Sale reports / Missouri / Ozarks Regional Stockyards / 2022-07-20

Ozarks Regional Stockyards

Slaughter Cattle · Replacement Cattle · West Plains, Missouri · Wed, Jul 20
● Final29 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 1651
Slaughter Cattle receipts
815 head
894 vs last sale 1,709 528 vs year ago 287 · +184.0%
Replacement Cattle receipts
565 head
76 vs last sale 641 238 vs year ago 327 · +72.8%
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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to last week, slaughter cows and bulls traded 7.00-10.00 lower. Demand was moderate on a heavy supply of slaughter animals and a light supply of replacement cattle. Weekend rains along with triple digit temperatures kept receipts lighter than last week's record run, however, receipts were much higher than normal as producers continue to reduce herds due to poor pasture conditions and the lack of and cost of hay.

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
BullsAverage1,52997.491,49080
CowsBreaker 75-80%Average1,48172.361,071172
CowsBoner 80-85%Low1,18870.81842216
CowsLean 85-90%Low96658.36564345

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)1,138$1,02819
Bred Cows1st Stage (1-3 mo)Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)1,038$1,0033thin
Bred CowsAll Stages (1-9 mo)Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)976$73947
Cow-Calf PairsOpenYoung/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)934$89933

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
Cow-Calf PairsMedium and Large 1-21,2151,300.00/head1,300.00–1,300.001,3003
Cow-Calf PairsMedium 2848730.26/head675.00–950.0073019
Cow-Calf PairsMedium and Large 21,0071,081.82/head1,000.00–1,150.001,08211
Bred CowsMedium 1-21,0381,002.57/head900.00–1,050.001,0033
Bred CowsMedium and Large 1-21,1631,052.79/head1,000.00–1,125.001,05314
Bred CowsSmall and Medium 2-3613226.36/head175.00–325.002263
Stock CowsMedium and Large 1-21,02992.86/cwt75.00–123.0095648
Stock CowsMedium 289962.09/cwt59.00–75.0055819
Bred CowsMedium 1-21,068959.76/head925.00–975.009605
Bred CowsMedium 2959748.70/head450.00–900.0074928
Bred CowsMedium and Large 21,073817.12/head625.00–925.0081716
Stock CowsMedium and Large 1-2812131.96/cwt115.00–144.001,07236
Stock CowsMedium 1-2748127.23/cwt115.00–141.0095220
Stock CowsMedium and Large 21,08965.71/cwt62.00–74.0071613
Stock CowsMedium 1-284492.54/cwt75.00–117.0078131
BullsReturn to Feed1,080108.24/cwt92.00–116.001,16911
Bulls1,58598.32/cwt92.00–103.001,55834
Bulls1,854106.28/cwt104.00–115.001,97014
Bulls1,45684.65/cwt74.00–90.001,23321
CowsBoner 80-85%1,15360.03/cwt55.00–64.0069229
CowsBreaker 75-80%1,49672.33/cwt68.00–77.501,082107
CowsBreaker 75-80%1,51079.04/cwt77.00–86.001,19438
CowsBoner 80-85%1,14577.79/cwt75.00–86.0089137
CowsBreaker 75-80%1,37963.08/cwt60.00–67.0087027
CowsLean 85-90%86649.16/cwt43.00–54.0042673
CowsLean 85-90%75837.22/cwt30.00–43.0028223
CowsLean 85-90%1,02361.77/cwt54.00–67.00632206
CowsLean 85-90%97268.91/cwt67.00–74.0067043
CowsBoner 80-85%1,20671.17/cwt65.00–75.00858150

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.