Sale reports / Missouri / Ozarks Regional Stockyards / 2023-10-25

Ozarks Regional Stockyards

Slaughter Cattle · Replacement Cattle · West Plains, Missouri · Wed, Oct 25
● Final29 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 1651
Slaughter Cattle receipts
454 head
31 vs last sale 423 24 vs year ago 478 · 5.0%
Replacement Cattle receipts
274 head
96 vs last sale 178 77 vs year ago 351 · 21.9%
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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to last week, slaughter cows were 2.00-4.00 lower while slaughter bulls were steady. Demand was moderate on a moderate supply of replacement cattle and a heavy supply of slaughter animals. The USDA's Cold Storage report was released today and reported, the total pounds of beef in freezers were up 6 percent from the previous month but down 20 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
BullsHigh1,723116.812,01355
CowsBreaker 75-80%High1,44093.341,34492
CowsBoner 80-85%Low1,25593.221,17089
CowsLean 85-90%Low1,05776.63810211

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)1,102$1,40453
Bred Cows1st Stage (1-3 mo)Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)1,220$1,3093thin
Bred CowsAll Stages (1-9 mo)Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)958$96131
Bred HeifersAll Stages (1-9 mo)(<2 yrs)980$1,2005
BullsN/AYoung (2-4 yrs)1,500$2,5001thin
Cow-Calf Pairs1st Stage (1-3 mo)Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)1,230$1,99613
Cow-Calf PairsOpenYoung/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)988$1,6673thin

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
BullsMedium and Large 1-21,5002,500.00/head2,500.00–2,500.002,5001
Cow-Calf PairsMedium and Large 1-21,2301,996.15/head1,800.00–2,225.001,99613
Cow-Calf PairsMedium 1-29881,666.67/head1,600.00–1,750.001,6673
Bred CowsMedium and Large 21,1931,162.26/head1,125.00–1,200.001,1624
Bred CowsSmall and Medium 2-3677383.74/head300.00–425.003843
Bred CowsMedium 1-21,0031,385.71/head1,200.00–1,650.001,38630
Stock CowsMedium and Large 1-2989165.91/cwt130.00–182.501,64111
Stock CowsMedium 1-2978121.54/cwt105.00–135.001,18910
Stock CowsMedium and Large 1-21,071117.24/cwt101.00–140.001,25615
Bred CowsMedium and Large 1-21,2201,309.29/head1,250.00–1,425.001,3093
Bred CowsMedium 2954999.61/head750.00–1,200.001,00024
Bred CowsMedium and Large 1-21,2311,428.25/head1,250.00–1,850.001,42823
Bred HeifersMedium and Large 1-29801,200.00/head1,200.00–1,200.001,2005
Stock CowsMedium 295981.16/cwt65.00–94.007784
Stock CowsMedium and Large 21,16786.98/cwt83.00–89.001,0153
Stock CowsMedium 1-2908129.37/cwt120.00–135.001,1753
Bulls1,817131.46/cwt128.00–141.002,38914
Bulls1,611101.90/cwt88.00–110.001,64220
Bulls1,767121.25/cwt115.00–125.002,14221
CowsBoner 80-85%1,23582.53/cwt75.00–87.001,01926
CowsBoner 80-85%1,236103.70/cwt101.00–115.001,28214
CowsBreaker 75-80%1,548103.35/cwt101.00–105.001,6009
CowsLean 85-90%1,02374.11/cwt68.00–77.50758100
CowsBreaker 75-80%1,39683.74/cwt76.00–88.001,16920
CowsBreaker 75-80%1,43994.96/cwt90.00–100.001,36663
CowsLean 85-90%1,12382.91/cwt78.00–91.0093188
CowsLean 85-90%1,06595.51/cwt93.00–100.001,0175
CowsLean 85-90%92154.68/cwt50.00–66.0050418
CowsBoner 80-85%1,27195.89/cwt89.00–100.001,21949

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.