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

West Plains, Missouri · USDA-reported Auction Livestock

Sale of Tuesday, July 23, 2024

3,088 head sold ·Official USDA report

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light 8-weight M&L 1 steers $258.19/cwt +5.19 vs last sale · ≈ $2,127/hd at 824 lb · 228 head

heavy 7-weight M&L 1 steers $262.23/cwt +8.23 vs last sale · ≈ $2,011/hd at 767 lb · 158 head

light 6-weight M&L 1-2 steers $277.93/cwt -0.43 vs last sale · ≈ $1,740/hd at 626 lb · 119 head

Receipts

Head	This sale	Last sale	Last year
Total receipts	3,088	1,556	2,515
Feeder cattle	3,088	1,556	2,515

Market comments — USDA reporter

Compared to last week, steer calves under 650 lbs. were steady to 4.00 higher, while heavier weight steers were 4.00-8.00 higher. Heifer calves under 700 lbs. were 3.00-8.00 higher with spots 12.00 higher. Heavier weight heifers were not well tested. Demand was very good on a moderate supply. Much cooler weather brought the largest offering, since mid-May, to town. There were several pot load and multi-pot load drafts of yearlings in the offering. The largest draft of the day was 130 head of 819 lb. steers that brought 263.50/cwt. The USDA's Cattle on Feed Report released Friday had Inventories 1 percent higher, Placements 7 percent lower and Marketings 9 percent lower. The Cattle Futures responded by trading higher on Monday and continued the upward trend on Tuesday.

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Feeder Steers

Medium and Large 1 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
258	258	12	420.00	$420.00	$1,084	—
315–347	345	15	372.50–390.00	$388.93	$1,342	—
376–399	387	31	355.00–377.50	$364.44	$1,410	—
418–434	425	15	337.50–352.50	$345.25	$1,467	-6.36
452–493	475	37	332.50–340.00	$334.20	$1,587	-8.95
508–536	518	61	319.00–330.00	$323.30	$1,675	-10.79
564 unweaned	564	8	294.00	$294.00	$1,658	—
555–594	574	79	305.00–318.00	$309.11	$1,774	-0.01
618–633	626	21	299.00–311.00	$304.04	$1,903	-3.89
657–670	662	46	288.00–293.00	$291.35	$1,929	+12.35
752–778	767	158	257.50–274.50	$262.23	$2,011	+8.23
805–841	824	228	249.00–263.50	$258.19	$2,127	+5.19
854–855	855	44	246.00–250.00	$246.45	$2,107	—
941	941	62	243.00	$243.00	$2,287	—

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
384	384	6	342.50	$342.50	$1,315	-2.36
404–432	423	18	325.00–332.50	$327.74	$1,386	-9.85
451–499	479	74	307.50–330.00	$319.47	$1,530	+4.21
500–545	519	66	290.00–317.50	$307.54	$1,596	+1.81
555–596	587	88	271.00–300.00	$289.97	$1,702	+13.62
600–644	626	119	269.00–290.00	$277.93	$1,740	-0.43
656–690	673	80	260.00–280.00	$269.37	$1,813	+1.90
722–740	732	22	250.00–265.00	$258.76	$1,894	-2.97
752–795	775	36	235.00–250.00	$245.75	$1,905	+3.69
837	837	9	244.00	$244.00	$2,042	—
860–891	877	22	237.00–242.00	$240.15	$2,106	—

Medium and Large 2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
365	365	8	300.00–302.50	$301.56	$1,101	—
450–494	472	15	285.00–315.00	$298.22	$1,408	+27.22
651–685	666	27	250.00–265.00	$258.31	$1,720	—
793	793	57	226.75	$226.75	$1,798	—

Medium 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
449	449	8	305.00	$305.00	$1,369	—
574–582	577	21	277.00–297.50	$287.19	$1,657	—
697	697	22	249.50	$249.50	$1,739	—
832	832	6	233.00	$233.00	$1,939	—

Large 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
607–633	620	16	272.50–277.50	$275.05	$1,705	—
775	775	5	243.00	$243.00	$1,883	—

Medium 1 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
708	708	8	263.00	$263.00	$1,862	—
780	780	12	250.00	$250.00	$1,950	—

Medium and Large 2-3 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
514	514	6	210.00	$210.00	$1,079	—

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Feeder Heifers

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
374–398	386	10	295.00–307.50	$303.13	$1,170	—
421–444	437	37	292.50–305.00	$298.88	$1,306	+10.25
465–495	476	23	272.50–295.00	$282.38	$1,344	+0.06
500–534	521	75	260.00–283.00	$274.29	$1,429	+11.13
553–595	581	37	254.00–272.00	$261.88	$1,522	+3.10
605–645	633	85	240.00–255.00	$246.70	$1,562	+0.43
656–695	673	103	232.50–252.50	$247.18	$1,664	+9.72
730–733	732	15	242.50–244.00	$243.70	$1,784	—
861	861	34	215.00	$215.00	$1,851	—
1253	1253	27	161.00	$161.00	$2,017	—

Medium and Large 1 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
262	262	5	385.00	$385.00	$1,009	—
309–318	317	36	342.50–367.50	$364.79	$1,156	+22.29
380	380	5	312.50	$312.50	$1,188	—
408–441	429	11	310.00–317.50	$314.71	$1,350	-15.29
452–494	464	44	300.00–327.00	$313.45	$1,454	+2.53
500–548	523	66	280.00–302.50	$291.53	$1,525	+7.87
555–598	569	52	272.00–294.00	$283.90	$1,615	+2.16
607–645	627	87	264.00–287.50	$277.57	$1,740	+17.03
656–677	663	19	258.00–272.50	$263.11	$1,744	+9.28
757–798	773	47	229.00–241.00	$235.94	$1,824	-2.06
832	832	12	229.00	$229.00	$1,905	—

Medium and Large 2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
334–340	337	8	287.50–292.50	$290.02	$977	—
363	363	3	277.50	$277.50	$1,007	-23.41
481–485	482	6	245.00–267.50	$252.54	$1,217	-25.46
550–598	578	17	237.50–245.00	$240.26	$1,389	+20.26
653–682	658	16	227.50–231.00	$230.32	$1,516	+10.32
911–929	922	22	150.00–161.00	$153.95	$1,419	—

Medium 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
475	475	5	295.00	$295.00	$1,401	—
520	520	5	275.00	$275.00	$1,430	—
640	640	13	244.00	$244.00	$1,562	—
718	718	8	234.00	$234.00	$1,680	—

Large 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
514–533	522	7	264.00–270.00	$266.62	$1,392	+8.62
591	591	7	252.50	$252.50	$1,492	-6.50
702	702	5	225.00	$225.00	$1,580	—

Medium 1 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
459	459	7	325.00	$325.00	$1,492	—

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Feeder Bulls

Medium and Large 1 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
358–385	365	16	325.00–345.00	$332.40	$1,213	—
435–448	444	6	310.00–318.00	$315.39	$1,400	—
467–485	479	15	300.00–325.00	$310.41	$1,487	—
513–531	523	13	302.00–305.00	$303.36	$1,587	+6.79
602–641	624	49	264.00–275.00	$267.28	$1,668	—

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
378	378	6	292.50	$292.50	$1,106	—
477	477	8	273.00	$273.00	$1,302	-26.38
509–535	521	15	260.00–284.00	$271.99	$1,417	+26.99
582–592	586	9	260.00–277.50	$270.50	$1,585	—
607–627	617	10	252.50–262.50	$257.58	$1,589	-3.89
661–673	668	12	245.00–257.50	$251.37	$1,679	—

Medium and Large 2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
602	602	5	232.50	$232.50	$1,400	—

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Dairy Steers

Large 3 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
270	270	12	250.00	$250.00	$675	—

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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.