Sale reports / Missouri / Joplin Regional Stockyards / 2021-12-08

Joplin Regional Stockyards

Slaughter Cattle · Replacement Cattle · Carthage, Missouri · Wed, Dec 8
● Final22 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 1797
joplinstockyards.com(417) 548-2333
Slaughter Cattle receipts
741 head
49 vs last sale 790 20 vs year ago 721 · +2.8%
Replacement Cattle receipts
115 head
11 vs last sale 104 100 vs year ago 215 · 46.5%
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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to last week slaughter cows traded steady to 4.00 higher. Slaughter bulls traded steady. Replacement cattle traded steady on a light test. Supply 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
BullsLow1,69384.341,42856
CowsBreaker 75-80%Low1,45865.45954149
CowsBoner 80-85%Low1,22961.34754221
CowsLean 85-90%Average1,03846.44482200

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
CowsBoner 80-85%1,31646.20/cwt40.00–51.006089
CowsBreaker 75-80%1,42752.76/cwt49.00–56.007538
CowsLean 85-90%1,08549.16/cwt44.00–55.0053378
Bred CowsLarge 11,595913.32/cwt875.00–950.0014,5674
Bred HeifersMedium and Large 1-28301,060.00/cwt1,060.00–1,060.008,7988
Bred HeifersMedium and Large 1-21,036976.22/cwt875.00–1,100.0010,11411
Stock CowsMedium and Large 1-2Fancy865113.00/cwt113.00–113.009773
Stock CowsMedium and Large 1-2Fancy842116.00/cwt116.00–116.009773
Stock CowsMedium and Large 1-295983.47/cwt80.00–85.0080012
Stock CowsMedium and Large 1-21,10391.15/cwt72.00–99.501,00521
Stock CowsMedium 280082.50/cwt82.50–82.506604
Bred CowsMedium and Large 1-21,163999.41/cwt875.00–1,150.0011,62331
Bulls1,57473.11/cwt64.00–77.501,15110
Bulls1,80590.78/cwt87.50–99.001,63921
Bulls1,64783.43/cwt78.50–87.001,37425
CowsBoner 80-85%1,22959.92/cwt53.00–64.00736150
CowsBoner 80-85%1,21766.99/cwt65.00–78.0081562
CowsBreaker 75-80%1,50269.74/cwt66.50–74.501,04763
CowsBreaker 75-80%1,42563.29/cwt57.00–66.0090278
CowsLean 85-90%1,09759.35/cwt56.00–62.5065147
CowsLean 85-90%1,00740.64/cwt35.00–43.5040946
CowsLean 85-90%86627.37/cwt22.00–34.0023729

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.