Sale reports / Missouri / Joplin Regional Stockyards / 2023-01-04

Joplin Regional Stockyards

Slaughter Cattle · Replacement Cattle · Carthage, Missouri · Wed, Jan 4
● Final22 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 1797
joplinstockyards.com(417) 548-2333
Slaughter Cattle receipts
780 head
274 vs last sale 506 16 vs year ago 796 · 2.0%
Replacement Cattle receipts
143 head
32 vs last sale 175 45 vs year ago 98 · +45.9%
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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to the sale 2 weeks ago slaughter cows traded 5.00-8.00 higher with the most gain on Boner cows. Slaughter bulls traded 4.00-6.00 higher. Supply was moderate to 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
BullsHigh1,714101.981,74852
CowsBreaker 75-80%Average1,47677.691,147200
CowsBoner 80-85%Low1,21277.04934231
CowsLean 85-90%Average1,04062.33648177

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)1,113$1,2608
Bred Cows2nd/3rd Stage (4-9 mo)Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)1,144$1,16065
Bred Heifers2nd/3rd Stage (4-9 mo)(<2 yrs)916$1,0499

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
Bred CowsMedium and Large 1-21,1331,073.14/head1,025.00–1,150.001,07326
Bred CowsMedium and Large 1-21,1131,260.00/head1,260.00–1,260.001,2608
Bulls1,860109.53/cwt105.00–119.002,03720
Bulls1,54890.36/cwt87.00–94.001,3998
Bulls1,64899.57/cwt94.00–105.001,64124
Bred CowsMedium and Large 11,2561,475.91/head1,260.00–1,585.001,47621
Stock CowsMedium 21,02874.50/cwt74.50–74.507665
Stock CowsMedium and Large 1-297796.77/cwt87.50–111.0094515
Stock CowsMedium 1-2817110.50/cwt110.50–110.509035
Stock CowsMedium and Large 1877140.97/cwt135.00–150.001,23614
Bred HeifersMedium and Large 1-29161,048.73/head975.00–1,125.001,0499
CowsBreaker 75-80%1,45376.51/cwt70.00–80.501,112124
CowsBoner 80-85%1,23962.11/cwt57.00–65.007708
CowsLean 85-90%1,03461.62/cwt50.00–67.5063784
CowsBreaker 75-80%1,38064.67/cwt63.00–65.0089212
CowsBoner 80-85%1,19674.88/cwt67.00–79.50896138
CowsLean 85-90%79630.56/cwt25.00–35.002435
CowsLean 85-90%93441.54/cwt32.50–47.5038818
CowsLean 85-90%1,09170.79/cwt66.00–77.0077270
CowsBoner 80-85%1,23681.94/cwt78.00–89.001,01385
CowsBreaker 75-80%1,54082.41/cwt79.00–87.501,26964
Bred CowsMedium 1-21,028918.28/head825.00–980.0091818

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.