Sale reports / Missouri / Joplin Regional Stockyards / 2023-01-25

Joplin Regional Stockyards

Slaughter Cattle · Replacement Cattle · Carthage, Missouri · Wed, Jan 25
● Final18 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 1797
joplinstockyards.com(417) 548-2333
Slaughter Cattle receipts
224 head
▼ 288 vs last sale 512▼ 383 vs year ago 607 · −63.1%
Replacement Cattle receipts
45 head
▼ 82 vs last sale 127▼ 806 vs year ago 851 · −94.7%
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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Not enough receipts for a market comparison. Heavy snow in parts of the area caused the supply to be light. Slaughter cows traded up to 92. Total supply was light with very good demand.

Slaughter cattle

By class and quality grade · $/cwt
Cull cows and bulls are graded, not weight-classed — grade is what moves the money here.
ClassGradeDressingAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Bulls—Average1,40592.491,30030
CowsBreaker 75-80%Average1,53784.741,30250
CowsBoner 80-85%Average1,17678.8792864
CowsLean 85-90%Low1,01666.6467732

Replacement cattle Per head

By class, stage and age
Bred stock and pairs are reported per head, not per hundredweight — these prices are never mixed with the $/cwt figures above.
ClassStageAgeAvg wt$/headHead
Bred Cows2nd/3rd Stage (4-9 mo)Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)1,246$1,06810
Cow-Calf Pairs1st Stage (1-3 mo)Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)1,193$1,8386
Cow-Calf PairsOpenYoung/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)1,114$1,5437

Every lot

18 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.
ClassWeightGrade / descriptionAvg wtPriceRangePer headHead
Slaughter Cattle · Bulls4 lots · lightest first
Bulls——Return to Feed1,08484.20/cwt80.00–88.009136
Bulls——1,32185.73/cwt73.50–94.001,13210
Bulls——1,46394.78/cwt90.00–99.001,3878
Bulls——1,790108.97/cwt104.00–113.001,9516
Slaughter Cattle · Cows7 lots · lightest first
Cows—Lean 85-90%87748.72/cwt45.00–52.504273
Cows—Lean 85-90%1,02461.40/cwt56.00–67.5062910
Cows—Lean 85-90%1,03372.22/cwt66.00–79.0074619
Cows—Boner 80-85%1,14076.00/cwt70.00–80.0086634
Cows—Boner 80-85%1,21782.12/cwt78.00–89.0099930
Cows—Breaker 75-80%1,50280.92/cwt73.00–85.501,21517
Cows—Breaker 75-80%1,55586.71/cwt85.00–92.001,34833
Replacement Cattle · Stock Cows3 lots · lightest first
Stock Cows—Medium and Large 281675.00/cwt75.00–75.006123
Stock Cows—Medium and Large 1-299190.84/cwt84.00–94.009008
Stock Cows—Large 11,11590.00/cwt90.00–90.001,0042
Replacement Cattle · Cow-Calf Pairs2 lots · lightest first
Cow-Calf Pairs—Medium and Large 1-21,1141,542.86/head1,350.00–1,850.001,5437
Cow-Calf Pairs—Medium and Large 1-21,1931,837.50/head1,675.00–1,900.001,8386
Replacement Cattle · Bred Cows2 lots · lightest first
Bred Cows—Medium and Large 21,142848.41/head800.00–900.008485
Bred Cows—Medium and Large 1-21,3501,287.33/head1,200.00–1,400.001,2875

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.