Sale reports / Missouri / Joplin Regional Stockyards / 2025-07-02

Joplin Regional Stockyards

Slaughter Cattle · Replacement Cattle · Carthage, Missouri · Wed, Jul 2
● Final24 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 1797
joplinstockyards.com(417) 548-2333
Slaughter Cattle receipts
423 head
113 vs last sale 310 54 vs year ago 477 · 11.3%
Replacement Cattle receipts
73 head
6 vs last sale 79 40 vs year ago 33 · +121.2%
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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to last week slaughter cows sold steady to 4.00 higher with slaughter bulls selling steady. Supply was light with good demand. The top slaughter cows weighing 1,175 lbs. and 1,315 lbs. sold for 179.00/cwt. The top selling slaughter bull weighed 2,040 lbs. and sold for 236.00/cwt.

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
BullsHigh1,671200.643,35326
CowsBoner 80-85%Low1,182161.921,914119
CowsBreaker 75-80%Low1,454161.422,34646
CowsLean 85-90%Very Low969132.291,281165

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)1,315$2,9001thin
Bred Cows1st Stage (1-3 mo)Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)1,160$2,7003thin
Bred Cows2nd/3rd Stage (4-9 mo)Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)1,099$2,58730
Bred Cows2nd/3rd Stage (4-9 mo)Aged (>8 yrs)1,116$2,29212
Bred Heifers2nd/3rd Stage (4-9 mo)(<2 yrs)970$2,7002thin
Cow-Calf Pairs1st Stage (1-3 mo)Young (2-4 yrs)760$3,7002thin
Cow-Calf PairsOpenAged (>8 yrs)1,040$3,3503thin
Cow-Calf PairsOpenYoung/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)1,040$3,0503thin

Every lot, as filed

24 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 27603,700.00/head3,700.00–3,700.003,7002
Cow-Calf PairsMedium and Large 1-21,0403,050.00/head3,050.00–3,050.003,0503
Cow-Calf PairsMedium and Large 1-21,0403,350.00/head3,350.00–3,350.003,3503
Stock CowsMedium and Large 1-2947175.00/cwt175.00–175.001,6572
Bred CowsMedium and Large 1-21,1442,455.92/head2,400.00–2,500.002,4569
Bred HeifersMedium and Large 1-29702,700.00/head2,700.00–2,700.002,7002
Bred CowsMedium and Large 1-21,1012,393.60/head2,100.00–2,600.002,39418
Bred CowsMedium and Large 21,0331,800.00/head1,800.00–1,800.001,8003
Bred CowsMedium and Large 11,3152,900.00/head2,900.00–2,900.002,9001
CowsBoner 80-85%1,300132.50/cwt132.50–132.501,7231
CowsBreaker 75-80%1,430140.13/cwt136.00–144.002,0042
CowsLean 85-90%83897.67/cwt92.50–109.0081827
CowsBreaker 75-80%1,419157.17/cwt147.50–160.002,23017
Bulls1,799216.11/cwt202.50–236.003,88810
CowsBoner 80-85%1,164167.06/cwt162.50–179.001,94556
CowsLean 85-90%1,018162.25/cwt155.00–172.001,65221
CowsBreaker 75-80%1,477165.68/cwt160.00–175.002,44727
CowsLean 85-90%927126.33/cwt116.00–135.001,17162
Bred CowsMedium and Large 11,1602,700.00/head2,700.00–2,700.002,7003
Bred CowsMedium and Large 11,0972,876.74/head2,800.00–3,000.002,87712
Stock CowsMedium and Large 11,006213.74/cwt212.50–215.002,1504
Bulls1,591190.97/cwt182.50–200.003,03816
CowsBoner 80-85%1,196157.75/cwt147.50–162.501,88762
CowsLean 85-90%1,061144.56/cwt135.00–155.001,53455

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.