Sale reports / Missouri / Ozarks Regional Stockyards / 2021-10-20

Ozarks Regional Stockyards

Slaughter Cattle · Replacement Cattle · West Plains, Missouri · Wed, Oct 20
● Final27 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 1651
Slaughter Cattle receipts
419 head
69 vs last sale 488 328 vs year ago 747 · 43.9%
Replacement Cattle receipts
272 head
121 vs last sale 393 332 vs year ago 604 · 55.0%
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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to last week, slaughter cows traded steady while slaughter bulls traded steady to 2.00 higher. Demand was good on a light supply.

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
BullsHigh1,57184.581,32956
CowsBreaker 75-80%High1,43660.07862105
CowsBoner 80-85%Low1,20556.4368085
CowsLean 85-90%High1,08346.02499173

Every lot, as filed

27 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 and Large 21,134614.34/cwt500.00–750.006,96712
Bred CowsMedium 21,099762.30/cwt650.00–800.008,3784
Bred CowsMedium and Large 21,166796.19/cwt600.00–925.009,28441
Bred HeifersMedium and Large 2774578.25/cwt450.00–600.004,4767
Stock CowsMedium and Large 1-292396.12/cwt93.00–104.008875
Stock CowsMedium 1-284383.37/cwt70.00–94.007034
Bred CowsMedium and Large 1-21,177878.30/cwt875.00–950.0010,33823
Bred CowsMedium 2946654.61/cwt500.00–875.006,19334
Cow-Calf PairsMedium and Large 21,1541,150.00/cwt1,000.00–1,225.0013,27111
Bred CowsMedium 1-21,0191,007.55/cwt900.00–1,100.0010,2674
Stock CowsMedium and Large 1-21,19178.02/cwt75.00–80.009294
Stock CowsMedium 291855.21/cwt50.00–65.005075
Stock CowsMedium and Large 21,03357.49/cwt52.00–67.505945
Bred CowsMedium and Large 1-21,2941,052.74/cwt950.00–1,300.0013,62228
Bulls1,81196.72/cwt93.00–102.001,75211
Bulls1,45774.80/cwt63.00–79.001,09015
Bulls1,54085.02/cwt80.00–90.001,30930
CowsBoner 80-85%1,18351.19/cwt49.00–53.0060622
CowsBreaker 75-80%1,51469.59/cwt68.00–78.001,0547
CowsBreaker 75-80%1,40454.70/cwt50.00–57.0076829
CowsBreaker 75-80%1,44161.36/cwt57.00–68.0088469
CowsLean 85-90%1,12058.52/cwt57.00–64.0065511
CowsBoner 80-85%1,25866.21/cwt65.00–71.008338
CowsBoner 80-85%1,20657.10/cwt54.00–64.0068955
CowsLean 85-90%1,08843.73/cwt35.00–48.0047671
CowsLean 85-90%85228.39/cwt20.00–35.0024220
CowsLean 85-90%1,13851.35/cwt48.00–56.0058471

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.