Sale reports / Missouri / Joplin Regional Stockyards / 2020-11-11

Joplin Regional Stockyards

Slaughter Cattle · Replacement Cattle · Carthage, Missouri · Wed, Nov 11
● Final40 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 1797
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Slaughter Cattle receipts
749 head
58 vs last sale 807 214 vs year ago 963 · 22.2%
Replacement Cattle receipts
236 head
126 vs last sale 362 526 vs year ago 762 · 69.0%
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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to last Wednesday, slaughter cows sold 1.00-3.00 lower and the bulk of slaughter bulls sold 4.00-6.00 lower. A high percent of the offering went to slaughter. The offering included a light to moderate supply of bred cows and a very light supply of cow/calf pairs. Supply was heavy and demand light to 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
BullsAverage1,68574.951,26356
CowsBreaker 75-80%Average1,45853.82785146
CowsBoner 80-85%High1,25647.21593283
CowsLean 85-90%Average1,05637.37395195

Every lot, as filed

40 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 CowsLarge 1-21,479940.27/cwt835.00–1,000.0013,9079
Bred CowsLarge 1-21,45752.48/cwt47.00–59.0076510
Bred CowsLarge 1-21,39363.00/cwt63.00–63.008783
Stock CowsLarge 1-21,19784.78/cwt80.00–88.001,0155
Stock CowsLarge 1-21,15570.00/cwt70.00–70.008091
Bred HeifersLarge 11,3001,300.00/cwt1,300.00–1,300.0016,9001
Cow-Calf PairsMedium and Large 1-21,3091,055.00/cwt1,050.00–1,075.0013,81010
Bred CowsMedium and Large 21,204777.47/cwt700.00–825.009,36127
Stock CowsMedium and Large 1-21,16251.00/cwt51.00–51.005937
Bred CowsMedium and Large 1-21,15950.00/cwt50.00–50.005804
Stock CowsMedium and Large 1-21,01691.47/cwt80.00–95.009298
Bred CowsMedium 2910332.80/cwt285.00–385.003,0282
Cow-Calf PairsMedium 1-2900850.00/cwt850.00–850.007,6502
Stock CowsMedium 1837114.53/cwt110.00–117.009593
Cow-Calf PairsMedium and Large 1-21,1201,150.00/cwt1,150.00–1,150.0012,8802
Cow-Calf PairsMedium and Large 1-21,0901,110.00/cwt1,110.00–1,110.0012,0992
Bred CowsMedium and Large 1-21,239983.51/cwt875.00–1,150.0012,18624
Bred CowsLarge 1-2Broken Mouth1,44047.73/cwt47.00–48.506874
Bred CowsMedium 1-2942667.94/cwt550.00–860.006,2925
Stock CowsMedium 1-290068.47/cwt60.00–82.006168
Bred CowsMedium and Large 1-2Broken Mouth1,31349.91/cwt47.00–51.006555
Bred CowsMedium and Large 1-21,23753.64/cwt52.00–58.006645
Bred HeifersMedium 1-2810649.38/cwt600.00–700.005,2602
CowsBreaker 75-80%1,57158.36/cwt54.00–62.0091744
Bulls1,74076.96/cwt73.00–81.001,33933
CowsLean 85-90%1,06638.64/cwt34.00–42.0041261
Stock CowsMedium and Large 1-21,03373.30/cwt60.00–86.0075724
Bred CowsMedium and Large 1-21,213723.42/cwt625.00–810.008,77537
CowsLean 85-90%1,11045.02/cwt42.00–50.0050078
CowsBoner 80-85%1,29054.17/cwt52.00–57.0069935
Bulls1,82684.63/cwt81.00–89.001,5457
CowsBreaker 75-80%1,35448.10/cwt44.00–54.0065179
Stock CowsMedium 1-293051.30/cwt50.00–52.504772
Bred CowsMedium 1-2978460.61/cwt385.00–600.004,5054
CowsLean 85-90%1,03229.28/cwt25.00–35.0030239
CowsBoner 80-85%1,21442.12/cwt39.00–46.00511104
Bulls1,51066.56/cwt60.00–72.501,00516
CowsLean 85-90%83116.26/cwt12.50–23.0013517
CowsBoner 80-85%1,27849.19/cwt45.00–53.00629144
CowsBreaker 75-80%1,60064.80/cwt61.00–68.001,03723

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.