Sale reports / Missouri / Ozarks Regional Stockyards / 2024-05-15

Ozarks Regional Stockyards

Slaughter Cattle · Replacement Cattle · West Plains, Missouri · Wed, May 15
● Final29 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 1651
Slaughter Cattle receipts
549 head
110 vs last sale 659 51 vs year ago 498 · +10.2%
Replacement Cattle receipts
336 head
86 vs last sale 422 45 vs year ago 291 · +15.5%
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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to last week, slaughter cows sold steady to 3.00 higher and slaughter bulls sold steady. Demand was very good on a moderate supply. The market was very active with new slaughter buyers ringside and plenty of local producers looking to take home bred cows and pairs from three herd sellouts. The top slaughter bull sold for 181.00/cwt. while the top slaughter cows brought 144.00/cwt. The top bred cows brought 2323.00/head while the top pairs brought 2550.00/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
BullsLow1,665158.812,64465
CowsBreaker 75-80%Low1,401130.201,824147
CowsBoner 80-85%High1,160126.261,465158
CowsLean 85-90%High1,009114.511,156173

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)1,094$1,896123
Bred Cows1st Stage (1-3 mo)Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)1,023$1,72329
Bred CowsAll Stages (1-9 mo)Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)937$1,24047
Cow-Calf PairsOpenAged (>8 yrs)1,048$2,2254thin
Cow-Calf PairsOpenYoung/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)1,030$2,09511
Cow-Calf PairsAll Stages (1-9 mo)Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)700$9502thin

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
Cow-Calf PairsMedium 28501,725.00/head1,400.00–2,050.001,7254
Cow-Calf PairsMedium and Large 21,1232,083.33/head2,000.00–2,250.002,0833
Cow-Calf PairsMedium and Large 1-21,0482,225.00/head2,050.00–2,400.002,2254
Cow-Calf PairsMedium and Large 1-21,1402,475.00/head2,400.00–2,550.002,4754
Cow-Calf PairsSmall and Medium 2-3700950.00/head950.00–950.009502
Bulls1,356142.63/cwt128.00–149.001,9349
Bulls1,672158.23/cwt150.00–168.002,64643
Bulls1,854171.94/cwt168.00–181.003,18813
CowsBreaker 75-80%1,368114.93/cwt110.00–118.001,57210
CowsLean 85-90%1,014131.41/cwt126.00–138.001,33228
CowsLean 85-90%973103.17/cwt91.00–112.001,00442
Stock CowsMedium 1-2877131.34/cwt123.00–150.001,15220
Bred CowsMedium and Large 21,1351,471.56/head1,275.00–1,550.001,47211
Stock CowsMedium and Large 1-21,128131.86/cwt121.00–145.001,48716
Bred CowsMedium and Large 1-21,1722,056.03/head1,600.00–2,325.002,05644
Stock CowsMedium and Large 1-2996176.11/cwt150.00–202.501,7548
Bred CowsSmall and Medium 2-3700680.00/head525.00–800.0068010
CowsBreaker 75-80%1,383137.75/cwt135.00–144.001,90530
Stock CowsMedium 1-2915154.04/cwt145.00–170.001,4094
Bred CowsMedium 1-21,0231,722.60/head1,700.00–1,775.001,72329
Stock CowsMedium 271998.37/cwt92.50–107.507074
Bred CowsMedium 29451,358.11/head1,050.00–1,650.001,35826
Bred CowsMedium 1-21,0511,806.65/head1,600.00–1,975.001,80779
CowsLean 85-90%1,038118.14/cwt110.00–125.001,22692
CowsLean 85-90%89484.39/cwt78.00–90.0075411
CowsBoner 80-85%1,193138.11/cwt133.00–143.001,64834
CowsBoner 80-85%1,152113.03/cwt105.00–117.001,30224
CowsBoner 80-85%1,151125.40/cwt118.00–133.001,443100
CowsBreaker 75-80%1,409129.51/cwt120.00–134.001,825107

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.