Sale reports / Missouri / Ozarks Regional Stockyards / 2022-09-14

Ozarks Regional Stockyards

Slaughter Cattle · Replacement Cattle · West Plains, Missouri · Wed, Sep 14
● Final28 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 1651
Slaughter Cattle receipts
398 head
15 vs last sale 383 13 vs year ago 411 · 3.2%
Replacement Cattle receipts
275 head
44 vs last sale 319 70 vs year ago 345 · 20.3%
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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to last week, slaughter cows and bulls traded steady. Demand was good on a moderate supply of slaughter animals and a light supply of replacement cattle. Several buyers were ringside looking to pick up some young bred cows and pairs with very few in the offering. A lot of hay is down across the area in anticipation of a week of dry harvest weather.

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
BullsLow1,514101.281,53446
CowsBreaker 75-80%Average1,40283.621,17385
CowsBoner 80-85%High1,19781.5697685
CowsLean 85-90%Low99769.51693182

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)1,153$1,14919
Bred CowsAll Stages (1-9 mo)Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)982$78223
Bred HeifersAll Stages (1-9 mo)(<2 yrs)845$8154thin
BullsN/AYoung/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)1,190$2,4501thin
Cow-Calf PairsOpenYoung/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)1,133$1,3132thin

Every lot, as filed

28 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 1-21,1902,450.00/head2,450.00–2,450.002,4501
Cow-Calf PairsMedium and Large 1-21,1901,500.00/head1,500.00–1,500.001,5001
Cow-Calf PairsMedium and Large 21,0751,125.00/head1,125.00–1,125.001,1251
Bred CowsMedium and Large 1-21,1821,171.49/head1,000.00–1,350.001,17115
Bred CowsMedium 1-21,0451,066.27/head1,000.00–1,175.001,0664
Bred CowsSmall and Medium 2-3805367.20/head325.00–460.003673
Stock CowsMedium 289172.30/cwt60.00–82.506448
Bred CowsMedium 2913736.72/head500.00–875.007375
Bred CowsMedium and Large 21,040879.44/head800.00–1,000.0087915
Bred HeifersMedium and Large 1-2845814.72/head750.00–1,000.008154
Stock CowsMedium 1-2867119.97/cwt118.00–124.001,0403
Stock CowsMedium and Large 21,14479.06/cwt75.00–82.009047
Stock CowsMedium and Large 1-2893133.88/cwt108.00–142.001,19629
Stock CowsMedium 1-293599.98/cwt88.00–110.009353
Stock CowsMedium and Large 1-2981104.27/cwt84.00–126.001,02332
Bulls1,40090.53/cwt79.00–99.001,26719
Bulls1,549106.55/cwt100.00–113.001,65020
Bulls1,725115.42/cwt113.00–119.001,9917
CowsBoner 80-85%1,22189.35/cwt87.00–96.001,09115
CowsBreaker 75-80%1,40583.66/cwt78.00–87.501,17555
CowsLean 85-90%99757.94/cwt52.00–62.0057825
CowsBoner 80-85%1,19681.14/cwt78.00–85.0097056
CowsLean 85-90%86645.05/cwt30.00–52.0039013
CowsLean 85-90%1,11380.97/cwt76.00–88.0090141
CowsLean 85-90%96770.85/cwt62.00–75.00685103
CowsBreaker 75-80%1,42989.58/cwt88.00–92.001,28018
CowsBreaker 75-80%1,34974.52/cwt73.00–79.001,00512
CowsBoner 80-85%1,17574.90/cwt71.00–77.0088014

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.