Sale reports / Missouri / Joplin Regional Stockyards / 2024-07-31

Joplin Regional Stockyards

Slaughter Cattle · Replacement Cattle · Carthage, Missouri · Wed, Jul 31
● Final26 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 1797
joplinstockyards.com(417) 548-2333
Slaughter Cattle receipts
523 head
99 vs last sale 622 351 vs year ago 874 · 40.2%
Replacement Cattle receipts
42 head
43 vs last sale 85 1,287 vs year ago 1,329 · 96.8%
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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to last week slaughter cows and bulls sold steady to 2.00 higher. Supply was light with 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
BullsHigh1,218156.101,901128
CowsPremium White 65-75%High1,850160.002,9601thin
CowsBreaker 75-80%Low1,478142.332,10470
CowsBoner 80-85%Average1,213140.681,70794
CowsLean 85-90%Average993120.681,199135

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 (2-4 yrs)1,280$2,5177
Bred Cows2nd/3rd Stage (4-9 mo)Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)1,228$2,36010
Cow-Calf PairsOpenYoung/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)1,025$2,6002thin
Cow-Calf Pairs1st Stage (1-3 mo)Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)940$2,5003thin
Cow-Calf PairsOpenAged (>8 yrs)710$1,6003thin

Every lot, as filed

26 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 2-37101,600.00/head1,600.00–1,600.001,6003
Cow-Calf PairsMedium and Large 29402,500.00/head2,500.00–2,500.002,5003
Cow-Calf PairsMedium and Large 1-21,0252,600.00/head2,600.00–2,600.002,6002
Bulls1,910186.07/cwt178.00–214.003,55416
Bulls1,498153.91/cwt146.00–164.002,3068
Bulls1,633173.47/cwt165.00–179.002,83311
BullsReturn to Feed977199.00/cwt199.00–199.001,9443
BullsReturn to Feed1,012145.36/cwt135.00–147.001,47183
BullsReturn to Feed1,203171.84/cwt169.00–174.002,0677
Stock CowsMedium and Large 1795227.50/cwt227.50–227.501,8093
Bred CowsMedium and Large 1-21,1802,300.00/head2,300.00–2,300.002,3004
Bred CowsMedium and Large 11,2802,516.96/head2,400.00–2,600.002,5177
Bred CowsMedium and Large 11,2602,400.00/head2,400.00–2,400.002,4006
Stock CowsMedium and Large 1-2767205.00/cwt205.00–205.001,5723
CowsLean 85-90%1,040127.51/cwt124.00–134.001,32633
CowsPremium White 65-75%1,850160.00/cwt160.00–160.002,9601
CowsBreaker 75-80%1,503129.65/cwt129.00–130.001,9493
CowsBreaker 75-80%1,496138.54/cwt131.00–143.002,07335
CowsBreaker 75-80%1,457147.67/cwt143.00–156.002,15232
Stock CowsMedium 2750172.50/cwt172.50–172.501,2943
CowsLean 85-90%1,057142.39/cwt134.00–147.001,50527
CowsBoner 80-85%1,212138.10/cwt132.00–143.001,67452
CowsBoner 80-85%1,208146.71/cwt142.00–154.001,77237
CowsBoner 80-85%1,269122.87/cwt115.00–128.001,5595
CowsLean 85-90%84195.91/cwt90.00–99.0080718
CowsLean 85-90%984114.26/cwt107.00–120.001,12457

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.