Sale reports / Missouri / Ozarks Regional Stockyards / 2025-10-01

Ozarks Regional Stockyards

Slaughter Cattle · Replacement Cattle · West Plains, Missouri · Wed, Oct 1
● Final36 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 1651
Slaughter Cattle receipts
254 head
73 vs last sale 327 64 vs year ago 318 · 20.1%
Replacement Cattle receipts
355 head
16 vs last sale 371 95 vs year ago 260 · +36.5%
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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to last week, slaughter cows were steady and slaughter bulls were steady to 2.00 lower. Demand was moderate on a moderate supply. The top slaughter bull sold for 216.00/cwt. and the top slaughter cow sold for 179.00/cwt. Replacement cattle outnumbered slaughter animals with the top pair selling for 4100.00/pair and the top bred cow selling for 3700.00/head. Much needed rain last week helped to improve pasture conditions but growth has been slowed by 50 degree nights. The USDA's Cold Storage report, released Friday, reported beef was 1 percent lower than the prior month but remained 2 percent higher than the previous year.

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
BullsAverage1,669181.923,03632
CowsBreaker 75-80%High1,420162.002,30026
CowsBoner 80-85%Average1,174157.001,84456
CowsLean 85-90%Low1,006126.231,270134

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)1,207$2,91546
Bred Cows1st Stage (1-3 mo)Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)1,126$2,6788
Bred CowsAll Stages (1-9 mo)Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)1,066$1,75655
Bred CowsAll Stages (1-9 mo)Aged (>8 yrs)1,045$1,54432
Bred HeifersAll Stages (1-9 mo)Young (2-4 yrs)900$2,5633thin
Bred HeifersAll Stages (1-9 mo)(<2 yrs)845$1,79715
Cow-Calf Pairs1st/2nd Stage (1-6 mo)Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)1,104$3,3836
Cow-Calf PairsOpenYoung/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)1,123$2,9756

Every lot, as filed

36 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 1-21,1254,100.00/head4,100.00–4,100.004,1003
Cow-Calf PairsMedium 1-21,0603,300.00/head3,300.00–3,300.003,3001
Cow-Calf PairsMedium 21,0832,666.67/head2,650.00–2,700.002,6673
Cow-Calf PairsMedium 27802,100.00/head2,100.00–2,100.002,1001
Cow-Calf PairsMedium and Large 1-21,2503,600.00/head3,600.00–3,600.003,6002
Cow-Calf PairsMedium and Large 21,1982,625.00/head2,500.00–2,750.002,6252
Bulls1,734181.80/cwt174.00–192.003,15219
Bulls1,880200.50/cwt195.00–216.003,7696
Bulls1,311166.34/cwt153.00–170.002,1817
CowsBreaker 75-80%1,393170.14/cwt168.00–179.002,3708
CowsBreaker 75-80%1,443147.87/cwt146.00–151.002,1343
CowsLean 85-90%966116.54/cwt102.00–125.001,12654
Bred CowsMedium and Large 21,1801,750.22/head1,600.00–1,800.001,7504
Bred CowsMedium and Large 1-21,2452,513.59/head2,325.00–2,900.002,5143
Bred CowsMedium and Large 1-21,2893,016.00/head2,400.00–3,700.003,01627
Bred CowsMedium and Large 21,2342,021.31/head1,700.00–2,300.002,02110
Stock CowsMedium and Large 1-21,183184.01/cwt170.00–205.002,1776
Bred CowsSmall and Medium 2-38861,077.43/head800.00–1,300.001,0778
Bred HeifersMedium 1-28821,893.81/head1,800.00–2,000.001,89411
Stock CowsMedium 1-2894201.42/cwt172.50–240.001,80116
Bred CowsMedium 1-21,0902,772.10/head2,500.00–3,300.002,77219
Bred HeifersMedium 1-29002,563.43/head2,300.00–2,850.002,5633
Bred CowsMedium 1-21,0552,776.01/head2,500.00–2,900.002,7765
Stock CowsMedium and Large 21,217151.99/cwt142.00–160.001,8503
CowsBreaker 75-80%1,429160.48/cwt152.50–166.002,29315
Stock CowsMedium 1-2884282.25/cwt235.00–302.502,49522
Stock CowsMedium 2939156.06/cwt124.00–167.501,4657
Bred CowsMedium 21,0591,831.35/head1,450.00–2,400.001,83137
Bred CowsMedium 21,0261,514.19/head1,100.00–2,000.001,51428
Bred HeifersMedium 27451,529.53/head1,500.00–1,600.001,5304
CowsLean 85-90%86596.69/cwt90.00–101.0083610
CowsLean 85-90%1,092153.67/cwt149.00–158.001,67811
CowsLean 85-90%1,050134.98/cwt125.00–146.001,41759
CowsBoner 80-85%1,177157.68/cwt152.50–163.001,85635
CowsBoner 80-85%1,172167.69/cwt164.00–172.501,9659
CowsBoner 80-85%1,168146.99/cwt141.00–152.501,71712

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.