Sale reports / Missouri / Ozarks Regional Stockyards / 2025-09-17

Ozarks Regional Stockyards

Slaughter Cattle · Replacement Cattle · West Plains, Missouri · Wed, Sep 17
● Final35 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 1651
Slaughter Cattle receipts
227 head
14 vs last sale 241 44 vs year ago 271 · 16.2%
Replacement Cattle receipts
570 head
141 vs last sale 429 249 vs year ago 321 · +77.6%
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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to last week, slaughter cows and bulls sold steady to 3.00 lower. Demand was good on replacement cattle and moderate on slaughter animals. The supply of replacement cattle was moderate while the supply of slaughter animals was light. There were twice as many replacement cattle as slaughter animals with several herds coming to town due to the lack of pastures and water. Isolated showers earlier in the week did little to improve the drought conditions in the area.

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
BullsLow1,587182.712,89947
CowsBreaker 75-80%Average1,462158.552,31842
CowsBoner 80-85%High1,185155.521,84243
CowsLean 85-90%Average1,028129.261,32995

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)1,186$2,965110
Bred Cows1st Stage (1-3 mo)Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)1,100$2,84826
Bred Cows2nd/3rd Stage (4-9 mo)Aged (>8 yrs)1,268$2,3754thin
Bred CowsAll Stages (1-9 mo)Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)1,037$1,94075
Bred CowsAll Stages (1-9 mo)Aged (>8 yrs)1,026$1,4439
Bred HeifersAll Stages (1-9 mo)Young (2-4 yrs)1,057$2,9346
Bred HeifersAll Stages (1-9 mo)(<2 yrs)842$2,54634
BullsN/AYoung (2-4 yrs)1,413$3,7732thin
BullsN/A(<2 yrs)1,068$2,8517
Cow-Calf PairsOpenYoung/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)1,081$3,23543

Every lot, as filed

35 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 1-21,0813,657.89/head3,100.00–4,000.003,65819
Cow-Calf PairsMedium 21,0082,634.38/head2,150.00–2,950.002,63416
Cow-Calf PairsMedium and Large 1-21,2293,431.25/head3,250.00–4,300.003,4318
Bulls1,487167.95/cwt150.00–176.002,49715
Bulls1,659213.35/cwt200.00–224.003,5395
Bulls1,629185.23/cwt176.00–197.003,01727
CowsBreaker 75-80%1,455160.11/cwt155.00–167.002,33025
CowsLean 85-90%1,066140.62/cwt129.00–151.001,49945
CowsLean 85-90%1,043158.22/cwt152.00–163.001,6509
Bred CowsMedium and Large 1-21,2682,374.60/head2,350.00–2,400.002,3754
Bred CowsSmall and Medium 2-37911,398.87/head1,100.00–1,650.001,39917
Stock CowsMedium and Large 1-21,257176.75/cwt170.00–183.002,2223
BullsMedium and Large 1-21,4133,772.57/head3,500.00–4,050.003,7732
Bred CowsMedium and Large 1-21,2242,694.48/head2,500.00–2,900.002,6944
Stock CowsMedium and Large 21,287158.50/cwt157.50–160.002,0403
Bred CowsMedium and Large 21,2462,171.64/head1,900.00–2,400.002,17219
BullsMedium and Large 1-21,0682,851.34/head2,650.00–3,100.002,8517
Stock CowsMedium 1-2903264.56/cwt240.00–280.002,38911
Bred CowsMedium 1-21,0892,679.24/head2,400.00–3,400.002,67938
Bred HeifersMedium 1-28422,546.31/head2,300.00–2,800.002,54634
Stock CowsMedium 1-21,015187.17/cwt170.00–207.501,9008
Bred CowsMedium 1-21,0782,875.53/head2,500.00–3,150.002,87622
Bred CowsMedium and Large 1-21,2133,114.48/head2,475.00–3,800.003,11468
CowsBreaker 75-80%1,451150.05/cwt142.50–153.002,17711
Bred CowsLarge 1-21,6493,140.28/head2,600.00–3,300.003,1404
Bred HeifersMedium 1-21,0572,933.91/head2,900.00–2,950.002,9346
Stock CowsMedium 2975147.06/cwt129.00–160.001,4344
Bred CowsMedium 21,0422,062.40/head1,700.00–2,450.002,06239
Bred CowsMedium 21,0261,443.45/head1,200.00–1,500.001,4439
CowsLean 85-90%94199.73/cwt91.00–103.0093815
CowsLean 85-90%1,009116.60/cwt106.00–129.001,17626
CowsBoner 80-85%1,233167.05/cwt165.00–169.002,0605
CowsBoner 80-85%1,174157.45/cwt153.00–164.001,84828
CowsBoner 80-85%1,190144.33/cwt130.00–152.001,71810
CowsBreaker 75-80%1,513167.64/cwt167.00–169.002,5366

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.