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Name: Joplin Regional Stockyards livestock auction prices — 2023-12-20
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2023-12-20

Slaughter Cattle · Replacement Cattle · Carthage, Missouri · Wed, Dec 20

● Final59 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 1797

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Slaughter Cattle receipts

1,035 head

▲ 140 vs last sale 895▲ 529 vs year ago 506 · +104.5%

Replacement Cattle receipts

2,025 head

▲ 1,980 vs last sale 45▲ 1,850 vs year ago 175 · +1,057.1%

Also sold hereFeeder CattleMon Nov 2, 2026 Replacement Cattle SpecialThu Oct 8, 2026 Feeder Cattle SpecialThu Jun 25, 2026

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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to last week slaughter cows and bulls sold steady to 3.00 higher. Supply was heavy with very good demand. This report combines the slaughter/replacement auction with the replacement sale tonight. Several hundred high quality replacement cattle were in the offering. The top bred cows sold for 2,800 per head and the top cow-calf pairs sold for 3,400. There was standing room only for this last auction of the year with 3,060 head in the sale offering. This was the largest cow auction this year at JRS. The total number of cattle sold by Joplin Regional Stockyards this year is just under 550,000 head.

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	—	Low	1,580	113.88	1,799	77
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	Low	1,429	95.03	1,358	209
Cows	Boner 80-85%	Low	1,203	93.18	1,121	304
Cows	Lean 85-90%	Low	1,015	79.75	810	182

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.

Class	Stage	Age	Avg wt	$/head	Head
Bred Cows	2nd/3rd Stage (4-9 mo)	Young (2-4 yrs)	1,208	$2,278	88
Bred Cows	2nd/3rd Stage (4-9 mo)	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	1,172	$1,851	521
Bred Cows	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	Young (2-4 yrs)	1,065	$1,482	11
Bred Cows	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	1,242	$1,478	25
Bred Cows	2nd/3rd Stage (4-9 mo)	Aged (>8 yrs)	1,212	$1,318	156
Bred Heifers	2nd/3rd Stage (4-9 mo)	Young (2-4 yrs)	1,075	$2,433	82
Bred Heifers	2nd/3rd Stage (4-9 mo)	(<2 yrs)	1,026	$2,295	319
Bred Heifers	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	(<2 yrs)	1,085	$1,800	6
Bulls	N/A	Young (2-4 yrs)	1,680	$2,500	1thin
Bulls	N/A	(<2 yrs)	1,536	$2,204	5
Cow-Calf Pairs	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	Young (2-4 yrs)	1,090	$3,450	17
Cow-Calf Pairs	Open	Young (2-4 yrs)	1,059	$2,657	53
Cow-Calf Pairs	Open	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	1,119	$2,480	141
Cow-Calf Pairs	Open	Aged (>8 yrs)	1,106	$1,738	24
Stock Cows	Open	(<2 yrs)	867	$1,850	8

Every lot

59 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 · Bulls5 lots · lightest first
Bulls	—	—Return to Feed	1,135	102.00/cwt	102.00–102.00	1,158	4
Bulls	—	—Return to Feed	1,206	106.00/cwt	106.00–106.00	1,278	3
Bulls	—	—	1,346	95.39/cwt	91.50–103.00	1,284	13
Bulls	—	—	1,529	111.38/cwt	104.00–117.50	1,703	26
Bulls	—	—	1,815	126.02/cwt	116.00–141.00	2,287	31
Slaughter Cattle · Cows10 lots · lightest first
Cows	—	Lean 85-90%	924	68.22/cwt	60.00–72.00	630	22
Cows	—	Lean 85-90%	929	47.37/cwt	41.00–58.00	440	10
Cows	—	Lean 85-90%	1,031	81.14/cwt	75.00–87.00	837	108
Cows	—	Lean 85-90%	1,044	89.91/cwt	87.00–98.00	939	42
Cows	—	Boner 80-85%	1,188	99.03/cwt	95.00–108.00	1,176	111
Cows	—	Boner 80-85%	1,210	90.39/cwt	84.00–96.00	1,094	183
Cows	—	Boner 80-85%	1,243	79.41/cwt	72.00–85.00	987	10
Cows	—	Breaker 75-80%	1,400	92.48/cwt	85.00–96.00	1,295	121
Cows	—	Breaker 75-80%	1,467	99.62/cwt	96.00–110.00	1,461	83
Cows	—	Breaker 75-80%	1,513	80.46/cwt	78.00–81.00	1,217	5
Replacement Cattle · Bulls3 lots · lightest first
Bulls	—	Medium and Large 1-2	1,528	1,980.36/head	1,800.00–2,100.00	1,980	4
Bulls	—	Medium and Large 1	1,570	3,100.00/head	3,100.00–3,100.00	3,100	1
Bulls	—	Medium and Large 1-2	1,680	2,500.00/head	2,500.00–2,500.00	2,500	1
Replacement Cattle · Cow-Calf Pairs14 lots · lightest first
Cow-Calf Pairs	—	Medium and Large 2	1,020	1,350.00/head	1,350.00–1,350.00	1,350	3
Cow-Calf Pairs	—	Medium and Large 1-2	1,030	2,400.00/head	2,400.00–2,400.00	2,400	3
Cow-Calf Pairs	—	Medium and Large 2	1,040	1,200.00/head	1,200.00–1,200.00	1,200	3
Cow-Calf Pairs	—	Medium and Large 1	1,058	2,709.09/head	2,600.00–2,750.00	2,709	33
Cow-Calf Pairs	—	Medium and Large 1	1,065	2,600.00/head	2,600.00–2,600.00	2,600	17
Cow-Calf Pairs	—	Medium and Large 1	1,090	3,450.00/head	3,450.00–3,450.00	3,450	17
Cow-Calf Pairs	—	Medium and Large 2	1,095	1,600.00/head	1,600.00–1,600.00	1,600	4
Cow-Calf Pairs	—	Medium and Large 1-2	1,102	1,566.67/head	1,500.00–1,600.00	1,567	9
Cow-Calf Pairs	—	Medium and Large 1-2	1,104	2,177.78/head	1,800.00–2,500.00	2,178	72
Cow-Calf Pairs	—	Medium and Large 1	1,107	2,942.11/head	2,700.00–3,100.00	2,942	19
Cow-Calf Pairs	—	Medium and Large 1	1,108	2,600.00/head	2,600.00–2,600.00	2,600	10
Cow-Calf Pairs	—	Medium and Large 1-2	1,140	2,400.00/head	2,400.00–2,400.00	2,400	4
Cow-Calf Pairs	—	Medium and Large 1-2	1,140	2,000.00/head	2,000.00–2,000.00	2,000	4
Cow-Calf Pairs	—	Medium and Large 1	1,166	2,890.54/head	2,500.00–3,050.00	2,891	37
Replacement Cattle · Stock Cows5 lots · lightest first
Stock Cows	—	Medium and Large 1	814	186.00/cwt	186.00–186.00	1,514	11
Stock Cows	—	Medium and Large 1-2	862	145.78/cwt	144.00–152.00	1,257	17
Stock Cows	—	Medium and Large 1	867	1,850.00/head	1,850.00–1,850.00	1,850	8
Stock Cows	—	Medium and Large 1-2	986	150.11/cwt	145.00–160.00	1,480	10
Stock Cows	—	Medium and Large 2	1,115	109.08/cwt	104.00–115.00	1,216	15
Replacement Cattle · Bred Heifers6 lots · lightest first
Bred Heifers	—	Medium and Large 2	850	1,500.00/head	1,500.00–1,500.00	1,500	14
Bred Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	856	1,696.10/head	1,500.00–1,825.00	1,696	31
Bred Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	920	1,400.00/head	1,400.00–1,400.00	1,400	5
Bred Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1	1,054	2,403.34/head	2,200.00–2,600.00	2,403	274
Bred Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1	1,085	2,500.00/head	2,500.00–2,500.00	2,500	77
Bred Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1	1,085	1,800.00/head	1,800.00–1,800.00	1,800	6
Replacement Cattle · Bred Cows16 lots · lightest first
Bred Cows	—	Medium 2	875	1,300.00/head	1,300.00–1,300.00	1,300	5
Bred Cows	—	Medium 2	902	1,406.15/head	1,200.00–1,550.00	1,406	20
Bred Cows	—	Medium and Large 1-2	1,025	1,700.00/head	1,700.00–1,700.00	1,700	5
Bred Cows	—	Medium and Large 2	1,040	1,300.00/head	1,300.00–1,300.00	1,300	6
Bred Cows	—	Medium and Large 2	1,055	1,415.52/head	1,100.00–1,575.00	1,416	37
Bred Cows	—	Medium and Large 1-2	1,065	1,481.82/head	1,450.00–1,500.00	1,482	11
Bred Cows	—	Medium and Large 1Fancy	1,113	2,697.53/head	2,600.00–2,800.00	2,698	10
Bred Cows	—	Medium and Large 1Fancy	1,125	2,650.00/head	2,650.00–2,650.00	2,650	10
Bred Cows	—	Medium and Large 1-2	1,133	1,700.11/head	1,400.00–1,850.00	1,700	221
Bred Cows	—	Medium and Large 1-2	1,160	1,400.00/head	1,400.00–1,400.00	1,400	3
Bred Cows	—	Medium and Large 2	1,175	1,072.32/head	985.00–1,300.00	1,072	51
Bred Cows	—	Medium and Large 1	1,178	1,882.91/head	1,800.00–2,200.00	1,883	19
Bred Cows	—	Medium and Large 1	1,234	2,260.09/head	1,900.00–2,500.00	2,260	73
Bred Cows	—	Medium and Large 1	1,252	2,066.99/head	1,700.00–2,425.00	2,067	233
Bred Cows	—	Medium and Large 1-2	1,265	1,342.07/head	1,185.00–1,700.00	1,342	81
Bred Cows	—	Medium and Large 1	1,333	1,560.04/head	1,500.00–1,600.00	1,560	16

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 Dec 20, 2023

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

Slaughter CattleReceipts 1,035Last week 895Year ago 506

Replacement CattleReceipts 2,025Last week 45Year ago 175

Replacement Cattle

As reported

Age	Stage	Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls — Medium and Large 1-2$ per head · actual wt
Young (2-4 yrs)	N/A	1	—	1,680	2,500.00	2,500.00
(<2 yrs)	N/A	4	—	1,528	1,800.00–2,100.00	1,980.36

Age	Stage	Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls — Medium and Large 1$ per head · actual wt
(<2 yrs)	N/A	1	—	1,570	3,100.00	3,100.00

Age	Stage	Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cow-Calf Pairs — Medium and Large 1-2$ per head · estimate wt
Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	Open	72	—	1,104	1,800.00–2,500.00	2,177.78
Aged (>8 yrs)	Open	9	—	1,102	1,500.00–1,600.00	1,566.67
Aged (>8 yrs)	Open	4	—	1,140	2,400.00	2,400.00
Aged (>8 yrs)	Open	4	—	1,140	2,000.00	2,000.00
Young (2-4 yrs)	Open	3	—	1,030	2,400.00	2,400.00

Age	Stage	Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cow-Calf Pairs — Medium and Large 1$ per head · estimate wt
Young (2-4 yrs)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	17	—	1,090	3,450.00	3,450.00
Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	Open	19	—	1,107	2,700.00–3,100.00	2,942.11
Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	Open	10	—	1,108	2,600.00	2,600.00
Young (2-4 yrs)	Open	17	—	1,065	2,600.00	2,600.00
Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	Open	37	—	1,166	2,500.00–3,050.00	2,890.54
Young (2-4 yrs)	Open	33	—	1,058	2,600.00–2,750.00	2,709.09

Age	Stage	Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cow-Calf Pairs — Medium and Large 2$ per head · estimate wt
Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	Open	3	—	1,020	1,350.00	1,350.00
Aged (>8 yrs)	Open	4	—	1,095	1,600.00	1,600.00
Aged (>8 yrs)	Open	3	—	1,040	1,200.00	1,200.00

Age	Stage	Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Stock Cows — Medium and Large 1$ per head · actual wt
(<2 yrs)	Open	8	—	867	1,850.00	1,850.00
(<2 yrs)	Open	11	—	814	186.00	186.00

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	—	862	144.00–152.00	145.78
(<2 yrs)	Open	10	—	986	145.00–160.00	150.11

Age	Stage	Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Stock Cows — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
Young (2-4 yrs)	Open	15	—	1,115	104.00–115.00	109.08

Age	Stage	Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bred Heifers — Medium and Large 2$ per head · actual wt
(<2 yrs)	2nd/3rd Stage (4-9 mo)	14	—	850	1,500.00	1,500.00

Age	Stage	Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bred Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per head · actual wt
(<2 yrs)	2nd/3rd Stage (4-9 mo)	274	—	1,054	2,200.00–2,600.00	2,403.34
(<2 yrs)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	6	—	1,085	1,800.00	1,800.00
Young (2-4 yrs)	2nd/3rd Stage (4-9 mo)	77	—	1,085	2,500.00	2,500.00

Age	Stage	Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bred Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per head · actual wt
Young (2-4 yrs)	2nd/3rd Stage (4-9 mo)	5	—	920	1,400.00	1,400.00
(<2 yrs)	2nd/3rd Stage (4-9 mo)	31	—	856	1,500.00–1,825.00	1,696.10

Age	Stage	Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bred Cows — Medium and Large 1$ per head · actual wt
Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	2nd/3rd Stage (4-9 mo)	233	—	1,252	1,700.00–2,425.00	2,066.99
Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	16	—	1,333	1,500.00–1,600.00	1,560.04
Young (2-4 yrs)	2nd/3rd Stage (4-9 mo)	73	—	1,234	1,900.00–2,500.00	2,260.09
Aged (>8 yrs)	2nd/3rd Stage (4-9 mo)	19	—	1,178	1,800.00–2,200.00	1,882.91

Age	Stage	Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bred Cows — Medium 2$ per head · actual wt
Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	2nd/3rd Stage (4-9 mo)	20	—	902	1,200.00–1,550.00	1,406.15
Aged (>8 yrs)	2nd/3rd Stage (4-9 mo)	5	—	875	1,300.00	1,300.00

Age	Stage	Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bred Cows — Medium and Large 2$ per head · actual wt
Aged (>8 yrs)	2nd/3rd Stage (4-9 mo)	51	—	1,175	985.00–1,300.00	1,072.32
Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	2nd/3rd Stage (4-9 mo)	37	—	1,055	1,100.00–1,575.00	1,415.52
Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	6	—	1,040	1,300.00	1,300.00

Age	Stage	Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bred Cows — Medium and Large 1-2$ per head · actual wt
Aged (>8 yrs)	2nd/3rd Stage (4-9 mo)	81	—	1,265	1,185.00–1,700.00	1,342.07
Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	3	—	1,160	1,400.00	1,400.00
Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	2nd/3rd Stage (4-9 mo)	221	—	1,133	1,400.00–1,850.00	1,700.11
Young (2-4 yrs)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	11	—	1,065	1,450.00–1,500.00	1,481.82
Young (2-4 yrs)	2nd/3rd Stage (4-9 mo)	5	—	1,025	1,700.00	1,700.00

Age	Stage	Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bred Cows — Medium and Large 1 · Fancy$ per head · actual wt
Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	2nd/3rd Stage (4-9 mo)	10	—	1,125	2,650.00	2,650.00
Young (2-4 yrs)	2nd/3rd Stage (4-9 mo)	10	—	1,113	2,600.00–2,800.00	2,697.53

Slaughter Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls$ per cwt · actual wt
13	—	1,346	91.50–103.00	95.39
26	—	1,529	104.00–117.50	111.38
31	—	1,815	116.00–141.00	126.02

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls — Return to Feed$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	1,206	106.00	106.00
4	—	1,135	102.00	102.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cows — Lean 85-90%$ per cwt · actual wt
22	—	924	60.00–72.00	68.22
10	—	929	41.00–58.00	47.37
108	—	1,031	75.00–87.00	81.14
42	—	1,044	87.00–98.00	89.91

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cows — Boner 80-85%$ per cwt · actual wt
10	—	1,243	72.00–85.00	79.41
183	—	1,210	84.00–96.00	90.39
111	—	1,188	95.00–108.00	99.03

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cows — Breaker 75-80%$ per cwt · actual wt
5	—	1,513	78.00–81.00	80.46
121	—	1,400	85.00–96.00	92.48
83	—	1,467	96.00–110.00	99.62

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.