Name: Ozarks Regional Stockyards livestock auction prices — 2026-05-27
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2026-05-27

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to last week, slaughter cows and bulls were steady. Demand was good on a moderate supply slaughter animals and a heavy supply of replacement cattle. The top slaughter bull sold for 256.00/cwt. and the top slaughter cow sold for 197.00/cwt. On the replacement side the top pairs sold for 5100.00/pair and the top bred cows sold for 4700.00/head. The USDA's Cold Storage Report was released Friday and reported the total pounds of beef in freezers was up slightly from the previous month but down 3 percent from 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.

Class	Grade	Dressing	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Bulls	—	Low	1,663	218.07	3,627	35
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	Average	1,431	182.02	2,604	93
Cows	Boner 80-85%	High	1,199	176.61	2,118	99
Cows	Lean 85-90%	Very Low	1,003	153.01	1,535	125

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.

Class	Stage	Age	Avg wt	$/head	Head
Bred Cows	2nd/3rd Stage (4-9 mo)	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	1,198	$3,036	112
Bred Cows	2nd/3rd Stage (4-9 mo)	Aged (>8 yrs)	1,193	$2,700	3thin
Bred Cows	All Stages (1-9 mo)	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	1,148	$2,411	88
Bred Cows	All Stages (1-9 mo)	Aged (>8 yrs)	1,045	$1,961	38
Bred Heifers	All Stages (1-9 mo)	Young (2-4 yrs)	890	$3,650	1thin
Bred Heifers	All Stages (1-9 mo)	(<2 yrs)	1,019	$2,886	7
Bulls	N/A	Young (2-4 yrs)	1,380	$4,400	1thin
Cow-Calf Pairs	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	1,132	$4,183	12
Cow-Calf Pairs	Open	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	975	$3,242	36
Cow-Calf Pairs	Open	Aged (>8 yrs)	984	$2,325	4thin
Stock Cows	Open	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	990	$2,198	25

Every lot, as filed

43 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.

Class	Grade / description	Weight	Avg wt	Price	Range	Per head	Head
Cow-Calf Pairs	Medium 1-2	—	925	3,510.00/head	3,500.00–3,550.00	3,510	5
Cow-Calf Pairs	Medium 2	—	869	3,087.50/head	2,500.00–3,650.00	3,088	4
Cow-Calf Pairs	Medium 2	—	984	2,325.00/head	2,100.00–2,500.00	2,325	4
Cow-Calf Pairs	Medium 1	—	1,058	5,050.00/head	5,000.00–5,100.00	5,050	2
Cow-Calf Pairs	Medium 1-2	—	1,035	4,360.00/head	4,200.00–4,400.00	4,360	5
Cow-Calf Pairs	Medium 2	—	983	3,140.00/head	2,900.00–3,450.00	3,140	20
Cow-Calf Pairs	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,238	3,800.00/head	3,600.00–4,000.00	3,800	2
Cow-Calf Pairs	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,258	3,660.00/head	3,500.00–4,300.00	3,660	5
Cow-Calf Pairs	Medium and Large 1	—	1,325	4,900.00/head	4,900.00–4,900.00	4,900	2
Cow-Calf Pairs	Small and Medium 2-3	—	742	2,200.00/head	2,050.00–2,500.00	2,200	3
Bulls	—	—	1,551	200.01/cwt	194.00–205.00	3,102	7
Bulls	—	—	1,629	214.72/cwt	207.00–224.00	3,498	17
Bulls	—	—	1,787	234.75/cwt	228.00–256.00	4,195	11
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	927	110.59/cwt	100.00–120.00	1,025	8
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	—	1,415	181.49/cwt	172.00–186.00	2,568	71
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	—	1,499	189.76/cwt	186.00–196.00	2,845	18
Stock Cows	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,257	197.09/cwt	185.00–257.50	2,477	25
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 2	—	1,206	2,205.49/head	1,750.00–2,400.00	2,205	6
Bred Cows	Small and Medium 2-3	—	775	1,370.97/head	1,275.00–1,450.00	1,371	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,380	4,400.00/head	4,400.00–4,400.00	4,400	1
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,193	2,700.00/head	2,700.00–2,700.00	2,700	3
Stock Cows	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,102	270.00/cwt	270.00–270.00	2,975	3
Stock Cows	Medium and Large 2	—	1,214	161.53/cwt	155.00–170.00	1,961	4
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 2	—	1,268	2,464.89/head	2,100.00–2,700.00	2,465	42
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,280	3,035.09/head	2,800.00–3,400.00	3,035	65
Stock Cows	Medium 2	—	959	164.04/cwt	151.00–172.50	1,573	6
Bred Cows	Medium 2	—	1,051	2,407.71/head	1,800.00–2,700.00	2,408	44
Bred Cows	Medium 1	—	1,118	4,504.92/head	4,300.00–4,700.00	4,505	2
Bred Heifers	Medium 1	—	890	3,650.00/head	3,650.00–3,650.00	3,650	1
Stock Cows	Medium 1-2	—	1,061	212.60/cwt	180.00–262.50	2,256	48
Bred Cows	Medium 1-2	—	1,062	2,973.08/head	2,750.00–3,500.00	2,973	43
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,225	190.07/cwt	186.00–197.00	2,328	13
Bred Cows	Large 1-2	—	1,548	2,926.01/head	2,900.00–2,950.00	2,926	2
Stock Cows	Medium 1-2	—	942	283.10/cwt	270.00–297.50	2,667	13
Bred Cows	Medium 2	—	1,015	1,915.04/head	1,350.00–2,550.00	1,915	32
Bred Heifers	Medium 1-2	—	1,019	2,886.12/head	2,800.00–2,900.00	2,886	7
Stock Cows	Medium 1-2	—	990	2,198.48/head	2,100.00–2,350.00	2,198	25
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	—	1,400	156.68/cwt	150.00–168.00	2,194	4
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	1,035	175.00/cwt	172.00–180.00	1,811	10
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	986	159.88/cwt	150.00–172.00	1,576	75
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,197	177.03/cwt	169.00–185.00	2,119	73
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	1,053	140.63/cwt	126.00–148.00	1,481	32
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,188	160.77/cwt	152.00–167.00	1,910	13

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.

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