Sale reports / Missouri / Joplin Regional Stockyards / 2023-02-15

Joplin Regional Stockyards

Slaughter Cattle · Replacement Cattle · Carthage, Missouri · Wed, Feb 15
● Final23 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 1797
joplinstockyards.com(417) 548-2333
Slaughter Cattle receipts
518 head
378 vs last sale 896 128 vs year ago 646 · 19.8%
Replacement Cattle receipts
219 head
414 vs last sale 633 34 vs year ago 185 · +18.4%
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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to last week slaughter cows and bulls traded steady. Supply was moderate with very good demand.

Slaughter cattle

By class and quality grade · $/cwt
Cull cows and bulls are graded, not weight-classed — grade is what moves the money here.
ClassGradeDressingAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
BullsAverage1,727106.141,83338
CowsBreaker 75-80%Average1,46388.211,29196
CowsBoner 80-85%High1,20586.191,038108
CowsLean 85-90%High99569.34690196

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)1,142$1,45743
Bred Cows2nd/3rd Stage (4-9 mo)Aged (>8 yrs)1,044$1,028108
Cow-Calf Pairs1st Stage (1-3 mo)Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)1,090$1,9259
Cow-Calf PairsOpenYoung/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)900$1,4638

Every lot, as filed

23 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
Cow-Calf PairsMedium 29001,462.50/head1,450.00–1,475.001,4638
Cow-Calf PairsMedium and Large 1-21,0901,925.00/head1,750.00–1,975.001,9259
Bred CowsMedium and Large 1-2Fancy1,1611,625.64/head1,575.00–1,775.001,62620
Bred CowsMedium and Large 1-21,0541,050.75/head975.00–1,200.001,05192
Bred CowsMedium and Large 1-21,1261,310.07/head1,100.00–1,475.001,31023
Bred CowsMedium and Large 2988895.50/head860.00–910.0089616
Stock CowsMedium and Large 11,100130.00/cwt130.00–130.001,4303
Stock CowsMedium and Large 1-21,006110.87/cwt107.50–115.001,1159
Stock CowsMedium and Large 1-294295.00/cwt95.00–95.008955
Bulls1,740103.54/cwt97.00–107.001,80216
Bulls1,52690.09/cwt87.50–95.001,3755
Bulls1,925112.22/cwt108.50–119.002,16014
BullsReturn to Feed1,070118.34/cwt117.00–119.001,2663
CowsBoner 80-85%1,23290.32/cwt86.00–98.001,11345
CowsBreaker 75-80%1,46786.78/cwt79.00–90.501,27360
CowsBreaker 75-80%1,46492.41/cwt90.00–95.001,35332
CowsBoner 80-85%1,12571.96/cwt64.00–75.008104
CowsBreaker 75-80%1,39776.00/cwt76.00–76.001,0624
CowsLean 85-90%1,02881.22/cwt75.00–90.0083570
CowsLean 85-90%89056.35/cwt50.00–60.005028
CowsLean 85-90%87036.70/cwt25.00–47.5031926
CowsLean 85-90%1,01570.66/cwt61.00–75.0071792
CowsBoner 80-85%1,18984.00/cwt77.50–88.0099959

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.