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Ozarks Regional Stockyards

Name: Ozarks Regional Stockyards livestock auction prices — 2026-04-28
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2026-04-28

Feeder Cattle · West Plains, Missouri · Tue, Apr 28

● Final54 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 1249

← Apr 21Apr 28May 5 →

Receipts

1,302 head

▼ 833 vs last sale 2,135▼ 859 vs year ago 2,161 · −39.8%

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 steady to 4.00 higher. Steer and heifers calves were mostly steady with spots 8.00 higher. Demand was good on a light supply. The offering consisted of small drafts with the largest draft being 34 head of 748 lb. steers which sold for 398.00/cwt. Another stick-out draft was 12 head of 705 lb. replacement heifers which sold for 401.00/cwt. The CME Cattle Futures traded sharply higher on Tuesday. There were verified reports of fat cattle selling for 252.00/cwt. Most of the area has received some beneficial rainfall which helped to improve pasture conditions as well as helping the hayfields.

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 $485.01/cwt on 125 head, down $5.52 from the prior sale. That ranks 30 of 35 comparable sales and sits +39.29 against this barn's trailing median of $445.72.

Average price

$485.01

▼ 5.52 vs prior sale

125 head · 548 lb average

Value per head Derived

$2,659

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$524

per head · Medium and Large 1 over Medium and Large 2-3

$115.80/cwt at this weight

vs the market

+3.54

vs MO average

+3.99 vs national

Price by quality 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1	559	500.80	2,799	52
Medium and Large 1-2	534	486.25	2,594	64
Medium and Large 2-3	591	385.00	2,275	9thin

One grade step is worth $115.80/cwt here — about $524 a head. Across this sale the premium is widest at 600–700 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 sale125 hd

485.01

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MO average18 barns · 2,956 hd

481.47

+3.54

National average169 barns · 10,621 hd

481.02

+3.99

This barn, trailing median35 sales

445.72

+39.29

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

54 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	350–400	Medium and Large 1	354	670.00/cwt	670.00–670.00	2,372	5
Steers	350–400	Medium and Large 1-2	399	540.00/cwt	540.00–540.00	2,155	11
Steers	400–450	Medium and Large 1	416	585.60/cwt	575.00–620.00	2,436	16
Steers	400–450	Medium and Large 1-2	432	556.64/cwt	550.00–560.00	2,405	6
Steers	450–500	Large 1	458	525.00/cwt	525.00–525.00	2,405	5
Steers	450–500	Medium and Large 1	480	540.45/cwt	525.00–550.00	2,594	51
Steers	450–500	Medium and Large 1-2	487	506.96/cwt	475.00–515.00	2,469	13
Steers	500–550	Medium and Large 1-2	519	494.24/cwt	470.00–502.50	2,565	49
Steers	500–550	Medium and Large 1	523	527.36/cwt	516.00–550.00	2,758	16
Steers	550–600	Medium and Large 1	575	488.99/cwt	475.00–520.00	2,812	36
Steers	550–600	Medium and Large 1-2	581	460.15/cwt	445.00–470.00	2,673	15
Steers	550–600	Medium and Large 2-3	591	385.00/cwt	385.00–385.00	2,275	9
Steers	600–650	Medium and Large 1	628	454.34/cwt	442.00–472.50	2,853	40
Steers	600–650	Medium and Large 1-2	631	420.85/cwt	410.00–432.50	2,656	26
Steers	650–700	Medium and Large 1	658	440.36/cwt	430.00–443.00	2,898	20
Steers	650–700	Medium and Large 1-2	677	390.07/cwt	385.00–406.00	2,641	52
Steers	650–700	Medium and Large 2-3	682	315.85/cwt	300.00–335.00	2,154	9
Steers	700–750	Medium and Large 1	740	395.72/cwt	389.00–398.00	2,928	46
Steers	700–750	Medium and Large 1-2	749	365.00/cwt	365.00–365.00	2,734	5
Steers	750–800	Medium and Large 1	774	372.26/cwt	370.00–374.00	2,881	30
Steers	750–800	Medium and Large 1-2	789	358.65/cwt	345.00–360.50	2,830	33
Steers	800–850	Medium and Large 1-2	836	340.72/cwt	340.00–345.00	2,848	14
Steers	800–850	Medium and Large 1	837	372.00/cwt	372.00–372.00	3,114	28
Steers	850–900	Medium and Large 1-2	864	333.00/cwt	333.00–333.00	2,877	9
Steers	900–950	Medium and Large 1	936	335.00/cwt	335.00–335.00	3,136	18
Steers	1000–1050	Medium and Large 1	1,009	322.00/cwt	322.00–322.00	3,249	31
Steers	1100–1150	Medium and Large 1-2	1,146	272.00/cwt	272.00–272.00	3,117	7
Feeder Cattle · Heifers24 lots · lightest first
Heifers	300–350	Medium and Large 1	309	580.00/cwt	580.00–580.00	1,792	5
Heifers	300–350	Medium and Large 1-2	342	556.82/cwt	555.00–575.00	1,904	22
Heifers	350–400	Large 1	354	545.00/cwt	545.00–545.00	1,929	5
Heifers	350–400	Medium and Large 1	378	548.23/cwt	540.00–570.00	2,072	17
Heifers	350–400	Medium and Large 1-2	395	535.00/cwt	535.00–535.00	2,113	20
Heifers	350–400	Medium and Large 2-3	397	405.00/cwt	405.00–405.00	1,608	5
Heifers	400–450	Medium and Large 1	416	515.72/cwt	495.00–545.00	2,145	45
Heifers	400–450	Medium and Large 2-3	424	365.00/cwt	365.00–365.00	1,548	6
Heifers	400–450	Large 1	436	505.00/cwt	505.00–505.00	2,202	12
Heifers	450–500	Medium and Large 1-2	472	455.68/cwt	450.00–460.00	2,151	17
Heifers	450–500	Medium and Large 1	479	475.69/cwt	465.00–490.00	2,279	32
Heifers	500–550	Large 1	502	440.00/cwt	440.00–440.00	2,209	5
Heifers	500–550	Medium and Large 1	528	441.95/cwt	435.00–460.00	2,333	36
Heifers	500–550	Medium and Large 1-2	538	414.69/cwt	406.00–425.00	2,231	37
Heifers	550–600	Medium and Large 1	570	423.98/cwt	410.00–427.50	2,417	48
Heifers	550–600	Large 1-2	575	390.00/cwt	390.00–390.00	2,243	5
Heifers	550–600	Medium and Large 1-2	581	393.46/cwt	370.00–407.50	2,286	18
Heifers	600–650	Medium and Large 1-2	639	365.75/cwt	350.00–370.00	2,337	14
Heifers	650–700	Medium and Large 1-2	657	346.31/cwt	330.00–350.00	2,275	21
Heifers	700–750	Medium and Large 1Replacement	705	401.00/cwt	401.00–401.00	2,827	12
Heifers	700–750	Medium and Large 1-2	729	352.47/cwt	350.00–355.00	2,570	26
Heifers	700–750	Large 1-2	736	330.00/cwt	330.00–330.00	2,429	7
Heifers	800–850	Medium and Large 1	808	322.50/cwt	322.50–322.50	2,606	5
Heifers	1050–1100	Medium and Large 1	1,066	290.00/cwt	290.00–290.00	3,091	18
Feeder Cattle · Bulls3 lots · lightest first
Bulls	500–550	Medium and Large 1	528	469.69/cwt	462.50–480.00	2,480	5
Bulls	600–650	Medium and Large 1	619	426.56/cwt	415.00–435.00	2,640	11
Bulls	650–700	Medium and Large 1-2	678	368.82/cwt	360.00–375.00	2,501	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 28, 2026

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Receipts 1,302Last week 2,135Year ago 2,161

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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	350–400	399	540.00	540.00
6	400–450	432	550.00–560.00	556.64
13	450–500	487	475.00–515.00	506.96
49	500–550	519	470.00–502.50	494.24
15	550–600	581	445.00–470.00	460.15
26	600–650	631	410.00–432.50	420.85
52	650–700	677	385.00–406.00	390.07
5	700–750	749	365.00	365.00
33	750–800	789	345.00–360.50	358.65
14	800–850	836	340.00–345.00	340.72
9	850–900	864	333.00	333.00
7	1100–1150	1,146	272.00	272.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 2-3$ per cwt · actual wt
9	550–600	591	385.00	385.00
9	650–700	682	300.00–335.00	315.85

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
5	350–400	354	670.00	670.00
16	400–450	416	575.00–620.00	585.60
51	450–500	480	525.00–550.00	540.45
16	500–550	523	516.00–550.00	527.36
36	550–600	575	475.00–520.00	488.99
40	600–650	628	442.00–472.50	454.34
20	650–700	658	430.00–443.00	440.36
46	700–750	740	389.00–398.00	395.72
30	750–800	774	370.00–374.00	372.26
28	800–850	837	372.00	372.00
18	900–950	936	335.00	335.00
31	1000–1050	1,009	322.00	322.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
5	450–500	458	525.00	525.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
5	350–400	354	545.00	545.00
12	400–450	436	505.00	505.00
5	500–550	502	440.00	440.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
22	300–350	342	555.00–575.00	556.82
20	350–400	395	535.00	535.00
17	450–500	472	450.00–460.00	455.68
37	500–550	538	406.00–425.00	414.69
18	550–600	581	370.00–407.50	393.46
14	600–650	639	350.00–370.00	365.75
21	650–700	657	330.00–350.00	346.31
26	700–750	729	350.00–355.00	352.47

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 2-3$ per cwt · actual wt
5	350–400	397	405.00	405.00
6	400–450	424	365.00	365.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
5	300–350	309	580.00	580.00
17	350–400	378	540.00–570.00	548.23
45	400–450	416	495.00–545.00	515.72
32	450–500	479	465.00–490.00	475.69
36	500–550	528	435.00–460.00	441.95
48	550–600	570	410.00–427.50	423.98
5	800–850	808	322.50	322.50
18	1050–1100	1,066	290.00	290.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
5	550–600	575	390.00	390.00
7	700–750	736	330.00	330.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Replacement$ per cwt · actual wt
12	700–750	705	401.00	401.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
5	650–700	678	360.00–375.00	368.82

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
5	500–550	528	462.50–480.00	469.69
11	600–650	619	415.00–435.00	426.56

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.