Sale reports / Missouri / Joplin Regional Stockyards / 2021-03-03

Joplin Regional Stockyards

Slaughter Cattle · Replacement Cattle · Carthage, Missouri · Wed, Mar 3
● Final37 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 1797
joplinstockyards.com(417) 548-2333
Slaughter Cattle receipts
485 head
157 vs last sale 642 21 vs year ago 464 · +4.5%
Replacement Cattle receipts
188 head
87 vs last sale 275 20 vs year ago 208 · 9.6%
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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to last Wednesday, slaughter cows sold 2.00-4.00 lower and slaughter bulls sold 1.00-2.00 lower. The offering included a light to moderate supply of bred cows and cow/calf pairs were scarce. Supply was moderate to 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
BullsAverage1,75583.781,47041
CowsBreaker 75-80%High1,44257.3182680
CowsBoner 80-85%Average1,24254.74680142
CowsLean 85-90%High1,07840.45436137

Every lot, as filed

37 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 11,4501,400.00/cwt1,400.00–1,400.0020,3002
Cow-Calf PairsMedium 1-2825675.00/cwt675.00–675.005,5692
Cow-Calf PairsMedium and Large 1-21,265900.00/cwt900.00–900.0011,3852
Cow-Calf PairsMedium and Large 1-21,2651,375.00/cwt1,375.00–1,375.0017,3942
Bulls1,71787.57/cwt84.00–89.501,50415
Bulls2,00093.27/cwt90.00–101.001,86512
Bred CowsMedium and Large 1-21,173872.49/cwt750.00–975.0010,23415
Bred HeifersMedium and Large 11,0621,400.00/cwt1,400.00–1,400.0014,86810
Bulls1,58571.59/cwt62.00–78.501,13514
CowsLean 85-90%1,06854.00/cwt51.50–58.0057712
CowsBreaker 75-80%1,56263.42/cwt61.00–65.0099111
CowsBreaker 75-80%1,31153.52/cwt50.00–57.0070230
Bred CowsMedium and Large 1-2Broken Mouth1,27353.83/cwt52.50–56.006857
Stock CowsMedium and Large 1-21,11764.03/cwt55.00–70.007153
Bred CowsMedium and Large 1-21,201909.48/cwt750.00–1,075.0010,9237
Bred CowsMedium and Large 1-21,2121,014.26/cwt1,000.00–1,050.0012,2939
BullsMedium and Large 1-21,4501,875.00/cwt1,875.00–1,875.0027,1883
Stock CowsMedium and Large 11,083101.73/cwt95.00–103.001,1026
Stock CowsMedium and Large 1-21,11170.83/cwt60.00–82.5078711
Bred HeifersMedium 1-2794752.38/cwt675.00–810.005,97413
Bred CowsMedium and Large 11,2331,351.87/cwt1,200.00–1,475.0016,66915
Stock CowsMedium 1-287382.90/cwt70.00–102.007244
Bred CowsMedium 1-2Broken Mouth86841.70/cwt37.50–47.503623
Bred CowsMedium and Large 1-21,24867.19/cwt65.00–69.008392
Stock CowsMedium and Large 1-21,03887.48/cwt87.00–88.009083
CowsBoner 80-85%1,31757.24/cwt53.00–62.0075456
Bred CowsMedium and Large 21,119697.29/cwt600.00–735.007,8034
CowsBreaker 75-80%1,50958.51/cwt56.00–61.5088339
Bred CowsLarge 1-21,4101,000.00/cwt1,000.00–1,000.0014,1001
Stock CowsLarge 1-21,29870.40/cwt66.50–77.509143
Bred CowsMedium 1-2914791.30/cwt575.00–950.007,2325
CowsBoner 80-85%1,15149.98/cwt45.00–54.0057568
Stock CowsMedium 1-296060.98/cwt55.00–68.0058515
CowsLean 85-90%1,00536.87/cwt32.50–42.0037136
CowsLean 85-90%80421.25/cwt15.00–30.0017121
CowsBoner 80-85%1,35464.96/cwt61.00–69.0088018
CowsLean 85-90%1,20445.89/cwt42.00–52.0055368

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.