Sale reports / Missouri / Joplin Regional Stockyards / 2021-07-28

Joplin Regional Stockyards

Slaughter Cattle · Replacement Cattle · Carthage, Missouri · Wed, Jul 28
● Final17 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 1797
joplinstockyards.com(417) 548-2333
Slaughter Cattle receipts
398 head
37 vs last sale 435 73 vs year ago 471 · 15.5%
Replacement Cattle receipts
58 head
15 vs last sale 43 91 vs year ago 149 · 61.1%
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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to last week, slaughter cows traded 3.00 - 5.00 higher. Slaughter bulls traded 2.00 - 4.00 higher. Supply light with very 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
BullsLow1,77898.971,75944
CowsBreaker 75-80%Average1,43180.171,14883
CowsBoner 80-85%High1,19377.6692684
CowsLean 85-90%Average1,02764.8166694

Every lot, as filed

17 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
CowsLean 85-90%99261.02/cwt57.50–64.0060522
CowsBreaker 75-80%1,35570.50/cwt70.00–71.009554
CowsLean 85-90%1,05637.09/cwt35.00–40.003924
CowsLean 85-90%79254.34/cwt53.00–55.0043010
CowsBreaker 75-80%1,49560.66/cwt60.00–61.009073
Bulls1,42687.50/cwt82.50–90.001,2487
CowsBoner 80-85%1,20179.31/cwt73.00–84.0095367
Bulls1,76097.15/cwt92.00–102.001,71023
Bred CowsMedium and Large 1-21,2321,087.19/cwt825.00–1,325.0013,39427
Bred CowsMedium 1-2805725.00/cwt725.00–725.005,8363
Bred CowsMedium 1-2810721.17/cwt600.00–900.005,8415
Cow-Calf PairsMedium 1-2743914.29/cwt900.00–1,000.006,7937
Cow-Calf PairsMedium 1-28001,050.00/cwt1,050.00–1,050.008,4003
CowsLean 85-90%1,07969.97/cwt65.00–75.0075558
CowsBreaker 75-80%1,43381.45/cwt78.00–86.001,16776
Bulls1,983107.69/cwt103.00–115.002,13514
CowsBoner 80-85%1,15971.16/cwt68.00–78.0082517

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.