Sale reports / Missouri / Ozarks Regional Stockyards / 2025-03-12

Ozarks Regional Stockyards

Slaughter Cattle · Replacement Cattle · West Plains, Missouri · Wed, Mar 12
● Final39 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 1651
Slaughter Cattle receipts
389 head
162 vs last sale 227 121 vs year ago 268 · +45.1%
Replacement Cattle receipts
401 head
76 vs last sale 477 88 vs year ago 489 · 18.0%
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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to last week, slaughter cows and bulls were steady. Demand was moderate on a moderate supply. The offering included a one hundred head commercial cow operation and a dairy herd sellout, with most of the dairy cattle selling as weigh up cattle. With Spring quickly approaching there was a large crowd ringside, creating good demand for bred cows and pairs.

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
BullsAverage1,682164.132,76154
CowsBreaker 75-80%Average1,448137.691,99478
CowsBoner 80-85%High1,173134.751,581106
CowsLean 85-90%High1,006114.911,156151

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)1,143$2,28232
Bred Cows1st Stage (1-3 mo)Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)1,151$2,0437
Bred CowsAll Stages (1-9 mo)Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)1,062$1,734118
Bred HeifersAll Stages (1-9 mo)(<2 yrs)891$1,79823
BullsN/AYoung (2-4 yrs)1,350$3,4072thin
BullsN/AYoung/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)1,475$2,7002thin
Cow-Calf Pairs2nd Stage (4-6 mo)Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)1,400$3,7501thin
Cow-Calf Pairs1st/2nd Stage (1-6 mo)Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)1,072$3,5405
Cow-Calf Pairs1st Stage (1-3 mo)Middle Aged/Aged (>5 yrs)1,111$3,1506
Cow-Calf PairsOpenYoung/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)1,063$2,63933
Cow-Calf PairsOpenAged (>8 yrs)900$1,5004thin

Every lot, as filed

39 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 29421,983.33/head1,800.00–2,350.001,9833
Cow-Calf PairsMedium 1-21,0723,540.00/head3,500.00–3,700.003,5405
Cow-Calf PairsMedium 29001,500.00/head1,500.00–1,500.001,5004
Cow-Calf PairsMedium 1-21,0132,750.00/head2,500.00–2,950.002,7509
Cow-Calf PairsMedium 1-21,0562,566.67/head2,500.00–2,700.002,5679
Cow-Calf PairsMedium and Large 1-21,2162,841.67/head2,250.00–3,050.002,8426
Cow-Calf PairsMedium and Large 1-21,1113,150.00/head3,150.00–3,150.003,1506
Cow-Calf PairsMedium and Large 1-21,4003,750.00/head3,750.00–3,750.003,7501
Cow-Calf PairsMedium and Large 1-21,3203,583.33/head3,550.00–3,600.003,5833
Cow-Calf PairsSmall and Medium 2-37931,833.33/head1,600.00–2,000.001,8333
BullsReturn to Feed1,176161.84/cwt155.00–167.001,9034
Bulls1,900182.72/cwt178.00–195.003,47213
Bulls1,571146.21/cwt130.00–151.002,29713
Bulls1,709164.14/cwt154.00–176.002,80524
CowsLean 85-90%1,022134.84/cwt130.00–141.001,3789
CowsLean 85-90%979105.86/cwt95.00–114.001,03659
Bred CowsMedium and Large 1-21,3102,332.78/head2,100.00–2,750.002,33313
BullsMedium and Large 1-21,3503,407.41/head3,300.00–3,500.003,4072
BullsMedium and Large 1-21,4752,700.00/head2,700.00–2,700.002,7002
Bred CowsMedium and Large 1-21,2482,101.47/head2,000.00–2,200.002,1013
Bred CowsSmall and Medium 2-3750801.33/head450.00–1,000.008015
Bred CowsMedium 1-21,0782,000.00/head2,000.00–2,000.002,0004
Bred HeifersMedium 1-27791,689.83/head1,100.00–2,000.001,69013
Bred CowsMedium 1-21,0282,246.80/head2,100.00–2,300.002,24719
Stock CowsMedium and Large 1-21,147142.46/cwt126.00–160.001,63411
Bred CowsMedium and Large 21,2061,899.62/head1,600.00–2,100.001,90037
Bred HeifersMedium and Large 1-21,0361,937.71/head1,800.00–2,000.001,93810
CowsLean 85-90%83186.58/cwt75.00–93.007197
CowsBoner 80-85%1,248151.22/cwt145.00–160.501,8879
Stock CowsMedium 2868105.00/cwt105.00–105.009114
Bred CowsMedium 21,0121,715.15/head1,075.00–2,100.001,71576
Stock CowsMedium 1-2733209.01/cwt185.00–222.501,5326
Stock CowsMedium 1-2934154.93/cwt113.00–183.001,44734
CowsBoner 80-85%1,211124.55/cwt115.00–129.001,50830
CowsBreaker 75-80%1,441137.10/cwt131.00–144.001,97651
CowsBoner 80-85%1,146137.11/cwt130.00–144.001,57167
CowsBreaker 75-80%1,446148.58/cwt145.00–155.002,14817
CowsBreaker 75-80%1,489122.16/cwt109.00–129.001,81910
CowsLean 85-90%1,042122.18/cwt115.00–127.001,27376

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.