Sale reports / Missouri / Ozarks Regional Stockyards / 2025-05-07

Ozarks Regional Stockyards

Slaughter Cattle · Replacement Cattle · West Plains, Missouri · Wed, May 7
● Final28 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 1651
Slaughter Cattle receipts
319 head
3 vs last sale 322 340 vs year ago 659 · 51.6%
Replacement Cattle receipts
346 head
175 vs last sale 521 76 vs year ago 422 · 18.0%
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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to last week, slaughter cows and bulls were 2.00 higher. Demand was good on a moderate supply. The top slaughter bull brought 208.00/cwt. and the top slaughter cow brought 165.00/cwt. There was a broad selection of bred cows in the offering with the top bred cows bringing 2850.00 per head. The supply of pairs was light but was of superior quality with the top pairs bringing 3600.00/pair.

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
BullsAverage1,657176.872,93052
CowsBreaker 75-80%Low1,436148.882,13854
CowsBoner 80-85%Average1,176144.471,699105
CowsLean 85-90%Average1,004129.871,303107

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)1,263$2,39170
Bred Cows1st Stage (1-3 mo)Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)1,209$2,3866
Bred CowsAll Stages (1-9 mo)Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)1,100$1,76747
Bred HeifersAll Stages (1-9 mo)(<2 yrs)860$1,97330
Cow-Calf Pairs1st/2nd Stage (1-6 mo)Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)1,196$3,5676
Cow-Calf PairsOpenYoung/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)944$2,36616

Every lot, as filed

28 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 1-21,0392,862.50/head2,850.00–2,900.002,8634
Cow-Calf PairsMedium 28602,050.00/head1,700.00–2,400.002,0508
Cow-Calf PairsMedium 21,0162,500.00/head2,500.00–2,500.002,5004
Cow-Calf PairsMedium and Large 1-21,1963,566.67/head3,500.00–3,600.003,5676
Bulls1,672175.52/cwt165.00–183.002,93528
Bulls1,892196.84/cwt186.00–208.003,72413
BullsReturn to Feed1,079165.27/cwt144.00–187.001,7834
Bulls1,488151.79/cwt134.00–162.002,2597
CowsLean 85-90%1,017135.40/cwt128.00–141.001,37763
CowsLean 85-90%1,048148.06/cwt142.00–155.001,55210
Stock CowsMedium 1-2965168.96/cwt140.00–200.001,63035
Bred HeifersMedium 1-28642,003.04/head1,900.00–2,200.002,00328
Bred CowsMedium and Large 21,1841,930.92/head1,600.00–2,150.001,93127
Bred CowsMedium and Large 1-21,2982,406.23/head2,175.00–2,850.002,40660
Bred CowsMedium and Large 1-21,2092,386.32/head2,050.00–2,450.002,3866
Stock CowsMedium and Large 1-21,153159.58/cwt140.00–187.501,84022
CowsLean 85-90%983118.22/cwt105.00–126.001,16229
CowsLean 85-90%86791.38/cwt80.00–100.007925
Stock CowsMedium 1-2914218.48/cwt202.50–250.001,99713
Bred CowsMedium 29871,545.23/head1,200.00–2,100.001,54520
Bred HeifersMedium 28001,551.25/head1,500.00–1,600.001,5512
Bred CowsMedium 1-21,0532,301.90/head2,200.00–2,600.002,30210
CowsBoner 80-85%1,169144.49/cwt139.00–151.001,68966
CowsBoner 80-85%1,187155.14/cwt152.00–165.001,84218
CowsBoner 80-85%1,188135.26/cwt130.00–138.001,60721
CowsBreaker 75-80%1,330136.33/cwt135.00–138.001,8133
CowsBreaker 75-80%1,408156.05/cwt153.00–159.002,1977
CowsBreaker 75-80%1,448148.59/cwt142.00–153.002,15244

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.