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Joplin Regional Stockyards

Name: Joplin Regional Stockyards livestock auction prices — 2019-05-22
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2019-05-22

Slaughter Cattle · Replacement Cattle · Carthage, Missouri · Wed, May 22

● Final23 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 1797

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Slaughter Cattle receipts

452 head

▼ 523 vs last sale 975▲ 452 vs year ago 0 · no sale a year ago

Replacement Cattle receipts

153 head

▼ 992 vs last sale 1,145▲ 153 vs year ago 0 · no sale a year ago

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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to last Wednesday, the bulk of slaughter cows sold steady with a few high dressing 1.00 higher and slaughter bulls sold steady. A good supply of bred cows and cow/calf pairs was included in the offering. Supply was good to moderate for slaughter classes.

Slaughter cattle

By class and quality grade · $/cwt

Cull cows and bulls are graded, not weight-classed — grade is what moves the money here.

Class	Grade	Dressing	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Bulls	—	Low	1,643	81.89	1,345	54
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	Low	1,420	59.74	848	33
Cows	Boner 80-85%	High	1,229	54.47	669	175
Cows	Lean 85-90%	Very Low	1,161	46.00	534	48

Every lot

23 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. Grouped by class and set lightest first; USDA files them in sale-ring order.

Class	Weight	Grade / description	Avg wt	Price	Range	Per head	Head
Slaughter Cattle · Bulls3 lots · lightest first
Bulls	—	—	1,439	66.94/cwt	60.00–69.00	963	5
Bulls	—	—	1,591	91.88/cwt	87.50–104.00	1,462	8
Bulls	—	—	1,678	81.76/cwt	73.00–88.00	1,372	41
Slaughter Cattle · Cows10 lots · lightest first
Cows	—	Lean 85-90%	917	35.09/cwt	30.00–42.50	322	3
Cows	—	Lean 85-90%	1,115	41.89/cwt	32.50–47.50	467	14
Cows	—	Lean 85-90%	1,142	48.40/cwt	41.00–55.00	553	20
Cows	—	Boner 80-85%	1,212	54.83/cwt	50.00–62.00	665	146
Cows	—	Boner 80-85%	1,215	44.27/cwt	35.00–49.00	538	17
Cows	—	Lean 85-90%	1,321	49.85/cwt	49.00–52.50	659	11
Cows	—	Breaker 75-80%	1,341	55.78/cwt	52.00–59.00	748	12
Cows	—	Breaker 75-80%	1,343	50.21/cwt	50.00–50.50	674	5
Cows	—	Boner 80-85%	1,454	64.59/cwt	60.00–69.00	939	12
Cows	—	Breaker 75-80%	1,503	65.68/cwt	61.00–68.00	987	16
Replacement Cattle · Cow-Calf Pairs3 lots · lightest first
Cow-Calf Pairs	—	Medium and Large 1-2	1,170	1,418.18/cwt	1,050.00–1,600.00	16,593	11
Cow-Calf Pairs	—	Medium and Large 1-2	1,206	1,221.88/cwt	1,125.00–1,350.00	14,736	8
Cow-Calf Pairs	—	Large 1-2	1,250	1,535.00/cwt	1,535.00–1,535.00	19,188	8
Replacement Cattle · Bred Cows3 lots · lightest first
Bred Cows	—	Medium and Large 1-2	1,083	748.21/cwt	700.00–775.00	8,103	4
Bred Cows	—	Medium and Large 1-2	1,119	827.74/cwt	650.00–1,000.00	9,262	13
Bred Cows	—	Medium and Large 1-2	1,389	778.10/cwt	675.00–850.00	10,808	16
Replacement Cattle · Bred Heifers2 lots · lightest first
Bred Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	750	775.00/cwt	775.00–775.00	5,813	2
Bred Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	804	811.79/cwt	675.00–835.00	6,527	6
Replacement Cattle · Stock Cows2 lots · lightest first
Stock Cows	—	Medium and Large 1-2	819	103.73/cwt	67.50–127.50	850	22
Stock Cows	—	Medium and Large 1-2	1,034	101.74/cwt	68.00–113.00	1,052	27

This sale against other markets

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.

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Joplin Regional Stockyards Slaughter/Replacement Cattle- Carthage, MO

Wed May 22, 2019

USDA Livestock, Poultry & Grain Market News · Federal-State Market News Service, Jefferson City, MO (LS-JC)

Slaughter CattleReceipts 452Last week 975Year ago 0

Replacement CattleReceipts 153Last week 1,145Year ago 0

Replacement Cattle

As reported

Age	Stage	Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cow-Calf Pairs — Large 1-2$ per cwt · estimate wt
Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	Open	8	—	1,250	1,535.00	1,535.00

Age	Stage	Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cow-Calf Pairs — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · estimate wt
Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	Open	8	—	1,206	1,125.00–1,350.00	1,221.88
Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	Open	11	—	1,170	1,050.00–1,600.00	1,418.18

Age	Stage	Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bred Cows — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	16	—	1,389	675.00–850.00	778.10
Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	4	—	1,083	700.00–775.00	748.21
Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	2nd/3rd Stage (4-9 mo)	13	—	1,119	650.00–1,000.00	827.74

Age	Stage	Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bred Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
(<2 yrs)	2nd/3rd Stage (4-9 mo)	6	—	804	675.00–835.00	811.79
Young (2-4 yrs)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	2	—	750	775.00	775.00

Age	Stage	Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Stock Cows — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
(<2 yrs)	Open	22	—	819	67.50–127.50	103.73
Young (2-4 yrs)	Open	27	—	1,034	68.00–113.00	101.74

Slaughter Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls$ per cwt · actual wt
5	—	1,439	60.00–69.00	66.94
8	—	1,591	87.50–104.00	91.88
41	—	1,678	73.00–88.00	81.76

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cows — Boner 80-85%$ per cwt · actual wt
12	—	1,454	60.00–69.00	64.59
17	—	1,215	35.00–49.00	44.27
146	—	1,212	50.00–62.00	54.83

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cows — Breaker 75-80%$ per cwt · actual wt
5	—	1,343	50.00–50.50	50.21
12	—	1,341	52.00–59.00	55.78
16	—	1,503	61.00–68.00	65.68

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cows — Lean 85-90%$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	917	30.00–42.50	35.09
11	—	1,321	49.00–52.50	49.85
14	—	1,115	32.50–47.50	41.89
20	—	1,142	41.00–55.00	48.40

Head, weight ranges, average weights and price ranges are exactly as USDA AMS filed them — nothing recomputed, nothing rounded — in USDA's own reporting structure. This is RaisedBeef's rendering of that data, not a copy of USDA's document.