Sale reports / Missouri / Ozarks Regional Stockyards / 2022-10-19

Ozarks Regional Stockyards

Slaughter Cattle · Replacement Cattle · West Plains, Missouri · Wed, Oct 19
● Final34 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 1651
Slaughter Cattle receipts
669 head
97 vs last sale 572 250 vs year ago 419 · +59.7%
Replacement Cattle receipts
314 head
177 vs last sale 491 42 vs year ago 272 · +15.4%
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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to last week, slaughter cows traded steady to 2.00 lower and slaughter bulls traded steady. Demand was moderate on a heavy supply of slaughter animals and a moderate supply of replacement cattle. The growing season ended earlier than normal as the area woke up to sub-freezing temperatures this week. Receipts were higher than usual as drought conditions continue to increase.

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
BullsAverage1,61090.491,45652
CowsBreaker 75-80%High1,44969.701,010151
CowsBoner 80-85%Low1,21266.59807167
CowsLean 85-90%Low91555.61509293

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 Cows1st Stage (1-3 mo)Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)1,187$1,0673thin
Bred Cows2nd/3rd Stage (4-9 mo)Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)1,146$1,01933
Bred Cows2nd/3rd Stage (4-9 mo)Aged (>8 yrs)1,100$85020
Bred CowsAll Stages (1-9 mo)Aged (>8 yrs)1,132$8343thin
Bred CowsAll Stages (1-9 mo)Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)996$79337
Bred HeifersAll Stages (1-9 mo)(<2 yrs)841$7227
BullsN/A(<2 yrs)1,215$1,2751thin
Cow-Calf PairsOpenYoung/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)1,034$1,1069
Cow-Calf PairsOpenAged (>8 yrs)897$9564thin

Every lot, as filed

34 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 1-21,2151,275.00/head1,275.00–1,275.001,2751
Cow-Calf PairsMedium 2897956.25/head900.00–975.009564
Cow-Calf PairsMedium 29781,091.67/head1,000.00–1,250.001,0926
Cow-Calf PairsMedium and Large 21,1471,133.33/head1,100.00–1,150.001,1333
Bred CowsMedium 2914716.81/head550.00–925.0071717
Bred CowsMedium and Large 21,065857.68/head600.00–975.0085820
Stock CowsMedium and Large 1-21,06487.07/cwt75.00–109.0092619
Bred CowsMedium and Large 1-21,158925.00/head925.00–925.009258
Bred CowsMedium and Large 1-21,1871,066.82/head975.00–1,150.001,0673
Stock CowsMedium and Large 21,05067.55/cwt58.00–72.5070921
Bred CowsMedium 1-21,0231,033.55/head1,000.00–1,050.001,0343
Bred CowsLarge 21,160950.00/head950.00–950.0095016
Stock CowsMedium and Large 1-21,018104.10/cwt95.00–121.001,0607
Stock CowsMedium 1-2763105.86/cwt100.00–115.008083
Stock CowsMedium 1-289490.91/cwt80.00–106.008137
Bred CowsLarge 21,062800.00/head800.00–800.0080012
Bred CowsMedium and Large 1-21,1561,094.72/head1,000.00–1,225.001,09514
Bred CowsMedium and Large 21,132834.17/head800.00–850.008343
Bred HeifersMedium and Large 1-2916828.92/head750.00–935.008294
Bred HeifersMedium and Large 2742579.16/head525.00–650.005793
Stock CowsMedium 278764.11/cwt60.00–70.005055
Bulls1,63393.94/cwt85.00–101.001,53426
Bulls1,794105.82/cwt102.00–111.001,89810
Bulls1,45675.31/cwt63.00–85.001,09716
CowsBoner 80-85%1,13860.79/cwt57.50–64.0069250
CowsBreaker 75-80%1,42375.70/cwt74.00–80.001,07725
CowsLean 85-90%94650.28/cwt45.00–53.0047664
CowsBoner 80-85%1,25067.96/cwt64.00–73.00849100
CowsLean 85-90%79139.18/cwt30.00–44.0031045
CowsLean 85-90%90559.64/cwt55.00–65.00540144
CowsLean 85-90%1,04068.15/cwt67.00–70.0070940
CowsBreaker 75-80%1,47070.06/cwt65.00–74.001,030101
CowsBreaker 75-80%1,39062.26/cwt58.00–65.0086525
CowsBoner 80-85%1,20575.59/cwt72.50–80.0091117

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.