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Ozarks Regional Stockyards

Name: Ozarks Regional Stockyards livestock auction prices — 2025-02-12
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2025-02-12

Slaughter Cattle · Replacement Cattle · West Plains, Missouri · Wed, Feb 12

● Final24 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 1651

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Slaughter Cattle receipts

105 head

▼ 165 vs last sale 270▼ 270 vs year ago 375 · −72.0%

Replacement Cattle receipts

152 head

▼ 114 vs last sale 266▼ 255 vs year ago 407 · −62.7%

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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to last week, slaughter cows were 2.00-4.00 higher and slaughter bulls were steady. Demand was good on a very light supply. Winter weather across the service area kept receipts much lighter than normal.

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	1,656	159.29	2,637	31
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	Average	1,456	136.52	1,988	13
Cows	Boner 80-85%	Low	1,154	130.03	1,501	29
Cows	Lean 85-90%	Average	937	93.46	876	27

Replacement cattle Per head

By class, stage and age

Bred stock and pairs are reported per head, not per hundredweight — these prices are never mixed with the $/cwt figures above.

Class	Stage	Age	Avg wt	$/head	Head
Bred Cows	2nd/3rd Stage (4-9 mo)	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	1,185	$2,221	25
Bred Cows	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	1,260	$2,172	2thin
Bred Cows	All Stages (1-9 mo)	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	1,028	$1,574	32
Cow-Calf Pairs	Open	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	1,025	$1,725	2thin

Every lot

24 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	—	—	1,582	136.15/cwt	122.00–149.00	2,154	9
Bulls	—	—	1,655	164.82/cwt	160.00–170.00	2,728	16
Bulls	—	—	1,768	179.23/cwt	175.00–186.00	3,169	6
Slaughter Cattle · Cows8 lots · lightest first
Cows	—	Lean 85-90%	881	71.38/cwt	62.50–81.00	629	10
Cows	—	Lean 85-90%	945	117.93/cwt	112.00–128.00	1,114	6
Cows	—	Lean 85-90%	984	100.18/cwt	90.00–110.00	986	11
Cows	—	Boner 80-85%	1,143	128.32/cwt	124.00–132.00	1,467	18
Cows	—	Boner 80-85%	1,161	117.57/cwt	116.00–119.00	1,365	4
Cows	—	Boner 80-85%	1,179	141.54/cwt	137.00–149.00	1,669	7
Cows	—	Breaker 75-80%	1,444	134.45/cwt	133.00–137.00	1,941	10
Cows	—	Breaker 75-80%	1,498	143.44/cwt	139.00–147.00	2,149	3
Replacement Cattle · Cow-Calf Pairs2 lots · lightest first
Cow-Calf Pairs	—	Small and Medium 2-3	700	1,100.00/head	1,100.00–1,100.00	1,100	1
Cow-Calf Pairs	—	Medium and Large 2	1,350	2,350.00/head	2,350.00–2,350.00	2,350	1
Replacement Cattle · Bred Cows6 lots · lightest first
Bred Cows	—	Small and Medium 2-3	700	675.00/head	675.00–675.00	675	1
Bred Cows	—	Medium 2	1,002	1,503.93/head	1,200.00–1,700.00	1,504	22
Bred Cows	—	Medium 1-2	1,061	2,058.38/head	2,000.00–2,250.00	2,058	9
Bred Cows	—	Medium and Large 2	1,127	1,845.27/head	1,400.00–1,900.00	1,845	9
Bred Cows	—	Medium and Large 1-2	1,254	2,311.92/head	2,000.00–2,550.00	2,312	16
Bred Cows	—	Medium and Large 1-2	1,260	2,172.22/head	1,975.00–2,325.00	2,172	2
Replacement Cattle · Stock Cows5 lots · lightest first
Stock Cows	—	Medium 2	874	96.92/cwt	71.00–118.00	847	5
Stock Cows	—	Medium 1-2	892	156.16/cwt	125.00–182.50	1,393	11
Stock Cows	—	Medium and Large 1-2	1,010	207.44/cwt	205.00–210.00	2,095	2
Stock Cows	—	Medium and Large 1-2	1,133	173.77/cwt	141.00–185.00	1,969	8
Stock Cows	—	Medium and Large 2	1,280	106.30/cwt	94.00–119.00	1,361	2

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 Feb 12, 2025

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

Slaughter CattleReceipts 105Last week 270Year ago 375

Replacement CattleReceipts 152Last week 266Year ago 407

Replacement Cattle

As reported

Age	Stage	Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cow-Calf Pairs — Medium and Large 2$ per head · estimate wt
Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	Open	1	—	1,350	2,350.00	2,350.00

Age	Stage	Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cow-Calf Pairs — Small and Medium 2-3$ per head · estimate wt
Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	Open	1	—	700	1,100.00	1,100.00

Age	Stage	Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bred Cows — Medium and Large 1-2$ per head · actual wt
Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	2	—	1,260	1,975.00–2,325.00	2,172.22
Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	2nd/3rd Stage (4-9 mo)	16	—	1,254	2,000.00–2,550.00	2,311.92

Age	Stage	Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bred Cows — Small and Medium 2-3$ per head · actual wt
Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	All Stages (1-9 mo)	1	—	700	675.00	675.00

Age	Stage	Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bred Cows — Medium 2$ per head · actual wt
Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	All Stages (1-9 mo)	22	—	1,002	1,200.00–1,700.00	1,503.93

Age	Stage	Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bred Cows — Medium 1-2$ per head · actual wt
Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	2nd/3rd Stage (4-9 mo)	9	—	1,061	2,000.00–2,250.00	2,058.38

Age	Stage	Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bred Cows — Medium and Large 2$ per head · actual wt
Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	All Stages (1-9 mo)	9	—	1,127	1,400.00–1,900.00	1,845.27

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	2	—	1,280	94.00–119.00	106.30

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	8	—	1,133	141.00–185.00	173.77
(<2 yrs)	Open	2	—	1,010	205.00–210.00	207.44

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	—	892	125.00–182.50	156.16

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	5	—	874	71.00–118.00	96.92

Slaughter Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls$ per cwt · actual wt
16	—	1,655	160.00–170.00	164.82
6	—	1,768	175.00–186.00	179.23
9	—	1,582	122.00–149.00	136.15

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cows — Boner 80-85%$ per cwt · actual wt
4	—	1,161	116.00–119.00	117.57
18	—	1,143	124.00–132.00	128.32
7	—	1,179	137.00–149.00	141.54

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cows — Breaker 75-80%$ per cwt · actual wt
10	—	1,444	133.00–137.00	134.45
3	—	1,498	139.00–147.00	143.44

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cows — Lean 85-90%$ per cwt · actual wt
6	—	945	112.00–128.00	117.93
11	—	984	90.00–110.00	100.18
10	—	881	62.50–81.00	71.38

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.