Sale reports / Missouri / Ozarks Regional Stockyards / 2023-05-10

Ozarks Regional Stockyards

Slaughter Cattle · Replacement Cattle · West Plains, Missouri · Wed, May 10
● Final30 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 1651
Slaughter Cattle receipts
400 head
95 vs last sale 305 283 vs year ago 683 · 41.4%
Replacement Cattle receipts
294 head
105 vs last sale 399 66 vs year ago 228 · +28.9%
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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to last week, slaughter cows were steady and slaughter bulls were 2.00-3.00 higher. Demand was good on a light supply of replacement cattle and a moderate supply of slaughter animals. Much needed rain fell across parts of the area which should help pasture conditions. With warmer night temperatures, producers are hoping for a better hay crop than 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
BullsAverage1,603114.431,83460
CowsBreaker 75-80%High1,44389.231,28769
CowsBoner 80-85%High1,15787.991,018118
CowsLean 85-90%Average88276.09671153

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)1,123$1,23856
Bred Cows2nd/3rd Stage (4-9 mo)Aged (>8 yrs)1,069$1,09122
Bred CowsAll Stages (1-9 mo)Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)900$88332
Bred HeifersAll Stages (1-9 mo)(<2 yrs)938$1,1506
BullsN/AYoung (2-4 yrs)1,220$1,9001thin
BullsN/A(<2 yrs)1,225$1,4001thin
Cow-Calf PairsOpenYoung/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)1,042$1,88611
Cow-Calf PairsOpenAged (>8 yrs)1,050$1,6506

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 1-21,2251,400.00/head1,400.00–1,400.001,4001
BullsMedium and Large 1-21,2201,900.00/head1,900.00–1,900.001,9001
Cow-Calf PairsMedium and Large 1-21,0501,650.00/head1,650.00–1,650.001,6506
Cow-Calf PairsMedium and Large 1-21,0792,100.00/head2,100.00–2,100.002,1008
Cow-Calf PairsMedium 29421,316.67/head1,250.00–1,450.001,3173
Bred CowsMedium 2835840.04/head600.00–1,000.0084022
Stock CowsMedium and Large 288278.03/cwt73.00–81.006885
Stock CowsMedium 1-2732143.45/cwt135.00–166.001,0507
Stock CowsMedium and Large 1-2940147.83/cwt118.00–160.001,39013
Stock CowsMedium 1-2877102.56/cwt86.00–125.0089911
Stock CowsMedium and Large 1-21,002105.27/cwt89.00–128.001,05525
Bred CowsMedium and Large 21,044976.73/head800.00–1,100.0097710
Bred CowsMedium and Large 1-21,0691,091.30/head1,000.00–1,175.001,09122
Bred CowsMedium 1-29671,133.58/head1,000.00–1,250.001,13411
Bred CowsMedium and Large 1-21,1611,263.49/head1,150.00–1,475.001,26345
Bred HeifersMedium and Large 1-29381,150.00/head1,150.00–1,150.001,1506
Stock CowsMedium 284076.01/cwt67.50–82.006384
Bulls1,603113.08/cwt103.00–118.001,81333
Bulls1,665125.79/cwt119.00–134.002,09419
Bulls1,45793.00/cwt81.00–101.001,3558
CowsBoner 80-85%1,18298.10/cwt95.00–103.001,1609
CowsBoner 80-85%1,18181.17/cwt76.00–85.0095916
CowsBoner 80-85%1,15088.18/cwt85.00–94.001,01493
CowsLean 85-90%88180.95/cwt70.50–86.00713104
CowsBreaker 75-80%1,51196.80/cwt95.00–101.001,4636
CowsBreaker 75-80%1,36484.35/cwt76.00–87.001,15125
CowsBreaker 75-80%1,48491.24/cwt87.50–95.001,35438
CowsLean 85-90%83649.88/cwt44.00–55.004177
CowsLean 85-90%1,06988.92/cwt87.00–91.0095110
CowsLean 85-90%83762.02/cwt55.00–70.0051932

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.