Joplin Regional Stockyards Slaughter/Replacement Cattle Market Report

Carthage, Missouri · USDA-reported Auction Livestock

Sale of Wednesday, October 21, 2020

1,536 head sold ·Official USDA report

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Receipts

Head	This sale	Last sale	Last year
Total receipts	1,536	1,080	991
Slaughter cattle	691	740	555
Replacement cattle	845	340	436

Market comments — USDA reporter

Compared to last Wednesday, slaughter cows sold 1.00-3.00 higher and slaughter bulls sold 3.00-500 higher. The offering included a heavy supply of bred cows and a moderate supply of cow/calf pairs with a special replacement cow and bull sale immediately following the regular cow and bull sale. There were several dispersal's and herd reductions providing some good quality replacement cattle. Supply was heavy and demand good for slaughter classes.

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Feeder Bulls

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $	Δ last sale
1200	1200	(<2 yrs)	N/A	1	1,400.00	$1,400.00	—
1400–1600	1500	Young (2-4 yrs)	N/A	4	1,600.00–1,850.00	$1,733.33	—

Large 1-2 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $	Δ last sale
2180	2180	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	N/A	1	2,100.00	$2,100.00	—

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Slaughter Cows

Boner ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Dressing	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
930–1500	1196	80-85%	98	42.50–50.00	$45.95	$550	-0.11
943–1595	1250	80-85%	39	55.00–61.00	$57.95	$724	—
1055–1665	1332	80-85%	85	49.50–57.00	$53.09	$707	—

Lean ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Dressing	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
650–1315	894	85-90%	39	30.00–38.00	$34.46	$308	+12.24
525–1095	917	85-90%	11	15.00–29.00	$24.62	$226	—
750–1305	1017	85-90%	78	37.50–46.00	$42.18	$429	+2.78
895–1298	1180	85-90%	50	46.00–55.50	$50.24	$593	—

Breaker ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Dressing	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
1010–1535	1316	75-80%	60	47.00–57.00	$52.62	$692	+2.36
1010–1685	1410	75-80%	47	56.00–65.00	$61.23	$863	+2.13
1390–1750	1585	75-80%	36	64.00–73.50	$69.09	$1,095	—

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Slaughter Bulls

YG1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
1115–1755	1308	16	61.00–77.00	$68.14	$891	—
1195–2415	1622	27	78.00–89.00	$84.57	$1,372	+3.54
1565–2080	1832	20	90.00–103.00	$94.68	$1,735	+4.57

YG1 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
1470–2090	1845	6	106.00–113.00	$108.53	$2,002	+6.96

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Stock Cows

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd
895–952	928	(<2 yrs)	Open	8	70.00–87.50	$78.53	$729
915–1205	1078	Young (2-4 yrs)	Open	17	62.00–85.00	$69.40	$748
1079–1211	1125	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	Open	24	55.00–63.00	$59.67	$671

Medium 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd
715–860	765	(<2 yrs)	Open	10	85.00–106.00	$96.59	$739
770–995	867	Young (2-4 yrs)	Open	14	60.00–85.00	$70.80	$614
841–1002	918	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	Open	18	52.00–60.00	$57.53	$528

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Bred Cows

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $
1075–1335	1216	Aged (>8 yrs)	2nd/3rd Stage (4-9 mo)	79	600.00–825.00	$717.82
900–1295	1225	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	15	700.00–950.00	$853.76
915–1360	1226	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	2nd/3rd Stage (4-9 mo)	143	825.00–1,175.00	$952.74
1150–1295	1239	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	2nd/3rd Stage (4-9 mo)	8	750.00–800.00	$782.59

Medium and Large 1 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $
1095	1095	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	3	1,000.00	$1,000.00
1100–1365	1267	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	2nd/3rd Stage (4-9 mo)	132	1,200.00–1,550.00	$1,396.98

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd
1105–1380	1171	Aged (>8 yrs)	2nd/3rd Stage (4-9 mo)	13	54.00–61.00	$56.16	$658
1112–1245	1200	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	2nd/3rd Stage (4-9 mo)	7	50.00–59.00	$56.61	$679
1252–1340	1309	Aged (>8 yrs)	2nd/3rd Stage (4-9 mo)	17	52.00–67.00	$56.78	$743

Medium 1-2 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $
885–1050	998	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	2nd/3rd Stage (4-9 mo)	20	585.00–850.00	$701.70
885–1045	1002	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	8	500.00–700.00	$622.63
1000–1055	1018	Aged (>8 yrs)	2nd/3rd Stage (4-9 mo)	3	500.00–550.00	$532.73

Medium and Large 2 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $
1130–1335	1258	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	2nd/3rd Stage (4-9 mo)	12	650.00–785.00	$749.82

Large 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd
1417–1460	1426	Aged (>8 yrs)	2nd/3rd Stage (4-9 mo)	5	53.00–54.00	$53.80	$767
1402–1505	1462	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	2nd/3rd Stage (4-9 mo)	3	58.50–61.00	$59.53	$870

Medium 2 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $
765–970	901	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	2nd/3rd Stage (4-9 mo)	7	350.00–450.00	$404.96

Medium 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd
915–1030	980	Aged (>8 yrs)	2nd/3rd Stage (4-9 mo)	3	52.00–55.00	$53.36	$523
950–1040	995	Aged (>8 yrs)	2nd/3rd Stage (4-9 mo)	2	54.00–62.00	$57.82	$575

Large 1-2 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $
1415–1435	1425	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	2nd/3rd Stage (4-9 mo)	2	900.00–950.00	$924.82
1400–1465	1433	Aged (>8 yrs)	2nd/3rd Stage (4-9 mo)	2	850.00	$850.00

Medium 1 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $
1050	1050	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	4	800.00	$800.00

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Bred Heifers

Medium 1-2 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $
775	775	(<2 yrs)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	2	775.00	$775.00
790–825	820	(<2 yrs)	2nd/3rd Stage (4-9 mo)	11	675.00–850.00	$793.48

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $
950–975	967	(<2 yrs)	2nd/3rd Stage (4-9 mo)	3	785.00–800.00	$795.09

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Cow-Calf Pairs

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $	Δ last sale
1085–1280	1238	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	Open	32	1,300.00–1,700.00	$1,568.75	—
1150–1360	1238	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	Open	16	1,000.00–1,200.00	$1,087.50	—
1250	1250	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	Open	4	1,600.00	$1,600.00	+490.00
1290–1310	1300	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	14	1,600.00–1,700.00	$1,642.86	—
1300	1300	Aged (>8 yrs)	Open	2	600.00	$600.00	—
1300	1300	Aged (>8 yrs)	Open	6	900.00–1,000.00	$933.33	—
1290–1325	1302	Aged (>8 yrs)	Open	6	800.00	$800.00	—

Medium and Large 1 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $	Δ last sale
945–1250	1145	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	Open	20	1,300.00–1,500.00	$1,450.00	—
1175	1175	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	2	1,850.00	$1,850.00	—
1200	1200	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	Open	12	1,625.00	$1,625.00	—

Medium 1-2 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $	Δ last sale
900	900	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	Open	2	900.00	$900.00	—
1000	1000	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	Open	2	900.00	$900.00	+25.00
1045	1045	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	4	1,600.00	$1,600.00	—

Medium and Large 2 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $	Δ last sale
1095	1095	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	Open	2	1,000.00	$1,000.00	+100.00
1365	1365	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	Open	2	1,050.00	$1,050.00	—

Medium 1 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $	Δ last sale
1045	1045	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	Open	2	1,200.00	$1,200.00	—

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Reading this report

What does "Medium and Large 1" mean?

USDA feeder grades describe frame size and muscle thickness, not quality of the individual animal. "Medium and Large" is the frame score; the number is muscle (1 = heaviest muscled). "Medium and Large 1–2" pens mix both muscle scores — common across the Southeast.

What is $/cwt?

Dollars per hundredweight — per 100 lb of animal. A 500-lb calf at $450/cwt brings 5 × $450 = $2,250. Lighter cattle usually bring more per cwt but less per head.

Why are some prices per head?

Bred cows, cow-calf pairs, and some replacement classes sell by the head, not by weight. We show those exactly as USDA reports them — a $/head figure is never converted into $/cwt on this site.

Where do these numbers come from?

From the USDA Agricultural Marketing Service's Livestock Market News — federal reporters at the sale. We publish each report in full and link the official USDA document at the top of the page.