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Ozarks Regional Stockyards

Name: Ozarks Regional Stockyards livestock auction prices — 2021-01-20
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2021-01-20

Slaughter Cattle · Replacement Cattle · West Plains, Missouri · Wed, Jan 20

● Final36 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 1651

← Jan 13Jan 20Jan 27 →

Slaughter Cattle receipts

412 head

▼ 62 vs last sale 474▲ 114 vs year ago 298 · +38.3%

Replacement Cattle receipts

357 head

▼ 30 vs last sale 387▲ 130 vs year ago 227 · +57.3%

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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to last week, slaughter cows traded steady to 1.00 higher and slaughter bulls traded 3.00-4.00 higher. Demand was good especially on bred cows and pairs. The supply of slaughter animals and bred cows was moderate while the supply of cow/calf pairs was light.

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	1,616	82.63	1,335	53
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	High	1,461	54.83	801	118
Cows	Boner 80-85%	Average	1,207	54.01	652	87
Cows	Lean 85-90%	Average	1,008	42.89	432	150

Every lot

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. 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 · Bulls3 lots · lightest first
Bulls	—	—	1,479	70.41/cwt	60.00–77.00	1,041	8
Bulls	—	—	1,607	82.11/cwt	77.00–87.00	1,320	30
Bulls	—	—	1,706	90.20/cwt	87.00–100.00	1,539	15
Slaughter Cattle · Cows10 lots · lightest first
Cows	—	Lean 85-90%	920	21.93/cwt	18.00–28.00	202	5
Cows	—	Lean 85-90%	937	34.89/cwt	30.00–38.00	327	38
Cows	—	Lean 85-90%	1,024	43.96/cwt	38.00–48.00	450	66
Cows	—	Lean 85-90%	1,059	51.13/cwt	48.00–57.00	541	41
Cows	—	Boner 80-85%	1,160	46.10/cwt	43.00–49.00	535	9
Cows	—	Boner 80-85%	1,203	57.88/cwt	56.00–63.00	696	25
Cows	—	Boner 80-85%	1,217	53.52/cwt	49.00–57.00	651	53
Cows	—	Breaker 75-80%	1,437	55.15/cwt	52.00–57.00	793	71
Cows	—	Breaker 75-80%	1,460	49.60/cwt	40.00–53.00	724	24
Cows	—	Breaker 75-80%	1,534	59.32/cwt	56.00–63.00	910	23
Replacement Cattle · Bulls2 lots · lightest first
Bulls	—	Medium and Large 1-2	1,358	1,380.67/cwt	1,250.00–1,550.00	18,749	3
Bulls	—	Medium and Large 1-2	1,655	2,425.00/cwt	2,425.00–2,425.00	40,134	2
Replacement Cattle · Cow-Calf Pairs3 lots · lightest first
Cow-Calf Pairs	—	Medium 2	785	700.00/cwt	625.00–850.00	5,495	3
Cow-Calf Pairs	—	Medium and Large 1-2	1,194	1,325.00/cwt	1,250.00–1,400.00	15,821	6
Cow-Calf Pairs	—	Medium and Large 2	1,317	1,150.00/cwt	1,100.00–1,200.00	15,146	3
Replacement Cattle · Stock Cows5 lots · lightest first
Stock Cows	—	Medium 1-2	798	76.82/cwt	62.50–87.50	613	5
Stock Cows	—	Medium and Large 1-2	939	100.99/cwt	85.00–113.00	948	15
Stock Cows	—	Medium 2	952	54.81/cwt	48.00–64.00	522	10
Stock Cows	—	Medium and Large 1-2	1,076	72.62/cwt	69.00–80.00	781	7
Stock Cows	—	Medium and Large 2	1,215	55.94/cwt	52.50–65.00	680	14
Replacement Cattle · Bred Cows12 lots · lightest first
Bred Cows	—	Small and Medium 2-3	716	370.82/cwt	250.00–475.00	2,655	17
Bred Cows	—	Medium 2	905	656.54/cwt	575.00–775.00	5,942	3
Bred Cows	—	Medium 2	1,002	609.49/cwt	475.00–800.00	6,107	19
Bred Cows	—	Medium 1-2	1,039	892.00/cwt	825.00–950.00	9,268	4
Bred Cows	—	Medium 2	1,084	621.05/cwt	400.00–775.00	6,732	16
Bred Cows	—	Medium and Large 2	1,191	817.62/cwt	650.00–925.00	9,738	18
Bred Cows	—	Medium 1-2	1,200	939.72/cwt	850.00–1,175.00	11,277	12
Bred Cows	—	Medium and Large 2	1,208	759.70/cwt	650.00–875.00	9,177	20
Bred Cows	—	Medium and Large 1-2	1,273	990.00/cwt	950.00–1,000.00	12,603	12
Bred Cows	—	Medium and Large 1-2	1,333	1,101.07/cwt	975.00–1,275.00	14,677	39
Bred Cows	—	Medium and Large 1-2	1,419	1,034.00/cwt	875.00–1,175.00	14,672	20
Bred Cows	—	Medium and Large 1-2	1,455	920.57/cwt	875.00–925.00	13,394	10
Replacement Cattle · Bred Heifers1 lot · lightest first
Bred Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	785	700.00/cwt	700.00–700.00	5,495	3

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 Jan 20, 2021

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

Slaughter CattleReceipts 412Last week 474Year ago 298

Replacement CattleReceipts 357Last week 387Year ago 227

Replacement Cattle

As reported

Age	Stage	Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cow-Calf Pairs — Medium 2$ per cwt · estimate wt
Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	Open	3	—	785	625.00–850.00	700.00

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	6	—	1,194	1,250.00–1,400.00	1,325.00

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	—	1,317	1,100.00–1,200.00	1,150.00

Age	Stage	Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
Young (2-4 yrs)	N/A	2	—	1,655	2,425.00	2,425.00
(<2 yrs)	N/A	3	—	1,358	1,250.00–1,550.00	1,380.67

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	14	—	1,215	52.50–65.00	55.94

Age	Stage	Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Stock Cows — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
(<2 yrs)	Open	15	—	939	85.00–113.00	100.99
Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	Open	7	—	1,076	69.00–80.00	72.62

Age	Stage	Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Stock Cows — Medium 2$ per cwt · actual wt
Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	Open	10	—	952	48.00–64.00	54.81

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	5	—	798	62.50–87.50	76.82

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)	17	—	716	250.00–475.00	370.82

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)	2nd/3rd Stage (4-9 mo)	18	—	1,191	650.00–925.00	817.62
Aged (>8 yrs)	2nd/3rd Stage (4-9 mo)	20	—	1,208	650.00–875.00	759.70

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)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	10	—	1,455	875.00–925.00	920.57
Aged (>8 yrs)	2nd/3rd Stage (4-9 mo)	20	—	1,419	875.00–1,175.00	1,034.00
Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	12	—	1,273	950.00–1,000.00	990.00
Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	2nd/3rd Stage (4-9 mo)	39	—	1,333	975.00–1,275.00	1,101.07

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)	19	—	1,002	475.00–800.00	609.49
Aged (>8 yrs)	2nd/3rd Stage (4-9 mo)	16	—	1,084	400.00–775.00	621.05
Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	3	—	905	575.00–775.00	656.54

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)	12	—	1,200	850.00–1,175.00	939.72
Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	4	—	1,039	825.00–950.00	892.00

Age	Stage	Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bred Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
(<2 yrs)	All Stages (1-9 mo)	3	—	785	700.00	700.00

Slaughter Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls$ per cwt · actual wt
15	—	1,706	87.00–100.00	90.20
8	—	1,479	60.00–77.00	70.41
30	—	1,607	77.00–87.00	82.11

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cows — Breaker 75-80%$ per cwt · actual wt
23	—	1,534	56.00–63.00	59.32
24	—	1,460	40.00–53.00	49.60
71	—	1,437	52.00–57.00	55.15

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cows — Lean 85-90%$ per cwt · actual wt
66	—	1,024	38.00–48.00	43.96
41	—	1,059	48.00–57.00	51.13
38	—	937	30.00–38.00	34.89
5	—	920	18.00–28.00	21.93

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cows — Boner 80-85%$ per cwt · actual wt
53	—	1,217	49.00–57.00	53.52
25	—	1,203	56.00–63.00	57.88
9	—	1,160	43.00–49.00	46.10

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.