Sale reports / Missouri / Joplin Regional Stockyards / 2022-05-18

Joplin Regional Stockyards

Slaughter Cattle · Replacement Cattle · Carthage, Missouri · Wed, May 18
● Final17 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 1797
joplinstockyards.com(417) 548-2333
Slaughter Cattle receipts
781 head
55 vs last sale 726 192 vs year ago 973 · 19.7%
Replacement Cattle receipts
100 head
47 vs last sale 53 298 vs year ago 398 · 74.9%
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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to last week slaughter cows traded steady to 3.00 higher with slaughter bulls trading 3.00-6.00 higher. Not enough replacement cattle for a market comparison. Supply and demand was moderate.

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
BullsAverage1,739109.941,91133
CowsBreaker 75-80%Average1,43178.291,121178
CowsBoner 80-85%Average1,20576.60923194
CowsLean 85-90%High1,00965.26658266

Every lot, as filed

17 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
Bred CowsMedium and Large 1-21,131996.34/cwt950.00–1,100.0011,26933
Stock CowsMedium and Large 1-2812126.65/cwt110.00–135.001,02823
Stock CowsMedium 271680.00/cwt80.00–80.005735
Stock CowsMedium and Large 297380.00/cwt80.00–80.007786
Stock CowsMedium and Large 1-296789.21/cwt86.00–97.5086319
Bulls1,670103.87/cwt97.00–110.001,73519
Bulls1,832118.17/cwt112.00–126.002,16514
CowsBoner 80-85%1,20076.07/cwt70.00–78.50913137
CowsBoner 80-85%1,20180.73/cwt79.00–85.5097045
CowsBoner 80-85%1,27067.11/cwt66.00–69.0085212
CowsBreaker 75-80%1,40777.29/cwt74.00–80.001,087117
CowsBreaker 75-80%1,45170.89/cwt64.00–73.001,02916
CowsLean 85-90%1,08075.34/cwt73.00–80.0081450
CowsLean 85-90%95756.61/cwt47.50–61.0054269
CowsLean 85-90%91343.61/cwt35.00–47.5039812
CowsLean 85-90%1,01767.87/cwt61.00–73.00690135
CowsBreaker 75-80%1,48883.51/cwt81.00–93.001,24345

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.