Sale reports / Missouri / Joplin Regional Stockyards / 2023-06-21

Joplin Regional Stockyards

Slaughter Cattle · Replacement Cattle · Carthage, Missouri · Wed, Jun 21
● Final35 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 1797
joplinstockyards.com(417) 548-2333
Slaughter Cattle receipts
869 head
174 vs last sale 1,043 400 vs year ago 469 · +85.3%
Replacement Cattle receipts
279 head
33 vs last sale 246 232 vs year ago 47 · +493.6%
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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to last week slaughter cows and bulls sold steady. A high dressing slaughter cow sold for 116.00. Volume is over double of last year. 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
BullsLow1,663118.861,97748
CowsPremium White 65-75%High1,715116.001,9891thin
CowsBreaker 75-80%High1,39099.481,383210
CowsBoner 80-85%Low1,19897.831,172222
CowsLean 85-90%High1,01289.57906225

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)1,154$1,40151
Bred Cows1st Stage (1-3 mo)Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)1,087$1,32625
Bred Heifers1st Stage (1-3 mo)(<2 yrs)1,023$1,7303thin
Bred Heifers2nd/3rd Stage (4-9 mo)(<2 yrs)928$1,52118
Cow-Calf PairsOpenYoung/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)1,077$1,89949
Cow-Calf PairsOpenYoung (2-4 yrs)985$1,7104thin
Cow-Calf PairsOpenAged (>8 yrs)905$1,5753thin

Every lot, as filed

35 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 1-29851,710.00/head1,710.00–1,710.001,7104
Cow-Calf PairsMedium and Large 1-21,1151,500.00/head1,500.00–1,500.001,5004
Cow-Calf PairsMedium and Large 1-21,0681,995.00/head1,775.00–2,150.001,99520
Cow-Calf PairsMedium and Large 29051,575.00/head1,575.00–1,575.001,5753
Cow-Calf PairsMedium and Large 29761,809.00/head1,600.00–1,885.001,80915
CowsBreaker 75-80%1,452106.14/cwt103.50–111.001,54136
CowsPremium White 65-75%1,715116.00/cwt116.00–116.001,9891
CowsBreaker 75-80%1,41590.49/cwt88.00–94.001,28010
CowsLean 85-90%1,04998.56/cwt95.50–104.501,03468
CowsLean 85-90%87469.44/cwt60.00–77.5060714
CowsLean 85-90%1,01288.91/cwt78.00–96.00900137
CowsLean 85-90%91449.73/cwt42.50–52.504556
CowsBoner 80-85%1,23986.76/cwt85.00–88.501,0758
Bred CowsMedium 28951,050.00/head1,050.00–1,050.001,0504
Stock CowsMedium and Large 1-21,109116.16/cwt107.50–119.001,28824
Stock CowsMedium 2855112.50/cwt112.50–112.509623
Bred CowsMedium and Large 21,0841,219.71/head1,145.00–1,300.001,22010
Bred HeifersMedium and Large 19151,625.00/head1,625.00–1,625.001,62513
Stock CowsMedium and Large 1935166.08/cwt160.00–174.001,55314
Cow-Calf PairsMedium and Large 11,2302,000.00/head2,000.00–2,000.002,00010
Stock CowsMedium and Large 2950100.00/cwt100.00–100.0095029
Stock CowsMedium 2861116.00/cwt116.00–116.009996
Stock CowsMedium and Large 11,022170.00/cwt170.00–170.001,7373
Bred CowsMedium and Large 21,085950.00/head950.00–950.009503
Bred CowsMedium and Large 11,3131,686.63/head1,600.00–1,800.001,6879
Bred CowsMedium and Large 1-21,1311,378.07/head1,275.00–1,500.001,37832
Bred CowsMedium and Large 1-21,1301,450.00/head1,450.00–1,450.001,45018
Bred HeifersMedium and Large 1-29601,250.00/head1,250.00–1,250.001,2505
Bred HeifersMedium and Large 11,0231,730.00/head1,730.00–1,730.001,7303
Bulls1,35597.05/cwt96.00–98.001,3152
Bulls1,557116.56/cwt109.00–123.001,81532
Bulls1,950127.23/cwt124.00–133.002,48114
CowsBoner 80-85%1,19496.72/cwt92.00–101.001,155159
CowsBoner 80-85%1,203102.66/cwt99.00–108.001,23555
CowsBreaker 75-80%1,37598.56/cwt95.00–103.501,355164

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.