Name: Joplin Regional Stockyards livestock auction prices — 2024-08-14
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2024-08-14

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to last week slaughter cows sold 1.00-3.00 lower with slaughter bulls selling 2.00-4.00 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.

Class	Grade	Dressing	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Bulls	—	Low	1,655	170.37	2,820	49
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	Average	1,479	143.98	2,130	120
Cows	Boner 80-85%	Average	1,244	138.96	1,729	117
Cows	Lean 85-90%	Average	1,013	124.10	1,257	323

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.

Class	Stage	Age	Avg wt	$/head	Head
Bred Cows	2nd/3rd Stage (4-9 mo)	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	1,093	$1,993	32
Bred Cows	2nd/3rd Stage (4-9 mo)	Aged (>8 yrs)	1,081	$1,808	36
Bred Cows	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	Aged (>8 yrs)	920	$1,415	10
Bred Heifers	2nd/3rd Stage (4-9 mo)	(<2 yrs)	1,030	$2,100	7
Bred Heifers	2nd/3rd Stage (4-9 mo)	Young (2-4 yrs)	920	$1,850	4thin
Cow-Calf Pairs	Open	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	1,140	$3,000	4thin
Cow-Calf Pairs	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	Young (2-4 yrs)	760	$2,600	4thin
Cow-Calf Pairs	Open	Young (2-4 yrs)	810	$2,500	4thin

Every lot, as filed

28 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.

Class	Grade / description	Weight	Avg wt	Price	Range	Per head	Head
Cow-Calf Pairs	Medium 2	—	760	2,600.00/head	2,600.00–2,600.00	2,600	4
Cow-Calf Pairs	Medium and Large 2	—	810	2,500.00/head	2,500.00–2,500.00	2,500	4
Cow-Calf Pairs	Medium and Large 1	—	1,140	3,000.00/head	3,000.00–3,000.00	3,000	4
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 2	—	920	1,415.00/head	1,415.00–1,415.00	1,415	10
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,096	2,161.02/head	2,050.00–2,300.00	2,161	10
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 1	—	1,441	2,800.00/head	2,800.00–2,800.00	2,800	5
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,228	2,052.04/head	1,600.00–2,275.00	2,052	18
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 2	—	989	1,657.13/head	1,650.00–1,700.00	1,657	17
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 2	—	934	1,563.06/head	1,525.00–1,585.00	1,563	18
Bred Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,030	2,100.00/head	2,100.00–2,100.00	2,100	7
Bred Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	920	1,850.00/head	1,850.00–1,850.00	1,850	4
Stock Cows	Medium and Large 1-2	—	885	160.00/cwt	160.00–160.00	1,416	3
Stock Cows	Medium 1-2	—	932	150.89/cwt	150.00–154.00	1,406	15
Stock Cows	Medium and Large 1	—	1,145	167.50/cwt	167.50–167.50	1,918	2
Bulls	—Return to Feed	—	1,025	135.83/cwt	134.00–137.00	1,392	5
Bulls	—	—	1,446	155.64/cwt	149.00–162.50	2,251	7
Bulls	—	—	1,708	173.11/cwt	165.00–182.00	2,957	23
Bulls	—	—	1,898	185.56/cwt	180.00–198.00	3,522	14
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	1,051	130.79/cwt	121.00–134.50	1,375	173
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,238	138.39/cwt	131.00–144.00	1,713	86
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	—	1,483	141.37/cwt	133.00–146.50	2,097	72
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	—	1,480	150.70/cwt	146.50–161.00	2,230	42
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	1,034	137.72/cwt	134.00–141.00	1,424	66
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	968	114.39/cwt	105.00–121.00	1,107	28
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	891	92.22/cwt	75.00–102.00	822	56
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,293	124.16/cwt	122.00–127.50	1,605	8
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,249	146.23/cwt	144.00–155.00	1,826	23
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	—	1,431	128.27/cwt	124.00–131.00	1,836	6

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.

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