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Joplin Regional Stockyards

Name: Joplin Regional Stockyards livestock auction prices — 2021-07-21
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2021-07-21

Slaughter Cattle · Replacement Cattle · Carthage, Missouri · Wed, Jul 21

● Final19 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 1797

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Slaughter Cattle receipts

435 head

▼ 46 vs last sale 481▲ 59 vs year ago 376 · +15.7%

Replacement Cattle receipts

43 head

▼ 13 vs last sale 56▼ 111 vs year ago 154 · −72.1%

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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to last week, slaughter cows traded steady to 2.00 higher with slaughter bulls trading steady. Supply light with good demand.

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	1,678	99.16	1,664	21
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	Average	1,454	74.93	1,089	96
Cows	Boner 80-85%	Low	1,216	72.10	877	109
Cows	Lean 85-90%	Average	1,014	57.28	581	131

Every lot

19 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	—	—	1,315	88.16/cwt	87.00–89.00	1,159	3
Bulls	—	—	1,646	94.65/cwt	91.00–97.00	1,558	8
Bulls	—	—	1,813	106.06/cwt	102.00–109.00	1,923	10
Slaughter Cattle · Cows10 lots · lightest first
Cows	—	Lean 85-90%	877	41.35/cwt	35.00–43.00	363	11
Cows	—	Lean 85-90%	967	51.49/cwt	45.00–55.00	498	42
Cows	—	Lean 85-90%	1,015	68.20/cwt	65.00–73.00	692	24
Cows	—	Lean 85-90%	1,078	60.18/cwt	56.00–64.50	649	54
Cows	—	Boner 80-85%	1,210	69.26/cwt	66.00–72.00	838	43
Cows	—	Boner 80-85%	1,218	75.83/cwt	73.00–84.00	924	58
Cows	—	Boner 80-85%	1,236	60.39/cwt	58.00–65.00	746	8
Cows	—	Breaker 75-80%	1,341	64.00/cwt	64.00–64.00	858	5
Cows	—	Breaker 75-80%	1,454	77.39/cwt	74.00–84.50	1,125	67
Cows	—	Breaker 75-80%	1,477	70.33/cwt	65.00–73.50	1,039	24
Replacement Cattle · Cow-Calf Pairs2 lots · lightest first
Cow-Calf Pairs	—	Medium 1-2	817	1,070.00/cwt	900.00–1,225.00	8,742	3
Cow-Calf Pairs	—	Medium and Large 1-2	1,100	1,406.67/cwt	1,385.00–1,450.00	15,473	3
Replacement Cattle · Stock Cows2 lots · lightest first
Stock Cows	—	Medium 1-2	941	99.90/cwt	91.00–105.00	940	10
Stock Cows	—	Medium and Large 1-2	946	111.50/cwt	111.50–111.50	1,055	3
Replacement Cattle · Bred Cows2 lots · lightest first
Bred Cows	—	Medium and Large 1-2	1,171	1,032.43/cwt	950.00–1,150.00	12,090	5
Bred Cows	—	Large 1-2	1,428	1,362.84/cwt	1,250.00–1,450.00	19,461	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

Wed Jul 21, 2021

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

Slaughter CattleReceipts 435Last week 481Year ago 376

Replacement CattleReceipts 43Last week 56Year ago 154

Compared to last week, slaughter cows traded steady to 2.00 higher with slaughter bulls trading steady. Supply light with good demand.

Replacement Cattle

As reported

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	3	—	1,100	1,385.00–1,450.00	1,406.67

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	3	—	817	900.00–1,225.00	1,070.00

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	10	—	941	91.00–105.00	99.90

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	3	—	946	111.50	111.50

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)	5	—	1,171	950.00–1,150.00	1,032.43

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)	9	—	1,428	1,250.00–1,450.00	1,362.84

Slaughter Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cows — Boner 80-85%$ per cwt · actual wt
8	—	1,236	58.00–65.00	60.39
43	—	1,210	66.00–72.00	69.26
58	—	1,218	73.00–84.00	75.83

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cows — Breaker 75-80%$ per cwt · actual wt
24	—	1,477	65.00–73.50	70.33
67	—	1,454	74.00–84.50	77.39
5	—	1,341	64.00	64.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cows — Lean 85-90%$ per cwt · actual wt
54	—	1,078	56.00–64.50	60.18
24	—	1,015	65.00–73.00	68.20
11	—	877	35.00–43.00	41.35
42	—	967	45.00–55.00	51.49

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls$ per cwt · actual wt
8	—	1,646	91.00–97.00	94.65
10	—	1,813	102.00–109.00	106.06
3	—	1,315	87.00–89.00	88.16

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.