Sale reports / Missouri / Ozarks Regional Stockyards / 2023-05-31

Ozarks Regional Stockyards

Slaughter Cattle · Replacement Cattle · West Plains, Missouri · Wed, May 31
● Final27 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 1651
Slaughter Cattle receipts
535 head
194 vs last sale 729 90 vs year ago 625 · 14.4%
Replacement Cattle receipts
279 head
157 vs last sale 436 23 vs year ago 256 · +9.0%
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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to last week, slaughter cows sold 3.00-5.00 higher while slaughter bulls were steady. Bred cows were 100.00 higher and Pairs were 150.00-200.00 higher. Demand was very good on a moderate supply. The quality of bred cows and pairs was above average with several herd dispersals in the offering. Slaughter animals continued to be in high demand with the top slaughter cow bringing 125.00/cwt. and the top bull bringing 132.00/cwt.

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
BullsAverage1,507118.061,78053
CowsBreaker 75-80%High1,388104.351,449122
CowsBoner 80-85%High1,151101.101,164192
CowsLean 85-90%Very Low1,02189.56914161

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)1,122$1,40562
Bred CowsAll Stages (1-9 mo)Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)946$89810
BullsN/AYoung (2-4 yrs)1,463$1,8243thin
Cow-Calf PairsOpenYoung/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)1,114$1,88547
Cow-Calf PairsOpenAged (>8 yrs)975$1,3006

Every lot, as filed

27 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 1-21,4631,823.97/head1,750.00–1,925.001,8243
Cow-Calf PairsMedium 1-29531,837.50/head1,775.00–1,900.001,83810
Cow-Calf PairsMedium 1-29751,300.00/head1,300.00–1,300.001,3006
Cow-Calf PairsMedium and Large 1-21,1501,750.00/head1,750.00–1,750.001,7504
Bred CowsMedium 1-29761,311.30/head1,050.00–1,475.001,31110
Bred CowsMedium and Large 1-21,1501,422.72/head1,100.00–1,600.001,42352
Bred CowsMedium and Large 21,1001,018.75/head1,000.00–1,025.001,0194
Bred CowsMedium 2843817.42/head675.00–925.008176
Stock CowsMedium and Large 1-2979140.26/cwt122.50–158.001,37311
Cow-Calf PairsMedium and Large 1-21,1731,956.67/head1,850.00–2,075.001,95730
Stock CowsMedium 1-2774143.81/cwt128.00–169.001,1138
Stock CowsMedium and Large 1-21,120107.60/cwt96.00–126.001,20517
Stock CowsMedium 1-2906106.71/cwt90.00–122.5096714
Cow-Calf PairsMedium 21,0051,500.00/head1,500.00–1,500.001,5003
Bulls1,532118.24/cwt113.00–125.001,81128
Bulls1,492126.67/cwt125.00–132.001,89014
Bulls1,464106.64/cwt102.00–109.001,56111
CowsBoner 80-85%1,189109.01/cwt106.00–117.001,29649
CowsBreaker 75-80%1,465111.21/cwt107.00–125.001,62943
CowsLean 85-90%85352.22/cwt48.00–57.004453
CowsBreaker 75-80%1,340102.37/cwt97.00–107.001,37264
CowsLean 85-90%1,05689.82/cwt81.00–96.00948104
CowsBoner 80-85%1,15189.71/cwt75.00–94.001,03324
CowsBreaker 75-80%1,37493.10/cwt85.00–96.001,27915
CowsLean 85-90%988101.86/cwt97.00–110.001,00633
CowsLean 85-90%92374.26/cwt64.00–81.0068521
CowsBoner 80-85%1,136100.14/cwt95.00–105.001,138119

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.