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Ozarks Regional Stockyards

Name: Ozarks Regional Stockyards livestock auction prices — 2026-03-17
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2026-03-17

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

● Final59 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 1249

← Mar 10Mar 17Mar 24 →

Receipts

1,329 head

▼ 99 vs last sale 1,428▼ 1,171 vs year ago 2,500 · −46.8%

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 not well tested however undertones were steady to firm. Steer calves over 450 lbs. sold 4.00-8.00 higher. Heifer calves over 450 lbs sold 6.00-12.00 higher. Demand was good on a light supply. The quality of the offering was above average with only one draft over 20 head which was 61 head of 848 lb. steers which sold for 343.00/cwt. Winter weather returned to the Ozarks with morning temperatures dropping into the teens on Tuesday, however 80 degrees is forecasted by the weekend.

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 $483.70/cwt on 115 head, up $10.29 from the prior sale. That ranks 28 of 36 comparable sales and sits +41.24 against this barn's trailing median of $442.46.

Average price

$483.70

▲ 10.29 vs prior sale

115 head · 543 lb average

Value per head Derived

$2,625

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$232

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

$22.74/cwt at this weight

vs the market

+10.52

vs MO average

+11.58 vs national

Price by quality 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1	548	490.94	2,690	78
Large 1	572	470.00	2,688	5thin
Medium and Large 1-2	525	468.20	2,458	32

One grade step is worth $22.74/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 sale115 hd

483.70

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MO average13 barns · 1,273 hd

473.18

+10.52

National average160 barns · 7,757 hd

472.12

+11.58

This barn, trailing median36 sales

442.46

+41.24

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

59 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 · Steers27 lots · lightest first
Steers	250–300	Medium and Large 1	265	710.00/cwt	710.00–710.00	1,882	8
Steers	300–350	Medium and Large 1	334	633.23/cwt	620.00–680.00	2,115	31
Steers	300–350	Medium and Large 1Thin Fleshed	349	705.00/cwt	705.00–705.00	2,460	5
Steers	350–400	Medium and Large 1	374	635.82/cwt	610.00–649.00	2,378	34
Steers	350–400	Medium and Large 1-2	383	574.62/cwt	555.00–585.00	2,201	16
Steers	350–400	Medium and Large 2	389	532.87/cwt	515.00–545.00	2,073	17
Steers	400–450	Medium and Large 1	418	570.07/cwt	565.00–575.00	2,383	5
Steers	400–450	Medium and Large 2	432	506.01/cwt	485.00–517.50	2,186	19
Steers	400–450	Medium and Large 1-2	433	551.02/cwt	530.00–555.00	2,386	16
Steers	400–450	Medium and Large 2-3	448	425.00/cwt	425.00–425.00	1,904	6
Steers	450–500	Medium and Large 1-2	469	514.76/cwt	492.50–532.50	2,414	41
Steers	450–500	Medium and Large 1	473	556.77/cwt	540.00–570.00	2,634	32
Steers	450–500	Medium and Large 2	474	483.48/cwt	470.00–485.00	2,292	10
Steers	500–550	Medium and Large 1	508	509.57/cwt	495.00–525.00	2,589	26
Steers	500–550	Medium and Large 1-2	515	474.26/cwt	450.00–485.00	2,442	24
Steers	550–600	Medium and Large 1-2	555	450.00/cwt	450.00–450.00	2,498	8
Steers	550–600	Medium and Large 1	568	481.62/cwt	465.00–507.50	2,736	52
Steers	550–600	Large 1	572	470.00/cwt	470.00–470.00	2,688	5
Steers	600–650	Medium and Large 1	625	440.84/cwt	420.00–463.00	2,755	48
Steers	600–650	Medium and Large 1-2	645	413.75/cwt	410.00–415.00	2,669	12
Steers	650–700	Medium and Large 1	665	413.95/cwt	392.50–421.00	2,753	20
Steers	650–700	Medium and Large 1-2	670	379.62/cwt	365.00–390.00	2,543	5
Steers	700–750	Medium and Large 1	710	378.99/cwt	372.50–385.00	2,691	5
Steers	750–800	Medium and Large 1	770	359.68/cwt	352.50–361.00	2,770	19
Steers	800–850	Medium and Large 1	848	343.00/cwt	343.00–343.00	2,909	61
Steers	1000–1050	Medium and Large 1-2	1,004	285.00/cwt	285.00–285.00	2,861	20
Steers	1050–1100	Medium and Large 1-2	1,061	253.74/cwt	252.00–262.50	2,692	12
Feeder Cattle · Heifers26 lots · lightest first
Heifers	250–300	Medium and Large 1	289	601.44/cwt	580.00–610.00	1,738	18
Heifers	300–350	Medium and Large 1	332	590.54/cwt	570.00–620.00	1,961	9
Heifers	300–350	Medium and Large 1-2	332	535.90/cwt	535.00–550.00	1,779	16
Heifers	300–350	Medium and Large 2	343	474.29/cwt	465.00–490.00	1,627	8
Heifers	350–400	Medium and Large 1-2	376	499.76/cwt	475.00–520.00	1,879	15
Heifers	350–400	Medium and Large 1	380	539.53/cwt	525.00–560.00	2,050	23
Heifers	400–450	Medium and Large 1	417	520.30/cwt	502.50–550.00	2,170	76
Heifers	400–450	Medium and Large 2	443	419.85/cwt	405.00–435.00	1,860	6
Heifers	400–450	Medium and Large 1-2	446	468.94/cwt	447.50–475.00	2,091	9
Heifers	450–500	Medium and Large 1	467	486.67/cwt	465.00–505.00	2,273	30
Heifers	450–500	Large 1	482	470.00/cwt	470.00–470.00	2,265	5
Heifers	450–500	Medium and Large 1-2	498	435.34/cwt	427.50–440.00	2,168	8
Heifers	500–550	Medium and Large 1	522	446.76/cwt	435.00–480.00	2,332	96
Heifers	500–550	Large 1	527	460.00/cwt	460.00–460.00	2,424	5
Heifers	500–550	Medium and Large 1-2	540	428.84/cwt	420.00–432.00	2,316	26
Heifers	550–600	Medium and Large 1-2	560	410.00/cwt	410.00–410.00	2,296	6
Heifers	550–600	Medium and Large 1	566	434.78/cwt	425.00–452.50	2,461	30
Heifers	600–650	Medium and Large 1	602	385.00/cwt	385.00–385.00	2,318	8
Heifers	600–650	Medium and Large 1-2	616	355.59/cwt	340.00–365.00	2,190	8
Heifers	650–700	Large 1	654	365.00/cwt	365.00–365.00	2,387	9
Heifers	650–700	Medium and Large 1	674	366.52/cwt	360.00–373.00	2,470	22
Heifers	650–700	Medium and Large 1-2	674	340.09/cwt	322.50–350.00	2,292	7
Heifers	700–750	Medium and Large 1-2	710	330.00/cwt	330.00–330.00	2,343	5
Heifers	750–800	Medium and Large 1	758	361.00/cwt	361.00–361.00	2,736	11
Heifers	750–800	Large 1-2	777	328.00/cwt	328.00–328.00	2,549	8
Heifers	800–850	Medium and Large 1	828	330.00/cwt	330.00–330.00	2,732	10
Feeder Cattle · Bulls6 lots · lightest first
Bulls	300–350	Medium and Large 1	317	561.34/cwt	555.00–585.00	1,779	9
Bulls	350–400	Medium and Large 1	382	561.33/cwt	545.00–585.00	2,144	5
Bulls	450–500	Medium and Large 1	474	483.70/cwt	475.00–510.00	2,293	27
Bulls	500–550	Medium and Large 1	543	451.56/cwt	445.00–475.00	2,452	9
Bulls	500–550	Medium and Large 1-2	544	420.00/cwt	420.00–420.00	2,285	6
Bulls	600–650	Medium and Large 1	607	418.47/cwt	412.50–420.00	2,540	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 17, 2026

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

Receipts 1,329Last week 1,428Year ago 2,500

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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
16	350–400	383	555.00–585.00	574.62
16	400–450	433	530.00–555.00	551.02
41	450–500	469	492.50–532.50	514.76
24	500–550	515	450.00–485.00	474.26
8	550–600	555	450.00	450.00
12	600–650	645	410.00–415.00	413.75
5	650–700	670	365.00–390.00	379.62
20	1000–1050	1,004	285.00	285.00
12	1050–1100	1,061	252.00–262.50	253.74

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
8	250–300	265	710.00	710.00
31	300–350	334	620.00–680.00	633.23
34	350–400	374	610.00–649.00	635.82
5	400–450	418	565.00–575.00	570.07
32	450–500	473	540.00–570.00	556.77
26	500–550	508	495.00–525.00	509.57
52	550–600	568	465.00–507.50	481.62
48	600–650	625	420.00–463.00	440.84
20	650–700	665	392.50–421.00	413.95
5	700–750	710	372.50–385.00	378.99
19	750–800	770	352.50–361.00	359.68
61	800–850	848	343.00	343.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
17	350–400	389	515.00–545.00	532.87
19	400–450	432	485.00–517.50	506.01
10	450–500	474	470.00–485.00	483.48

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
5	550–600	572	470.00	470.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 2-3$ per cwt · actual wt
6	400–450	448	425.00	425.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1 · Thin Fleshed$ per cwt · actual wt
5	300–350	349	705.00	705.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
18	250–300	289	580.00–610.00	601.44
9	300–350	332	570.00–620.00	590.54
23	350–400	380	525.00–560.00	539.53
76	400–450	417	502.50–550.00	520.30
30	450–500	467	465.00–505.00	486.67
96	500–550	522	435.00–480.00	446.76
30	550–600	566	425.00–452.50	434.78
8	600–650	602	385.00	385.00
22	650–700	674	360.00–373.00	366.52
11	750–800	758	361.00	361.00
10	800–850	828	330.00	330.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
8	750–800	777	328.00	328.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
16	300–350	332	535.00–550.00	535.90
15	350–400	376	475.00–520.00	499.76
9	400–450	446	447.50–475.00	468.94
8	450–500	498	427.50–440.00	435.34
26	500–550	540	420.00–432.00	428.84
6	550–600	560	410.00	410.00
8	600–650	616	340.00–365.00	355.59
7	650–700	674	322.50–350.00	340.09
5	700–750	710	330.00	330.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
8	300–350	343	465.00–490.00	474.29
6	400–450	443	405.00–435.00	419.85

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
5	450–500	482	470.00	470.00
5	500–550	527	460.00	460.00
9	650–700	654	365.00	365.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
6	500–550	544	420.00	420.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
9	300–350	317	555.00–585.00	561.34
5	350–400	382	545.00–585.00	561.33
27	450–500	474	475.00–510.00	483.70
9	500–550	543	445.00–475.00	451.56
5	600–650	607	412.50–420.00	418.47

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.