Sale reports / Missouri / Joplin Regional Stockyards / 2020-01-15

Joplin Regional Stockyards

Slaughter Cattle · Replacement Cattle · Carthage, Missouri · Wed, Jan 15
● Final44 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 1797
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Slaughter Cattle receipts
453 head
598 vs last sale 1,051 453 vs year ago 0 · no sale a year ago
Replacement Cattle receipts
223 head
74 vs last sale 297 223 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 1.00 higher and slaughter bulls sold steady. There was a light to moderate supply bred cows and a light supply of cow/calf pairs. Supply and demand were 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
BullsHigh1,71171.881,23028
CowsBreaker 75-80%Average1,46355.9681984
CowsBoner 80-85%High1,24944.85560118
CowsLean 85-90%Very Low1,07832.79353111

Every lot, as filed

44 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
Bulls1,78980.49/cwt78.00–86.001,4407
Bulls1,80572.95/cwt70.00–76.001,31710
Bulls1,57565.43/cwt61.00–69.001,03111
CowsBoner 80-85%1,24753.83/cwt49.00–58.0067114
CowsBoner 80-85%1,20640.01/cwt37.00–43.5048341
CowsLean 85-90%94117.37/cwt12.50–23.0016322
Stock CowsMedium 270254.00/cwt54.00–54.003794
Stock CowsMedium and Large 1-21,063100.16/cwt94.00–107.501,0652
Stock CowsMedium 1-2787102.93/cwt95.00–112.508109
Stock CowsMedium 1-281476.44/cwt62.50–90.0062210
Stock CowsMedium 1-275345.00/cwt45.00–45.003393
Stock CowsMedium and Large 1-21,14873.68/cwt60.00–92.5084617
Bred CowsMedium and Large 21,126750.18/cwt650.00–850.008,4476
Bred CowsMedium 1-2979794.93/cwt675.00–860.007,78215
Bred CowsMedium 2825453.03/cwt400.00–500.003,7372
Bred CowsMedium and Large 11,1601,222.39/cwt1,210.00–1,235.0014,1802
Bred HeifersLarge 31,155550.00/cwt550.00–550.006,3533
Bred HeifersLarge 31,050561.90/cwt550.00–575.005,90014
Bred CowsMedium and Large 1-21,35250.00/cwt50.00–50.006766
Bred CowsMedium and Large 1-21,246734.93/cwt650.00–800.009,1579
Bred CowsMedium and Large 1-21,114827.02/cwt825.00–835.009,2134
Bred CowsMedium and Large 1-21,1661,078.76/cwt900.00–1,175.0012,57815
Bred CowsLarge 1-21,465898.21/cwt750.00–1,025.0013,1595
Bred CowsMedium 1-21,02755.00/cwt55.00–55.005652
Bred CowsMedium 1-21,013667.90/cwt600.00–750.006,7664
Bred CowsMedium 1-21,050750.00/cwt750.00–750.007,8751
Bred CowsMedium and Large 1-21,34049.01/cwt48.00–50.006572
Bred CowsMedium and Large 1-21,28253.71/cwt52.00–56.006893
Bred CowsLarge 11,5751,360.00/cwt1,360.00–1,360.0021,4201
Bred CowsLarge 1-21,49351.67/cwt51.00–52.007713
CowsBreaker 75-80%1,43155.34/cwt50.00–60.0079246
Cow-Calf PairsMedium 1-21,0601,150.00/cwt1,150.00–1,150.0012,1902
Cow-Calf PairsMedium 1-21,010850.00/cwt850.00–850.008,5852
Cow-Calf PairsMedium and Large 1-21,1001,260.00/cwt1,260.00–1,260.0013,8602
Cow-Calf PairsMedium and Large 1-21,3351,375.00/cwt1,375.00–1,375.0018,3562
Cow-Calf PairsSmall and Medium 1-2800735.00/cwt735.00–735.005,8802
CowsLean 85-90%1,04330.22/cwt25.00–34.0031528
CowsLean 85-90%1,16742.94/cwt39.00–47.0050128
CowsLean 85-90%1,12236.63/cwt33.00–39.0041133
CowsBoner 80-85%1,27846.01/cwt42.00–50.0058863
CowsBreaker 75-80%1,42445.57/cwt38.00–49.0064916
CowsBreaker 75-80%1,56064.81/cwt59.00–69.001,01122
Cow-Calf PairsMedium and Large 1-2Broken Mouth1,150600.00/cwt600.00–600.006,9002
Bred CowsMedium and Large 1-2Broken Mouth1,153606.64/cwt500.00–675.006,9957

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.