Sale reports / Missouri / Joplin Regional Stockyards / 2021-01-06

Joplin Regional Stockyards

Slaughter Cattle · Replacement Cattle · Carthage, Missouri · Wed, Jan 6
● Final44 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 1797
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Slaughter Cattle receipts
741 head
243 vs last sale 498 310 vs year ago 1,051 · 29.5%
Replacement Cattle receipts
234 head
733 vs last sale 967 63 vs year ago 297 · 21.2%
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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to Wednesday three weeks ago, slaughter cows and slaughter bulls sold steady. 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 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
BullsAverage1,67779.731,33762
CowsBreaker 75-80%Low1,43051.67739159
CowsBoner 80-85%Low1,23848.96606262
CowsLean 85-90%High1,06537.22396168

Every lot, as filed

44 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 PairsLarge 1-21,4251,150.00/cwt1,150.00–1,150.0016,3886
Cow-Calf PairsMedium 1-2925918.75/cwt900.00–925.008,4988
Cow-Calf PairsMedium and Large 1-2Broken Mouth1,270870.00/cwt850.00–900.0011,04910
Cow-Calf PairsMedium and Large 1-21,325975.00/cwt975.00–975.0012,9192
Cow-Calf PairsMedium and Large 1-21,0891,306.25/cwt1,175.00–1,350.0014,2258
Cow-Calf PairsMedium and Large 21,3551,060.00/cwt1,060.00–1,060.0014,3632
CowsLean 85-90%1,24050.61/cwt46.00–53.0062816
CowsBoner 80-85%1,19142.63/cwt39.00–47.0050877
Bred CowsMedium and Large 21,15654.00/cwt54.00–54.006246
Bred CowsMedium and Large 21,205725.46/cwt650.00–860.008,74212
Bulls1,68280.87/cwt76.00–86.001,36045
Bulls1,89388.79/cwt86.00–93.001,6817
Bulls1,50468.28/cwt62.00–75.001,02710
CowsLean 85-90%1,09542.29/cwt38.00–47.0046375
Stock CowsMedium and Large 1-299468.69/cwt65.00–75.006837
Bred CowsMedium and Large 1-21,298795.72/cwt675.00–875.0010,32816
Bred CowsMedium and Large 1-21,21352.95/cwt48.00–60.006427
Bred CowsSmall and Medium 1-2765575.00/cwt575.00–575.004,3992
Bred CowsMedium and Large 1-21,263821.63/cwt725.00–885.0010,3774
Bred CowsMedium and Large 1-21,34563.00/cwt63.00–63.008472
Bred CowsMedium 1-21,005729.14/cwt600.00–825.007,32812
Bred CowsMedium 1-2943657.55/cwt625.00–700.006,2013
Bred CowsMedium and Large 11,3601,203.13/cwt1,175.00–1,250.0016,3638
Bred CowsMedium and Large 1-2Broken Mouth1,22249.50/cwt46.00–62.0060511
Bred HeifersMedium 1-2845686.61/cwt650.00–725.005,8022
Bred CowsMedium and Large 1-21,264938.81/cwt850.00–1,150.0011,86723
Stock CowsLarge 1-21,14574.00/cwt74.00–74.008474
Stock CowsLarge 1-21,20467.33/cwt60.00–75.008116
Bred CowsMedium and Large 21,19051.00/cwt51.00–51.006073
Bred CowsMedium and Large 21,090585.00/cwt585.00–585.006,3771
Bred CowsLarge 1-21,465903.37/cwt875.00–910.0013,2346
Bred CowsMedium 1-21,02748.36/cwt47.50–50.004973
CowsBoner 80-85%1,26655.19/cwt53.50–56.5069932
CowsBreaker 75-80%1,40149.02/cwt44.00–55.00687107
Stock CowsMedium 1-298560.99/cwt55.00–67.006016
Stock CowsMedium 1-272497.10/cwt90.00–112.507036
Bred CowsLarge 1-21,477817.04/cwt750.00–850.0012,0683
Bred CowsLarge 1-21,49555.19/cwt52.00–58.008252
CowsLean 85-90%1,02833.11/cwt29.00–38.0034050
CowsLean 85-90%94822.80/cwt15.00–28.0021627
Bred CowsLarge 11,4251,188.16/cwt1,150.00–1,225.0016,9312
Bred CowsLarge 1-21,46856.98/cwt55.00–59.008362
CowsBoner 80-85%1,25650.85/cwt46.00–55.00639153
CowsBreaker 75-80%1,48957.11/cwt54.00–60.0085052

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.