Sale reports / Missouri / Joplin Regional Stockyards / 2021-09-15

Joplin Regional Stockyards

Slaughter Cattle · Replacement Cattle · Carthage, Missouri · Wed, Sep 15
● Final22 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 1797
joplinstockyards.com(417) 548-2333
Slaughter Cattle receipts
629 head
52 vs last sale 577 162 vs year ago 791 · 20.5%
Replacement Cattle receipts
109 head
41 vs last sale 68 748 vs year ago 857 · 87.3%
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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to last week slaughter cows traded steady to 3.00 lower. Slaughter bulls traded 5.00 - 8.00 lower. Supply and demand was moderate.

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
BullsLow1,70592.401,57660
CowsBreaker 75-80%Low1,45470.271,021109
CowsBoner 80-85%Average1,21363.96776130
CowsLean 85-90%Average1,05753.07561250

Every lot, as filed

22 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
CowsBreaker 75-80%1,41563.55/cwt57.00–65.008998
CowsBoner 80-85%1,21067.12/cwt64.00–70.0081248
CowsLean 85-90%1,12357.44/cwt55.00–62.00645102
CowsBoner 80-85%1,18972.51/cwt71.00–76.0086210
CowsBreaker 75-80%1,58076.28/cwt74.00–80.001,20529
CowsLean 85-90%1,12664.63/cwt63.00–70.0072826
CowsLean 85-90%1,03151.87/cwt47.00–54.5053579
CowsBoner 80-85%1,21960.67/cwt56.00–63.5074072
CowsBreaker 75-80%1,40768.59/cwt65.50–73.0096572
CowsLean 85-90%90437.91/cwt31.00–45.0034343
Bulls1,42682.30/cwt75.00–87.501,17411
Cow-Calf PairsMedium and Large 1-29801,500.00/cwt1,500.00–1,500.0014,7004
Cow-Calf PairsMedium and Large 1-21,2301,312.50/cwt1,150.00–1,450.0016,1444
Cow-Calf PairsMedium and Large 1-29981,330.00/cwt1,200.00–1,550.0013,2735
Bred CowsMedium and Large 1-2948904.64/cwt800.00–1,100.008,57612
Bred CowsMedium 2757876.47/cwt800.00–950.006,63510
Bred CowsMedium and Large 1-21,171961.49/cwt925.00–1,000.0011,25910
Bred CowsMedium and Large 1-21,080972.43/cwt800.00–1,175.0010,50228
Stock CowsMedium and Large 1-21,03985.91/cwt80.00–93.0089316
Cow-Calf PairsMedium and Large 1-21,0471,358.33/cwt1,150.00–1,500.0014,2226
Bulls1,76493.13/cwt88.00–96.001,64337
Bulls1,78199.40/cwt97.00–105.001,77012

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.