Sale reports / Missouri / Joplin Regional Stockyards / 2021-08-25

Joplin Regional Stockyards

Slaughter Cattle · Replacement Cattle · Carthage, Missouri · Wed, Aug 25
● Final16 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 1797
joplinstockyards.com(417) 548-2333
Slaughter Cattle receipts
314 head
485 vs last sale 799 44 vs year ago 358 · 12.3%
Replacement Cattle receipts
32 head
484 vs last sale 516 208 vs year ago 240 · 86.7%
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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 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
BullsAverage1,50189.791,34848
CowsBreaker 75-80%Low1,48674.911,11369
CowsBoner 80-85%Average1,18968.1681065
CowsLean 85-90%High1,06057.6661175

Every lot, as filed

16 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
CowsBoner 80-85%1,19468.47/cwt65.00–70.5081830
CowsBoner 80-85%1,18161.71/cwt57.00–64.0072915
CowsBreaker 75-80%1,40368.68/cwt67.00–70.0096411
Cow-Calf PairsMedium and Large 1-29981,100.00/cwt1,100.00–1,100.0010,9785
Bred CowsMedium and Large 1-21,1441,163.39/cwt800.00–1,385.0013,30912
Bred HeifersMedium and Large 1-21,1051,064.65/cwt850.00–1,400.0011,7649
Bulls1,67996.46/cwt92.50–102.001,62016
Bulls1,790105.40/cwt102.00–112.001,88712
Bulls1,18575.09/cwt62.00–88.0089020
CowsBoner 80-85%1,18672.52/cwt71.00–77.0086020
CowsBreaker 75-80%1,43973.21/cwt71.00–77.501,05335
CowsBreaker 75-80%1,59880.47/cwt78.00–84.001,28623
CowsLean 85-90%1,15968.72/cwt66.00–73.007968
CowsLean 85-90%96253.69/cwt47.50–55.0051620
CowsLean 85-90%1,12562.14/cwt57.00–65.0069938
CowsLean 85-90%91537.76/cwt30.00–45.003469

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.