Name: Joplin Regional Stockyards livestock auction prices — 2023-02-01
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2023-02-01

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to last week slaughter cows traded 8.00-12.00 higher. Slaughter bulls traded steady. 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.

Class	Grade	Dressing	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Bulls	—	Average	1,721	101.96	1,755	22
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	Average	1,412	91.99	1,298	99
Cows	Boner 80-85%	Average	1,193	90.38	1,078	161
Cows	Lean 85-90%	High	983	66.03	649	145

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.

Class	Stage	Age	Avg wt	$/head	Head
Bred Cows	2nd/3rd Stage (4-9 mo)	Young (2-4 yrs)	1,078	$1,268	6
Bred Cows	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	1,102	$1,222	7
Bred Cows	2nd/3rd Stage (4-9 mo)	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	1,100	$1,157	35
Bred Cows	2nd/3rd Stage (4-9 mo)	Aged (>8 yrs)	1,140	$1,100	4thin
Bred Heifers	2nd/3rd Stage (4-9 mo)	(<2 yrs)	860	$857	8
Cow-Calf Pairs	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	1,200	$1,900	4thin
Cow-Calf Pairs	Open	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	1,047	$1,735	17

Every lot, as filed

29 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.

Class	Grade / description	Weight	Avg wt	Price	Range	Per head	Head
Cow-Calf Pairs	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,200	1,900.00/head	1,900.00–1,900.00	1,900	4
Cow-Calf Pairs	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,020	1,425.00/head	1,425.00–1,425.00	1,425	3
Bred Cows	Medium 2	—	780	578.46/head	550.00–600.00	578	5
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,078	1,268.39/head	1,150.00–1,450.00	1,268	6
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,116	1,131.95/head	975.00–1,270.00	1,132	20
Stock Cows	Medium 1-2	—	760	93.00/cwt	93.00–93.00	707	3
Stock Cows	Medium and Large 1	—	1,099	122.70/cwt	122.50–123.00	1,348	7
Stock Cows	Medium 1-2	—	887	106.00/cwt	106.00–106.00	940	6
Stock Cows	Medium and Large 1-2	—	942	106.43/cwt	98.00–116.00	1,003	6
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 1	—	1,229	1,496.01/head	1,400.00–1,600.00	1,496	10
Bred Cows	Medium 1-2	—	870	1,050.00/head	1,050.00–1,050.00	1,050	3
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,140	1,100.00/head	1,100.00–1,100.00	1,100	4
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,276	1,351.31/head	1,225.00–1,430.00	1,351	4
Bred Heifers	Medium 1-2	—	860	856.97/head	825.00–875.00	857	8
Cow-Calf Pairs	Medium and Large 1	—	1,050	1,877.50/head	1,850.00–1,900.00	1,878	10
Stock Cows	Medium and Large 1	—	1,081	125.00/cwt	125.00–125.00	1,351	4
Bulls	—	—	1,490	97.84/cwt	90.00–105.50	1,458	11
Bulls	—	—	1,952	106.08/cwt	104.00–109.00	2,071	11
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,175	88.34/cwt	79.00–93.00	1,038	104
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,223	95.45/cwt	92.00–104.00	1,167	54
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,287	69.93/cwt	65.00–74.00	900	3
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	—	1,399	91.13/cwt	82.00–96.00	1,275	67
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	—	1,408	73.25/cwt	70.00–77.50	1,031	7
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	1,037	79.04/cwt	75.00–87.50	820	39
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	940	53.69/cwt	50.00–55.00	505	9
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	788	33.38/cwt	25.00–42.50	263	19
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	1,009	68.90/cwt	60.00–75.00	695	78
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	—	1,446	99.54/cwt	96.00–106.00	1,439	25
Cow-Calf Pairs	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,060	1,612.50/head	1,450.00–1,800.00	1,613	4

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.

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