Sale reports / Missouri / Ozarks Regional Stockyards / 2022-02-16

Ozarks Regional Stockyards

Slaughter Cattle · Replacement Cattle · West Plains, Missouri · Wed, Feb 16
● Final31 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 1651
Slaughter Cattle receipts
511 head
▲ 150 vs last sale 361▲ 511 vs year ago 0 · no sale a year ago
Replacement Cattle receipts
266 head
▲ 162 vs last sale 104▲ 266 vs year ago 0 · no sale a year ago
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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

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

Slaughter cattle

By class and quality grade · $/cwt
Cull cows and bulls are graded, not weight-classed — grade is what moves the money here.
ClassGradeDressingAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Bulls—Average1,62398.671,60188
CowsBreaker 75-80%Low1,47176.881,13185
CowsBoner 80-85%High1,20374.00891138
CowsPremium White 65-75%Average1,75565.991,1583thin
CowsLean 85-90%Average99654.51543197

Every lot

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. Grouped by class and set lightest first; USDA files them in sale-ring order.
ClassWeightGrade / descriptionAvg wtPriceRangePer headHead
Slaughter Cattle · Bulls4 lots · lightest first
Bulls——Return to Feed1,07188.16/cwt77.00–100.009449
Bulls——1,48385.74/cwt76.00–94.001,27226
Bulls——1,658101.33/cwt95.00–108.001,68033
Bulls——1,994115.81/cwt110.00–130.002,30920
Slaughter Cattle · Cows11 lots · lightest first
Cows—Lean 85-90%86132.97/cwt20.00–42.0028417
Cows—Lean 85-90%99451.91/cwt42.50–59.00516114
Cows—Lean 85-90%1,03363.14/cwt59.00–69.0065255
Cows—Lean 85-90%1,04071.55/cwt69.00–75.0074411
Cows—Boner 80-85%1,19362.35/cwt53.00–69.0074420
Cows—Boner 80-85%1,20174.62/cwt69.00–80.0089699
Cows—Boner 80-85%1,22783.03/cwt80.00–90.001,01919
Cows—Breaker 75-80%1,38963.69/cwt57.00–69.0088510
Cows—Breaker 75-80%1,47977.05/cwt71.00–80.001,14049
Cows—Breaker 75-80%1,48681.63/cwt80.00–86.001,21326
Cows—Premium White 65-75%1,75565.99/cwt65.00–68.001,1583
Replacement Cattle · Bred Cows7 lots · lightest first
Bred Cows—Small and Medium 2-3747386.76/cwt210.00–575.002,88910
Bred Cows—Medium 2912749.73/cwt500.00–875.006,8389
Bred Cows—Medium 1-21,0251,089.53/cwt900.00–1,160.0011,16818
Bred Cows—Medium and Large 21,052860.84/cwt600.00–1,025.009,05620
Bred Cows—Medium and Large 21,074755.87/cwt575.00–850.008,1185
Bred Cows—Medium and Large 1-21,1381,041.87/cwt1,025.00–1,050.0011,8563
Bred Cows—Medium and Large 1-21,2501,202.58/cwt1,075.00–1,375.0015,03219
Replacement Cattle · Cow-Calf Pairs2 lots · lightest first
Cow-Calf Pairs—Medium 2942866.67/cwt650.00–1,000.008,1643
Cow-Calf Pairs—Medium and Large 1-21,1381,300.00/cwt1,300.00–1,300.0014,7943
Replacement Cattle · Stock Cows5 lots · lightest first
Stock Cows—Medium 286856.90/cwt50.00–66.0049410
Stock Cows—Medium 1-292183.41/cwt73.00–92.507687
Stock Cows—Medium and Large 1-2981113.34/cwt110.00–116.001,1124
Stock Cows—Medium and Large 21,03559.80/cwt52.00–67.006198
Stock Cows—Medium and Large 1-21,04290.69/cwt76.00–115.0094514
Replacement Cattle · Bred Heifers2 lots · lightest first
Bred Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2832875.00/cwt875.00–875.007,2803
Bred Heifers—Medium and Large 2847546.06/cwt500.00–650.004,6253

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.