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Name: Joplin Regional Stockyards livestock auction prices — 2020-12-16
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2020-12-16

Slaughter Cattle · Replacement Cattle · Carthage, Missouri · Wed, Dec 16

● Final67 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 1797

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Slaughter Cattle receipts

498 head

▼ 223 vs last sale 721▼ 115 vs year ago 613 · −18.8%

Replacement Cattle receipts

967 head

▲ 752 vs last sale 215▲ 678 vs year ago 289 · +234.6%

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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to last Wednesday, slaughter cows sold steady with instances 1.00-2.00 higher and slaughter bulls sold steady to 2.00 lower. The offering included a heavy supply of bred cows and cow/calf pairs with a special replacement cow and bull sale following the regular cow and bull sale. Several high quality bred cows and cow/calf pairs were in the offering. 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	—	Low	1,666	79.37	1,323	46
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	High	1,423	56.35	802	106
Cows	Boner 80-85%	Low	1,215	50.12	609	180
Cows	Lean 85-90%	Low	1,029	42.29	435	116

Every lot

67 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	—	—	1,402	69.22/cwt	62.00–74.50	970	12
Bulls	—	—	1,721	81.00/cwt	76.00–85.00	1,394	27
Bulls	—	—	1,909	90.45/cwt	87.00–96.00	1,727	7
Slaughter Cattle · Cows10 lots · lightest first
Cows	—	Lean 85-90%	882	24.70/cwt	15.00–27.50	218	7
Cows	—	Lean 85-90%	958	32.47/cwt	29.00–38.00	311	15
Cows	—	Lean 85-90%	999	42.65/cwt	37.50–47.00	426	56
Cows	—	Boner 80-85%	1,115	43.22/cwt	39.00–47.00	482	51
Cows	—	Lean 85-90%	1,127	48.89/cwt	46.00–52.00	551	38
Cows	—	Boner 80-85%	1,237	56.99/cwt	54.00–60.00	705	33
Cows	—	Boner 80-85%	1,261	51.43/cwt	46.00–55.00	649	96
Cows	—	Breaker 75-80%	1,374	50.78/cwt	46.00–55.00	698	35
Cows	—	Breaker 75-80%	1,426	58.23/cwt	55.00–61.50	830	64
Cows	—	Breaker 75-80%	1,636	66.96/cwt	62.50–68.00	1,095	7
Replacement Cattle · Bulls3 lots · lightest first
Bulls	—	Medium and Large 2	1,100	1,200.00/cwt	1,200.00–1,200.00	13,200	1
Bulls	—	Medium and Large 1-2	1,375	1,449.09/cwt	1,400.00–1,500.00	19,925	2
Bulls	—	Large 1	1,650	2,500.00/cwt	2,500.00–2,500.00	41,250	1
Replacement Cattle · Bred Cows20 lots · lightest first
Bred Cows	—	Medium 1-2Broken Mouth	880	532.81/cwt	400.00–650.00	4,689	2
Bred Cows	—	Medium 1-2Broken Mouth	920	56.13/cwt	55.00–57.00	516	2
Bred Cows	—	Medium and Large 1-2	994	752.67/cwt	700.00–775.00	7,482	5
Bred Cows	—	Medium 1	1,000	1,100.00/cwt	1,100.00–1,100.00	11,000	16
Bred Cows	—	Medium 1-2	1,004	750.71/cwt	585.00–925.00	7,537	39
Bred Cows	—	Medium 1-2	1,025	600.00/cwt	600.00–600.00	6,150	2
Bred Cows	—	Medium and Large 2	1,098	47.50/cwt	47.00–48.00	522	2
Bred Cows	—	Medium and Large 2	1,159	755.93/cwt	600.00–850.00	8,761	17
Bred Cows	—	Medium and Large 1-2	1,172	1,007.60/cwt	825.00–1,150.00	11,809	118
Bred Cows	—	Medium and Large 1-2	1,205	60.00/cwt	60.00–60.00	723	1
Bred Cows	—	Medium and Large 1-2Broken Mouth	1,228	52.72/cwt	48.00–58.00	647	23
Bred Cows	—	Medium and Large 1-2	1,247	725.25/cwt	625.00–825.00	9,044	32
Bred Cows	—	Medium and Large 1-2	1,262	53.23/cwt	52.50–55.00	672	10
Bred Cows	—	Medium and Large 1	1,268	1,290.77/cwt	1,200.00–1,400.00	16,367	86
Bred Cows	—	Medium and Large 1-2Broken Mouth	1,315	677.85/cwt	550.00–800.00	8,914	2
Bred Cows	—	Medium and Large 1	1,320	940.48/cwt	900.00–975.00	12,414	23
Bred Cows	—	Large 1-2	1,394	53.52/cwt	53.00–55.00	746	4
Bred Cows	—	Large 1-2	1,408	1,023.31/cwt	900.00–1,100.00	14,408	6
Bred Cows	—	Large 1	1,426	1,283.06/cwt	1,200.00–1,375.00	18,296	8
Bred Cows	—	Large 1-2	1,456	907.18/cwt	750.00–950.00	13,209	7
Replacement Cattle · Cow-Calf Pairs23 lots · lightest first
Cow-Calf Pairs	—	Medium 2	765	375.00/cwt	375.00–375.00	2,869	2
Cow-Calf Pairs	—	Medium 1-2	911	907.50/cwt	860.00–950.00	8,267	12
Cow-Calf Pairs	—	Medium 1-2	1,000	912.73/cwt	850.00–950.00	9,127	22
Cow-Calf Pairs	—	Medium 1-2	1,028	800.00/cwt	750.00–900.00	8,224	6
Cow-Calf Pairs	—	Medium 1-2	1,045	1,100.00/cwt	1,100.00–1,100.00	11,495	8
Cow-Calf Pairs	—	Medium and Large 2	1,080	825.00/cwt	825.00–825.00	8,910	6
Cow-Calf Pairs	—	Medium and Large 1-2	1,100	1,100.00/cwt	1,100.00–1,100.00	12,100	10
Cow-Calf Pairs	—	Medium and Large 1-2	1,100	800.00/cwt	800.00–800.00	8,800	6
Cow-Calf Pairs	—	Medium and Large 1-2	1,154	1,000.00/cwt	925.00–1,250.00	11,540	26
Cow-Calf Pairs	—	Medium and Large 2	1,170	1,000.00/cwt	1,000.00–1,000.00	11,700	6
Cow-Calf Pairs	—	Medium and Large 1	1,195	1,833.33/cwt	1,400.00–1,900.00	21,908	78
Cow-Calf Pairs	—	Medium and Large 2Broken Mouth	1,200	675.00/cwt	675.00–675.00	8,100	2
Cow-Calf Pairs	—	Medium and Large 1-2Broken Mouth	1,218	680.00/cwt	650.00–700.00	8,282	10
Cow-Calf Pairs	—	Medium and Large 1-2	1,228	775.00/cwt	700.00–850.00	9,517	4
Cow-Calf Pairs	—	Medium and Large 1-2	1,233	1,005.00/cwt	875.00–1,150.00	12,392	10
Cow-Calf Pairs	—	Medium and Large 1-2	1,280	1,258.33/cwt	1,150.00–1,350.00	16,107	12
Cow-Calf Pairs	—	Medium and Large 1	1,285	1,900.00/cwt	1,900.00–1,900.00	24,415	12
Cow-Calf Pairs	—	Medium and Large 1	1,295	1,916.18/cwt	1,850.00–1,950.00	24,815	102
Cow-Calf Pairs	—	Medium and Large 1-2	1,310	1,500.00/cwt	1,500.00–1,500.00	19,650	8
Cow-Calf Pairs	—	Medium and Large 1-2	1,320	1,250.00/cwt	1,250.00–1,250.00	16,500	4
Cow-Calf Pairs	—	Medium and Large 1-2	1,355	1,225.00/cwt	1,225.00–1,225.00	16,599	4
Cow-Calf Pairs	—	Medium and Large 1Broken Mouth	1,360	1,000.00/cwt	1,000.00–1,000.00	13,600	2
Cow-Calf Pairs	—	Large 1-2Broken Mouth	1,420	750.00/cwt	750.00–750.00	10,650	2
Replacement Cattle · Stock Cows5 lots · lightest first
Stock Cows	—	Medium 1-2	767	83.64/cwt	80.00–105.00	642	7
Stock Cows	—	Medium 1-2	817	79.30/cwt	70.00–90.00	648	8
Stock Cows	—	Medium and Large 1-2	945	69.02/cwt	60.00–87.50	652	23
Stock Cows	—	Medium 1-2	995	65.86/cwt	51.00–75.00	655	6
Stock Cows	—	Medium and Large 1-2	1,172	53.91/cwt	48.00–63.00	632	16
Replacement Cattle · Bred Heifers3 lots · lightest first
Bred Heifers	—	Medium 1-2	783	808.46/cwt	600.00–950.00	6,330	24
Bred Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1	970	1,150.00/cwt	1,150.00–1,150.00	11,155	2
Bred Heifers	—	Large 1	1,174	1,333.20/cwt	1,250.00–1,400.00	15,652	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 Dec 16, 2020

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

Slaughter CattleReceipts 498Last week 721Year ago 613

Replacement CattleReceipts 967Last week 215Year ago 289

Replacement Cattle

As reported

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)	23	—	1,228	48.00–58.00	52.72
Aged (>8 yrs)	2nd/3rd Stage (4-9 mo)	2	—	1,315	550.00–800.00	677.85

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)	86	—	1,268	1,200.00–1,400.00	1,290.77
Aged (>8 yrs)	2nd/3rd Stage (4-9 mo)	23	—	1,320	900.00–975.00	940.48

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)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	1	—	1,205	60.00	60.00
Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	2nd/3rd Stage (4-9 mo)	118	—	1,172	825.00–1,150.00	1,007.60
Aged (>8 yrs)	2nd/3rd Stage (4-9 mo)	32	—	1,247	625.00–825.00	725.25
Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	5	—	994	700.00–775.00	752.67
Aged (>8 yrs)	2nd/3rd Stage (4-9 mo)	10	—	1,262	52.50–55.00	53.23

Age	Stage	Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bred Cows — Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	2nd/3rd Stage (4-9 mo)	8	—	1,426	1,200.00–1,375.00	1,283.06

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)	7	—	1,456	750.00–950.00	907.18
Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	2nd/3rd Stage (4-9 mo)	6	—	1,408	900.00–1,100.00	1,023.31
Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	2nd/3rd Stage (4-9 mo)	4	—	1,394	53.00–55.00	53.52

Age	Stage	Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bred Cows — Medium 1-2 · Broken Mouth$ per cwt · actual wt
Aged (>8 yrs)	2nd/3rd Stage (4-9 mo)	2	—	920	55.00–57.00	56.13
Aged (>8 yrs)	2nd/3rd Stage (4-9 mo)	2	—	880	400.00–650.00	532.81

Age	Stage	Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bred Cows — Medium 1$ per cwt · actual wt
Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	2nd/3rd Stage (4-9 mo)	16	—	1,000	1,100.00	1,100.00

Age	Stage	Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bred Cows — Medium 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
Aged (>8 yrs)	2nd/3rd Stage (4-9 mo)	2	—	1,025	600.00	600.00
Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	2nd/3rd Stage (4-9 mo)	39	—	1,004	585.00–925.00	750.71

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	—	1,098	47.00–48.00	47.50
Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	2nd/3rd Stage (4-9 mo)	17	—	1,159	600.00–850.00	755.93

Age	Stage	Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
Young (2-4 yrs)	N/A	1	—	1,100	1,200.00	1,200.00

Age	Stage	Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls — Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
Young (2-4 yrs)	N/A	1	—	1,650	2,500.00	2,500.00

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	—	1,375	1,400.00–1,500.00	1,449.09

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)	Open	12	—	1,280	1,150.00–1,350.00	1,258.33
Aged (>8 yrs)	Open	4	—	1,228	700.00–850.00	775.00
Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	Open	10	—	1,233	875.00–1,150.00	1,005.00
Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	2nd/3rd Stage (4-9 mo)	4	—	1,355	1,225.00	1,225.00
Aged (>8 yrs)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	10	—	1,100	1,100.00	1,100.00
Aged (>8 yrs)	Open	26	—	1,154	925.00–1,250.00	1,000.00
Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	8	—	1,310	1,500.00	1,500.00
Aged (>8 yrs)	1st/2nd Stage (1-6 mo)	4	—	1,320	1,250.00	1,250.00
Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	Open	6	—	1,100	800.00	800.00

Age	Stage	Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cow-Calf Pairs — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · estimate wt
Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	Open	78	—	1,195	1,400.00–1,900.00	1,833.33
Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	Open	102	—	1,295	1,850.00–1,950.00	1,916.18
Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	12	—	1,285	1,900.00	1,900.00

Age	Stage	Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cow-Calf Pairs — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · estimate wt
Aged (>8 yrs)	Open	6	—	1,080	825.00	825.00
Aged (>8 yrs)	2nd/3rd Stage (4-9 mo)	6	—	1,170	1,000.00	1,000.00

Age	Stage	Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cow-Calf Pairs — Medium and Large 1 · Broken Mouth$ per cwt · estimate wt
Aged (>8 yrs)	Open	2	—	1,360	1,000.00	1,000.00

Age	Stage	Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cow-Calf Pairs — Medium and Large 2 · Broken Mouth$ per cwt · estimate wt
Aged (>8 yrs)	Open	2	—	1,200	675.00	675.00

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	10	—	1,218	650.00–700.00	680.00

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	22	—	1,000	850.00–950.00	912.73
Aged (>8 yrs)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	6	—	1,028	750.00–900.00	800.00
Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	Open	12	—	911	860.00–950.00	907.50
Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	8	—	1,045	1,100.00	1,100.00

Age	Stage	Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cow-Calf Pairs — Medium 2$ per cwt · estimate wt
Aged (>8 yrs)	Open	2	—	765	375.00	375.00

Age	Stage	Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cow-Calf Pairs — Large 1-2 · Broken Mouth$ per cwt · estimate wt
Aged (>8 yrs)	Open	2	—	1,420	750.00	750.00

Age	Stage	Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Stock Cows — Medium 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
Young (2-4 yrs)	Open	8	—	817	70.00–90.00	79.30
Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	Open	6	—	995	51.00–75.00	65.86
(<2 yrs)	Open	7	—	767	80.00–105.00	83.64

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	—	1,172	48.00–63.00	53.91
Young (2-4 yrs)	Open	23	—	945	60.00–87.50	69.02

Age	Stage	Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bred Heifers — Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
(<2 yrs)	2nd/3rd Stage (4-9 mo)	27	—	1,174	1,250.00–1,400.00	1,333.20

Age	Stage	Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bred Heifers — Medium 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
(<2 yrs)	2nd/3rd Stage (4-9 mo)	24	—	783	600.00–950.00	808.46

Age	Stage	Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bred Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
(<2 yrs)	2nd/3rd Stage (4-9 mo)	2	—	970	1,150.00	1,150.00

Slaughter Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cows — Breaker 75-80%$ per cwt · actual wt
7	—	1,636	62.50–68.00	66.96
64	—	1,426	55.00–61.50	58.23
35	—	1,374	46.00–55.00	50.78

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cows — Lean 85-90%$ per cwt · actual wt
15	—	958	29.00–38.00	32.47
38	—	1,127	46.00–52.00	48.89
56	—	999	37.50–47.00	42.65
7	—	882	15.00–27.50	24.70

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cows — Boner 80-85%$ per cwt · actual wt
51	—	1,115	39.00–47.00	43.22
33	—	1,237	54.00–60.00	56.99
96	—	1,261	46.00–55.00	51.43

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls$ per cwt · actual wt
12	—	1,402	62.00–74.50	69.22
7	—	1,909	87.00–96.00	90.45
27	—	1,721	76.00–85.00	81.00

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.