Sale reports / Missouri / Ozarks Regional Stockyards / 2023-05-03

Ozarks Regional Stockyards

Slaughter Cattle · Replacement Cattle · West Plains, Missouri · Wed, May 3
● Final29 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 1651
Slaughter Cattle receipts
305 head
126 vs last sale 431 385 vs year ago 690 · 55.8%
Replacement Cattle receipts
399 head
20 vs last sale 379 78 vs year ago 321 · +24.3%
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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to last week, slaughter cows sold steady to 2.00 higher while slaughter bulls were steady. Demand was good on a light supply of slaughter animals and a moderate 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
BullsAverage1,493109.971,64251
CowsBoner 80-85%Low1,15190.331,040102
CowsBreaker 75-80%Average1,55189.611,39066
CowsLean 85-90%High97379.7777685

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)1,157$1,27347
Bred Cows2nd/3rd Stage (4-9 mo)Aged (>8 yrs)1,252$1,2507
Bred Cows1st Stage (1-3 mo)Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)999$1,07811
Bred CowsAll Stages (1-9 mo)Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)921$92532
Cow-Calf PairsOpenYoung/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)1,023$1,38357

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
Cow-Calf PairsMedium and Large 1-21,2942,050.00/head1,900.00–2,100.002,0504
Cow-Calf PairsMedium and Large 21,0711,387.16/head1,300.00–1,600.001,38737
Cow-Calf PairsMedium 2-3765816.67/head750.00–950.008173
Cow-Calf PairsMedium 28641,298.08/head1,000.00–1,500.001,29813
Bred CowsMedium and Large 1-21,2521,250.00/head1,250.00–1,250.001,2507
Bred CowsMedium and Large 1-21,1871,291.40/head1,100.00–1,500.001,29141
Stock CowsMedium and Large 21,03782.90/cwt79.00–85.008608
Stock CowsMedium 1-285293.07/cwt82.00–102.0079315
Stock CowsMedium 281279.29/cwt72.00–84.006446
Bred CowsMedium 1-29541,148.36/head1,050.00–1,250.001,1486
Bred CowsMedium 2825790.84/head500.00–925.007918
Bred CowsMedium and Large 2953970.29/head700.00–1,100.0097024
Bred CowsMedium and Large 1-29991,077.84/head1,000.00–1,200.001,07811
Stock CowsMedium 1-2809116.71/cwt110.00–130.009444
Stock CowsMedium and Large 1-2989125.21/cwt115.00–135.001,23813
Stock CowsMedium and Large 1-21,02697.19/cwt86.00–115.0099754
BullsReturn to Feed1,07796.62/cwt90.00–103.001,0415
Bulls1,804122.69/cwt118.00–135.002,21313
Bulls1,35896.77/cwt87.00–104.001,3149
Bulls1,462110.82/cwt105.00–118.001,62024
CowsBoner 80-85%1,14681.78/cwt78.00–84.0093714
CowsBoner 80-85%1,14490.02/cwt85.00–95.001,03071
CowsBoner 80-85%1,18798.65/cwt95.00–105.001,17117
CowsBreaker 75-80%1,59890.15/cwt87.50–95.001,44148
CowsBreaker 75-80%1,42899.54/cwt98.00–102.001,4216
CowsLean 85-90%1,00690.08/cwt87.00–93.0090614
CowsLean 85-90%96464.02/cwt60.00–70.0061711
CowsLean 85-90%96780.25/cwt70.00–86.0077660
CowsBreaker 75-80%1,42382.51/cwt74.00–86.001,17412

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.