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Show-Me-Select (Carthage, MO)

Replacement Cattle · Carthage, Missouri · Fri, May 16
● Final5 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 1790
Receipts
124 head
▲ 10 vs last sale 114▲ 44 vs year ago 80 · +55.0%
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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

A good crowd on hand for the Show-Me-Select Replacement heifer sale at JRS. The sale was sponsored by Missouri Show-Me-Select

Replacement Heifers Inc., Division of Animal Sciences, Southwest Missouri Beef Cattle improvement Association in Cooperation with

University Extension, Commercial Agriculture Program, MU Veterinary Medicine, Missouri Cattlemen's Association and the Missouri

Department of Agriculture. All heifers had met minimum standards for reproductive soundness, pelvic size, body condition and weight. A

strict immunization program had been followed including Brucellosis calf-hood vaccination and tested negative for PI BVD. Heifers were bred

to bulls meeting strict calving ease or birth weight EPD's. Many were synchronized and artificially bred. projected calving dates were given

and all heifers preg checked within 30 days of the sale. The offering was screened for blemishes, muscle, frame and body condition score, and

disposition by a screening committee consisting of official graders from the Missouri Dept of Agriculture and USDA, then sorted into lots

according to calving dates and similar body types. The offering consisted of 124 lots from 8 consignors and were due to calve from late

August to late November. The top lot consisted of 4 head sold for $5800.00 per head. The sale average was $4010.00 which was $807.00 higher than the sale last fall.

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 Heifers2nd/3rd Stage (4-9 mo)(<2 yrs)1,083$4,010124

Every lot

5 lots · USDA AMS · Show-Me-Select Special - 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
Replacement Cattle · Bred Heifers5 lots · lightest first
Bred Heifers—Medium 28132,800.00/head2,800.00–2,800.002,8002
Bred Heifers—Medium and Large 29082,900.00/head2,900.00–2,900.002,9003
Bred Heifers—Medium 1-29233,150.00/head3,000.00–3,300.003,1504
Bred Heifers—Medium and Large 1-21,0723,960.11/head2,800.00–5,800.003,96089
Bred Heifers—Medium and Large 11,1854,534.62/head3,750.00–5,100.004,53526

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.