Sale reports / Missouri / Joplin Regional Stockyards / 2023-03-29

Joplin Regional Stockyards

Slaughter Cattle · Replacement Cattle · Carthage, Missouri · Wed, Mar 29
● Final22 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 1797
joplinstockyards.com(417) 548-2333
Slaughter Cattle receipts
754 head
186 vs last sale 568 101 vs year ago 855 · 11.8%
Replacement Cattle receipts
104 head
57 vs last sale 47 41 vs year ago 145 · 28.3%
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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to last week slaughter cows sold steady. Slaughter bulls sold steady to 4.00 higher. Supply was heavy with 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
BullsLow1,555116.681,81479
CowsBreaker 75-80%High1,43796.811,391108
CowsBoner 80-85%Low1,19394.851,132215
CowsLean 85-90%Average96580.40776254

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)1,179$1,30451
Bred Cows2nd/3rd Stage (4-9 mo)Aged (>8 yrs)1,091$1,1648
Bred Cows1st Stage (1-3 mo)Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)1,006$1,06419
Bred Heifers2nd/3rd Stage (4-9 mo)(<2 yrs)890$1,1003thin

Every lot, as filed

22 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
BullsReturn to Feed1,21198.98/cwt94.00–102.001,1996
BullsReturn to Feed1,254113.80/cwt107.00–117.501,42710
Bulls1,546111.06/cwt104.00–117.501,71729
Bulls1,777125.09/cwt116.00–134.002,22331
CowsBoner 80-85%1,23982.80/cwt75.00–85.001,02610
CowsBoner 80-85%1,19794.23/cwt87.00–99.001,128174
CowsBreaker 75-80%1,461103.68/cwt99.00–112.001,51532
CowsLean 85-90%98183.62/cwt75.00–92.00820125
CowsBoner 80-85%1,158102.21/cwt99.00–110.001,18431
CowsLean 85-90%77746.40/cwt30.00–59.0036128
CowsBreaker 75-80%1,44885.56/cwt85.00–87.001,2397
CowsBreaker 75-80%1,42594.76/cwt88.50–99.001,35069
CowsLean 85-90%1,04692.57/cwt90.00–100.0096874
CowsLean 85-90%86567.40/cwt57.50–74.0058327
BullsReturn to Feed1,043129.00/cwt129.00–129.001,3453
Bred CowsMedium and Large 1-21,0911,164.29/head1,145.00–1,180.001,1648
Bred CowsMedium and Large 11,2581,455.60/head1,400.00–1,550.001,45616
Bred CowsMedium and Large 1-21,1431,234.71/head1,120.00–1,450.001,23535
Bred CowsMedium and Large 1-21,0061,063.88/head985.00–1,155.001,06419
Bred HeifersMedium 1-28901,100.00/head1,100.00–1,100.001,1003
Stock CowsMedium and Large 1995137.59/cwt127.50–150.001,3696
Stock CowsMedium 1-2836100.00/cwt100.00–100.008364

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.