Sale reports / Missouri / Ozarks Regional Stockyards / 2024-06-05

Ozarks Regional Stockyards

Slaughter Cattle · Replacement Cattle · West Plains, Missouri · Wed, Jun 5
● Final27 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 1651
Slaughter Cattle receipts
483 head
0 vs last sale 483 52 vs year ago 535 · 9.7%
Replacement Cattle receipts
269 head
24 vs last sale 245 19 vs year ago 288 · 6.6%
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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to last week, slaughter cows and bulls sold 2.00-5.00 higher. Demand was very good on a moderate supply. We continue to see record prices for slaughter animals with the top cow bringing 158.50/cwt. and the top bull bringing 190.00/cwt. Replacement cattle are also in demand with the top bred cows bringing 2350.00/head and the top pairs bringing 3000.00 per pair. Spring rains have helped pasture conditons and in between rains many are cutting and baling hay.

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
BullsHigh1,573160.672,52843
CowsBreaker 75-80%Average1,388137.291,90687
CowsBoner 80-85%Average1,162136.171,582135
CowsLean 85-90%Very Low965118.511,144214

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)1,171$2,06960
Bred CowsAll Stages (1-9 mo)Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)1,019$1,41932
Cow-Calf PairsOpenYoung/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)1,075$2,32818
Cow-Calf Pairs3rd Stage (7-9 mo)Aged (>8 yrs)875$1,7503thin

Every lot, as filed

27 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 28751,750.00/head1,750.00–1,750.001,7503
Cow-Calf PairsMedium 29982,004.17/head1,875.00–2,200.002,0046
Cow-Calf PairsMedium 1-21,0332,229.17/head2,225.00–2,250.002,2296
Cow-Calf PairsMedium 1-21,0122,500.00/head2,500.00–2,500.002,5003
Cow-Calf PairsMedium and Large 11,3753,000.00/head3,000.00–3,000.003,0003
Bulls1,974181.90/cwt174.00–190.003,5918
Bulls1,378145.81/cwt132.00–156.002,00913
Bulls1,543161.73/cwt156.00–172.002,49522
CowsLean 85-90%85082.32/cwt78.00–86.007006
CowsLean 85-90%1,091125.68/cwt120.00–133.001,37195
CowsLean 85-90%821107.89/cwt90.00–119.0088687
Bred CowsMedium and Large 21,1431,663.07/head1,550.00–1,750.001,66313
Bred CowsMedium and Large 1-21,2402,075.14/head1,800.00–2,350.002,07542
Stock CowsMedium and Large 1-21,081165.40/cwt150.00–190.001,7887
Bred CowsSmall and Medium 2-3700700.00/head600.00–900.007003
CowsLean 85-90%1,015136.20/cwt133.00–145.001,38226
Stock CowsMedium 1-2869170.06/cwt155.00–205.001,47810
Bred CowsMedium 29791,355.63/head1,050.00–1,550.001,35616
Stock CowsMedium 1-2937137.68/cwt109.00–157.501,29033
Bred CowsMedium 1-21,0102,054.04/head1,750.00–2,150.002,05418
Stock CowsMedium and Large 1-21,243139.00/cwt130.00–150.001,72815
CowsBoner 80-85%1,151136.25/cwt131.00–143.001,56880
CowsBoner 80-85%1,192146.51/cwt143.00–152.001,74630
CowsBoner 80-85%1,160123.51/cwt111.00–129.001,43325
CowsBreaker 75-80%1,387136.50/cwt132.00–143.001,89361
CowsBreaker 75-80%1,404148.67/cwt145.00–158.002,08715
CowsBreaker 75-80%1,374126.15/cwt123.00–130.001,73311

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.