Sale reports / Missouri / Ozarks Regional Stockyards / 2022-11-02

Ozarks Regional Stockyards

Slaughter Cattle · Replacement Cattle · West Plains, Missouri · Wed, Nov 2
● Final32 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 1651
Slaughter Cattle receipts
623 head
145 vs last sale 478 109 vs year ago 732 · 14.9%
Replacement Cattle receipts
307 head
44 vs last sale 351 109 vs year ago 416 · 26.2%
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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to last week, slaughter cows traded steady to 2.00 higher and slaughter bulls traded 2.00-3.00 higher. Demand was good on a heavy supply of slaughter animals and a moderate supply of replacement cattle.

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
BullsAverage1,55192.541,43659
CowsBreaker 75-80%Average1,47271.081,046163
CowsBoner 80-85%Average1,20070.29844163
CowsLean 85-90%Low99355.05547237

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)1,208$1,16871
Bred Cows1st Stage (1-3 mo)Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)1,028$1,0525
Bred Cows2nd/3rd Stage (4-9 mo)Aged (>8 yrs)1,221$9548
Bred CowsAll Stages (1-9 mo)Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)997$77931
Bred CowsAll Stages (1-9 mo)Aged (>8 yrs)950$70616
Bred HeifersAll Stages (1-9 mo)(<2 yrs)993$9782thin
Cow-Calf PairsOpenYoung/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)1,050$1,1926

Every lot, as filed

32 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 and Large 21,103859.16/head600.00–975.0085914
Bred CowsLarge 1-21,1461,110.00/head1,110.00–1,110.001,1109
Bred CowsMedium 2910712.84/head600.00–925.0071317
Bred CowsMedium and Large 1-21,0281,051.75/head1,000.00–1,200.001,0525
Cow-Calf PairsMedium and Large 1-21,0651,308.33/head1,300.00–1,325.001,3083
Cow-Calf PairsMedium and Large 21,0351,075.00/head1,000.00–1,175.001,0753
Stock CowsMedium 1-292582.90/cwt75.00–92.507678
Stock CowsMedium and Large 1-21,10984.90/cwt75.00–100.0094227
Bred CowsMedium and Large 1-21,221954.47/head950.00–985.009548
Bred HeifersMedium and Large 1-2993978.46/head850.00–1,100.009782
Stock CowsMedium and Large 21,02571.01/cwt68.00–75.007287
Stock CowsMedium 283372.72/cwt70.00–75.006064
Stock CowsMedium 1-2954121.37/cwt100.00–132.001,1587
Stock CowsMedium and Large 1-2993125.58/cwt112.00–132.001,24712
Bred CowsMedium 1-29271,036.25/head975.00–1,250.001,03610
Bred CowsMedium and Large 1-21,2731,203.27/head1,000.00–1,400.001,20352
Bred CowsMedium 2993650.00/head650.00–650.006507
Bred CowsMedium and Large 2917750.00/head750.00–750.007509
BullsReturn to Feed1,06391.90/cwt75.00–100.009778
Bulls1,39878.23/cwt62.50–84.001,09419
Bulls1,69196.51/cwt88.00–104.001,63221
Bulls1,904110.15/cwt106.00–118.002,09711
CowsBoner 80-85%1,18869.36/cwt64.00–74.0082496
CowsLean 85-90%92949.40/cwt42.00–56.0045956
CowsLean 85-90%1,04358.97/cwt54.00–65.00615114
CowsLean 85-90%1,05969.30/cwt65.00–77.0073433
CowsBreaker 75-80%1,48971.09/cwt64.00–75.001,059113
CowsBreaker 75-80%1,45678.86/cwt75.00–89.001,14826
CowsBoner 80-85%1,22476.14/cwt73.00–84.0093246
CowsBoner 80-85%1,20561.73/cwt57.50–65.0074421
CowsLean 85-90%86537.39/cwt30.00–42.0032334
CowsBreaker 75-80%1,40962.62/cwt58.00–65.0088224

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.