Sale reports / Missouri / Joplin Regional Stockyards / 2023-04-05

Joplin Regional Stockyards

Slaughter Cattle · Replacement Cattle · Carthage, Missouri · Wed, Apr 5
● Final48 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 1797
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Slaughter Cattle receipts
1,089 head
335 vs last sale 754 195 vs year ago 1,284 · 15.2%
Replacement Cattle receipts
829 head
725 vs last sale 104 374 vs year ago 455 · +82.2%
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 special replacement sale tonite. Compared to last week slaughter cows and bulls traded steady to 2.00 lower. In the special sale bred cows sold up to 2,150 per head with pairs selling up to 2,800. 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
BullsLow1,578109.381,72673
CowsBreaker 75-80%Average1,44495.231,375114
CowsBoner 80-85%Low1,20993.861,135261
CowsLean 85-90%Very Low99982.22821380

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 (2-4 yrs)1,049$1,67713
Bred Cows1st Stage (1-3 mo)Young (2-4 yrs)1,120$1,54414
Bred Cows2nd/3rd Stage (4-9 mo)Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)1,140$1,478269
Bred Cows1st Stage (1-3 mo)Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)1,090$1,41151
Bred Cows2nd/3rd Stage (4-9 mo)Aged (>8 yrs)1,149$1,10318
Bred Heifers2nd/3rd Stage (4-9 mo)(<2 yrs)909$1,33316
BullsN/A(<2 yrs)1,449$2,1498
Cow-Calf Pairs1st Stage (1-3 mo)Young (2-4 yrs)1,140$2,7009
Cow-Calf Pairs2nd/3rd Stage (4-9 mo)Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)1,180$2,62532
Cow-Calf PairsOpenYoung (2-4 yrs)975$1,76118
Cow-Calf PairsOpenYoung/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)1,029$1,75485
Cow-Calf PairsOpenAged (>8 yrs)1,148$1,74047
Cow-Calf Pairs1st Stage (1-3 mo)Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)938$1,7138

Every lot, as filed

48 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
BullsMedium and Large 11,4782,256.54/head1,800.00–2,750.002,2576
BullsMedium and Large 1-21,3601,827.94/head1,600.00–2,100.001,8282
Cow-Calf PairsMedium and Large 1-21,0851,775.00/head1,775.00–1,775.001,7754
Cow-Calf PairsMedium 27901,650.00/head1,650.00–1,650.001,6504
Cow-Calf PairsMedium and Large 1-21,0311,610.00/head1,600.00–1,650.001,61015
Cow-Calf PairsMedium and Large 1-21,1882,007.89/head1,925.00–2,175.002,00819
Stock CowsMedium 2762105.00/cwt105.00–105.008004
Stock CowsMedium and Large 1-2885128.89/cwt122.00–140.001,1417
Stock CowsMedium and Large 11,206124.00/cwt124.00–124.001,4954
Stock CowsMedium and Large 1914143.22/cwt132.50–150.001,3096
Bred CowsMedium and Large 1-21,1411,335.05/head1,150.00–1,650.001,335137
Bred HeifersMedium and Large 1-29401,375.00/head1,000.00–1,500.001,3758
Bred HeifersMedium and Large 19101,650.00/head1,650.00–1,650.001,6503
Bred HeifersMedium 1-28601,075.00/head1,075.00–1,075.001,0755
Stock CowsMedium and Large 1-21,081104.00/cwt104.00–104.001,1245
Stock CowsMedium 1-2985102.38/cwt101.00–105.001,00820
Bred CowsMedium and Large 1-21,1491,103.12/head975.00–1,250.001,10318
Bred CowsMedium and Large 11,1201,543.75/head1,375.00–1,725.001,54414
Bred CowsMedium and Large 11,0801,800.00/head1,800.00–1,800.001,8005
Bred CowsMedium 29201,175.00/head1,175.00–1,175.001,1756
Bred CowsMedium and Large 1-21,0301,600.00/head1,600.00–1,600.001,6008
Bred CowsMedium and Large 11,1491,648.17/head1,525.00–2,150.001,648126
Cow-Calf PairsMedium and Large 1-29601,900.00/head1,900.00–1,900.001,9006
Cow-Calf PairsMedium and Large 1-21,0331,495.24/head1,400.00–1,650.001,49521
Cow-Calf PairsMedium and Large 11,1682,653.85/head2,600.00–2,800.002,65426
Cow-Calf PairsMedium and Large 1-21,0712,025.00/head1,900.00–2,300.002,02512
Bred CowsMedium and Large 11,1061,513.35/head1,435.00–1,625.001,51339
Bred CowsMedium and Large 1-21,0371,077.94/head1,000.00–1,200.001,07812
Cow-Calf PairsMedium and Large 1-21,0441,853.85/head1,450.00–2,000.001,85439
Cow-Calf PairsMedium and Large 11,1402,700.00/head2,700.00–2,700.002,7009
Cow-Calf PairsMedium and Large 29401,621.15/head1,500.00–1,725.001,62113
Cow-Calf PairsMedium and Large 1-21,2302,500.00/head2,500.00–2,500.002,5006
Cow-Calf PairsMedium and Large 1-29831,691.67/head1,600.00–1,875.001,69212
Cow-Calf PairsMedium and Large 1-21,2231,500.00/head1,500.00–1,500.001,50013
BullsReturn to Feed1,18196.56/cwt85.00–104.001,1409
BullsReturn to Feed1,231109.85/cwt107.00–115.001,3529
Bulls1,787119.56/cwt114.00–132.002,13713
Bulls1,46797.94/cwt90.00–102.001,4373
Bulls1,688109.71/cwt100.00–115.001,85239
CowsBoner 80-85%1,21673.14/cwt67.50–79.008896
CowsLean 85-90%82447.35/cwt32.00–55.0039018
CowsBoner 80-85%1,21999.08/cwt96.00–106.001,20869
CowsBoner 80-85%1,20592.59/cwt84.00–97.501,116186
CowsBreaker 75-80%1,44793.60/cwt86.00–98.001,35489
CowsBreaker 75-80%1,434101.01/cwt98.00–110.001,44825
CowsLean 85-90%1,00682.52/cwt72.50–88.00830210
CowsLean 85-90%1,03290.27/cwt87.00–97.50932121
CowsLean 85-90%92269.02/cwt55.00–71.0063631

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.