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Joplin Regional Stockyards

Name: Joplin Regional Stockyards livestock auction prices — 2021-09-22
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2021-09-22

Slaughter Cattle · Replacement Cattle · Carthage, Missouri · Wed, Sep 22

● Final19 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 1797

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Slaughter Cattle receipts

568 head

▼ 61 vs last sale 629▲ 7 vs year ago 561 · +1.2%

Replacement Cattle receipts

252 head

▲ 143 vs last sale 109▼ 63 vs year ago 315 · −20.0%

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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to last week slaughter cows traded steady. Slaughter bulls traded steady to 3.00 lower. Supply and demand was moderate.

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	1,730	90.05	1,558	56
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	High	1,455	70.55	1,026	99
Cows	Boner 80-85%	High	1,241	63.76	791	103
Cows	Lean 85-90%	Average	1,064	53.17	566	225

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	—	—	1,280	83.13/cwt	79.00–87.50	1,064	8
Bulls	—	—	1,775	90.21/cwt	83.00–97.00	1,601	42
Bulls	—	—	2,018	98.15/cwt	95.00–100.00	1,981	6
Slaughter Cattle · Cows10 lots · lightest first
Cows	—	Lean 85-90%	846	39.87/cwt	27.50–44.00	337	31
Cows	—	Lean 85-90%	1,043	49.73/cwt	45.00–53.00	519	57
Cows	—	Lean 85-90%	1,081	64.98/cwt	63.00–71.00	702	12
Cows	—	Lean 85-90%	1,126	56.90/cwt	54.00–62.00	641	125
Cows	—	Boner 80-85%	1,233	59.32/cwt	56.00–63.50	731	49
Cows	—	Boner 80-85%	1,240	72.20/cwt	71.00–75.00	895	11
Cows	—	Boner 80-85%	1,250	66.66/cwt	64.00–70.00	833	43
Cows	—	Breaker 75-80%	1,404	61.98/cwt	57.00–64.00	870	11
Cows	—	Breaker 75-80%	1,409	69.26/cwt	64.00–73.00	976	60
Cows	—	Breaker 75-80%	1,572	76.68/cwt	74.00–81.50	1,205	28
Replacement Cattle · Stock Cows2 lots · lightest first
Stock Cows	—	Small and Medium 2-3	675	73.43/cwt	65.00–78.00	496	157
Stock Cows	—	Medium and Large 1-2	995	91.73/cwt	72.50–110.00	913	17
Replacement Cattle · Cow-Calf Pairs1 lot · lightest first
Cow-Calf Pairs	—	Medium and Large 1-2	1,060	1,080.00/cwt	1,000.00–1,150.00	11,448	5
Replacement Cattle · Bred Cows3 lots · lightest first
Bred Cows	—	Medium 2	763	794.01/cwt	650.00–900.00	6,058	13
Bred Cows	—	Medium and Large 1-2	1,175	920.38/cwt	810.00–1,100.00	10,814	19
Bred Cows	—	Medium and Large 1-2	1,290	825.00/cwt	825.00–825.00	10,643	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.

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Joplin Regional Stockyards Slaughter/Replacement Cattle- Carthage, MO

Wed Sep 22, 2021

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

Slaughter CattleReceipts 568Last week 629Year ago 561

Replacement CattleReceipts 252Last week 109Year ago 315

Compared to last week slaughter cows traded steady. Slaughter bulls traded steady to 3.00 lower. Supply and demand was moderate.

Replacement Cattle

As reported

Age	Stage	Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Stock Cows — Small and Medium 2-3$ per cwt · actual wt
(<2 yrs)	Open	157	—	675	65.00–78.00	73.43

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	17	—	995	72.50–110.00	91.73

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	5	—	1,060	1,000.00–1,150.00	1,080.00

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)	4	—	1,290	825.00	825.00
Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	2nd/3rd Stage (4-9 mo)	19	—	1,175	810.00–1,100.00	920.38

Age	Stage	Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bred Cows — Medium 2$ per cwt · actual wt
Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	2nd/3rd Stage (4-9 mo)	13	—	763	650.00–900.00	794.01

Slaughter Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls$ per cwt · actual wt
42	—	1,775	83.00–97.00	90.21
6	—	2,018	95.00–100.00	98.15
8	—	1,280	79.00–87.50	83.13

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cows — Boner 80-85%$ per cwt · actual wt
11	—	1,240	71.00–75.00	72.20
43	—	1,250	64.00–70.00	66.66
49	—	1,233	56.00–63.50	59.32

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cows — Lean 85-90%$ per cwt · actual wt
125	—	1,126	54.00–62.00	56.90
31	—	846	27.50–44.00	39.87
57	—	1,043	45.00–53.00	49.73
12	—	1,081	63.00–71.00	64.98

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cows — Breaker 75-80%$ per cwt · actual wt
28	—	1,572	74.00–81.50	76.68
60	—	1,409	64.00–73.00	69.26
11	—	1,404	57.00–64.00	61.98

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.