Sale reports / Missouri / Ozarks Regional Stockyards / 2025-05-21

Ozarks Regional Stockyards

Slaughter Cattle · Replacement Cattle · West Plains, Missouri · Wed, May 21
● Final37 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 1651
Slaughter Cattle receipts
372 head
372 vs last sale 0 35 vs year ago 407 · 8.6%
Replacement Cattle receipts
365 head
1,191 vs last sale 1,556 150 vs year ago 215 · +69.8%
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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to last week, slaughter cows and bulls sold 2.00-3.00 higher. Demand was good on a moderate supply. The top slaughter bulls brought 213.00/cwt. and the top slaughter cow brought 167.00/cwt. On the replacement sided the top bred cow brought 3100.00/head and the top pairs brought 4300.00/pair. Pasture conditions as well as hay fields are in very good condition across the Ozarks with many trying to catch a few dry days to begin hay harvest.

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
BullsHigh1,631179.832,93333
CowsBreaker 75-80%Average1,389151.682,10685
CowsBoner 80-85%High1,159146.921,703103
CowsLean 85-90%Low976129.091,260150

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)1,232$2,52785
Bred Cows2nd/3rd Stage (4-9 mo)Middle Aged/Aged (>5 yrs)1,240$2,35014
Bred Cows2nd Stage (4-6 mo)Middle Aged/Aged (>5 yrs)1,097$2,22627
Bred Cows1st Stage (1-3 mo)Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)1,170$2,1768
Bred CowsAll Stages (1-9 mo)Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)1,070$1,82280
Bred HeifersAll Stages (1-9 mo)(<2 yrs)885$2,08322
BullsN/A(<2 yrs)1,064$2,5093thin
Cow-Calf PairsOpenYoung/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)1,097$2,84521

Every lot, as filed

37 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 21,0422,337.50/head2,000.00–2,700.002,3388
Cow-Calf PairsMedium 1-21,0682,983.33/head2,900.00–3,150.002,9833
Cow-Calf PairsMedium 21,0952,500.00/head2,500.00–2,500.002,5003
Cow-Calf PairsMedium 11,0804,300.00/head4,300.00–4,300.004,3001
Cow-Calf PairsMedium and Large 1-21,1753,620.00/head3,600.00–3,650.003,6205
Cow-Calf PairsMedium and Large 21,2502,200.00/head2,200.00–2,200.002,2001
Bulls1,934201.91/cwt190.00–213.003,90510
Bulls1,595176.45/cwt168.00–183.002,81414
Bulls1,478153.44/cwt139.00–165.002,2686
BullsReturn to Feed1,097174.74/cwt164.00–181.001,9173
CowsLean 85-90%956123.21/cwt109.00–129.001,17855
CowsBreaker 75-80%1,386151.67/cwt144.00–158.002,10261
Bred CowsSmall and Medium 2-37751,089.52/head950.00–1,200.001,0904
BullsMedium and Large 1-21,0642,508.65/head2,100.00–3,050.002,5093
Bred CowsMedium and Large 1-21,3722,100.00/head2,100.00–2,100.002,1002
Bred CowsMedium and Large 21,1751,983.01/head1,850.00–2,100.001,98316
Bred CowsMedium and Large 1-21,2402,350.00/head2,350.00–2,350.002,35014
Stock CowsMedium and Large 1-21,268151.76/cwt138.00–165.001,9243
Bred CowsMedium and Large 1-21,2342,528.84/head2,200.00–2,900.002,52963
Stock CowsMedium 1-2889160.43/cwt125.00–200.001,42642
Bred HeifersMedium 1-28832,131.84/head1,800.00–2,400.002,13220
Bred CowsMedium 21,0611,827.37/head1,200.00–2,150.001,82760
Bred HeifersMedium 29101,600.00/head1,600.00–1,600.001,6002
Bred CowsMedium 1-21,0972,225.93/head2,100.00–2,350.002,22627
Stock CowsMedium and Large 1-21,185210.00/cwt210.00–210.002,4891
CowsBreaker 75-80%1,425161.68/cwt158.00–166.002,30414
CowsBreaker 75-80%1,354137.73/cwt128.00–142.501,86510
Bred CowsLarge 1-21,4612,646.89/head2,300.00–3,100.002,6479
Bred CowsMedium 1-21,1032,201.21/head2,000.00–2,300.002,2016
Stock CowsMedium 1-2886230.07/cwt217.50–238.002,0385
Bred CowsMedium 1-21,0622,435.53/head2,200.00–2,700.002,43613
CowsLean 85-90%99099.52/cwt85.00–109.0098515
CowsBoner 80-85%1,236160.25/cwt155.00–167.001,98118
CowsBoner 80-85%1,160138.22/cwt134.00–141.001,60325
CowsLean 85-90%979137.01/cwt132.00–143.001,34168
CowsLean 85-90%1,033148.08/cwt143.00–154.001,53012
CowsBoner 80-85%1,136146.54/cwt142.00–155.001,66560

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.