Name: Ozarks Regional Stockyards livestock auction prices — 2023-11-15
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2023-11-15

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to last week, slaughter cows and bulls were steady. Demand was good on a moderate supply.

Slaughter cattle

By class and quality grade · $/cwt

Cull cows and bulls are graded, not weight-classed — grade is what moves the money here.

Class	Grade	Dressing	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Bulls	—	High	1,642	109.98	1,806	49
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	Low	1,463	92.73	1,356	127
Cows	Boner 80-85%	Average	1,183	88.87	1,051	101
Cows	Lean 85-90%	Average	863	72.25	624	191

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.

Class	Stage	Age	Avg wt	$/head	Head
Bred Cows	2nd/3rd Stage (4-9 mo)	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	1,142	$1,305	35
Bred Cows	All Stages (1-9 mo)	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	849	$794	80
Bred Cows	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	748	$777	13
Bulls	N/A	Young (2-4 yrs)	1,555	$1,838	2thin
Cow-Calf Pairs	Open	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	904	$1,159	24

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.

Class	Grade / description	Weight	Avg wt	Price	Range	Per head	Head
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,555	1,838.15/head	1,685.00–1,966.00	1,838	2
Cow-Calf Pairs	Medium and Large 2	—	1,245	1,556.25/head	1,500.00–1,600.00	1,556	4
Cow-Calf Pairs	Medium 2	—	700	1,000.00/head	1,000.00–1,000.00	1,000	8
Cow-Calf Pairs	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,242	1,780.00/head	1,700.00–1,800.00	1,780	5
Cow-Calf Pairs	Small and Medium 2-3	—	700	669.29/head	435.00–875.00	669	7
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 2	—	1,136	1,053.36/head	1,000.00–1,100.00	1,053	6
Stock Cows	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,031	160.01/cwt	150.00–175.00	1,650	13
Stock Cows	Medium 1-2	—	887	157.40/cwt	137.50–171.00	1,396	11
Stock Cows	Medium 2	—	880	94.31/cwt	92.50–97.00	830	3
Stock Cows	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,105	115.42/cwt	100.00–130.00	1,275	10
Stock Cows	Medium 1-2	—	899	115.55/cwt	100.00–132.50	1,039	15
Bred Cows	Small and Medium 2-3	—	724	625.40/head	385.00–750.00	625	41
Bred Cows	Small and Medium 2-3	—	700	660.00/head	660.00–660.00	660	10
Bred Cows	Medium 1-2	—	910	1,165.34/head	1,150.00–1,175.00	1,165	3
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,191	1,308.54/head	1,200.00–1,700.00	1,309	26
Bred Cows	Medium 1-2	—	999	1,293.16/head	1,200.00–1,475.00	1,293	9
Bred Cows	Medium 2	—	952	956.72/head	600.00–1,125.00	957	33
Bulls	—	—	1,858	124.36/cwt	120.00–131.00	2,311	10
Bulls	—	—	1,464	94.93/cwt	85.00–103.00	1,390	15
Bulls	—	—	1,663	113.39/cwt	106.00–120.00	1,886	24
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	—	1,385	83.30/cwt	72.50–87.00	1,154	23
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	—	1,457	92.85/cwt	87.00–97.00	1,353	80
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	834	78.09/cwt	72.00–88.00	651	104
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	—	1,557	101.36/cwt	99.00–106.00	1,578	24
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	1,017	92.92/cwt	89.00–100.00	945	11
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	929	65.62/cwt	60.00–72.50	610	58
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	729	47.26/cwt	40.00–60.00	345	18
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,170	89.95/cwt	85.00–95.00	1,052	64
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,218	99.25/cwt	95.00–108.00	1,209	12
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,199	81.12/cwt	72.00–85.00	973	25

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.

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