Sale reports / Missouri / Joplin Regional Stockyards / 2024-07-03

Joplin Regional Stockyards

Slaughter Cattle · Replacement Cattle · Carthage, Missouri · Wed, Jul 3
● Final19 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 1797
joplinstockyards.com(417) 548-2333
Slaughter Cattle receipts
477 head
130 vs last sale 607 199 vs year ago 676 · 29.4%
Replacement Cattle receipts
33 head
15 vs last sale 48 64 vs year ago 97 · 66.0%
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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to last week slaughter cows and bulls sold 2.00-4.00 higher. Supply was light with very good demand. The top selling slaughter bull weighed 1,665 lbs. and sold for 248.00.

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
BullsHigh1,717179.343,07935
CowsBreaker 75-80%High1,450150.802,18672
CowsBoner 80-85%Average1,204147.241,773174
CowsLean 85-90%High993133.511,326153

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)1,016$1,82812
Cow-Calf PairsOpenYoung/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)1,120$3,0753thin

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
CowsLean 85-90%1,019144.72/cwt137.50–152.501,47591
CowsBreaker 75-80%1,477156.63/cwt151.00–166.002,31334
Bulls1,868185.98/cwt180.00–196.003,47415
Bulls1,665248.00/cwt248.00–248.004,1291
CowsBreaker 75-80%1,422146.38/cwt139.00–151.002,08236
CowsBoner 80-85%1,190143.08/cwt134.00–150.001,70379
CowsLean 85-90%80785.87/cwt70.00–92.5069310
CowsBreaker 75-80%1,480131.33/cwt130.00–132.501,9442
CowsBoner 80-85%1,259131.18/cwt130.00–132.501,6529
CowsLean 85-90%935115.01/cwt107.50–120.001,07523
Bulls1,808156.28/cwt154.00–158.002,8264
CowsBoner 80-85%1,212152.74/cwt149.00–165.001,85186
CowsLean 85-90%1,022129.45/cwt122.00–137.501,32329
Bulls1,545174.28/cwt164.00–179.002,69315
Bred CowsMedium and Large 1-29971,847.50/head1,800.00–1,900.001,8487
Stock CowsMedium and Large 11,322178.00/cwt178.00–178.002,3533
Bred CowsMedium 21,0421,800.00/head1,800.00–1,800.001,8005
Stock CowsMedium 21,015149.00/cwt149.00–149.001,5123
Cow-Calf PairsMedium and Large 1-21,1203,075.00/head3,075.00–3,075.003,0753

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.