction prices — 2025-12-16
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2025-12-16

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

● Final62 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 1249

← Dec 9Dec 16Jan 6 →

Receipts

2,700 head

▼ 386 vs last sale 3,086▲ 1,268 vs year ago 1,432 · +88.5%

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, feeders steers sold 6.00-12.00 higher and lightly tested feeder heifers sold mostly steady. Steer and heifers calves sold 4.00-8.00 higher with spots 20.00 higher. PeeWee calves were very uneven from 15.00 lower to 15.00 higher. Demand was very good on a moderate supply. There were a lot of large drafts in the offering this week with 21 drafts having 25 head or more. The largest draft of the day was 130 head of steers weighing 794 lbs. which sold for 351.50/cwt. This was the last feeder sale of the year. The next feeder sale will be January 2 at 8:00 AM and will be a Wean/Vac Special. For 2025, Ozarks Regional Stockyard sold 113,723 feeders through the ring and 37,017 feeders on the Video Auction. Merry Christmas and Happy New Year on behalf of the MDA Market News Service.

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 $434.96/cwt on 356 head. That ranks 17 of 36 comparable sales and sits −7.50 against this barn's trailing median of $442.46.

Average price

$434.96

356 head · 557 lb average

Value per head Derived

$2,425

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$232

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

$64.87/cwt at this weight

vs the market

+5.79

vs MO average

−9.14 vs national

Price by quality 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1	554	444.87	2,467	269
Medium and Large 1-2	558	411.19	2,293	63
Large 1-2	598	405.00	2,422	6thin
Medium 1-2	588	380.00	2,234	18thin

One grade step is worth $64.87/cwt here — about $232 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 sale356 hd

434.96

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MO average19 barns · 4,066 hd

429.18

+5.79

National average163 barns · 16,063 hd

444.10

−9.14

This barn, trailing median36 sales

442.46

−7.50

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

62 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 · Steers31 lots · lightest first
Steers	300–350	Medium and Large 1	335	560.97/cwt	545.00–585.00	1,879	12
Steers	300–350	Medium and Large 1-2	340	507.19/cwt	505.00–510.00	1,724	9
Steers	350–400	Medium and Large 1	376	541.04/cwt	525.00–565.00	2,034	16
Steers	350–400	Medium and Large 2	383	411.11/cwt	400.00–425.00	1,575	7
Steers	350–400	Medium and Large 1-2	398	457.50/cwt	457.50–457.50	1,821	6
Steers	400–450	Medium and Large 1	418	523.00/cwt	515.00–540.00	2,186	38
Steers	400–450	Medium and Large 1-2	418	464.04/cwt	440.00–485.00	1,940	23
Steers	400–450	Medium 1	419	545.00/cwt	545.00–545.00	2,284	7
Steers	450–500	Medium 2-3	460	270.00/cwt	270.00–270.00	1,242	5
Steers	450–500	Large 1-2	462	455.00/cwt	455.00–455.00	2,102	5
Steers	450–500	Medium and Large 1	470	478.25/cwt	472.50–485.00	2,248	48
Steers	450–500	Medium and Large 1-2	475	446.52/cwt	425.00–465.00	2,121	17
Steers	450–500	Medium and Large 2	475	422.50/cwt	422.50–422.50	2,007	6
Steers	500–550	Medium and Large 1	518	456.57/cwt	445.00–477.00	2,365	69
Steers	500–550	Medium and Large 1-2	529	426.79/cwt	402.50–437.50	2,258	23
Steers	550–600	Medium and Large 1	567	440.84/cwt	420.00–460.00	2,500	200
Steers	550–600	Medium and Large 1-2	574	402.22/cwt	385.00–415.00	2,309	40
Steers	550–600	Medium 1-2	588	380.00/cwt	380.00–380.00	2,234	18
Steers	550–600	Large 1-2	598	405.00/cwt	405.00–405.00	2,422	6
Steers	600–650	Medium and Large 1-2	624	373.78/cwt	355.00–384.00	2,332	34
Steers	600–650	Medium and Large 1	633	396.48/cwt	390.00–407.50	2,510	85
Steers	650–700	Medium and Large 1	670	393.41/cwt	385.00–402.50	2,636	192
Steers	650–700	Medium and Large 1-2	673	365.33/cwt	345.00–375.00	2,459	41
Steers	700–750	Medium and Large 1	712	358.58/cwt	354.00–367.50	2,553	39
Steers	700–750	Medium and Large 1-2	729	325.79/cwt	314.00–337.50	2,375	27
Steers	750–800	Medium and Large 1	779	350.06/cwt	347.50–351.50	2,727	207
Steers	750–800	Medium and Large 1-2	786	333.89/cwt	330.00–335.00	2,624	9
Steers	800–850	Medium and Large 1	804	341.30/cwt	341.00–343.00	2,744	34
Steers	850–900	Large 1	866	319.00/cwt	319.00–319.00	2,763	33
Steers	850–900	Medium and Large 1	882	325.21/cwt	323.50–328.50	2,868	172
Steers	850–900	Medium and Large 1-2	882	300.00/cwt	300.00–300.00	2,646	7
Feeder Cattle · Heifers24 lots · lightest first
Heifers	300–350	Medium 2	309	385.00/cwt	385.00–385.00	1,190	6
Heifers	300–350	Medium and Large 1	325	483.24/cwt	465.00–515.00	1,571	38
Heifers	350–400	Medium and Large 1-2	377	433.56/cwt	420.00–440.00	1,635	12
Heifers	350–400	Medium and Large 1	378	462.31/cwt	445.00–480.00	1,748	24
Heifers	350–400	Large 1-2	389	380.00/cwt	380.00–380.00	1,478	5
Heifers	400–450	Medium and Large 1	416	449.22/cwt	440.00–457.50	1,869	14
Heifers	400–450	Medium and Large 1-2	443	416.59/cwt	400.00–435.00	1,845	28
Heifers	450–500	Medium and Large 1	466	431.56/cwt	415.00–437.50	2,011	31
Heifers	450–500	Medium and Large 1-2	479	393.85/cwt	375.00–410.00	1,887	51
Heifers	450–500	Medium and Large 2	481	347.50/cwt	347.50–347.50	1,671	6
Heifers	500–550	Medium and Large 1-2	522	366.78/cwt	340.00–377.50	1,915	33
Heifers	500–550	Medium and Large 2	537	360.00/cwt	360.00–360.00	1,933	6
Heifers	500–550	Medium and Large 1	539	382.70/cwt	377.50–395.00	2,063	81
Heifers	550–600	Medium and Large 1-2	573	352.29/cwt	330.00–357.50	2,019	85
Heifers	550–600	Medium and Large 1	575	391.51/cwt	365.00–397.50	2,251	117
Heifers	600–650	Medium and Large 1-2	610	305.44/cwt	300.00–320.00	1,863	16
Heifers	600–650	Medium and Large 1	629	343.14/cwt	332.50–348.00	2,158	82
Heifers	650–700	Medium and Large 1	669	334.00/cwt	334.00–334.00	2,234	79
Heifers	650–700	Medium and Large 1-2	678	302.94/cwt	280.00–321.00	2,054	9
Heifers	700–750	Medium and Large 1-2	736	313.70/cwt	305.00–319.00	2,309	36
Heifers	750–800	Medium and Large 1	751	319.00/cwt	319.00–319.00	2,396	33
Heifers	750–800	Medium and Large 1-2	759	305.51/cwt	300.00–312.50	2,319	9
Heifers	800–850	Medium and Large 1-2	816	290.00/cwt	290.00–290.00	2,366	5
Heifers	850–900	Medium and Large 1-2	880	280.20/cwt	279.00–287.50	2,466	21
Feeder Cattle · Bulls6 lots · lightest first
Bulls	450–500	Medium and Large 1-2	467	395.12/cwt	370.00–405.00	1,845	19
Bulls	450–500	Medium and Large 1	486	425.63/cwt	417.50–435.00	2,069	19
Bulls	500–550	Medium and Large 1	538	405.00/cwt	405.00–405.00	2,179	10
Bulls	550–600	Medium and Large 1-2	574	338.10/cwt	335.00–340.00	1,941	8
Bulls	600–650	Medium and Large 1	633	345.00/cwt	345.00–345.00	2,184	6
Bulls	650–700	Medium and Large 1	679	345.00/cwt	345.00–345.00	2,343	5
Feeder Cattle · Dairy Steers1 lot · lightest first
Dairy Steers	400–450	Large 3	443	265.00/cwt	265.00–265.00	1,174	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 Dec 16, 2025

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Receipts 2,700Last week 3,086Year ago 1,432

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Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
33	850–900	866	319.00	319.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
5	450–500	462	455.00	455.00
6	550–600	598	405.00	405.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium 1$ per cwt · actual wt
7	400–450	419	545.00	545.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
12	300–350	335	545.00–585.00	560.97
16	350–400	376	525.00–565.00	541.04
38	400–450	418	515.00–540.00	523.00
48	450–500	470	472.50–485.00	478.25
69	500–550	518	445.00–477.00	456.57
200	550–600	567	420.00–460.00	440.84
85	600–650	633	390.00–407.50	396.48
192	650–700	670	385.00–402.50	393.41
39	700–750	712	354.00–367.50	358.58
207	750–800	779	347.50–351.50	350.06
34	800–850	804	341.00–343.00	341.30
172	850–900	882	323.50–328.50	325.21

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
9	300–350	340	505.00–510.00	507.19
6	350–400	398	457.50	457.50
23	400–450	418	440.00–485.00	464.04
17	450–500	475	425.00–465.00	446.52
23	500–550	529	402.50–437.50	426.79
40	550–600	574	385.00–415.00	402.22
34	600–650	624	355.00–384.00	373.78
41	650–700	673	345.00–375.00	365.33
27	700–750	729	314.00–337.50	325.79
9	750–800	786	330.00–335.00	333.89
7	850–900	882	300.00	300.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium 2-3$ per cwt · actual wt
5	450–500	460	270.00	270.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
18	550–600	588	380.00	380.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
7	350–400	383	400.00–425.00	411.11
6	450–500	475	422.50	422.50

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
5	350–400	389	380.00	380.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
38	300–350	325	465.00–515.00	483.24
24	350–400	378	445.00–480.00	462.31
14	400–450	416	440.00–457.50	449.22
31	450–500	466	415.00–437.50	431.56
81	500–550	539	377.50–395.00	382.70
117	550–600	575	365.00–397.50	391.51
82	600–650	629	332.50–348.00	343.14
79	650–700	669	334.00	334.00
33	750–800	751	319.00	319.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
12	350–400	377	420.00–440.00	433.56
28	400–450	443	400.00–435.00	416.59
51	450–500	479	375.00–410.00	393.85
33	500–550	522	340.00–377.50	366.78
85	550–600	573	330.00–357.50	352.29
16	600–650	610	300.00–320.00	305.44
9	650–700	678	280.00–321.00	302.94
36	700–750	736	305.00–319.00	313.70
9	750–800	759	300.00–312.50	305.51
5	800–850	816	290.00	290.00
21	850–900	880	279.00–287.50	280.20

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium 2$ per cwt · actual wt
6	300–350	309	385.00	385.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
6	450–500	481	347.50	347.50
6	500–550	537	360.00	360.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Dairy Steers — Large 3$ per cwt · actual wt
7	400–450	443	265.00	265.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
19	450–500	467	370.00–405.00	395.12
8	550–600	574	335.00–340.00	338.10

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
19	450–500	486	417.50–435.00	425.63
10	500–550	538	405.00	405.00
6	600–650	633	345.00	345.00
5	650–700	679	345.00	345.00

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.