Sale reports / Missouri / Joplin Regional Stockyards / 2025-07-02

Joplin Regional Stockyards

Slaughter Cattle · Replacement Cattle · Carthage, Missouri · Wed, Jul 2
● Final24 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 1797
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Slaughter Cattle receipts
423 head
▲ 113 vs last sale 310▼ 54 vs year ago 477 · −11.3%
Replacement Cattle receipts
73 head
▼ 6 vs last sale 79▲ 40 vs year ago 33 · +121.2%
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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to last week slaughter cows sold steady to 4.00 higher with slaughter bulls selling steady. Supply was light with good demand. The top slaughter cows weighing 1,175 lbs. and 1,315 lbs. sold for 179.00/cwt. The top selling slaughter bull weighed 2,040 lbs. and sold for 236.00/cwt.

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—High1,671200.643,35326
CowsBoner 80-85%Low1,182161.921,914119
CowsBreaker 75-80%Low1,454161.422,34646
CowsLean 85-90%Very Low969132.291,281165

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 (2-4 yrs)1,315$2,9001thin
Bred Cows1st Stage (1-3 mo)Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)1,160$2,7003thin
Bred Cows2nd/3rd Stage (4-9 mo)Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)1,099$2,58730
Bred Cows2nd/3rd Stage (4-9 mo)Aged (>8 yrs)1,116$2,29212
Bred Heifers2nd/3rd Stage (4-9 mo)(<2 yrs)970$2,7002thin
Cow-Calf Pairs1st Stage (1-3 mo)Young (2-4 yrs)760$3,7002thin
Cow-Calf PairsOpenAged (>8 yrs)1,040$3,3503thin
Cow-Calf PairsOpenYoung/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)1,040$3,0503thin

Every lot

24 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 · Bulls2 lots · lightest first
Bulls——1,591190.97/cwt182.50–200.003,03816
Bulls——1,799216.11/cwt202.50–236.003,88810
Slaughter Cattle · Cows10 lots · lightest first
Cows—Lean 85-90%83897.67/cwt92.50–109.0081827
Cows—Lean 85-90%927126.33/cwt116.00–135.001,17162
Cows—Lean 85-90%1,018162.25/cwt155.00–172.001,65221
Cows—Lean 85-90%1,061144.56/cwt135.00–155.001,53455
Cows—Boner 80-85%1,164167.06/cwt162.50–179.001,94556
Cows—Boner 80-85%1,196157.75/cwt147.50–162.501,88762
Cows—Boner 80-85%1,300132.50/cwt132.50–132.501,7231
Cows—Breaker 75-80%1,419157.17/cwt147.50–160.002,23017
Cows—Breaker 75-80%1,430140.13/cwt136.00–144.002,0042
Cows—Breaker 75-80%1,477165.68/cwt160.00–175.002,44727
Replacement Cattle · Cow-Calf Pairs3 lots · lightest first
Cow-Calf Pairs—Medium 27603,700.00/head3,700.00–3,700.003,7002
Cow-Calf Pairs—Medium and Large 1-21,0403,350.00/head3,350.00–3,350.003,3503
Cow-Calf Pairs—Medium and Large 1-21,0403,050.00/head3,050.00–3,050.003,0503
Replacement Cattle · Stock Cows2 lots · lightest first
Stock Cows—Medium and Large 1-2947175.00/cwt175.00–175.001,6572
Stock Cows—Medium and Large 11,006213.74/cwt212.50–215.002,1504
Replacement Cattle · Bred Cows6 lots · lightest first
Bred Cows—Medium and Large 21,0331,800.00/head1,800.00–1,800.001,8003
Bred Cows—Medium and Large 11,0972,876.74/head2,800.00–3,000.002,87712
Bred Cows—Medium and Large 1-21,1012,393.60/head2,100.00–2,600.002,39418
Bred Cows—Medium and Large 1-21,1442,455.92/head2,400.00–2,500.002,4569
Bred Cows—Medium and Large 11,1602,700.00/head2,700.00–2,700.002,7003
Bred Cows—Medium and Large 11,3152,900.00/head2,900.00–2,900.002,9001
Replacement Cattle · Bred Heifers1 lot · lightest first
Bred Heifers—Medium and Large 1-29702,700.00/head2,700.00–2,700.002,7002

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.