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Joplin Regional Stockyards

Name: Joplin Regional Stockyards livestock auction prices — 2020-12-21
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2020-12-21

Slaughter Cattle · Carthage, Missouri · Mon, Dec 21

● Final12 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 1797

joplinstockyards.com(417) 548-2333

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Receipts

322 head

▼ 176 vs last sale 498▲ 322 vs year ago 0 · no sale a year ago

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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

*CLOSE* Compared to last week, steers under 700 lbs steady, steers over 700 lbs and heifers (all weights) steady to 2.00 higher. Slaughter cows and bulls steady compared to last Wednesday's sale. Demand moderate to good, supply heavy. The weather was much improved over last Monday helped with gathering and transporting cattle to market .

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	1,658	77.76	1,289	14
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	High	1,394	55.25	770	12
Cows	Boner 80-85%	Low	1,359	51.74	703	46
Cows	Lean 85-90%	Very Low	1,029	38.49	396	91

Every lot

12 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	—	—	1,285	58.00/cwt	58.00–58.00	745	1
Bulls	—	—	1,478	72.91/cwt	71.00–75.00	1,078	4
Bulls	—	—	1,779	82.11/cwt	76.00–88.00	1,461	9
Slaughter Cattle · Cows9 lots · lightest first
Cows	—	Lean 85-90%	875	23.66/cwt	20.00–30.00	207	12
Cows	—	Lean 85-90%	978	32.57/cwt	27.00–36.00	319	21
Cows	—	Lean 85-90%	1,079	43.62/cwt	39.00–49.00	471	57
Cows	—	Lean 85-90%	1,090	48.00/cwt	48.00–48.00	523	1
Cows	—	Boner 80-85%	1,235	45.00/cwt	45.00–45.00	556	1
Cows	—	Boner 80-85%	1,334	50.41/cwt	46.00–55.00	672	36
Cows	—	Breaker 75-80%	1,391	59.66/cwt	59.00–60.00	830	3
Cows	—	Breaker 75-80%	1,395	53.78/cwt	51.00–56.00	750	9
Cows	—	Boner 80-85%	1,473	57.82/cwt	56.00–58.00	852	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

Mon Dec 21, 2020

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

Receipts 322Last week 498Year ago 0

Slaughter Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cows — Lean 85-90%$ per cwt · actual wt
12	—	875	20.00–30.00	23.66
21	—	978	27.00–36.00	32.57
1	—	1,090	48.00	48.00
57	—	1,079	39.00–49.00	43.62

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cows — Boner 80-85%$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	1,235	45.00	45.00
9	—	1,473	56.00–58.00	57.82
36	—	1,334	46.00–55.00	50.41

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cows — Breaker 75-80%$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	1,391	59.00–60.00	59.66
9	—	1,395	51.00–56.00	53.78

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls$ per cwt · actual wt
4	—	1,478	71.00–75.00	72.91
1	—	1,285	58.00	58.00
9	—	1,779	76.00–88.00	82.11

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.