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Name: Joplin Regional Stockyards livestock auction prices — 2020-04-22
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2020-04-22

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

● Final52 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 1797

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Slaughter Cattle receipts

474 head

▲ 18 vs last sale 456▼ 329 vs year ago 803 · −41.0%

Replacement Cattle receipts

372 head

▲ 243 vs last sale 129▲ 75 vs year ago 297 · +25.3%

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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to ls Wednesday, slaughter cows sold 5.00-6.00 lower and slaughter bulls sold 1.00-2.00 lower. The offering included several herd dispersal's providing a moderate to heavy supply of bred cows and a moderate supply of cow/calf pairs. Supply and demand were 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	—	High	1,699	85.16	1,447	49
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	Average	1,328	57.28	761	72
Cows	Boner 80-85%	Average	1,220	55.42	676	151
Cows	Lean 85-90%	Average	1,012	38.53	390	119

Every lot

52 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	—	—	1,327	73.83/cwt	69.00–78.00	980	7
Bulls	—	—	1,657	82.89/cwt	79.00–87.00	1,373	23
Bulls	—	—	1,888	92.08/cwt	87.00–99.00	1,738	19
Slaughter Cattle · Cows10 lots · lightest first
Cows	—	Lean 85-90%	836	21.70/cwt	15.00–29.00	181	18
Cows	—	Lean 85-90%	1,009	35.21/cwt	30.00–40.00	355	42
Cows	—	Lean 85-90%	1,032	44.40/cwt	41.00–47.00	458	45
Cows	—	Boner 80-85%	1,174	49.37/cwt	42.00–52.00	580	21
Cows	—	Lean 85-90%	1,181	51.24/cwt	47.00–53.50	605	14
Cows	—	Boner 80-85%	1,220	55.05/cwt	51.00–60.50	672	103
Cows	—	Boner 80-85%	1,257	61.56/cwt	59.00–65.00	774	27
Cows	—	Breaker 75-80%	1,286	57.37/cwt	55.00–60.00	738	37
Cows	—	Breaker 75-80%	1,310	53.75/cwt	50.00–56.00	704	22
Cows	—	Breaker 75-80%	1,478	63.01/cwt	60.00–66.00	931	13
Replacement Cattle · Bulls2 lots · lightest first
Bulls	—	Medium 1-2	1,000	110.00/cwt	110.00–110.00	1,100	2
Bulls	—	Medium and Large 1-2	1,635	1,600.00/cwt	1,600.00–1,600.00	26,160	1
Replacement Cattle · Bred Cows15 lots · lightest first
Bred Cows	—	Medium 1-2	948	678.89/cwt	575.00–800.00	6,436	2
Bred Cows	—	Medium 1-2	979	804.81/cwt	675.00–875.00	7,879	11
Bred Cows	—	Medium and Large 2	1,003	804.65/cwt	785.00–825.00	8,071	2
Bred Cows	—	Medium 1-2	1,020	57.63/cwt	50.00–67.00	588	6
Bred Cows	—	Medium 1-2	1,025	63.75/cwt	55.00–72.50	653	2
Bred Cows	—	Medium and Large 1-2Broken Mouth	1,105	53.43/cwt	49.00–56.00	590	6
Bred Cows	—	Medium and Large 2	1,130	52.35/cwt	52.00–53.00	592	3
Bred Cows	—	Medium and Large 1-2	1,135	55.54/cwt	55.00–58.00	630	6
Bred Cows	—	Medium and Large 1-2	1,142	951.21/cwt	835.00–1,050.00	10,863	19
Bred Cows	—	Medium and Large 1-2	1,154	58.38/cwt	55.00–63.00	674	9
Bred Cows	—	Medium and Large 1-2	1,212	836.67/cwt	700.00–950.00	10,140	36
Bred Cows	—	Medium and Large 1	1,227	1,248.51/cwt	1,200.00–1,275.00	15,319	9
Bred Cows	—	Medium and Large 1-2	1,236	1,036.21/cwt	850.00–1,175.00	12,808	38
Bred Cows	—	Medium and Large 1Broken Mouth	1,290	950.00/cwt	950.00–950.00	12,255	3
Bred Cows	—	Large 1-2	1,400	1,000.00/cwt	1,000.00–1,000.00	14,000	1
Replacement Cattle · Cow-Calf Pairs15 lots · lightest first
Cow-Calf Pairs	—	Medium 1-2	825	1,100.00/cwt	1,100.00–1,100.00	9,075	2
Cow-Calf Pairs	—	Medium 1-2Broken Mouth	950	950.00/cwt	950.00–950.00	9,025	2
Cow-Calf Pairs	—	Medium 1-2	969	1,005.00/cwt	825.00–1,200.00	9,738	10
Cow-Calf Pairs	—	Medium 1-2Broken Mouth	1,000	700.00/cwt	700.00–700.00	7,000	2
Cow-Calf Pairs	—	Medium 1-2	1,035	975.00/cwt	975.00–975.00	10,091	6
Cow-Calf Pairs	—	Medium and Large 2	1,075	1,000.00/cwt	1,000.00–1,000.00	10,750	2
Cow-Calf Pairs	—	Medium and Large 1-2	1,080	1,100.00/cwt	1,100.00–1,100.00	11,880	8
Cow-Calf Pairs	—	Medium and Large 1-2Broken Mouth	1,100	975.00/cwt	975.00–975.00	10,725	2
Cow-Calf Pairs	—	Medium and Large 1-2	1,180	1,275.00/cwt	1,275.00–1,275.00	15,045	2
Cow-Calf Pairs	—	Medium and Large 1-2	1,195	1,362.50/cwt	1,250.00–1,475.00	16,282	4
Cow-Calf Pairs	—	Medium and Large 1-2	1,195	1,100.00/cwt	1,100.00–1,100.00	13,145	6
Cow-Calf Pairs	—	Medium and Large 1-2	1,200	1,125.00/cwt	1,125.00–1,125.00	13,500	2
Cow-Calf Pairs	—	Medium and Large 1-2	1,208	1,331.82/cwt	1,175.00–1,500.00	16,088	22
Cow-Calf Pairs	—	Medium and Large 1-2Broken Mouth	1,233	1,050.00/cwt	1,000.00–1,100.00	12,947	4
Cow-Calf Pairs	—	Medium and Large 1-2	1,270	1,560.00/cwt	1,560.00–1,560.00	19,812	2
Replacement Cattle · Stock Cows7 lots · lightest first
Stock Cows	—	Medium 1-2	822	93.33/cwt	90.00–94.00	767	6
Stock Cows	—	Medium 1-2	834	64.92/cwt	56.00–75.00	541	8
Stock Cows	—	Medium 1-2	932	66.77/cwt	62.00–71.00	622	18
Stock Cows	—	Medium and Large 2	956	53.57/cwt	50.00–56.00	512	5
Stock Cows	—	Medium and Large 1-2	980	79.04/cwt	75.00–83.00	775	2
Stock Cows	—	Medium and Large 1-2	1,020	70.14/cwt	59.00–77.50	715	17
Stock Cows	—	Medium and Large 1-2	1,063	54.00/cwt	54.00–54.00	574	4

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.

Missouri feeder prices, every weight →Every state and region →

Joplin Regional Stockyards Slaughter/Replacement Cattle- Carthage, MO

Wed Apr 22, 2020

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

Slaughter CattleReceipts 474Last week 456Year ago 803

Replacement CattleReceipts 372Last week 129Year ago 297

Replacement Cattle

As reported

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)	38	—	1,236	850.00–1,175.00	1,036.21
Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	19	—	1,142	835.00–1,050.00	951.21
Aged (>8 yrs)	2nd/3rd Stage (4-9 mo)	36	—	1,212	700.00–950.00	836.67
Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	2nd/3rd Stage (4-9 mo)	6	—	1,135	55.00–58.00	55.54
Aged (>8 yrs)	2nd/3rd Stage (4-9 mo)	9	—	1,154	55.00–63.00	58.38

Age	Stage	Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bred Cows — Medium and Large 1 · Broken Mouth$ per cwt · actual wt
Aged (>8 yrs)	2nd/3rd Stage (4-9 mo)	3	—	1,290	950.00	950.00

Age	Stage	Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bred Cows — Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
Aged (>8 yrs)	2nd/3rd Stage (4-9 mo)	1	—	1,400	1,000.00	1,000.00

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)	9	—	1,227	1,200.00–1,275.00	1,248.51

Age	Stage	Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bred Cows — Medium 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	2nd/3rd Stage (4-9 mo)	11	—	979	675.00–875.00	804.81
Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	2	—	948	575.00–800.00	678.89
Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	2nd/3rd Stage (4-9 mo)	2	—	1,025	55.00–72.50	63.75
Aged (>8 yrs)	2nd/3rd Stage (4-9 mo)	6	—	1,020	50.00–67.00	57.63

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)	2	—	1,003	785.00–825.00	804.65
Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	2nd/3rd Stage (4-9 mo)	3	—	1,130	52.00–53.00	52.35

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)	6	—	1,105	49.00–56.00	53.43

Age	Stage	Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cow-Calf Pairs — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · estimate wt
Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	Open	2	—	1,075	1,000.00	1,000.00

Age	Stage	Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cow-Calf Pairs — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · estimate wt
Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	2	—	1,270	1,560.00	1,560.00
Aged (>8 yrs)	Open	8	—	1,080	1,100.00	1,100.00
Aged (>8 yrs)	Open	6	—	1,195	1,100.00	1,100.00
Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	Open	22	—	1,208	1,175.00–1,500.00	1,331.82
Aged (>8 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	2	—	1,200	1,125.00	1,125.00
Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	Open	2	—	1,180	1,275.00	1,275.00
Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	Open	4	—	1,195	1,250.00–1,475.00	1,362.50

Age	Stage	Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cow-Calf Pairs — Medium 1-2$ per cwt · estimate wt
Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	Open	2	—	825	1,100.00	1,100.00
Aged (>8 yrs)	Open	6	—	1,035	975.00	975.00
Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	Open	10	—	969	825.00–1,200.00	1,005.00

Age	Stage	Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cow-Calf Pairs — Medium and Large 1-2 · Broken Mouth$ per cwt · estimate wt
Aged (>8 yrs)	Open	4	—	1,233	1,000.00–1,100.00	1,050.00
Aged (>8 yrs)	Open	2	—	1,100	975.00	975.00

Age	Stage	Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cow-Calf Pairs — Medium 1-2 · Broken Mouth$ per cwt · estimate wt
Aged (>8 yrs)	Open	2	—	950	950.00	950.00
Aged (>8 yrs)	Open	2	—	1,000	700.00	700.00

Age	Stage	Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Stock Cows — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
Young (2-4 yrs)	Open	17	—	1,020	59.00–77.50	70.14
Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	Open	4	—	1,063	54.00	54.00
(<2 yrs)	Open	2	—	980	75.00–83.00	79.04

Age	Stage	Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Stock Cows — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
Young (2-4 yrs)	Open	5	—	956	50.00–56.00	53.57

Age	Stage	Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Stock Cows — Medium 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
(<2 yrs)	Open	6	—	822	90.00–94.00	93.33
Young (2-4 yrs)	Open	8	—	834	56.00–75.00	64.92
Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	Open	18	—	932	62.00–71.00	66.77

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	1	—	1,635	1,600.00	1,600.00

Age	Stage	Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls — Medium 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
(<2 yrs)	N/A	2	—	1,000	110.00	110.00

Slaughter Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cows — Breaker 75-80%$ per cwt · actual wt
37	—	1,286	55.00–60.00	57.37
22	—	1,310	50.00–56.00	53.75
13	—	1,478	60.00–66.00	63.01

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cows — Lean 85-90%$ per cwt · actual wt
45	—	1,032	41.00–47.00	44.40
42	—	1,009	30.00–40.00	35.21
18	—	836	15.00–29.00	21.70
14	—	1,181	47.00–53.50	51.24

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cows — Boner 80-85%$ per cwt · actual wt
103	—	1,220	51.00–60.50	55.05
27	—	1,257	59.00–65.00	61.56
21	—	1,174	42.00–52.00	49.37

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls$ per cwt · actual wt
19	—	1,888	87.00–99.00	92.08
7	—	1,327	69.00–78.00	73.83
23	—	1,657	79.00–87.00	82.89

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.