Sale reports / Missouri / Joplin Regional Stockyards / 2023-05-24

Joplin Regional Stockyards

Slaughter Cattle · Replacement Cattle · Carthage, Missouri · Wed, May 24
● Final27 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 1797
joplinstockyards.com(417) 548-2333
Slaughter Cattle receipts
928 head
124 vs last sale 804 355 vs year ago 573 · +62.0%
Replacement Cattle receipts
187 head
53 vs last sale 240 92 vs year ago 95 · +96.8%
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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to last week slaughter cows sold 3.00-5.00 higher. Slaughter bulls sold 5.00-7.00 higher. 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
BullsLow1,668120.112,00458
CowsBreaker 75-80%Average1,436104.171,496153
CowsBoner 80-85%Average1,203100.721,212288
CowsLean 85-90%Very Low1,02388.29903260

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)1,088$1,42959
Bred Cows1st Stage (1-3 mo)Young (2-4 yrs)790$1,2508
Bred Heifers2nd/3rd Stage (4-9 mo)(<2 yrs)760$1,0253thin
Cow-Calf PairsOpenYoung/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)1,099$1,77726
Cow-Calf PairsOpenAged (>8 yrs)1,040$1,4003thin

Every lot, as filed

27 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 21,0331,580.00/head1,500.00–1,650.001,5808
Bred CowsMedium and Large 1-2Fancy1,1201,739.13/head1,660.00–1,800.001,73923
Bred CowsMedium 27901,250.00/head1,250.00–1,250.001,2508
Bred HeifersMedium and Large 27601,025.00/head1,025.00–1,025.001,0253
Stock CowsMedium and Large 1738157.50/cwt157.50–157.501,1624
Stock CowsMedium and Large 1-2924133.42/cwt130.00–142.501,23318
Bred CowsMedium and Large 1-21,1241,294.00/head1,250.00–1,400.001,29423
Bred CowsMedium 28101,200.00/head1,200.00–1,200.001,2004
Cow-Calf PairsMedium and Large 1-21,0401,400.00/head1,400.00–1,400.001,4003
Cow-Calf PairsMedium and Large 1-21,1291,863.89/head1,550.00–1,950.001,86418
Stock CowsMedium and Large 1-2975112.62/cwt110.00–120.001,09823
Stock CowsMedium 2871100.00/cwt100.00–100.008714
Stock CowsMedium and Large 2958100.00/cwt100.00–100.009585
Bred CowsMedium and Large 21,0371,085.68/head980.00–1,175.001,0869
Bulls1,399103.48/cwt85.00–111.001,4487
Bulls1,667118.96/cwt111.00–127.001,98338
Bulls1,817132.41/cwt127.50–141.002,40613
CowsBoner 80-85%1,19698.29/cwt89.00–104.001,176188
CowsBoner 80-85%1,219106.11/cwt103.00–112.001,29396
CowsBreaker 75-80%1,425103.24/cwt95.50–107.001,471112
CowsBreaker 75-80%1,37587.00/cwt87.00–87.001,1963
CowsLean 85-90%86449.94/cwt35.00–62.504315
CowsBoner 80-85%1,16085.26/cwt85.00–86.009894
CowsBreaker 75-80%1,474108.27/cwt106.50–122.501,59638
CowsLean 85-90%1,01985.52/cwt76.00–97.00871150
CowsLean 85-90%1,05797.01/cwt93.50–105.001,02593
CowsLean 85-90%88271.34/cwt60.00–76.0062912

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.