Sale reports / Missouri / Ozarks Regional Stockyards / 2023-03-15

Ozarks Regional Stockyards

Slaughter Cattle · Replacement Cattle · West Plains, Missouri · Wed, Mar 15
● Final33 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 1651
Slaughter Cattle receipts
445 head
2 vs last sale 447 194 vs year ago 639 · 30.4%
Replacement Cattle receipts
370 head
20 vs last sale 390 166 vs year ago 204 · +81.4%
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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to last week, slaughter cows and bulls sold steady to 2.00 higher. Bred Cows and Pairs were steady to firm. Demand was good on a moderate supply. Top price for slaughter animals was 108/cwt for cows and 130/cwt for slaughter bulls. Top price for bred cows was 1750 while top pairs brought 2250.

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
BullsHigh1,578108.641,71441
CowsBreaker 75-80%High1,52196.371,46686
CowsBoner 80-85%High1,20288.901,068110
CowsLean 85-90%Very Low96173.14703208

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)1,092$1,426110
Bred Cows1st Stage (1-3 mo)Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)1,117$1,2245
Bred Cows2nd/3rd Stage (4-9 mo)Aged (>8 yrs)1,137$1,17222
Bred CowsAll Stages (1-9 mo)Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)988$91426
Bred CowsAll Stages (1-9 mo)Aged (>8 yrs)941$6754thin
Cow-Calf Pairs1st Stage (1-3 mo)Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)1,263$2,1173thin
Cow-Calf PairsOpenYoung/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)1,138$1,71925
Cow-Calf Pairs1st Stage (1-3 mo)Aged (>8 yrs)1,179$1,5755
Cow-Calf PairsOpenAged (>8 yrs)1,029$1,10010

Every lot, as filed

33 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
Cow-Calf PairsMedium and Large 1-21,1791,575.00/head1,575.00–1,575.001,5755
Cow-Calf PairsMedium and Large 21,0291,100.00/head1,050.00–1,175.001,10010
Cow-Calf PairsMedium and Large 1-21,1951,793.75/head1,650.00–1,850.001,79416
Bred CowsMedium and Large 21,027944.91/head800.00–1,050.0094516
Bred CowsMedium and Large 11,1111,699.57/head1,675.00–1,750.001,70017
Bred CowsMedium 19661,675.00/head1,675.00–1,675.001,67521
Bred CowsMedium and Large 1-21,1171,223.97/head1,100.00–1,400.001,2245
Bred CowsMedium and Large 1-21,1371,171.62/head1,150.00–1,200.001,17222
Cow-Calf PairsMedium and Large 1-21,2632,116.67/head2,050.00–2,250.002,1173
Bred CowsMedium 2925864.81/head575.00–1,025.0086510
Stock CowsMedium and Large 1-21,128134.54/cwt130.00–137.501,5183
Stock CowsMedium 1-292998.94/cwt83.00–117.509199
Stock CowsMedium and Large 1-21,038103.57/cwt91.00–116.001,0758
Bred CowsMedium 2941675.00/head675.00–675.006754
Cow-Calf PairsMedium 29781,283.33/head1,250.00–1,300.001,2833
Cow-Calf PairsMedium and Large 21,0781,525.00/head1,525.00–1,525.001,5253
Bred CowsMedium 1-21,0021,256.18/head1,050.00–1,650.001,25613
Bred CowsMedium and Large 1-21,1511,295.66/head1,100.00–1,625.001,29659
Stock CowsMedium 1-2887127.35/cwt115.00–140.001,1308
Cow-Calf PairsMedium and Large 1-21,0501,950.00/head1,950.00–1,950.001,9503
Bulls1,718121.57/cwt118.00–130.002,0897
Bulls1,44395.29/cwt70.00–101.001,3758
Bulls1,582109.26/cwt103.00–116.001,72826
CowsBoner 80-85%1,240101.17/cwt97.00–108.001,25516
CowsBreaker 75-80%1,494101.75/cwt98.00–108.001,52034
CowsBreaker 75-80%1,52882.51/cwt80.00–86.001,2614
CowsBreaker 75-80%1,54093.71/cwt87.00–95.001,44348
CowsLean 85-90%85842.86/cwt32.00–50.0036812
CowsBoner 80-85%1,18980.02/cwt72.50–84.0095122
CowsBoner 80-85%1,19788.88/cwt85.00–95.001,06472
CowsLean 85-90%96177.32/cwt71.00–86.00743121
CowsLean 85-90%1,03488.78/cwt86.00–92.0091818
CowsLean 85-90%96165.71/cwt58.00–71.0063157

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.