Sale reports / Missouri / Joplin Regional Stockyards / 2024-10-30

Joplin Regional Stockyards

Slaughter Cattle · Replacement Cattle · Carthage, Missouri · Wed, Oct 30
● Final33 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 1797
joplinstockyards.com(417) 548-2333
Slaughter Cattle receipts
936 head
124 vs last sale 812 243 vs year ago 693 · +35.1%
Replacement Cattle receipts
247 head
113 vs last sale 134 158 vs year ago 89 · +177.5%
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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to last week slaughter cows sold steady to 2.00 lower. Slaughter bulls sold steady to 4.00 higher. Supply was heavy 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
BullsLow1,728149.992,59149
CowsPremium White 65-75%High1,765139.502,4621thin
CowsBreaker 75-80%Average1,472119.921,765164
CowsBoner 80-85%Low1,240117.641,459251
CowsLean 85-90%High1,078105.381,136329

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)1,193$1,82955
Bred Cows2nd/3rd Stage (4-9 mo)Aged (>8 yrs)1,156$1,56126
Bred Cows1st Stage (1-3 mo)Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)920$1,1853thin
Bred Heifers2nd/3rd Stage (4-9 mo)(<2 yrs)785$1,6755
Bred Heifers1st Stage (1-3 mo)(<2 yrs)835$1,53815
Bred Heifers2nd/3rd Stage (4-9 mo)Young (2-4 yrs)940$1,3753thin
Cow-Calf PairsOpenYoung/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)1,111$2,1147
Cow-Calf PairsOpenAged (>8 yrs)1,240$1,8004thin

Every lot, as filed

33 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 1-21,1002,400.00/head2,400.00–2,400.002,4003
Cow-Calf PairsMedium and Large 1-21,2401,800.00/head1,800.00–1,800.001,8004
Cow-Calf PairsMedium and Large 1-21,1201,900.00/head1,900.00–1,900.001,9004
Bred CowsMedium 21,1231,250.00/head1,250.00–1,250.001,2503
Bred CowsMedium 21,0151,340.00/head1,340.00–1,340.001,3407
Bred CowsMedium and Large 1-21,2321,645.94/head1,500.00–1,800.001,64620
Stock CowsMedium 1-2885140.00/cwt140.00–140.001,2398
Stock CowsMedium and Large 1977181.18/cwt165.00–194.001,77014
Stock CowsMedium and Large 1-21,163142.24/cwt139.00–150.001,65421
Bred HeifersMedium and Large 1-27961,670.00/head1,670.00–1,670.001,6705
Bred HeifersMedium 1-27851,675.00/head1,675.00–1,675.001,6755
Bred HeifersMedium 1-28551,472.14/head1,450.00–1,485.001,47210
Bred HeifersMedium and Large 29401,375.00/head1,375.00–1,375.001,3753
Stock CowsMedium and Large 1Fancy962218.00/cwt218.00–218.002,09737
Stock CowsMedium and Large 1915200.95/cwt200.00–205.001,83911
Bred CowsMedium and Large 1-21,1601,601.41/head1,550.00–1,675.001,60123
Bred CowsMedium and Large 11,2102,082.21/head1,900.00–2,350.002,08228
Bred CowsMedium 29201,185.00/head1,185.00–1,185.001,1853
BullsReturn to Feed1,403135.00/cwt135.00–135.001,8943
Bulls1,963169.55/cwt162.50–179.003,3287
Bulls1,628139.14/cwt131.50–146.002,26512
Bulls1,747151.41/cwt145.00–157.502,64527
CowsBreaker 75-80%1,433117.19/cwt108.00–126.001,679114
CowsBreaker 75-80%1,571128.94/cwt125.00–134.502,02645
CowsLean 85-90%1,103122.42/cwt118.00–130.001,35026
CowsBoner 80-85%1,242107.02/cwt97.00–111.501,32951
CowsLean 85-90%1,05697.53/cwt87.50–103.501,03084
CowsBoner 80-85%1,242117.24/cwt111.00–123.001,456136
CowsBreaker 75-80%1,454100.89/cwt98.00–104.501,4675
CowsLean 85-90%1,104110.99/cwt105.00–118.001,225194
CowsBoner 80-85%1,236126.96/cwt123.00–135.001,56964
CowsLean 85-90%92570.46/cwt50.00–85.0065225
CowsPremium White 65-75%1,765139.50/cwt139.50–139.502,4621

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.