Sale reports / Missouri / Joplin Regional Stockyards / 2021-07-21

Joplin Regional Stockyards

Slaughter Cattle · Replacement Cattle · Carthage, Missouri · Wed, Jul 21
● Final19 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 1797
joplinstockyards.com(417) 548-2333
Slaughter Cattle receipts
435 head
46 vs last sale 481 59 vs year ago 376 · +15.7%
Replacement Cattle receipts
43 head
13 vs last sale 56 111 vs year ago 154 · 72.1%
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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to last week, slaughter cows traded steady to 2.00 higher with slaughter bulls trading steady. Supply light with good demand.

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
BullsAverage1,67899.161,66421
CowsBreaker 75-80%Average1,45474.931,08996
CowsBoner 80-85%Low1,21672.10877109
CowsLean 85-90%Average1,01457.28581131

Every lot, as filed

19 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 and Large 1-21,1001,406.67/cwt1,385.00–1,450.0015,4733
Cow-Calf PairsMedium 1-28171,070.00/cwt900.00–1,225.008,7423
Stock CowsMedium 1-294199.90/cwt91.00–105.0094010
Stock CowsMedium and Large 1-2946111.50/cwt111.50–111.501,0553
CowsBoner 80-85%1,23660.39/cwt58.00–65.007468
Bulls1,64694.65/cwt91.00–97.001,5588
CowsBreaker 75-80%1,47770.33/cwt65.00–73.501,03924
CowsLean 85-90%1,07860.18/cwt56.00–64.5064954
CowsBoner 80-85%1,21069.26/cwt66.00–72.0083843
Bulls1,813106.06/cwt102.00–109.001,92310
CowsLean 85-90%1,01568.20/cwt65.00–73.0069224
Bred CowsMedium and Large 1-21,1711,032.43/cwt950.00–1,150.0012,0905
Bred CowsLarge 1-21,4281,362.84/cwt1,250.00–1,450.0019,4619
CowsLean 85-90%87741.35/cwt35.00–43.0036311
CowsBreaker 75-80%1,45477.39/cwt74.00–84.501,12567
CowsBoner 80-85%1,21875.83/cwt73.00–84.0092458
Bulls1,31588.16/cwt87.00–89.001,1593
CowsLean 85-90%96751.49/cwt45.00–55.0049842
CowsBreaker 75-80%1,34164.00/cwt64.00–64.008585

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.