Sale reports / Missouri / Ozarks Regional Stockyards / 2022-08-24

Ozarks Regional Stockyards

Slaughter Cattle · Replacement Cattle · West Plains, Missouri · Wed, Aug 24
● Final30 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 1651
Slaughter Cattle receipts
492 head
36 vs last sale 456 230 vs year ago 262 · +87.8%
Replacement Cattle receipts
309 head
117 vs last sale 192 98 vs year ago 211 · +46.4%
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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to last week, the bulk of the slaughter cows and bulls traded 2.00-4.00 higher while high dressing bulls traded 8.00 higher. Demand was good on a moderate supply of slaughter animals and a light supply of replacement cattle. Good rains across most of the area, since the last weekend of July, have improved pasture conditions. Where rain has been the heaviest, some producers are getting their second cutting of hay to try and makeup for their disappointing first cutting.

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
BullsAverage1,645111.001,82666
CowsBreaker 75-80%High1,44286.601,248114
CowsBoner 80-85%High1,13883.97955101
CowsLean 85-90%Average1,01764.38655211

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)1,123$1,16220
Bred CowsAll Stages (1-9 mo)Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)908$60316
Bred HeifersAll Stages (1-9 mo)(<2 yrs)925$1,1504thin
BullsN/AYoung/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)1,333$1,4482thin
BullsN/A(<2 yrs)1,125$1,2502thin
Cow-Calf PairsOpenYoung/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)907$99117

Every lot, as filed

30 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 1-21,1251,250.00/head1,250.00–1,250.001,2502
BullsMedium and Large 1-21,3331,448.31/head1,250.00–1,600.001,4482
Cow-Calf PairsSmall and Medium 2-3787725.00/head650.00–750.007258
Cow-Calf PairsMedium and Large 1-21,0481,325.00/head1,300.00–1,350.001,3254
Cow-Calf PairsMedium and Large 29871,150.00/head1,000.00–1,250.001,1505
Bred CowsSmall and Medium 2-3735229.98/head150.00–350.002305
Stock CowsMedium and Large 21,09481.32/cwt79.00–82.508908
Stock CowsMedium 1-2785130.85/cwt120.00–147.501,0276
Stock CowsMedium and Large 1-2926127.78/cwt115.00–145.001,18315
Stock CowsMedium 1-2827100.94/cwt85.00–125.0083520
Stock CowsMedium and Large 1-21,007104.38/cwt85.00–122.501,05134
Bred CowsMedium 2911663.20/head425.00–900.006634
Bred CowsMedium and Large 21,029835.95/head700.00–950.008367
Bred CowsMedium 1-29271,130.94/head1,000.00–1,200.001,1313
Bred CowsMedium and Large 1-21,1571,168.00/head1,000.00–1,300.001,16817
Bred HeifersMedium and Large 1-29251,150.00/head1,150.00–1,150.001,1504
Stock CowsMedium 285372.28/cwt60.00–81.006179
Bulls1,534106.51/cwt100.00–114.001,63431
Bulls1,918125.14/cwt114.00–136.002,40023
Bulls1,40895.50/cwt81.00–100.001,34512
CowsBoner 80-85%1,20993.35/cwt89.00–107.001,12920
CowsBoner 80-85%1,15673.94/cwt64.00–79.0085529
CowsBoner 80-85%1,10085.96/cwt80.00–90.0094652
CowsLean 85-90%1,04771.19/cwt67.00–79.0074577
CowsBreaker 75-80%1,42496.88/cwt92.00–110.001,38021
CowsBreaker 75-80%1,38275.97/cwt70.00–81.001,05028
CowsBreaker 75-80%1,47387.86/cwt83.00–92.501,29465
CowsLean 85-90%86040.11/cwt34.00–47.0034539
CowsLean 85-90%1,08081.68/cwt80.00–91.0088233
CowsLean 85-90%1,04461.97/cwt56.00–66.0064762

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.