Sale reports / Missouri / Joplin Regional Stockyards / 2024-08-21

Joplin Regional Stockyards

Slaughter Cattle · Replacement Cattle · Carthage, Missouri · Wed, Aug 21
● Final25 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 1797
joplinstockyards.com(417) 548-2333
Slaughter Cattle receipts
768 head
71 vs last sale 697 561 vs year ago 207 · +271.0%
Replacement Cattle receipts
110 head
29 vs last sale 139 47 vs year ago 63 · +74.6%
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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to last week slaughter cows sold steady to 2.00 lower with slaughter bulls selling steady.

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
BullsAverage1,714173.812,97962
CowsBreaker 75-80%Average1,493143.872,148110
CowsBoner 80-85%High1,214138.021,675193
CowsLean 85-90%High1,018126.911,291286

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)1,202$2,12118
Bred Cows2nd/3rd Stage (4-9 mo)Aged (>8 yrs)1,205$1,92929
Bred Cows1st Stage (1-3 mo)Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)1,017$1,90413
Bred Cows1st Stage (1-3 mo)Aged (>8 yrs)979$1,5605
Cow-Calf PairsOpenYoung (2-4 yrs)790$2,4009
Cow-Calf PairsOpenYoung/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)1,075$2,0004thin

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
Bred CowsMedium and Large 29401,800.00/head1,800.00–1,800.001,8003
Stock CowsMedium and Large 1960188.49/cwt187.00–192.501,8107
Cow-Calf PairsMedium 2-37201,600.00/head1,600.00–1,600.001,6003
Cow-Calf PairsMedium and Large 1-28252,800.00/head2,800.00–2,800.002,8006
Cow-Calf PairsMedium and Large 21,0752,000.00/head2,000.00–2,000.002,0004
Bred CowsMedium and Large 29791,560.00/head1,560.00–1,560.001,5605
Stock CowsMedium and Large 1-2835175.00/cwt175.00–175.001,4615
Bred CowsMedium and Large 1-21,0401,935.00/head1,935.00–1,935.001,93510
Bred CowsMedium and Large 1-21,1922,067.75/head1,950.00–2,350.002,06816
Bred CowsMedium and Large 11,2802,550.00/head2,550.00–2,550.002,5502
Bred CowsMedium and Large 1-21,2281,980.55/head1,900.00–2,100.001,98126
Bred CowsMedium and Large 21,0011,480.00/head1,480.00–1,480.001,4803
Bulls1,758173.89/cwt166.00–182.003,05727
Bulls1,813184.45/cwt180.00–191.003,34420
Bulls1,502159.46/cwt149.00–165.002,39515
CowsLean 85-90%1,049137.78/cwt134.00–146.001,44585
CowsBoner 80-85%1,231146.33/cwt143.50–155.001,80136
CowsLean 85-90%77392.47/cwt85.00–103.0071513
CowsBoner 80-85%1,247125.98/cwt117.00–129.001,57117
CowsBoner 80-85%1,205137.34/cwt131.00–143.501,655140
CowsBreaker 75-80%1,485140.24/cwt133.00–146.502,08363
CowsBreaker 75-80%1,505150.64/cwt145.50–159.002,26743
CowsBreaker 75-80%1,486128.35/cwt124.00–132.001,9074
CowsLean 85-90%1,042127.24/cwt120.00–134.501,326149
CowsLean 85-90%937113.43/cwt104.00–120.001,06339

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.