Sale reports / Missouri / Joplin Regional Stockyards / 2024-05-29

Joplin Regional Stockyards

Slaughter Cattle · Replacement Cattle · Carthage, Missouri · Wed, May 29
● Final25 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 1797
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Slaughter Cattle receipts
692 head
82 vs last sale 774 308 vs year ago 1,000 · 30.8%
Replacement Cattle receipts
110 head
52 vs last sale 58 121 vs year ago 231 · 52.4%
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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to the sale last week slaughter cows and bulls sold steady to 2.00 higher. Supply was moderate with very good demand. The top slaughter cow, a Limousin weighed 1,415 lbs. and sold for 156.50. The top selling slaughter bull, also a Limousin weighing 2,050 lbs. sold for 200.00.

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
BullsAverage1,695167.112,83392
CowsPremium White 65-75%High1,415156.502,2141thin
CowsBreaker 75-80%Average1,460136.871,998114
CowsBoner 80-85%Average1,205133.761,612202
CowsLean 85-90%Very Low1,035121.121,254111

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)1,154$2,04418
Bred Cows2nd/3rd Stage (4-9 mo)Young (2-4 yrs)980$1,9676
Bred Cows2nd/3rd Stage (4-9 mo)Aged (>8 yrs)1,120$1,8253thin
Bred Cows1st Stage (1-3 mo)Young (2-4 yrs)945$1,7606
Bred Heifers1st Stage (1-3 mo)Young (2-4 yrs)937$1,7905
Bred Heifers1st Stage (1-3 mo)(<2 yrs)912$1,7153thin
Cow-Calf PairsOpenYoung/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)1,106$2,9007

Every lot, as filed

25 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 1-21,1062,900.00/head2,650.00–3,000.002,9007
Bulls1,705161.70/cwt154.50–173.002,75747
Bulls1,839182.38/cwt174.00–200.003,35428
Bulls1,683147.77/cwt135.00–153.002,48710
BullsReturn to Feed1,075170.00/cwt170.00–170.001,8287
CowsBreaker 75-80%1,439133.56/cwt124.00–137.001,92271
CowsLean 85-90%1,07585.81/cwt77.50–92.509223
Bred HeifersMedium and Large 1-29121,715.00/head1,715.00–1,715.001,7153
Stock CowsMedium and Large 2915138.00/cwt138.00–138.001,2634
Bred CowsMedium and Large 1-29451,760.00/head1,760.00–1,760.001,7606
Stock CowsMedium and Large 1-21,021149.11/cwt142.50–159.001,52217
Bred CowsMedium and Large 1-29801,966.67/head1,700.00–2,100.001,9676
Bred CowsMedium and Large 1-21,1542,044.27/head1,850.00–2,275.002,04418
CowsPremium White 65-75%1,415156.50/cwt156.50–156.502,2141
CowsBoner 80-85%1,218130.86/cwt120.00–135.001,594106
Stock CowsMedium 1-2855173.00/cwt173.00–173.001,4793
Bred HeifersMedium and Large 1-29371,790.00/head1,790.00–1,790.001,7905
Stock CowsMedium and Large 1934196.53/cwt184.00–208.001,83610
Bred CowsMedium and Large 1-21,1201,825.00/head1,825.00–1,825.001,8253
CowsBoner 80-85%1,202116.78/cwt114.00–120.001,4045
CowsBreaker 75-80%1,495142.34/cwt136.00–151.002,12843
CowsBoner 80-85%1,191138.08/cwt134.00–151.001,64591
CowsLean 85-90%1,014129.75/cwt126.00–136.001,31645
CowsLean 85-90%1,065119.50/cwt114.00–125.001,27348
CowsLean 85-90%997107.47/cwt97.50–111.001,07115

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.