Sale reports / Missouri / Ozarks Regional Stockyards / 2025-05-28

Ozarks Regional Stockyards

Slaughter Cattle · Replacement Cattle · West Plains, Missouri · Wed, May 28
● Final33 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 1651
Slaughter Cattle receipts
319 head
53 vs last sale 372 164 vs year ago 483 · 34.0%
Replacement Cattle receipts
366 head
1 vs last sale 365 121 vs year ago 245 · +49.4%
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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to last week, slaughter cows and bulls sold 2.00-4.00 higher. Demand was good on a moderate supply. The top slaughter bull brought 214.00/cwt. while the top slaughter cow brought 169.00/cwt. There was a good offering of bred cows and pairs from several herd dispersals with the top bred cow bringing 2950.00/head and the top cow/calf pairs bringing 3500.00/pair. The USDA's cold storage report released Friday had beef in freezers 2 percent lower than last month and 2 percent lower than a year ago.

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
BullsAverage1,781190.003,38330
CowsBreaker 75-80%Average1,465154.822,26862
CowsBoner 80-85%High1,200151.681,821110
CowsLean 85-90%Low990131.741,305117

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)1,195$2,52776
Bred Cows1st Stage (1-3 mo)Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)1,118$2,35315
Bred Cows2nd/3rd Stage (4-9 mo)Aged (>8 yrs)1,099$2,12515
Bred Cows2nd/3rd Stage (4-9 mo)Middle Aged/Aged (>5 yrs)1,248$1,9002thin
Bred CowsAll Stages (1-9 mo)Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)1,132$1,83770
Bred HeifersAll Stages (1-9 mo)(<2 yrs)785$2,0002thin
BullsN/AYoung (2-4 yrs)1,318$2,9293thin
Cow-Calf PairsOpenYoung/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)1,021$2,36442

Every lot, as filed

33 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 1-29802,750.00/head2,750.00–2,750.002,7502
Cow-Calf PairsMedium 29402,028.13/head1,800.00–2,250.002,02816
Cow-Calf PairsMedium 1-21,1483,500.00/head3,500.00–3,500.003,5002
Cow-Calf PairsMedium 21,0352,420.59/head2,300.00–2,550.002,42117
Cow-Calf PairsMedium and Large 21,1982,640.00/head2,600.00–2,800.002,6405
Bulls1,677180.30/cwt170.00–189.003,02412
Bulls1,936203.57/cwt194.00–214.003,94115
Bulls1,418160.92/cwt159.00–163.002,2823
CowsLean 85-90%994122.39/cwt109.00–133.001,21740
CowsLean 85-90%1,001138.78/cwt133.00–146.001,38958
CowsLean 85-90%87194.87/cwt90.00–101.008267
Bred CowsMedium and Large 1-21,2152,260.73/head2,200.00–2,550.002,2616
Bred CowsMedium and Large 1-21,2602,563.36/head2,200.00–2,950.002,56330
Bred CowsMedium and Large 1-21,2481,900.00/head1,900.00–1,900.001,9002
Stock CowsMedium and Large 1-21,322195.11/cwt190.00–197.002,5796
Bred CowsMedium 1-21,0532,413.75/head2,200.00–2,500.002,4149
Bred CowsMedium 1-21,0982,527.10/head2,200.00–2,700.002,52739
Stock CowsMedium 1-2937221.77/cwt215.00–235.002,07811
Stock CowsMedium and Large 1-21,217158.50/cwt133.00–180.001,9295
Bred CowsMedium and Large 21,2431,981.45/head1,700.00–2,100.001,98118
BullsMedium and Large 1-21,3182,929.33/head2,800.00–3,100.002,9293
CowsLean 85-90%997150.40/cwt147.00–154.001,49912
Bred CowsLarge 1-21,4572,369.78/head2,200.00–2,650.002,3707
Stock CowsMedium 1-2932176.61/cwt135.00–212.501,64621
Bred CowsMedium 1-21,0992,125.00/head2,125.00–2,125.002,12515
Bred HeifersMedium 1-27852,000.00/head2,000.00–2,000.002,0002
Bred CowsMedium 21,0941,787.45/head1,450.00–2,150.001,78752
CowsBoner 80-85%1,228161.63/cwt158.00–168.001,98514
CowsBoner 80-85%1,200138.83/cwt134.00–143.001,66611
CowsBreaker 75-80%1,476153.97/cwt147.00–160.002,27336
CowsBoner 80-85%1,196151.71/cwt143.00–156.001,81485
CowsBreaker 75-80%1,439164.36/cwt160.00–169.002,36518
CowsBreaker 75-80%1,472137.16/cwt134.00–144.002,0198

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.