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Joplin Regional Stockyards

Name: Joplin Regional Stockyards livestock auction prices — 2020-02-26
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2020-02-26

Slaughter Cattle · Replacement Cattle · Carthage, Missouri · Wed, Feb 26

● Final30 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 1797

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Slaughter Cattle receipts

572 head

▲ 42 vs last sale 530▲ 572 vs year ago 0 · no sale a year ago

Replacement Cattle receipts

160 head

▼ 78 vs last sale 238▲ 160 vs year ago 0 · no sale a year ago

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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to last week, slaughter cows sold steady to 1.00 lower, slaughter bulls sold steady. The offering was made up of mostly slaughter cattle this week with a light supply of replacements. Demand was moderate.

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	—	High	1,653	81.39	1,345	33
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	Average	1,307	59.77	781	57
Cows	Boner 80-85%	Average	1,087	56.77	617	216
Cows	Lean 85-90%	High	977	45.49	445	156

Every lot

30 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	—	—	1,436	68.88/cwt	56.00–76.00	989	9
Bulls	—	—	1,661	83.81/cwt	77.00–88.50	1,392	18
Bulls	—	—	1,953	92.91/cwt	91.00–94.50	1,815	6
Slaughter Cattle · Cows9 lots · lightest first
Cows	—	Lean 85-90%	936	23.96/cwt	18.00–32.50	224	17
Cows	—	Lean 85-90%	964	37.78/cwt	33.00–42.00	364	22
Cows	—	Lean 85-90%	983	52.12/cwt	49.00–54.00	512	77
Cows	—	Lean 85-90%	991	46.13/cwt	43.00–51.00	457	40
Cows	—	Boner 80-85%	1,047	50.65/cwt	46.00–52.50	530	25
Cows	—	Boner 80-85%	1,086	60.90/cwt	59.00–64.00	661	39
Cows	—	Boner 80-85%	1,094	56.72/cwt	52.00–59.00	621	152
Cows	—	Breaker 75-80%	1,289	59.04/cwt	54.00–62.50	761	49
Cows	—	Breaker 75-80%	1,414	64.24/cwt	62.00–67.00	908	8
Replacement Cattle · Bulls1 lot · lightest first
Bulls	—	Medium and Large 1-2	1,938	2,124.77/cwt	1,950.00–2,300.00	41,178	2
Replacement Cattle · Cow-Calf Pairs5 lots · lightest first
Cow-Calf Pairs	—	Medium 2	975	925.00/cwt	900.00–950.00	9,019	2
Cow-Calf Pairs	—	Large 1-2	1,286	1,522.73/cwt	1,450.00–1,550.00	19,582	11
Cow-Calf Pairs	—	Large 1-2	1,325	1,100.00/cwt	1,100.00–1,100.00	14,575	2
Cow-Calf Pairs	—	Large 1-2	1,400	1,700.00/cwt	1,700.00–1,700.00	23,800	5
Cow-Calf Pairs	—	Large 1-2	1,500	1,350.00/cwt	1,350.00–1,350.00	20,250	3
Replacement Cattle · Stock Cows3 lots · lightest first
Stock Cows	—	Medium 1-2	930	73.00/cwt	73.00–73.00	679	5
Stock Cows	—	Medium and Large 1-2	995	90.20/cwt	85.00–97.50	897	9
Stock Cows	—	Medium and Large 1-2	1,127	75.75/cwt	67.50–77.50	854	16
Replacement Cattle · Bred Cows8 lots · lightest first
Bred Cows	—	Medium and Large 2	1,010	688.99/cwt	650.00–725.00	6,959	2
Bred Cows	—	Medium and Large 2	1,045	846.73/cwt	800.00–960.00	8,848	6
Bred Cows	—	Medium and Large 1-2	1,053	857.78/cwt	810.00–885.00	9,032	3
Bred Cows	—	Medium and Large 1-2Broken Mouth	1,059	700.88/cwt	675.00–750.00	7,422	8
Bred Cows	—	Medium 2	1,063	656.03/cwt	650.00–675.00	6,974	4
Bred Cows	—	Medium and Large 1-2	1,111	1,096.25/cwt	1,025.00–1,150.00	12,179	9
Bred Cows	—	Medium and Large 1-2	1,175	860.90/cwt	750.00–975.00	10,116	4
Bred Cows	—	Medium and Large 1	1,200	1,252.50/cwt	1,200.00–1,410.00	15,030	4
Replacement Cattle · Bred Heifers1 lot · lightest first
Bred Heifers	—	Medium and Large 2	900	900.00/cwt	900.00–900.00	8,100	9

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 Feb 26, 2020

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

Slaughter CattleReceipts 572Last week 530Year ago 0

Replacement CattleReceipts 160Last week 238Year ago 0

Slaughter Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cows — Lean 85-90%$ per cwt · actual wt
77	—	983	49.00–54.00	52.12
17	—	936	18.00–32.50	23.96
22	—	964	33.00–42.00	37.78
40	—	991	43.00–51.00	46.13

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cows — Boner 80-85%$ per cwt · actual wt
152	—	1,094	52.00–59.00	56.72
39	—	1,086	59.00–64.00	60.90
25	—	1,047	46.00–52.50	50.65

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cows — Breaker 75-80%$ per cwt · actual wt
49	—	1,289	54.00–62.50	59.04
8	—	1,414	62.00–67.00	64.24

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls$ per cwt · actual wt
6	—	1,953	91.00–94.50	92.91
9	—	1,436	56.00–76.00	68.88
18	—	1,661	77.00–88.50	83.81

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
Aged (>8 yrs)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	3	—	1,500	1,350.00	1,350.00
Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	Open	11	—	1,286	1,450.00–1,550.00	1,522.73
Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	Open	2	—	1,325	1,100.00	1,100.00
Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	5	—	1,400	1,700.00	1,700.00

Age	Stage	Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cow-Calf Pairs — Medium 2$ per cwt · estimate wt
Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	Open	2	—	975	900.00–950.00	925.00

Age	Stage	Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Stock Cows — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	Open	16	—	1,127	67.50–77.50	75.75
(<2 yrs)	Open	9	—	995	85.00–97.50	90.20

Age	Stage	Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Stock Cows — Medium 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
(<2 yrs)	Open	5	—	930	73.00	73.00

Age	Stage	Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
Young (2-4 yrs)	N/A	2	—	1,938	1,950.00–2,300.00	2,124.77

Age	Stage	Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bred Cows — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	2nd/3rd Stage (4-9 mo)	6	—	1,045	800.00–960.00	846.73
Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	2	—	1,010	650.00–725.00	688.99

Age	Stage	Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bred Cows — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	2nd/3rd Stage (4-9 mo)	9	—	1,111	1,025.00–1,150.00	1,096.25
Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	3	—	1,053	810.00–885.00	857.78
Aged (>8 yrs)	2nd/3rd Stage (4-9 mo)	4	—	1,175	750.00–975.00	860.90

Age	Stage	Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bred Cows — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	2nd/3rd Stage (4-9 mo)	4	—	1,200	1,200.00–1,410.00	1,252.50

Age	Stage	Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bred Cows — Medium 2$ per cwt · actual wt
Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	2nd/3rd Stage (4-9 mo)	4	—	1,063	650.00–675.00	656.03

Age	Stage	Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bred Cows — Medium and Large 1-2 · Broken Mouth$ per cwt · actual wt
Aged (>8 yrs)	2nd/3rd Stage (4-9 mo)	8	—	1,059	675.00–750.00	700.88

Age	Stage	Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bred Heifers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
(<2 yrs)	2nd/3rd Stage (4-9 mo)	9	—	900	900.00	900.00

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.