Sale reports / Missouri / Ozarks Regional Stockyards / 2022-05-18

Ozarks Regional Stockyards

Slaughter Cattle · Replacement Cattle · West Plains, Missouri · Wed, May 18
● Final33 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 1651
Slaughter Cattle receipts
725 head
42 vs last sale 683 167 vs year ago 558 · +29.9%
Replacement Cattle receipts
408 head
180 vs last sale 228 97 vs year ago 505 · 19.2%
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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to last week, slaughter cows traded steady to 2.00 higher while slaughter bulls traded mostly steady. Demand was good on a heavy supply of slaughter animals and a moderate supply of replacement cattle.

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
BullsAverage1,600101.801,62968
CowsBreaker 75-80%Low1,41581.151,148107
CowsBoner 80-85%Average1,18979.65947192
CowsLean 85-90%High1,02261.95633353

Every lot, as filed

33 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
BullsLarge 1-21,1301,126.07/cwt1,050.00–1,225.0012,7253
BullsMedium and Large 1-21,4761,856.82/cwt1,550.00–2,000.0027,4074
Cow-Calf PairsMedium 29831,050.00/cwt1,050.00–1,050.0010,3224
Cow-Calf PairsMedium and Large 21,0551,302.27/cwt1,175.00–1,375.0013,73911
Bred CowsMedium 2900701.49/cwt500.00–925.006,31328
Bred CowsMedium 1-21,003998.92/cwt950.00–1,050.0010,0193
Bred HeifersMedium and Large 2830635.00/cwt635.00–635.005,2713
Bred CowsMedium and Large 21,068893.07/cwt775.00–1,000.009,53818
Stock CowsMedium 1-2790115.20/cwt106.00–119.009104
Stock CowsMedium 1-291291.57/cwt74.00–106.008359
Stock CowsMedium and Large 1-21,03890.57/cwt75.00–107.5094039
Bred CowsMedium and Large 1-21,1121,178.83/cwt1,050.00–1,325.0013,10928
Bred HeifersMedium and Large 1-2945915.39/cwt775.00–975.008,6503
Bred CowsSmall and Medium 2-3732392.42/cwt350.00–475.002,8735
Stock CowsMedium and Large 297568.79/cwt67.50–71.006713
Stock CowsMedium 288364.16/cwt53.00–70.005673
Stock CowsMedium and Large 1-2886115.91/cwt100.00–119.001,02710
Cow-Calf PairsSmall and Medium 2-3900725.00/cwt650.00–875.006,5253
Cow-Calf PairsMedium and Large 21,0801,230.77/cwt1,200.00–1,250.0013,29213
BullsReturn to Feed1,02981.65/cwt76.00–87.008404
Bulls1,693105.45/cwt99.00–110.001,78528
Bulls1,912114.28/cwt110.00–122.002,18515
Bulls1,36391.87/cwt73.00–98.001,25221
CowsLean 85-90%1,10880.46/cwt76.00–88.0089149
CowsLean 85-90%95854.20/cwt49.00–61.00519138
CowsBreaker 75-80%1,43172.38/cwt60.00–75.001,03611
CowsBreaker 75-80%1,40780.78/cwt77.00–85.001,13776
CowsLean 85-90%80543.00/cwt35.00–47.0034629
CowsBreaker 75-80%1,43787.39/cwt86.00–99.501,25620
CowsBoner 80-85%1,18377.68/cwt73.00–84.00919127
CowsBoner 80-85%1,18070.46/cwt66.00–73.0083114
CowsLean 85-90%1,10167.15/cwt62.00–75.00739137
CowsBoner 80-85%1,20687.07/cwt85.00–96.001,05051

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.