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Ozarks Regional Stockyards

Name: Ozarks Regional Stockyards livestock auction prices — 2022-05-18
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2022-05-18

Slaughter Cattle · Replacement Cattle · West Plains, Missouri · Wed, May 18

● Final33 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 1651

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Slaughter Cattle receipts

725 head

▲ 42 vs last sale 683▲ 167 vs year ago 558 · +29.9%

Replacement Cattle receipts

408 head

▲ 180 vs last sale 228▼ 97 vs year ago 505 · −19.2%

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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to last week, slaughter cows traded steady to 2.00 higher while slaughter bulls traded mostly steady. Demand was good on 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	—	Average	1,600	101.80	1,629	68
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	Low	1,415	81.15	1,148	107
Cows	Boner 80-85%	Average	1,189	79.65	947	192
Cows	Lean 85-90%	High	1,022	61.95	633	353

Every lot

33 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	—	—Return to Feed	1,029	81.65/cwt	76.00–87.00	840	4
Bulls	—	—	1,363	91.87/cwt	73.00–98.00	1,252	21
Bulls	—	—	1,693	105.45/cwt	99.00–110.00	1,785	28
Bulls	—	—	1,912	114.28/cwt	110.00–122.00	2,185	15
Slaughter Cattle · Cows10 lots · lightest first
Cows	—	Lean 85-90%	805	43.00/cwt	35.00–47.00	346	29
Cows	—	Lean 85-90%	958	54.20/cwt	49.00–61.00	519	138
Cows	—	Lean 85-90%	1,101	67.15/cwt	62.00–75.00	739	137
Cows	—	Lean 85-90%	1,108	80.46/cwt	76.00–88.00	891	49
Cows	—	Boner 80-85%	1,180	70.46/cwt	66.00–73.00	831	14
Cows	—	Boner 80-85%	1,183	77.68/cwt	73.00–84.00	919	127
Cows	—	Boner 80-85%	1,206	87.07/cwt	85.00–96.00	1,050	51
Cows	—	Breaker 75-80%	1,407	80.78/cwt	77.00–85.00	1,137	76
Cows	—	Breaker 75-80%	1,431	72.38/cwt	60.00–75.00	1,036	11
Cows	—	Breaker 75-80%	1,437	87.39/cwt	86.00–99.50	1,256	20
Replacement Cattle · Bulls2 lots · lightest first
Bulls	—	Large 1-2	1,130	1,126.07/cwt	1,050.00–1,225.00	12,725	3
Bulls	—	Medium and Large 1-2	1,476	1,856.82/cwt	1,550.00–2,000.00	27,407	4
Replacement Cattle · Cow-Calf Pairs4 lots · lightest first
Cow-Calf Pairs	—	Small and Medium 2-3	900	725.00/cwt	650.00–875.00	6,525	3
Cow-Calf Pairs	—	Medium 2	983	1,050.00/cwt	1,050.00–1,050.00	10,322	4
Cow-Calf Pairs	—	Medium and Large 2	1,055	1,302.27/cwt	1,175.00–1,375.00	13,739	11
Cow-Calf Pairs	—	Medium and Large 2	1,080	1,230.77/cwt	1,200.00–1,250.00	13,292	13
Replacement Cattle · Bred Cows5 lots · lightest first
Bred Cows	—	Small and Medium 2-3	732	392.42/cwt	350.00–475.00	2,873	5
Bred Cows	—	Medium 2	900	701.49/cwt	500.00–925.00	6,313	28
Bred Cows	—	Medium 1-2	1,003	998.92/cwt	950.00–1,050.00	10,019	3
Bred Cows	—	Medium and Large 2	1,068	893.07/cwt	775.00–1,000.00	9,538	18
Bred Cows	—	Medium and Large 1-2	1,112	1,178.83/cwt	1,050.00–1,325.00	13,109	28
Replacement Cattle · Bred Heifers2 lots · lightest first
Bred Heifers	—	Medium and Large 2	830	635.00/cwt	635.00–635.00	5,271	3
Bred Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	945	915.39/cwt	775.00–975.00	8,650	3
Replacement Cattle · Stock Cows6 lots · lightest first
Stock Cows	—	Medium 1-2	790	115.20/cwt	106.00–119.00	910	4
Stock Cows	—	Medium 2	883	64.16/cwt	53.00–70.00	567	3
Stock Cows	—	Medium and Large 1-2	886	115.91/cwt	100.00–119.00	1,027	10
Stock Cows	—	Medium 1-2	912	91.57/cwt	74.00–106.00	835	9
Stock Cows	—	Medium and Large 2	975	68.79/cwt	67.50–71.00	671	3
Stock Cows	—	Medium and Large 1-2	1,038	90.57/cwt	75.00–107.50	940	39

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 May 18, 2022

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

Slaughter CattleReceipts 725Last week 683Year ago 558

Replacement CattleReceipts 408Last week 228Year ago 505

Replacement Cattle

As reported

Age	Stage	Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls — Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
(<2 yrs)	N/A	3	—	1,130	1,050.00–1,225.00	1,126.07

Age	Stage	Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	N/A	4	—	1,476	1,550.00–2,000.00	1,856.82

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	4	—	983	1,050.00	1,050.00

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	11	—	1,055	1,175.00–1,375.00	1,302.27
Aged (>8 yrs)	Open	13	—	1,080	1,200.00–1,250.00	1,230.77

Age	Stage	Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cow-Calf Pairs — Small and Medium 2-3$ per cwt · estimate wt
Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	Open	3	—	900	650.00–875.00	725.00

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)	28	—	900	500.00–925.00	701.49

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)	3	—	1,003	950.00–1,050.00	998.92

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	—	1,068	775.00–1,000.00	893.07

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)	28	—	1,112	1,050.00–1,325.00	1,178.83

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)	5	—	732	350.00–475.00	392.42

Age	Stage	Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bred Heifers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
(<2 yrs)	All Stages (1-9 mo)	3	—	830	635.00	635.00

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	—	945	775.00–975.00	915.39

Age	Stage	Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Stock Cows — Medium 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
(<2 yrs)	Open	4	—	790	106.00–119.00	115.20
Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	Open	9	—	912	74.00–106.00	91.57

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	39	—	1,038	75.00–107.50	90.57
(<2 yrs)	Open	10	—	886	100.00–119.00	115.91

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	3	—	975	67.50–71.00	68.79

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	3	—	883	53.00–70.00	64.16

Slaughter Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls — Return to Feed$ per cwt · actual wt
4	—	1,029	76.00–87.00	81.65

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls$ per cwt · actual wt
28	—	1,693	99.00–110.00	105.45
15	—	1,912	110.00–122.00	114.28
21	—	1,363	73.00–98.00	91.87

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cows — Lean 85-90%$ per cwt · actual wt
49	—	1,108	76.00–88.00	80.46
138	—	958	49.00–61.00	54.20
29	—	805	35.00–47.00	43.00
137	—	1,101	62.00–75.00	67.15

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cows — Breaker 75-80%$ per cwt · actual wt
11	—	1,431	60.00–75.00	72.38
76	—	1,407	77.00–85.00	80.78
20	—	1,437	86.00–99.50	87.39

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cows — Boner 80-85%$ per cwt · actual wt
127	—	1,183	73.00–84.00	77.68
14	—	1,180	66.00–73.00	70.46
51	—	1,206	85.00–96.00	87.07

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.