Sale reports / Missouri / Joplin Regional Stockyards / 2025-03-12

Joplin Regional Stockyards

Slaughter Cattle · Replacement Cattle · Carthage, Missouri · Wed, Mar 12
● Final37 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 1797
joplinstockyards.com(417) 548-2333
Slaughter Cattle receipts
621 head
147 vs last sale 474 100 vs year ago 521 · +19.2%
Replacement Cattle receipts
237 head
19 vs last sale 218 138 vs year ago 99 · +139.4%
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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to last week slaughter cows and bulls sold stead to 2.00 higher. Supply was moderate with very good demand.

Slaughter cattle

By class and quality grade · $/cwt
Cull cows and bulls are graded, not weight-classed — grade is what moves the money here.
ClassGradeDressingAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
BullsAverage1,646177.242,91796
CowsBoner 80-85%Average1,220140.671,716170
CowsBreaker 75-80%High1,487138.712,06390
CowsLean 85-90%Very Low975115.781,128136

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)1,012$2,6305
Bred Cows1st Stage (1-3 mo)Young (2-4 yrs)1,128$2,4005
Bred Cows2nd/3rd Stage (4-9 mo)Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)1,176$2,26449
Bred Cows2nd/3rd Stage (4-9 mo)Aged (>8 yrs)1,248$2,21218
Bred Cows1st Stage (1-3 mo)Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)1,250$1,95213
Bred Cows1st Stage (1-3 mo)Aged (>8 yrs)1,245$1,95014
Cow-Calf PairsOpenYoung/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)1,134$2,90019
Cow-Calf PairsOpenAged (>8 yrs)1,062$2,8789

Every lot, as filed

37 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 21,0752,300.00/head2,300.00–2,300.002,3002
Bred CowsMedium and Large 11,1852,400.00/head2,400.00–2,400.002,4002
Cow-Calf PairsMedium and Large 1-21,0622,877.78/head2,800.00–2,900.002,8789
Bred CowsMedium and Large 1-21,2451,950.00/head1,950.00–1,950.001,95014
Cow-Calf PairsMedium and Large 1-21,1793,046.67/head2,800.00–3,250.003,04715
Cow-Calf PairsMedium 2-38602,400.00/head2,400.00–2,400.002,4002
Stock CowsMedium and Large 11,032200.53/cwt195.00–218.002,06910
Stock CowsMedium and Large 2853169.81/cwt165.00–175.001,44812
Stock CowsMedium 2817180.00/cwt180.00–180.001,4713
Bred CowsMedium 29201,950.00/head1,950.00–1,950.001,95011
Bred CowsMedium and Large 1-21,0902,600.00/head2,600.00–2,600.002,6002
Bred CowsMedium 1-29602,650.00/head2,650.00–2,650.002,6503
Stock CowsMedium and Large 11,011193.96/cwt185.00–212.501,96115
Bred CowsMedium and Large 1-21,0902,400.00/head2,400.00–2,400.002,4003
Stock CowsMedium and Large 1Fancy717245.00/cwt245.00–245.001,7577
Bred CowsMedium and Large 1-21,2501,952.08/head1,825.00–2,050.001,95213
Bred CowsMedium and Large 1-21,2202,266.38/head2,000.00–2,600.002,26626
Bred CowsMedium and Large 11,3152,544.71/head2,400.00–2,800.002,54512
Stock CowsMedium and Large 1-21,052176.60/cwt170.00–187.501,8589
Bred CowsMedium and Large 1-21,1922,025.09/head1,800.00–2,200.002,02511
Bred CowsMedium and Large 11,3362,505.20/head2,400.00–2,600.002,5057
BullsReturn to Feed1,214171.81/cwt165.00–180.002,0867
BullsReturn to Feed1,099202.54/cwt182.50–212.502,2267
BullsReturn to Feed930150.00/cwt150.00–150.001,3953
Bulls1,451152.42/cwt144.00–160.002,2125
Bulls1,685172.42/cwt160.00–185.002,90550
Bulls1,979190.06/cwt180.00–207.003,76124
CowsBreaker 75-80%1,487143.47/cwt139.00–153.002,13339
CowsBreaker 75-80%1,54595.00/cwt95.00–95.001,4681
CowsBoner 80-85%1,236133.04/cwt124.00–137.501,64455
CowsLean 85-90%80160.75/cwt47.50–85.0048713
CowsBoner 80-85%1,256118.46/cwt112.00–121.001,4883
CowsBreaker 75-80%1,486135.87/cwt125.00–139.002,01950
CowsLean 85-90%997120.58/cwt110.00–128.001,20255
CowsLean 85-90%1,033134.23/cwt128.00–142.001,38744
CowsLean 85-90%910100.75/cwt90.00–110.0091724
CowsBoner 80-85%1,211145.01/cwt137.50–150.001,756112

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.