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Ozarks Regional Stockyards

Name: Ozarks Regional Stockyards livestock auction prices — 2026-03-31
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2026-03-31

Feeder Cattle · West Plains, Missouri · Tue, Mar 31

● Final62 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 1249

← Mar 24Mar 31Apr 7 →

Receipts

1,673 head

▼ 1,018 vs last sale 2,691▼ 222 vs year ago 1,895 · −11.7%

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, steer and heifer calves over 600 lbs. were 6.00-12.00 higher while calves under 600 lbs. were 4.00-8.00 lower. Demand was good on a moderate supply. The largest draft of the day was 60 head of 942 lb. steers which sold for 332.00/cwt. Another stick-out draft was 14 head of 424 lb. steers which sold for 605.00/cwt., which was the 5th highest 4 weight sale in the barn's history. The CME Cattle Futures traded higher on Tuesday led by the Feeder Cattle Futures which traded sharply higher. Choice boxed beef closed at 395.49 which was 4.42 lower than a week ago but 2.52 higher than Friday's close.

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 $494.27/cwt on 158 head, up $11.22 from the prior sale. That ranks 33 of 35 comparable sales and sits +48.55 against this barn's trailing median of $445.72.

Average price

$494.27

▲ 11.22 vs prior sale

158 head · 548 lb average

Value per head Derived

$2,709

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

−$23

per head · Medium 1 over Large 1-2

$76.00/cwt at this weight

vs the market

+15.11

vs MO average

+11.09 vs national

Price by quality 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium 1	503	521.00	2,621	6thin
Medium and Large 1	543	506.29	2,748	108
Medium and Large 1-2	559	466.48	2,608	33
Large 1-2	594	445.00	2,643	11thin

One grade step is worth $76.00/cwt here — about −$23 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 sale158 hd

494.27

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MO average17 barns · 2,286 hd

479.16

+15.11

National average169 barns · 10,003 hd

483.18

+11.09

This barn, trailing median35 sales

445.72

+48.55

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

35 sales

Steers 500–600 lb: high $507.84, low $348.32, median $445.72 across 35 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 · Steers33 lots · lightest first
Steers	300–350	Medium and Large 1	312	640.43/cwt	635.00–645.00	1,998	10
Steers	300–350	Medium and Large 1-2	328	608.84/cwt	605.00–615.00	1,997	5
Steers	300–350	Medium 2	338	550.00/cwt	550.00–550.00	1,859	12
Steers	350–400	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	351	600.00/cwt	600.00–600.00	2,106	7
Steers	350–400	Medium and Large 1	359	642.04/cwt	620.00–650.00	2,305	20
Steers	350–400	Large 2	368	515.00/cwt	515.00–515.00	1,895	5
Steers	350–400	Medium and Large 1-2	382	600.00/cwt	600.00–600.00	2,292	5
Steers	350–400	Medium and Large 2	399	550.00/cwt	550.00–550.00	2,195	5
Steers	400–450	Medium 2	419	457.50/cwt	457.50–457.50	1,917	13
Steers	400–450	Medium and Large 1	425	592.95/cwt	575.00–605.00	2,520	42
Steers	400–450	Medium and Large 1-2	426	539.12/cwt	530.00–562.50	2,297	23
Steers	400–450	Large 1-2	434	535.00/cwt	535.00–535.00	2,322	7
Steers	400–450	Medium and Large 2	434	514.76/cwt	505.00–530.00	2,234	7
Steers	450–500	Medium and Large 2	468	475.00/cwt	475.00–475.00	2,223	6
Steers	450–500	Medium and Large 1	474	537.48/cwt	535.00–557.50	2,548	41
Steers	450–500	Medium and Large 1-2	481	514.87/cwt	485.00–527.50	2,477	34
Steers	500–550	Medium 1	503	521.00/cwt	521.00–521.00	2,621	6
Steers	500–550	Medium and Large 1	512	524.61/cwt	502.50–531.00	2,686	55
Steers	500–550	Medium and Large 1-2	537	483.08/cwt	475.00–500.00	2,594	16
Steers	500–550	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	541	495.00/cwt	495.00–495.00	2,678	5
Steers	550–600	Medium and Large 1	578	486.47/cwt	480.00–507.50	2,812	48
Steers	550–600	Medium and Large 1-2	580	450.86/cwt	442.50–465.00	2,615	17
Steers	550–600	Large 1-2	594	445.00/cwt	445.00–445.00	2,643	11
Steers	600–650	Medium and Large 1	614	451.45/cwt	435.00–477.50	2,772	45
Steers	650–700	Medium and Large 1	674	414.77/cwt	410.00–417.50	2,796	53
Steers	650–700	Medium and Large 1-2	674	392.10/cwt	375.00–405.00	2,643	30
Steers	700–750	Medium and Large 1	700	411.00/cwt	411.00–411.00	2,877	5
Steers	700–750	Medium and Large 1Fleshy	726	370.02/cwt	368.00–372.50	2,686	13
Steers	750–800	Medium and Large 1	785	365.55/cwt	358.00–386.00	2,870	70
Steers	800–850	Medium and Large 1	840	350.23/cwt	349.50–356.00	2,942	74
Steers	850–900	Medium and Large 1	885	323.00/cwt	323.00–323.00	2,859	20
Steers	900–950	Medium and Large 1-2	935	315.65/cwt	315.00–320.00	2,951	15
Steers	900–950	Medium and Large 1	942	332.00/cwt	332.00–332.00	3,127	60
Feeder Cattle · Heifers24 lots · lightest first
Heifers	300–350	Medium and Large 2	337	509.92/cwt	500.00–515.00	1,718	6
Heifers	300–350	Medium and Large 1	338	565.00/cwt	565.00–565.00	1,910	5
Heifers	350–400	Medium 2	360	475.00/cwt	475.00–475.00	1,710	5
Heifers	350–400	Medium and Large 1	363	541.19/cwt	535.00–545.00	1,965	16
Heifers	350–400	Medium and Large 1-2	375	517.69/cwt	500.00–525.00	1,941	14
Heifers	350–400	Medium and Large 2	385	467.34/cwt	460.00–475.00	1,799	10
Heifers	400–450	Medium and Large 1-2	409	462.28/cwt	460.00–465.00	1,891	11
Heifers	400–450	Medium 1-2	425	454.85/cwt	430.00–485.00	1,933	13
Heifers	400–450	Medium and Large 2	428	434.67/cwt	410.00–450.00	1,860	5
Heifers	400–450	Medium and Large 1	431	492.86/cwt	487.50–500.00	2,124	30
Heifers	450–500	Medium 1-2	453	420.00/cwt	420.00–420.00	1,903	5
Heifers	450–500	Medium and Large 1	474	479.11/cwt	462.50–496.00	2,271	55
Heifers	450–500	Medium and Large 1-2	487	433.66/cwt	425.00–440.00	2,112	7
Heifers	500–550	Medium and Large 1	523	452.85/cwt	435.00–475.00	2,368	78
Heifers	500–550	Medium and Large 1-2	526	426.95/cwt	425.00–432.50	2,246	21
Heifers	550–600	Medium and Large 1	583	412.85/cwt	407.50–420.00	2,407	33
Heifers	550–600	Medium and Large 1-2	586	379.04/cwt	365.00–400.00	2,221	5
Heifers	600–650	Medium and Large 1	623	407.63/cwt	394.00–423.00	2,540	31
Heifers	600–650	Medium and Large 1-2	626	375.53/cwt	362.50–388.00	2,351	20
Heifers	650–700	Medium and Large 1	670	366.78/cwt	360.00–375.00	2,457	22
Heifers	700–750	Medium and Large 1-2	735	323.41/cwt	320.00–338.00	2,377	28
Heifers	750–800	Medium and Large 1-2	760	324.04/cwt	320.00–330.00	2,463	5
Heifers	750–800	Medium and Large 1Replacement	762	387.50/cwt	387.50–387.50	2,953	5
Heifers	750–800	Medium and Large 1	784	360.00/cwt	360.00–360.00	2,822	32
Feeder Cattle · Bulls5 lots · lightest first
Bulls	300–350	Medium and Large 1-2	331	525.00/cwt	525.00–525.00	1,738	5
Bulls	350–400	Medium and Large 1	375	570.00/cwt	570.00–570.00	2,138	6
Bulls	450–500	Medium and Large 1	466	505.15/cwt	475.00–525.00	2,354	5
Bulls	500–550	Medium and Large 1	500	485.00/cwt	485.00–485.00	2,425	7
Bulls	650–700	Medium and Large 1	670	386.01/cwt	385.00–390.00	2,586	10

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 31, 2026

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

Receipts 1,673Last week 2,691Year ago 1,895

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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
5	350–400	399	550.00	550.00
7	400–450	434	505.00–530.00	514.76
6	450–500	468	475.00	475.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
10	300–350	312	635.00–645.00	640.43
20	350–400	359	620.00–650.00	642.04
42	400–450	425	575.00–605.00	592.95
41	450–500	474	535.00–557.50	537.48
55	500–550	512	502.50–531.00	524.61
48	550–600	578	480.00–507.50	486.47
45	600–650	614	435.00–477.50	451.45
53	650–700	674	410.00–417.50	414.77
5	700–750	700	411.00	411.00
70	750–800	785	358.00–386.00	365.55
74	800–850	840	349.50–356.00	350.23
20	850–900	885	323.00	323.00
60	900–950	942	332.00	332.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
7	400–450	434	535.00	535.00
11	550–600	594	445.00	445.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
5	300–350	328	605.00–615.00	608.84
5	350–400	382	600.00	600.00
23	400–450	426	530.00–562.50	539.12
34	450–500	481	485.00–527.50	514.87
16	500–550	537	475.00–500.00	483.08
17	550–600	580	442.50–465.00	450.86
30	650–700	674	375.00–405.00	392.10
15	900–950	935	315.00–320.00	315.65

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
5	350–400	368	515.00	515.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1 · Unweaned$ per cwt · actual wt
7	350–400	351	600.00	600.00
5	500–550	541	495.00	495.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1 · Fleshy$ per cwt · actual wt
13	700–750	726	368.00–372.50	370.02

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium 1$ per cwt · actual wt
6	500–550	503	521.00	521.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium 2$ per cwt · actual wt
12	300–350	338	550.00	550.00
13	400–450	419	457.50	457.50

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
5	300–350	338	565.00	565.00
16	350–400	363	535.00–545.00	541.19
30	400–450	431	487.50–500.00	492.86
55	450–500	474	462.50–496.00	479.11
78	500–550	523	435.00–475.00	452.85
33	550–600	583	407.50–420.00	412.85
31	600–650	623	394.00–423.00	407.63
22	650–700	670	360.00–375.00	366.78
32	750–800	784	360.00	360.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium 2$ per cwt · actual wt
5	350–400	360	475.00	475.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
14	350–400	375	500.00–525.00	517.69
11	400–450	409	460.00–465.00	462.28
7	450–500	487	425.00–440.00	433.66
21	500–550	526	425.00–432.50	426.95
5	550–600	586	365.00–400.00	379.04
20	600–650	626	362.50–388.00	375.53
28	700–750	735	320.00–338.00	323.41
5	750–800	760	320.00–330.00	324.04

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
6	300–350	337	500.00–515.00	509.92
10	350–400	385	460.00–475.00	467.34
5	400–450	428	410.00–450.00	434.67

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Replacement$ per cwt · actual wt
5	750–800	762	387.50	387.50

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
13	400–450	425	430.00–485.00	454.85
5	450–500	453	420.00	420.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
5	300–350	331	525.00	525.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
6	350–400	375	570.00	570.00
5	450–500	466	475.00–525.00	505.15
7	500–550	500	485.00	485.00
10	650–700	670	385.00–390.00	386.01

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.