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Ozarks Regional Stockyards

Name: Ozarks Regional Stockyards livestock auction prices — 2026-02-24
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2026-02-24

Feeder Cattle · West Plains, Missouri · Tue, Feb 24

● Final64 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 1249

← Feb 17Feb 24Mar 3 →

Receipts

2,193 head

▲ 100 vs last sale 2,093▼ 496 vs year ago 2,689 · −18.4%

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 3.00-6.00 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 183 head of colored-up steers weighing 587 lbs. which sold for 485.00/cwt. Another large draft was 179 head of mostly black steers weighing 928 lbs which sold for 335.50/cwt. The USDA Cattle on Feed Report, released last week, reported Inventories were down 2 percent, Placements were down 5 percent and Marketings were down 13 percent. Boxed Beef was sharply higher today with the CME Cattle Futures unevenly steady.

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 $493.03/cwt on 349 head. That ranks 34 of 36 comparable sales and sits +50.57 against this barn's trailing median of $442.46.

Average price

$493.03

349 head · 563 lb average

Value per head Derived

$2,777

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$476

per head · Medium and Large 1 over Medium 2

$62.48/cwt at this weight

vs the market

+3.61

vs MO average

+6.01 vs national

Price by quality 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1	571	497.48	2,842	262
Medium 1-2	529	495.00	2,619	5thin
Medium and Large 1-2	539	482.76	2,604	75
Medium 2	544	435.00	2,366	7thin

One grade step is worth $62.48/cwt here — about $476 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 sale349 hd

493.03

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MO average21 barns · 3,319 hd

489.42

+3.61

National average172 barns · 11,832 hd

487.02

+6.01

This barn, trailing median36 sales

442.46

+50.57

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

64 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 · Steers30 lots · lightest first
Steers	250–300	Medium and Large 1	296	720.00/cwt	720.00–720.00	2,131	7
Steers	300–350	Medium and Large 1	324	653.66/cwt	620.00–675.00	2,118	16
Steers	300–350	Medium and Large 1-2	348	580.00/cwt	580.00–580.00	2,018	5
Steers	350–400	Medium and Large 2	362	530.96/cwt	500.00–545.00	1,922	17
Steers	350–400	Medium and Large 1	395	630.78/cwt	625.00–635.00	2,492	14
Steers	400–450	Medium and Large 1	408	604.26/cwt	580.00–625.00	2,465	21
Steers	400–450	Medium and Large 1-2	422	533.89/cwt	515.00–550.00	2,253	27
Steers	400–450	Medium and Large 2	447	517.50/cwt	517.50–517.50	2,313	6
Steers	450–500	Medium and Large 1	474	548.83/cwt	545.00–555.00	2,601	17
Steers	450–500	Medium and Large 1-2	474	510.42/cwt	495.00–530.00	2,419	42
Steers	450–500	Medium and Large 2	491	466.88/cwt	455.00–475.00	2,292	11
Steers	450–500	Medium 1-2	494	500.00/cwt	500.00–500.00	2,470	5
Steers	500–550	Medium and Large 1-2	521	499.82/cwt	480.00–525.00	2,604	47
Steers	500–550	Medium and Large 1	526	530.02/cwt	510.00–552.50	2,788	61
Steers	500–550	Medium 1-2	529	495.00/cwt	495.00–495.00	2,619	5
Steers	500–550	Medium 2	544	435.00/cwt	435.00–435.00	2,366	7
Steers	550–600	Medium and Large 1-2	570	454.13/cwt	430.00–460.00	2,589	28
Steers	550–600	Medium and Large 1	585	487.61/cwt	480.00–530.00	2,853	201
Steers	600–650	Large 1	621	440.00/cwt	440.00–440.00	2,732	6
Steers	600–650	Medium and Large 1-2	629	426.76/cwt	415.00–435.00	2,684	25
Steers	600–650	Medium and Large 1	639	452.00/cwt	452.00–452.00	2,888	27
Steers	650–700	Medium and Large 1	654	432.15/cwt	415.00–435.00	2,826	14
Steers	650–700	Medium and Large 1-2	669	397.93/cwt	393.00–405.00	2,662	21
Steers	700–750	Large 1-2	734	370.00/cwt	370.00–370.00	2,716	5
Steers	700–750	Medium and Large 1	735	388.27/cwt	387.50–392.50	2,854	50
Steers	750–800	Medium and Large 1	758	383.00/cwt	383.00–383.00	2,903	39
Steers	800–850	Medium and Large 1-2	846	341.57/cwt	320.00–342.50	2,890	70
Steers	850–900	Medium and Large 1	897	345.50/cwt	345.50–345.50	3,099	59
Steers	900–950	Medium and Large 1	928	335.50/cwt	335.50–335.50	3,113	179
Steers	950–1000	Medium and Large 1-2	983	307.00/cwt	307.00–307.00	3,018	9
Feeder Cattle · Heifers24 lots · lightest first
Heifers	300–350	Medium and Large 1-2	328	507.93/cwt	490.00–535.00	1,666	36
Heifers	300–350	Medium and Large 2	338	454.36/cwt	435.00–475.00	1,536	10
Heifers	300–350	Medium and Large 1	340	615.00/cwt	615.00–615.00	2,091	7
Heifers	350–400	Medium and Large 1	365	534.00/cwt	527.50–540.00	1,949	8
Heifers	350–400	Medium and Large 1-2	379	499.54/cwt	485.00–515.00	1,893	33
Heifers	350–400	Medium 1-2	389	487.50/cwt	487.50–487.50	1,896	5
Heifers	400–450	Large 1	409	515.00/cwt	515.00–515.00	2,106	5
Heifers	400–450	Medium and Large 1	420	519.77/cwt	510.00–550.00	2,183	51
Heifers	400–450	Medium and Large 2	428	442.18/cwt	430.00–452.50	1,893	14
Heifers	400–450	Medium and Large 1-2	431	491.87/cwt	470.00–505.00	2,120	42
Heifers	450–500	Medium and Large 1	464	509.67/cwt	485.00–525.00	2,365	41
Heifers	450–500	Medium and Large 1-2	487	461.67/cwt	445.00–472.50	2,248	54
Heifers	500–550	Medium and Large 1	516	472.88/cwt	457.50–500.00	2,440	71
Heifers	500–550	Medium and Large 1-2	533	427.38/cwt	410.00–450.00	2,278	46
Heifers	550–600	Medium and Large 1	568	424.21/cwt	415.00–437.50	2,410	35
Heifers	550–600	Medium and Large 1-2	587	373.04/cwt	365.00–382.50	2,190	10
Heifers	600–650	Medium and Large 1-2	626	364.66/cwt	355.00–372.50	2,283	14
Heifers	600–650	Medium and Large 1	633	392.11/cwt	385.00–411.00	2,482	67
Heifers	650–700	Medium and Large 1-2	654	352.50/cwt	352.50–352.50	2,305	5
Heifers	650–700	Medium and Large 1	657	378.31/cwt	367.50–395.00	2,485	37
Heifers	700–750	Medium and Large 1	732	354.00/cwt	354.00–354.00	2,591	30
Heifers	700–750	Medium and Large 1-2	740	334.17/cwt	330.00–340.00	2,473	26
Heifers	750–800	Medium and Large 1-2	753	330.00/cwt	330.00–330.00	2,485	5
Heifers	800–850	Medium and Large 1-2	820	314.00/cwt	314.00–314.00	2,575	5
Feeder Cattle · Bulls10 lots · lightest first
Bulls	350–400	Medium and Large 1	364	535.00/cwt	535.00–535.00	1,947	5
Bulls	350–400	Medium and Large 1-2	384	494.84/cwt	480.00–505.00	1,900	5
Bulls	400–450	Medium and Large 1	423	536.15/cwt	520.00–550.00	2,268	10
Bulls	450–500	Medium and Large 1-2	478	451.53/cwt	425.00–465.00	2,158	11
Bulls	500–550	Medium and Large 1	527	459.88/cwt	450.00–480.00	2,424	19
Bulls	500–550	Medium and Large 1-2	534	440.61/cwt	435.00–445.00	2,353	7
Bulls	550–600	Medium and Large 1	586	433.38/cwt	425.00–437.50	2,540	6
Bulls	600–650	Medium and Large 1	632	430.00/cwt	430.00–430.00	2,718	9
Bulls	650–700	Medium and Large 1	651	417.50/cwt	417.50–417.50	2,718	5
Bulls	700–750	Medium and Large 1	730	365.00/cwt	365.00–365.00	2,665	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 24, 2026

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Receipts 2,193Last week 2,093Year ago 2,689

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Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
7	300–350	340	615.00	615.00
8	350–400	365	527.50–540.00	534.00
51	400–450	420	510.00–550.00	519.77
41	450–500	464	485.00–525.00	509.67
71	500–550	516	457.50–500.00	472.88
35	550–600	568	415.00–437.50	424.21
67	600–650	633	385.00–411.00	392.11
37	650–700	657	367.50–395.00	378.31
30	700–750	732	354.00	354.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
10	300–350	338	435.00–475.00	454.36
14	400–450	428	430.00–452.50	442.18

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
36	300–350	328	490.00–535.00	507.93
33	350–400	379	485.00–515.00	499.54
42	400–450	431	470.00–505.00	491.87
54	450–500	487	445.00–472.50	461.67
46	500–550	533	410.00–450.00	427.38
10	550–600	587	365.00–382.50	373.04
14	600–650	626	355.00–372.50	364.66
5	650–700	654	352.50	352.50
26	700–750	740	330.00–340.00	334.17
5	750–800	753	330.00	330.00
5	800–850	820	314.00	314.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
5	400–450	409	515.00	515.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
5	350–400	389	487.50	487.50

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
17	350–400	362	500.00–545.00	530.96
6	400–450	447	517.50	517.50
11	450–500	491	455.00–475.00	466.88

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
7	250–300	296	720.00	720.00
16	300–350	324	620.00–675.00	653.66
14	350–400	395	625.00–635.00	630.78
21	400–450	408	580.00–625.00	604.26
17	450–500	474	545.00–555.00	548.83
61	500–550	526	510.00–552.50	530.02
201	550–600	585	480.00–530.00	487.61
27	600–650	639	452.00	452.00
14	650–700	654	415.00–435.00	432.15
50	700–750	735	387.50–392.50	388.27
39	750–800	758	383.00	383.00
59	850–900	897	345.50	345.50
179	900–950	928	335.50	335.50

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
5	300–350	348	580.00	580.00
27	400–450	422	515.00–550.00	533.89
42	450–500	474	495.00–530.00	510.42
47	500–550	521	480.00–525.00	499.82
28	550–600	570	430.00–460.00	454.13
25	600–650	629	415.00–435.00	426.76
21	650–700	669	393.00–405.00	397.93
70	800–850	846	320.00–342.50	341.57
9	950–1000	983	307.00	307.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium 2$ per cwt · actual wt
7	500–550	544	435.00	435.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
5	450–500	494	500.00	500.00
5	500–550	529	495.00	495.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
5	700–750	734	370.00	370.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
6	600–650	621	440.00	440.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
5	350–400	364	535.00	535.00
10	400–450	423	520.00–550.00	536.15
19	500–550	527	450.00–480.00	459.88
6	550–600	586	425.00–437.50	433.38
9	600–650	632	430.00	430.00
5	650–700	651	417.50	417.50
5	700–750	730	365.00	365.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
5	350–400	384	480.00–505.00	494.84
11	450–500	478	425.00–465.00	451.53
7	500–550	534	435.00–445.00	440.61

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.