Joplin Regional Stockyards Slaughter/Replacement Cattle Market Report

Carthage, Missouri · USDA-reported Auction Livestock

Sale of Wednesday, December 16, 2020

1,465 head sold ·Official USDA report

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Receipts

Head	This sale	Last sale	Last year
Total receipts	1,465	936	902
Slaughter cattle	498	721	613
Replacement cattle	967	215	289

Market comments — USDA reporter

Compared to last Wednesday, slaughter cows sold steady with instances 1.00-2.00 higher and slaughter bulls sold steady to 2.00 lower. The offering included a heavy supply of bred cows and cow/calf pairs with a special replacement cow and bull sale following the regular cow and bull sale. Several high quality bred cows and cow/calf pairs were in the offering. Supply and demand were moderate 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
1350–1400	1375	Young (2-4 yrs)	N/A	2	1,400.00–1,500.00	$1,449.09	—

Large 1 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $	Δ last sale
1650	1650	Young (2-4 yrs)	N/A	1	2,500.00	$2,500.00	—

Medium and Large 2 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $	Δ last sale
1100	1100	Young (2-4 yrs)	N/A	1	1,200.00	$1,200.00	—

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Slaughter Cows

Boner ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Dressing	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
850–1420	1115	80-85%	51	39.00–47.00	$43.22	$482	—
1060–1530	1237	80-85%	33	54.00–60.00	$56.99	$705	+2.00
930–1515	1261	80-85%	96	46.00–55.00	$51.43	$649	+0.84

Lean ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Dressing	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
675–975	882	85-90%	7	15.00–27.50	$24.70	$218	+2.86
810–1185	958	85-90%	15	29.00–38.00	$32.47	$311	-1.73
760–1220	999	85-90%	56	37.50–47.00	$42.65	$426	—
920–1320	1127	85-90%	38	46.00–52.00	$48.89	$551	—

Breaker ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Dressing	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
1075–2015	1374	75-80%	35	46.00–55.00	$50.78	$698	+0.40
1210–1640	1426	75-80%	64	55.00–61.50	$58.23	$830	—
1350–1725	1636	75-80%	7	62.50–68.00	$66.96	$1,095	—

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Slaughter Bulls

YG1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
1125–1840	1402	12	62.00–74.50	$69.22	$970	—
1330–2210	1721	27	76.00–85.00	$81.00	$1,394	—
1575–2215	1909	7	87.00–96.00	$90.45	$1,727	-4.09

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Stock Cows

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd
875–1110	945	Young (2-4 yrs)	Open	23	60.00–87.50	$69.02	$652
1095–1200	1172	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	Open	16	48.00–63.00	$53.91	$632

Medium 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd
685–803	767	(<2 yrs)	Open	7	80.00–105.00	$83.64	$642
735–880	817	Young (2-4 yrs)	Open	8	70.00–90.00	$79.30	$648
950–1037	995	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	Open	6	51.00–75.00	$65.86	$655

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Bred Cows

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $
900–1185	994	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	5	700.00–775.00	$752.67
1000–1370	1172	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	2nd/3rd Stage (4-9 mo)	118	825.00–1,150.00	$1,007.60
1100–1375	1247	Aged (>8 yrs)	2nd/3rd Stage (4-9 mo)	32	625.00–825.00	$725.25
1285–1345	1315	Aged (>8 yrs)	2nd/3rd Stage (4-9 mo)	2	550.00–800.00	$677.85

Medium and Large 1 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $
1075–1365	1268	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	2nd/3rd Stage (4-9 mo)	86	1,200.00–1,400.00	$1,290.77
1190–1365	1320	Aged (>8 yrs)	2nd/3rd Stage (4-9 mo)	23	900.00–975.00	$940.48

Medium 1-2 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $
825–935	880	Aged (>8 yrs)	2nd/3rd Stage (4-9 mo)	2	400.00–650.00	$532.81
865–1055	1004	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	2nd/3rd Stage (4-9 mo)	39	585.00–925.00	$750.71
1025	1025	Aged (>8 yrs)	2nd/3rd Stage (4-9 mo)	2	600.00	$600.00

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd
1205	1205	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	1	60.00	$60.00	$723
1102–1355	1228	Aged (>8 yrs)	2nd/3rd Stage (4-9 mo)	23	48.00–58.00	$52.72	$647
1127–1380	1262	Aged (>8 yrs)	2nd/3rd Stage (4-9 mo)	10	52.50–55.00	$53.23	$672

Medium and Large 2 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $
1000–1325	1159	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	2nd/3rd Stage (4-9 mo)	17	600.00–850.00	$755.93

Medium 1 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $
1000	1000	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	2nd/3rd Stage (4-9 mo)	16	1,100.00	$1,100.00

Large 1-2 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $
1200–1475	1408	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	2nd/3rd Stage (4-9 mo)	6	900.00–1,100.00	$1,023.31
1445–1475	1456	Aged (>8 yrs)	2nd/3rd Stage (4-9 mo)	7	750.00–950.00	$907.18

Large 1 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $
1230–1610	1426	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	2nd/3rd Stage (4-9 mo)	8	1,200.00–1,375.00	$1,283.06

Large 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd
1378–1440	1394	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	2nd/3rd Stage (4-9 mo)	4	53.00–55.00	$53.52	$746

Medium 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd
805–1035	920	Aged (>8 yrs)	2nd/3rd Stage (4-9 mo)	2	55.00–57.00	$56.13	$516

Medium and Large 2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd
1095–1100	1098	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	2nd/3rd Stage (4-9 mo)	2	47.00–48.00	$47.50	$522

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Bred Heifers

Large 1 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $
1165–1200	1174	(<2 yrs)	2nd/3rd Stage (4-9 mo)	27	1,250.00–1,400.00	$1,333.20

Medium 1-2 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $
750–800	783	(<2 yrs)	2nd/3rd Stage (4-9 mo)	24	600.00–950.00	$808.46

Medium and Large 1 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $
970	970	(<2 yrs)	2nd/3rd Stage (4-9 mo)	2	1,150.00	$1,150.00

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Cow-Calf Pairs

Medium and Large 1 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $	Δ last sale
1175–1365	1195	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	Open	78	1,400.00–1,900.00	$1,833.33	—
1285	1285	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	12	1,900.00	$1,900.00	—
1250–1340	1295	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	Open	102	1,850.00–1,950.00	$1,916.18	—
1360	1360	Aged (>8 yrs)	Open	2	1,000.00	$1,000.00	—

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $	Δ last sale
1100	1100	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	Open	6	800.00	$800.00	-125.00
1100	1100	Aged (>8 yrs)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	10	1,100.00	$1,100.00	+175.00
1100–1335	1154	Aged (>8 yrs)	Open	26	925.00–1,250.00	$1,000.00	—
1150–1320	1218	Aged (>8 yrs)	Open	10	650.00–700.00	$680.00	-670.00
1100–1355	1228	Aged (>8 yrs)	Open	4	700.00–850.00	$775.00	-575.00
1175–1350	1233	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	Open	10	875.00–1,150.00	$1,005.00	-345.00
1175–1365	1280	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	Open	12	1,150.00–1,350.00	$1,258.33	—
1310	1310	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	8	1,500.00	$1,500.00	—
1320	1320	Aged (>8 yrs)	1st/2nd Stage (1-6 mo)	4	1,250.00	$1,250.00	—
1355	1355	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	2nd/3rd Stage (4-9 mo)	4	1,225.00	$1,225.00	—

Medium 1-2 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $	Δ last sale
810–1025	911	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	Open	12	860.00–950.00	$907.50	—
900–1050	1000	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	Open	22	850.00–950.00	$912.73	+162.73
1025–1030	1028	Aged (>8 yrs)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	6	750.00–900.00	$800.00	+50.00
1045	1045	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	8	1,100.00	$1,100.00	+350.00

Medium and Large 2 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $	Δ last sale
1080	1080	Aged (>8 yrs)	Open	6	825.00	$825.00	—
1170	1170	Aged (>8 yrs)	2nd/3rd Stage (4-9 mo)	6	1,000.00	$1,000.00	—
1200	1200	Aged (>8 yrs)	Open	2	675.00	$675.00	—

Large 1-2 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $	Δ last sale
1420	1420	Aged (>8 yrs)	Open	2	750.00	$750.00	—

Medium 2 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $	Δ last sale
765	765	Aged (>8 yrs)	Open	2	375.00	$375.00	—

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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.