Sale reports / Missouri / Joplin Regional Stockyards / 2020-05-27

Joplin Regional Stockyards

Slaughter Cattle · Replacement Cattle · Carthage, Missouri · Wed, May 27
● Final33 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 1797
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Slaughter Cattle receipts
419 head
111 vs last sale 530 129 vs year ago 548 · 23.5%
Replacement Cattle receipts
111 head
106 vs last sale 217 136 vs year ago 247 · 55.1%
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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. A high percent of the offering went to slaughter. There was a light supply of bred cows and very light supply of cow/calf pairs. Supply was moderate and demand good 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
BullsLow1,63290.431,47646
CowsBreaker 75-80%Low1,40564.7691076
CowsBoner 80-85%Low1,20660.53730177
CowsLean 85-90%Very Low1,04045.4647399

Every lot, as filed

33 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
Bulls1,45077.29/cwt72.50–82.001,1216
Bulls1,83698.22/cwt94.00–105.001,80315
Bulls1,55388.91/cwt84.00–94.001,38125
CowsLean 85-90%96026.26/cwt20.00–36.0025215
CowsLean 85-90%98039.83/cwt36.00–43.0039023
CowsLean 85-90%1,14457.10/cwt53.50–60.0065327
Bred CowsMedium and Large 21,24056.21/cwt52.00–61.006972
Stock CowsMedium 1-278398.07/cwt87.50–112.507683
Stock CowsMedium 1-290267.77/cwt57.50–72.506118
Stock CowsMedium and Large 1-288887.50/cwt87.50–87.507773
Stock CowsMedium and Large 1-21,06873.42/cwt59.00–85.0078418
Stock CowsLarge 1-21,29581.97/cwt75.00–89.001,0622
Bred CowsMedium and Large 1-21,184768.35/cwt725.00–860.009,0975
Bred CowsMedium and Large 1-21,320860.00/cwt860.00–860.0011,3521
Bred CowsMedium and Large 11,2001,250.00/cwt1,250.00–1,250.0015,0001
Bred CowsMedium and Large 1-21,28465.12/cwt64.00–67.0083613
Bred CowsMedium and Large 1-21,25762.98/cwt60.00–68.007925
Bred CowsMedium and Large 1-21,177986.49/cwt885.00–1,075.0011,61115
CowsBoner 80-85%1,16351.76/cwt47.00–56.0060240
Cow-Calf PairsMedium 2900800.00/cwt800.00–800.007,2002
Cow-Calf PairsMedium and Large 1-21,3601,150.00/cwt1,150.00–1,150.0015,6402
Cow-Calf PairsMedium and Large 1-21,3651,350.00/cwt1,350.00–1,350.0018,4282
Bred CowsLarge 1-21,53461.72/cwt59.00–64.009474
Bred CowsMedium 1-2977773.09/cwt600.00–900.007,5536
CowsBoner 80-85%1,29767.18/cwt63.50–71.0087161
CowsBoner 80-85%1,15559.81/cwt55.00–63.0069176
CowsLean 85-90%1,03348.50/cwt45.00–53.0050134
CowsBreaker 75-80%1,64058.64/cwt57.00–59.009624
CowsBreaker 75-80%1,32060.87/cwt58.00–64.5080323
CowsBreaker 75-80%1,42667.09/cwt64.00–70.5095749
Cow-Calf PairsMedium and Large 1-2Broken Mouth1,2851,035.00/cwt1,035.00–1,035.0013,3002
Bred CowsMedium 1-2Broken Mouth99561.20/cwt59.00–65.006093
Bred CowsMedium and Large 1-2Broken Mouth1,14359.29/cwt56.00–63.006786

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.