Sale reports / Missouri / Ozarks Regional Stockyards / 2024-02-14

Ozarks Regional Stockyards

Slaughter Cattle · Replacement Cattle · West Plains, Missouri · Wed, Feb 14
● Final31 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 1651
Slaughter Cattle receipts
375 head
13 vs last sale 388 34 vs year ago 341 · +10.0%
Replacement Cattle receipts
407 head
83 vs last sale 324 143 vs year ago 264 · +54.2%
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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to last week, slaughter cows and bulls sold 2.00-4.00 higher. Demand was good on slaughter animals and very good on replacement cattle. The supply of replacement cattle was heavy and the supply of slaughter animals was moderate. In an unusual twist for a Wednesday sale, replacement cattle outnumbered slaughter animals. The top bred cows brought 2300.00/head while the top slaughter cow brought 120.00/cwt. and the top slaughter bull brought 152.00/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
BullsAverage1,725122.972,12234
CowsBreaker 75-80%Low1,476104.721,54564
CowsBoner 80-85%Low1,179103.981,226104
CowsLean 85-90%High1,03187.61904173

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)1,149$1,752164
Bred Cows1st Stage (1-3 mo)Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)978$1,41356
Bred CowsAll Stages (1-9 mo)Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)946$1,14244
BullsN/AYoung (2-4 yrs)1,476$2,4206
BullsN/A(<2 yrs)1,153$1,7313thin
Cow-Calf PairsOpenYoung/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)863$1,73616

Every lot, as filed

31 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 1-21,6602,404.12/head1,950.00–2,600.002,4043
BullsMedium and Large 1-21,1531,730.60/head1,575.00–1,850.001,7313
BullsMedium 1-21,2922,435.16/head2,250.00–2,550.002,4353
Cow-Calf PairsMedium 27501,350.00/head1,050.00–1,700.001,3503
Bred CowsMedium and Large 1-21,1131,404.76/head1,300.00–1,500.001,40520
Cow-Calf PairsMedium and Large 1-21,1182,356.25/head2,275.00–2,500.002,3564
Stock CowsMedium and Large 1-21,239113.75/cwt108.00–125.001,40910
Bred CowsMedium 1-29031,416.88/head1,250.00–1,775.001,41736
Bred CowsMedium and Large 1-21,2131,736.77/head1,350.00–2,050.001,737102
Bred CowsMedium and Large 11,2542,281.16/head2,250.00–2,300.002,28110
Stock CowsMedium 1-2858171.76/cwt162.50–180.001,4746
Stock CowsMedium and Large 1-2815175.08/cwt152.50–185.001,4274
Stock CowsMedium 1-2832127.92/cwt103.00–150.001,06428
Cow-Calf PairsMedium 27881,588.89/head1,300.00–2,000.001,5899
Bred CowsSmall and Medium 2-3700700.00/head650.00–750.007004
Bred CowsMedium and Large 21,1171,215.35/head1,150.00–1,275.001,2157
Bred CowsMedium 1-21,0031,681.53/head1,350.00–2,075.001,68252
Bred CowsMedium 29391,179.59/head900.00–1,325.001,18033
Bulls1,623121.24/cwt115.00–131.001,96813
Bulls2,053138.56/cwt132.00–152.002,84512
Bulls1,436104.67/cwt93.00–113.001,5039
CowsBreaker 75-80%1,54989.48/cwt85.00–94.001,3865
CowsLean 85-90%1,061102.86/cwt101.00–106.001,09114
CowsBoner 80-85%1,14290.01/cwt85.00–97.001,0289
CowsBoner 80-85%1,166103.08/cwt99.00–107.001,20269
CowsLean 85-90%90765.91/cwt50.00–74.0059810
CowsBreaker 75-80%1,460104.29/cwt100.00–108.001,52349
CowsBreaker 75-80%1,515114.47/cwt110.00–120.001,73410
CowsLean 85-90%1,06693.76/cwt90.00–100.0099980
CowsLean 85-90%1,00380.53/cwt75.00–88.0080869
CowsBoner 80-85%1,226111.21/cwt107.50–120.001,36326

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.