Sale reports / Missouri / Ozarks Regional Stockyards / 2025-12-03

Ozarks Regional Stockyards

Slaughter Cattle · Replacement Cattle · West Plains, Missouri · Wed, Dec 3
● Final31 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 1651
Slaughter Cattle receipts
253 head
89 vs last sale 164 137 vs year ago 390 · 35.1%
Replacement Cattle receipts
228 head
75 vs last sale 303 14 vs year ago 242 · 5.8%
Also sold hereFeeder CattleTue Aug 18, 2026Cattle SpecialFri Aug 14, 2026
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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to last week, slaughter cows and bulls were steady to 2.00 higher. Demand was good on a moderate supply of slaughter animals and a light supply of replacement cattle. The top slaughter bull sold for 210.00/cwt. and the top slaughter cow sold for 179.00/cwt. Top cow/calf pairs sold for 3800.00/pair and the top bred cows sold for 3400.00/head. Receipts for replacements were light as many, wishing to downsize or sale-out their herds, are waiting until the Special Replacement Cattle Sale on Friday, December 12.

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
BullsAverage1,585183.062,90139
CowsBreaker 75-80%Average1,425155.482,21634
CowsBoner 80-85%Average1,205152.041,83247
CowsLean 85-90%Average1,021126.531,291127

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)1,218$2,77546
Bred CowsAll Stages (1-9 mo)Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)1,074$1,77135
Bred CowsAll Stages (1-9 mo)Aged (>8 yrs)969$1,3718
Bred HeifersAll Stages (1-9 mo)Young (2-4 yrs)940$2,7323thin
Bred HeifersAll Stages (1-9 mo)(<2 yrs)813$2,1462thin
BullsN/AYoung (2-4 yrs)1,885$4,6001thin
BullsN/A(<2 yrs)1,185$3,4001thin
Cow-Calf PairsOpenYoung/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)1,143$3,25412

Every lot, as filed

31 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 1-21,0583,500.00/head3,500.00–3,500.003,5003
Cow-Calf PairsMedium and Large 1-21,2393,671.43/head3,500.00–3,800.003,6717
Cow-Calf PairsSmall and Medium 2-39351,425.00/head1,300.00–1,550.001,4252
Bulls1,567185.54/cwt175.00–191.002,90726
Bulls1,801201.57/cwt195.00–210.003,6305
Bulls1,508163.41/cwt149.00–172.002,4648
CowsLean 85-90%1,041130.05/cwt123.00–142.501,35462
CowsBreaker 75-80%1,413154.06/cwt148.00–160.002,17721
CowsBreaker 75-80%1,470165.21/cwt162.00–171.002,4299
Stock CowsMedium and Large 1-21,241189.05/cwt160.00–205.002,3465
BullsMedium and Large 11,8854,600.00/head4,600.00–4,600.004,6001
Bred CowsMedium and Large 1-21,2892,881.06/head2,400.00–3,400.002,88118
Bred CowsSmall and Medium 2-3817848.38/head600.00–1,000.008487
Bred CowsMedium 1-21,0762,736.68/head2,400.00–3,050.002,73722
Stock CowsMedium 1-2950181.23/cwt160.00–222.501,72218
Stock CowsMedium 2918148.57/cwt132.50–157.501,36412
Bred CowsMedium 29691,370.81/head1,100.00–1,700.001,3718
Bred CowsMedium and Large 21,2342,038.54/head1,800.00–2,300.002,03913
BullsMedium and Large 1-21,1853,400.00/head3,400.00–3,400.003,4001
CowsBoner 80-85%1,222154.42/cwt148.00–159.001,88719
Bred CowsLarge 1-21,5272,599.99/head2,350.00–2,900.002,6006
Bred HeifersMedium 1-28132,146.15/head2,100.00–2,200.002,1462
Stock CowsMedium 1-2923286.87/cwt277.00–312.502,6485
Bred HeifersMedium 1-29402,731.56/head2,700.00–2,800.002,7323
Bred CowsMedium 21,0551,970.75/head1,600.00–2,350.001,97115
CowsBreaker 75-80%1,390141.06/cwt133.00–144.001,9614
CowsLean 85-90%1,017148.43/cwt144.00–158.001,51018
CowsLean 85-90%1,002115.33/cwt108.00–122.501,15642
CowsBoner 80-85%1,189163.82/cwt160.00–179.001,94814
CowsLean 85-90%94098.03/cwt91.00–106.009215
CowsBoner 80-85%1,198137.03/cwt130.00–145.001,64214

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.