Sale reports / Missouri / Ozarks Regional Stockyards / 2024-02-21

Ozarks Regional Stockyards

Slaughter Cattle · Replacement Cattle · West Plains, Missouri · Wed, Feb 21
● Final29 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 1651
Slaughter Cattle receipts
514 head
139 vs last sale 375 93 vs year ago 421 · +22.1%
Replacement Cattle receipts
542 head
135 vs last sale 407 331 vs year ago 211 · +156.9%
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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to last week, slaughter cows and bulls were 2.00-4.00 higher. Demand was good on a heavy supply of bred cows and a moderate supply of pairs and slaughter animals. The quality wasn't quiet as deep on the bred cows, as it was last week, but they had no problem finding a new home. The top bred cows brought 2300.00/head and the top pairs sold for 2575.00/pair.

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
BullsHigh1,733128.132,22060
CowsBreaker 75-80%Low1,456107.871,57092
CowsBoner 80-85%Low1,197106.991,280131
CowsLean 85-90%Average95191.45869230

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)1,147$1,70290
Bred Cows1st Stage (1-3 mo)Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)1,094$1,55129
Bred CowsAll Stages (1-9 mo)Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)945$1,13185
Bred HeifersAll Stages (1-9 mo)(<2 yrs)740$1,0075
Cow-Calf PairsOpenYoung/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)1,062$1,91060

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
CowsLean 85-90%92898.23/cwt92.00–103.00912104
CowsBreaker 75-80%1,38995.50/cwt90.00–100.001,32614
CowsBreaker 75-80%1,435115.02/cwt112.00–130.001,65131
CowsBreaker 75-80%1,489106.84/cwt101.00–111.001,59147
CowsBoner 80-85%1,21692.59/cwt87.00–99.001,1268
CowsBoner 80-85%1,174114.06/cwt110.00–128.001,33938
CowsBoner 80-85%1,205105.18/cwt101.00–109.001,26785
CowsLean 85-90%86561.95/cwt43.00–75.0053622
CowsLean 85-90%97485.80/cwt76.00–91.0083679
CowsLean 85-90%1,047107.07/cwt103.00–113.001,12125
Bulls1,884140.35/cwt134.00–151.002,64420
Bulls1,679127.26/cwt119.00–134.002,13724
Bulls1,624114.17/cwt108.00–117.001,85416
Stock CowsMedium and Large 1-2883161.90/cwt157.50–172.501,4304
Bred HeifersMedium 1-27401,006.76/head800.00–1,100.001,0075
Bred CowsMedium 1-21,0531,540.05/head1,450.00–1,650.001,54018
Bred CowsMedium and Large 21,1461,316.65/head1,150.00–1,450.001,3176
Bred CowsMedium 29531,181.64/head725.00–1,400.001,18271
Bred CowsMedium and Large 1-21,2131,760.93/head1,500.00–2,300.001,76159
Bred CowsMedium and Large 1-21,1601,569.62/head1,450.00–1,600.001,57011
Stock CowsMedium and Large 1-2976123.05/cwt106.00–134.001,2018
Stock CowsMedium 1-2926115.24/cwt100.00–145.001,06734
Stock CowsMedium 1-2861159.88/cwt150.00–167.501,3778
Bred CowsMedium 1-21,0221,588.44/head1,450.00–1,850.001,58831
Bred CowsSmall and Medium 2-3722537.14/head375.00–700.005378
Cow-Calf PairsMedium 1-21,0592,035.00/head2,000.00–2,050.002,03510
Cow-Calf PairsMedium and Large 1-21,1672,243.75/head2,000.00–2,575.002,24416
Cow-Calf PairsMedium 29831,687.96/head1,000.00–1,925.001,68827
Cow-Calf PairsMedium and Large 21,1351,828.57/head1,800.00–1,850.001,8297

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.