Joplin Regional Stockyards Video Auction

The sale in one line

Forward delivery · estimated weights

34 lots covering 5,399 head for delivery across Current, Jan, Feb, Nov-Dec, Dec, Dec-Jan to 2 buyer regions. Weights are USDA’s estimates — these cattle had not been weighed when they sold.

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Demand was good for this Prime Time Video Auction. The cattle offered are in Arkansas, Missouri, Oklahoma and Texas. Deliveries are current through February, 2021. Current deliveries are cattle that will deliver up to 14 days from the video sale date. Current delivery is through December 3, 2020.

Current delivery

7 lots · 823 head

Class	Grade	Weight	Est. wt	Price	Range	Buyer region	Head
Steers	Medium and Large 1None	700–750	723	140.05/cwt	136.00–144.50	South Central	134
Steers	Medium and Large 1None	550–600	570	153.00/cwt	153.00	South Central	243
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2None	850–900	885	128.00/cwt	128.00	South Central	63
Steers	Medium and Large 1None	850–900	850	135.00/cwt	135.00	South Central	62
Steers	Medium and Large 1None	900–950	910	134.50/cwt	134.50	South Central	110
Steers	Medium and Large 1None	800–850	825	134.50/cwt	134.50	South Central	120
Heifers	Medium and Large 1None	450–500	470	148.00/cwt	148.00	South Central	91

Jan delivery

6 lots · 940 head

Class	Grade	Weight	Est. wt	Price	Range	Buyer region	Head
Heifers	Medium and Large 1None	750–800	750	129.75/cwt	129.75	South Central	132
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2None	800–850	825	130.00/cwt	130.00	South Central	124
Steers	Medium and Large 1None	700–750	700	140.00/cwt	140.00	South Central	144
Steers	Medium and Large 1None	800–850	825	134.50/cwt	134.50	South Central	420
Steers	Large 1None	850–900	850	133.50/cwt	133.50	South Central	60
Steers	Medium and Large 1None	850–900	850	134.00/cwt	134.00	South Central	60

Feb delivery

2 lots · 331 head

Class	Grade	Weight	Est. wt	Price	Range	Buyer region	Head
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2None	800–850	800	123.00/cwt	123.00	South Central	63
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2None	750–800	750	124.50/cwt	124.50	South Central	268

Nov-Dec delivery

8 lots · 1,549 head

Class	Grade	Weight	Est. wt	Price	Range	Buyer region	Head
Heifers	Medium and Large 1None	750–800	750	128.00/cwt	128.00	South Central	65
Heifers	Medium and Large 1None	700–750	725	131.50/cwt	131.50	South Central	395
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2None	850–900	850	132.00/cwt	132.00	South Central	240
Steers	Medium and Large 1None	900–950	910	137.93/cwt	133.00–142.50	South Central	463
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2None	750–800	750	132.00/cwt	132.00	South Central	67
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2None	650–700	650	135.00/cwt	135.00	South Central	78
Steers	Medium and Large 1None	850–900	850	132.00/cwt	132.00	South Central	177
Steers	Medium and Large 1None	800–850	800	141.50/cwt	141.50	South Central	64

Dec delivery

10 lots · 1,696 head

Class	Grade	Weight	Est. wt	Price	Range	Buyer region	Head
Heifers	Medium and Large 1None	700–750	700	131.00/cwt	131.00	South Central	71
Steers	Medium 1Split Loads	650–700	680	142.75/cwt	142.75	South Central	51
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2None	850–900	850	132.50/cwt	132.50	South Central	177
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2None	750–800	766	134.00/cwt	134.00	South Central	196
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2None	800–850	832	131.52/cwt	130.00–133.00	South Central	123
Steers	Medium and Large 1None	700–750	700	141.50/cwt	141.50	Southeast	67
Steers	Medium and Large 1None	850–900	875	135.65/cwt	134.00–137.25	South Central	118
Steers	Medium and Large 1None	800–850	808	135.73/cwt	133.75–139.50	South Central	190
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2None	750–800	765	124.50/cwt	124.50	South Central	680
Heifers	Medium 1Split Loads	650–700	650	130.75/cwt	130.75	South Central	23

Dec-Jan delivery

1 lot · 60 head

Class	Grade	Weight	Est. wt	Price	Range	Buyer region	Head
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2None	850–900	850	132.85/cwt	132.85	South Central	60

Where the buyers were

As USDA grouped them

Region	States
South Central	KS, MO, NM, OK, TX
Southeast	AL, AR, FL, GA, KY, LA, MS, NC, SC, TN, VA, WV

Source: USDA AMS · Jefferson City, MO. Prices are as filed, F.O.B. at origin, with the buyer taking freight — they are not comparable to a spot ring price and never enter a barn average. Weights are USDA’s estimates — these cattle had not been weighed when they sold. Delivery months differ between lots; a price for one month is not a price for another. Head is summed from the lots as reported.

Feeder Cattle — prices, barns, and planning

Fed Cattle — the cash market and what quality pays

Beef & Retail — from the box to the grocery shelf

Feed & Hay — the cost side, cash not futures

Cows & Bred Stock — the rebuild market

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