Sale reports / Missouri / Joplin Regional Stockyards / 2023-08-09

Joplin Regional Stockyards

Slaughter Cattle · Replacement Cattle · Carthage, Missouri · Wed, Aug 9
● Final45 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 1797
joplinstockyards.com(417) 548-2333
Slaughter Cattle receipts
504 head
370 vs last sale 874 208 vs year ago 712 · 29.2%
Replacement Cattle receipts
244 head
1,085 vs last sale 1,329 153 vs year ago 397 · 38.5%
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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to last Wednesday slaughter cows and slaughter bulls sold steady to 3.00 lower. The offering included several small dispersals providing a few replacement cattle. Demand was good for the better quality replacements. Supply was moderate and demand very good for slaughter classes.

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
BullsAverage1,617125.332,02634
CowsBreaker 75-80%Average1,380116.651,61069
CowsBoner 80-85%Low1,158107.401,244156
CowsLean 85-90%Low1,10293.221,027150

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)1,143$1,36040
Bred Cows2nd/3rd Stage (4-9 mo)Aged (>8 yrs)1,300$1,2252thin
Bred Cows1st Stage (1-3 mo)Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)1,036$1,21731
Bred Cows1st/2nd Stage (1-6 mo)Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)850$8502thin
BullsN/AYoung (2-4 yrs)1,000$1,5001thin
Cow-Calf Pairs1st Stage (1-3 mo)Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)1,275$1,8002thin
Cow-Calf PairsOpenYoung/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)1,091$1,70332
Cow-Calf Pairs2nd/3rd Stage (4-9 mo)Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)920$1,3002thin
Cow-Calf PairsOpenAged (>8 yrs)1,000$1,1002thin
Heifer PairsOpenYoung (2-4 yrs)1,070$1,7504thin
Heifer PairsOpen(<2 yrs)650$1,4502thin

Every lot, as filed

45 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 1-21,0001,500.00/head1,500.00–1,500.001,5001
Cow-Calf PairsMedium 1-29151,500.00/head1,400.00–1,700.001,5006
Cow-Calf PairsMedium 1-29201,300.00/head1,300.00–1,300.001,3002
Cow-Calf PairsMedium and Large 1-21,2751,800.00/head1,800.00–1,800.001,8002
Cow-Calf PairsMedium and Large 1-21,0701,900.00/head1,900.00–1,900.001,9002
Heifer PairsMedium 1-26501,450.00/head1,450.00–1,450.001,4502
Bred HeifersMedium and Large 1-2919167.50/cwt167.50–167.501,5399
Stock CowsMedium and Large 1-21,101119.75/cwt109.00–135.001,3186
Stock CowsLarge 1-21,180121.53/cwt116.00–140.001,4345
Bred CowsMedium 11,1251,575.00/head1,575.00–1,575.001,5751
Bred CowsMedium 2818900.00/head900.00–900.009003
Bred CowsLarge 1-21,4691,763.74/head1,650.00–1,800.001,7644
Stock CowsMedium 1-2719142.26/cwt132.50–180.001,02312
Stock CowsMedium and Large 1867194.00/cwt194.00–194.001,6822
Stock CowsMedium 1-2766202.72/cwt194.00–205.001,55311
Bred CowsMedium and Large 1-21,205126.09/cwt118.00–133.001,5192
Bred CowsMedium and Large 1-21,255116.56/cwt115.00–119.001,46312
Bred CowsMedium 1-21,0181,268.61/head1,175.00–1,275.001,26915
Stock CowsMedium 276797.50/cwt97.50–97.507482
Stock CowsMedium and Large 11,039164.03/cwt142.50–191.001,7045
Stock CowsMedium 1-272895.00/cwt95.00–95.006925
Cow-Calf PairsMedium and Large 21,0001,100.00/head1,100.00–1,100.001,1002
CowsBoner 80-85%95193.08/cwt89.00–97.5088513
CowsLean 85-90%95281.33/cwt75.00–86.0077437
CowsLean 85-90%1,109108.42/cwt104.00–111.501,20213
CowsLean 85-90%1,16496.15/cwt87.50–105.001,11998
CowsBoner 80-85%1,202115.98/cwt112.00–120.001,39431
CowsBoner 80-85%1,170106.69/cwt99.00–112.501,248112
CowsLean 85-90%78070.50/cwt69.00–72.005502
CowsBreaker 75-80%1,345112.66/cwt107.00–118.001,51546
CowsBreaker 75-80%1,450124.62/cwt117.00–131.001,80723
Bulls1,612124.30/cwt116.00–130.002,00420
Bulls1,883137.83/cwt130.00–150.002,5958
Bulls1,278112.09/cwt101.00–116.001,4336
Bred CowsMedium 1-2850850.00/head850.00–850.008502
Bred CowsMedium and Large 11,1801,650.05/head1,425.00–1,675.001,6509
Bred CowsMedium and Large 1-21,3001,225.00/head1,225.00–1,225.001,2252
Cow-Calf PairsMedium 1-27851,150.00/head1,150.00–1,150.001,1502
Cow-Calf PairsMedium and Large 1-21,2231,938.89/head1,800.00–2,100.001,93918
Heifer PairsMedium and Large 1-21,0701,750.00/head1,750.00–1,750.001,7504
Bred CowsMedium 1-29591,009.82/head900.00–1,050.001,01019
Bred CowsMedium and Large 1-21,0921,234.73/head1,150.00–1,350.001,2353
Bred CowsMedium and Large 1-21,2361,413.90/head1,250.00–1,600.001,41417
Cow-Calf PairsMedium and Large 21,1501,200.00/head1,200.00–1,200.001,2002
Cow-Calf PairsMedium 27001,050.00/head1,050.00–1,050.001,0502

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.