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Ozarks Regional Stockyards

Name: Ozarks Regional Stockyards livestock auction prices — 2021-09-15
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2021-09-15

Slaughter Cattle · Replacement Cattle · West Plains, Missouri · Wed, Sep 15

● Final30 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 1651

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Slaughter Cattle receipts

411 head

▲ 54 vs last sale 357▼ 92 vs year ago 503 · −18.3%

Replacement Cattle receipts

345 head

▼ 53 vs last sale 398▼ 224 vs year ago 569 · −39.4%

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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to last week, slaughter cows and slaughter bulls traded steady to 1.00 lower. Demand was good on a moderate supply. Fears that the JBS plant fire in Grand Island, NB would turn into another Finney County were short lived as the plant resumed operation on Tuesday.

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	1,549	87.51	1,356	57
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	Average	1,438	66.52	957	89
Cows	Boner 80-85%	Average	1,212	63.14	765	74
Cows	Lean 85-90%	Low	1,014	51.06	518	181

Every lot

30 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	—	—	1,301	75.37/cwt	65.00–86.00	981	19
Bulls	—	—	1,669	93.06/cwt	87.00–97.00	1,553	34
Bulls	—	—	1,708	98.07/cwt	97.00–100.00	1,675	4
Slaughter Cattle · Cows10 lots · lightest first
Cows	—	Lean 85-90%	848	35.31/cwt	30.00–40.00	299	22
Cows	—	Lean 85-90%	954	46.06/cwt	40.00–52.00	439	59
Cows	—	Lean 85-90%	1,086	56.37/cwt	50.00–62.00	612	87
Cows	—	Lean 85-90%	1,090	64.81/cwt	63.00–68.00	706	13
Cows	—	Boner 80-85%	1,189	58.15/cwt	56.00–60.00	691	13
Cows	—	Boner 80-85%	1,213	70.76/cwt	69.00–73.00	858	8
Cows	—	Boner 80-85%	1,217	63.22/cwt	60.00–68.00	769	53
Cows	—	Breaker 75-80%	1,351	59.95/cwt	53.00–62.00	810	20
Cows	—	Breaker 75-80%	1,420	65.76/cwt	63.00–70.00	934	48
Cows	—	Breaker 75-80%	1,564	74.52/cwt	70.00–82.00	1,165	21
Replacement Cattle · Bulls1 lot · lightest first
Bulls	—	Medium and Large 1-2	1,135	1,298.46/cwt	1,250.00–1,325.00	14,738	3
Replacement Cattle · Cow-Calf Pairs5 lots · lightest first
Cow-Calf Pairs	—	Medium 2	964	1,090.00/cwt	850.00–1,150.00	10,508	5
Cow-Calf Pairs	—	Medium 1-2	1,158	1,418.75/cwt	1,325.00–1,475.00	16,429	4
Cow-Calf Pairs	—	Medium and Large 2	1,167	1,133.33/cwt	1,100.00–1,150.00	13,226	3
Cow-Calf Pairs	—	Medium and Large 1-2	1,252	1,475.00/cwt	1,450.00–1,500.00	18,467	8
Cow-Calf Pairs	—	Medium and Large 2	1,295	1,175.00/cwt	1,175.00–1,175.00	15,216	3
Replacement Cattle · Bred Cows7 lots · lightest first
Bred Cows	—	Small and Medium 2-3	724	375.15/cwt	200.00–500.00	2,716	7
Bred Cows	—	Medium 2	986	679.59/cwt	500.00–875.00	6,701	35
Bred Cows	—	Medium 1-2	989	955.92/cwt	850.00–1,100.00	9,454	7
Bred Cows	—	Medium and Large 2	1,118	798.38/cwt	575.00–875.00	8,926	18
Bred Cows	—	Medium and Large 1-2	1,163	989.61/cwt	875.00–1,050.00	11,509	8
Bred Cows	—	Medium and Large 2	1,235	816.26/cwt	800.00–850.00	10,081	3
Bred Cows	—	Medium and Large 1-2	1,304	992.49/cwt	875.00–1,200.00	12,942	17
Replacement Cattle · Stock Cows4 lots · lightest first
Stock Cows	—	Medium and Large 1-2	899	92.57/cwt	80.00–125.00	832	6
Stock Cows	—	Medium 2	959	59.44/cwt	51.00–68.00	570	7
Stock Cows	—	Medium and Large 1-2	980	80.12/cwt	70.00–89.00	785	10
Stock Cows	—	Medium and Large 2	1,169	59.51/cwt	53.00–66.00	696	10

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 Sep 15, 2021

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

Slaughter CattleReceipts 411Last week 357Year ago 503

Replacement CattleReceipts 345Last week 398Year ago 569

Replacement Cattle

As reported

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	3	—	1,135	1,250.00–1,325.00	1,298.46

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)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	4	—	1,158	1,325.00–1,475.00	1,418.75

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	5	—	964	850.00–1,150.00	1,090.00

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	—	1,167	1,100.00–1,150.00	1,133.33
Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	3	—	1,295	1,175.00	1,175.00

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	8	—	1,252	1,450.00–1,500.00	1,475.00

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)	All Stages (1-9 mo)	35	—	986	500.00–875.00	679.59

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)	All Stages (1-9 mo)	18	—	1,118	575.00–875.00	798.38
Aged (>8 yrs)	All Stages (1-9 mo)	3	—	1,235	800.00–850.00	816.26

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)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	7	—	989	850.00–1,100.00	955.92

Age	Stage	Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bred Cows — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	2nd/3rd Stage (4-9 mo)	17	—	1,304	875.00–1,200.00	992.49
Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	8	—	1,163	875.00–1,050.00	989.61

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)	7	—	724	200.00–500.00	375.15

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	10	—	1,169	53.00–66.00	59.51

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	7	—	959	51.00–68.00	59.44

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	6	—	899	80.00–125.00	92.57
Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	Open	10	—	980	70.00–89.00	80.12

Slaughter Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls$ per cwt · actual wt
4	—	1,708	97.00–100.00	98.07
19	—	1,301	65.00–86.00	75.37
34	—	1,669	87.00–97.00	93.06

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cows — Boner 80-85%$ per cwt · actual wt
53	—	1,217	60.00–68.00	63.22
8	—	1,213	69.00–73.00	70.76
13	—	1,189	56.00–60.00	58.15

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cows — Lean 85-90%$ per cwt · actual wt
59	—	954	40.00–52.00	46.06
22	—	848	30.00–40.00	35.31
87	—	1,086	50.00–62.00	56.37
13	—	1,090	63.00–68.00	64.81

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cows — Breaker 75-80%$ per cwt · actual wt
48	—	1,420	63.00–70.00	65.76
21	—	1,564	70.00–82.00	74.52
20	—	1,351	53.00–62.00	59.95

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.