Sale reports / Missouri / Ozarks Regional Stockyards / 2023-02-22

Ozarks Regional Stockyards

Slaughter Cattle · Replacement Cattle · West Plains, Missouri · Wed, Feb 22
● Final30 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 1651
Slaughter Cattle receipts
421 head
80 vs last sale 341 127 vs year ago 294 · +43.2%
Replacement Cattle receipts
211 head
53 vs last sale 264 64 vs year ago 147 · +43.5%
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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to last week, slaughter cows traded 2.00-3.00 higher. Slaughter bulls traded steady to 3.00 higher. Bred cows traded steady with pairs not well tested. Demand was good on a moderate supply of slaughter animals and a light 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
BullsAverage1,635102.281,67239
CowsBreaker 75-80%Average1,41288.121,24482
CowsBoner 80-85%Low1,15585.19984126
CowsLean 85-90%High97167.45655171

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)1,007$1,34736
Bred CowsAll Stages (1-9 mo)Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)891$70613
Bred HeifersAll Stages (1-9 mo)(<2 yrs)862$84715
BullsN/AYoung/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)1,393$1,7833thin
Cow-Calf PairsOpenYoung/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)1,032$1,39511
Cow-Calf PairsOpenAged (>8 yrs)986$1,0004thin

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
BullsMedium and Large 1-21,3931,783.25/head1,250.00–2,100.001,7833
Cow-Calf PairsMedium 28951,208.33/head900.00–1,375.001,2083
Cow-Calf PairsMedium 29861,000.00/head1,000.00–1,000.001,0004
Cow-Calf PairsMedium 1-29861,390.00/head1,350.00–1,550.001,3905
Cow-Calf PairsMedium and Large 1-21,2451,591.67/head1,500.00–1,775.001,5923
Bred CowsMedium 2890757.32/head525.00–900.007578
Stock CowsMedium and Large 1-21,13694.79/cwt81.00–110.001,07732
Stock CowsMedium 285674.14/cwt70.00–83.006354
Stock CowsMedium 1-2888100.88/cwt94.00–107.508962
Stock CowsMedium and Large 1-2883116.18/cwt96.00–135.001,02612
Stock CowsMedium 1-293391.94/cwt81.00–105.008586
Bred CowsMedium and Large 21,025860.37/head775.00–1,000.008603
Bred CowsSmall and Medium 2-3693265.97/head125.00–400.002662
Bred CowsMedium 1-28241,354.38/head1,050.00–1,400.001,35414
Bred CowsMedium and Large 1-21,1241,341.73/head1,175.00–1,450.001,34222
Bred HeifersMedium and Large 1-2900871.74/head800.00–950.0087212
Bred HeifersMedium 1-2710750.00/head750.00–750.007503
Bulls1,633104.80/cwt97.00–114.001,71124
Bulls1,885125.71/cwt117.00–130.002,3704
Bulls1,54888.25/cwt81.00–97.001,36611
CowsBoner 80-85%1,18673.37/cwt62.00–77.0087019
CowsBoner 80-85%1,14685.87/cwt79.00–91.0098487
CowsBoner 80-85%1,16393.49/cwt91.00–100.001,08720
CowsLean 85-90%97584.77/cwt80.00–89.0082727
CowsBreaker 75-80%1,41586.49/cwt82.00–92.501,22451
CowsBreaker 75-80%1,43195.03/cwt92.50–100.001,36024
CowsBreaker 75-80%1,32176.26/cwt70.00–81.001,0077
CowsLean 85-90%99959.08/cwt50.00–65.0059053
CowsLean 85-90%70939.72/cwt30.00–51.0028214
CowsLean 85-90%99872.18/cwt66.00–78.0072077

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.