Sale reports / Missouri / Joplin Regional Stockyards / 2021-12-15

Joplin Regional Stockyards

Slaughter Cattle · Replacement Cattle · Carthage, Missouri · Wed, Dec 15
● Final32 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 1797
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Slaughter Cattle receipts
1,132 head
391 vs last sale 741 634 vs year ago 498 · +127.3%
Replacement Cattle receipts
1,358 head
1,243 vs last sale 115 391 vs year ago 967 · +40.4%
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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

This report combines the regular slaughter/replacement sale with the replacement sale this evening. Compared to last week slaughter cows traded steady to 2.00 lower. Slaughter bulls traded 2.00-6.00 higher. Supply was heavy with moderate demand for the slaughter classes. A large crowd was on hand for the evening replacement sale. Bred cow and heifers traded 300-500 per head higher than the sale last month. The offering was high quality and in demand as 51 head of fancy bred heifers traded at 1,800 to 1,900 per head. For the replacement portion of this sale supply was heavy with very 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
BullsLow1,65785.801,42269
CowsBreaker 75-80%High1,45859.38866296
CowsBoner 80-85%High1,23357.23706291
CowsLean 85-90%Average1,06346.60495284

Every lot, as filed

32 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
BullsMedium and Large 11,5042,593.19/cwt2,350.00–2,800.0039,0026
BullsMedium and Large 1-21,3781,724.67/cwt1,500.00–2,100.0023,7665
Cow-Calf PairsMedium and Large 1-21,1391,350.00/cwt1,250.00–1,500.0015,37720
Cow-Calf PairsMedium and Large 1-21,2021,783.65/cwt1,500.00–1,875.0021,43926
Bred CowsMedium and Large 1-21,239926.37/cwt800.00–1,000.0011,478249
Bred CowsLarge 11,4951,256.74/cwt950.00–1,350.0018,78813
Bred HeifersMedium and Large 1Fancy9491,860.53/cwt1,800.00–1,900.0017,65651
Bred CowsMedium and Large 1-21,121869.35/cwt750.00–1,050.009,74513
Stock CowsMedium and Large 1-2910100.00/cwt100.00–100.009103
Stock CowsMedium and Large 1-21,09482.63/cwt75.00–96.0090414
Bred CowsMedium and Large 11,2531,260.14/cwt1,050.00–1,450.0015,790338
Bred CowsMedium and Large 1-21,214815.80/cwt725.00–925.009,90468
Bred CowsMedium and Large 11,240969.09/cwt925.00–1,050.0012,01745
Cow-Calf PairsMedium and Large 1-21,1491,109.09/cwt1,000.00–1,300.0012,74311
Bred HeifersMedium and Large 19371,606.98/cwt1,425.00–1,785.0015,057110
Bred HeifersMedium and Large 1-29481,375.83/cwt1,150.00–1,400.0013,04390
Cow-Calf PairsMedium and Large 1-21,1821,215.00/cwt1,100.00–1,300.0014,36125
Cow-Calf PairsMedium and Large 11,1841,620.83/cwt1,500.00–1,700.0019,19112
Bred CowsMedium and Large 1Fancy1,2921,521.83/cwt1,500.00–1,600.0019,66229
Bulls1,28171.79/cwt62.50–77.5092011
Bulls1,63783.25/cwt79.00–86.501,36327
Bulls1,80893.00/cwt88.00–107.001,68131
CowsBoner 80-85%1,20667.25/cwt65.00–72.508118
CowsBoner 80-85%1,23057.91/cwt53.00–64.50712257
CowsBreaker 75-80%1,47567.30/cwt66.00–71.0099330
CowsLean 85-90%1,08350.27/cwt44.00–55.00544136
CowsBreaker 75-80%1,46260.05/cwt56.00–65.50878198
CowsLean 85-90%1,03739.88/cwt35.00–43.0041473
CowsLean 85-90%98830.14/cwt22.50–41.0029833
CowsBoner 80-85%1,27147.42/cwt41.00–52.0060326
CowsBreaker 75-80%1,43953.93/cwt51.00–56.5077668
CowsLean 85-90%1,10159.35/cwt56.00–66.0065342

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.