Sale reports / Missouri / Ozarks Regional Stockyards / 2022-09-21

Ozarks Regional Stockyards

Slaughter Cattle · Replacement Cattle · West Plains, Missouri · Wed, Sep 21
● Final31 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 1651
Slaughter Cattle receipts
400 head
2 vs last sale 398 74 vs year ago 474 · 15.6%
Replacement Cattle receipts
331 head
56 vs last sale 275 54 vs year ago 385 · 14.0%
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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to last week, slaughter cows and bulls traded 2.00-3.00 lower. Demand was good on a moderate supply of slaughter animals and bred cows and a light supply of pairs. The last day of Summer brought record temperatures across parts of the area with Fall temperatures predicted for the remainder of the week. Pasture conditions are typical for this time of year with areas not receiving measurable amounts of rainfall for the past three weeks. Some who benefited from good rains in August have reported their second cutting of hay outyielding their first.

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
BullsAverage1,614100.041,61448
CowsBreaker 75-80%High1,41380.861,14376
CowsBoner 80-85%Low1,15579.1091376
CowsLean 85-90%Low1,00970.15708200

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)1,090$1,18040
Bred Cows1st Stage (1-3 mo)Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)1,004$9669
Bred CowsAll Stages (1-9 mo)Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)969$81729
Bred HeifersAll Stages (1-9 mo)(<2 yrs)820$9004thin
Cow-Calf PairsOpenYoung/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)964$1,20310

Every lot, as filed

31 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
Bred CowsMedium 1-21,000898.50/head850.00–1,000.008993
Bred CowsMedium and Large 1-21,1661,262.26/head1,150.00–1,375.001,26224
Cow-Calf PairsMedium and Large 1-29701,575.00/head1,575.00–1,575.001,5753
Cow-Calf PairsSmall and Medium 2-3968900.00/head850.00–950.009003
Cow-Calf PairsMedium 28821,075.00/head1,050.00–1,125.001,0753
Cow-Calf PairsMedium and Large 21,1751,375.00/head1,375.00–1,375.001,3751
Stock CowsMedium and Large 21,14280.54/cwt75.00–89.0092022
Bred HeifersMedium and Large 1-2820900.00/head900.00–900.009004
Stock CowsMedium and Large 1-21,104102.82/cwt93.00–117.501,13520
Stock CowsMedium 287082.45/cwt77.00–87.507177
Stock CowsMedium 1-2968132.77/cwt120.00–139.001,28510
Stock CowsMedium and Large 1-2983129.65/cwt113.00–137.501,27433
Stock CowsMedium 1-2867102.64/cwt97.50–107.508906
Bred CowsMedium 1-29751,057.58/head1,000.00–1,100.001,05816
Bred CowsSmall and Medium 2-3692326.87/head200.00–475.003273
Bred CowsMedium 2936808.88/head450.00–950.0080917
Bred CowsMedium and Large 21,123994.78/head750.00–1,050.009959
Bred CowsMedium and Large 1-21,0061,000.00/head1,000.00–1,000.001,0006
Bulls1,633104.55/cwt95.00–108.001,70727
Bulls1,49588.29/cwt75.00–94.001,32016
Bulls1,889113.30/cwt109.00–120.002,1405
CowsBoner 80-85%1,17973.13/cwt72.50–75.008628
CowsLean 85-90%97059.71/cwt54.00–63.0057923
CowsBoner 80-85%1,14878.90/cwt75.00–84.0090661
CowsLean 85-90%1,03276.73/cwt75.00–82.5079251
CowsLean 85-90%87640.75/cwt30.00–50.003579
CowsBoner 80-85%1,18587.65/cwt84.00–94.001,0397
CowsLean 85-90%1,01771.60/cwt63.00–75.00728117
CowsBreaker 75-80%1,55285.40/cwt85.00–87.001,32516
CowsBreaker 75-80%1,38381.01/cwt77.00–85.001,12049
CowsBreaker 75-80%1,34473.59/cwt72.50–75.0098911

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.