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Ozarks Regional Stockyards

Name: Ozarks Regional Stockyards livestock auction prices — 2026-04-21
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2026-04-21

Feeder Cattle · West Plains, Missouri · Tue, Apr 21

● Final60 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 1249

← Apr 14Apr 21Apr 28 →

Receipts

2,135 head

▼ 78 vs last sale 2,213▲ 340 vs year ago 1,795 · +18.9%

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 sold steady to 4.00 lower with the exception of 9 weight steers which sold 8.00 higher. Steer calves were steady to 6.00 lower while heifer calves were 4.00-8.00 lower. Demand was good on a moderate supply. There were seven loads of 8 and 9 weight steers in the offering with the remaining balance mostly unweaned or short-weaned calves. The largest draft of the day was 123 head of steers weighing 950 lbs. which sold for 339.00/cwt. The USDA's Cattle on Feed Report, released Friday, reported Inventories were one percent lower, Placements were seven percent lower and Marketings were six percent lower than a year ago. The CME Cattle Futures traded lower, on Tuesday, while the Grain Futures traded higher.

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 $490.53/cwt on 205 head, up $4.99 from the prior sale. That ranks 34 of 36 comparable sales and sits +48.07 against this barn's trailing median of $442.46.

Average price

$490.53

▲ 4.99 vs prior sale

205 head · 540 lb average

Value per head Derived

$2,650

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$434

per head · Medium and Large 1 over Medium 2

$65.59/cwt at this weight

vs the market

+2.40

vs MO average

+11.50 vs national

Price by quality 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1	533	520.59	2,773	57
Medium and Large 1-2	544	480.14	2,614	141
Medium 2	514	455.00	2,339	7thin

One grade step is worth $65.59/cwt here — about $434 a head. Across this sale the premium is widest at 800–900 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 sale205 hd

490.53

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MO average18 barns · 4,071 hd

488.13

+2.40

National average158 barns · 12,009 hd

479.03

+11.50

This barn, trailing median36 sales

442.46

+48.07

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 · Steers30 lots · lightest first
Steers	300–350	Medium and Large 1	310	657.81/cwt	640.00–665.00	2,039	9
Steers	300–350	Medium and Large 1-2	329	630.00/cwt	630.00–630.00	2,073	5
Steers	350–400	Medium and Large 1	365	648.46/cwt	630.00–660.00	2,367	21
Steers	350–400	Medium and Large 1-2	385	594.65/cwt	570.00–605.00	2,289	16
Steers	400–450	Medium and Large 1	423	604.96/cwt	600.00–615.00	2,559	13
Steers	400–450	Medium and Large 1-2	430	564.57/cwt	550.00–585.00	2,428	33
Steers	400–450	Medium and Large 2	432	502.83/cwt	500.00–505.00	2,172	9
Steers	450–500	Medium and Large 1	463	541.99/cwt	525.00–555.00	2,509	39
Steers	450–500	Medium and Large 1-2	482	513.20/cwt	500.00–522.50	2,474	17
Steers	500–550	Medium and Large 1	513	532.94/cwt	515.00–542.00	2,734	40
Steers	500–550	Medium 2	514	455.00/cwt	455.00–455.00	2,339	7
Steers	500–550	Medium and Large 1-2	515	497.81/cwt	472.50–512.50	2,564	79
Steers	550–600	Medium and Large 1	579	491.54/cwt	475.00–495.00	2,846	17
Steers	550–600	Medium and Large 1-2	582	457.63/cwt	440.00–465.00	2,663	62
Steers	600–650	Medium and Large 2-3	604	365.00/cwt	365.00–365.00	2,205	9
Steers	600–650	Medium and Large 1	618	444.21/cwt	443.00–450.00	2,745	44
Steers	600–650	Medium and Large 1-2	629	418.68/cwt	390.00–423.00	2,633	35
Steers	650–700	Medium and Large 1	661	427.08/cwt	427.00–427.50	2,823	31
Steers	650–700	Medium and Large 1-2	677	404.43/cwt	400.00–415.00	2,738	22
Steers	700–750	Medium and Large 1	720	398.41/cwt	389.00–410.00	2,869	47
Steers	700–750	Medium and Large 1-2	731	373.36/cwt	370.00–375.00	2,729	41
Steers	750–800	Medium and Large 1Fleshy	780	356.00/cwt	356.00–356.00	2,777	30
Steers	800–850	Medium and Large 1-2	802	347.06/cwt	330.00–350.00	2,783	41
Steers	800–850	Medium and Large 2-3	808	240.00/cwt	240.00–240.00	1,939	7
Steers	800–850	Medium and Large 1	812	347.50/cwt	347.50–347.50	2,822	68
Steers	850–900	Medium and Large 1	865	350.50/cwt	350.50–350.50	3,032	121
Steers	850–900	Medium and Large 1-2	888	319.00/cwt	319.00–319.00	2,833	60
Steers	900–950	Medium and Large 1	901	332.00/cwt	332.00–332.00	2,991	60
Steers	900–950	Medium and Large 1-2	935	320.00/cwt	320.00–320.00	2,992	32
Steers	950–1000	Medium and Large 1	950	339.00/cwt	339.00–339.00	3,221	123
Feeder Cattle · Heifers24 lots · lightest first
Heifers	300–350	Medium and Large 1-2	316	565.80/cwt	555.00–575.00	1,788	9
Heifers	350–400	Medium and Large 1	363	550.62/cwt	545.00–580.00	1,999	12
Heifers	350–400	Medium and Large 1-2	381	509.34/cwt	500.00–535.00	1,941	12
Heifers	350–400	Medium and Large 2	384	484.65/cwt	482.50–490.00	1,861	14
Heifers	400–450	Medium and Large 1-2	423	479.27/cwt	460.00–490.00	2,027	30
Heifers	400–450	Medium and Large 1	430	508.82/cwt	495.00–520.00	2,188	24
Heifers	400–450	Medium and Large 2	446	430.00/cwt	430.00–430.00	1,918	5
Heifers	450–500	Medium and Large 2	472	415.00/cwt	415.00–415.00	1,959	5
Heifers	450–500	Medium and Large 1	480	478.22/cwt	470.00–485.00	2,295	15
Heifers	450–500	Medium and Large 1-2	481	448.68/cwt	425.00–460.00	2,158	60
Heifers	500–550	Medium and Large 1	518	453.63/cwt	440.00–465.00	2,350	9
Heifers	500–550	Medium and Large 1-2	535	426.96/cwt	420.00–435.00	2,284	25
Heifers	550–600	Medium and Large 1	564	421.35/cwt	410.00–427.50	2,376	53
Heifers	550–600	Medium and Large 1-2	575	397.64/cwt	382.50–407.00	2,286	32
Heifers	600–650	Medium and Large 1	606	394.50/cwt	394.50–394.50	2,391	26
Heifers	600–650	Medium and Large 1-2	616	370.63/cwt	350.00–389.00	2,283	24
Heifers	650–700	Medium and Large 1-2	665	356.51/cwt	340.00–362.00	2,371	27
Heifers	700–750	Medium and Large 1Fleshy	726	354.00/cwt	354.00–354.00	2,570	27
Heifers	750–800	Medium and Large 1Fleshy	768	332.50/cwt	332.50–332.50	2,554	10
Heifers	750–800	Large 1	775	322.00/cwt	322.00–322.00	2,496	12
Heifers	750–800	Medium and Large 1-2	779	318.55/cwt	310.00–320.00	2,482	14
Heifers	800–850	Medium and Large 1Fleshy	814	315.00/cwt	315.00–315.00	2,564	6
Heifers	800–850	Medium and Large 1	827	320.98/cwt	320.00–323.00	2,655	30
Heifers	900–950	Medium and Large 1-2	918	291.00/cwt	291.00–291.00	2,671	5
Feeder Cattle · Bulls5 lots · lightest first
Bulls	400–450	Medium and Large 1	430	520.19/cwt	500.00–530.00	2,237	6
Bulls	450–500	Medium and Large 1	483	488.84/cwt	470.00–497.50	2,361	11
Bulls	500–550	Medium and Large 1	525	460.55/cwt	450.00–470.00	2,418	17
Bulls	600–650	Medium and Large 1	617	437.50/cwt	437.50–437.50	2,699	5
Bulls	700–750	Medium and Large 1-2	729	327.50/cwt	327.50–327.50	2,387	5
Feeder Cattle · Dairy Steers1 lot · lightest first
Dairy Steers	1050–1100	Large 2	1,066	180.00/cwt	180.00–180.00	1,919	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 Apr 21, 2026

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

Receipts 2,135Last week 2,213Year ago 1,795

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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
5	300–350	329	630.00	630.00
16	350–400	385	570.00–605.00	594.65
33	400–450	430	550.00–585.00	564.57
17	450–500	482	500.00–522.50	513.20
79	500–550	515	472.50–512.50	497.81
62	550–600	582	440.00–465.00	457.63
35	600–650	629	390.00–423.00	418.68
22	650–700	677	400.00–415.00	404.43
41	700–750	731	370.00–375.00	373.36
41	800–850	802	330.00–350.00	347.06
60	850–900	888	319.00	319.00
32	900–950	935	320.00	320.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
9	300–350	310	640.00–665.00	657.81
21	350–400	365	630.00–660.00	648.46
13	400–450	423	600.00–615.00	604.96
39	450–500	463	525.00–555.00	541.99
40	500–550	513	515.00–542.00	532.94
17	550–600	579	475.00–495.00	491.54
44	600–650	618	443.00–450.00	444.21
31	650–700	661	427.00–427.50	427.08
47	700–750	720	389.00–410.00	398.41
68	800–850	812	347.50	347.50
121	850–900	865	350.50	350.50
60	900–950	901	332.00	332.00
123	950–1000	950	339.00	339.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1 · Fleshy$ per cwt · actual wt
30	750–800	780	356.00	356.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
9	400–450	432	500.00–505.00	502.83

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium 2$ per cwt · actual wt
7	500–550	514	455.00	455.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 2-3$ per cwt · actual wt
9	600–650	604	365.00	365.00
7	800–850	808	240.00	240.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Dairy Steers — Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
5	1050–1100	1,066	180.00	180.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Fleshy$ per cwt · actual wt
27	700–750	726	354.00	354.00
10	750–800	768	332.50	332.50
6	800–850	814	315.00	315.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
12	350–400	363	545.00–580.00	550.62
24	400–450	430	495.00–520.00	508.82
15	450–500	480	470.00–485.00	478.22
9	500–550	518	440.00–465.00	453.63
53	550–600	564	410.00–427.50	421.35
26	600–650	606	394.50	394.50
30	800–850	827	320.00–323.00	320.98

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
12	750–800	775	322.00	322.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
9	300–350	316	555.00–575.00	565.80
12	350–400	381	500.00–535.00	509.34
30	400–450	423	460.00–490.00	479.27
60	450–500	481	425.00–460.00	448.68
25	500–550	535	420.00–435.00	426.96
32	550–600	575	382.50–407.00	397.64
24	600–650	616	350.00–389.00	370.63
27	650–700	665	340.00–362.00	356.51
14	750–800	779	310.00–320.00	318.55
5	900–950	918	291.00	291.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
14	350–400	384	482.50–490.00	484.65
5	400–450	446	430.00	430.00
5	450–500	472	415.00	415.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
5	700–750	729	327.50	327.50

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
6	400–450	430	500.00–530.00	520.19
11	450–500	483	470.00–497.50	488.84
17	500–550	525	450.00–470.00	460.55
5	600–650	617	437.50	437.50

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.