Joplin Regional Stockyards Video Auction

The sale in one line

Forward delivery · estimated weights

30 lots covering 4,065 head for delivery across Current, Jan, Jan-Feb, Mar, Dec 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. Current deliveries are cattle that will deliver up to 14 days from the video sale date, which is December 15, 2022.

Current delivery

11 lots · 1,349 head

Class	Grade	Weight	Est. wt	Price	Range	Buyer region	Head
Steers	Medium and Large 1Value Added	800–850	820	181.01/cwt	178.00–183.75	South Central	256
Steers	Medium and Large 1Value Added	900–950	921	183.56/cwt	172.50–185.75	South Central	337
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	700–750	715	171.00/cwt	171.00	South Central	69
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	800–850	800	173.50/cwt	173.50	South Central	70
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	650–700	650	179.50/cwt	179.50	South Central	154
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Split Loads	900–950	908	162.00/cwt	162.00	South Central	22
Steers	Medium and Large 1Value Added	850–900	850	175.50/cwt	175.50	South Central	62
Heifers	Large 1Value Added	850–900	850	167.00/cwt	167.00	South Central	60
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Value Added	700–750	722	164.66/cwt	164.00–165.00	South Central	205
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	600–650	600	162.50/cwt	162.50	South Central	82
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Split Loads	800–850	830	147.00/cwt	147.00	South Central	32

Jan delivery

5 lots · 1,086 head

Class	Grade	Weight	Est. wt	Price	Range	Buyer region	Head
Heifers	Large 1Value Added	800–850	800	166.00/cwt	166.00	South Central	63
Steers	Medium and Large 1Value Added	750–800	750	185.25/cwt	185.25	South Central	400
Steers	Medium and Large 1Value Added	800–850	824	174.20/cwt	173.50–174.75	South Central	443
Steers	Large 1Value Added	850–900	850	179.00/cwt	179.00	South Central	60
Steers	Medium and Large 1Value Added	850–900	850	175.00/cwt	175.00	South Central	120

Jan-Feb delivery

1 lot · 156 head

Class	Grade	Weight	Est. wt	Price	Range	Buyer region	Head
Steers	Medium and Large 1Value Added	650–700	650	191.50/cwt	191.50	South Central	156

Mar delivery

1 lot · 90 head

Class	Grade	Weight	Est. wt	Price	Range	Buyer region	Head
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Value Added	550–600	585	187.50/cwt	187.50	South Central	90

Dec delivery

12 lots · 1,384 head

Class	Grade	Weight	Est. wt	Price	Range	Buyer region	Head
Heifers	Large 1Value Added	750–800	785	169.50/cwt	169.50	South Central	64
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Value Added	800–850	810	167.50/cwt	167.50	South Central	67
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Value Added	650–700	675	162.00/cwt	162.00	Southeast	75
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Value Added	650–700	675	168.00/cwt	168.00	South Central	77
Steers	Medium and Large 1Value Added	800–850	825	175.50/cwt	175.50	South Central	124
Steers	Medium and Large 1Value Added	750–800	780	178.33/cwt	177.25–179.50	South Central	384
Steers	Large 1Value Added	800–850	840	180.00/cwt	180.00	South Central	60
Steers	Medium and Large 1Value Added	850–900	860	179.00/cwt	179.00	South Central	61
Steers	Medium and Large 1Value Added	650–700	680	185.50/cwt	185.50	South Central	73
Steers	Medium and Large 1Value Added	600–650	600	187.00/cwt	187.00	South Central	81
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Value Added	700–750	725	167.75/cwt	167.75	South Central	140
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Value Added	550–600	585	175.75/cwt	175.75	South Central	178

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

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Feed & Hay — the cost side, cash not futures

Cows & Bred Stock — the rebuild market

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