Sale reports / Missouri / Joplin Regional Stockyards / 2021-08-11

Joplin Regional Stockyards

Slaughter Cattle · Replacement Cattle · Carthage, Missouri · Wed, Aug 11
● Final15 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 1797
joplinstockyards.com(417) 548-2333
Slaughter Cattle receipts
345 head
621 vs last sale 966 193 vs year ago 538 · 35.9%
Replacement Cattle receipts
42 head
1,586 vs last sale 1,628 189 vs year ago 231 · 81.8%
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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to last week slaughter cows traded steady with slaughter bulls trading steady to 2.00 higher. Supply was light with moderate 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
BullsLow1,57496.771,52342
CowsBreaker 75-80%High1,43775.681,08868
CowsBoner 80-85%High1,19371.3385197
CowsLean 85-90%High1,02659.7661382

Every lot, as filed

15 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%1,06670.30/cwt66.00–73.5074924
CowsBoner 80-85%1,21875.57/cwt73.00–79.0092046
CowsBreaker 75-80%1,55580.27/cwt78.00–85.001,24818
Bulls1,06080.86/cwt71.00–90.008578
CowsBreaker 75-80%1,36070.07/cwt68.00–71.0095312
Bred HeifersMedium and Large 1-2900911.27/cwt875.00–960.008,2015
Bulls1,939106.31/cwt103.00–110.002,06112
Bred CowsMedium and Large 1-21,2201,163.50/cwt925.00–1,325.0014,19530
Bulls1,56297.36/cwt91.50–102.001,52122
CowsBoner 80-85%1,19870.02/cwt68.00–72.0083930
CowsLean 85-90%1,03761.57/cwt56.00–65.0063838
CowsBreaker 75-80%1,40675.28/cwt73.00–77.001,05838
CowsLean 85-90%99152.77/cwt50.00–55.0052310
CowsBoner 80-85%1,13363.93/cwt61.00–67.0072421
CowsLean 85-90%92634.59/cwt27.50–45.0032010

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.