Sale reports / Missouri / Ozarks Regional Stockyards / 2020-04-15

Ozarks Regional Stockyards

Slaughter Cattle · Replacement Cattle · West Plains, Missouri · Wed, Apr 15
● Final35 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 1651
Slaughter Cattle receipts
357 head
20 vs last sale 337 11 vs year ago 368 · 3.0%
Replacement Cattle receipts
363 head
45 vs last sale 408 129 vs year ago 234 · +55.1%
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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to last week, breaking and boning cows traded 7.00-11.00 higher with lean cows 4.00-6.00 higher. Slaughter bulls traded 10.00-12.00 higher. Demand was good on a moderate supply. A couple of the major slaughter buyers were back with orders to fill after having been missing in action the past two weeks.

Slaughter cattle

By class and quality grade · $/cwt
Cull cows and bulls are graded, not weight-classed — grade is what moves the money here.
ClassGradeDressingAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
BullsAverage1,55487.031,35254
CowsBreaker 75-80%Average1,38062.5686364
CowsBoner 80-85%High1,14958.12668126
CowsLean 85-90%Very Low93645.23423113

Every lot, as filed

35 lots · USDA AMS · Ozarks Regional Stockyards Slaughter / Replacement Cattle - West Plains, MO
Nothing removed and nothing rounded — the same lots as the USDA report, with per-head values added.
ClassGrade / descriptionWeightAvg wtPriceRangePer headHead
Bred CowsMedium 1-2978821.66/cwt725.00–900.008,0366
Bred CowsMedium 2824654.18/cwt525.00–725.005,3903
Bred CowsMedium and Large 1-21,2781,015.97/cwt900.00–1,100.0012,98429
Bred CowsMedium and Large 21,105753.95/cwt550.00–900.008,33125
CowsBoner 80-85%1,17164.16/cwt60.00–71.0075140
CowsBreaker 75-80%1,36159.56/cwt54.00–63.0081128
CowsLean 85-90%80426.14/cwt20.00–30.0021012
Bred CowsLarge 21,430900.00/cwt900.00–900.0012,8703
Bred CowsMedium 2918548.50/cwt500.00–650.005,0354
Bred CowsMedium and Large 1-21,209936.63/cwt875.00–1,000.0011,32410
Bred CowsMedium and Large 21,160785.40/cwt750.00–825.009,1112
CowsBoner 80-85%1,14049.08/cwt47.00–51.0056012
Cow-Calf PairsMedium 2854850.00/cwt750.00–1,000.007,2597
Stock CowsMedium 1-293275.65/cwt67.50–84.0070511
Stock CowsMedium and Large 1-296475.51/cwt70.00–85.007288
Bulls1,45583.13/cwt80.00–86.001,21013
Cow-Calf PairsMedium 2780700.00/cwt650.00–750.005,4603
Stock CowsMedium and Large 1-286293.67/cwt90.00–108.008079
Bulls1,50375.96/cwt72.00–78.001,1426
BullsMedium and Large 1-21,28183.97/cwt70.00–92.001,0764
Cow-Calf PairsMedium and Large 29351,012.50/cwt1,000.00–1,075.009,4676
Stock CowsMedium 289759.18/cwt45.00–69.0053121
Stock CowsMedium and Large 21,09359.08/cwt42.50–70.0064629
Bulls1,59990.37/cwt87.00–99.001,44535
Bred HeifersMedium and Large 1-2757774.06/cwt750.00–800.005,8606
CowsBreaker 75-80%1,40852.50/cwt52.00–53.007393
CowsLean 85-90%84236.19/cwt32.00–40.003059
CowsLean 85-90%93745.22/cwt40.00–50.0042453
Bred CowsMedium 1-21,046884.06/cwt775.00–975.009,24737
Bred CowsMedium 2926618.33/cwt400.00–775.005,72629
Bred CowsMedium and Large 21,178735.34/cwt650.00–825.008,66212
Bred CowsSmall and Medium 2-3697187.21/cwt135.00–275.001,3056
CowsBoner 80-85%1,13856.32/cwt51.00–61.0064174
CowsBreaker 75-80%1,39466.02/cwt63.00–71.0092033
CowsLean 85-90%99753.21/cwt50.00–59.0053139

How this sale compares

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.