Joplin Regional Stockyards Video Auction

The sale in one line

Forward delivery · estimated weights

16 lots covering 2,793 head for delivery across Current, Jan, Oct, Oct-Nov, Nov, Nov-Dec, Dec to 2 buyer regions. Weights are USDA’s estimates — these cattle had not been weighed when they sold.

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Joplin Regional Stockyards had a light to moderate supply of cattle that sold with good demand at this video auction. The cattle offered are in Missouri, Oklahoma, Kansas, Texas and Arkansas . Deliveries are current thru Jan 2022. Current deliveries are are cattle that will deliver up to 14 days from the video sale date, which is Oct. 21, 2021

Current delivery

6 lots · 1,509 head

Class	Grade	Weight	Est. wt	Price	Range	Buyer region	Head
Heifers	Medium and Large 1None	700–750	720	142.25/cwt	142.25	Southeast	70
Heifers	Medium and Large 1None	600–650	640	155.50/cwt	155.50	South Central	130
Steers	Medium and Large 1None	650–700	665	163.38/cwt	159.50–166.00	South Central	379
Steers	Medium and Large 1None	750–800	757	153.84/cwt	153.75–154.25	South Central	733
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2None	700–750	710	145.50/cwt	145.50	South Central	72
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2None	800–850	825	140.00/cwt	140.00	South Central	125

Jan delivery

1 lot · 250 head

Class	Grade	Weight	Est. wt	Price	Range	Buyer region	Head
Steers	Medium and Large 1None	800–850	800	148.25/cwt	148.25	South Central	250

Oct delivery

2 lots · 221 head

Class	Grade	Weight	Est. wt	Price	Range	Buyer region	Head
Steers	Medium and Large 1None	800–850	830	152.25/cwt	152.25	South Central	61
Steers	Medium and Large 1None	900–950	900	151.54/cwt	147.25–153.85	South Central	160

Oct-Nov delivery

1 lot · 180 head

Class	Grade	Weight	Est. wt	Price	Range	Buyer region	Head
Steers	Medium and Large 1None	850–900	850	153.25/cwt	151.25–154.25	South Central	180

Nov delivery

2 lots · 251 head

Class	Grade	Weight	Est. wt	Price	Range	Buyer region	Head
Heifers	Medium and Large 1None	750–800	775	145.25/cwt	145.25	South Central	65
Steers	Medium and Large 1None	850–900	850	152.50/cwt	152.50	South Central	186

Nov-Dec delivery

2 lots · 177 head

Class	Grade	Weight	Est. wt	Price	Range	Buyer region	Head
Heifers	Medium and Large 1None	350–400	390	160.00/cwt	160.00	South Central	120
Steers	Medium and Large 1None	900–950	900	153.00/cwt	153.00	South Central	57

Dec delivery

2 lots · 205 head

Class	Grade	Weight	Est. wt	Price	Range	Buyer region	Head
Heifers	Medium and Large 1None	700–750	710	144.25/cwt	144.25	South Central	145
Steers	Medium and Large 1None	800–850	825	151.50/cwt	151.50	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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