Sale reports / Missouri / Joplin Regional Stockyards / 2023-10-25

Joplin Regional Stockyards

Slaughter Cattle · Replacement Cattle · Carthage, Missouri · Wed, Oct 25
● Final24 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 1797
joplinstockyards.com(417) 548-2333
Slaughter Cattle receipts
857 head
400 vs last sale 1,257 67 vs year ago 790 · +8.5%
Replacement Cattle receipts
207 head
1,245 vs last sale 1,452 65 vs year ago 142 · +45.8%
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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to last week slaughter cows sold steady to 2.00 lower with slaughter bulls selling steady. Supply was heavy with 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
BullsHigh1,737116.482,02447
CowsBreaker 75-80%High1,45299.201,440137
CowsBoner 80-85%Average1,22591.771,124270
CowsLean 85-90%Very Low1,04582.84866268

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 Cows1st Stage (1-3 mo)Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)1,041$1,3327
Bred Cows2nd/3rd Stage (4-9 mo)Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)1,087$1,27838

Every lot, as filed

24 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
Bred CowsMedium and Large 1-21,0901,375.00/head1,375.00–1,375.001,3754
Bred CowsMedium and Large 11,0971,500.00/head1,500.00–1,500.001,5004
Bred CowsMedium and Large 1-21,1601,210.00/head1,210.00–1,210.001,21013
Bred CowsMedium 29801,100.00/head1,100.00–1,100.001,1005
Bred CowsMedium and Large 21,0581,332.58/head1,100.00–1,650.001,33316
Bulls1,875124.03/cwt118.00–131.002,32615
Bulls1,457104.62/cwt102.00–106.501,5243
CowsBoner 80-85%1,21790.66/cwt86.00–97.001,103214
CowsBoner 80-85%1,24699.97/cwt96.00–105.001,24644
CowsBoner 80-85%1,28281.49/cwt75.00–84.001,04512
CowsLean 85-90%97242.38/cwt37.50–47.504125
CowsBreaker 75-80%1,508110.65/cwt106.00–117.501,66930
CowsBreaker 75-80%1,41689.36/cwt80.00–94.001,26539
CowsBreaker 75-80%1,44799.79/cwt94.00–105.501,44468
CowsLean 85-90%1,06484.74/cwt77.50–92.00902187
CowsLean 85-90%1,02596.92/cwt93.00–106.0099327
CowsLean 85-90%99271.96/cwt57.50–77.0071449
Bred CowsMedium and Large 29751,275.00/head1,275.00–1,275.001,2753
Stock CowsMedium and Large 1Fancy998211.60/cwt211.60–211.602,11273
Stock CowsMedium and Large 1-2938168.33/cwt167.50–172.001,57913
Stock CowsMedium and Large 11,177162.50/cwt162.50–162.501,9133
Stock CowsMedium and Large 1-21,003149.94/cwt146.00–152.501,5049
Stock CowsMedium and Large 2975116.09/cwt109.00–120.001,13230
Bulls1,695113.80/cwt108.00–125.001,92929

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.