Sale reports / Missouri / Joplin Regional Stockyards / 2021-12-01

Joplin Regional Stockyards

Slaughter Cattle · Replacement Cattle · Carthage, Missouri · Wed, Dec 1
● Final20 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 1797
joplinstockyards.com(417) 548-2333
Slaughter Cattle receipts
790 head
157 vs last sale 633 31 vs year ago 821 · 3.8%
Replacement Cattle receipts
104 head
36 vs last sale 68 231 vs year ago 335 · 69.0%
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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to last week slaughter cows traded 2.00-3.00 higher, with slaughter bulls trading 2.00-6.00 higher. Replacement cattle traded steady with the higher quality cows in very good demand. Supply moderate with overall 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
BullsAverage1,65782.951,37465
CowsBreaker 75-80%Average1,47360.28888145
CowsBoner 80-85%High1,23356.72699188
CowsLean 85-90%Average1,06248.39514275

Every lot, as filed

20 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
Bred CowsMedium and Large 1-21,151782.82/cwt710.00–850.009,01026
Bred CowsLarge 11,5101,250.00/cwt1,250.00–1,250.0018,8753
Stock CowsLarge 11,355110.00/cwt110.00–110.001,4913
Stock CowsMedium and Large 1-21,074112.93/cwt108.00–120.001,21312
Bred CowsMedium and Large 1-2Fancy1,2881,407.80/cwt1,350.00–1,425.0018,13213
Bred CowsMedium and Large 1-21,248954.79/cwt850.00–1,150.0011,91628
Bred CowsMedium and Large 1-21,128919.07/cwt875.00–950.0010,3674
Bulls1,68482.90/cwt78.50–87.001,39628
Bulls1,83190.19/cwt86.00–103.001,65123
Bulls1,31771.14/cwt63.00–77.5093714
CowsBoner 80-85%1,21762.47/cwt59.00–70.0076059
CowsBoner 80-85%1,31245.03/cwt40.00–48.0059111
CowsLean 85-90%1,08048.32/cwt44.00–51.00522103
CowsLean 85-90%94030.65/cwt22.50–33.0028825
CowsBreaker 75-80%1,44960.38/cwt56.00–64.5087595
CowsBreaker 75-80%1,57767.59/cwt65.00–81.001,06624
CowsLean 85-90%1,10155.46/cwt52.00–62.50611111
CowsBoner 80-85%1,23454.93/cwt50.00–58.00678118
CowsLean 85-90%97639.08/cwt35.00–43.0038136
CowsBreaker 75-80%1,46453.17/cwt49.00–55.5077826

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.