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Name: Joplin Regional Stockyards livestock auction prices — 2021-05-19
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2021-05-19

Slaughter Cattle · Replacement Cattle · Carthage, Missouri · Wed, May 19

● Final51 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 1797

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Slaughter Cattle receipts

973 head

▲ 235 vs last sale 738▲ 443 vs year ago 530 · +83.6%

Replacement Cattle receipts

398 head

▲ 125 vs last sale 273▲ 181 vs year ago 217 · +83.4%

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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to last Wednesday, slaughter cows sold 2.00-4.00 higher and slaughter bulls sold 3.00-5.00 higher. The offering included a light supply of bred cows and a moderate supply of cow/calf pairs. Supply was heavy and demand good 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	1,719	92.01	1,582	62
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	High	1,443	65.01	938	164
Cows	Boner 80-85%	Low	1,165	60.39	704	427
Cows	Lean 85-90%	High	969	51.50	499	216

Every lot

51 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	—	—	1,434	82.80/cwt	78.00–85.00	1,187	15
Bulls	—	—	1,753	91.15/cwt	88.00–96.00	1,598	27
Bulls	—	—	1,888	100.09/cwt	95.00–107.00	1,890	20
Slaughter Cattle · Cows10 lots · lightest first
Cows	—	Lean 85-90%	883	39.11/cwt	35.00–45.00	345	29
Cows	—	Lean 85-90%	950	24.95/cwt	15.00–33.00	237	12
Cows	—	Lean 85-90%	966	52.04/cwt	46.00–57.00	503	104
Cows	—	Lean 85-90%	1,013	60.27/cwt	56.00–66.00	611	71
Cows	—	Boner 80-85%	1,150	54.90/cwt	50.00–60.00	631	191
Cows	—	Boner 80-85%	1,174	64.07/cwt	60.00–68.00	752	214
Cows	—	Boner 80-85%	1,208	72.22/cwt	67.50–76.00	872	22
Cows	—	Breaker 75-80%	1,326	61.20/cwt	57.00–64.00	812	61
Cows	—	Breaker 75-80%	1,502	65.73/cwt	63.00–69.00	987	72
Cows	—	Breaker 75-80%	1,534	70.81/cwt	68.00–74.00	1,086	31
Replacement Cattle · Bulls1 lot · lightest first
Bulls	—	Medium and Large 1-2	1,675	1,650.75/cwt	1,600.00–1,700.00	27,650	2
Replacement Cattle · Cow-Calf Pairs16 lots · lightest first
Cow-Calf Pairs	—	Small and Medium 1-2	685	850.00/cwt	850.00–850.00	5,823	4
Cow-Calf Pairs	—	Medium 1-2	800	825.00/cwt	825.00–825.00	6,600	4
Cow-Calf Pairs	—	Medium 2	812	583.33/cwt	550.00–600.00	4,737	6
Cow-Calf Pairs	—	Medium 1-2	967	850.00/cwt	850.00–850.00	8,220	6
Cow-Calf Pairs	—	Medium 1-2	975	990.00/cwt	900.00–1,050.00	9,653	10
Cow-Calf Pairs	—	Medium 1-2	980	1,108.33/cwt	925.00–1,200.00	10,862	6
Cow-Calf Pairs	—	Medium 1-2Broken Mouth	1,000	700.00/cwt	700.00–700.00	7,000	2
Cow-Calf Pairs	—	Medium and Large 2	1,100	1,010.00/cwt	1,010.00–1,010.00	11,110	8
Cow-Calf Pairs	—	Medium and Large 2Broken Mouth	1,100	600.00/cwt	600.00–600.00	6,600	2
Cow-Calf Pairs	—	Medium and Large 1-2Broken Mouth	1,120	875.00/cwt	875.00–875.00	9,800	6
Cow-Calf Pairs	—	Medium and Large 1-2	1,169	1,318.75/cwt	1,225.00–1,350.00	15,416	16
Cow-Calf Pairs	—	Medium and Large 1-2	1,173	1,362.82/cwt	1,250.00–1,550.00	15,986	78
Cow-Calf Pairs	—	Medium and Large 1-2	1,180	1,300.00/cwt	1,300.00–1,300.00	15,340	4
Cow-Calf Pairs	—	Medium and Large 1-2	1,228	1,025.00/cwt	1,000.00–1,050.00	12,587	4
Cow-Calf Pairs	—	Medium and Large 1-2	1,250	900.00/cwt	900.00–900.00	11,250	6
Cow-Calf Pairs	—	Medium and Large 1-2	1,285	1,466.67/cwt	1,350.00–1,700.00	18,847	6
Replacement Cattle · Heifer Pairs1 lot · lightest first
Heifer Pairs	—	Medium 1-2	700	1,000.00/cwt	1,000.00–1,000.00	7,000	2
Replacement Cattle · Bred Cows11 lots · lightest first
Bred Cows	—	Medium 1-2	956	747.22/cwt	675.00–875.00	7,143	8
Bred Cows	—	Medium 1-2Broken Mouth	1,065	61.00/cwt	57.00–65.00	650	2
Bred Cows	—	Medium and Large 1-2	1,140	63.80/cwt	62.00–70.00	727	5
Bred Cows	—	Medium and Large 1-2	1,165	68.00/cwt	68.00–68.00	792	2
Bred Cows	—	Medium and Large 1-2	1,192	1,003.14/cwt	875.00–1,150.00	11,957	32
Bred Cows	—	Medium and Large 1-2Broken Mouth	1,211	60.84/cwt	55.00–67.00	737	27
Bred Cows	—	Medium and Large 1	1,245	1,269.19/cwt	1,250.00–1,285.00	15,801	14
Bred Cows	—	Medium and Large 2	1,265	824.87/cwt	800.00–850.00	10,435	7
Bred Cows	—	Medium and Large 1-2	1,278	757.22/cwt	725.00–835.00	9,677	8
Bred Cows	—	Large 1-2	1,410	860.00/cwt	860.00–860.00	12,126	6
Bred Cows	—	Large 1-2	1,439	911.46/cwt	810.00–1,050.00	13,116	14
Replacement Cattle · Stock Cows7 lots · lightest first
Stock Cows	—	Medium 1-2	799	92.57/cwt	85.00–99.00	740	9
Stock Cows	—	Medium 1	833	115.00/cwt	115.00–115.00	958	4
Stock Cows	—	Medium 1-2	922	69.50/cwt	65.00–75.00	641	5
Stock Cows	—	Medium 1-2	955	63.10/cwt	60.00–64.00	603	7
Stock Cows	—	Medium and Large 1-2	979	94.03/cwt	85.00–97.50	921	9
Stock Cows	—	Medium and Large 1-2	1,041	75.45/cwt	67.50–86.00	785	14
Stock Cows	—	Large 1-2	1,151	79.84/cwt	75.00–81.00	919	6
Replacement Cattle · Bred Heifers2 lots · lightest first
Bred Heifers	—	Medium 1-2	700	600.00/cwt	600.00–600.00	4,200	1
Bred Heifers	—	Medium 1-2	738	667.37/cwt	575.00–825.00	4,925	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 May 19, 2021

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

Slaughter CattleReceipts 973Last week 738Year ago 530

Replacement CattleReceipts 398Last week 273Year ago 217

Replacement Cattle

As reported

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)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	8	—	1,100	1,010.00	1,010.00

Age	Stage	Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cow-Calf Pairs — Medium 1-2$ per cwt · estimate wt
Aged (>8 yrs)	Open	6	—	967	850.00	850.00
Aged (>8 yrs)	Open	4	—	800	825.00	825.00
Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	Open	6	—	980	925.00–1,200.00	1,108.33
Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	Open	10	—	975	900.00–1,050.00	990.00

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	—	1,000	700.00	700.00

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)	Open	78	—	1,173	1,250.00–1,550.00	1,362.82
Aged (>8 yrs)	Open	16	—	1,169	1,225.00–1,350.00	1,318.75
Aged (>8 yrs)	Open	6	—	1,250	900.00	900.00
Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	Open	4	—	1,180	1,300.00	1,300.00
Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	6	—	1,285	1,350.00–1,700.00	1,466.67
Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	Open	4	—	1,228	1,000.00–1,050.00	1,025.00

Age	Stage	Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cow-Calf Pairs — Small and Medium 1-2$ per cwt · estimate wt
Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	Open	4	—	685	850.00	850.00

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	6	—	812	550.00–600.00	583.33

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	—	1,100	600.00	600.00

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	6	—	1,120	875.00	875.00

Age	Stage	Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifer Pairs — Medium 1-2$ per cwt · estimate wt
(<2 yrs)	Open	2	—	700	1,000.00	1,000.00

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)	8	—	1,278	725.00–835.00	757.22
Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	2	—	1,165	68.00	68.00
Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	2nd/3rd Stage (4-9 mo)	5	—	1,140	62.00–70.00	63.80
Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	2nd/3rd Stage (4-9 mo)	32	—	1,192	875.00–1,150.00	1,003.14

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	—	1,065	57.00–65.00	61.00

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)	6	—	1,410	860.00	860.00
Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	2nd/3rd Stage (4-9 mo)	14	—	1,439	810.00–1,050.00	911.46

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)	7	—	1,265	800.00–850.00	824.87

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)	14	—	1,245	1,250.00–1,285.00	1,269.19

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)	27	—	1,211	55.00–67.00	60.84

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)	8	—	956	675.00–875.00	747.22

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	—	1,675	1,600.00–1,700.00	1,650.75

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	14	—	1,041	67.50–86.00	75.45
(<2 yrs)	Open	9	—	979	85.00–97.50	94.03

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	5	—	922	65.00–75.00	69.50
Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	Open	7	—	955	60.00–64.00	63.10
(<2 yrs)	Open	9	—	799	85.00–99.00	92.57

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	6	—	1,151	75.00–81.00	79.84

Age	Stage	Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Stock Cows — Medium 1$ per cwt · actual wt
(<2 yrs)	Open	4	—	833	115.00	115.00

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)	4	—	738	575.00–825.00	667.37
(<2 yrs)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	1	—	700	600.00	600.00

Slaughter Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls$ per cwt · actual wt
27	—	1,753	88.00–96.00	91.15
20	—	1,888	95.00–107.00	100.09
15	—	1,434	78.00–85.00	82.80

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cows — Lean 85-90%$ per cwt · actual wt
71	—	1,013	56.00–66.00	60.27
29	—	883	35.00–45.00	39.11
12	—	950	15.00–33.00	24.95
104	—	966	46.00–57.00	52.04

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cows — Boner 80-85%$ per cwt · actual wt
191	—	1,150	50.00–60.00	54.90
214	—	1,174	60.00–68.00	64.07
22	—	1,208	67.50–76.00	72.22

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cows — Breaker 75-80%$ per cwt · actual wt
31	—	1,534	68.00–74.00	70.81
61	—	1,326	57.00–64.00	61.20
72	—	1,502	63.00–69.00	65.73

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.