Sale reports / Missouri / Joplin Regional Stockyards / 2023-03-15

Joplin Regional Stockyards

Slaughter Cattle · Replacement Cattle · Carthage, Missouri · Wed, Mar 15
● Final16 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 1797
joplinstockyards.com(417) 548-2333
Slaughter Cattle receipts
605 head
342 vs last sale 947 151 vs year ago 756 · 20.0%
Replacement Cattle receipts
28 head
597 vs last sale 625 160 vs year ago 188 · 85.1%
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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to last week slaughter cows traded steady to 2.00 higher with slaughter bulls 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
BullsAverage1,680110.831,86253
CowsBreaker 75-80%High1,46995.521,403124
CowsBoner 80-85%Average1,22391.211,116155
CowsLean 85-90%Low94873.26695185

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)1,212$1,33916

Every lot, as filed

16 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 1-21,2121,338.70/head1,230.00–1,500.001,33916
Stock CowsMedium and Large 11,257139.00/cwt139.00–139.001,7473
Stock CowsMedium and Large 1-21,140116.00/cwt116.00–116.001,3223
Bulls1,689108.91/cwt101.50–114.001,83926
Bulls1,816121.59/cwt115.00–130.002,20816
Bulls1,56695.01/cwt85.00–102.001,4888
BullsReturn to Feed1,188112.33/cwt105.00–122.001,3343
CowsBreaker 75-80%1,56699.23/cwt97.00–105.001,55440
CowsBreaker 75-80%1,46184.71/cwt84.00–86.001,2389
CowsLean 85-90%88663.83/cwt52.50–70.0056649
CowsLean 85-90%79040.74/cwt22.50–51.0032217
CowsLean 85-90%98979.34/cwt70.00–85.0078593
CowsBoner 80-85%1,21589.51/cwt80.00–93.501,088113
CowsBoner 80-85%1,24695.77/cwt93.00–100.001,19342
CowsBreaker 75-80%1,41894.84/cwt87.00–97.501,34575
CowsLean 85-90%1,02290.55/cwt85.00–97.0092526

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.