Sale reports / Missouri / Joplin Regional Stockyards / 2022-02-23

Joplin Regional Stockyards

Slaughter Cattle · Replacement Cattle · Carthage, Missouri · Wed, Feb 23
● Final16 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 1797
joplinstockyards.com(417) 548-2333
Slaughter Cattle receipts
321 head
325 vs last sale 646 321 vs year ago 642 · 50.0%
Replacement Cattle receipts
54 head
131 vs last sale 185 221 vs year ago 275 · 80.4%
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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to last week slaughter cows and bulls traded steady to 2.00 higher. Very cold temperatures with heavy sleet kept supply light. Demand was good.

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
BullsAverage1,638105.861,73420
CowsBoner 80-85%Average1,18283.5098769
CowsBreaker 75-80%High1,47581.961,20938
CowsLean 85-90%Low98971.01702140

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
CowsBoner 80-85%1,19179.08/cwt72.00–83.0094225
CowsBreaker 75-80%1,48485.81/cwt84.00–90.001,27320
CowsBreaker 75-80%1,47579.84/cwt75.00–83.001,17813
CowsLean 85-90%98858.50/cwt55.00–61.0057817
Bred CowsMedium and Large 1-21,1371,162.63/cwt1,050.00–1,250.0013,2197
Bred CowsMedium and Large 1-21,101905.83/cwt875.00–950.009,97319
Bred CowsMedium and Large 1-21,1331,286.47/cwt1,150.00–1,350.0014,57615
Stock CowsMedium and Large 1-21,087125.00/cwt125.00–125.001,3594
Bulls1,634104.20/cwt97.00–110.001,70310
Bulls1,782117.13/cwt110.00–127.002,0877
Bulls1,31585.13/cwt82.00–90.001,1193
CowsBoner 80-85%1,16987.40/cwt84.00–95.001,02241
CowsBoner 80-85%1,27767.08/cwt62.50–71.008573
CowsBreaker 75-80%1,44172.05/cwt70.00–74.001,0385
CowsLean 85-90%93167.42/cwt62.00–73.0062870
CowsLean 85-90%1,06679.77/cwt74.00–87.0085053

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.