Sale reports / Missouri / Joplin Regional Stockyards / 2023-11-29

Joplin Regional Stockyards

Slaughter Cattle · Replacement Cattle · Carthage, Missouri · Wed, Nov 29
● Final20 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 1797
joplinstockyards.com(417) 548-2333
Slaughter Cattle receipts
1,041 head
492 vs last sale 549 217 vs year ago 1,258 · 17.2%
Replacement Cattle receipts
109 head
16 vs last sale 93 65 vs year ago 174 · 37.4%
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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to last week slaughter cows and bulls sold 2.00-3.00 higher. Supply was heavy 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
BullsAverage1,656112.871,86960
CowsBreaker 75-80%High1,45996.631,410258
CowsBoner 80-85%High1,21792.231,123313
CowsLean 85-90%Low1,03780.47834185

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)1,132$1,46037
Bred Cows2nd/3rd Stage (4-9 mo)Aged (>8 yrs)1,085$1,3006
Bred Heifers2nd/3rd Stage (4-9 mo)(<2 yrs)780$1,1255

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
Bred CowsMedium and Large 11,2401,900.00/head1,900.00–1,900.001,9004
Bred CowsMedium and Large 1-21,1851,439.20/head1,265.00–1,575.001,43923
Bulls1,641111.86/cwt105.00–117.001,83634
Bulls1,785120.52/cwt117.00–131.002,15118
Bulls1,43199.97/cwt93.00–105.001,4318
CowsBreaker 75-80%1,511101.54/cwt96.00–113.001,534113
CowsBreaker 75-80%1,37484.80/cwt82.00–86.001,1659
CowsLean 85-90%99967.11/cwt59.00–72.5067030
CowsLean 85-90%1,06182.14/cwt75.00–86.5087295
Bred HeifersMedium and Large 27801,125.00/head1,125.00–1,125.001,1255
Stock CowsMedium and Large 1-2818156.75/cwt153.00–160.001,2829
Stock CowsMedium and Large 1-21,154123.79/cwt120.00–126.001,42925
Stock CowsMedium 2876118.00/cwt118.00–118.001,0344
Bred CowsMedium and Large 1-21,0851,300.00/head1,300.00–1,300.001,3006
Bred CowsMedium and Large 29661,330.54/head1,250.00–1,350.001,33110
CowsLean 85-90%1,04190.56/cwt86.00–99.0094351
CowsLean 85-90%88050.22/cwt37.50–57.504429
CowsBoner 80-85%1,22599.98/cwt95.00–105.001,22552
CowsBreaker 75-80%1,42193.34/cwt84.00–97.001,326136
CowsBoner 80-85%1,21690.69/cwt81.00–95.501,103261

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.