Sale reports / Missouri / Joplin Regional Stockyards / 2023-03-08

Joplin Regional Stockyards

Slaughter Cattle · Replacement Cattle · Carthage, Missouri · Wed, Mar 8
● Final34 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 1797
joplinstockyards.com(417) 548-2333
Slaughter Cattle receipts
947 head
190 vs last sale 757 37 vs year ago 910 · +4.1%
Replacement Cattle receipts
625 head
609 vs last sale 16 160 vs year ago 785 · 20.4%
Also sold hereFeeder CattleMon Aug 17, 2026Replacement Cattle SpecialThu Aug 6, 2026Feeder Cattle SpecialThu Jun 25, 2026
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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

This report combines the regular slaughter/replacement sale with the replacement sale tonite. Compared to last week slaughter cows and bulls traded steady to 2.00 higher. In the replacement portion of the sale, again quality cattle were in demand. A set of two year old 3rd stage heifers traded at 2,200.00 per head. Supply was 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
BullsAverage1,644114.691,88555
CowsBreaker 75-80%High1,43294.631,35599
CowsBoner 80-85%Average1,20391.291,098222
CowsLean 85-90%High96973.61713371

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)1,113$1,345196
Bred Cows2nd/3rd Stage (4-9 mo)Aged (>8 yrs)1,196$1,19638
Bred Cows1st Stage (1-3 mo)Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)998$1,17421
Bred Heifers2nd/3rd Stage (4-9 mo)(<2 yrs)951$1,62548
Bred Heifers1st Stage (1-3 mo)(<2 yrs)939$1,0555
Cow-Calf PairsOpenYoung (2-4 yrs)981$2,04641
Cow-Calf Pairs1st Stage (1-3 mo)Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)1,086$2,0253thin
Cow-Calf PairsOpenYoung/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)1,029$1,66174
Cow-Calf PairsOpenAged (>8 yrs)1,058$1,38625

Every lot, as filed

34 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 and Large 1-21,0862,025.00/head2,025.00–2,025.002,0253
Cow-Calf PairsMedium and Large 1-21,0781,685.16/head1,450.00–1,975.001,68532
Cow-Calf PairsMedium 1-29242,033.33/head1,900.00–2,100.002,03321
Cow-Calf PairsMedium and Large 1-21,0141,697.14/head1,550.00–1,900.001,69735
Cow-Calf PairsMedium 1-28821,375.00/head1,375.00–1,375.001,3757
Bred CowsMedium and Large 1-21,0691,172.98/head1,050.00–1,325.001,1739
Stock CowsMedium and Large 11,231113.23/cwt112.50–114.001,3946
Stock CowsMedium and Large 1-21,003107.15/cwt99.00–122.501,07522
Stock CowsMedium 1-2866105.00/cwt105.00–105.009094
Bred CowsMedium and Large 1-21,1281,370.32/head1,000.00–1,675.001,370148
Bred HeifersMedium and Large 1-29391,054.93/head950.00–1,080.001,0555
Bred HeifersMedium and Large 11,0661,972.79/head1,575.00–2,200.001,97321
Bred HeifersMedium 1-2788964.01/head950.00–975.009649
Stock CowsMedium and Large 1930145.00/cwt145.00–145.001,3493
Bred CowsMedium 1-29091,015.71/head800.00–1,350.001,01624
Bred CowsMedium and Large 1-21,1961,195.94/head930.00–1,550.001,19638
Stock CowsMedium and Large 1-2903126.71/cwt125.00–127.501,1448
Bred CowsMedium 1-29441,175.13/head950.00–1,325.001,17512
Bred CowsMedium 2705575.00/head575.00–575.005754
Bred CowsMedium and Large 11,3301,709.67/head1,450.00–1,900.001,71020
Cow-Calf PairsMedium and Large 1-21,0402,060.00/head2,000.00–2,100.002,06020
Cow-Calf PairsMedium and Large 1-21,0581,386.00/head1,250.00–1,500.001,38625
Bred HeifersMedium and Large 1-28971,549.26/head1,150.00–1,600.001,54918
Bulls1,562110.55/cwt102.00–117.001,72731
Bulls1,778121.86/cwt115.00–131.002,16722
Bulls1,42899.92/cwt97.50–102.001,4272
CowsBoner 80-85%1,19088.92/cwt80.00–93.501,058140
CowsBoner 80-85%1,22495.33/cwt93.00–105.001,16782
CowsBreaker 75-80%1,44998.52/cwt97.00–105.001,42830
CowsLean 85-90%1,09188.06/cwt85.00–100.0096190
CowsLean 85-90%86459.72/cwt52.50–67.5051683
CowsLean 85-90%85841.57/cwt30.00–48.0035723
CowsBreaker 75-80%1,42492.94/cwt87.00–96.001,32369
CowsLean 85-90%97076.98/cwt70.00–85.50747175

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.