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

Joplin Regional Stockyards

Slaughter Cattle · Replacement Cattle · Carthage, Missouri · Wed, Dec 2
● Final38 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 1797
joplinstockyards.com(417) 548-2333
Slaughter Cattle receipts
821 head
462 vs last sale 359 197 vs year ago 624 · +31.6%
Replacement Cattle receipts
335 head
188 vs last sale 147 64 vs year ago 399 · 16.0%
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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to last Wednesday, slaughter cows sold unevenly steady and slaughter bulls sold 1.00-2.00 higher on a heavy supply. The offering included a heavy supply of stock cows and a light supply of both bred cows and cow/calf pairs. Receipts were heavy as producers cull and prepare for the winter months ahead and as forage supplies are limited.

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
BullsHigh1,72986.911,50274
CowsBreaker 75-80%High1,48856.43840111
CowsBoner 80-85%High1,23249.71613234
CowsLean 85-90%Low1,07843.23466207

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 2850550.00/cwt550.00–550.004,6752
Cow-Calf PairsMedium and Large 1-21,330975.00/cwt900.00–1,050.0012,9684
Cow-Calf PairsMedium and Large 1-21,1621,433.33/cwt1,400.00–1,450.0016,6556
Bulls1,945106.59/cwt104.00–108.002,0734
Bulls1,65482.45/cwt75.00–89.001,36430
Bulls1,84796.18/cwt90.00–103.001,77627
Bred CowsMedium and Large 1-2Broken Mouth1,27352.61/cwt48.00–57.006702
Bred CowsMedium and Large 1-2Broken Mouth1,275550.00/cwt550.00–550.007,0133
Bred CowsMedium and Large 1-21,20554.93/cwt50.00–58.006623
Bred CowsMedium and Large 21,190665.66/cwt600.00–750.007,92112
Bulls1,58971.90/cwt65.00–76.001,14213
CowsLean 85-90%1,04035.26/cwt30.00–38.0036711
CowsLean 85-90%82623.74/cwt19.00–27.501969
Bred CowsMedium and Large 11,1481,200.00/cwt1,200.00–1,200.0013,7762
Stock CowsMedium 1-294257.95/cwt50.00–67.505466
Bred CowsMedium 2840395.31/cwt275.00–500.003,3214
Bred CowsMedium and Large 1-21,214736.74/cwt600.00–800.008,94410
Bred CowsMedium and Large 1-21,22553.03/cwt50.00–55.006508
Bred CowsMedium and Large 1-21,187937.74/cwt850.00–1,150.0011,13134
Bred CowsMedium and Large 1-21,090830.85/cwt750.00–900.009,0562
Bred CowsLarge 1-21,417887.39/cwt850.00–900.0012,5744
Stock CowsLarge 1-21,13187.02/cwt84.00–88.009844
Stock CowsMedium and Large 1-294890.14/cwt75.00–102.0085510
Stock CowsMedium and Large 1-21,01377.53/cwt62.50–92.0078543
Stock CowsMedium 1-287884.38/cwt65.00–97.0074121
Stock CowsMedium 1-2853102.50/cwt85.00–110.0087431
CowsLean 85-90%1,06642.29/cwt37.00–47.00451129
CowsLean 85-90%1,15149.86/cwt46.00–54.0057458
Bred HeifersMedium 1-2713596.32/cwt500.00–710.004,2524
Bred CowsMedium 2Broken Mouth750225.00/cwt225.00–225.001,6882
CowsBreaker 75-80%1,56462.90/cwt61.00–66.0098411
CowsBreaker 75-80%1,43450.97/cwt46.00–56.0073142
CowsBoner 80-85%1,27056.40/cwt53.00–60.0071651
CowsBreaker 75-80%1,51359.15/cwt56.00–62.0089558
Bred CowsLarge 1-2Broken Mouth1,46052.01/cwt48.00–56.007592
Bred CowsMedium 1-2938729.29/cwt575.00–800.006,84123
CowsBoner 80-85%1,22843.98/cwt41.00–47.0054070
CowsBoner 80-85%1,21850.24/cwt46.50–54.00612113

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.