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Ozarks Regional Stockyards

Name: Ozarks Regional Stockyards livestock auction prices — 2026-03-10
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2026-03-10

Feeder Cattle · West Plains, Missouri · Tue, Mar 10

● Final60 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 1249

← Mar 3Mar 10Mar 17 →

Receipts

1,428 head

▼ 1,113 vs last sale 2,541▼ 1,583 vs year ago 3,011 · −52.6%

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 heifers sold 2.00-4.00 lower with feeder steers not well tested. Steer and heifers calves sold 4.00-8.00 lower. Peewee calves sold 10.00-15.00 higher. Demand was moderate on a light supply. The quality of the offering was average at best with buyers being very selective. The largest draft of the day was 88 head of 729 lb. heifers which sold for 341.50/cwt.

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 $473.41/cwt on 142 head, down $10.57 from the prior sale. That ranks 25 of 36 comparable sales and sits +30.95 against this barn's trailing median of $442.46.

Average price

$473.41

▼ 10.57 vs prior sale

142 head · 545 lb average

Value per head Derived

$2,578

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$179

per head · Large 1 over Large 1-2

$80.00/cwt at this weight

vs the market

+3.03

vs MO average

+1.21 vs national

Price by quality 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Large 1	523	515.00	2,693	5thin
Medium and Large 1	545	488.53	2,663	63
Medium and Large 1-2	543	459.37	2,495	69
Large 1-2	578	435.00	2,514	5thin

One grade step is worth $80.00/cwt here — about $179 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 sale142 hd

473.41

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MO average18 barns · 2,036 hd

470.37

+3.03

National average178 barns · 10,669 hd

472.20

+1.21

This barn, trailing median36 sales

442.46

+30.95

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 · Steers31 lots · lightest first
Steers	300–350	Medium 1-2	322	570.00/cwt	570.00–570.00	1,835	10
Steers	300–350	Medium and Large 1	324	672.87/cwt	645.00–705.00	2,180	14
Steers	300–350	Medium and Large 1-2	334	565.21/cwt	560.00–575.00	1,888	11
Steers	300–350	Medium and Large 2	335	555.00/cwt	555.00–555.00	1,859	6
Steers	350–400	Medium and Large 2	358	520.00/cwt	520.00–520.00	1,862	6
Steers	350–400	Medium and Large 1	368	637.85/cwt	615.00–670.00	2,347	19
Steers	350–400	Medium and Large 1-2	395	585.00/cwt	585.00–585.00	2,311	5
Steers	400–450	Medium and Large 1	406	611.73/cwt	605.00–620.00	2,484	9
Steers	400–450	Medium and Large 2	413	519.71/cwt	505.00–530.00	2,146	5
Steers	400–450	Medium and Large 1-2	427	534.33/cwt	500.00–550.00	2,282	38
Steers	450–500	Medium and Large 1	454	538.54/cwt	535.00–550.00	2,445	24
Steers	450–500	Medium and Large 1-2	476	509.27/cwt	480.00–525.00	2,424	22
Steers	500–550	Large 1	523	515.00/cwt	515.00–515.00	2,693	5
Steers	500–550	Medium and Large 1	523	510.53/cwt	497.50–540.00	2,670	41
Steers	500–550	Medium and Large 1-2	531	468.87/cwt	455.00–490.00	2,490	48
Steers	550–600	Medium and Large 1-2	571	437.64/cwt	415.00–450.00	2,499	21
Steers	550–600	Large 1-2	578	435.00/cwt	435.00–435.00	2,514	5
Steers	550–600	Medium and Large 1	586	447.54/cwt	442.50–460.00	2,623	22
Steers	600–650	Large 1	608	440.00/cwt	440.00–440.00	2,675	9
Steers	600–650	Medium and Large 1	610	442.41/cwt	417.50–452.00	2,699	65
Steers	600–650	Medium and Large 1Value Added	623	430.00/cwt	430.00–430.00	2,679	6
Steers	600–650	Medium and Large 1-2	644	407.42/cwt	407.00–412.50	2,624	37
Steers	600–650	Large 1-2	644	362.50/cwt	362.50–362.50	2,335	5
Steers	650–700	Medium and Large 1-2	679	387.19/cwt	367.50–389.50	2,629	85
Steers	650–700	Medium and Large 1	681	393.77/cwt	390.00–415.00	2,682	46
Steers	700–750	Medium and Large 1	719	370.40/cwt	362.50–375.00	2,663	8
Steers	700–750	Medium and Large 1-2	739	343.58/cwt	340.00–362.50	2,539	19
Steers	750–800	Large 1-2	772	322.50/cwt	322.50–322.50	2,490	6
Steers	750–800	Medium and Large 1	779	359.70/cwt	358.00–365.00	2,802	8
Steers	800–850	Large 1-2	815	333.00/cwt	333.00–333.00	2,714	8
Steers	900–950	Medium and Large 1-2	905	304.01/cwt	303.00–307.50	2,751	9
Feeder Cattle · Heifers21 lots · lightest first
Heifers	300–350	Medium 1	302	567.50/cwt	567.50–567.50	1,714	9
Heifers	300–350	Medium and Large 1-2	323	510.00/cwt	510.00–510.00	1,647	12
Heifers	300–350	Medium and Large 1	345	549.19/cwt	535.00–560.00	1,895	13
Heifers	350–400	Medium and Large 1	370	539.50/cwt	530.00–550.00	1,996	20
Heifers	350–400	Medium and Large 1-2	387	480.31/cwt	465.00–510.00	1,859	10
Heifers	400–450	Medium and Large 1-2	422	462.45/cwt	445.00–470.00	1,952	35
Heifers	400–450	Medium and Large 2	423	440.00/cwt	440.00–440.00	1,861	5
Heifers	400–450	Medium and Large 1	429	503.06/cwt	485.00–512.50	2,158	26
Heifers	450–500	Medium and Large 1	475	462.77/cwt	455.00–480.00	2,198	21
Heifers	450–500	Medium and Large 1-2	479	442.56/cwt	420.00–450.00	2,120	30
Heifers	450–500	Medium and Large 2	487	399.00/cwt	385.00–410.00	1,943	10
Heifers	500–550	Medium and Large 1	519	444.27/cwt	440.00–447.50	2,306	29
Heifers	500–550	Medium and Large 1-2	526	411.93/cwt	390.00–427.50	2,167	56
Heifers	550–600	Large 1-2	558	400.00/cwt	400.00–400.00	2,232	5
Heifers	550–600	Medium and Large 1	571	434.66/cwt	420.00–437.50	2,482	31
Heifers	550–600	Medium and Large 1-2	584	381.09/cwt	380.00–385.00	2,226	27
Heifers	600–650	Medium and Large 1	611	408.08/cwt	405.00–417.50	2,493	17
Heifers	600–650	Medium and Large 1-2	632	363.77/cwt	350.00–372.50	2,299	17
Heifers	650–700	Medium and Large 1	678	352.00/cwt	352.00–352.00	2,387	5
Heifers	700–750	Medium and Large 1	729	340.35/cwt	320.00–341.50	2,481	93
Heifers	800–850	Medium and Large 1-2	814	292.50/cwt	292.50–292.50	2,381	5
Feeder Cattle · Bulls8 lots · lightest first
Bulls	350–400	Medium and Large 1	380	530.77/cwt	520.00–535.00	2,017	10
Bulls	350–400	Medium and Large 1-2	388	500.00/cwt	500.00–500.00	1,940	10
Bulls	400–450	Medium and Large 1	434	515.71/cwt	507.50–540.00	2,238	14
Bulls	450–500	Medium and Large 1	465	492.74/cwt	475.00–505.00	2,291	5
Bulls	550–600	Medium and Large 1	562	432.04/cwt	415.00–450.00	2,428	12
Bulls	600–650	Medium and Large 1	610	421.71/cwt	415.00–425.00	2,572	6
Bulls	950–1000	Medium and Large 1-2	956	240.00/cwt	240.00–240.00	2,294	27
Bulls	1050–1100	Medium and Large 1-2	1,064	200.00/cwt	200.00–200.00	2,128	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 Mar 10, 2026

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

Receipts 1,428Last week 2,541Year ago 3,011

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Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
11	300–350	334	560.00–575.00	565.21
5	350–400	395	585.00	585.00
38	400–450	427	500.00–550.00	534.33
22	450–500	476	480.00–525.00	509.27
48	500–550	531	455.00–490.00	468.87
21	550–600	571	415.00–450.00	437.64
37	600–650	644	407.00–412.50	407.42
85	650–700	679	367.50–389.50	387.19
19	700–750	739	340.00–362.50	343.58
9	900–950	905	303.00–307.50	304.01

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
6	300–350	335	555.00	555.00
6	350–400	358	520.00	520.00
5	400–450	413	505.00–530.00	519.71

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
10	300–350	322	570.00	570.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
14	300–350	324	645.00–705.00	672.87
19	350–400	368	615.00–670.00	637.85
9	400–450	406	605.00–620.00	611.73
24	450–500	454	535.00–550.00	538.54
41	500–550	523	497.50–540.00	510.53
22	550–600	586	442.50–460.00	447.54
65	600–650	610	417.50–452.00	442.41
46	650–700	681	390.00–415.00	393.77
8	700–750	719	362.50–375.00	370.40
8	750–800	779	358.00–365.00	359.70

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
5	550–600	578	435.00	435.00
5	600–650	644	362.50	362.50
6	750–800	772	322.50	322.50
8	800–850	815	333.00	333.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1 · Value Added$ per cwt · actual wt
6	600–650	623	430.00	430.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
5	500–550	523	515.00	515.00
9	600–650	608	440.00	440.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
10	350–400	380	520.00–535.00	530.77
14	400–450	434	507.50–540.00	515.71
5	450–500	465	475.00–505.00	492.74
12	550–600	562	415.00–450.00	432.04
6	600–650	610	415.00–425.00	421.71

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
10	350–400	388	500.00	500.00
27	950–1000	956	240.00	240.00
5	1050–1100	1,064	200.00	200.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
13	300–350	345	535.00–560.00	549.19
20	350–400	370	530.00–550.00	539.50
26	400–450	429	485.00–512.50	503.06
21	450–500	475	455.00–480.00	462.77
29	500–550	519	440.00–447.50	444.27
31	550–600	571	420.00–437.50	434.66
17	600–650	611	405.00–417.50	408.08
5	650–700	678	352.00	352.00
93	700–750	729	320.00–341.50	340.35

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
12	300–350	323	510.00	510.00
10	350–400	387	465.00–510.00	480.31
35	400–450	422	445.00–470.00	462.45
30	450–500	479	420.00–450.00	442.56
56	500–550	526	390.00–427.50	411.93
27	550–600	584	380.00–385.00	381.09
17	600–650	632	350.00–372.50	363.77
5	800–850	814	292.50	292.50

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
5	400–450	423	440.00	440.00
10	450–500	487	385.00–410.00	399.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
5	550–600	558	400.00	400.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium 1$ per cwt · actual wt
9	300–350	302	567.50	567.50

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.