Sale reports / Missouri / Ozarks Regional Stockyards / 2021-08-18

Ozarks Regional Stockyards

Slaughter Cattle · Replacement Cattle · West Plains, Missouri · Wed, Aug 18
● Final37 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 1651
Slaughter Cattle receipts
492 head
270 vs last sale 222 123 vs year ago 615 · 20.0%
Replacement Cattle receipts
399 head
201 vs last sale 198 282 vs year ago 117 · +241.0%
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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to last week, slaughter cows and bulls traded steady to 2.00 lower. Demand was good on a moderate to heavy supply. Rain across most of the area helped to cool temperatures down but was too light to replenish ponds and creeks.

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
BullsLow1,54895.171,47359
CowsBreaker 75-80%High1,40069.09967108
CowsBoner 80-85%Low1,18267.87802129
CowsLean 85-90%Low97356.07545186

Every lot, as filed

37 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
BullsMedium and Large 1-21,9702,300.00/cwt2,300.00–2,300.0045,3101
BullsMedium 1-21,1961,500.00/cwt1,500.00–1,500.0017,9405
BullsMedium and Large 1-21,1821,134.27/cwt1,100.00–1,200.0013,4073
Cow-Calf PairsMedium and Large 1-21,2921,450.00/cwt1,450.00–1,450.0018,7344
Bred CowsMedium 2908560.94/cwt500.00–600.005,0938
Cow-Calf PairsMedium 2964966.67/cwt900.00–1,000.009,3193
Stock CowsMedium 293662.79/cwt59.00–67.005888
Bred CowsMedium and Large 1-21,2651,134.23/cwt1,000.00–1,325.0014,34837
Bred CowsMedium 1-2980930.96/cwt875.00–950.009,1234
Bred CowsMedium and Large 1-21,121941.46/cwt900.00–1,025.0010,55410
Stock CowsMedium and Large 1-21,14877.81/cwt71.00–84.0089313
Stock CowsMedium and Large 1-2893107.55/cwt100.00–127.0096016
Stock CowsMedium 1-296777.31/cwt70.00–100.0074811
Bred CowsMedium and Large 21,158800.00/cwt800.00–800.009,2646
Bred CowsMedium 2959750.45/cwt500.00–900.007,19736
Bred CowsSmall and Medium 2-3837477.82/cwt300.00–550.003,9993
Bred CowsMedium and Large 21,037747.36/cwt725.00–800.007,75017
Bred CowsMedium and Large 1-21,264914.36/cwt900.00–950.0011,5585
Bred CowsMedium 1-21,043930.88/cwt900.00–975.009,7094
Cow-Calf PairsMedium 2918991.67/cwt750.00–1,150.009,10412
Cow-Calf PairsMedium and Large 21,1191,046.43/cwt1,000.00–1,175.0011,7107
Cow-Calf PairsMedium and Large 21,0021,000.00/cwt1,000.00–1,000.0010,0206
Cow-Calf PairsMedium 1-21,0381,288.64/cwt1,250.00–1,550.0013,37611
Cow-Calf PairsMedium and Large 1-21,0501,300.00/cwt1,300.00–1,300.0013,6503
Bulls1,30784.96/cwt67.00–91.001,11021
Bulls1,55096.33/cwt93.00–102.001,49321
Bulls1,844106.34/cwt104.00–111.001,96117
CowsBreaker 75-80%1,47877.51/cwt77.00–78.001,14614
CowsBoner 80-85%1,17562.87/cwt57.00–65.0073930
CowsLean 85-90%88449.44/cwt44.00–54.0043757
CowsLean 85-90%1,06267.36/cwt66.00–71.0071515
CowsBoner 80-85%1,17968.53/cwt65.00–73.0080884
CowsBoner 80-85%1,21074.17/cwt72.50–75.0089715
CowsLean 85-90%78835.21/cwt20.00–42.5027710
CowsBreaker 75-80%1,38964.46/cwt60.00–68.0089547
CowsBreaker 75-80%1,38871.22/cwt68.00–75.0098947
CowsLean 85-90%1,02660.09/cwt54.00–66.00617104

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.