Sale reports / Missouri / Ozarks Regional Stockyards / 2022-06-01

Ozarks Regional Stockyards

Slaughter Cattle · Replacement Cattle · West Plains, Missouri · Wed, Jun 1
● Final29 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 1651
Slaughter Cattle receipts
625 head
▼ 194 vs last sale 819▲ 232 vs year ago 393 · +59.0%
Replacement Cattle receipts
256 head
▼ 26 vs last sale 282▼ 76 vs year ago 332 · −22.9%
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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to last week, slaughter cows and bulls traded 2.00 higher. Demand was good on a moderate supply of bred cows and pairs and a heavy supply of slaughter cows. Hay harvest has started in the Ozarks as producers try to avoid scattered showers.

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
Bulls—High1,570100.731,58253
CowsBreaker 75-80%Average1,42885.161,21680
CowsBoner 80-85%Low1,22681.11994225
CowsLean 85-90%Average99862.30622259

Replacement cattle Per head

By class, stage and age
Bred stock and pairs are reported per head, not per hundredweight — these prices are never mixed with the $/cwt figures above.
ClassStageAgeAvg wt$/headHead
Bred Cows2nd/3rd Stage (4-9 mo)Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)1,105$1,10239
Bred CowsAll Stages (1-9 mo)Aged (>8 yrs)1,042$8507
Bred CowsAll Stages (1-9 mo)Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)1,054$79139
Bred HeifersAll Stages (1-9 mo)(<2 yrs)836$8217
BullsN/A(<2 yrs)1,350$1,9002thin
Cow-Calf PairsOpenYoung/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)1,126$1,23642

Every lot, as filed

29 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 1-2—1,3501,900.00/head1,900.00–1,900.001,9002
Cow-Calf PairsMedium and Large 2—1,1271,236.11/head1,100.00–1,300.001,23636
Cow-Calf PairsMedium and Large 1-2—1,1801,381.25/head1,350.00–1,475.001,3814
Cow-Calf PairsMedium 2—1,005950.00/head900.00–1,000.009502
Bred CowsMedium 1-2—9871,012.93/head950.00–1,125.001,01314
Bred CowsSmall and Medium 2-3—840408.93/head400.00–425.004093
Stock CowsMedium and Large 1-2—987119.53/cwt112.00–128.001,1803
Stock CowsMedium 1-2—87187.15/cwt73.00–107.5075911
Stock CowsMedium and Large 1-2—1,06391.76/cwt80.00–108.0097538
Bred CowsMedium and Large 1-2—1,1711,151.24/head1,025.00–1,275.001,15125
Bred CowsMedium and Large 2—1,042850.00/head850.00–850.008507
Bred CowsMedium 2—949715.79/head550.00–900.0071613
Bred CowsMedium and Large 2—1,142882.66/head750.00–1,000.0088323
Bred HeifersMedium and Large 1-2—868936.42/head850.00–1,025.009364
Bred HeifersMedium and Large 2—793667.02/head575.00–725.006673
Stock CowsMedium 2—85160.03/cwt51.00–69.005118
Bulls——1,598115.94/cwt112.00–122.001,8536
Bulls——1,48191.69/cwt71.00–99.001,35824
Bulls——1,656106.19/cwt100.00–112.001,75923
CowsBoner 80-85%—1,17769.27/cwt65.00–74.0081520
CowsBoner 80-85%—1,15788.69/cwt87.00–94.001,02624
CowsBreaker 75-80%—1,42284.71/cwt78.00–87.001,20559
CowsLean 85-90%—1,04669.16/cwt62.00–76.00723128
CowsBreaker 75-80%—1,46990.22/cwt88.00–94.001,32516
CowsBreaker 75-80%—1,36374.31/cwt71.00–78.001,0135
CowsLean 85-90%—96357.21/cwt51.00–62.0055189
CowsLean 85-90%—85636.92/cwt26.00–51.0031627
CowsLean 85-90%—1,05979.59/cwt78.00–85.0084315
CowsBoner 80-85%—1,24081.41/cwt75.00–86.001,009181

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.