Sale reports / Missouri / Joplin Regional Stockyards / 2021-11-24

Joplin Regional Stockyards

Slaughter Cattle · Replacement Cattle · Carthage, Missouri · Wed, Nov 24
● Final16 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 1797
joplinstockyards.com(417) 548-2333
Slaughter Cattle receipts
633 head
308 vs last sale 941 274 vs year ago 359 · +76.3%
Replacement Cattle receipts
68 head
74 vs last sale 142 79 vs year ago 147 · 53.7%
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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to last week slaughter cows traded 3.00-4.00 lower. Slaughter bulls traded 3.00-5.00 lower. Not enough replacement cattle for a trend. Supply light with moderate demand.

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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
BullsLow1,56380.281,25549
CowsBreaker 75-80%Average1,48257.3585089
CowsBoner 80-85%Low1,25552.25656177
CowsLean 85-90%Low1,04142.11438185

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
CowsBreaker 75-80%1,46959.19/cwt55.00–63.0087038
CowsBoner 80-85%1,32745.57/cwt40.00–49.5060554
Bulls1,33771.07/cwt62.00–75.0095012
Bulls1,79488.00/cwt86.00–91.001,57914
Bulls1,54080.39/cwt77.00–85.001,23823
Stock CowsMedium and Large 1-290783.45/cwt75.00–95.0075714
Bred CowsMedium and Large 1-21,268965.31/cwt900.00–1,100.0012,24016
Bred CowsMedium and Large 1-21,133779.12/cwt700.00–850.008,82724
CowsBreaker 75-80%1,42551.43/cwt46.00–54.0073336
CowsBoner 80-85%1,17860.61/cwt59.00–65.0071423
CowsBoner 80-85%1,23453.93/cwt50.00–58.00665100
CowsLean 85-90%1,08839.53/cwt35.00–43.0043021
CowsLean 85-90%95730.12/cwt21.00–34.0028862
CowsLean 85-90%1,01354.64/cwt52.00–58.0055431
CowsLean 85-90%1,11347.87/cwt44.00–51.0053371
CowsBreaker 75-80%1,65166.89/cwt64.00–69.001,10415

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.