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Joplin Regional Stockyards

Name: Joplin Regional Stockyards livestock auction prices — 2021-03-03
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2021-03-03

Slaughter Cattle · Replacement Cattle · Carthage, Missouri · Wed, Mar 3

● Final37 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 1797

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Slaughter Cattle receipts

485 head

▼ 157 vs last sale 642▲ 21 vs year ago 464 · +4.5%

Replacement Cattle receipts

188 head

▼ 87 vs last sale 275▼ 20 vs year ago 208 · −9.6%

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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to last Wednesday, slaughter cows sold 2.00-4.00 lower and slaughter bulls sold 1.00-2.00 lower. The offering included a light to moderate supply of bred cows and cow/calf pairs were scarce. Supply was moderate to heavy and demand 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	—	Average	1,755	83.78	1,470	41
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	High	1,442	57.31	826	80
Cows	Boner 80-85%	Average	1,242	54.74	680	142
Cows	Lean 85-90%	High	1,078	40.45	436	137

Every lot

37 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	—	—	1,585	71.59/cwt	62.00–78.50	1,135	14
Bulls	—	—	1,717	87.57/cwt	84.00–89.50	1,504	15
Bulls	—	—	2,000	93.27/cwt	90.00–101.00	1,865	12
Slaughter Cattle · Cows10 lots · lightest first
Cows	—	Lean 85-90%	804	21.25/cwt	15.00–30.00	171	21
Cows	—	Lean 85-90%	1,005	36.87/cwt	32.50–42.00	371	36
Cows	—	Lean 85-90%	1,068	54.00/cwt	51.50–58.00	577	12
Cows	—	Boner 80-85%	1,151	49.98/cwt	45.00–54.00	575	68
Cows	—	Lean 85-90%	1,204	45.89/cwt	42.00–52.00	553	68
Cows	—	Breaker 75-80%	1,311	53.52/cwt	50.00–57.00	702	30
Cows	—	Boner 80-85%	1,317	57.24/cwt	53.00–62.00	754	56
Cows	—	Boner 80-85%	1,354	64.96/cwt	61.00–69.00	880	18
Cows	—	Breaker 75-80%	1,509	58.51/cwt	56.00–61.50	883	39
Cows	—	Breaker 75-80%	1,562	63.42/cwt	61.00–65.00	991	11
Replacement Cattle · Bulls1 lot · lightest first
Bulls	—	Medium and Large 1-2	1,450	1,875.00/cwt	1,875.00–1,875.00	27,188	3
Replacement Cattle · Cow-Calf Pairs4 lots · lightest first
Cow-Calf Pairs	—	Medium 1-2	825	675.00/cwt	675.00–675.00	5,569	2
Cow-Calf Pairs	—	Medium and Large 1-2	1,265	1,375.00/cwt	1,375.00–1,375.00	17,394	2
Cow-Calf Pairs	—	Medium and Large 1-2	1,265	900.00/cwt	900.00–900.00	11,385	2
Cow-Calf Pairs	—	Large 1	1,450	1,400.00/cwt	1,400.00–1,400.00	20,300	2
Replacement Cattle · Bred Cows10 lots · lightest first
Bred Cows	—	Medium 1-2Broken Mouth	868	41.70/cwt	37.50–47.50	362	3
Bred Cows	—	Medium 1-2	914	791.30/cwt	575.00–950.00	7,232	5
Bred Cows	—	Medium and Large 2	1,119	697.29/cwt	600.00–735.00	7,803	4
Bred Cows	—	Medium and Large 1-2	1,173	872.49/cwt	750.00–975.00	10,234	15
Bred Cows	—	Medium and Large 1-2	1,201	909.48/cwt	750.00–1,075.00	10,923	7
Bred Cows	—	Medium and Large 1-2	1,212	1,014.26/cwt	1,000.00–1,050.00	12,293	9
Bred Cows	—	Medium and Large 1	1,233	1,351.87/cwt	1,200.00–1,475.00	16,669	15
Bred Cows	—	Medium and Large 1-2	1,248	67.19/cwt	65.00–69.00	839	2
Bred Cows	—	Medium and Large 1-2Broken Mouth	1,273	53.83/cwt	52.50–56.00	685	7
Bred Cows	—	Large 1-2	1,410	1,000.00/cwt	1,000.00–1,000.00	14,100	1
Replacement Cattle · Bred Heifers2 lots · lightest first
Bred Heifers	—	Medium 1-2	794	752.38/cwt	675.00–810.00	5,974	13
Bred Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1	1,062	1,400.00/cwt	1,400.00–1,400.00	14,868	10
Replacement Cattle · Stock Cows7 lots · lightest first
Stock Cows	—	Medium 1-2	873	82.90/cwt	70.00–102.00	724	4
Stock Cows	—	Medium 1-2	960	60.98/cwt	55.00–68.00	585	15
Stock Cows	—	Medium and Large 1-2	1,038	87.48/cwt	87.00–88.00	908	3
Stock Cows	—	Medium and Large 1	1,083	101.73/cwt	95.00–103.00	1,102	6
Stock Cows	—	Medium and Large 1-2	1,111	70.83/cwt	60.00–82.50	787	11
Stock Cows	—	Medium and Large 1-2	1,117	64.03/cwt	55.00–70.00	715	3
Stock Cows	—	Large 1-2	1,298	70.40/cwt	66.50–77.50	914	3

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 Mar 3, 2021

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

Slaughter CattleReceipts 485Last week 642Year ago 464

Replacement CattleReceipts 188Last week 275Year ago 208

Replacement Cattle

As reported

Age	Stage	Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cow-Calf Pairs — Large 1$ per cwt · estimate wt
Aged (>8 yrs)	Open	2	—	1,450	1,400.00	1,400.00

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	2	—	825	675.00	675.00

Age	Stage	Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cow-Calf Pairs — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · estimate wt
Aged (>8 yrs)	Open	2	—	1,265	900.00	900.00
Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	Open	2	—	1,265	1,375.00	1,375.00

Age	Stage	Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bred Cows — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
Aged (>8 yrs)	2nd/3rd Stage (4-9 mo)	15	—	1,173	750.00–975.00	872.49
Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	7	—	1,201	750.00–1,075.00	909.48
Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	2nd/3rd Stage (4-9 mo)	9	—	1,212	1,000.00–1,050.00	1,014.26
Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	2	—	1,248	65.00–69.00	67.19

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)	7	—	1,273	52.50–56.00	53.83

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)	15	—	1,233	1,200.00–1,475.00	1,351.87

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)	3	—	868	37.50–47.50	41.70

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)	4	—	1,119	600.00–735.00	697.29

Age	Stage	Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bred Cows — Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	2nd/3rd Stage (4-9 mo)	1	—	1,410	1,000.00	1,000.00

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)	5	—	914	575.00–950.00	791.30

Age	Stage	Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bred Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
Young (2-4 yrs)	2nd/3rd Stage (4-9 mo)	10	—	1,062	1,400.00	1,400.00

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)	13	—	794	675.00–810.00	752.38

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	3	—	1,117	55.00–70.00	64.03
Young (2-4 yrs)	Open	11	—	1,111	60.00–82.50	70.83
(<2 yrs)	Open	3	—	1,038	87.00–88.00	87.48

Age	Stage	Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Stock Cows — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
(<2 yrs)	Open	6	—	1,083	95.00–103.00	101.73

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	4	—	873	70.00–102.00	82.90
Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	Open	15	—	960	55.00–68.00	60.98

Age	Stage	Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Stock Cows — Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
Young (2-4 yrs)	Open	3	—	1,298	66.50–77.50	70.40

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	3	—	1,450	1,875.00	1,875.00

Slaughter Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls$ per cwt · actual wt
15	—	1,717	84.00–89.50	87.57
12	—	2,000	90.00–101.00	93.27
14	—	1,585	62.00–78.50	71.59

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cows — Lean 85-90%$ per cwt · actual wt
12	—	1,068	51.50–58.00	54.00
36	—	1,005	32.50–42.00	36.87
21	—	804	15.00–30.00	21.25
68	—	1,204	42.00–52.00	45.89

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cows — Breaker 75-80%$ per cwt · actual wt
11	—	1,562	61.00–65.00	63.42
30	—	1,311	50.00–57.00	53.52
39	—	1,509	56.00–61.50	58.51

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cows — Boner 80-85%$ per cwt · actual wt
56	—	1,317	53.00–62.00	57.24
68	—	1,151	45.00–54.00	49.98
18	—	1,354	61.00–69.00	64.96

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.