Sale reports / Missouri / Joplin Regional Stockyards / 2021-10-27

Joplin Regional Stockyards

Slaughter Cattle · Replacement Cattle · Carthage, Missouri · Wed, Oct 27
● Final19 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 1797
joplinstockyards.com(417) 548-2333
Slaughter Cattle receipts
613 head
43 vs last sale 570 152 vs year ago 461 · +33.0%
Replacement Cattle receipts
137 head
40 vs last sale 97 111 vs year ago 248 · 44.8%
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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to last week slaughter cows traded 2.00-3.00 higher. Slaughter bulls traded steady to 2.00 higher. Internet purchasing was active. Supply was moderate 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
BullsAverage1,76489.591,58040
CowsBreaker 75-80%Low1,45868.07992117
CowsBoner 80-85%Low1,17662.36733181
CowsLean 85-90%Low1,06549.76530165

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
CowsBreaker 75-80%1,40455.25/cwt54.00–56.007764
CowsLean 85-90%1,03843.97/cwt40.00–47.5045660
CowsBreaker 75-80%1,42563.46/cwt58.00–67.0090451
CowsBreaker 75-80%1,48872.69/cwt68.00–80.001,08262
Stock CowsMedium and Large 1-2958119.45/cwt119.00–120.001,14417
Stock CowsMedium and Large 1-292379.79/cwt70.00–90.0073630
Bred CowsMedium and Large 1-21,118931.69/cwt850.00–1,100.0010,41647
Bred CowsMedium 2757668.69/cwt625.00–700.005,0625
Bred CowsMedium and Large 1-21,135778.36/cwt750.00–825.008,83410
Bred HeifersMedium and Large 1-21,107996.31/cwt950.00–1,025.0011,0293
Bulls1,60983.70/cwt80.00–87.501,34710
Bulls1,85995.32/cwt89.00–101.001,77225
Bulls1,59772.72/cwt70.00–75.001,1615
CowsBoner 80-85%1,16753.59/cwt50.00–56.0062537
CowsLean 85-90%1,16960.39/cwt57.00–66.0070625
CowsBoner 80-85%1,21168.78/cwt65.00–80.0083366
CowsLean 85-90%1,06853.40/cwt48.00–56.0057067
CowsLean 85-90%97637.28/cwt30.00–39.0036413
CowsBoner 80-85%1,15161.09/cwt57.00–64.0070378

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.