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Show-Me-Select (Carthage, MO)

Replacement Cattle · Carthage, Missouri · Fri, May 15
● Final4 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 1790
Nov 21May 15latest
Receipts
165 head
81 vs last sale 246 41 vs year ago 124 · +33.1%
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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

A good crowd on hand for the Show-Me-Select Replacement heifer sale at JRS. The sale was sponsored by Missouri Show-Me-Select

Replacement Heifers Inc., Division of Animal Sciences, Southwest Missouri Beef Cattle improvement Association in Cooperation with

University Extension, Commercial Agriculture Program, MU Veterinary Medicine, Missouri Cattlemen's Association and the Missouri

Department of Agriculture. All heifers had met minimum standards for reproductive soundness, pelvic size, body condition and weight. A

strict immunization program had been followed including Brucellosis calf-hood vaccination and tested negative for PI BVD. Heifers were bred

to bulls meeting strict calving ease or birth weight EPD's. Many were synchronized and artificially bred. projected calving dates were given

and all heifers preg checked within 30 days of the sale. The offering was screened for blemishes, muscle, frame and body condition score, and

disposition by a screening committee consisting of official graders from the Missouri Dept of Agriculture and USDA, then sorted into lots

according to calving dates and similar body types. The offering consisted of 165 lots from 12 consignors and were due to calve from

August to November. The top lot sold for $6750.00 per head. The sale average was $4947.00 which was $770.00

higher than the sale last fall.

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 Heifers2nd/3rd Stage (4-9 mo)(<2 yrs)1,059$4,948165

Every lot, as filed

4 lots · USDA AMS · Show-Me-Select Special - Carthage, MO
Nothing removed and nothing rounded — the same lots as the USDA report, with per-head values added.
ClassGrade / descriptionWeightAvg wtPriceRangePer headHead
Bred HeifersMedium 1-29584,855.56/head3,800.00–6,400.004,8569
Bred HeifersMedium and Large 11,1225,355.71/head4,100.00–6,750.005,35635
Bred HeifersMedium and Large 1-21,0524,838.66/head4,000.00–6,300.004,839119
Bred HeifersMedium and Large 28004,700.00/head4,700.00–4,700.004,7002

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.