Sale reports / Missouri / Joplin Regional Stockyards / 2022-10-26

Joplin Regional Stockyards

Slaughter Cattle · Replacement Cattle · Carthage, Missouri · Wed, Oct 26
● Final22 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 1797
joplinstockyards.com(417) 548-2333
Slaughter Cattle receipts
790 head
53 vs last sale 843 177 vs year ago 613 · +28.9%
Replacement Cattle receipts
142 head
29 vs last sale 171 5 vs year ago 137 · +3.6%
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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to last week slaughter cows and bulls traded steady. Supply was heavy with moderate 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
BullsAverage1,61092.831,49458
CowsBreaker 75-80%Average1,45168.08988131
CowsBoner 80-85%High1,21464.30781205
CowsLean 85-90%Average1,02851.36528256

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 Cows1st Stage (1-3 mo)Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)1,046$1,0777
Bred Cows2nd/3rd Stage (4-9 mo)Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)1,230$1,01919
Cow-Calf Pairs1st Stage (1-3 mo)Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)870$1,1754thin
Cow-Calf PairsOpenYoung/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)971$1,06513

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
Cow-Calf PairsMedium and Large 1-21,0041,152.00/head985.00–1,350.001,15210
Cow-Calf PairsMedium 2860775.00/head775.00–775.007753
Bred CowsMedium and Large 1-21,0461,077.05/head1,050.00–1,100.001,0777
Bred CowsMedium and Large 1-21,2301,018.61/head900.00–1,200.001,01919
Stock CowsMedium and Large 11,056131.74/cwt128.00–133.501,39144
Stock CowsMedium and Large 1-2907105.91/cwt100.00–110.009618
Stock CowsMedium and Large 292782.82/cwt75.00–88.007687
Stock CowsMedium and Large 1-21,12877.28/cwt74.00–82.5087216
Cow-Calf PairsMedium 28701,175.00/head1,175.00–1,175.001,1754
Bulls1,58393.17/cwt85.00–99.001,47542
Bulls1,973105.19/cwt99.00–110.002,0756
Bulls1,50583.99/cwt80.00–86.001,26410
CowsBoner 80-85%1,20769.71/cwt67.00–73.0084153
CowsBreaker 75-80%1,41366.86/cwt61.00–71.5094568
CowsBreaker 75-80%1,54975.27/cwt70.00–84.001,16639
CowsBoner 80-85%1,28552.97/cwt45.00–56.5068114
CowsLean 85-90%1,07955.82/cwt50.00–62.00602105
CowsLean 85-90%1,04464.25/cwt61.00–70.0067146
CowsLean 85-90%99644.17/cwt35.00–50.0044084
CowsBoner 80-85%1,21063.37/cwt56.50–67.50767138
CowsBreaker 75-80%1,39959.85/cwt52.00–62.5083724
CowsLean 85-90%87029.62/cwt22.50–33.0025821

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.