Sale reports / Missouri / Ozarks Regional Stockyards / 2024-12-04

Ozarks Regional Stockyards

Slaughter Cattle · Replacement Cattle · West Plains, Missouri · Wed, Dec 4
● Final31 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 1651
Slaughter Cattle receipts
390 head
51 vs last sale 339 423 vs year ago 813 · 52.0%
Replacement Cattle receipts
242 head
175 vs last sale 417 3 vs year ago 245 · 1.2%
Also sold hereFeeder CattleTue Aug 18, 2026Cattle SpecialFri Aug 14, 2026
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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to last week, slaughter cows were steady and slaughter bulls were 1.00-2.00 higher. Demand was good on a moderate supply of slaughter animals and a light supply of replacement cattle. With a special replacement auction only three days away, the supply of bred cows and pairs was light. There was a limited number of higher quality replacement animals in the offering as most of those are waiting to be sold at Saturday's Special Sale.

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
BullsAverage1,707149.302,54859
CowsBreaker 75-80%Average1,404114.031,60189
CowsBoner 80-85%High1,200113.161,358124
CowsLean 85-90%Very Low1,03997.291,011118

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)1,173$2,00833
Bred Cows1st Stage (1-3 mo)Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)1,025$1,6503thin
Bred CowsAll Stages (1-9 mo)Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)1,027$1,45037
Bred HeifersAll Stages (1-9 mo)(<2 yrs)884$1,6279
BullsN/A(<2 yrs)1,415$2,6001thin
Cow-Calf PairsOpenYoung/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)1,123$2,3676
Heifer PairsOpen(<2 yrs)800$1,9501thin

Every lot, as filed

31 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
BullsMedium and Large 1-21,4152,600.00/head2,600.00–2,600.002,6001
Bred CowsMedium 29851,481.78/head1,175.00–1,700.001,48218
Bred HeifersMedium and Large 1-29201,800.00/head1,800.00–1,800.001,8006
Cow-Calf PairsMedium 28181,950.00/head1,750.00–2,150.001,9502
Cow-Calf PairsMedium and Large 1-21,2752,575.00/head2,250.00–3,150.002,5754
Heifer PairsMedium 1-28001,950.00/head1,950.00–1,950.001,9501
Stock CowsMedium and Large 21,167109.23/cwt101.00–119.001,27521
Bred HeifersMedium 1-28121,282.24/head1,250.00–1,300.001,2823
Stock CowsMedium 2966111.42/cwt91.00–122.001,07610
Stock CowsMedium 1-2931143.33/cwt125.00–172.501,33417
Stock CowsMedium and Large 1-21,103144.81/cwt120.00–177.501,59711
Stock CowsMedium 1-2827221.20/cwt195.00–241.001,8295
Stock CowsMedium and Large 1-2934205.09/cwt197.50–212.501,9165
Bred CowsSmall and Medium 2-3862934.82/head900.00–1,050.009356
Bred CowsMedium and Large 21,1601,644.12/head1,425.00–1,775.001,64413
Bred CowsMedium 1-21,0251,650.00/head1,650.00–1,650.001,6503
Bred CowsMedium and Large 1-21,3002,080.23/head1,800.00–2,450.002,08017
Bred CowsMedium 1-21,0381,930.37/head1,750.00–2,200.001,93016
Bulls1,735149.91/cwt140.00–160.002,60140
Bulls1,826168.08/cwt164.00–178.003,0698
Bulls1,517133.41/cwt127.00–138.002,02411
CowsLean 85-90%82166.15/cwt60.00–75.005436
CowsBoner 80-85%1,217120.93/cwt117.00–127.001,47228
CowsLean 85-90%1,061100.20/cwt93.00–107.001,06369
CowsBoner 80-85%1,170101.52/cwt91.00–105.001,18811
CowsLean 85-90%1,067111.37/cwt107.00–125.001,18819
CowsBreaker 75-80%1,365113.48/cwt108.00–119.001,54963
CowsBreaker 75-80%1,516121.60/cwt120.00–125.001,84317
CowsBreaker 75-80%1,462103.57/cwt101.00–107.001,5149
CowsLean 85-90%1,00785.54/cwt77.00–92.0086124
CowsBoner 80-85%1,199112.10/cwt106.00–118.001,34485

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.