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Ozarks Regional Stockyards

Name: Ozarks Regional Stockyards livestock auction prices — 2026-05-05
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2026-05-05

Feeder Cattle · West Plains, Missouri · Tue, May 5

● Final67 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 1249

← Apr 28May 5May 12 →

Receipts

2,251 head

▲ 949 vs last sale 1,302▼ 1,196 vs year ago 3,447 · −34.7%

Also sold hereSlaughter/Replacement CattleWed Oct 28, 2026 Cattle SpecialFri Aug 14, 2026

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Reporter comment USDA

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Compared to last week, feeder steers were 3.00-6.00 higher with feeder heifers not well tested. Steer calves were 5.00-10.00 higher and heifer calves were 10.00-15.00 higher. Demand was good on a moderate supply. The quality of the offering was above average with most of the offering presented in small drafts. The largest draft of the day was 259 head of colored-up steers weighing 858 lbs. which sold for 355.00/cwt. Another stick-out draft was 18 head of 458 lb. steers which sold for 600.00/cwt. The CME Cattle Futures traded higher on the board Tuesday with Feeder Cattle Futures sharply 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 $507.84/cwt on 228 head, up $22.83 from the prior sale. That ranks 36 of 36 comparable sales and sits +65.38 against this barn's trailing median of $442.46.

Average price

$507.84

▲ 22.83 vs prior sale

228 head · 541 lb average

Value per head Derived

$2,748

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$370

per head · Large 1 over Medium and Large 2

$82.85/cwt at this weight

vs the market

+13.19

vs MO average

+20.29 vs national

Price by quality 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Large 1	519	542.85	2,817	7thin
Medium and Large 1	540	517.74	2,794	161
Medium 1-2	526	490.00	2,577	6thin
Medium and Large 1-2	552	477.38	2,633	49
Medium and Large 2	532	460.00	2,447	5thin

One grade step is worth $82.85/cwt here — about $370 a head. Across this sale the premium is widest at 500–600 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 sale228 hd

507.84

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MO average19 barns · 3,545 hd

494.65

+13.19

National average180 barns · 14,267 hd

487.55

+20.29

This barn, trailing median36 sales

442.46

+65.38

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

67 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 1-2	334	605.00/cwt	605.00–605.00	2,021	8
Steers	300–350	Medium and Large 1	340	669.51/cwt	655.00–675.00	2,276	16
Steers	350–400	Medium and Large 1	360	668.90/cwt	635.00–677.50	2,408	34
Steers	350–400	Medium and Large 1-2	390	593.72/cwt	580.00–615.00	2,316	8
Steers	400–450	Medium and Large 1	418	595.59/cwt	585.00–615.00	2,490	34
Steers	400–450	Medium 1-2	428	537.08/cwt	535.00–545.00	2,299	9
Steers	400–450	Medium and Large 1-2	431	568.78/cwt	540.00–580.00	2,451	29
Steers	450–500	Medium 1	453	560.00/cwt	560.00–560.00	2,537	5
Steers	450–500	Medium and Large 1	462	588.06/cwt	570.00–600.00	2,717	76
Steers	450–500	Medium and Large 1-2	475	524.14/cwt	502.50–545.00	2,490	47
Steers	500–550	Large 1	519	542.85/cwt	540.00–545.00	2,817	7
Steers	500–550	Medium and Large 1	519	530.03/cwt	515.00–560.00	2,751	93
Steers	500–550	Medium and Large 1-2	523	497.30/cwt	480.00–510.00	2,601	23
Steers	500–550	Medium 1-2	526	490.00/cwt	490.00–490.00	2,577	6
Steers	500–550	Medium and Large 2	532	460.00/cwt	460.00–460.00	2,447	5
Steers	550–600	Medium and Large 1	568	500.93/cwt	475.00–510.00	2,845	68
Steers	550–600	Medium and Large 1-2	577	459.75/cwt	447.50–465.00	2,653	26
Steers	600–650	Medium and Large 1	620	458.75/cwt	447.50–485.00	2,844	113
Steers	600–650	Medium and Large 1-2	635	434.56/cwt	427.50–438.00	2,759	36
Steers	600–650	Large 1	636	447.50/cwt	447.50–447.50	2,846	11
Steers	650–700	Medium and Large 1	664	418.82/cwt	415.00–430.00	2,781	22
Steers	650–700	Medium and Large 1Fleshy	671	395.00/cwt	395.00–395.00	2,650	14
Steers	650–700	Medium and Large 1-2	677	396.28/cwt	382.50–407.50	2,683	25
Steers	650–700	Large 1-2	679	402.50/cwt	402.50–402.50	2,733	7
Steers	700–750	Medium and Large 2	706	352.50/cwt	352.50–352.50	2,489	5
Steers	700–750	Medium and Large 1	708	404.42/cwt	395.00–407.50	2,863	21
Steers	700–750	Large 1-2	718	370.00/cwt	370.00–370.00	2,657	5
Steers	700–750	Medium and Large 1-2	719	371.52/cwt	365.00–387.50	2,671	8
Steers	750–800	Medium and Large 1	770	375.00/cwt	375.00–375.00	2,888	41
Steers	800–850	Medium and Large 1-2	816	342.06/cwt	337.50–350.00	2,791	12
Steers	850–900	Medium and Large 1	858	355.00/cwt	355.00–355.00	3,046	259
Steers	900–950	Medium and Large 1-2	908	315.95/cwt	312.50–328.00	2,869	15
Steers	900–950	Medium and Large 2	930	280.00/cwt	280.00–280.00	2,604	5
Feeder Cattle · Heifers25 lots · lightest first
Heifers	300–350	Medium and Large 1	325	600.85/cwt	580.00–612.50	1,953	16
Heifers	300–350	Medium and Large 2	332	520.42/cwt	512.50–530.00	1,728	9
Heifers	300–350	Medium and Large 1-2	335	568.53/cwt	560.00–575.00	1,905	13
Heifers	350–400	Medium and Large 1-2	379	519.22/cwt	485.00–530.00	1,968	20
Heifers	350–400	Medium and Large 1	382	553.29/cwt	540.00–565.00	2,114	17
Heifers	350–400	Medium 1-2	395	455.00/cwt	455.00–455.00	1,797	5
Heifers	400–450	Medium and Large 1	422	534.16/cwt	507.50–555.00	2,254	71
Heifers	400–450	Medium 1	428	520.93/cwt	512.50–535.00	2,230	10
Heifers	400–450	Medium and Large 2	432	438.39/cwt	417.00–450.00	1,894	11
Heifers	400–450	Medium and Large 1-2	436	491.60/cwt	470.00–500.00	2,143	21
Heifers	450–500	Medium and Large 1	472	493.37/cwt	470.00–512.50	2,329	115
Heifers	450–500	Medium and Large 1-2	489	459.31/cwt	455.00–465.00	2,246	15
Heifers	500–550	Medium and Large 1	518	469.56/cwt	455.00–492.50	2,432	33
Heifers	500–550	Medium and Large 1-2	529	433.33/cwt	425.00–440.00	2,292	36
Heifers	550–600	Medium and Large 1	568	436.94/cwt	425.00–465.00	2,482	86
Heifers	550–600	Large 1	568	423.04/cwt	420.00–430.00	2,403	16
Heifers	550–600	Medium and Large 1-2	580	411.95/cwt	400.00–420.00	2,389	18
Heifers	550–600	Large 1-2	586	405.00/cwt	405.00–405.00	2,373	6
Heifers	550–600	Medium and Large 2	594	346.05/cwt	342.50–355.00	2,056	7
Heifers	600–650	Medium and Large 1	614	399.53/cwt	390.00–410.00	2,453	105
Heifers	600–650	Medium and Large 1-2	629	380.34/cwt	377.50–385.00	2,392	13
Heifers	650–700	Medium and Large 1-2	669	345.14/cwt	330.00–355.00	2,309	23
Heifers	650–700	Medium and Large 1	695	365.00/cwt	365.00–365.00	2,537	12
Heifers	700–750	Medium and Large 1-2	725	336.19/cwt	332.50–340.00	2,437	6
Heifers	850–900	Medium and Large 1	871	320.00/cwt	320.00–320.00	2,787	5
Feeder Cattle · Bulls9 lots · lightest first
Bulls	350–400	Medium and Large 1	388	571.57/cwt	555.00–615.00	2,218	7
Bulls	400–450	Medium and Large 1	429	560.56/cwt	555.00–562.50	2,405	15
Bulls	450–500	Medium and Large 1	479	487.05/cwt	485.00–495.00	2,333	10
Bulls	500–550	Medium and Large 1	522	492.85/cwt	485.00–510.00	2,573	20
Bulls	550–600	Medium and Large 1	557	452.67/cwt	435.00–475.00	2,521	9
Bulls	550–600	Medium and Large 1-2	568	410.33/cwt	395.00–420.00	2,331	12
Bulls	600–650	Medium and Large 1	632	423.54/cwt	417.50–437.50	2,677	12
Bulls	650–700	Medium and Large 1	689	370.43/cwt	370.00–371.00	2,552	7
Bulls	1150–1200	Medium and Large 1-2	1,158	259.00/cwt	259.00–259.00	2,999	6

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 May 5, 2026

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Receipts 2,251Last week 1,302Year ago 3,447

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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
8	350–400	390	580.00–615.00	593.72
29	400–450	431	540.00–580.00	568.78
47	450–500	475	502.50–545.00	524.14
23	500–550	523	480.00–510.00	497.30
26	550–600	577	447.50–465.00	459.75
36	600–650	635	427.50–438.00	434.56
25	650–700	677	382.50–407.50	396.28
8	700–750	719	365.00–387.50	371.52
12	800–850	816	337.50–350.00	342.06
15	900–950	908	312.50–328.00	315.95

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1 · Fleshy$ per cwt · actual wt
14	650–700	671	395.00	395.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
8	300–350	334	605.00	605.00
9	400–450	428	535.00–545.00	537.08
6	500–550	526	490.00	490.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
16	300–350	340	655.00–675.00	669.51
34	350–400	360	635.00–677.50	668.90
34	400–450	418	585.00–615.00	595.59
76	450–500	462	570.00–600.00	588.06
93	500–550	519	515.00–560.00	530.03
68	550–600	568	475.00–510.00	500.93
113	600–650	620	447.50–485.00	458.75
22	650–700	664	415.00–430.00	418.82
21	700–750	708	395.00–407.50	404.42
41	750–800	770	375.00	375.00
259	850–900	858	355.00	355.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
7	650–700	679	402.50	402.50
5	700–750	718	370.00	370.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium 1$ per cwt · actual wt
5	450–500	453	560.00	560.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
7	500–550	519	540.00–545.00	542.85
11	600–650	636	447.50	447.50

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
5	500–550	532	460.00	460.00
5	700–750	706	352.50	352.50
5	900–950	930	280.00	280.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
7	350–400	388	555.00–615.00	571.57
15	400–450	429	555.00–562.50	560.56
10	450–500	479	485.00–495.00	487.05
20	500–550	522	485.00–510.00	492.85
9	550–600	557	435.00–475.00	452.67
12	600–650	632	417.50–437.50	423.54
7	650–700	689	370.00–371.00	370.43

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
12	550–600	568	395.00–420.00	410.33
6	1150–1200	1,158	259.00	259.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
5	350–400	395	455.00	455.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
16	300–350	325	580.00–612.50	600.85
17	350–400	382	540.00–565.00	553.29
71	400–450	422	507.50–555.00	534.16
115	450–500	472	470.00–512.50	493.37
33	500–550	518	455.00–492.50	469.56
86	550–600	568	425.00–465.00	436.94
105	600–650	614	390.00–410.00	399.53
12	650–700	695	365.00	365.00
5	850–900	871	320.00	320.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium 1$ per cwt · actual wt
10	400–450	428	512.50–535.00	520.93

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
13	300–350	335	560.00–575.00	568.53
20	350–400	379	485.00–530.00	519.22
21	400–450	436	470.00–500.00	491.60
15	450–500	489	455.00–465.00	459.31
36	500–550	529	425.00–440.00	433.33
18	550–600	580	400.00–420.00	411.95
13	600–650	629	377.50–385.00	380.34
23	650–700	669	330.00–355.00	345.14
6	700–750	725	332.50–340.00	336.19

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
6	550–600	586	405.00	405.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
9	300–350	332	512.50–530.00	520.42
11	400–450	432	417.00–450.00	438.39
7	550–600	594	342.50–355.00	346.05

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
16	550–600	568	420.00–430.00	423.04

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.