Name: Ozarks Regional Stockyards livestock auction prices — 2024-10-23
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2024-10-23

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to last week, slaughter cows and bulls sold mostly steady to 5.00 higher. Demand was good and the supply of slaughter animals and bred cows was moderate while the supply of pairs was light.

Slaughter cattle

By class and quality grade · $/cwt

Cull cows and bulls are graded, not weight-classed — grade is what moves the money here.

Class	Grade	Dressing	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Bulls	—	Low	1,554	158.87	2,469	45
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	Low	1,485	126.31	1,875	74
Cows	Boner 80-85%	Very Low	1,224	120.06	1,469	117
Cows	Lean 85-90%	Low	986	106.76	1,053	107

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.

Class	Stage	Age	Avg wt	$/head	Head
Bred Cows	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	Young (2-4 yrs)	1,160	$2,060	3thin
Bred Cows	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	1,166	$1,935	7
Bred Cows	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	Young (2-4 yrs)	1,250	$1,875	1thin
Bred Cows	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	1,090	$1,780	30
Bred Cows	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	1,077	$1,743	7
Bred Cows	2nd/3rd Stage (4-9 mo)	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	1,030	$1,697	11
Bred Cows	2nd/3rd Stage (4-9 mo)	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	1,190	$1,650	2thin
Bred Cows	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	989	$1,609	15
Bred Cows	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	Middle Aged/Aged (>5 yrs)	1,181	$1,543	5
Bred Cows	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	Young (2-4 yrs)	900	$1,350	1thin
Bred Cows	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	1,000	$1,350	9
Bred Cows	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	976	$1,326	15
Bred Cows	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	Aged (>8 yrs)	800	$800	1thin
Bred Heifers	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	(<2 yrs)	883	$1,736	6
Bred Heifers	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	Young (2-4 yrs)	916	$1,675	6
Bred Heifers	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	(<2 yrs)	878	$1,338	2thin
Bulls	N/A	(<2 yrs)	1,278	$2,700	2thin
Cow-Calf Pairs	Open	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	1,090	$1,975	7

Every lot, as filed

44 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.

Class	Grade / description	Weight	Avg wt	Price	Range	Per head	Head
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,385	2,900.00/head	2,900.00–2,900.00	2,900	1
Bulls	Medium 1-2	—	1,170	2,500.00/head	2,500.00–2,500.00	2,500	1
Cow-Calf Pairs	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,213	2,031.25/head	1,875.00–2,150.00	2,031	4
Cow-Calf Pairs	Medium 1-2	—	925	1,900.00/head	1,900.00–1,900.00	1,900	3
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,250	1,875.00/head	1,875.00–1,875.00	1,875	1
Bred Cows	Medium 1-2	—	952	1,299.26/head	1,075.00–1,500.00	1,299	10
Stock Cows	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,092	156.69/cwt	136.00–183.00	1,711	14
Stock Cows	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,052	192.00/cwt	192.00–192.00	2,020	4
Bred Heifers	Medium 1-2	—	800	1,125.00/head	1,125.00–1,125.00	1,125	1
Bred Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	955	1,550.00/head	1,550.00–1,550.00	1,550	1
Bred Heifers	Medium 1-2	—	800	1,750.00/head	1,750.00–1,750.00	1,750	2
Bred Heifers	Medium 1-2	—	883	1,735.85/head	1,600.00–1,800.00	1,736	6
Bred Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	974	1,637.23/head	1,100.00–2,100.00	1,637	4
Stock Cows	Medium 1-2	—	961	176.17/cwt	145.00–187.50	1,693	5
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,181	1,543.18/head	1,400.00–1,600.00	1,543	5
Bred Cows	Small and Medium 1-2	—	800	800.00/head	800.00–800.00	800	1
Bred Cows	Small and Medium 1-2	—	800	800.00/head	800.00–800.00	800	1
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,190	1,650.00/head	1,650.00–1,650.00	1,650	2
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,030	1,696.67/head	1,600.00–1,950.00	1,697	11
Bred Cows	Medium 1-2	—	1,025	1,350.00/head	1,350.00–1,350.00	1,350	2
Bred Cows	Medium 1-2	—	900	1,350.00/head	1,350.00–1,350.00	1,350	1
Bred Cows	Medium 1-2	—	983	1,663.56/head	1,450.00–1,750.00	1,664	12
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,161	1,857.23/head	1,650.00–2,050.00	1,857	18
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,160	2,059.74/head	1,750.00–2,200.00	2,060	3
Bred Cows	Medium 1-2	—	850	1,373.53/head	1,300.00–1,550.00	1,374	4
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,063	1,783.75/head	1,750.00–1,800.00	1,784	10
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,000	1,350.00/head	1,350.00–1,350.00	1,350	9
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,024	1,380.17/head	1,300.00–1,400.00	1,380	5
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,166	1,935.49/head	1,625.00–2,100.00	1,935	7
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,098	1,900.00/head	1,900.00–1,900.00	1,900	5
Bulls	—	—	1,328	140.48/cwt	129.00–149.00	1,866	10
Bulls	—	—	1,621	161.82/cwt	150.00–175.00	2,623	32
Bulls	—	—	1,597	188.67/cwt	180.00–200.00	3,013	3
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	—	1,540	114.75/cwt	100.00–120.00	1,767	15
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,200	80.00/cwt	80.00–80.00	960	1
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	—	1,430	140.04/cwt	136.00–149.00	2,003	10
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,226	129.85/cwt	127.00–138.00	1,592	22
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,163	104.27/cwt	95.00–110.00	1,213	13
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	—	1,479	127.04/cwt	121.00–135.00	1,879	49
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,233	120.43/cwt	111.00–127.00	1,485	81
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	948	92.74/cwt	70.00–103.00	879	36
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	760	55.14/cwt	51.00–61.00	419	2
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	1,016	112.79/cwt	104.00–120.00	1,146	55
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	1,001	126.46/cwt	123.00–137.50	1,266	14

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.

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