Sale reports / Missouri / Joplin Regional Stockyards / 2023-01-18

Joplin Regional Stockyards

Slaughter Cattle · Replacement Cattle · Carthage, Missouri · Wed, Jan 18
● Final22 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 1797
joplinstockyards.com(417) 548-2333
Slaughter Cattle receipts
512 head
854 vs last sale 1,366 94 vs year ago 606 · 15.5%
Replacement Cattle receipts
127 head
627 vs last sale 754 29 vs year ago 156 · 18.6%
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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to last week slaughter cows traded 3.00-5.00 higher. Slaughter bulls traded steady to 2.00 lower. Quality bred cows were in demand as a draft traded at 1,610 per head. Supply was light 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
BullsHigh1,62494.041,52755
CowsBreaker 75-80%High1,47376.691,12998
CowsBoner 80-85%Low1,19972.51869114
CowsLean 85-90%Very Low1,04061.59641183

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)1,136$1,15175
Bred Cows2nd/3rd Stage (4-9 mo)Aged (>8 yrs)1,240$1,1259
Bred Heifers2nd/3rd Stage (4-9 mo)(<2 yrs)1,033$1,0776

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 11,2201,451.14/head1,310.00–1,610.001,45126
Bred CowsMedium and Large 1-21,0901,081.83/head950.00–1,225.001,08233
Bred CowsMedium 21,096803.91/head725.00–850.0080416
Bred CowsMedium and Large 1-21,2401,125.00/head1,125.00–1,125.001,1259
Bred HeifersMedium and Large 1-21,0331,077.08/head1,000.00–1,175.001,0776
Stock CowsMedium 1-21,020115.00/cwt115.00–115.001,1733
Stock CowsMedium 279887.50/cwt87.50–87.506984
Stock CowsMedium 1-292982.09/cwt75.00–96.5076315
Bulls2,067106.43/cwt103.00–115.502,20010
Bulls1,54288.62/cwt79.00–93.001,36721
BullsReturn to Feed1,28987.16/cwt81.00–90.001,12310
Bulls1,67198.23/cwt91.00–103.001,64114
CowsBoner 80-85%1,28560.05/cwt58.00–62.007722
CowsBreaker 75-80%1,51380.25/cwt78.00–85.001,21450
CowsBoner 80-85%1,21777.65/cwt74.00–83.5094542
CowsBreaker 75-80%1,43374.45/cwt68.00–78.501,06742
CowsLean 85-90%95325.23/cwt15.00–30.002404
CowsLean 85-90%1,03761.55/cwt52.50–66.0063878
CowsLean 85-90%1,07969.13/cwt65.50–74.0074675
CowsBoner 80-85%1,18569.78/cwt64.00–74.0082770
CowsBreaker 75-80%1,41362.67/cwt58.00–65.008866
CowsLean 85-90%95345.58/cwt39.00–50.0043426

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.