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Name: Joplin Regional Stockyards livestock auction prices — 2024-04-17
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2024-04-17

Slaughter Cattle · Replacement Cattle · Carthage, Missouri · Wed, Apr 17

● Final23 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 1797

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Slaughter Cattle receipts

1,096 head

▲ 130 vs last sale 966▲ 269 vs year ago 827 · +32.5%

Replacement Cattle receipts

108 head

▼ 37 vs last sale 145▼ 47 vs year ago 155 · −30.3%

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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to last week slaughter cows sold 2.00-5.00 lower. Slaughter bulls sold steady to 5.00 higher. The top slaughter bull was a Limousin weighing 2,330 lbs. selling for 190.00. Supply was heavy 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	—	High	1,666	158.79	2,645	64
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	High	1,427	127.28	1,816	177
Cows	Boner 80-85%	High	1,205	126.45	1,523	306
Cows	Lean 85-90%	Very Low	1,030	116.71	1,203	357

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/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	1,127	$1,913	30
Bred Cows	2nd/3rd Stage (4-9 mo)	Aged (>8 yrs)	1,256	$1,584	14
Bred Cows	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	1,065	$1,425	3thin
Bred Heifers	2nd/3rd Stage (4-9 mo)	Young (2-4 yrs)	1,130	$2,000	5
Cow-Calf Pairs	Open	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	930	$2,202	17

Every lot

23 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 · Bulls4 lots · lightest first
Bulls	—	—Return to Feed	1,130	170.00/cwt	170.00–170.00	1,921	3
Bulls	—	—	1,505	142.19/cwt	126.00–150.00	2,140	12
Bulls	—	—	1,664	159.19/cwt	149.00–168.00	2,649	39
Bulls	—	—	2,027	173.79/cwt	167.00–190.00	3,523	10
Slaughter Cattle · Cows9 lots · lightest first
Cows	—	Lean 85-90%	819	84.13/cwt	52.50–94.00	689	20
Cows	—	Lean 85-90%	952	104.16/cwt	93.00–108.00	992	43
Cows	—	Lean 85-90%	1,049	127.65/cwt	123.00–135.00	1,339	80
Cows	—	Lean 85-90%	1,059	118.19/cwt	110.00–123.00	1,252	214
Cows	—	Boner 80-85%	1,203	124.62/cwt	119.00–128.00	1,499	205
Cows	—	Boner 80-85%	1,205	131.86/cwt	128.00–137.50	1,589	92
Cows	—	Boner 80-85%	1,243	112.69/cwt	108.50–116.00	1,401	9
Cows	—	Breaker 75-80%	1,417	125.85/cwt	120.00–131.50	1,783	147
Cows	—	Breaker 75-80%	1,477	134.27/cwt	131.00–138.00	1,983	30
Replacement Cattle · Bred Cows5 lots · lightest first
Bred Cows	—	Medium and Large 2	1,065	1,700.00/head	1,700.00–1,700.00	1,700	8
Bred Cows	—	Medium and Large 2	1,065	1,425.00/head	1,425.00–1,425.00	1,425	3
Bred Cows	—	Medium and Large 1-2	1,089	1,890.06/head	1,750.00–2,000.00	1,890	16
Bred Cows	—	Medium and Large 1-2	1,256	1,584.28/head	1,550.00–1,600.00	1,584	14
Bred Cows	—	Medium and Large 1	1,313	2,256.00/head	2,100.00–2,450.00	2,256	6
Replacement Cattle · Cow-Calf Pairs2 lots · lightest first
Cow-Calf Pairs	—	Medium 2	775	2,030.00/head	1,960.00–2,100.00	2,030	8
Cow-Calf Pairs	—	Medium and Large 1-2	1,068	2,355.56/head	2,050.00–2,600.00	2,356	9
Replacement Cattle · Stock Cows2 lots · lightest first
Stock Cows	—	Medium and Large 1	843	190.00/cwt	190.00–190.00	1,602	3
Stock Cows	—	Medium and Large 1-2	885	156.57/cwt	150.00–165.00	1,386	17
Replacement Cattle · Bred Heifers1 lot · lightest first
Bred Heifers	—	Large 1-2	1,130	2,000.00/head	2,000.00–2,000.00	2,000	5

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 Apr 17, 2024

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

Slaughter CattleReceipts 1,096Last week 966Year ago 827

Replacement CattleReceipts 108Last week 145Year ago 155

Slaughter Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls$ per cwt · actual wt
10	—	2,027	167.00–190.00	173.79
12	—	1,505	126.00–150.00	142.19
39	—	1,664	149.00–168.00	159.19

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls — Return to Feed$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	1,130	170.00	170.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cows — Lean 85-90%$ per cwt · actual wt
20	—	819	52.50–94.00	84.13
80	—	1,049	123.00–135.00	127.65
214	—	1,059	110.00–123.00	118.19
43	—	952	93.00–108.00	104.16

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cows — Breaker 75-80%$ per cwt · actual wt
30	—	1,477	131.00–138.00	134.27
147	—	1,417	120.00–131.50	125.85

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cows — Boner 80-85%$ per cwt · actual wt
92	—	1,205	128.00–137.50	131.86
205	—	1,203	119.00–128.00	124.62
9	—	1,243	108.50–116.00	112.69

Replacement Cattle

As reported

Age	Stage	Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bred Cows — Medium and Large 2$ per head · actual wt
Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	3	—	1,065	1,425.00	1,425.00
Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	2nd/3rd Stage (4-9 mo)	8	—	1,065	1,700.00	1,700.00

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)	6	—	1,313	2,100.00–2,450.00	2,256.00

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)	14	—	1,256	1,550.00–1,600.00	1,584.28
Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	2nd/3rd Stage (4-9 mo)	16	—	1,089	1,750.00–2,000.00	1,890.06

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	9	—	1,068	2,050.00–2,600.00	2,355.56

Age	Stage	Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cow-Calf Pairs — Medium 2$ per head · estimate wt
Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	Open	8	—	775	1,960.00–2,100.00	2,030.00

Age	Stage	Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Stock Cows — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
(<2 yrs)	Open	3	—	843	190.00	190.00

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	—	885	150.00–165.00	156.57

Age	Stage	Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bred Heifers — Large 1-2$ per head · actual wt
Young (2-4 yrs)	2nd/3rd Stage (4-9 mo)	5	—	1,130	2,000.00	2,000.00

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.