Sale reports / Missouri / Ozarks Regional Stockyards / 2022-09-28

Ozarks Regional Stockyards

Slaughter Cattle · Replacement Cattle · West Plains, Missouri · Wed, Sep 28
● Final30 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 1651
Slaughter Cattle receipts
602 head
202 vs last sale 400 77 vs year ago 525 · +14.7%
Replacement Cattle receipts
574 head
243 vs last sale 331 229 vs year ago 345 · +66.4%
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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to last week, slaughter cows and bulls traded 3.00-4.00 lower. Demand was good on a heavy supply of bred and slaughter cows and a moderate supply of slaughter bulls and pairs. Five herd dispersals provided a good selection of bred cows. The USDA's Cold Storage report, released last week, reported total pounds of beef in freezers were up 1 percent from the previous month and up 24 percent from last year.

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
BullsAverage1,59398.091,56339
CowsBreaker 75-80%High1,42678.761,12382
CowsBoner 80-85%High1,17875.63891147
CowsLean 85-90%Average99564.73644331

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)1,076$1,179115
Bred Cows1st Stage (1-3 mo)Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)976$1,07329
Bred CowsAll Stages (1-9 mo)Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)931$79436
Cow-Calf PairsOpenYoung/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)1,149$1,34624

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
Cow-Calf PairsMedium and Large 21,2601,150.00/head1,100.00–1,250.001,1503
Cow-Calf PairsMedium and Large 1-21,2281,486.67/head1,475.00–1,500.001,48715
Cow-Calf PairsMedium 28961,091.67/head1,075.00–1,150.001,0926
Bred CowsMedium and Large 21,101951.01/head900.00–1,000.009518
Bred CowsSmall and Medium 2-3742412.51/head235.00–500.004137
Bred CowsMedium 2930861.15/head600.00–1,050.0086121
Stock CowsMedium 292976.78/cwt70.00–82.5071316
Stock CowsMedium and Large 1-2890128.81/cwt112.50–143.001,14628
Stock CowsMedium 1-2867101.46/cwt82.50–120.0088031
Stock CowsMedium and Large 21,01875.54/cwt65.00–82.5076923
Stock CowsMedium and Large 1-21,071103.13/cwt84.00–118.001,10524
Bred CowsMedium 1-29501,071.15/head1,050.00–1,075.001,07120
Bred CowsMedium and Large 1-21,0331,077.92/head1,075.00–1,100.001,0789
Bred CowsLarge 1-21,2221,133.99/head1,000.00–1,200.001,1343
Bred CowsMedium 1-21,0211,185.91/head1,050.00–1,250.001,18645
Bred CowsMedium and Large 1-21,1071,177.16/head1,075.00–1,300.001,17767
Stock CowsMedium 1-2723134.75/cwt120.00–144.009746
Bulls1,58798.80/cwt92.00–106.001,56817
Bulls1,795108.81/cwt106.00–114.001,95311
Bulls1,40286.26/cwt75.00–91.001,20911
CowsBoner 80-85%1,13684.66/cwt82.00–96.0096219
CowsBoner 80-85%1,09868.96/cwt65.00–72.0075734
CowsBoner 80-85%1,21576.22/cwt72.50–81.0092694
CowsLean 85-90%1,01167.30/cwt60.00–72.50680202
CowsBreaker 75-80%1,43387.79/cwt83.00–102.001,25815
CowsBreaker 75-80%1,37871.24/cwt69.00–74.0098212
CowsBreaker 75-80%1,43477.94/cwt74.00–82.501,11855
CowsLean 85-90%90543.32/cwt34.00–45.0039219
CowsLean 85-90%1,09875.93/cwt72.50–86.0083449
CowsLean 85-90%89053.91/cwt45.00–60.0048061

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.