Sale reports / Missouri / Ozarks Regional Stockyards / 2023-03-29

Ozarks Regional Stockyards

Slaughter Cattle · Replacement Cattle · West Plains, Missouri · Wed, Mar 29
● Final35 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 1651
Slaughter Cattle receipts
453 head
136 vs last sale 317 198 vs year ago 651 · 30.4%
Replacement Cattle receipts
320 head
40 vs last sale 360 112 vs year ago 432 · 25.9%
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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to last week, slaughter cows and bulls were steady to 2.00 higher. Demand was good on a moderate supply. The USDA's Cold Storage Report, released Thursday, reported the total pounds of beef in freezers were down 6 percent from the previous month and down 6 percent from last year.

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
BullsAverage1,655107.771,78357
CowsBreaker 75-80%High1,45992.101,34383
CowsBoner 80-85%Low1,17090.111,054119
CowsLean 85-90%Low85370.37600194

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)1,088$1,26950
Bred Cows2nd/3rd Stage (4-9 mo)Aged (>8 yrs)1,123$1,2194thin
Bred Cows1st Stage (1-3 mo)Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)1,087$1,10110
Bred CowsAll Stages (1-9 mo)Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)929$80744
Bred CowsAll Stages (1-9 mo)Aged (>8 yrs)839$5727
Bred HeifersAll Stages (1-9 mo)(<2 yrs)973$1,1556
Cow-Calf Pairs1st Stage (1-3 mo)Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)1,100$1,8136
Cow-Calf PairsOpenAged (>8 yrs)995$1,17529
Cow-Calf PairsOpenYoung/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)867$1,07327

Every lot, as filed

35 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 1-21,1001,812.50/head1,750.00–2,050.001,8136
Cow-Calf PairsSmall and Medium 2884992.31/head925.00–1,050.0099213
Cow-Calf PairsMedium and Large 21,0851,323.44/head1,050.00–1,525.001,32316
Cow-Calf PairsMedium 1-29271,517.86/head1,500.00–1,525.001,5187
Cow-Calf PairsMedium 29551,131.25/head950.00–1,275.001,1314
Cow-Calf PairsMedium and Large 21,0461,265.00/head1,250.00–1,325.001,2655
Stock CowsMedium 1-2876127.62/cwt122.50–130.001,1184
Stock CowsMedium and Large 1-2993121.49/cwt115.00–138.001,2064
Bred CowsMedium 2888754.05/head475.00–1,000.0075434
Bred CowsMedium 1-29901,094.74/head1,050.00–1,150.001,0953
Bred HeifersMedium and Large 1-29731,155.48/head1,025.00–1,200.001,1556
Cow-Calf PairsSmall and Medium 2716681.82/head600.00–700.0068211
Stock CowsMedium 1-285295.07/cwt82.50–115.0081012
Stock CowsMedium 277766.94/cwt65.00–70.005203
Stock CowsMedium and Large 1-21,07299.97/cwt81.00–117.501,07215
Bred CowsMedium 1-29991,219.01/head1,025.00–1,350.001,21926
Bred CowsMedium and Large 1-21,1851,322.97/head1,100.00–1,500.001,32324
Bred CowsMedium and Large 21,069988.59/head825.00–1,075.0098910
Bred CowsMedium and Large 1-21,1291,103.07/head1,050.00–1,225.001,1037
Bred CowsMedium and Large 1-21,1231,219.13/head1,050.00–1,275.001,2194
Bred CowsMedium 2839572.49/head550.00–700.005727
BullsReturn to Feed1,15198.46/cwt84.00–117.001,1335
Bulls1,902122.18/cwt116.00–140.002,32415
Bulls1,61591.23/cwt82.00–101.001,47315
Bulls1,628111.33/cwt105.00–117.001,81222
CowsBoner 80-85%1,18183.23/cwt77.00–87.0098335
CowsBreaker 75-80%1,450101.38/cwt98.00–105.001,47014
CowsBreaker 75-80%1,41184.63/cwt76.00–89.001,19423
CowsBoner 80-85%1,17291.06/cwt87.50–97.001,06767
CowsBreaker 75-80%1,48593.01/cwt90.00–97.001,38146
CowsLean 85-90%87964.64/cwt60.00–71.0056833
CowsLean 85-90%87678.35/cwt71.00–89.00686116
CowsLean 85-90%96192.26/cwt90.00–96.0088710
CowsLean 85-90%72343.08/cwt34.00–58.0031135
CowsBoner 80-85%1,139100.55/cwt98.00–107.001,14517

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.