Sale reports / Missouri / Ozarks Regional Stockyards / 2024-07-17

Ozarks Regional Stockyards

Slaughter Cattle · Replacement Cattle · West Plains, Missouri · Wed, Jul 17
● Final30 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 1651
Slaughter Cattle receipts
318 head
17 vs last sale 301 142 vs year ago 460 · 30.9%
Replacement Cattle receipts
339 head
77 vs last sale 262 25 vs year ago 364 · 6.9%
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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to last week, slaughter cows and bulls were steady to 2.00 lower. Demand was good on a light supply. Replacement cattle outnumbered slaughter animals and sold with better demand. The top bred cows brought 2725.00/head while the top pairs brought 3050.00/pair. A pair of young purebred Charolais Bulls sold for 4000.00/head. Rain across the area is keeping the grass green and growing. There were areas that experienced flooding, this morning, from over 10 inches of rain.

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
BullsHigh1,669172.022,87153
CowsBreaker 75-80%High1,490140.382,09164
CowsBoner 80-85%Average1,163135.531,57686
CowsLean 85-90%Average925117.051,082114

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)1,220$2,11964
Bred Cows2nd/3rd Stage (4-9 mo)Aged (>8 yrs)1,302$2,0753thin
Bred CowsAll Stages (1-9 mo)Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)1,092$1,46934
Bred CowsAll Stages (1-9 mo)Aged (>8 yrs)1,067$1,36810
Bred HeifersAll Stages (1-9 mo)(<2 yrs)997$1,6056
BullsN/A(<2 yrs)1,158$3,8823thin
BullsN/AYoung (2-4 yrs)1,397$2,4613thin
Cow-Calf PairsOpenYoung/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)1,078$2,37239
Cow-Calf PairsOpenAged (>8 yrs)1,125$2,0506

Every lot, as filed

30 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 28911,568.75/head1,100.00–2,100.001,5698
Cow-Calf PairsMedium 1-21,0672,508.33/head2,150.00–2,925.002,5086
Cow-Calf PairsMedium and Large 21,0702,216.67/head2,150.00–2,250.002,2179
Cow-Calf PairsMedium and Large 1-21,1252,050.00/head2,050.00–2,050.002,0506
Cow-Calf PairsMedium and Large 1-21,1802,809.38/head2,600.00–3,050.002,80916
Bulls1,875181.00/cwt177.00–186.003,39417
Bulls1,353153.28/cwt146.00–159.002,0747
Bulls1,624171.28/cwt162.00–177.002,78229
CowsBreaker 75-80%1,427150.39/cwt147.00–155.002,14610
CowsBreaker 75-80%1,384128.45/cwt120.00–132.001,7789
CowsLean 85-90%942125.98/cwt120.00–133.001,18741
Bred CowsMedium and Large 1-21,2352,134.49/head1,800.00–2,725.002,13460
Bred CowsMedium and Large 21,1661,531.12/head1,100.00–1,700.001,53118
Bred CowsMedium and Large 21,1201,428.39/head1,400.00–1,525.001,4286
Bred CowsMedium and Large 1-21,3022,075.13/head2,025.00–2,100.002,0753
Bred HeifersMedium and Large 1-29971,605.35/head1,500.00–1,650.001,6056
BullsMedium and Large 1-21,3972,460.86/head2,125.00–2,800.002,4613
Stock CowsMedium and Large 1-21,187143.45/cwt116.00–154.001,7038
CowsBreaker 75-80%1,525140.54/cwt134.00–147.002,14345
BullsLarge 11,1583,881.65/head3,650.00–4,000.003,8823
Bred CowsMedium 21,0081,400.08/head1,000.00–1,750.001,40016
Bred CowsMedium 29881,277.09/head1,050.00–1,350.001,2774
Stock CowsMedium 1-2889145.66/cwt122.50–175.001,29521
Bred CowsMedium 1-29931,888.60/head1,750.00–2,000.001,8894
CowsLean 85-90%1,040139.99/cwt134.00–145.001,45611
CowsLean 85-90%904111.18/cwt105.00–118.001,00551
CowsLean 85-90%84088.08/cwt81.00–99.0074011
CowsBoner 80-85%1,161137.89/cwt132.00–145.001,60143
CowsBoner 80-85%1,208148.41/cwt145.00–155.001,79314
CowsBoner 80-85%1,143125.81/cwt115.00–130.001,43829

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.