Sale reports / Missouri / Joplin Regional Stockyards / 2022-07-20

Joplin Regional Stockyards

Slaughter Cattle · Replacement Cattle · Carthage, Missouri · Wed, Jul 20
● Final21 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 1797
joplinstockyards.com(417) 548-2333
Slaughter Cattle receipts
887 head
414 vs last sale 1,301 452 vs year ago 435 · +103.9%
Replacement Cattle receipts
139 head
26 vs last sale 113 96 vs year ago 43 · +223.3%
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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to last week slaughter cows traded 4.00-7.00 lower with slaughter bulls trading 8.00-12.00 lower. Replacement cattle traded steady. Supply was moderate with 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
BullsAverage1,76197.931,72437
CowsBreaker 75-80%Average1,44375.711,092159
CowsBoner 80-85%Average1,18570.48835173
CowsLean 85-90%High96652.06503273

Replacement cattle Per head

By class, stage and age
Bred stock and pairs are reported per head, not per hundredweight — these prices are never mixed with the $/cwt figures above.
ClassStageAgeAvg wt$/headHead
Bred Cows2nd/3rd Stage (4-9 mo)Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)1,161$1,02549
Bred Cows1st Stage (1-3 mo)Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)1,037$96928

Every lot, as filed

21 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
CowsLean 85-90%1,04669.86/cwt66.00–75.0073155
CowsLean 85-90%1,04160.15/cwt51.00–67.00626115
CowsLean 85-90%73223.15/cwt19.00–39.0016949
CowsBreaker 75-80%1,41672.93/cwt66.00–77.001,03396
CowsBoner 80-85%1,18568.24/cwt61.00–74.0080999
CowsLean 85-90%93842.92/cwt25.00–51.0040354
CowsBreaker 75-80%1,48683.62/cwt78.00–90.501,24352
CowsBreaker 75-80%1,47562.55/cwt60.00–64.0092311
CowsBoner 80-85%1,03953.55/cwt50.00–57.005566
CowsBoner 80-85%1,19775.24/cwt72.00–82.0090168
Bulls1,73196.68/cwt91.00–101.501,67415
Bulls1,58286.23/cwt77.00–92.001,3648
Bulls1,895105.96/cwt102.00–112.002,00814
Bred CowsMedium and Large 1-21,246954.97/head825.00–1,150.0095512
Bred CowsMedium and Large 1-2Fancy1,2961,302.39/head1,300.00–1,325.001,30220
Stock CowsMedium 2647110.00/cwt110.00–110.007123
Stock CowsMedium and Large 1-283991.08/cwt87.50–97.5076418
Stock CowsMedium and Large 1735138.00/cwt138.00–138.001,0143
Bred CowsMedium and Large 1-21,1071,090.11/head950.00–1,210.001,09018
Bred CowsMedium 1-2910750.00/head750.00–750.0075010
Bred CowsMedium 1-2941748.83/head685.00–800.0074917

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.