Sale reports / Missouri / Ozarks Regional Stockyards / 2025-04-09

Ozarks Regional Stockyards

Slaughter Cattle · Replacement Cattle · West Plains, Missouri · Wed, Apr 9
● Final31 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 1651
Slaughter Cattle receipts
157 head
96 vs last sale 253 166 vs year ago 323 · 51.4%
Replacement Cattle receipts
239 head
236 vs last sale 475 16 vs year ago 223 · +7.2%
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 1.00-2.00 higher and slaughter bulls were steady. Demand was good on a light supply. Heavy rains and flooding last week resulted in the cancellation of Tuesday's Feeder Sale and a lighter offering of replacement cattle and slaughter animals today.

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
BullsAverage1,747165.642,89420
CowsBreaker 75-80%Average1,436140.532,01824
CowsBoner 80-85%Low1,158139.661,61838
CowsLean 85-90%Very Low968117.151,13469

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)1,170$2,42743
Bred Cows1st Stage (1-3 mo)Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)1,180$1,91412
Bred CowsAll Stages (1-9 mo)Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)954$1,51536
Bred HeifersAll Stages (1-9 mo)(<2 yrs)921$1,75812
BullsN/AYoung (2-4 yrs)1,528$3,4502thin
Cow-Calf PairsOpenYoung/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)1,228$3,27641

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
Cow-Calf PairsMedium 27881,541.67/head1,450.00–1,700.001,5426
Cow-Calf PairsMedium 1-29552,850.00/head2,700.00–3,000.002,8502
Cow-Calf PairsMedium and Large 11,3253,616.67/head3,500.00–3,775.003,61733
Bulls1,742167.02/cwt160.00–173.002,90913
Bulls1,882176.70/cwt176.00–178.003,3253
Bulls1,664152.87/cwt151.00–154.002,5444
CowsBoner 80-85%1,148127.69/cwt114.00–132.001,46610
CowsBoner 80-85%1,156139.88/cwt134.00–144.001,61716
CowsBoner 80-85%1,170149.33/cwt145.00–159.001,74712
Bred CowsMedium and Large 1-21,1801,914.40/head1,900.00–2,075.001,91412
BullsMedium and Large 11,5204,050.00/head4,050.00–4,050.004,0501
Stock CowsMedium and Large 1-21,239151.22/cwt134.00–175.001,87410
Bred CowsSmall and Medium 2-3830990.60/head650.00–1,125.0099110
Bred HeifersMedium and Large 1-21,0071,891.49/head1,800.00–2,100.001,8917
Bred HeifersMedium and Large 28701,356.32/head1,300.00–1,400.001,3562
Bred CowsMedium and Large 21,1811,810.53/head1,800.00–1,900.001,8119
Bred CowsMedium and Large 1-21,1992,485.02/head2,100.00–2,800.002,48535
BullsMedium and Large 1-21,5352,850.00/head2,850.00–2,850.002,8501
Stock CowsMedium and Large 1-21,138202.74/cwt187.50–217.002,3072
CowsLean 85-90%82185.61/cwt77.50–91.007037
Bred HeifersMedium 1-27531,715.49/head1,700.00–1,750.001,7153
Bred CowsMedium 29071,667.12/head1,250.00–1,950.001,66717
Stock CowsMedium 1-2979148.45/cwt130.00–175.001,45323
Stock CowsMedium 1-2915212.77/cwt197.50–229.001,9473
Bred CowsMedium 1-21,0432,175.44/head2,000.00–2,400.002,1758
CowsBreaker 75-80%1,411140.80/cwt137.00–146.001,9879
CowsBreaker 75-80%1,524129.91/cwt119.00–136.001,9807
CowsBreaker 75-80%1,388149.52/cwt148.00–154.002,0758
CowsLean 85-90%975123.84/cwt118.00–130.001,20722
CowsLean 85-90%1,028135.17/cwt131.00–141.001,39018
CowsLean 85-90%958105.76/cwt93.00–115.001,01322

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.