Name: Joplin Regional Stockyards livestock auction prices — 2025-11-12
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2025-11-12

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to last week slaughter cows and bulls sold 1.00-3.00 lower. Supply was heavy with moderate 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.

Class	Grade	Dressing	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Bulls	—	Average	1,805	183.18	3,305	30
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	High	1,463	157.15	2,300	99
Cows	Boner 80-85%	Low	1,237	151.90	1,880	264
Cows	Lean 85-90%	High	1,031	131.47	1,356	259

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.

Class	Stage	Age	Avg wt	$/head	Head
Bred Cows	2nd/3rd Stage (4-9 mo)	Young (2-4 yrs)	1,044	$3,479	7
Bred Cows	2nd/3rd Stage (4-9 mo)	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	1,130	$2,851	52
Bred Cows	2nd/3rd Stage (4-9 mo)	Aged (>8 yrs)	1,130	$2,378	33
Bred Cows	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	1,045	$2,100	4thin
Bred Heifers	2nd/3rd Stage (4-9 mo)	(<2 yrs)	864	$2,780	25

Every lot, as filed

31 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.

Class	Grade / description	Weight	Avg wt	Price	Range	Per head	Head
Bulls	—	—	1,791	181.21/cwt	174.00–190.00	3,245	19
Bulls	—	—	2,022	202.35/cwt	195.00–207.00	4,092	6
Bulls	—	—	1,595	167.64/cwt	162.20–172.50	2,674	5
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,276	138.20/cwt	127.50–145.00	1,763	40
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,209	162.04/cwt	158.00–179.00	1,959	46
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	1,045	150.21/cwt	145.00–160.00	1,570	45
Stock Cows	Medium and Large 1	—	732	275.00/cwt	275.00–275.00	2,013	2
Stock Cows	Medium and Large 1Fancy	—	1,029	266.12/cwt	265.00–270.00	2,738	13
Stock Cows	Medium and Large 1-2	—	951	190.00/cwt	190.00–190.00	1,807	8
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,114	2,717.70/head	2,400.00–2,900.00	2,718	29
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 1	—	1,147	3,288.40/head	3,100.00–3,600.00	3,288	18
Stock Cows	Medium and Large 1	—	1,107	200.00/cwt	200.00–200.00	2,214	12
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 1	—	1,338	2,800.00/head	2,800.00–2,800.00	2,800	8
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 2	—	982	2,100.00/head	2,100.00–2,100.00	2,100	10
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,117	2,338.06/head	2,250.00–2,500.00	2,338	15
Bred Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	940	3,000.00/head	3,000.00–3,000.00	3,000	15
Stock Cows	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,150	194.62/cwt	175.00–215.00	2,238	34
Stock Cows	Medium and Large 1	—	1,167	222.21/cwt	195.00–240.00	2,593	18
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 1	—	1,051	3,731.26/head	3,400.00–3,950.00	3,731	5
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	—	1,516	168.24/cwt	161.00–178.00	2,551	35
Bred Cows	Medium 1-2	—	1,160	2,050.00/head	2,050.00–2,050.00	2,050	5
Bred Heifers	Medium 1-2	—	749	2,450.70/head	2,100.00–2,600.00	2,451	10
Stock Cows	Medium 2	—	968	172.50/cwt	172.50–172.50	1,670	4
Bred Cows	Medium 1-2	—	1,045	2,100.00/head	2,100.00–2,100.00	2,100	4
Bred Cows	Medium 1-2	—	1,025	2,850.00/head	2,850.00–2,850.00	2,850	2
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	1,002	117.99/cwt	102.50–127.50	1,182	73
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	785	87.61/cwt	80.00–100.00	688	13
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	1,068	137.02/cwt	125.00–145.00	1,463	128
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,236	152.36/cwt	145.00–159.00	1,883	178
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	—	1,432	142.23/cwt	140.00–144.00	2,037	9
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	—	1,435	152.53/cwt	145.00–161.00	2,189	55

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.

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