Sale reports / Missouri / Joplin Regional Stockyards / 2022-11-16

Joplin Regional Stockyards

Slaughter Cattle · Replacement Cattle · Carthage, Missouri · Wed, Nov 16
● Final20 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 1797
joplinstockyards.com(417) 548-2333
Slaughter Cattle receipts
1,050 head
481 vs last sale 1,531 109 vs year ago 941 · +11.6%
Replacement Cattle receipts
106 head
617 vs last sale 723 36 vs year ago 142 · 25.4%
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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to last week slaughter cows and bulls traded steady to 2.00 higher. 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
BullsHigh1,62994.161,53433
CowsBreaker 75-80%Average1,44570.801,023194
CowsBoner 80-85%High1,19965.90790304
CowsLean 85-90%Average1,02551.26525313

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)1,018$92931
Bred Cows2nd/3rd Stage (4-9 mo)Aged (>8 yrs)1,073$82615
Bred Heifers2nd/3rd Stage (4-9 mo)(<2 yrs)952$96812
Cow-Calf PairsOpenYoung/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)980$1,1698

Every lot, as filed

20 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 1-21,0501,100.00/head1,100.00–1,100.001,1003
Bred HeifersMedium and Large 19531,102.27/head1,075.00–1,150.001,1026
Bred HeifersMedium and Large 2950834.21/head750.00–875.008346
Stock CowsMedium and Large 1-2866123.86/cwt122.50–125.001,0736
Stock CowsMedium and Large 1-21,07181.06/cwt77.00–82.5086814
Cow-Calf PairsMedium and Large 1-29381,210.00/head1,150.00–1,300.001,2105
Bred CowsMedium and Large 1-21,061990.05/head950.00–1,150.0099019
Bred CowsMedium 2951831.25/head685.00–875.0083112
Bred CowsMedium and Large 1-21,073826.40/head800.00–850.0082615
Bulls1,751100.71/cwt95.50–109.001,76313
Bulls1,55089.91/cwt84.00–96.001,39420
CowsBoner 80-85%1,22669.98/cwt67.00–77.00858120
CowsLean 85-90%1,05653.73/cwt48.00–60.00567174
CowsLean 85-90%1,04561.82/cwt59.00–67.5064653
CowsLean 85-90%95241.80/cwt32.50–47.5039875
CowsBreaker 75-80%1,42668.78/cwt61.00–73.00981130
CowsLean 85-90%93925.84/cwt22.50–30.0024311
CowsBoner 80-85%1,09854.92/cwt47.00–57.0060311
CowsBoner 80-85%1,18663.76/cwt57.00–69.00756173
CowsBreaker 75-80%1,48574.89/cwt72.00–83.501,11264

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.