Sale reports / Missouri / Ozarks Regional Stockyards / 2026-11-10

Ozarks Regional Stockyards

Feeder Cattle · West Plains, Missouri · Tue, Nov 10
● Final77 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 1249
← Nov 3Nov 10latest
Receipts
2,101 head
▲ 686 vs last sale 1,415▲ 93 vs year ago 2,008 · +4.6%
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Reporter comment USDA

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Compared to last week, steers were uneven from 5.00 lower to 5.00 higher. Heifers were steady to 5.00 higher. Demand was good, especially on grazing calves. The supply was moderate supply. The quality of the offering was average at best with plenty of short-weaned bawlers and bull calves. Notable exceptions included one draft of 42 head of 394 lb. steer calves which sold for 575.00/cwt. and a 19 head draft of 565 lb. heifer calves with sold for 425.00/cwt. Fat cattle cash prices have dropped ten dollars in the past week and has lead to cash feeder prices softening up, however high quality, pre-conditioned calves are holding their own, but there are fewer and fewer of them to be found in this fall run.

Weight classPick one — the panels below update

Steers · summary 500–600 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot
500–600 lb steers averaged $398.47/cwt on 224 head, down $13.30 from the prior sale. That ranks 6 of 36 comparable sales and sits −40.73 against this barn's trailing median of $439.20.
Average price
$398.47
▼ 13.30 vs prior sale
224 head · 556 lb average
Value per head Derived
$2,217
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
$173
per head · Medium and Large 1 over Medium 1-2
$62.62/cwt at this weight
vs the market
−4.80
vs MO average
−3.91 vs national

Price by quality 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 1551417.622,300128
Medium and Large 1-2562373.922,10191
Medium 1-2599355.002,1265thin
One grade step is worth $62.62/cwt here — about $173 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 sale224 hd
398.47
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MO average16 barns · 2,244 hd
403.27
−4.80
National average41 barns · 3,459 hd
402.38
−3.91
This barn, trailing median36 sales
439.20
−40.73
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
522459397334median 439.2003/1005/1207/1409/1511/10
Steers 500–600 lb: high $507.84, low $348.32, median $439.20 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

77 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.
ClassWeightGrade / descriptionAvg wtPriceRangePer headHead
Feeder Cattle · Steers33 lots · lightest first
Steers300–350Medium and Large 2348450.00/cwt450.00–450.001,5666
Steers350–400Medium and Large 2363443.18/cwt430.00–460.001,60912
Steers350–400Medium and Large 1-2384499.90/cwt475.00–515.001,9205
Steers350–400Medium and Large 1394575.00/cwt575.00–575.002,26642
Steers400–450Medium and Large 1415523.18/cwt515.00–540.002,17117
Steers400–450Medium and Large 2430425.00/cwt425.00–425.001,8289
Steers400–450Medium and Large 1-2439450.99/cwt434.00–470.001,98031
Steers450–500Medium and Large 1-2460411.16/cwt390.00–430.001,89122
Steers450–500Large 1-2467416.00/cwt416.00–416.001,94312
Steers450–500Medium and Large 1Unweaned484438.58/cwt435.00–440.002,12331
Steers450–500Medium and Large 1490458.07/cwt447.50–490.002,24584
Steers500–550Medium and Large 1523446.23/cwt442.50–450.002,33428
Steers500–550Medium and Large 1-2535386.56/cwt380.00–410.002,06842
Steers500–550Medium and Large 1Unweaned536419.94/cwt417.50–423.002,25141
Steers550–600Medium and Large 1Unweaned567383.55/cwt382.50–385.002,1757
Steers550–600Medium and Large 1575404.98/cwt390.00–430.002,32952
Steers550–600Medium and Large 1-2585363.09/cwt340.00–377.502,12449
Steers550–600Medium 1-2599355.00/cwt355.00–355.002,1265
Steers600–650Large 1-2611352.35/cwt350.00–355.002,15313
Steers600–650Medium and Large 1-2616348.90/cwt340.00–355.002,14941
Steers600–650Medium and Large 1617378.13/cwt370.00–382.502,33330
Steers600–650Large 1621370.00/cwt370.00–370.002,2989
Steers600–650Medium and Large 1Unweaned628359.49/cwt359.00–360.002,25824
Steers650–700Medium and Large 1672352.74/cwt347.50–363.002,37049
Steers650–700Large 1-2672330.16/cwt325.00–335.002,21919
Steers650–700Medium and Large 1-2672329.45/cwt320.00–335.002,21421
Steers650–700Medium and Large 1Unweaned682340.92/cwt339.00–345.002,32527
Steers700–750Large 1-2706310.00/cwt310.00–310.002,1895
Steers700–750Medium and Large 1-2725318.83/cwt300.00–330.002,31227
Steers750–800Medium and Large 1-2762317.07/cwt300.00–325.002,41619
Steers750–800Large 1-2763315.00/cwt315.00–315.002,4037
Steers800–850Medium and Large 1-2816309.25/cwt302.50–320.002,52320
Steers850–900Medium and Large 1-2893301.76/cwt301.50–305.002,69567
Feeder Cattle · Heifers31 lots · lightest first
Heifers300–350Medium and Large 1316451.34/cwt450.00–465.001,42612
Heifers350–400Medium and Large 1379425.71/cwt420.00–450.001,61318
Heifers350–400Medium and Large 1-2383405.02/cwt390.00–415.001,55112
Heifers400–450Medium and Large 1421402.43/cwt400.00–407.501,69423
Heifers400–450Medium and Large 1Unweaned428390.60/cwt390.00–395.001,67216
Heifers400–450Medium and Large 1-2Unweaned430344.49/cwt340.00–350.001,48116
Heifers400–450Medium and Large 1-2431379.36/cwt375.00–385.001,63520
Heifers450–500Medium and Large 1-2470357.83/cwt350.00–375.001,68255
Heifers450–500Medium and Large 1473393.15/cwt380.00–405.001,86059
Heifers450–500Medium and Large 1-2Unweaned481331.71/cwt330.00–334.001,59612
Heifers500–550Medium and Large 1521371.29/cwt367.50–375.001,93410
Heifers500–550Medium and Large 1Unweaned522355.06/cwt350.00–360.001,85335
Heifers500–550Large 2524310.00/cwt310.00–310.001,6245
Heifers500–550Medium and Large 1-2526334.92/cwt320.00–345.001,76252
Heifers500–550Medium 2532325.00/cwt325.00–325.001,7296
Heifers550–600Large 1-2554329.00/cwt329.00–329.001,8237
Heifers550–600Medium and Large 1Fancy565425.00/cwt425.00–425.002,40119
Heifers550–600Medium and Large 1Unweaned566332.15/cwt327.00–345.001,88072
Heifers550–600Medium and Large 1567358.35/cwt355.00–360.002,03231
Heifers550–600Medium and Large 1-2578320.87/cwt310.00–325.001,85551
Heifers600–650Medium and Large 1Unweaned613320.93/cwt320.00–325.001,96722
Heifers600–650Medium and Large 1616330.00/cwt330.00–330.002,0337
Heifers600–650Medium and Large 1-2619310.19/cwt300.00–315.001,92036
Heifers650–700Medium and Large 1659321.17/cwt317.50–330.002,11713
Heifers650–700Medium and Large 1-2660309.17/cwt305.00–315.002,04112
Heifers700–750Medium and Large 1710336.07/cwt320.00–345.002,38617
Heifers700–750Medium and Large 1-2721307.14/cwt290.00–317.502,21426
Heifers750–800Medium and Large 1-2779300.00/cwt300.00–300.002,3377
Heifers750–800Medium and Large 1780310.00/cwt310.00–310.002,41824
Heifers800–850Medium and Large 1-2813283.26/cwt275.00–290.002,30327
Heifers850–900Medium and Large 1865300.00/cwt300.00–300.002,5955
Feeder Cattle · Bulls13 lots · lightest first
Bulls350–400Medium and Large 1382430.00/cwt430.00–430.001,6435
Bulls400–450Medium and Large 1439403.54/cwt400.00–420.001,77214
Bulls400–450Medium and Large 1-2443365.52/cwt360.00–370.001,61911
Bulls450–500Medium and Large 1470387.41/cwt380.00–410.001,82112
Bulls450–500Medium and Large 1-2489366.18/cwt350.00–372.501,79112
Bulls500–550Medium and Large 1-2534345.20/cwt330.00–350.001,84329
Bulls550–600Medium and Large 1559359.20/cwt340.00–367.502,00819
Bulls550–600Medium and Large 1-2571318.67/cwt310.00–330.001,8209
Bulls600–650Medium and Large 1613343.48/cwt327.50–352.502,10620
Bulls600–650Medium and Large 1-2621317.95/cwt315.00–325.001,9745
Bulls650–700Medium and Large 1677325.00/cwt325.00–325.002,2005
Bulls650–700Medium and Large 1-2688307.71/cwt290.00–320.002,11713
Bulls700–750Medium and Large 1-2726282.53/cwt276.00–287.502,0516

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.