Sale reports / Missouri / Joplin Regional Stockyards / 2024-12-04

Joplin Regional Stockyards

Slaughter Cattle · Replacement Cattle · Carthage, Missouri · Wed, Dec 4
● Final26 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 1797
joplinstockyards.com(417) 548-2333
Slaughter Cattle receipts
752 head
276 vs last sale 476 18 vs year ago 734 · +2.5%
Replacement Cattle receipts
218 head
136 vs last sale 82 137 vs year ago 81 · +169.1%
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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to last week slaughter cows sold steady to 2.00 higher with slaughter bulls selling 2.00-5.00 higher. Supply was heavy with moderate demand. The top selling slaughter cow sold for 129.50 with the high selling slaughter bull crossing the scales at 178.00.

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
BullsHigh1,747152.382,66245
CowsBreaker 75-80%Average1,505115.551,739158
CowsBoner 80-85%Low1,243111.931,391230
CowsLean 85-90%Very Low1,066102.241,090223

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)1,227$2,10430
Bred Cows2nd/3rd Stage (4-9 mo)Aged (>8 yrs)1,130$1,64790
Cow-Calf PairsOpenYoung/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)1,084$2,53010
Cow-Calf PairsOpenAged (>8 yrs)1,085$2,2003thin

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
Bred CowsMedium 1-21,0151,800.00/head1,800.00–1,800.001,8003
Bred CowsMedium and Large 11,3872,390.29/head2,350.00–2,450.002,3905
Stock CowsMedium 1-2981156.43/cwt145.00–167.501,53524
Stock CowsMedium and Large 1-2948172.50/cwt172.50–172.501,6353
Cow-Calf PairsMedium and Large 1-21,0852,200.00/head2,200.00–2,200.002,2003
Cow-Calf PairsMedium and Large 1-21,0842,530.00/head2,250.00–2,650.002,53010
Stock CowsMedium and Large 1969209.27/cwt205.00–213.002,0289
Bred CowsMedium and Large 1-21,2192,080.93/head1,950.00–2,200.002,08122
Stock CowsMedium and Large 1-2Thin Fleshed833175.00/cwt175.00–175.001,4585
Stock CowsMedium and Large 1Thin Fleshed823230.00/cwt230.00–230.001,89315
Bred CowsMedium and Large 21,0801,400.00/head1,400.00–1,400.001,4009
Bred CowsMedium and Large 1-21,1361,674.69/head1,500.00–1,900.001,67581
Stock CowsMedium 1-2986164.00/cwt164.00–164.001,6173
Bulls1,880166.65/cwt160.00–178.003,13313
Bulls1,482128.42/cwt114.00–134.001,9035
Bulls1,732149.94/cwt144.00–155.002,59727
CowsLean 85-90%98274.87/cwt60.00–79.0073517
CowsLean 85-90%1,068108.29/cwt100.00–114.001,157118
CowsBoner 80-85%1,281100.54/cwt85.00–106.001,28829
CowsBoner 80-85%1,215120.09/cwt117.00–125.001,45924
CowsLean 85-90%1,07994.77/cwt80.00–100.001,02369
CowsBoner 80-85%1,240112.69/cwt106.00–117.001,397177
CowsBreaker 75-80%1,446111.68/cwt107.00–118.001,61586
CowsBreaker 75-80%1,588122.34/cwt118.00–129.501,94364
CowsBreaker 75-80%1,479102.82/cwt95.00–106.001,5218
CowsLean 85-90%1,078116.28/cwt114.00–125.001,25319

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.