Sale reports / Missouri / Joplin Regional Stockyards / 2019-05-08

Joplin Regional Stockyards

Slaughter Cattle · Replacement Cattle · Carthage, Missouri · Wed, May 8
● Final40 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 1797
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Slaughter Cattle receipts
781 head
71 vs last sale 852 781 vs year ago 0 · no sale a year ago
Replacement Cattle receipts
261 head
34 vs last sale 227 261 vs year ago 0 · no sale a year ago
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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to last Wednesday, slaughter cows sold steady to 3.00 lower and slaughter bulls sold steady to 1.00 lower. There was a light supply of bred cows and cow calf pairs. Supply was heavy and demand moderate for slaughter classes.

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
BullsHigh1,65481.071,34151
CowsBreaker 75-80%High1,36756.29769175
CowsBoner 80-85%High1,23654.62675250
CowsLean 85-90%Very Low1,03347.63492182

Every lot, as filed

40 lots · USDA AMS · Joplin Regional Stockyards Slaughter/Replacement Cattle- Carthage, MO
Nothing removed and nothing rounded — the same lots as the USDA report, with per-head values added.
ClassGrade / descriptionWeightAvg wtPriceRangePer headHead
Cow-Calf PairsMedium 1-21,0501,050.00/cwt1,050.00–1,050.0011,0251
Cow-Calf PairsMedium 1-21,0501,125.00/cwt1,125.00–1,125.0011,8133
Cow-Calf PairsMedium 1-29491,068.75/cwt1,000.00–1,225.0010,1424
Cow-Calf PairsMedium 1-2Broken Mouth1,010875.00/cwt875.00–875.008,8382
Cow-Calf PairsMedium 2950850.00/cwt850.00–850.008,0752
Cow-Calf PairsMedium and Large 1-21,1501,200.00/cwt1,200.00–1,200.0013,8002
Cow-Calf PairsMedium and Large 1-21,1501,275.00/cwt1,100.00–1,450.0014,6632
Cow-Calf PairsMedium and Large 1-2Broken Mouth1,100875.00/cwt875.00–875.009,6253
Cow-Calf PairsMedium and Large 21,150900.00/cwt900.00–900.0010,3501
Bred CowsLarge 1-21,6001,000.00/cwt1,000.00–1,000.0016,0001
Bred CowsMedium 1-21,016722.19/cwt600.00–850.007,33724
Bred CowsMedium 1-2Broken Mouth895425.00/cwt425.00–425.003,8041
Bred CowsMedium 2875400.00/cwt400.00–400.003,5001
Bred CowsMedium 2788575.00/cwt575.00–575.004,5312
Bred CowsMedium and Large 11,2701,173.13/cwt1,100.00–1,200.0014,8994
Bred CowsMedium and Large 1-21,259707.19/cwt650.00–775.008,9048
Bred CowsMedium and Large 1-21,231831.31/cwt750.00–1,000.0010,23312
Bred CowsMedium and Large 1-21,229979.09/cwt850.00–1,100.0012,03340
Bred CowsMedium and Large 21,085725.00/cwt725.00–725.007,8664
Bred CowsMedium and Large 21,189742.04/cwt650.00–800.008,8237
Stock CowsMedium 1-269398.83/cwt95.00–102.506857
Stock CowsMedium 1-284076.49/cwt52.50–82.5064310
Stock CowsMedium 1-285547.00/cwt47.00–47.004023
Stock CowsMedium and Large 1-293296.57/cwt87.50–110.0090029
Stock CowsMedium and Large 1-21,10273.59/cwt54.50–87.5081129
Stock CowsMedium and Large 1-21,15058.74/cwt54.00–72.0067616
Bulls1,78599.00/cwt99.00–99.001,7671
Bulls1,80189.92/cwt86.00–98.001,6198
Bulls1,46171.64/cwt67.00–77.001,04710
Bulls1,67481.25/cwt76.00–86.001,36032
CowsBoner 80-85%1,17861.41/cwt59.50–64.5072326
CowsBoner 80-85%1,18549.73/cwt44.00–54.0058987
CowsBoner 80-85%1,28056.43/cwt53.00–59.50722137
CowsBreaker 75-80%1,43762.76/cwt60.00–64.0090216
CowsBreaker 75-80%1,32652.21/cwt49.00–55.0069255
CowsBreaker 75-80%1,37857.45/cwt55.00–60.00792104
CowsLean 85-90%80127.08/cwt17.00–32.5021714
CowsLean 85-90%96340.34/cwt34.00–44.0038830
CowsLean 85-90%1,05947.37/cwt43.00–50.0050260
CowsLean 85-90%1,08154.33/cwt50.00–60.0058778

How this sale compares

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.