Sale reports / Missouri / Ozarks Regional Stockyards / 2023-12-06

Ozarks Regional Stockyards

Slaughter Cattle · Replacement Cattle · West Plains, Missouri · Wed, Dec 6
● Final25 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 1651
Slaughter Cattle receipts
813 head
273 vs last sale 540 347 vs year ago 466 · +74.5%
Replacement Cattle receipts
245 head
2 vs last sale 247 131 vs year ago 376 · 34.8%
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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to last week, slaughter cows and bulls sold 1.00 to 3.00 lower. The supply was heavy and demand was good.

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
BullsLow1,596104.061,66166
CowsBreaker 75-80%Average1,40290.411,268129
CowsBoner 80-85%High1,17285.611,003169
CowsLean 85-90%High99972.75727165

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)1,045$1,308103
Bred Cows1st Stage (1-3 mo)Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)936$1,24510
Cow-Calf PairsOpenYoung/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)1,103$1,42120

Every lot, as filed

25 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
Bred CowsMedium and Large 21,1311,185.54/head1,000.00–1,375.001,18617
Stock CowsMedium and Large 1-21,070145.72/cwt120.00–160.001,55910
Cow-Calf PairsMedium and Large 1-21,0831,750.00/head1,625.00–2,000.001,7503
Cow-Calf PairsMedium and Large 21,1061,363.24/head1,275.00–1,525.001,36317
Bred CowsMedium 1-28721,206.26/head1,125.00–1,325.001,2066
Bred CowsMedium and Large 1-21,0321,302.84/head1,250.00–1,450.001,3034
Stock CowsMedium and Large 299799.91/cwt90.00–107.0099626
Bred CowsMedium 2761872.34/head800.00–1,000.0087222
Bred CowsMedium 1-29411,414.27/head1,275.00–1,550.001,41432
Bred CowsMedium and Large 1-21,2971,566.23/head1,400.00–1,725.001,56632
Stock CowsMedium 1-2812164.82/cwt150.00–180.001,3383
Stock CowsMedium 1-2828120.26/cwt118.00–125.009966
Bulls1,43695.20/cwt77.00–101.001,36728
Bulls1,687109.53/cwt104.00–116.001,84834
Bulls1,945119.62/cwt118.00–122.002,3274
CowsLean 85-90%94790.28/cwt89.00–92.008553
CowsBoner 80-85%1,21598.76/cwt92.00–110.001,20011
CowsLean 85-90%87253.16/cwt40.00–64.0046418
CowsBoner 80-85%1,13375.15/cwt68.00–85.0085140
CowsBoner 80-85%1,18187.93/cwt82.00–95.001,038118
CowsBreaker 75-80%1,40590.84/cwt84.00–96.001,27691
CowsBreaker 75-80%1,48298.73/cwt96.00–102.001,46321
CowsBreaker 75-80%1,28777.86/cwt68.00–86.001,00217
CowsLean 85-90%1,04879.42/cwt75.00–85.0083267
CowsLean 85-90%98970.85/cwt65.00–77.0070177

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.