Sale reports / Missouri / Joplin Regional Stockyards / 2022-11-23

Joplin Regional Stockyards

Slaughter Cattle · Replacement Cattle · Carthage, Missouri · Wed, Nov 23
● Final19 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 1797
joplinstockyards.com(417) 548-2333
Slaughter Cattle receipts
889 head
161 vs last sale 1,050 256 vs year ago 633 · +40.4%
Replacement Cattle receipts
91 head
15 vs last sale 106 23 vs year ago 68 · +33.8%
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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to last week slaughter cows and bulls traded steady to 2.00 lower. Supply was heavy 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
BullsHigh1,69389.801,52044
CowsBreaker 75-80%Average1,44767.84981110
CowsBoner 80-85%High1,20662.62755129
CowsLean 85-90%High1,02550.01512304

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)1,207$1,01632
Bred Heifers2nd/3rd Stage (4-9 mo)Young (2-4 yrs)1,010$1,0127

Every lot, as filed

19 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
Stock CowsMedium and Large 1-297674.83/cwt71.00–78.507306
Stock CowsMedium 21,01868.00/cwt68.00–68.006928
Bred CowsMedium and Large 21,124892.35/head875.00–925.008929
Bred CowsMedium and Large 1-21,2391,064.51/head950.00–1,250.001,06523
Bred HeifersMedium and Large 1-21,0101,011.74/head950.00–1,100.001,0127
Stock CowsMedium and Large 1-2949101.28/cwt89.00–112.509617
Bulls1,894101.45/cwt97.00–107.001,92110
Bulls1,51979.60/cwt73.00–85.001,2099
Bulls1,67588.82/cwt83.50–95.001,48825
CowsBoner 80-85%1,21068.90/cwt66.00–75.0083425
CowsLean 85-90%1,08961.79/cwt59.00–66.0067363
CowsBoner 80-85%1,22051.87/cwt45.00–56.0063319
CowsLean 85-90%1,03640.26/cwt32.50–47.5041739
CowsLean 85-90%1,04154.46/cwt47.00–59.00567158
CowsBoner 80-85%1,20163.18/cwt57.00–66.5075985
CowsLean 85-90%86425.83/cwt17.50–30.0022344
CowsBreaker 75-80%1,42766.60/cwt61.00–71.0095081
CowsBreaker 75-80%1,53274.75/cwt69.50–81.001,14523
CowsBreaker 75-80%1,38358.16/cwt55.00–61.008046

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.