Sale reports / Missouri / Joplin Regional Stockyards / 2022-03-02

Joplin Regional Stockyards

Slaughter Cattle · Replacement Cattle · Carthage, Missouri · Wed, Mar 2
● Final16 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 1797
joplinstockyards.com(417) 548-2333
Slaughter Cattle receipts
754 head
433 vs last sale 321 269 vs year ago 485 · +55.5%
Replacement Cattle receipts
79 head
25 vs last sale 54 109 vs year ago 188 · 58.0%
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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to last week slaughter cows traded 4.00-7.00 higher. Slaughter bulls traded steady to 3.00 higher with a Limousin bull weighing 1,930 lbs. trading at 134.00. Bred cows traded steady. Supply was moderate 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
BullsLow1,798107.251,92954
CowsBreaker 75-80%Low1,45685.391,244179
CowsBoner 80-85%High1,24582.731,030208
CowsLean 85-90%High1,01468.91699160

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%1,37069.67/cwt68.00–71.009543
CowsBoner 80-85%1,23092.05/cwt88.00–102.001,13234
CowsBoner 80-85%1,24882.05/cwt75.00–87.501,024155
CowsLean 85-90%1,08280.99/cwt77.00–93.0087652
CowsLean 85-90%1,03970.99/cwt62.00–76.0073865
CowsLean 85-90%90257.67/cwt52.00–61.0052026
CowsLean 85-90%88341.23/cwt35.00–47.5036417
CowsBreaker 75-80%1,51090.62/cwt86.00–99.001,36868
CowsBreaker 75-80%1,42582.53/cwt75.00–87.501,176108
CowsBoner 80-85%1,24571.62/cwt63.00–74.0089219
Bulls1,48892.98/cwt91.00–95.001,3845
Bulls1,872115.38/cwt110.00–134.002,16020
Bulls1,801104.10/cwt97.00–112.001,87529
Stock CowsMedium and Large 1-21,005125.19/cwt115.00–135.001,25811
Bred CowsMedium and Large 1-21,1951,346.77/cwt1,200.00–1,550.0016,09447
Bred CowsLarge 11,4871,395.60/cwt1,350.00–1,500.0020,7535

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.