Sale reports / Missouri / Joplin Regional Stockyards / 2023-12-13

Joplin Regional Stockyards

Slaughter Cattle · Replacement Cattle · Carthage, Missouri · Wed, Dec 13
● Final19 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 1797
joplinstockyards.com(417) 548-2333
Slaughter Cattle receipts
895 head
161 vs last sale 734 60 vs year ago 955 · 6.3%
Replacement Cattle receipts
45 head
36 vs last sale 81 1,007 vs year ago 1,052 · 95.7%
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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to last week slaughter cows and bulls sold steady to 2.00 higher. 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
BullsAverage1,739113.201,96950
CowsBreaker 75-80%Average1,45794.031,370233
CowsBoner 80-85%High1,21790.291,099259
CowsLean 85-90%High1,01476.47775176

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)1,104$1,31714
Bred Cows1st Stage (1-3 mo)Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)969$1,2949

Every lot, as filed

19 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 11,1101,761.71/head1,675.00–1,850.001,7622
Bred CowsMedium and Large 1-21,1201,317.06/head1,225.00–1,375.001,3179
Bred CowsMedium and Large 21,0511,020.00/head1,020.00–1,020.001,0203
Stock CowsMedium and Large 1-21,055152.00/cwt152.00–152.001,6043
Bulls1,645109.94/cwt103.50–116.501,80926
Bulls1,880122.86/cwt116.00–134.002,31019
Bulls1,69493.48/cwt81.00–101.001,5845
CowsLean 85-90%1,03688.36/cwt85.00–94.0091524
CowsBoner 80-85%1,24895.47/cwt94.00–103.001,19166
CowsLean 85-90%88151.42/cwt37.50–58.0045312
CowsLean 85-90%95666.57/cwt59.00–74.0063629
CowsBoner 80-85%1,20588.98/cwt84.00–95.001,072181
CowsBreaker 75-80%1,43592.42/cwt83.00–95.501,326157
CowsBreaker 75-80%1,50197.37/cwt95.00–112.501,46276
CowsLean 85-90%1,03979.19/cwt75.00–85.00823111
CowsBoner 80-85%1,22581.57/cwt76.00–84.5099912
Stock CowsMedium and Large 21,028104.00/cwt104.00–104.001,0697
Stock CowsMedium and Large 1-2916145.00/cwt145.00–145.001,3283
Bred CowsMedium and Large 1-29691,293.81/head1,225.00–1,350.001,2949

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.