Sale reports / Missouri / Joplin Regional Stockyards / 2020-01-08

Joplin Regional Stockyards

Slaughter Cattle · Replacement Cattle · Carthage, Missouri · Wed, Jan 8
● Final57 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 1797
joplinstockyards.com(417) 548-2333
Slaughter Cattle receipts
1,051 head
1,051 vs last sale 0 1,051 vs year ago 0 · no sale a year ago
Replacement Cattle receipts
297 head
297 vs last sale 0 297 vs year ago 0 · no sale a year ago
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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to Wednesday three weeks ago, slaughter cows sold steady to 3.00 higher and slaughter bulls sold 2.00-4.00 higher. Slaughter cows and bulls made up a high percent of the offering. There was a moderate supply of bred cows and a light supply of 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
BullsLow1,72573.531,26878
CowsBreaker 75-80%Average1,44452.50758189
CowsBoner 80-85%High1,21142.98521344
CowsLean 85-90%Very Low1,12232.44364301

Every lot, as filed

57 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
Bred CowsLarge 1-21,72556.57/cwt55.00–58.009762
Bred CowsLarge 11,4451,100.00/cwt1,100.00–1,100.0015,8953
Bred CowsMedium and Large 21,117719.66/cwt550.00–825.008,0396
Bred CowsLarge 1-21,5371,051.50/cwt975.00–1,100.0016,1623
Bred CowsMedium and Large 1-21,265675.00/cwt675.00–675.008,5392
Bred CowsMedium and Large 1-21,13350.50/cwt50.00–51.005722
Bred HeifersMedium 1-2800650.00/cwt650.00–650.005,2003
Bred HeifersLarge 11,1001,310.00/cwt1,310.00–1,310.0014,4104
Bred HeifersMedium and Large 1-21,0501,035.00/cwt1,035.00–1,035.0010,8682
Bred CowsMedium 1-2963663.08/cwt600.00–700.006,3855
Bred CowsMedium 1-2900612.15/cwt600.00–625.005,5092
Bred CowsLarge 1-21,509872.11/cwt750.00–1,050.0013,1608
Stock CowsMedium 1-2768102.26/cwt92.50–110.007853
Stock CowsMedium and Large 1-2967108.28/cwt107.50–112.501,0476
Stock CowsMedium and Large 11,001107.00/cwt105.00–108.001,0714
Stock CowsMedium 286052.50/cwt52.50–52.504523
Stock CowsLarge 1-21,35065.41/cwt62.00–71.008835
Stock CowsLarge 1-21,148102.50/cwt102.50–102.501,1773
Stock CowsMedium and Large 21,03051.95/cwt45.00–67.505353
Stock CowsMedium and Large 1-21,10870.92/cwt60.00–92.0078633
Stock CowsMedium 1-21,02047.00/cwt47.00–47.004795
Stock CowsMedium 1-283985.82/cwt75.00–92.507206
CowsBreaker 75-80%1,46554.40/cwt49.00–60.0079780
CowsBreaker 75-80%1,38645.07/cwt37.50–48.0062572
CowsBoner 80-85%1,25350.52/cwt48.00–57.0063342
Bulls1,59865.11/cwt58.00–70.501,04023
Bulls1,68574.41/cwt70.00–78.001,25432
Bulls1,90780.73/cwt78.00–86.001,54023
Bred CowsMedium 19481,071.17/cwt1,025.00–1,125.0010,1552
Bred CowsMedium and Large 11,342967.92/cwt960.00–1,010.0012,9896
Bred CowsMedium and Large 11,360925.00/cwt925.00–925.0012,5803
Bred CowsMedium and Large 11,2161,239.05/cwt1,110.00–1,310.0015,06717
Bred CowsMedium 21,07753.00/cwt53.00–53.005712
Bred CowsLarge 11,640950.00/cwt950.00–950.0015,5801
Cow-Calf PairsMedium 1-2800875.00/cwt875.00–875.007,0002
Heifer PairsMedium 1-2850925.00/cwt925.00–925.007,8632
Bred CowsMedium and Large 1-21,262770.95/cwt600.00–925.009,72926
Bred CowsMedium and Large 1-21,068866.34/cwt825.00–900.009,2533
Bred CowsMedium and Large 1-21,2421,021.55/cwt850.00–1,110.0012,68814
Bred CowsMedium and Large 21,18046.51/cwt45.00–48.005492
CowsBreaker 75-80%1,50962.85/cwt59.00–69.0094837
Cow-Calf PairsMedium and Large 1-21,2001,110.00/cwt1,110.00–1,110.0013,3204
Cow-Calf PairsMedium and Large 1-21,3131,264.29/cwt1,000.00–1,375.0016,60014
Cow-Calf PairsMedium and Large 1-21,3601,400.00/cwt1,400.00–1,400.0019,0402
Cow-Calf PairsLarge 1-21,4251,150.00/cwt1,150.00–1,150.0016,3882
Cow-Calf PairsMedium 1-2950785.00/cwt785.00–785.007,4582
CowsLean 85-90%94219.78/cwt14.00–23.0018644
CowsLean 85-90%1,15441.45/cwt39.00–44.5047849
CowsLean 85-90%1,09127.05/cwt24.00–33.0029568
CowsLean 85-90%1,18335.89/cwt32.00–39.00425140
CowsBoner 80-85%1,29445.07/cwt42.00–49.00583146
CowsBoner 80-85%1,12239.00/cwt34.00–43.00438156
Cow-Calf PairsMedium and Large 1-2Broken Mouth1,295650.00/cwt650.00–650.008,4182
Bred CowsMedium and Large 1-2Broken Mouth1,19948.70/cwt43.00–57.0058411
Bred CowsMedium and Large 1-2Broken Mouth1,191679.25/cwt550.00–725.008,09014
Bred CowsLarge 1-2Broken Mouth1,400650.00/cwt650.00–650.009,1001
Bred CowsMedium and Large 1Broken Mouth1,110900.00/cwt900.00–900.009,9907

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.