Sale reports / Missouri / Joplin Regional Stockyards / 2024-02-28

Joplin Regional Stockyards

Slaughter Cattle · Replacement Cattle · Carthage, Missouri · Wed, Feb 28
● Final33 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 1797
joplinstockyards.com(417) 548-2333
Slaughter Cattle receipts
617 head
327 vs last sale 944 140 vs year ago 757 · 18.5%
Replacement Cattle receipts
212 head
1,203 vs last sale 1,415 196 vs year ago 16 · +1,225.0%
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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to last week slaughter cows and bulls sold steady to 4.00 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
BullsAverage1,594140.392,23874
CowsPremium White 65-75%High1,518133.832,0322thin
CowsBreaker 75-80%High1,500116.251,743135
CowsBoner 80-85%Average1,201111.431,338113
CowsLean 85-90%Very Low97689.65875189

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 (2-4 yrs)1,060$2,5504thin
Bred Cows1st Stage (1-3 mo)Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)1,040$2,0004thin
Bred Cows2nd/3rd Stage (4-9 mo)Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)1,105$1,91029
Bred Cows2nd/3rd Stage (4-9 mo)Aged (>8 yrs)1,326$1,68615
Bred Heifers2nd/3rd Stage (4-9 mo)(<2 yrs)859$2,21153
Bred Heifers1st Stage (1-3 mo)(<2 yrs)825$1,6503thin
Cow-Calf PairsOpenYoung/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)1,065$2,7004thin

Every lot, as filed

33 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
Cow-Calf PairsMedium and Large 1-21,0652,700.00/head2,700.00–2,700.002,7004
Bred CowsMedium and Large 21,1031,475.28/head1,350.00–1,600.001,47510
Bred CowsMedium and Large 11,1032,110.91/head1,800.00–2,300.002,11113
Bred CowsMedium and Large 1-21,3261,686.31/head1,550.00–1,775.001,68615
Bred HeifersMedium and Large 28361,329.26/head1,300.00–1,350.001,3299
Stock CowsMedium and Large 1-21,107176.00/cwt176.00–176.001,9483
Stock CowsMedium and Large 11,073168.34/cwt162.00–180.001,80610
Stock CowsMedium and Large 1-2945149.75/cwt140.00–155.001,41515
Bred HeifersMedium and Large 1-28622,418.33/head1,800.00–2,500.002,41841
Bred HeifersMedium and Large 18952,025.00/head2,025.00–2,025.002,0253
Bred HeifersMedium and Large 1-28251,650.00/head1,650.00–1,650.001,6503
Stock CowsMedium and Large 1941186.64/cwt170.00–215.001,75625
Stock CowsMedium 2975113.00/cwt113.00–113.001,1026
Bred CowsMedium and Large 11,0602,550.00/head2,550.00–2,550.002,5504
Bred CowsMedium and Large 1-21,0402,000.00/head2,000.00–2,000.002,0004
Bred CowsMedium and Large 1-21,1152,197.76/head2,100.00–2,700.002,1986
Stock CowsMedium 1-2902145.00/cwt145.00–145.001,3085
BullsReturn to Feed1,240130.00/cwt130.00–130.001,6123
BullsReturn to Feed1,135178.44/cwt178.00–180.002,02514
Bulls1,679127.58/cwt119.00–132.502,14227
Bulls1,859139.36/cwt133.50–148.502,59125
Bulls1,312114.45/cwt110.00–119.001,5025
CowsBreaker 75-80%1,567119.79/cwt115.00–127.501,87767
CowsLean 85-90%78763.66/cwt57.50–74.0050127
CowsBreaker 75-80%1,65098.92/cwt97.50–100.001,6322
CowsLean 85-90%1,060106.38/cwt102.00–117.501,12833
CowsLean 85-90%88880.26/cwt74.00–88.0071335
CowsPremium White 65-75%1,518133.83/cwt131.00–136.002,0322
CowsBoner 80-85%1,197106.99/cwt101.50–113.001,28161
CowsBreaker 75-80%1,427113.18/cwt106.00–116.501,61566
CowsBoner 80-85%1,16297.00/cwt97.00–97.001,1272
CowsBoner 80-85%1,207117.42/cwt111.00–122.501,41750
CowsLean 85-90%1,03494.73/cwt88.00–101.0098094

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.