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Ozarks Regional Stockyards

Name: Ozarks Regional Stockyards livestock auction prices — 2020-12-02
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2020-12-02

Slaughter Cattle · Replacement Cattle · West Plains, Missouri · Wed, Dec 2

● Final35 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 1651

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Slaughter Cattle receipts

531 head

▲ 137 vs last sale 394▲ 11 vs year ago 520 · +2.1%

Replacement Cattle receipts

391 head

▲ 62 vs last sale 329▼ 79 vs year ago 470 · −16.8%

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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to last week, slaughter cows traded steady while slaughter bulls traded steady to 2.00 higher. Demand was moderate on slaughter animals and good on bred cows and pairs. There was a heavy supply of slaughter animals and a moderate supply of replacement cattle.

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	—	High	1,579	76.90	1,214	82
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	High	1,422	49.72	707	149
Cows	Boner 80-85%	Average	1,231	49.65	611	83
Cows	Lean 85-90%	Average	1,061	39.98	424	207

Every lot

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. Grouped by class and set lightest first; USDA files them in sale-ring order.

Class	Weight	Grade / description	Avg wt	Price	Range	Per head	Head
Slaughter Cattle · Bulls4 lots · lightest first
Bulls	—	—	1,429	66.97/cwt	61.00–74.00	957	32
Bulls	—	—	1,579	79.77/cwt	75.00–86.00	1,260	32
Bulls	—	—	1,831	88.35/cwt	85.00–95.00	1,618	17
Bulls	—	—	2,070	108.00/cwt	108.00–108.00	2,236	1
Slaughter Cattle · Cows10 lots · lightest first
Cows	—	Lean 85-90%	826	17.90/cwt	10.00–27.00	148	11
Cows	—	Lean 85-90%	978	33.71/cwt	30.00–36.00	330	42
Cows	—	Lean 85-90%	1,095	42.05/cwt	37.00–46.00	460	127
Cows	—	Lean 85-90%	1,129	48.99/cwt	47.00–53.00	553	27
Cows	—	Boner 80-85%	1,189	56.76/cwt	54.00–60.00	675	12
Cows	—	Boner 80-85%	1,235	49.30/cwt	45.00–54.00	609	61
Cows	—	Boner 80-85%	1,259	43.27/cwt	40.00–46.00	545	10
Cows	—	Breaker 75-80%	1,387	46.49/cwt	40.00–48.00	645	69
Cows	—	Breaker 75-80%	1,451	51.90/cwt	49.00–56.00	753	71
Cows	—	Breaker 75-80%	1,463	57.31/cwt	56.00–62.00	838	9
Replacement Cattle · Bulls1 lot · lightest first
Bulls	—	Large 1-2	1,114	981.40/cwt	900.00–1,100.00	10,933	10
Replacement Cattle · Cow-Calf Pairs3 lots · lightest first
Cow-Calf Pairs	—	Medium 1-2	1,034	1,130.00/cwt	1,050.00–1,300.00	11,684	5
Cow-Calf Pairs	—	Medium and Large 2	1,053	875.00/cwt	850.00–925.00	9,214	3
Cow-Calf Pairs	—	Medium and Large 1-2	1,293	1,295.00/cwt	1,150.00–1,500.00	16,744	15
Replacement Cattle · Bred Cows11 lots · lightest first
Bred Cows	—	Small and Medium 2-3	741	333.84/cwt	250.00–450.00	2,474	11
Bred Cows	—	Medium 2	926	657.33/cwt	400.00–850.00	6,087	23
Bred Cows	—	Medium 1-2	1,005	1,112.24/cwt	900.00–1,250.00	11,178	13
Bred Cows	—	Medium 2	1,062	562.82/cwt	375.00–725.00	5,977	13
Bred Cows	—	Medium 2	1,065	708.18/cwt	700.00–725.00	7,542	3
Bred Cows	—	Medium and Large 2	1,186	787.92/cwt	725.00–925.00	9,345	5
Bred Cows	—	Medium and Large 2	1,213	662.35/cwt	500.00–700.00	8,034	6
Bred Cows	—	Medium and Large 2	1,222	781.54/cwt	600.00–900.00	9,550	23
Bred Cows	—	Medium and Large 1-2	1,232	896.68/cwt	850.00–925.00	11,047	3
Bred Cows	—	Medium and Large 1-2	1,290	1,048.02/cwt	925.00–1,200.00	13,519	54
Bred Cows	—	Medium and Large 1-2	1,565	950.00/cwt	950.00–950.00	14,868	3
Replacement Cattle · Stock Cows6 lots · lightest first
Stock Cows	—	Medium 1-2	828	71.93/cwt	60.00–85.00	596	11
Stock Cows	—	Medium and Large 1-2	874	96.24/cwt	90.00–112.50	841	8
Stock Cows	—	Medium 2	959	52.20/cwt	42.00–64.00	501	31
Stock Cows	—	Medium and Large 1-2	997	76.03/cwt	65.00–85.00	758	15
Stock Cows	—	Medium 2	1,035	53.00/cwt	53.00–53.00	549	3
Stock Cows	—	Medium and Large 2	1,180	57.44/cwt	50.00–68.00	678	27

This sale against other markets

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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Ozarks Regional Stockyards Slaughter / Replacement Cattle - West Plains, MO

Wed Dec 2, 2020

USDA Livestock, Poultry & Grain Market News · Federal-State Market News Service, Jefferson City, MO (LS-JC)

Slaughter CattleReceipts 531Last week 394Year ago 520

Replacement CattleReceipts 391Last week 329Year ago 470

Replacement Cattle

As reported

Age	Stage	Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cow-Calf Pairs — Medium 1-2$ per cwt · estimate wt
Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	Open	5	—	1,034	1,050.00–1,300.00	1,130.00

Age	Stage	Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cow-Calf Pairs — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · estimate wt
Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	Open	15	—	1,293	1,150.00–1,500.00	1,295.00

Age	Stage	Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cow-Calf Pairs — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · estimate wt
Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	Open	3	—	1,053	850.00–925.00	875.00

Age	Stage	Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bred Cows — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
Aged (>8 yrs)	2nd/3rd Stage (4-9 mo)	3	—	1,565	950.00	950.00
Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	3	—	1,232	850.00–925.00	896.68
Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	2nd/3rd Stage (4-9 mo)	54	—	1,290	925.00–1,200.00	1,048.02

Age	Stage	Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bred Cows — Small and Medium 2-3$ per cwt · actual wt
Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	All Stages (1-9 mo)	11	—	741	250.00–450.00	333.84

Age	Stage	Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bred Cows — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	5	—	1,186	725.00–925.00	787.92
Aged (>8 yrs)	2nd/3rd Stage (4-9 mo)	6	—	1,213	500.00–700.00	662.35
Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	2nd/3rd Stage (4-9 mo)	23	—	1,222	600.00–900.00	781.54

Age	Stage	Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bred Cows — Medium 2$ per cwt · actual wt
Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	2nd/3rd Stage (4-9 mo)	23	—	926	400.00–850.00	657.33
Aged (>8 yrs)	2nd/3rd Stage (4-9 mo)	13	—	1,062	375.00–725.00	562.82
Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	3	—	1,065	700.00–725.00	708.18

Age	Stage	Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bred Cows — Medium 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	2nd/3rd Stage (4-9 mo)	13	—	1,005	900.00–1,250.00	1,112.24

Age	Stage	Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Stock Cows — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	Open	27	—	1,180	50.00–68.00	57.44

Age	Stage	Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Stock Cows — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	Open	15	—	997	65.00–85.00	76.03
(<2 yrs)	Open	8	—	874	90.00–112.50	96.24

Age	Stage	Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Stock Cows — Medium 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	Open	11	—	828	60.00–85.00	71.93

Age	Stage	Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Stock Cows — Medium 2$ per cwt · actual wt
(<2 yrs)	Open	3	—	1,035	53.00	53.00
Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	Open	31	—	959	42.00–64.00	52.20

Age	Stage	Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls — Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
(<2 yrs)	N/A	10	—	1,114	900.00–1,100.00	981.40

Slaughter Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	2,070	108.00	108.00
17	—	1,831	85.00–95.00	88.35
32	—	1,579	75.00–86.00	79.77
32	—	1,429	61.00–74.00	66.97

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cows — Breaker 75-80%$ per cwt · actual wt
9	—	1,463	56.00–62.00	57.31
71	—	1,451	49.00–56.00	51.90
69	—	1,387	40.00–48.00	46.49

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cows — Lean 85-90%$ per cwt · actual wt
127	—	1,095	37.00–46.00	42.05
27	—	1,129	47.00–53.00	48.99
11	—	826	10.00–27.00	17.90
42	—	978	30.00–36.00	33.71

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cows — Boner 80-85%$ per cwt · actual wt
61	—	1,235	45.00–54.00	49.30
12	—	1,189	54.00–60.00	56.76
10	—	1,259	40.00–46.00	43.27

Head, weight ranges, average weights and price ranges are exactly as USDA AMS filed them — nothing recomputed, nothing rounded — in USDA's own reporting structure. This is RaisedBeef's rendering of that data, not a copy of USDA's document.