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Ozarks Regional Stockyards

Name: Ozarks Regional Stockyards livestock auction prices — 2026-02-17
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2026-02-17

Feeder Cattle · West Plains, Missouri · Tue, Feb 17

● Final70 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 1249

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Receipts

2,093 head

▼ 1,454 vs last sale 3,547▲ 2,093 vs year ago 0 · no sale a year ago

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 were steady. Steer calves were 4.00-8.00 higher and heifer calves were steady to 4.00 higher. Demand was good on a moderate supply. The largest draft of the day was 95 head of 624 lb. steer calves which sold for 465.00/cwt. Some much needed rain fell across the area this weekend but not enough to improve on the drought conditions. The CME Cattle Futures traded higher on Tuesday following the President's Day break.

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 $486.90/cwt on 225 head. That ranks 33 of 36 comparable sales and sits +44.43 against this barn's trailing median of $442.46.

Average price

$486.90

225 head · 545 lb average

Value per head Derived

$2,654

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$796

per head · Medium and Large 1 over Medium 2-3

$146.31/cwt at this weight

vs the market

+3.58

vs MO average

−0.45 vs national

Price by quality 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1	544	506.31	2,755	160
Large 1-2	553	462.08	2,556	12thin
Medium and Large 1-2	557	457.94	2,552	32
Medium and Large 2	518	431.20	2,234	11thin
Medium 2-3	544	360.00	1,958	10thin

One grade step is worth $146.31/cwt here — about $796 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 sale225 hd

486.90

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MO average18 barns · 3,127 hd

483.31

+3.58

National average178 barns · 13,390 hd

487.35

−0.45

This barn, trailing median36 sales

442.46

+44.43

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

70 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 · Steers37 lots · lightest first
Steers	300–350	Medium and Large 1Thin Fleshed	335	730.00/cwt	730.00–730.00	2,446	5
Steers	300–350	Medium and Large 1	339	655.00/cwt	655.00–655.00	2,220	5
Steers	350–400	Medium and Large 1	375	642.23/cwt	615.00–675.00	2,408	12
Steers	350–400	Medium and Large 2	398	563.00/cwt	563.00–563.00	2,241	10
Steers	400–450	Medium and Large 2	425	509.19/cwt	495.00–535.00	2,164	17
Steers	400–450	Medium and Large 1-2	429	552.10/cwt	535.00–575.00	2,369	42
Steers	400–450	Medium and Large 1	433	637.75/cwt	590.00–650.00	2,761	39
Steers	450–500	Large 1-2	454	508.19/cwt	505.00–510.00	2,307	14
Steers	450–500	Medium and Large 1Fancy	459	615.00/cwt	615.00–615.00	2,823	13
Steers	450–500	Large 1	471	540.00/cwt	540.00–540.00	2,543	7
Steers	450–500	Medium and Large 1	474	551.96/cwt	540.00–560.00	2,616	41
Steers	450–500	Medium and Large 2	480	500.00/cwt	500.00–500.00	2,400	12
Steers	450–500	Medium and Large 1-2	491	520.67/cwt	513.00–530.00	2,556	9
Steers	500–550	Medium and Large 2	518	431.20/cwt	410.00–450.00	2,234	11
Steers	500–550	Large 1-2	524	485.00/cwt	485.00–485.00	2,541	7
Steers	500–550	Medium and Large 1-2	529	491.97/cwt	480.00–500.00	2,603	10
Steers	500–550	Medium and Large 1	532	524.28/cwt	505.00–550.00	2,789	103
Steers	500–550	Medium 2-3	544	360.00/cwt	360.00–360.00	1,958	10
Steers	550–600	Medium and Large 1	566	473.83/cwt	457.50–490.00	2,682	57
Steers	550–600	Medium and Large 1-2	570	442.47/cwt	424.00–457.50	2,522	22
Steers	550–600	Large 1-2	594	430.00/cwt	430.00–430.00	2,554	5
Steers	600–650	Medium and Large 1-2	610	417.89/cwt	410.00–425.00	2,549	16
Steers	600–650	Medium and Large 1Fancy	611	485.00/cwt	485.00–485.00	2,963	15
Steers	600–650	Large 1	621	439.00/cwt	439.00–439.00	2,726	12
Steers	600–650	Medium and Large 1	624	455.53/cwt	430.00–465.00	2,843	180
Steers	600–650	Medium and Large 2	633	389.03/cwt	380.00–425.00	2,463	10
Steers	650–700	Large 1-2	667	352.50/cwt	352.50–352.50	2,351	8
Steers	650–700	Medium and Large 1	669	414.01/cwt	410.00–430.00	2,770	48
Steers	650–700	Medium and Large 1-2	676	392.10/cwt	377.50–402.50	2,651	23
Steers	700–750	Large 1	712	385.11/cwt	370.00–391.00	2,742	11
Steers	700–750	Large 1-2	720	330.00/cwt	330.00–330.00	2,376	5
Steers	700–750	Medium and Large 1	729	381.76/cwt	380.00–395.00	2,783	68
Steers	750–800	Medium and Large 1	773	360.02/cwt	358.00–365.00	2,783	24
Steers	800–850	Medium and Large 1	825	357.70/cwt	354.00–370.00	2,951	82
Steers	800–850	Medium and Large 1-2	831	325.95/cwt	322.50–335.00	2,709	7
Steers	1000–1050	Medium and Large 1-2	1,018	310.00/cwt	310.00–310.00	3,156	10
Steers	1100–1150	Medium and Large 2	1,116	225.00/cwt	225.00–225.00	2,511	6
Feeder Cattle · Heifers28 lots · lightest first
Heifers	300–350	Medium and Large 1-2	328	556.42/cwt	550.00–565.00	1,825	13
Heifers	300–350	Medium and Large 1	329	611.05/cwt	577.50–625.00	2,010	21
Heifers	350–400	Medium and Large 1	379	556.56/cwt	537.50–577.50	2,109	29
Heifers	350–400	Medium and Large 2	382	451.39/cwt	450.00–455.00	1,724	7
Heifers	400–450	Medium and Large 1	401	529.52/cwt	525.00–540.00	2,123	10
Heifers	400–450	Medium and Large 1-2	427	479.97/cwt	472.50–485.00	2,049	21
Heifers	400–450	Large 1	430	500.00/cwt	500.00–500.00	2,150	10
Heifers	400–450	Large 1-2	449	472.50/cwt	472.50–472.50	2,122	10
Heifers	450–500	Medium and Large 1-2	450	450.00/cwt	450.00–450.00	2,025	5
Heifers	450–500	Medium and Large 1	470	485.99/cwt	470.00–495.00	2,284	69
Heifers	450–500	Medium and Large 2	480	386.25/cwt	380.00–400.00	1,854	12
Heifers	500–550	Medium and Large 1	513	477.89/cwt	445.00–487.50	2,452	21
Heifers	500–550	Medium and Large 1-2	526	415.78/cwt	400.00–430.00	2,187	81
Heifers	500–550	Medium and Large 2	541	365.00/cwt	365.00–365.00	1,975	7
Heifers	550–600	Medium and Large 2	553	365.00/cwt	365.00–365.00	2,018	5
Heifers	550–600	Medium and Large 1	567	428.72/cwt	415.00–452.50	2,431	206
Heifers	550–600	Medium and Large 1-2	595	393.57/cwt	392.50–400.00	2,342	14
Heifers	600–650	Medium and Large 1	617	377.39/cwt	370.00–390.00	2,328	58
Heifers	600–650	Medium and Large 1-2	635	347.03/cwt	340.00–352.00	2,204	11
Heifers	600–650	Medium and Large 2	639	320.89/cwt	320.00–322.50	2,050	14
Heifers	650–700	Medium and Large 1	670	358.89/cwt	352.50–370.00	2,405	41
Heifers	650–700	Medium and Large 1-2	683	335.37/cwt	322.50–347.50	2,291	37
Heifers	700–750	Medium and Large 1	705	342.50/cwt	342.50–342.50	2,415	5
Heifers	700–750	Medium and Large 1-2	739	324.60/cwt	322.50–325.00	2,399	12
Heifers	750–800	Large 1-2	784	310.00/cwt	310.00–310.00	2,430	6
Heifers	750–800	Medium and Large 1-2	787	318.00/cwt	318.00–318.00	2,503	5
Heifers	800–850	Medium and Large 1-2	821	307.26/cwt	305.00–308.00	2,523	8
Heifers	850–900	Medium and Large 1-2	870	290.00/cwt	290.00–290.00	2,523	11
Feeder Cattle · Bulls5 lots · lightest first
Bulls	400–450	Medium and Large 1	401	525.00/cwt	525.00–525.00	2,105	5
Bulls	500–550	Medium and Large 1-2	512	435.88/cwt	425.00–450.00	2,232	7
Bulls	550–600	Medium and Large 1	568	439.59/cwt	435.00–450.00	2,497	13
Bulls	600–650	Medium and Large 1-2	614	375.00/cwt	375.00–375.00	2,303	5
Bulls	600–650	Medium and Large 1	625	380.00/cwt	380.00–380.00	2,375	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 Feb 17, 2026

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

Receipts 2,093Last week 3,547Year ago 0

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Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
10	350–400	398	563.00	563.00
17	400–450	425	495.00–535.00	509.19
12	450–500	480	500.00	500.00
11	500–550	518	410.00–450.00	431.20
10	600–650	633	380.00–425.00	389.03
6	1100–1150	1,116	225.00	225.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
14	450–500	454	505.00–510.00	508.19
7	500–550	524	485.00	485.00
5	550–600	594	430.00	430.00
8	650–700	667	352.50	352.50
5	700–750	720	330.00	330.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
42	400–450	429	535.00–575.00	552.10
9	450–500	491	513.00–530.00	520.67
10	500–550	529	480.00–500.00	491.97
22	550–600	570	424.00–457.50	442.47
16	600–650	610	410.00–425.00	417.89
23	650–700	676	377.50–402.50	392.10
7	800–850	831	322.50–335.00	325.95
10	1000–1050	1,018	310.00	310.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium 2-3$ per cwt · actual wt
10	500–550	544	360.00	360.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
5	300–350	339	655.00	655.00
12	350–400	375	615.00–675.00	642.23
39	400–450	433	590.00–650.00	637.75
41	450–500	474	540.00–560.00	551.96
103	500–550	532	505.00–550.00	524.28
57	550–600	566	457.50–490.00	473.83
180	600–650	624	430.00–465.00	455.53
48	650–700	669	410.00–430.00	414.01
68	700–750	729	380.00–395.00	381.76
24	750–800	773	358.00–365.00	360.02
82	800–850	825	354.00–370.00	357.70

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1 · Thin Fleshed$ per cwt · actual wt
5	300–350	335	730.00	730.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
7	450–500	471	540.00	540.00
12	600–650	621	439.00	439.00
11	700–750	712	370.00–391.00	385.11

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1 · Fancy$ per cwt · actual wt
13	450–500	459	615.00	615.00
15	600–650	611	485.00	485.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
10	400–450	430	500.00	500.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
13	300–350	328	550.00–565.00	556.42
21	400–450	427	472.50–485.00	479.97
5	450–500	450	450.00	450.00
81	500–550	526	400.00–430.00	415.78
14	550–600	595	392.50–400.00	393.57
11	600–650	635	340.00–352.00	347.03
37	650–700	683	322.50–347.50	335.37
12	700–750	739	322.50–325.00	324.60
5	750–800	787	318.00	318.00
8	800–850	821	305.00–308.00	307.26
11	850–900	870	290.00	290.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
21	300–350	329	577.50–625.00	611.05
29	350–400	379	537.50–577.50	556.56
10	400–450	401	525.00–540.00	529.52
69	450–500	470	470.00–495.00	485.99
21	500–550	513	445.00–487.50	477.89
206	550–600	567	415.00–452.50	428.72
58	600–650	617	370.00–390.00	377.39
41	650–700	670	352.50–370.00	358.89
5	700–750	705	342.50	342.50

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
7	350–400	382	450.00–455.00	451.39
12	450–500	480	380.00–400.00	386.25
7	500–550	541	365.00	365.00
5	550–600	553	365.00	365.00
14	600–650	639	320.00–322.50	320.89

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
10	400–450	449	472.50	472.50
6	750–800	784	310.00	310.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
7	500–550	512	425.00–450.00	435.88
5	600–650	614	375.00	375.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
5	400–450	401	525.00	525.00
13	550–600	568	435.00–450.00	439.59
5	600–650	625	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.