Sale reports / Missouri / Joplin Regional Stockyards / 2023-05-10

Joplin Regional Stockyards

Slaughter Cattle · Replacement Cattle · Carthage, Missouri · Wed, May 10
● Final33 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 1797
joplinstockyards.com(417) 548-2333
Slaughter Cattle receipts
1,168 head
200 vs last sale 1,368 442 vs year ago 726 · +60.9%
Replacement Cattle receipts
309 head
758 vs last sale 1,067 256 vs year ago 53 · +483.0%
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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to last week slaughter cows and bulls sold steady. 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
BullsLow1,631112.921,84256
CowsBreaker 75-80%Average1,41991.671,301178
CowsBoner 80-85%Low1,18088.691,047373
CowsLean 85-90%Low1,00580.30807369

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)1,142$1,27974
Bred Cows2nd/3rd Stage (4-9 mo)Young (2-4 yrs)1,003$1,1756
Bred Cows1st Stage (1-3 mo)Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)940$1,0256
Bred Heifers1st Stage (1-3 mo)(<2 yrs)756$1,15713
Cow-Calf Pairs1st Stage (1-3 mo)Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)1,085$1,7504thin
Cow-Calf PairsOpenYoung (2-4 yrs)1,033$1,71122
Cow-Calf PairsOpenYoung/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)1,117$1,70930
Cow-Calf PairsOpenAged (>8 yrs)1,109$1,57414

Every lot, as filed

33 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 1-21,1091,574.29/head1,325.00–1,710.001,57414
Cow-Calf PairsMedium and Large 1-21,0851,750.00/head1,750.00–1,750.001,7504
Cow-Calf PairsMedium and Large 11,0601,875.00/head1,875.00–1,875.001,8754
Bred CowsMedium and Large 11,0951,500.00/head1,500.00–1,500.001,5003
Bred CowsMedium and Large 2910850.00/head850.00–850.008503
Bred CowsMedium and Large 11,2331,485.47/head1,400.00–1,510.001,48536
Bred CowsMedium and Large 1-21,0691,136.52/head1,050.00–1,275.001,13721
Bred CowsMedium and Large 1-29401,025.00/head1,025.00–1,025.001,0256
Bred HeifersMedium 27561,157.07/head1,095.00–1,230.001,15713
Cow-Calf PairsMedium and Large 29101,400.00/head1,400.00–1,400.001,4005
Cow-Calf PairsMedium and Large 1-29991,650.00/head1,450.00–1,800.001,65015
Bred CowsMedium and Large 21,0401,019.12/head975.00–1,100.001,01917
Stock CowsMedium and Large 2958100.00/cwt100.00–100.009584
Stock CowsMedium 2785105.00/cwt105.00–105.008243
Stock CowsMedium and Large 1993131.00/cwt131.00–131.001,3013
Cow-Calf PairsMedium and Large 11,3201,725.00/head1,725.00–1,725.001,7254
Cow-Calf PairsMedium and Large 1-21,1271,779.76/head1,600.00–1,975.001,78021
Stock CowsMedium and Large 1-21,053111.07/cwt103.00–120.001,17020
Bulls1,371101.31/cwt98.50–103.001,3897
Bulls1,593111.14/cwt104.00–119.001,77034
Bulls1,840122.38/cwt118.50–131.502,25215
CowsBreaker 75-80%1,40891.18/cwt87.00–95.001,284125
CowsBreaker 75-80%1,46697.30/cwt95.00–105.001,42636
CowsBreaker 75-80%1,39883.32/cwt76.00–86.001,16517
CowsBoner 80-85%1,19077.27/cwt67.00–83.5092042
CowsBoner 80-85%1,17789.45/cwt83.00–94.001,053297
CowsBoner 80-85%1,19796.15/cwt94.00–103.001,15134
CowsLean 85-90%93666.47/cwt57.50–72.0062257
CowsLean 85-90%1,04079.56/cwt72.00–85.00827202
CowsLean 85-90%97788.81/cwt85.00–97.00868110
Cow-Calf PairsMedium and Large 11,1701,800.00/head1,800.00–1,800.001,8003
Stock CowsMedium and Large 1967156.98/cwt150.00–169.001,51832
Stock CowsMedium and Large 1-21,006145.49/cwt136.00–149.001,46429

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.