Sale reports / Missouri / Joplin Regional Stockyards / 2020-02-12

Joplin Regional Stockyards

Slaughter Cattle · Replacement Cattle · Carthage, Missouri · Wed, Feb 12
● Final38 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 1797
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Slaughter Cattle receipts
504 head
221 vs last sale 283 504 vs year ago 0 · no sale a year ago
Replacement Cattle receipts
151 head
51 vs last sale 100 151 vs year ago 0 · no sale a year ago
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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to Wednesday two weeks ago, slaughter cows sold steady to 2.00 lower and slaughter bulls sold 1.00-2.00 higher. There was a heavy supply of slaughter bulls and lean slaughter cows. Supply was light to moderate for bred cows and light for 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
BullsHigh1,74081.741,42258
CowsBreaker 75-80%Low1,44259.6686158
CowsBoner 80-85%High1,21855.25673129
CowsLean 85-90%High1,02039.49403175

Every lot, as filed

38 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 HeifersMedium and Large 19501,100.00/cwt1,100.00–1,100.0010,4501
Bred HeifersMedium and Large 1-2938887.12/cwt850.00–950.008,3213
Bred HeifersSmall and Medium 1-2693415.87/cwt375.00–500.002,8823
Stock CowsLarge 1-21,38585.28/cwt78.00–93.001,1812
Stock CowsMedium 1-2765105.29/cwt102.50–107.508052
Stock CowsMedium 1-295263.26/cwt56.00–80.006028
Stock CowsMedium and Large 1-21,13470.55/cwt61.00–90.0080011
Bulls1,84599.49/cwt99.00–100.001,8362
Bulls1,89690.96/cwt85.50–96.001,72513
Bulls1,60870.40/cwt61.00–75.001,13214
Bulls1,72781.86/cwt77.00–86.001,41429
CowsBoner 80-85%1,27662.88/cwt59.00–66.0080225
CowsBoner 80-85%1,17247.02/cwt43.00–52.0055136
CowsBoner 80-85%1,22156.80/cwt53.00–60.0069468
CowsBreaker 75-80%1,21150.29/cwt45.00–53.006095
CowsBreaker 75-80%1,55867.27/cwt64.00–72.001,04818
CowsBreaker 75-80%1,41657.09/cwt54.00–61.5080835
CowsLean 85-90%1,03553.00/cwt49.00–58.5054932
CowsLean 85-90%94323.62/cwt15.00–32.5022346
CowsLean 85-90%1,00438.97/cwt34.00–43.0039147
CowsLean 85-90%1,09845.93/cwt43.00–49.0050450
Bred CowsMedium and Large 21,122736.22/cwt685.00–800.008,2603
Bred CowsMedium and Large 1-2Broken Mouth1,200583.33/cwt550.00–650.007,0003
Bred CowsMedium and Large 1-21,2641,036.28/cwt875.00–1,175.0013,09912
Bred CowsMedium and Large 1-21,330978.38/cwt875.00–1,075.0013,0122
Bred CowsMedium and Large 1-21,218724.08/cwt600.00–875.008,81924
Bred CowsMedium and Large 1-21,24059.00/cwt59.00–59.007322
Bred CowsMedium 2758309.31/cwt260.00–350.002,3452
Bred CowsMedium 1-2Broken Mouth1,045585.00/cwt585.00–585.006,1131
Bred CowsMedium 1-2929720.88/cwt625.00–775.006,69710
Bred CowsMedium 1-292856.27/cwt45.00–67.005222
Bred CowsMedium 11,038900.00/cwt900.00–900.009,3424
Bred CowsLarge 1-21,429977.04/cwt925.00–1,010.0013,9626
Bred CowsLarge 1-21,44163.36/cwt63.00–64.009133
Bred CowsLarge 11,4021,273.51/cwt1,200.00–1,310.0017,8553
Cow-Calf PairsMedium and Large 21,1001,010.00/cwt1,010.00–1,010.0011,1102
Cow-Calf PairsMedium and Large 1-2Broken Mouth1,3651,035.00/cwt1,035.00–1,035.0014,1282
Cow-Calf PairsMedium and Large 1-21,1181,093.75/cwt1,075.00–1,150.0012,2288

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.