Sale reports / Missouri / Ozarks Regional Stockyards / 2023-02-08

Ozarks Regional Stockyards

Slaughter Cattle · Replacement Cattle · West Plains, Missouri · Wed, Feb 8
● Final29 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 1651
Slaughter Cattle receipts
333 head
92 vs last sale 241 28 vs year ago 361 · 7.8%
Replacement Cattle receipts
263 head
122 vs last sale 141 159 vs year ago 104 · +152.9%
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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to the last sale, two weeks ago, slaughter cows and bulls traded 2.00-3.00 higher. Bred cows traded steady and pairs were not well tested. Demand was good on a light supply, which was lighter then expected, due to the heavy rain and muddy condition.

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
BullsAverage1,700104.681,77950
CowsBreaker 75-80%Average1,45882.751,20651
CowsBoner 80-85%High1,19781.2397279
CowsLean 85-90%Very Low1,00461.72620153

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)1,166$1,34639
Bred Cows1st Stage (1-3 mo)Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)1,039$1,1677
Bred CowsAll Stages (1-9 mo)Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)837$61926
Bred HeifersAll Stages (1-9 mo)(<2 yrs)849$1,07619
BullsN/AYoung (2-4 yrs)1,468$2,2182thin
Cow-Calf PairsOpenYoung/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)1,085$1,3384thin

Every lot, as filed

29 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 1-21,4682,217.72/head1,750.00–2,600.002,2182
Cow-Calf PairsMedium and Large 21,0851,337.50/head1,250.00–1,375.001,3384
Bred CowsMedium and Large 2987841.30/head650.00–1,050.008416
Bred CowsSmall and Medium 2-3726318.12/head200.00–475.003187
Bred CowsMedium 1-29321,046.56/head950.00–1,125.001,0473
Bred CowsMedium and Large 1-21,2751,361.38/head1,050.00–1,550.001,36125
Stock CowsMedium and Large 1-21,146122.96/cwt115.00–132.001,4094
Stock CowsMedium 1-287495.41/cwt80.00–105.0083414
Stock CowsMedium and Large 1-21,078103.64/cwt83.00–115.001,1179
Bred CowsMedium 1-29721,317.77/head1,000.00–1,450.001,31814
Bred CowsMedium 2827679.06/head500.00–800.0067913
Bred CowsMedium and Large 1-21,1191,257.82/head1,125.00–1,350.001,2584
Bred HeifersMedium and Large 1-28711,170.73/head1,000.00–1,300.001,17113
Bred HeifersMedium and Large 2800871.40/head825.00–925.008716
Stock CowsMedium 282271.27/cwt68.00–79.005869
Stock CowsMedium 1-2750124.70/cwt110.00–150.009354
Bulls1,741104.70/cwt100.00–110.001,82321
Bulls1,858115.99/cwt111.00–130.002,15516
Bulls1,43890.73/cwt70.00–100.001,30513
CowsBoner 80-85%1,18692.39/cwt86.00–105.001,09618
CowsBoner 80-85%1,13870.07/cwt59.00–74.0079714
CowsBreaker 75-80%1,48982.93/cwt77.00–88.001,23530
CowsLean 85-90%83138.86/cwt30.00–45.0032318
CowsBreaker 75-80%1,43691.74/cwt88.00–104.001,31711
CowsBreaker 75-80%1,38772.30/cwt68.00–76.001,00310
CowsLean 85-90%1,03479.03/cwt76.00–83.0081713
CowsLean 85-90%96352.95/cwt44.00–62.0051045
CowsLean 85-90%1,06369.27/cwt62.00–75.0073677
CowsBoner 80-85%1,21880.28/cwt75.00–86.0097847

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.