Joplin Regional Stockyards Slaughter/Replacement Cattle Market Report

Carthage, Missouri · USDA-reported Auction Livestock

Sale of Wednesday, October 2, 2024

1,483 head sold ·Official USDA report

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Receipts

Head	This sale	Last sale	Last year
Total receipts	1,483	589	643
Slaughter cattle	819	519	525
Replacement cattle	664	70	118

Market comments — USDA reporter

Compared to last week slaughter cows sold steady to 2.00 higher. Slaughter bulls sold steady. Supply and demand was moderate. This report combines the slaughter/replacement auction with the replacement sale tonite. The top slaughter cow weighed 1,445 lbs. and sold for 144.00. The high selling slaughter bull crossed the scales at 170.00 weighing 1,995 lbs. In the replacement portion of the auction the top selling bred cows sold for 2,450.00 per head with the high selling bred heifers selling for 2,750.00 per head.

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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
1370	1370	(<2 yrs)	N/A	1	2,750.00	$2,750.00	—
1495–1585	1540	Young (2-4 yrs)	N/A	2	2,400.00–2,500.00	$2,451.46	—

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Slaughter Cows

Boner ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Dressing	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
1045–1365	1202	80-85%	58	122.00–132.00	$126.67	$1,523	-0.01
1045–1360	1242	80-85%	156	112.00–121.50	$117.36	$1,458	-9.32
1082–1350	1280	80-85%	30	103.00–112.50	$108.15	$1,384	-1.42

Lean ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Dressing	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
805–1110	968	85-90%	9	72.50–85.00	$79.06	$765	—
874–1230	1028	85-90%	42	119.00–132.00	$123.14	$1,266	+27.16
750–1210	1038	85-90%	52	86.00–102.50	$97.08	$1,008	+1.10
865–1247	1099	85-90%	102	105.00–119.00	$111.68	$1,227	—

Breaker ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Dressing	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
1360–1510	1427	75-80%	17	105.00–113.00	$110.13	$1,572	—
1345–1745	1445	75-80%	93	114.00–126.00	$120.18	$1,737	—
1360–2060	1583	75-80%	30	126.00–138.00	$129.84	$2,055	—

N/N/A ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Dressing	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
1445	1445	65-75%	1	144.00	$144.00	$2,081	—

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Slaughter Bulls

YG1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
942–1022	982	4	185.00	$185.00	$1,817	—
1355–1630	1473	10	122.50–145.00	$136.16	$2,006	—
1375–2187	1702	34	141.00–159.00	$149.16	$2,539	—
1280–2355	1788	15	156.00–170.00	$161.64	$2,890	—

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Stock Cows

Medium and Large 1 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd
810–987	907	Young (2-4 yrs)	Open	20	187.00–207.00	$200.69	$1,820

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd
1080	1080	(<2 yrs)	Open	3	175.00	$175.00	$1,890
1114–1120	1116	Young (2-4 yrs)	Open	13	152.50–157.00	$155.61	$1,737

Medium and Large 2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd
903	903	Young (2-4 yrs)	Open	11	167.50	$167.50	$1,513
968	968	(<2 yrs)	Open	5	155.00	$155.00	$1,500

Large 1 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd
955	955	(<2 yrs)	Open	5	171.00	$171.00	$1,633
1010	1010	Young (2-4 yrs)	Open	2	135.00	$135.00	$1,364

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Bred Cows

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $
1060–1250	1110	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	26	1,500.00–2,100.00	$1,851.49
1120	1120	Young (2-4 yrs)	2nd/3rd Stage (4-9 mo)	4	2,100.00	$2,100.00
1080–1490	1187	Aged (>8 yrs)	2nd/3rd Stage (4-9 mo)	62	1,475.00–2,100.00	$1,721.49
920–1435	1191	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	2nd/3rd Stage (4-9 mo)	80	1,600.00–2,225.00	$1,902.82

Medium 1-2 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $
970–1040	1015	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	2nd/3rd Stage (4-9 mo)	14	1,450.00–1,650.00	$1,581.74
1030–1070	1050	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	22	1,350.00–1,525.00	$1,422.92

Medium and Large 1 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $
1160–1460	1260	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	2nd/3rd Stage (4-9 mo)	21	2,400.00–2,450.00	$2,408.28
1345	1345	Aged (>8 yrs)	2nd/3rd Stage (4-9 mo)	3	1,775.00	$1,775.00

Medium 2 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $
890	890	Young (2-4 yrs)	2nd/3rd Stage (4-9 mo)	6	1,700.00	$1,700.00
1040	1040	Aged (>8 yrs)	2nd/3rd Stage (4-9 mo)	4	1,400.00	$1,400.00

Large 1 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $
1540	1540	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	2nd/3rd Stage (4-9 mo)	5	2,000.00	$2,000.00

Small 2-3 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $
700	700	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	2nd/3rd Stage (4-9 mo)	5	1,150.00–1,200.00	$1,180.00

Medium and Large 2 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $
925	925	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	3	1,700.00	$1,700.00

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Bred Heifers

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $
840–850	844	(<2 yrs)	2nd/3rd Stage (4-9 mo)	11	1,550.00–2,250.00	$1,806.47
840–860	848	(<2 yrs)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	26	1,650.00–1,900.00	$1,789.05
969–1030	991	Young (2-4 yrs)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	11	1,550.00–2,150.00	$1,776.73
1080	1080	Young (2-4 yrs)	2nd/3rd Stage (4-9 mo)	7	2,100.00	$2,100.00

Medium 1-2 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $
734	734	(<2 yrs)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	13	1,540.00	$1,540.00
710–785	741	(<2 yrs)	2nd/3rd Stage (4-9 mo)	31	1,350.00–1,675.00	$1,494.30

Medium and Large 1 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $
1040	1040	Young (2-4 yrs)	2nd/3rd Stage (4-9 mo)	11	2,750.00	$2,750.00
1125	1125	(<2 yrs)	2nd/3rd Stage (4-9 mo)	19	2,750.00	$2,750.00

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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
980	980	Young (2-4 yrs)	Open	6	2,150.00	$2,150.00	—
1040	1040	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	Open	4	2,450.00	$2,450.00	—
1020–1090	1050	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	Open	20	2,350.00–2,500.00	$2,392.50	—
1040–1140	1087	Aged (>8 yrs)	Open	9	2,200.00–2,600.00	$2,383.33	—
1120	1120	Aged (>8 yrs)	Open	6	2,100.00	$2,100.00	—
1140	1140	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	Open	2	2,400.00	$2,400.00	—

Medium and Large 1 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $	Δ last sale
1210–1240	1231	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	Open	21	2,600.00–3,000.00	$2,885.71	—

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Heifer Pairs

Medium and Large 1 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $	Δ last sale
1060	1060	Young (2-4 yrs)	Open	16	3,210.00	$3,210.00	—

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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.