Sale reports / Missouri / Joplin Regional Stockyards / 2024-07-03

Joplin Regional Stockyards

Slaughter Cattle · Replacement Cattle · Carthage, Missouri · Wed, Jul 3
● Final19 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 1797
joplinstockyards.com(417) 548-2333
Slaughter Cattle receipts
477 head
▼ 130 vs last sale 607▼ 199 vs year ago 676 · −29.4%
Replacement Cattle receipts
33 head
▼ 15 vs last sale 48▼ 64 vs year ago 97 · −66.0%
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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to last week slaughter cows and bulls sold 2.00-4.00 higher. Supply was light with very good demand. The top selling slaughter bull weighed 1,665 lbs. and sold for 248.00.

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—High1,717179.343,07935
CowsBreaker 75-80%High1,450150.802,18672
CowsBoner 80-85%Average1,204147.241,773174
CowsLean 85-90%High993133.511,326153

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)1,016$1,82812
Cow-Calf PairsOpenYoung/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)1,120$3,0753thin

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.
ClassWeightGrade / descriptionAvg wtPriceRangePer headHead
Slaughter Cattle · Bulls4 lots · lightest first
Bulls——1,545174.28/cwt164.00–179.002,69315
Bulls——1,665248.00/cwt248.00–248.004,1291
Bulls——1,808156.28/cwt154.00–158.002,8264
Bulls——1,868185.98/cwt180.00–196.003,47415
Slaughter Cattle · Cows10 lots · lightest first
Cows—Lean 85-90%80785.87/cwt70.00–92.5069310
Cows—Lean 85-90%935115.01/cwt107.50–120.001,07523
Cows—Lean 85-90%1,019144.72/cwt137.50–152.501,47591
Cows—Lean 85-90%1,022129.45/cwt122.00–137.501,32329
Cows—Boner 80-85%1,190143.08/cwt134.00–150.001,70379
Cows—Boner 80-85%1,212152.74/cwt149.00–165.001,85186
Cows—Boner 80-85%1,259131.18/cwt130.00–132.501,6529
Cows—Breaker 75-80%1,422146.38/cwt139.00–151.002,08236
Cows—Breaker 75-80%1,477156.63/cwt151.00–166.002,31334
Cows—Breaker 75-80%1,480131.33/cwt130.00–132.501,9442
Replacement Cattle · Bred Cows2 lots · lightest first
Bred Cows—Medium and Large 1-29971,847.50/head1,800.00–1,900.001,8487
Bred Cows—Medium 21,0421,800.00/head1,800.00–1,800.001,8005
Replacement Cattle · Stock Cows2 lots · lightest first
Stock Cows—Medium 21,015149.00/cwt149.00–149.001,5123
Stock Cows—Medium and Large 11,322178.00/cwt178.00–178.002,3533
Replacement Cattle · Cow-Calf Pairs1 lot · lightest first
Cow-Calf Pairs—Medium and Large 1-21,1203,075.00/head3,075.00–3,075.003,0753

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.