Sale reports / Missouri / Joplin Regional Stockyards / 2020-05-13

Joplin Regional Stockyards

Slaughter Cattle · Replacement Cattle · Carthage, Missouri · Wed, May 13
● Final34 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 1797
joplinstockyards.com(417) 548-2333
Slaughter Cattle receipts
435 head
40 vs last sale 475 540 vs year ago 975 · 55.4%
Replacement Cattle receipts
119 head
71 vs last sale 190 1,026 vs year ago 1,145 · 89.6%
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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to last Wednesday, slaughter cows sold 2.00-4.00 higher and the bulk of slaughter bulls sold 3.00-5.00 higher with an extreme individual 7.00 higher. A high percent of the offering went to slaughter. There was a light supply of bred cows with most in the 2nd stage and a very light supply of cow/calf pairs.

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
BullsLow1,77592.231,63732
CowsBreaker 75-80%Average1,39664.7190386
CowsBoner 80-85%High1,24160.00745164
CowsLean 85-90%Average94446.76442140

Every lot, as filed

34 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
Bulls1,36578.22/cwt75.00–80.001,0683
Bulls2,183106.97/cwt104.00–111.002,3353
Bulls1,99598.88/cwt92.00–103.001,97312
Bulls1,58786.38/cwt81.00–91.001,37114
CowsBreaker 75-80%1,34760.25/cwt57.00–63.0081215
CowsBreaker 75-80%1,41666.19/cwt63.50–69.0093767
Stock CowsMedium 1-298064.79/cwt57.50–77.5063524
Stock CowsMedium and Large 1-21,06074.65/cwt72.00–77.007913
Bred CowsMedium and Large 11,2051,219.62/cwt1,200.00–1,275.0014,69613
Bred CowsMedium and Large 1-21,09863.83/cwt61.00–66.007019
Bred CowsMedium and Large 1-21,220937.81/cwt850.00–1,060.0011,4415
Bred HeifersMedium 1-2803766.39/cwt700.00–800.006,1543
Stock CowsMedium 1-272372.50/cwt72.50–72.505242
Bred CowsMedium and Large 1-2Broken Mouth1,130687.06/cwt675.00–700.007,7642
Bred CowsMedium and Large 1-2Broken Mouth1,19759.04/cwt56.00–61.507074
CowsLean 85-90%93548.04/cwt41.00–52.0044960
CowsLean 85-90%1,02954.33/cwt51.00–58.0055948
CowsBoner 80-85%1,29866.12/cwt63.00–72.5085848
CowsBoner 80-85%1,13651.75/cwt47.00–55.0058828
CowsLean 85-90%87638.68/cwt35.00–42.0033916
CowsLean 85-90%79227.35/cwt17.50–34.0021716
Stock CowsMedium 1-290691.13/cwt70.00–101.0082622
Cow-Calf PairsMedium and Large 1-21,2601,425.00/cwt1,425.00–1,425.0017,9554
Bred CowsLarge 1-21,54560.00/cwt60.00–60.009272
Bred CowsMedium and Large 1-21,175701.06/cwt650.00–750.008,2372
Bred CowsMedium and Large 1-21,175952.48/cwt900.00–1,000.0011,1923
Bred CowsMedium 1-21,035800.00/cwt800.00–800.008,2801
Bred CowsMedium 1-2950814.21/cwt750.00–850.007,7353
CowsBoner 80-85%1,24359.29/cwt55.00–63.5073788
CowsBreaker 75-80%1,24156.54/cwt53.00–58.007024
Cow-Calf PairsMedium 1-2975950.00/cwt950.00–950.009,2632
Cow-Calf PairsMedium 2850600.00/cwt600.00–600.005,1002
Cow-Calf PairsMedium and Large 1-21,1401,050.00/cwt1,050.00–1,050.0011,9706
Cow-Calf PairsMedium and Large 1-21,1001,300.00/cwt1,300.00–1,300.0014,3004

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.