Sale reports / Missouri / Joplin Regional Stockyards / 2024-02-07

Joplin Regional Stockyards

Slaughter Cattle · Replacement Cattle · Carthage, Missouri · Wed, Feb 7
● Final22 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 1797
joplinstockyards.com(417) 548-2333
Slaughter Cattle receipts
744 head
137 vs last sale 607 152 vs year ago 896 · 17.0%
Replacement Cattle receipts
116 head
10 vs last sale 106 517 vs year ago 633 · 81.7%
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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to last week slaughter cows and bulls sold steady to 2.00 lower.

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
BullsAverage1,597126.262,01668
CowsPremium White 65-75%High2,025128.002,5921thin
CowsBreaker 75-80%Average1,478107.891,595148
CowsBoner 80-85%Average1,198104.441,251212
CowsLean 85-90%Average1,01390.19913208

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)1,140$1,7503thin
Bred Cows2nd/3rd Stage (4-9 mo)Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)1,221$1,74939
Bred Cows2nd/3rd Stage (4-9 mo)Aged (>8 yrs)1,102$1,4505
Bred Heifers1st Stage (1-3 mo)(<2 yrs)742$1,3657
Cow-Calf Pairs1st Stage (1-3 mo)Young (2-4 yrs)1,090$3,2506

Every lot, as filed

22 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 11,1401,750.00/head1,750.00–1,750.001,7503
Bred CowsMedium and Large 1-21,1021,450.00/head1,450.00–1,450.001,4505
Bred CowsMedium and Large 11,3241,975.13/head1,800.00–2,100.001,97519
Bred CowsMedium and Large 1-21,1231,534.51/head1,450.00–1,600.001,53520
Bred HeifersMedium 1-27421,365.00/head1,365.00–1,365.001,3657
Stock CowsMedium and Large 1-21,004138.59/cwt137.00–141.001,39113
Stock CowsMedium and Large 21,152119.37/cwt115.00–129.001,37511
Stock CowsMedium and Large 11,156148.00/cwt148.00–148.001,71116
Cow-Calf PairsMedium and Large 1-21,0903,250.00/head3,250.00–3,250.003,2506
BullsReturn to Feed1,145125.05/cwt117.00–139.001,43210
Bulls1,713128.72/cwt118.00–135.002,20541
Bulls1,833139.31/cwt137.50–144.002,5545
Bulls1,479113.40/cwt103.00–119.001,67712
CowsPremium White 65-75%2,025128.00/cwt128.00–128.002,5921
CowsBoner 80-85%1,200102.50/cwt94.00–107.501,230168
CowsLean 85-90%1,02494.17/cwt87.00–98.00964100
CowsLean 85-90%96381.61/cwt72.50–86.0078652
CowsLean 85-90%92568.16/cwt60.00–73.0063019
CowsBreaker 75-80%1,468106.45/cwt100.00–110.001,563115
CowsBreaker 75-80%1,514112.90/cwt110.00–118.501,70933
CowsBoner 80-85%1,188111.84/cwt108.50–120.001,32944
CowsLean 85-90%1,096102.78/cwt98.00–106.501,12637

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.