Sale reports / Missouri / Ozarks Regional Stockyards / 2021-05-12

Ozarks Regional Stockyards

Slaughter Cattle · Replacement Cattle · West Plains, Missouri · Wed, May 12
● Final35 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 1651
Slaughter Cattle receipts
632 head
267 vs last sale 365 107 vs year ago 525 · +20.4%
Replacement Cattle receipts
519 head
205 vs last sale 314 104 vs year ago 415 · +25.1%
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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to last week, slaughter cows and bulls traded steady to 2.00 lower. The supply was heavy with a moderate demand for slaughter animals and a good demand for replacement cattle. The offering included 65 pairs of first calf heifers which saw very active trading.

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
BullsHigh1,65890.311,49782
CowsBreaker 75-80%Average1,44463.67919135
CowsBoner 80-85%Average1,18762.74745178
CowsLean 85-90%Average1,02652.86543228

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
Cow-Calf PairsMedium 2884978.57/cwt875.00–1,050.008,6517
Cow-Calf PairsMedium and Large 1-21,1501,150.00/cwt1,150.00–1,150.0013,2256
Cow-Calf PairsMedium and Large 1-21,2591,210.00/cwt1,200.00–1,250.0015,2345
Cow-Calf PairsMedium and Large 1-29091,605.17/cwt1,425.00–1,700.0014,59158
Cow-Calf PairsSmall and Medium 2-3733668.75/cwt525.00–850.004,9024
Bulls1,778100.75/cwt97.00–110.001,79116
Bulls1,41378.60/cwt70.00–87.001,11114
CowsBreaker 75-80%1,43664.68/cwt62.00–68.0092979
CowsLean 85-90%1,04753.31/cwt48.00–57.00558128
CowsLean 85-90%92044.30/cwt38.00–48.0040837
Stock CowsMedium and Large 21,04064.12/cwt56.00–69.0066714
Bred HeifersMedium and Large 1-2890826.97/cwt775.00–850.007,3603
Stock CowsMedium and Large 1-283689.23/cwt77.50–100.007468
Bred CowsMedium and Large 1-21,089867.62/cwt850.00–975.009,44812
Bred CowsSmall and Medium 2-3685395.92/cwt300.00–450.002,7123
Stock CowsMedium 1-293386.85/cwt82.50–90.008104
Bulls1,68790.25/cwt85.00–96.001,52352
Bred CowsMedium and Large 1-21,2131,091.37/cwt950.00–1,250.0013,23842
Stock CowsMedium and Large 1-295277.18/cwt68.00–92.5073538
Bred CowsMedium and Large 21,141572.35/cwt550.00–600.006,5314
Bred CowsMedium and Large 21,124770.07/cwt525.00–900.008,65623
CowsLean 85-90%83827.93/cwt16.00–30.002346
Bred CowsMedium and Large 1-21,210843.18/cwt825.00–875.0010,2023
Bred CowsMedium 2967654.50/cwt475.00–825.006,32910
Bred CowsMedium 2985706.35/cwt500.00–900.006,95832
Stock CowsMedium 291062.39/cwt56.00–67.5056813
Bred CowsMedium 1-29971,127.34/cwt950.00–1,300.0011,24032
CowsLean 85-90%1,06960.04/cwt58.00–66.0064257
Bred CowsMedium 1-2973874.14/cwt850.00–925.008,5053
CowsBoner 80-85%1,18263.17/cwt60.00–67.00747128
CowsBoner 80-85%1,22769.32/cwt68.00–75.0085117
CowsBoner 80-85%1,18557.67/cwt52.00–61.0068333
CowsBreaker 75-80%1,48670.02/cwt69.00–74.001,04016
CowsBreaker 75-80%1,44259.14/cwt52.50–61.0085340
Stock CowsMedium 1-285380.04/cwt72.00–96.0068313

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.