Name: Joplin Regional Stockyards livestock auction prices — 2026-05-18
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2026-05-18

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to last week feeder steers under 750 lbs. sold steady to 8.00 lower. Weights over 750 lbs. sold steady to 7.00 higher. Feeder heifers under 600 lbs. sold 5.00-10.00 lower. Weights over 650 lbs. sold steady to 10.00 higher. Light six weight heifers sold 25.00 higher. Supply was heavy with good demand.

Weight class

Steers · summary 500–600 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

500–600 lb steers averaged $471.21/cwt on 1,074 head, down $5.03 from the prior sale. That ranks 19 of 32 comparable sales and sits +0.90 against this barn's trailing median of $470.32.

Average price

$471.21

▼ 5.03 vs prior sale

1,074 head · 546 lb average

Value per head Derived

$2,574

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$425

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

$109.88/cwt at this weight

vs the market

−9.12

vs MO average

−3.27 vs national

What quality paid 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1	540	494.88	2,673	397
Medium and Large 1-2	549	457.87	2,516	672
Medium and Large 2	584	385.00	2,248	5thin

One grade step is worth $109.88/cwt here — about $425 a head. Across this sale the premium is widest at 500–600 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 sale1,074 hd

471.21

—

MO average17 barns · 4,542 hd

480.33

−9.12

National average171 barns · 13,387 hd

474.48

−3.27

This barn, trailing median32 sales

470.32

+0.90

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

87 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
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	300–350	333	663.76/cwt	650.00–670.00	2,210	10
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	850–900	862	324.73/cwt	323.00–331.00	2,799	93
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	1000–1050	1,036	310.77/cwt	310.50–312.00	3,220	33
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	500–550	527	406.19/cwt	368.00–420.00	2,141	312
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	650–700	665	378.05/cwt	365.00–392.00	2,514	206
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	800–850	816	335.02/cwt	330.00–337.00	2,734	42
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	750–800	763	349.45/cwt	336.00–353.00	2,666	166
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	350–400	371	517.96/cwt	495.00–550.00	1,922	32
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	700–750	736	335.42/cwt	326.00–345.00	2,469	14
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	800–850	823	324.03/cwt	300.00–326.00	2,667	68
Steers	Medium and Large 1Value Added	600–650	604	455.00/cwt	455.00–455.00	2,748	14
Steers	Medium and Large 1	1000–1050	1,027	314.17/cwt	312.00–320.00	3,227	258
Steers	Medium and Large 1	700–750	720	393.16/cwt	380.00–420.00	2,831	102
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	250–300	283	710.00/cwt	710.00–710.00	2,009	13
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	500–550	520	442.65/cwt	435.00–460.00	2,302	20
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	700–750	730	365.00/cwt	365.00–365.00	2,665	15
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	700–750	709	361.32/cwt	352.00–367.00	2,562	64
Steers	Medium and Large 1	950–1000	951	335.00/cwt	335.00–335.00	3,186	10
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	600–650	611	408.28/cwt	377.00–419.00	2,495	233
Steers	Medium and Large 1	450–500	476	543.85/cwt	530.00–565.00	2,589	134
Steers	Medium and Large 1	750–800	775	382.37/cwt	372.00–388.00	2,963	129
Steers	Medium and Large 1	400–450	422	572.36/cwt	555.00–600.00	2,415	112
Steers	Medium and Large 1	650–700	665	419.99/cwt	410.00–435.00	2,793	278
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	400–450	427	506.31/cwt	490.00–540.00	2,162	143
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	500–550	523	432.56/cwt	410.00–450.00	2,262	155
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	900–950	932	313.00/cwt	313.00–313.00	2,917	78
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	450–500	481	472.00/cwt	472.00–472.00	2,270	38
Steers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	350–400	378	640.00/cwt	640.00–640.00	2,419	22
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	450–500	471	478.33/cwt	465.00–491.00	2,253	171
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	350–400	369	576.14/cwt	550.00–615.00	2,126	65
Steers	Medium and Large 1	850–900	866	354.20/cwt	347.00–360.50	3,067	310
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	300–350	320	622.37/cwt	580.00–665.00	1,992	37
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	250–300	297	640.00/cwt	640.00–640.00	1,901	7
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Value Added	600–650	600	390.00/cwt	390.00–390.00	2,340	12
Steers	Medium and Large 1	350–400	371	626.20/cwt	600.00–665.00	2,323	87
Steers	Medium and Large 1	550–600	573	461.29/cwt	450.00–485.00	2,643	150
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	650–700	669	408.73/cwt	390.00–432.00	2,734	18
Steers	Medium and Large 1	500–550	520	514.59/cwt	495.00–540.00	2,676	236
Steers	Medium and Large 1	800–850	821	362.61/cwt	357.00–374.00	2,977	537
Steers	Medium and Large 1	600–650	615	444.71/cwt	430.00–475.00	2,735	399
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	400–450	400	570.00/cwt	570.00–570.00	2,280	5
Heifers	Medium 1-2	850–900	871	250.00/cwt	250.00–250.00	2,178	5
Steers	Large 1-2	600–650	615	405.00/cwt	405.00–405.00	2,491	9
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	550–600	588	345.00/cwt	345.00–345.00	2,029	19
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	450–500	477	409.56/cwt	395.00–425.00	1,954	46
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	400–450	429	530.20/cwt	500.00–550.00	2,275	104
Steers	Medium and Large 2	600–650	645	370.00/cwt	370.00–370.00	2,387	9
Steers	Medium and Large 1	300–350	317	711.60/cwt	690.00–740.00	2,256	18
Steers	Medium and Large 1	900–950	926	334.95/cwt	331.00–347.00	3,102	251
Steers	Medium and Large 2	550–600	584	385.00/cwt	385.00–385.00	2,248	5
Steers	Medium and Large 2	450–500	487	466.74/cwt	450.00–485.00	2,273	26
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Unweaned	400–450	418	530.00/cwt	530.00–530.00	2,215	26
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	350–400	365	530.00/cwt	530.00–530.00	1,935	7
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	450–500	480	465.00/cwt	465.00–465.00	2,232	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	350–400	384	480.00/cwt	480.00–480.00	1,843	23
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Unweaned	450–500	470	498.27/cwt	495.00–500.00	2,342	66
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Unweaned	500–550	517	492.14/cwt	450.00–497.00	2,544	60
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	950–1000	975	292.24/cwt	292.00–293.00	2,849	28
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	350–400	376	574.93/cwt	560.00–600.00	2,162	49
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	850–900	890	337.53/cwt	332.00–343.00	3,004	321
Steers	Medium and Large 2	750–800	763	335.00/cwt	335.00–335.00	2,556	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	600–650	639	365.03/cwt	340.00–375.00	2,333	72
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	400–450	424	490.00/cwt	490.00–490.00	2,078	5
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	800–850	825	350.91/cwt	337.00–357.00	2,895	462
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	300–350	342	561.39/cwt	550.00–590.00	1,920	25
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Unweaned	400–450	445	475.00/cwt	475.00–475.00	2,114	67
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Unweaned	450–500	480	427.50/cwt	425.00–430.00	2,052	12
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	750–800	774	353.19/cwt	342.00–370.00	2,734	134
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	450–500	478	442.04/cwt	420.00–470.00	2,113	145
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	400–450	431	472.45/cwt	430.00–490.00	2,036	134
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	750–800	779	330.38/cwt	320.00–333.00	2,574	25
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	550–600	582	435.97/cwt	420.00–450.00	2,537	279
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	700–750	731	371.08/cwt	350.00–377.00	2,713	220
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	450–500	470	485.00/cwt	485.00–485.00	2,280	7
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	850–900	860	311.00/cwt	311.00–311.00	2,675	36
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	900–950	940	328.00/cwt	325.00–330.00	3,083	136
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	500–550	528	470.05/cwt	440.00–490.00	2,482	333
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	600–650	626	413.41/cwt	387.00–425.00	2,588	323
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	550–600	578	393.60/cwt	365.00–405.00	2,275	280
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	600–650	608	396.17/cwt	390.00–405.00	2,409	12
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	550–600	572	417.29/cwt	405.00–440.00	2,387	176
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	350–400	378	560.00/cwt	560.00–560.00	2,117	18
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	650–700	682	353.32/cwt	337.00–360.00	2,410	92
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	650–700	682	399.15/cwt	362.00–408.00	2,722	218
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	450–500	473	503.13/cwt	480.00–525.00	2,380	173
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Value Added	500–550	503	460.00/cwt	460.00–460.00	2,314	9
Steers	Medium and Large 1Value Added	500–550	524	530.00/cwt	530.00–530.00	2,777	11

How this sale compares

Missouri weighted averages

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