Sale reports / Missouri / Ozarks Regional Stockyards / 2024-07-03

Ozarks Regional Stockyards

Slaughter Cattle · Replacement Cattle · West Plains, Missouri · Wed, Jul 3
● Final27 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 1651
Slaughter Cattle receipts
402 head
165 vs last sale 237 105 vs year ago 507 · 20.7%
Replacement Cattle receipts
228 head
215 vs last sale 443 180 vs year ago 408 · 44.1%
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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to last week, slaughter cows and bulls were steady. Demand was good on a moderate supply of slaughter animals and bred cows and a light supply of pairs. The heat advisories were cancelled in the afternoon as isolated showers moved across the area. Hay fields and pastures are looking good for the first week of July, especially in those areas that have been receiving weekly rains.

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
BullsLow1,632174.832,85255
CowsBreaker 75-80%Average1,438142.852,05487
CowsBoner 80-85%Average1,120142.171,592132
CowsLean 85-90%Very Low1,084124.221,347128

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)1,190$1,95752
Bred CowsAll Stages (1-9 mo)Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)1,015$1,53521
Bred Cows2nd/3rd Stage (4-9 mo)Aged (>8 yrs)1,139$1,5005
Bred HeifersAll Stages (1-9 mo)(<2 yrs)968$1,76519
Cow-Calf PairsOpenYoung/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)1,021$2,03218

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 28801,764.29/head1,700.00–2,000.001,7647
Cow-Calf PairsMedium 1-21,0122,241.67/head2,100.00–2,350.002,2423
Cow-Calf PairsMedium and Large 21,1251,850.00/head1,700.00–1,975.001,8503
Cow-Calf PairsMedium and Large 1-21,1632,390.00/head2,100.00–2,800.002,3905
Bulls1,473156.84/cwt148.00–161.002,3107
Bulls1,575171.85/cwt163.00–183.002,70735
Bulls1,869192.53/cwt186.00–200.003,59813
CowsLean 85-90%79587.42/cwt81.00–94.006954
CowsLean 85-90%1,269129.34/cwt124.00–136.001,64160
CowsLean 85-90%909113.58/cwt96.00–121.001,03248
Stock CowsMedium and Large 1-2941194.84/cwt190.00–207.501,8335
Stock CowsMedium and Large 1-21,265145.84/cwt142.00–149.001,8453
Bred CowsMedium and Large 1-21,1391,500.00/head1,500.00–1,500.001,5005
Bred CowsMedium and Large 1-21,2361,993.47/head1,800.00–2,300.001,99340
Bred HeifersMedium and Large 1-21,0281,770.14/head1,650.00–1,975.001,77014
CowsLean 85-90%988146.10/cwt139.00–155.001,44316
Bred CowsMedium 29881,509.64/head1,250.00–1,700.001,51018
Stock CowsMedium 1-2889139.05/cwt115.00–150.001,23612
Bred CowsMedium 1-21,0351,836.36/head1,700.00–2,100.001,83612
Bred HeifersMedium 1-28001,750.00/head1,750.00–1,750.001,7505
Bred CowsMedium and Large 21,1771,687.39/head1,650.00–1,750.001,6873
CowsBoner 80-85%1,099141.17/cwt135.00–146.001,55192
CowsBoner 80-85%1,188152.30/cwt147.00–160.001,80927
CowsBreaker 75-80%1,454143.16/cwt137.00–148.002,08266
CowsBoner 80-85%1,129128.16/cwt118.00–134.001,44713
CowsBreaker 75-80%1,392150.73/cwt148.00–154.002,09811
CowsBreaker 75-80%1,385132.11/cwt128.00–135.001,83010

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.