Sale reports / Missouri / Joplin Regional Stockyards / 2022-03-16

Joplin Regional Stockyards

Slaughter Cattle · Replacement Cattle · Carthage, Missouri · Wed, Mar 16
● Final22 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 1797
joplinstockyards.com(417) 548-2333
Slaughter Cattle receipts
756 head
154 vs last sale 910 440 vs year ago 316 · +139.2%
Replacement Cattle receipts
188 head
597 vs last sale 785 3 vs year ago 185 · +1.6%
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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to last week slaughter cows traded 2.00-5.00 higher. Slaughter bulls traded steady. Not enough replacement cattle for a market comparison. 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
BullsHigh1,744104.041,81456
CowsBreaker 75-80%High1,45084.671,228148
CowsBoner 80-85%Low1,22781.21996182
CowsLean 85-90%High1,00970.21709255

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
Bulls2,008118.00/cwt112.00–128.002,36912
Bulls1,56589.77/cwt80.00–96.001,40510
CowsBoner 80-85%1,25870.93/cwt61.00–72.5089223
CowsBreaker 75-80%1,47889.31/cwt86.00–98.001,32041
CowsBreaker 75-80%1,43982.89/cwt75.00–86.001,193107
CowsLean 85-90%1,06683.14/cwt77.00–93.0088662
CowsLean 85-90%86044.28/cwt40.00–49.0038112
CowsBoner 80-85%1,22080.10/cwt75.00–83.5097796
CowsBoner 80-85%1,22686.64/cwt84.00–93.001,06263
CowsLean 85-90%93456.56/cwt50.00–61.0052836
CowsLean 85-90%1,01670.22/cwt62.00–77.00713145
Bred CowsMedium and Large 1-2Fancy1,2801,600.00/cwt1,600.00–1,600.0020,4806
Bred CowsMedium and Large 1-21,1191,035.61/cwt925.00–1,100.0011,58844
Bred CowsMedium 2746875.08/cwt860.00–885.006,5285
Bred CowsMedium and Large 1-2967948.31/cwt875.00–1,000.009,17023
Bred HeifersMedium and Large 1-2765975.00/cwt975.00–975.007,4597
Bred HeifersMedium and Large 1-29271,061.91/cwt1,000.00–1,100.009,84424
Stock CowsMedium and Large 1-2817112.33/cwt92.50–128.0091820
Stock CowsMedium and Large 1-295886.51/cwt82.50–90.008298
Cow-Calf PairsMedium and Large 1-29211,104.69/cwt1,075.00–1,125.0010,17416
Cow-Calf PairsMedium and Large 1-21,0561,278.57/cwt1,225.00–1,325.0013,5027
Bulls1,703103.31/cwt97.00–111.501,75934

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.