Sale reports / Missouri / Joplin Regional Stockyards / 2023-06-28

Joplin Regional Stockyards

Slaughter Cattle · Replacement Cattle · Carthage, Missouri · Wed, Jun 28
● Final25 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 1797
joplinstockyards.com(417) 548-2333
Slaughter Cattle receipts
908 head
39 vs last sale 869 14 vs year ago 894 · +1.6%
Replacement Cattle receipts
172 head
107 vs last sale 279 55 vs year ago 117 · +47.0%
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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to last week slaughter cows sold 3.00-4.00 higher with slaughter bulls steady. Supply was moderate 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
BullsAverage1,614120.561,94638
CowsBreaker 75-80%Average1,419103.151,463166
CowsBoner 80-85%High1,187101.531,205303
CowsLean 85-90%Low99891.42913213

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)1,399$1,52525
Bred Heifers2nd/3rd Stage (4-9 mo)(<2 yrs)917$1,2498
Cow-Calf PairsOpenYoung/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)1,007$1,73042
Cow-Calf PairsOpenYoung (2-4 yrs)915$1,61718
Cow-Calf PairsOpenAged (>8 yrs)954$1,3888

Every lot, as filed

25 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 1-21,0842,163.64/head2,150.00–2,200.002,16411
Stock CowsMedium and Large 2907121.10/cwt116.00–125.001,0987
Cow-Calf PairsMedium and Large 29141,690.63/head1,550.00–1,775.001,6918
Cow-Calf PairsMedium and Large 29101,450.00/head1,450.00–1,450.001,4503
Bred CowsMedium and Large 11,3991,525.28/head1,475.00–1,600.001,52525
Bred HeifersMedium and Large 1-29171,249.43/head1,100.00–1,400.001,2498
Bulls1,467116.70/cwt109.50–122.001,71219
Bulls1,779127.99/cwt124.00–134.002,27716
Bulls1,670105.44/cwt101.00–108.001,7613
CowsBoner 80-85%1,214105.56/cwt103.00–114.501,281116
CowsLean 85-90%98770.46/cwt60.00–75.006957
CowsBoner 80-85%1,16899.53/cwt92.50–103.501,163179
CowsLean 85-90%1,03998.33/cwt95.00–103.001,02270
CowsLean 85-90%97888.95/cwt79.00–96.00870136
CowsBoner 80-85%1,22187.78/cwt83.00–91.001,0728
CowsBreaker 75-80%1,401102.70/cwt95.00–106.501,43979
CowsBreaker 75-80%1,446109.53/cwt106.00–115.501,58457
CowsBreaker 75-80%1,41392.19/cwt90.00–95.001,30330
Cow-Calf PairsMedium and Large 29661,490.25/head1,200.00–1,700.001,49020
Stock CowsMedium and Large 1-21,084121.00/cwt121.00–121.001,31214
Cow-Calf PairsMedium 28651,650.00/head1,650.00–1,650.001,6506
Cow-Calf PairsMedium and Large 29801,350.00/head1,350.00–1,350.001,3505
Cow-Calf PairsMedium and Large 29401,600.00/head1,600.00–1,600.001,60012
Cow-Calf PairsMedium and Large 1-21,2451,850.00/head1,850.00–1,850.001,8503
Stock CowsMedium and Large 11,044166.56/cwt165.00–167.001,73912

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.