Name: Joplin Regional Stockyards livestock auction prices — 2026-04-27
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2026-04-27

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to last week feeder steers and heifers sold unevenly from 10.00 lower to 10.00 higher across several weight ranges. Supply and demand was moderate. Light 4 weight steers sold up to 640.00/cwt.. Light 6 weight steers sold up to 475.00/cwt.

Weight class

Steers · summary 500–600 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

500–600 lb steers averaged $475.04/cwt on 763 head, up $3.85 from the prior sale. That ranks 20 of 32 comparable sales and sits +4.72 against this barn's trailing median of $470.32.

Average price

$475.04

▲ 3.85 vs prior sale

763 head · 554 lb average

Value per head Derived

$2,632

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$300

per head · Medium and Large 1 over Medium and Large 2

$76.38/cwt at this weight

vs the market

−5.85

vs MO average

−5.98 vs national

What quality paid 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1	552	486.38	2,687	529
Medium and Large 1-2	556	452.28	2,515	218
Medium and Large 2	582	410.00	2,386	16thin

One grade step is worth $76.38/cwt here — about $300 a head. Across this sale the premium is widest at 300–400 lb. USDA reports each grade on its own line and never publishes the spread.

This barn's trailing prices 500–600 lb

32 sales

Steers 500–600 lb: high $505.18, low $391.50, median $470.32 across 32 sales. Sales under 10 head in this class are excluded, so a thin day cannot swing the median or the ranking.

How it compared 500–600 lb

Same class and week · spot auction only

This sale763 hd

475.04

—

MO average17 barns · 3,459 hd

480.88

−5.85

National average169 barns · 10,621 hd

481.02

−5.98

This barn, trailing median32 sales

470.32

+4.72

A barn can sit above the state average at one weight and below it at another — check the class you actually sell.

Every lot, as filed

75 lots · USDA AMS · Joplin Regional Stockyards Feeder Cattle - Carthage, MO

Nothing removed and nothing rounded — the same lots as the USDA report, with per-head values added.

Class	Grade / description	Weight	Avg wt	Price	Range	Per head	Head
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	550–600	578	386.19/cwt	365.00–400.00	2,232	41
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	750–800	775	347.08/cwt	333.00–365.00	2,690	161
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	650–700	665	383.64/cwt	370.00–420.00	2,551	155
Steers	Medium and Large 1	900–950	939	335.45/cwt	330.00–342.00	3,150	145
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	850–900	865	347.35/cwt	341.00–351.00	3,005	11
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	800–850	838	312.54/cwt	305.00–317.00	2,619	8
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	550–600	571	441.47/cwt	420.00–470.00	2,521	134
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	500–550	532	403.74/cwt	370.00–430.00	2,148	160
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	650–700	696	368.58/cwt	368.50–369.00	2,565	119
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	600–650	630	380.90/cwt	335.00–390.00	2,400	102
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	1050–1100	1,081	306.00/cwt	306.00–306.00	3,308	20
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	700–750	735	341.03/cwt	322.00–360.00	2,507	355
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	500–550	532	469.52/cwt	450.00–490.00	2,498	84
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	400–450	439	531.22/cwt	500.00–550.00	2,332	97
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	650–700	681	391.88/cwt	380.00–400.00	2,669	94
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	750–800	786	362.80/cwt	360.00–368.00	2,852	37
Steers	Medium and Large 2	550–600	582	410.00/cwt	410.00–410.00	2,386	16
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	350–400	395	390.00/cwt	390.00–390.00	1,541	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	450–500	473	450.57/cwt	440.00–460.00	2,131	55
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	850–900	850	320.00/cwt	320.00–320.00	2,720	8
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	550–600	588	415.34/cwt	405.00–420.00	2,442	16
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	400–450	431	475.22/cwt	440.00–490.00	2,048	79
Heifers	Medium and Large 2-3	450–500	497	320.00/cwt	320.00–320.00	1,590	6
Steers	Medium and Large 2	350–400	370	534.67/cwt	530.00–540.00	1,978	40
Steers	Medium and Large 2	450–500	490	473.36/cwt	470.00–475.00	2,319	18
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	450–500	477	504.70/cwt	480.00–520.00	2,407	77
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	300–350	332	637.05/cwt	630.00–640.00	2,115	16
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	950–1000	998	322.00/cwt	322.00–322.00	3,214	12
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	350–400	377	522.97/cwt	510.00–540.00	1,972	49
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	350–400	378	576.19/cwt	560.00–600.00	2,178	31
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	900–950	948	330.00/cwt	330.00–330.00	3,128	28
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	600–650	629	397.42/cwt	390.00–422.50	2,500	186
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	550–600	563	413.63/cwt	402.00–450.00	2,329	173
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	550–600	560	458.39/cwt	450.00–470.00	2,567	12
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	600–650	625	440.00/cwt	440.00–440.00	2,750	7
Steers	Medium and Large 1Fancy	400–450	401	640.00/cwt	640.00–640.00	2,566	41
Steers	Large 1	600–650	602	420.00/cwt	420.00–420.00	2,528	5
Steers	Medium and Large 1	350–400	371	610.80/cwt	600.00–620.00	2,266	29
Steers	Medium and Large 1	450–500	477	546.02/cwt	530.00–570.00	2,605	170
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	950–1000	978	314.00/cwt	314.00–314.00	3,071	11
Steers	Medium and Large 1	1000–1050	1,009	319.00/cwt	319.00–319.00	3,219	20
Steers	Medium and Large 1	950–1000	973	324.06/cwt	321.00–327.00	3,153	350
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	800–850	811	337.66/cwt	327.00–340.00	2,738	740
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	1000–1050	1,013	291.00/cwt	291.00–291.00	2,948	5
Steers	Medium and Large 1	700–750	723	407.57/cwt	395.00–417.00	2,947	160
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Value Added	450–500	493	500.00/cwt	500.00–500.00	2,465	11
Steers	Medium and Large 1	850–900	885	356.32/cwt	352.00–360.00	3,153	110
Steers	Medium and Large 1	550–600	572	473.35/cwt	455.00–500.00	2,708	320
Steers	Medium and Large 1	500–550	517	507.40/cwt	490.00–540.00	2,623	189
Steers	Medium and Large 1Value Added	550–600	588	495.00/cwt	495.00–495.00	2,911	15
Steers	Medium and Large 1Value Added	500–550	525	500.00/cwt	500.00–500.00	2,625	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Value Added	550–600	595	405.00/cwt	405.00–405.00	2,410	6
Steers	Medium and Large 1	800–850	825	364.49/cwt	360.00–371.00	3,007	379
Steers	Medium and Large 1	250–300	298	760.00/cwt	760.00–760.00	2,265	18
Steers	Medium and Large 1	300–350	317	693.42/cwt	680.00–720.00	2,198	21
Steers	Medium and Large 1	600–650	622	452.97/cwt	435.00–475.00	2,817	141
Steers	Medium and Large 1	1050–1100	1,061	315.00/cwt	315.00–315.00	3,342	110
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	850–900	888	330.37/cwt	317.00–345.00	2,934	115
Steers	Medium and Large 1	650–700	660	422.38/cwt	410.00–440.00	2,788	110
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	450–500	478	482.08/cwt	465.00–520.00	2,304	110
Steers	Medium and Large 1	750–800	769	377.62/cwt	374.00–397.00	2,904	181
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	800–850	848	327.00/cwt	327.00–327.00	2,773	8
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	650–700	671	370.00/cwt	370.00–370.00	2,483	7
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	350–400	398	560.00/cwt	560.00–560.00	2,229	7
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	300–350	304	640.00/cwt	640.00–640.00	1,946	21
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	500–550	516	452.54/cwt	430.00–485.00	2,335	95
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	400–450	417	523.28/cwt	500.00–550.00	2,182	68
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	950–1000	985	295.00/cwt	295.00–295.00	2,906	32
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	300–350	336	553.12/cwt	500.00–590.00	1,858	27
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	600–650	636	414.86/cwt	395.00–430.00	2,639	115
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	350–400	370	546.94/cwt	540.00–560.00	2,024	20
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	700–750	736	365.30/cwt	360.00–370.00	2,689	15
Steers	Medium and Large 1	400–450	424	576.70/cwt	560.00–600.00	2,445	82
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	800–850	832	353.60/cwt	349.00–360.00	2,942	232
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	700–750	730	386.03/cwt	372.00–392.00	2,818	135

How this sale compares

Missouri weighted averages

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