Sale reports / Missouri / Joplin Regional Stockyards / 2026-04-15

Joplin Regional Stockyards

Slaughter Cattle · Replacement Cattle · Carthage, Missouri · Wed, Apr 15
● Final37 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 1797
joplinstockyards.com(417) 548-2333
Slaughter Cattle receipts
648 head
99 vs last sale 549 17 vs year ago 665 · 2.6%
Replacement Cattle receipts
227 head
983 vs last sale 1,210 94 vs year ago 321 · 29.3%
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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to last week slaughter cows sold 2.00-4.00 lower. Slaughter bulls sold steady to 3.00 higher. Supply was heavy with very good demand. The high selling slaughter cow sold for 200.00/cwt.. The top slaughter bull sold for 264.00/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
BullsLow1,732220.643,82250
CowsBreaker 75-80%High1,451176.422,56077
CowsBoner 80-85%Low1,216175.632,136202
CowsLean 85-90%Very Low1,016152.321,548199

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 Cows1st Stage (1-3 mo)Young (2-4 yrs)1,240$3,8506
Bred Cows2nd/3rd Stage (4-9 mo)Young (2-4 yrs)1,067$3,57515
Bred Cows2nd/3rd Stage (4-9 mo)Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)1,245$3,17723
Bred Cows1st Stage (1-3 mo)Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)1,240$3,0004thin
Bred Cows2nd/3rd Stage (4-9 mo)Aged (>8 yrs)1,109$2,60631
Cow-Calf Pairs1st Stage (1-3 mo)Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)1,080$4,6005
Cow-Calf PairsOpenYoung (2-4 yrs)1,075$4,6003thin
Cow-Calf PairsOpenAged (>8 yrs)1,119$4,2008
Cow-Calf PairsOpenYoung/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)1,085$4,0676

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 1-21,0754,600.00/head4,600.00–4,600.004,6002
Cow-Calf PairsMedium and Large 1-21,0853,800.00/head3,800.00–3,800.003,8004
Cow-Calf PairsMedium and Large 1-21,0854,600.00/head4,600.00–4,600.004,6002
Bulls1,605195.14/cwt177.00–207.503,1324
Bulls1,678217.17/cwt204.00–229.003,64437
Bulls2,011246.26/cwt232.50–264.004,9529
CowsBoner 80-85%1,226155.71/cwt147.50–160.001,90914
CowsBreaker 75-80%1,424186.01/cwt180.00–200.002,64932
CowsBreaker 75-80%1,482172.63/cwt167.50–182.502,55835
Bred CowsMedium and Large 11,2403,850.00/head3,850.00–3,850.003,8506
Stock CowsMedium and Large 1899322.49/cwt305.00–330.002,8997
Bred CowsMedium and Large 1-21,1692,872.49/head2,800.00–3,150.002,87214
Bred CowsMedium and Large 11,3623,650.67/head3,400.00–3,800.003,6519
Stock CowsMedium and Large 11,111285.71/cwt280.00–290.003,17416
Bred CowsMedium and Large 11,1714,125.38/head4,075.00–4,200.004,1255
Stock CowsMedium and Large 1-21,100204.79/cwt192.50–215.002,2539
Bred CowsMedium and Large 1-21,2953,014.75/head3,000.00–3,025.003,0159
Bred CowsMedium and Large 1-21,0153,300.00/head3,300.00–3,300.003,30010
Stock CowsMedium and Large 21,032204.23/cwt187.50–215.002,1088
Stock CowsMedium and Large 21,030212.50/cwt212.50–212.502,1894
Stock CowsMedium and Large 1-2703345.00/cwt345.00–345.002,4253
Bred CowsMedium and Large 11,2403,000.00/head3,000.00–3,000.003,0004
CowsBoner 80-85%1,214183.81/cwt179.00–197.502,23177
Bred CowsMedium 21,0181,985.00/head1,985.00–1,985.001,9856
Bred CowsMedium 1-21,0382,609.60/head2,500.00–2,900.002,61016
Stock CowsMedium 1-2998190.00/cwt190.00–190.001,8965
Stock CowsMedium 1-2870310.00/cwt310.00–310.002,6976
Stock CowsMedium and Large 1-21,144256.36/cwt242.50–287.502,93326
CowsBreaker 75-80%1,428159.00/cwt155.00–165.002,27110
CowsLean 85-90%843113.79/cwt90.00–125.0095913
CowsLean 85-90%1,081172.54/cwt167.00–180.001,86564
CowsLean 85-90%1,001154.78/cwt145.00–165.001,54966
CowsLean 85-90%1,001135.24/cwt120.00–145.001,35456
CowsBoner 80-85%1,216172.47/cwt162.50–179.002,097111
Cow-Calf PairsMedium and Large 1-21,0804,600.00/head4,600.00–4,600.004,6005
Cow-Calf PairsMedium and Large 1-21,1334,066.67/head3,500.00–4,350.004,0676
Cow-Calf PairsMedium and Large 1-21,0754,600.00/head4,600.00–4,600.004,6003

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.