Sale reports / Missouri / Ozarks Regional Stockyards / 2025-09-06

Ozarks Regional Stockyards

Replacement Cattle · West Plains, Missouri · Sat, Sep 6
● Final29 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 1839
Receipts
1,019 head
▲ 94 vs last sale 925▲ 1,019 vs year ago 0 · no sale a year ago
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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to the last special replacement sale in May, bred cows and pairs sold 500.00-700.00 higher. Demand was very good on a moderate to heavy supply. The quality of the offering was above average with several large consignments of young cows and bred heifers. The top pairs were a package of six black-hided cows, bred back in the first or second stage, with 300 lb. calves at their side. They sold for $5,300 per pair. The top bred cows were a package of 18 black-hided cows, averaging 1,312 lbs., in the second or third stage, which sold for $4,700 per head. The top bred heifers were a package of 24 black-hided heifers in the third stage. Averaging 1,077 lbs., they sold for $4,400 per head.

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 $/cwt figures above.
ClassStageAgeAvg wt$/headHead
Bred Cows2nd/3rd Stage (4-9 mo)Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)1,280$3,608423
Bred Cows1st Stage (1-3 mo)Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)1,127$3,03353
Bred Cows2nd/3rd Stage (4-9 mo)Aged (>8 yrs)1,348$2,6504thin
Bred CowsAll Stages (1-9 mo)Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)1,148$2,17057
Bred Heifers3rd Stage (7-9 mo)(<2 yrs)1,050$4,17269
Bred Heifers2nd/3rd Stage (4-9 mo)(<2 yrs)1,120$4,16031
Bred Heifers2nd Stage (4-6 mo)(<2 yrs)1,004$3,71537
Bred HeifersAll Stages (1-9 mo)(<2 yrs)976$2,6378
BullsN/AYoung (2-4 yrs)1,505$4,4002thin
Cow-Calf Pairs1st Stage (1-3 mo)Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)1,346$5,1258
Cow-Calf PairsOpenYoung/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)1,266$4,02779

Every lot

29 lots · USDA AMS · Ozarks Regional Stockyards Cattle Special - 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
Replacement Cattle · Bulls1 lot · lightest first
Bulls—Medium and Large 1-21,5054,399.67/head3,700.00–4,900.004,4002
Replacement Cattle · Cow-Calf Pairs8 lots · lightest first
Cow-Calf Pairs—Medium 21,0072,868.18/head2,050.00–3,400.002,86811
Cow-Calf Pairs—Medium 1-21,1054,050.00/head3,900.00–4,200.004,0502
Cow-Calf Pairs—Medium and Large 21,1973,150.00/head2,900.00–3,300.003,1503
Cow-Calf Pairs—Medium and Large 1-21,2504,600.00/head4,600.00–4,600.004,6002
Cow-Calf Pairs—Medium and Large 1-21,3023,879.49/head3,600.00–4,300.003,87939
Cow-Calf Pairs—Medium and Large 11,3374,992.31/head4,900.00–5,000.004,99213
Cow-Calf Pairs—Medium and Large 11,3604,800.00/head4,800.00–4,800.004,80011
Cow-Calf Pairs—Medium and Large 11,3785,300.00/head5,300.00–5,300.005,3006
Replacement Cattle · Bred Cows12 lots · lightest first
Bred Cows—Medium 21,0602,170.74/head1,800.00–2,400.002,17132
Bred Cows—Medium 1-21,0763,037.29/head2,600.00–3,500.003,03737
Bred Cows—Medium 11,0824,000.00/head4,000.00–4,000.004,00012
Bred Cows—Medium 1-21,0923,100.04/head2,500.00–3,300.003,10044
Bred Cows—Medium and Large 1-21,2302,737.05/head2,600.00–3,050.002,7377
Bred Cows—Medium and Large 21,2372,150.29/head1,700.00–2,400.002,15022
Bred Cows—Medium and Large 1-21,2483,293.85/head2,550.00–3,900.003,294217
Bred Cows—Medium and Large 11,3444,530.28/head4,000.00–4,700.004,530104
Bred Cows—Medium and Large 1-21,3482,650.00/head2,650.00–2,650.002,6504
Bred Cows—Large 21,4352,300.00/head2,300.00–2,300.002,3003
Bred Cows—Large 1-21,4733,395.29/head2,500.00–3,650.003,39553
Bred Cows—Large 1-21,5282,600.00/head2,600.00–2,600.002,6002
Replacement Cattle · Stock Cows3 lots · lightest first
Stock Cows—Medium 1-2871308.87/cwt270.00–337.502,69013
Stock Cows—Medium 1-21,042186.81/cwt159.00–245.001,9478
Stock Cows—Medium and Large 1-21,282170.06/cwt143.00–200.002,18011
Replacement Cattle · Bred Heifers5 lots · lightest first
Bred Heifers—Medium 1-29762,637.20/head2,500.00–2,700.002,6378
Bred Heifers—Medium 11,0003,769.57/head3,400.00–3,950.003,77025
Bred Heifers—Medium and Large 11,0133,600.00/head3,600.00–3,600.003,60012
Bred Heifers—Medium 11,0504,172.33/head4,000.00–4,400.004,17269
Bred Heifers—Medium 11,1204,159.60/head3,800.00–4,300.004,16031

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.