Ozarks Regional Stockyards Feeder Cattle Market Report, West Plains, MO

West Plains, Missouri · USDA-reported Auction Livestock

Sale of Tuesday, April 27, 2021

2,413 head sold ·Official USDA report

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heavy 7-weight M&L 1-2 heifers $119.57/cwt -2.52 vs last sale · ≈ $930/hd at 778 lb · 96 head

light 4-weight M&L 1 heifers $146.77/cwt -3.50 vs last sale · ≈ $622/hd at 424 lb · 94 head

light 9-weight M&L 1 steers $126.88/cwt ≈ $1,148/hd at 905 lb · 79 head

Receipts

Head	This sale	Last sale	Last year
Total receipts	2,413	2,685	2,941
Feeder cattle	2,413	2,685	2,941

Market comments — USDA reporter

Compared to last week, steer calves traded 5.00-10.00 lower while heifer calves traded 3.00-6.00 lower. Too few yearlings to adequately test the market however undertones were steady to weak. Demand was moderate on a light to moderate supply. With May corn contracts at or near 7.00 most of the day, the increasing cost of feed was a major topic around the sale barn. The USDA's Cattle on Feed report released last week had Inventories up 5 percent, Placements up 28 percent and Marketings up 1 percent when compared to a year ago.

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Feeder Steers

Medium and Large 1 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
350–380	368	12	177.50–188.00	$184.08	$677	-0.85
437–440	438	5	175.00–180.00	$177.01	$775	-7.77
469–486	478	29	169.00–175.00	$172.10	$823	-7.80
505–534	516	69	155.00–167.00	$160.18	$827	-3.50
553–596	562	54	153.00–165.00	$159.07	$894	-5.08
616	616	18	143.00	$143.00	$881	-14.27
656–661	658	26	142.50–144.00	$143.02	$941	-7.77
732	732	7	140.00	$140.00	$1,025	-10.38
755–763	761	42	133.50–138.00	$134.56	$1,024	-9.44
905–915	905	79	124.00–127.00	$126.88	$1,148	—
1091	1091	43	116.50	$116.50	$1,271	—

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
340–342	341	11	165.00–172.50	$169.08	$577	-13.59
359–390	369	40	165.00–175.00	$167.80	$619	-4.62
419–434	425	30	163.00–169.00	$166.23	$706	-4.57
457–492	479	40	150.00–166.00	$161.05	$771	-6.76
513–545	540	25	148.00–152.00	$148.46	$802	-9.43
560–597	575	51	140.00–150.00	$143.80	$827	-10.03
610–648	630	14	132.50–141.00	$136.28	$859	-6.23
667–699	680	33	135.50–139.00	$137.00	$932	-4.18
719–740	726	9	123.00–131.00	$125.72	$913	-11.60
768–783	776	35	120.00–125.00	$124.57	$967	-4.93
816–846	833	12	122.00–126.00	$124.32	$1,036	-3.78
852–891	874	20	113.00–121.00	$119.83	$1,047	-5.17

Medium and Large 2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
380–390	386	8	140.00–155.00	$149.47	$577	-0.53
400–428	412	11	150.00–165.00	$155.57	$641	+6.90
463–492	475	27	146.00–157.00	$154.18	$732	-0.68
543–546	545	12	137.00–139.00	$137.50	$749	-2.50
580–590	587	24	125.00–135.00	$131.50	$772	-9.16
628	628	6	134.00	$134.00	$842	-4.00
745	745	8	124.00	$124.00	$924	—

Medium 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
331	331	7	172.50	$172.50	$571	—
369–389	379	10	155.00–160.00	$157.43	$597	—
419–439	430	21	155.00–168.00	$160.45	$690	+1.37
470–495	483	8	145.00–152.50	$148.65	$718	-9.35
516–540	530	5	139.00–147.00	$142.11	$753	-5.35
665	665	9	127.00	$127.00	$845	-8.00

Medium 2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
338	338	5	142.50	$142.50	$482	—
423	423	6	138.00	$138.00	$584	—

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Feeder Heifers

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
311–320	315	11	140.00–152.50	$147.67	$465	-2.59
358–399	379	24	139.00–147.00	$143.25	$543	-8.17
430–448	441	23	132.50–143.00	$137.32	$606	-7.83
452–496	480	50	131.00–141.00	$138.63	$665	+0.01
500–549	530	75	128.00–134.00	$131.71	$698	-1.98
552–599	580	36	125.00–130.00	$128.28	$744	-4.14
612–648	643	76	120.00–127.00	$125.71	$808	-2.87
656–692	668	45	119.50–124.00	$120.36	$804	-6.91
700–738	725	34	112.00–123.00	$118.95	$862	-3.51
773–791	778	96	115.00–121.00	$119.57	$930	-2.52
803–845	816	20	112.50–121.50	$115.30	$941	-1.16
850–854	854	43	113.00–116.50	$116.26	$993	+0.26

Medium and Large 1 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
335	335	9	164.00	$164.00	$549	—
369	369	7	153.00	$153.00	$565	-5.06
404–445	424	94	142.00–157.00	$146.77	$622	-3.50
457–488	467	73	141.00–148.00	$146.01	$682	-5.34
505–546	525	30	134.00–137.00	$134.78	$708	-7.22
576 unweaned	576	11	128.00	$128.00	$737	—
565–592	583	9	135.00–136.00	$135.68	$791	-5.98
602–644	635	47	130.00–138.00	$135.70	$862	-0.14
692	692	5	126.00	$126.00	$872	-7.01
728–731	730	10	125.00–126.00	$125.50	$916	-4.50

Medium and Large 2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
404	404	6	122.50	$122.50	$495	—
478–483	481	6	123.00–125.00	$123.99	$596	—
533–543	536	18	110.00–124.00	$113.94	$611	—
574–590	578	11	116.00–117.00	$116.72	$675	—
602–642	638	40	108.00–118.50	$117.47	$749	—
687–697	692	6	111.00–116.00	$113.48	$785	+0.33
902–915	912	14	93.00–95.00	$94.58	$863	—

Medium 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
376	376	8	135.00	$135.00	$508	—
445	445	5	139.00	$139.00	$619	-0.59
480	480	5	136.00	$136.00	$653	-11.00
606	606	7	120.00	$120.00	$727	—

Medium 2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
338–343	340	9	125.00–130.00	$128.32	$436	—

Medium 1 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
475	475	5	145.00	$145.00	$689	—

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Feeder Bulls

Medium and Large 1 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
400–448	422	24	150.00–159.00	$152.66	$644	—
462–498	488	14	155.00	$155.00	$756	-8.68
512–542	528	17	138.00–147.00	$143.50	$758	-6.01
555–560	558	7	141.00–146.00	$143.13	$799	+3.41

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
573–588	582	11	119.00–130.00	$127.05	$739	+3.42
604–625	613	12	122.00–124.00	$123.15	$755	—
702–743	717	8	108.00–116.50	$113.20	$812	-4.16
939–940	939	7	80.00	$80.00	$751	—

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Reading this report

What does "Medium and Large 1" mean?

USDA feeder grades describe frame size and muscle thickness, not quality of the individual animal. "Medium and Large" is the frame score; the number is muscle (1 = heaviest muscled). "Medium and Large 1–2" pens mix both muscle scores — common across the Southeast.

What is $/cwt?

Dollars per hundredweight — per 100 lb of animal. A 500-lb calf at $450/cwt brings 5 × $450 = $2,250. Lighter cattle usually bring more per cwt but less per head.

Why are some prices per head?

Bred cows, cow-calf pairs, and some replacement classes sell by the head, not by weight. We show those exactly as USDA reports them — a $/head figure is never converted into $/cwt on this site.

Where do these numbers come from?

From the USDA Agricultural Marketing Service's Livestock Market News — federal reporters at the sale. We publish each report in full and link the official USDA document at the top of the page.