Sale reports / Missouri / Joplin Regional Stockyards / 2024-01-17

Joplin Regional Stockyards

Slaughter Cattle · Replacement Cattle · Carthage, Missouri · Wed, Jan 17
● Final13 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 1797
joplinstockyards.com(417) 548-2333
Slaughter Cattle receipts
267 head
46 vs last sale 313 245 vs year ago 512 · 47.9%
Replacement Cattle receipts
7 head
62 vs last sale 69 120 vs year ago 127 · 94.5%
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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to last week slaughter cows and bulls sold 9.00-12.00 higher. Supply was light 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
BullsAverage1,630126.872,06819
CowsBreaker 75-80%Average1,494111.971,67378
CowsBoner 80-85%High1,218108.311,31982
CowsLean 85-90%High1,034101.671,05144

Every lot, as filed

13 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
CowsBreaker 75-80%1,533108.61/cwt100.00–115.001,66540
CowsBreaker 75-80%1,453115.51/cwt107.00–130.001,67838
CowsBoner 80-85%1,224113.41/cwt104.00–129.001,38841
CowsBoner 80-85%1,29082.92/cwt80.00–92.501,0704
CowsLean 85-90%1,049106.73/cwt101.00–113.501,12023
CowsLean 85-90%87578.91/cwt77.50–80.006902
CowsLean 85-90%1,03297.93/cwt90.00–103.001,01119
Stock CowsMedium 2867116.00/cwt116.00–116.001,0063
Stock CowsMedium and Large 1-21,215153.00/cwt153.00–153.001,8593
Bulls1,520121.43/cwt112.00–125.001,8468
Bulls1,793136.02/cwt128.00–149.002,4399
Bulls1,335107.50/cwt107.50–107.501,4352
CowsBoner 80-85%1,203105.41/cwt97.50–109.001,26837

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.