Sale reports / Missouri / Joplin Regional Stockyards / 2020-03-04

Joplin Regional Stockyards

Slaughter Cattle · Replacement Cattle · Carthage, Missouri · Wed, Mar 4
● Final38 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 1797
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Slaughter Cattle receipts
464 head
108 vs last sale 572 464 vs year ago 0 · no sale a year ago
Replacement Cattle receipts
208 head
48 vs last sale 160 208 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 2.00 lower and slaughter bulls sold steady to 1.00 lower. A high percent of the offering went to slaughter. There was a light to 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
BullsHigh1,75682.511,44951
CowsBreaker 75-80%Low1,44058.0783651
CowsBoner 80-85%Low1,17654.43640169
CowsLean 85-90%Average1,01941.00418130

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
Cow-Calf PairsMedium and Large 1-21,3001,150.00/cwt1,150.00–1,150.0014,9502
Bred CowsMedium 1-21,050700.00/cwt700.00–700.007,3503
CowsBoner 80-85%1,03649.73/cwt48.00–52.0051543
Cow-Calf PairsLarge 1-21,5001,000.00/cwt1,000.00–1,000.0015,0002
Cow-Calf PairsMedium and Large 1-21,2561,563.24/cwt1,525.00–1,575.0019,63434
Cow-Calf PairsMedium and Large 1-21,1891,225.00/cwt1,000.00–1,300.0014,5658
Cow-Calf PairsMedium and Large 1-21,1501,525.00/cwt1,525.00–1,525.0017,5386
CowsLean 85-90%1,09745.48/cwt41.00–50.0049953
CowsBreaker 75-80%1,43250.33/cwt47.50–53.007216
CowsBreaker 75-80%1,47763.65/cwt61.00–66.009409
CowsBreaker 75-80%1,43257.97/cwt54.00–61.0083036
CowsLean 85-90%84824.54/cwt12.50–30.0020817
CowsBoner 80-85%1,17760.19/cwt58.00–63.0070824
Bred CowsMedium and Large 1-2Broken Mouth1,22850.18/cwt47.00–54.006162
Bred CowsMedium and Large 1-2Broken Mouth1,155719.48/cwt700.00–775.008,3104
Bred CowsMedium 2Broken Mouth900426.39/cwt400.00–450.003,8382
Bred CowsMedium 18491,155.77/cwt1,125.00–1,250.009,8125
Bred CowsLarge 11,4251,350.00/cwt1,350.00–1,350.0019,2388
Bred CowsMedium and Large 1-21,164900.00/cwt900.00–900.0010,4765
Bred CowsMedium 2783522.36/cwt500.00–550.004,0902
Bred CowsLarge 11,4501,075.00/cwt1,075.00–1,075.0015,5884
Bred CowsMedium and Large 1-21,21358.41/cwt53.00–63.007097
Bred CowsMedium and Large 11,3281,279.16/cwt1,175.00–1,400.0016,9877
Bred CowsMedium 1-2879705.81/cwt600.00–975.006,20410
Bred CowsMedium 1-2855675.00/cwt675.00–675.005,7711
Bred CowsMedium and Large 1-21,2041,041.27/cwt900.00–1,185.0012,53722
Bred CowsMedium and Large 1-21,279783.01/cwt750.00–885.0010,0157
Stock CowsMedium 1-277571.39/cwt62.50–75.005534
Stock CowsMedium 1-2835107.50/cwt107.50–107.508981
Stock CowsMedium and Large 1-21,14071.73/cwt59.00–94.0081818
Stock CowsMedium and Large 1-2998100.98/cwt82.50–111.001,0085
Bred CowsMedium and Large 1-21,20759.16/cwt57.00–61.007145
CowsBoner 80-85%1,23555.05/cwt51.50–58.00680102
CowsLean 85-90%97437.07/cwt32.00–42.0036142
CowsLean 85-90%1,05852.50/cwt50.00–57.0055518
Bulls1,90590.02/cwt86.50–96.001,71518
Bulls1,74383.44/cwt77.00–87.501,45417
Bulls1,60173.08/cwt62.50–77.001,17016

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.