Sale reports / Missouri / Joplin Regional Stockyards / 2022-12-21

Joplin Regional Stockyards

Slaughter Cattle · Replacement Cattle · Carthage, Missouri · Wed, Dec 21
● Final17 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 1797
joplinstockyards.com(417) 548-2333
Slaughter Cattle receipts
506 head
449 vs last sale 955 506 vs year ago 0 · no sale a year ago
Replacement Cattle receipts
175 head
877 vs last sale 1,052 175 vs year ago 0 · no sale a year ago
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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to last week slaughter cows traded 2.00-6.00 higher with slaughter bulls trading steady to 2.00 higher. Supply was moderate 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
BullsHigh1,61892.921,50440
CowsBreaker 75-80%High1,45275.521,09673
CowsBoner 80-85%High1,19767.17804124
CowsLean 85-90%Average1,00352.41526164

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)1,129$1,03025
Bred Cows2nd/3rd Stage (4-9 mo)Aged (>8 yrs)1,052$92512

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
CowsBreaker 75-80%1,49580.60/cwt75.00–85.001,20529
CowsLean 85-90%1,03654.95/cwt45.00–60.0056977
CowsLean 85-90%90738.44/cwt30.00–43.0034944
CowsLean 85-90%1,04462.16/cwt59.00–69.0064943
CowsBreaker 75-80%1,42372.18/cwt63.00–76.001,02744
CowsBoner 80-85%1,20571.83/cwt68.00–83.0086658
CowsBoner 80-85%1,19063.07/cwt55.00–67.0075166
Bulls1,891103.11/cwt98.00–106.001,9509
Bulls1,18084.37/cwt81.00–85.009969
Bulls1,68692.24/cwt82.50–99.001,55522
Stock CowsMedium and Large 1-21,10586.17/cwt80.00–99.0095232
Stock CowsMedium and Large 11,055115.68/cwt104.00–125.001,22031
Stock CowsMedium and Large 1-21,093102.87/cwt99.00–106.001,12414
Stock CowsMedium and Large 11,010122.68/cwt118.00–130.001,23925
Bred CowsMedium and Large 1-21,1801,049.91/head950.00–1,200.001,05020
Bred CowsMedium 1-2925950.00/head950.00–950.009505
Bred CowsMedium and Large 1-21,052924.56/head850.00–950.0092512

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.