Sale reports / Missouri / Joplin Regional Stockyards / 2023-08-23

Joplin Regional Stockyards

Slaughter Cattle · Replacement Cattle · Carthage, Missouri · Wed, Aug 23
● Final17 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 1797
joplinstockyards.com(417) 548-2333
Slaughter Cattle receipts
207 head
293 vs last sale 500 323 vs year ago 530 · 60.9%
Replacement Cattle receipts
63 head
108 vs last sale 171 33 vs year ago 96 · 34.4%
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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to last week not enough receipts for a comparison. Supply was light with good demand. At sale time the heat index was over 100 which caused supply to be very light.

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
BullsAverage1,610124.242,00015
CowsBreaker 75-80%Average1,494114.161,70637
CowsBoner 80-85%Low1,219105.771,29045
CowsLean 85-90%Average94591.6186645

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)1,171$1,97522
Cow-Calf PairsOpenYoung/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)875$1,5503thin

Every lot, as filed

17 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 28751,550.00/head1,550.00–1,550.001,5503
Bred CowsMedium and Large 1-21,1952,030.26/head2,000.00–2,050.002,03019
Bred CowsMedium and Large 21,0221,625.00/head1,625.00–1,625.001,6253
Stock CowsMedium and Large 11,063182.94/cwt178.00–190.001,9458
Stock CowsMedium and Large 1-2850134.53/cwt120.00–142.501,14411
Bulls1,388118.90/cwt114.00–127.001,6504
BullsReturn to Feed1,160116.00/cwt116.00–116.001,3463
Bulls1,889130.00/cwt126.00–138.502,4568
CowsBoner 80-85%1,27676.00/cwt76.00–76.009703
CowsBoner 80-85%1,202105.99/cwt97.50–109.001,27429
CowsBreaker 75-80%1,427110.62/cwt105.00–116.001,57925
CowsLean 85-90%98698.30/cwt87.50–104.0096919
CowsLean 85-90%999108.07/cwt104.50–117.501,08011
CowsLean 85-90%88578.78/cwt67.50–85.006979
CowsLean 85-90%80759.46/cwt47.50–67.504806
CowsBoner 80-85%1,245112.15/cwt109.00–117.501,39613
CowsBreaker 75-80%1,634121.55/cwt118.00–129.001,98612

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.