Sale reports / Missouri / Ozarks Regional Stockyards / 2022-03-09

Ozarks Regional Stockyards

Slaughter Cattle · Replacement Cattle · West Plains, Missouri · Wed, Mar 9
● Final37 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 1651
Slaughter Cattle receipts
565 head
24 vs last sale 541 52 vs year ago 617 · 8.4%
Replacement Cattle receipts
484 head
243 vs last sale 241 129 vs year ago 613 · 21.0%
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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to last week, slaughter cows and bulls traded steady. Demand was good on a heavy supply. A large crowd was ringside for the advertised herd sellouts which included several lots of high quality bred cows and pairs.

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
BullsAverage1,657103.441,71468
CowsBreaker 75-80%Average1,39884.451,180135
CowsBoner 80-85%High1,21579.79970154
CowsLean 85-90%High1,00061.21612208

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 11,6503,300.00/cwt3,300.00–3,300.0054,4501
BullsMedium and Large 1-21,4461,946.33/cwt1,400.00–2,400.0028,1442
BullsMedium and Large 1-21,2151,339.51/cwt1,200.00–1,500.0016,2752
Cow-Calf PairsMedium 2943968.75/cwt800.00–1,125.009,1354
Bred CowsSmall and Medium 2-3852475.00/cwt475.00–475.004,0472
Cow-Calf PairsMedium and Large 21,1371,065.38/cwt900.00–1,150.0012,11313
Stock CowsMedium and Large 1-2874111.60/cwt100.00–131.009757
Bred CowsMedium and Large 11,2591,525.00/cwt1,525.00–1,525.0019,2005
Bred HeifersMedium and Large 1-2812786.04/cwt750.00–850.006,3836
Stock CowsMedium 1-292287.11/cwt70.00–107.5080329
Stock CowsMedium and Large 1-21,09588.08/cwt74.00–107.0096444
Stock CowsMedium 293362.62/cwt58.00–69.005848
Stock CowsMedium and Large 21,11874.27/cwt69.00–80.008302
Bred CowsMedium and Large 21,062908.05/cwt625.00–1,050.009,64324
Bred CowsMedium 2917769.72/cwt500.00–925.007,05835
Bred CowsMedium and Large 11,1751,425.00/cwt1,425.00–1,425.0016,74440
Bred CowsMedium 11,1731,475.00/cwt1,475.00–1,475.0017,30220
Bred CowsMedium and Large 11,2321,487.55/cwt1,485.00–1,490.0018,32740
Bred CowsMedium 1-29701,047.49/cwt1,000.00–1,150.0010,16127
Cow-Calf PairsMedium 1-28751,650.00/cwt1,650.00–1,650.0014,4382
Cow-Calf PairsMedium and Large 1-21,1901,325.00/cwt1,300.00–1,425.0015,7687
Cow-Calf PairsMedium and Large 21,0461,160.00/cwt1,075.00–1,250.0012,13410
Bred CowsMedium 1-2915883.33/cwt875.00–900.008,0823
Bred CowsMedium and Large 1-21,1701,146.44/cwt1,050.00–1,400.0013,41325
Bulls1,645105.83/cwt98.00–112.001,74132
Bulls1,929117.02/cwt112.00–125.002,25718
Bulls1,40685.61/cwt64.00–98.001,20418
CowsBreaker 75-80%1,38884.38/cwt78.00–87.001,17199
CowsBoner 80-85%1,23087.62/cwt86.00–90.001,07843
CowsLean 85-90%1,07377.60/cwt76.00–82.0083321
CowsLean 85-90%80235.57/cwt20.00–41.0028523
CowsBoner 80-85%1,21169.52/cwt63.00–73.0084229
CowsBoner 80-85%1,20979.32/cwt74.00–86.0095982
CowsLean 85-90%1,06969.26/cwt62.00–76.0074086
CowsBreaker 75-80%1,42088.89/cwt86.00–95.001,26230
CowsBreaker 75-80%1,44363.38/cwt51.00–73.009156
CowsLean 85-90%96255.48/cwt43.00–62.0053478

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.