Sale reports / Missouri / Joplin Regional Stockyards / 2023-03-22

Joplin Regional Stockyards

Slaughter Cattle · Replacement Cattle · Carthage, Missouri · Wed, Mar 22
● Final17 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 1797
joplinstockyards.com(417) 548-2333
Slaughter Cattle receipts
568 head
37 vs last sale 605 86 vs year ago 482 · +17.8%
Replacement Cattle receipts
47 head
19 vs last sale 28 122 vs year ago 169 · 72.2%
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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to last week slaughter cows sold 2.00-6.00 higher with slaughter bulls steady to 2.00 higher. 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
BullsAverage1,682114.161,92069
CowsBreaker 75-80%High1,45698.821,43974
CowsBoner 80-85%High1,19897.161,164151
CowsLean 85-90%Average97878.39767190

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)1,163$1,37216
Cow-Calf PairsOpenYoung/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)960$1,4506

Every lot, as filed

17 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 1-29601,450.00/head1,450.00–1,450.001,4506
Bred CowsMedium and Large 1-21,1631,372.48/head1,250.00–1,550.001,37216
Stock CowsMedium and Large 11,013136.22/cwt135.00–137.501,3806
Stock CowsMedium and Large 1-2850133.04/cwt117.50–144.001,13111
Bulls1,665110.74/cwt102.00–117.501,84435
Bulls1,869120.95/cwt116.00–130.502,26124
BullsReturn to Feed910134.00/cwt134.00–134.001,2193
Bulls1,45399.50/cwt93.00–103.001,4467
CowsBoner 80-85%1,239101.11/cwt99.00–109.501,25349
CowsBreaker 75-80%1,515104.25/cwt98.00–113.001,57928
CowsBreaker 75-80%1,45078.71/cwt71.00–86.001,1412
CowsBreaker 75-80%1,41996.28/cwt87.50–99.001,36644
CowsLean 85-90%1,03484.51/cwt75.00–90.0087491
CowsLean 85-90%83947.82/cwt22.50–66.0040125
CowsLean 85-90%1,02395.38/cwt90.00–103.0097637
CowsLean 85-90%88966.99/cwt60.00–73.0059637
CowsBoner 80-85%1,17995.26/cwt86.00–99.501,123102

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.