Sale reports / Missouri / Ozarks Regional Stockyards / 2023-03-01

Ozarks Regional Stockyards

Slaughter Cattle · Replacement Cattle · West Plains, Missouri · Wed, Mar 1
● Final29 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 1651
Slaughter Cattle receipts
379 head
42 vs last sale 421 162 vs year ago 541 · 29.9%
Replacement Cattle receipts
296 head
85 vs last sale 211 55 vs year ago 241 · +22.8%
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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to last week, slaughter cows and bulls traded 2.00-3.00 higher. Bred cows traded 75.00-100.00 higher and pairs traded 125.00 higher. Demand was good on a moderate supply. The latest USDA's Cold storage report had beef in freezers down 2 percent from the previous month but up 1 percent from a year ago.

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
BullsAverage1,601106.361,70241
CowsBreaker 75-80%Low1,44490.031,30070
CowsBoner 80-85%Average1,15886.00995109
CowsLean 85-90%High1,03469.01714155

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)1,171$1,35174
Bred Cows1st Stage (1-3 mo)Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)1,063$1,1119
Bred CowsAll Stages (1-9 mo)Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)885$77423
Bred HeifersAll Stages (1-9 mo)(<2 yrs)879$1,0097
BullsN/AYoung/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)1,438$1,7523thin
Cow-Calf PairsOpenYoung/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)1,202$1,58520
Cow-Calf PairsOpenAged (>8 yrs)1,116$1,52511

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 1-21,4381,751.80/head1,650.00–1,900.001,7523
Cow-Calf PairsMedium and Large 1-21,1161,525.00/head1,525.00–1,525.001,52511
Cow-Calf PairsLarge 1-21,4091,800.00/head1,800.00–1,800.001,8005
Cow-Calf PairsMedium 1-21,0671,377.78/head1,300.00–1,500.001,3789
Cow-Calf PairsMedium and Large 1-21,2321,716.67/head1,450.00–1,850.001,7176
Bred CowsMedium and Large 1-21,2131,408.10/head1,100.00–1,600.001,40845
Stock CowsMedium and Large 1-21,10598.18/cwt85.00–115.001,08511
Stock CowsMedium and Large 1-21,041123.95/cwt118.00–137.001,29010
Stock CowsMedium 1-292191.92/cwt80.00–114.008478
Bred CowsMedium 1-21,0641,240.00/head1,050.00–1,500.001,24026
Bred CowsLarge 1-21,4751,445.93/head1,375.00–1,600.001,4463
Bred CowsSmall and Medium 2-3737236.40/head225.00–260.002363
Bred CowsMedium 1-21,0071,074.03/head900.00–1,200.001,0745
Bred CowsMedium and Large 1-21,1341,157.17/head1,050.00–1,275.001,1574
Bred CowsMedium 2907854.87/head500.00–1,050.0085520
Bred HeifersMedium and Large 1-28791,009.06/head825.00–1,200.001,0097
Bulls1,638107.32/cwt100.00–114.001,75822
Bulls1,31892.30/cwt82.00–99.001,21711
Bulls1,886123.05/cwt115.00–131.002,3218
CowsBoner 80-85%1,14886.79/cwt81.00–93.0099675
CowsBoner 80-85%1,17097.59/cwt93.00–105.001,14213
CowsBreaker 75-80%1,43079.71/cwt73.00–83.001,14012
CowsLean 85-90%98883.55/cwt81.00–90.0082517
CowsBreaker 75-80%1,42789.86/cwt83.00–94.001,28238
CowsBreaker 75-80%1,48596.56/cwt95.00–100.001,43420
CowsLean 85-90%90046.60/cwt30.00–51.004199
CowsLean 85-90%1,09472.96/cwt67.00–81.0079886
CowsLean 85-90%96260.05/cwt55.00–66.0057843
CowsBoner 80-85%1,18475.99/cwt66.00–81.0090021

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.