Joplin Regional Stockyards Slaughter/Replacement Cattle Market Report

Carthage, Missouri · USDA-reported Auction Livestock

Sale of Wednesday, May 12, 2021

1,011 head sold ·Official USDA report

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Receipts

Head	This sale	Last sale	Last year
Total receipts	1,011	1,796	554
Slaughter cattle	738	647	435
Replacement cattle	273	1,149	119

Market comments — USDA reporter

Compared to last Wednesday, slaughter cows sold 2.00-4.00 lower and slaughter bulls sold 3.00-4.00 lower on a heavy supply. A high percent of the offering was slaughter cows and slaughter bulls. There was a light to moderate supply of bred cows and a light supply of cow/calf pairs. Rainy and wet field conditions are keeping producers out of the field and giving them time to bring cattle to market in larger numbers. Supply was heavy and demand 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
1150	1150	(<2 yrs)	N/A	2	1,300.00	$1,300.00	—

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Slaughter Cows

Boner ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Dressing	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
770–1570	1163	80-85%	122	48.00–59.00	$53.96	$628	-3.29
925–1545	1260	80-85%	149	58.00–65.50	$62.39	$786	—
1230–1385	1322	80-85%	13	66.00–72.00	$69.81	$923	—

Breaker ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Dressing	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
995–1692	1342	75-80%	67	54.00–62.00	$58.21	$781	—
1240–1605	1416	75-80%	107	61.00–67.00	$63.87	$904	-2.91
1343–1772	1574	75-80%	19	66.00–70.00	$68.20	$1,073	—

Lean ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Dressing	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
600–1040	841	85-90%	6	17.50–30.00	$23.69	$199	—
675–1120	880	85-90%	19	32.50–42.50	$37.56	$331	—
745–1310	1034	85-90%	56	45.00–53.50	$49.10	$508	—
875–1310	1082	85-90%	55	53.00–61.00	$56.94	$616	+5.67

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Slaughter Bulls

YG1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
921–2145	1231	26	64.00–84.00	$72.87	$897	—
1245–2280	1669	34	83.00–92.00	$87.72	$1,464	—
1610–2165	1808	13	92.00–101.00	$95.28	$1,723	—

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Stock Cows

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd
900–1025	990	(<2 yrs)	Open	6	90.00–105.00	$95.58	$946
910–1150	1032	Young (2-4 yrs)	Open	18	65.00–93.00	$72.32	$746
995–1110	1050	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	Open	19	56.00–66.00	$61.10	$642

Medium 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd
845–870	858	(<2 yrs)	Open	2	92.50–97.50	$94.96	$815
695–1030	874	Young (2-4 yrs)	Open	6	65.00–92.50	$75.83	$663
945–1025	985	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	Open	10	60.00–62.50	$60.69	$598

Medium 1 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd
817–867	838	(<2 yrs)	Open	7	100.00–111.00	$106.87	$896

Large 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd
1180–1300	1225	Young (2-4 yrs)	Open	5	62.00–81.00	$70.34	$862

Medium and Large 2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd
1027–1040	1031	Young (2-4 yrs)	Open	3	63.00–64.00	$63.34	$653

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Bred Cows

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $
1065–1366	1235	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	2nd/3rd Stage (4-9 mo)	22	850.00–1,100.00	$988.63
1100–1295	1237	Aged (>8 yrs)	2nd/3rd Stage (4-9 mo)	6	650.00–885.00	$796.36
1200–1290	1245	Aged (>8 yrs)	2nd/3rd Stage (4-9 mo)	2	625.00	$625.00
1360–1365	1364	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	5	900.00–975.00	$945.03

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd
1075–1222	1173	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	6	61.00–64.00	$61.92	$726
1130–1255	1206	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	2nd/3rd Stage (4-9 mo)	7	55.00–65.00	$61.29	$739
1237–1330	1276	Aged (>8 yrs)	2nd/3rd Stage (4-9 mo)	4	58.00–67.00	$61.31	$782
1215–1372	1320	Aged (>8 yrs)	2nd/3rd Stage (4-9 mo)	3	58.00–63.00	$61.47	$811

Medium 1 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $
1030	1030	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	2nd/3rd Stage (4-9 mo)	11	925.00	$925.00

Medium 1-2 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $
750	750	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	2	600.00	$600.00
995–1015	1003	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	2nd/3rd Stage (4-9 mo)	8	775.00–860.00	$816.97

Large 1-2 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $
1395–1485	1428	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	2nd/3rd Stage (4-9 mo)	4	900.00–1,050.00	$953.30
1540	1540	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	1	1,000.00	$1,000.00

Medium 2 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $
850	850	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	2nd/3rd Stage (4-9 mo)	2	450.00	$450.00
875	875	Aged (>8 yrs)	2nd/3rd Stage (4-9 mo)	2	450.00	$450.00

Large 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd
1485–1605	1527	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	2nd/3rd Stage (4-9 mo)	3	57.00–63.00	$60.57	$925

Medium and Large 1 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $
1360	1360	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	2nd/3rd Stage (4-9 mo)	3	1,150.00	$1,150.00

Medium 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd
930–955	943	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	2nd/3rd Stage (4-9 mo)	2	58.00	$58.00	$547

Medium and Large 2 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $
1165–1250	1208	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	2nd/3rd Stage (4-9 mo)	2	860.00–875.00	$867.76

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Bred Heifers

Medium 1-2 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $
750–830	777	(<2 yrs)	2nd/3rd Stage (4-9 mo)	3	700.00–800.00	$735.62

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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
1100	1100	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	2	1,375.00	$1,375.00	-275.00
1100	1100	Aged (>8 yrs)	Open	2	1,225.00	$1,225.00	-425.00
1065–1300	1143	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	Open	6	1,200.00–1,425.00	$1,350.00	+143.33
985–1360	1195	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	Open	38	1,350.00–1,550.00	$1,457.63	-17.37

Medium 1 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $	Δ last sale
895–925	915	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	Open	6	1,350.00–1,600.00	$1,516.67	—

Medium 1-2 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $	Δ last sale
875	875	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	Open	2	950.00	$950.00	—
995	995	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	Open	2	1,250.00	$1,250.00	+198.33

Medium 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	875.00	$875.00	—
1075	1075	Aged (>8 yrs)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	2	900.00	$900.00	—

Medium and Large 2 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $	Δ last sale
1100	1100	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	Open	2	1,085.00	$1,085.00	—

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Heifer Pairs

Medium 1 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $	Δ last sale
800	800	(<2 yrs)	Open	2	1,200.00	$1,200.00	—

Medium 1-2 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $	Δ last sale
835	835	(<2 yrs)	Open	2	800.00	$800.00	—

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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.