Sale reports / Missouri / Ozarks Regional Stockyards / 2022-12-14

Ozarks Regional Stockyards

Slaughter Cattle · Replacement Cattle · West Plains, Missouri · Wed, Dec 14
● Final28 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 1651
Slaughter Cattle receipts
291 head
295 vs last sale 586 125 vs year ago 416 · 30.0%
Replacement Cattle receipts
272 head
58 vs last sale 330 80 vs year ago 352 · 22.7%
Also sold hereFeeder CattleTue Aug 18, 2026Cattle SpecialFri Aug 14, 2026
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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to last week, slaughter cows traded 1.00-2.00 higher and slaughter bulls traded 2.00-3.00 higher. Demand was good on a moderate supply of slaughter animals and a light supply of replacement cattle. Following the special replacement sale on Saturday the quality and supply of replacement cattle was lower than normal and the muddy conditions didn't help numbers either.

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
BullsLow1,55992.311,43938
CowsBreaker 75-80%Average1,45671.461,04069
CowsBoner 80-85%High1,17767.8679888
CowsLean 85-90%Low98654.4953796

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)1,175$1,08717
Bred CowsAll Stages (1-9 mo)Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)846$59841
Bred CowsAll Stages (1-9 mo)Aged (>8 yrs)887$3903thin
Bred HeifersAll Stages (1-9 mo)(<2 yrs)805$87712
BullsN/A(<2 yrs)1,325$1,9001thin
Cow-Calf PairsOpenYoung/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)979$1,1046

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 1-21,3251,900.00/head1,900.00–1,900.001,9001
Cow-Calf PairsMedium 1-21,0181,450.00/head1,450.00–1,450.001,4503
Cow-Calf PairsMedium 2940758.33/head550.00–925.007583
Bred CowsSmall and Medium 2-3692266.33/head200.00–350.0026611
Bred CowsMedium and Large 1-21,1751,086.63/head1,000.00–1,200.001,08717
Bred CowsMedium 2887390.46/head350.00–425.003903
Stock CowsMedium and Large 1-21,06686.09/cwt74.00–102.5091816
Bred CowsMedium 2854677.19/head500.00–900.0067723
Bred CowsMedium and Large 21,062858.63/head775.00–950.008597
Bred HeifersMedium and Large 1-2805876.56/head800.00–950.0087712
Stock CowsMedium 289361.09/cwt56.00–65.005467
Stock CowsMedium and Large 21,02468.46/cwt65.00–75.007019
Stock CowsMedium 1-2733103.71/cwt100.00–110.007606
Stock CowsMedium and Large 1-2944111.97/cwt100.00–124.001,05712
Stock CowsMedium 1-286890.80/cwt82.50–100.007883
Bulls1,42480.81/cwt68.00–87.001,15114
Bulls1,60295.05/cwt88.00–102.001,52318
Bulls1,743110.90/cwt102.00–120.001,9336
CowsBoner 80-85%1,18975.75/cwt73.00–80.0090117
CowsBreaker 75-80%1,49470.87/cwt66.00–75.001,05937
CowsLean 85-90%1,00050.22/cwt41.00–54.0050226
CowsBoner 80-85%1,18768.03/cwt65.00–73.0080850
CowsLean 85-90%98359.33/cwt55.00–64.0058337
CowsLean 85-90%1,03268.01/cwt65.00–75.0070219
CowsLean 85-90%90631.25/cwt21.00–41.0028314
CowsBreaker 75-80%1,42977.48/cwt75.00–80.001,10720
CowsBreaker 75-80%1,38363.26/cwt61.00–65.0087512
CowsBoner 80-85%1,14261.07/cwt55.00–64.0069721

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.