Sale reports / Missouri / Joplin Regional Stockyards / 2023-11-01

Joplin Regional Stockyards

Slaughter Cattle · Replacement Cattle · Replacement Dairy Cattle · Carthage, Missouri · Wed, Nov 1
● Final20 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 1797
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Slaughter Cattle receipts
693 head
164 vs last sale 857 372 vs year ago 1,065 · 34.9%
Replacement Cattle receipts
89 head
118 vs last sale 207 99 vs year ago 188 · 52.7%
Replacement Dairy Cattle receipts
12 head
12 vs last sale 0 12 vs year ago 0 · no sale a year ago
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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to last week slaughter cows sold steady to 2.00 higher with slaughter bull selling 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
BullsAverage1,679115.261,93542
CowsBreaker 75-80%Low1,47399.871,471164
CowsBoner 80-85%High1,20795.261,150244
CowsLean 85-90%Very Low1,04384.82885169

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)1,238$1,48230
Bred Cows1st Stage (1-3 mo)Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)1,090$1,2504thin
Open HeifersOpen635$55512

Every lot, as filed

20 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
Stock CowsMedium and Large 1-2946150.93/cwt145.00–157.501,4286
Stock CowsMedium and Large 1-21,149141.53/cwt130.00–147.501,6268
Stock CowsMedium and Large 2983118.00/cwt118.00–118.001,1606
Bred CowsMedium and Large 1-21,2381,481.96/head1,350.00–1,575.001,48230
CowsBreaker 75-80%1,40591.36/cwt84.00–93.001,28419
CowsBreaker 75-80%1,45198.07/cwt93.00–105.001,423110
CowsBreaker 75-80%1,579110.17/cwt105.50–118.001,74035
CowsLean 85-90%94349.54/cwt42.50–54.004676
CowsLean 85-90%1,05586.10/cwt77.50–93.00908116
CowsLean 85-90%1,06896.38/cwt92.00–105.001,02930
CowsBoner 80-85%1,210100.95/cwt95.00–111.001,221107
Bred CowsMedium and Large 21,0901,250.00/head1,250.00–1,250.001,2504
Stock CowsMedium and Large 1870190.02/cwt177.50–209.001,65320
Open HeifersMedium635555.00/head555.00–555.0055512
Bulls1,665112.56/cwt108.00–119.001,87423
Bulls1,796123.74/cwt119.00–133.002,22215
Bulls1,31699.02/cwt95.00–110.001,3034
CowsBoner 80-85%1,24481.82/cwt72.00–84.001,0189
CowsBoner 80-85%1,20291.45/cwt85.00–95.001,099128
CowsLean 85-90%95468.16/cwt57.00–75.0065017

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.