Name: Joplin Regional Stockyards livestock auction prices — 2026-06-29
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2026-06-29

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to last Monday feeder steers under 800 lbs. sold steady to 8.00 lower. Heavier weights sold steady to 5.00 higher. Feeder heifers sold from 7.00 lower to 5.00 higher. Supply was heavy with good demand. Today's auction included a yearling special. The largest lot of the day was 616 steers weighing 941 lbs. which sold for 362.00/cwt.

Weight class

Steers · summary 500–600 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

500–600 lb steers averaged $461.33/cwt on 571 head, down $14.13 from the prior sale. That ranks 14 of 32 comparable sales and sits −8.99 against this barn's trailing median of $470.32.

Average price

$461.33

▼ 14.13 vs prior sale

571 head · 557 lb average

Value per head Derived

$2,570

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$389

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

$87.29/cwt at this weight

vs the market

−12.02

vs MO average

−7.58 vs national

What quality paid 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1	546	481.99	2,634	270
Medium and Large 1-2	565	450.75	2,547	252
Medium 1-2	585	410.00	2,399	23
Medium and Large 2	569	394.69	2,245	26

One grade step is worth $87.29/cwt here — about $389 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 sale571 hd

461.33

—

MO average20 barns · 3,118 hd

473.35

−12.02

National average32 barns · 3,072 hd

468.91

−7.58

This barn, trailing median32 sales

470.32

−8.99

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

69 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	349	630.00/cwt	630.00–630.00	2,199	6
Steers	Medium and Large 1	500–550	516	505.30/cwt	490.00–535.00	2,607	99
Steers	Medium and Large 1	1050–1100	1,071	319.00/cwt	319.00–319.00	3,416	72
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	800–850	825	335.57/cwt	327.00–338.00	2,768	393
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	650–700	673	370.00/cwt	370.00–370.00	2,490	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	800–850	846	316.00/cwt	316.00–316.00	2,673	36
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	1000–1050	1,036	318.28/cwt	311.00–320.00	3,297	21
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	450–500	471	468.18/cwt	455.00–490.00	2,205	59
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	400–450	443	502.00/cwt	480.00–510.00	2,224	42
Steers	Medium and Large 1	950–1000	978	330.12/cwt	327.00–334.50	3,229	484
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	450–500	486	455.00/cwt	455.00–455.00	2,211	8
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	450–500	483	495.35/cwt	485.00–510.00	2,393	57
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	800–850	811	352.88/cwt	325.00–356.50	2,862	338
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	700–750	725	375.71/cwt	357.00–390.00	2,724	121
Steers	Medium and Large 1	550–600	564	468.49/cwt	460.00–487.50	2,642	171
Steers	Medium and Large 1	1000–1050	1,012	331.60/cwt	328.00–332.50	3,356	142
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	600–650	639	400.00/cwt	400.00–400.00	2,556	5
Steers	Medium and Large 1	700–750	725	393.63/cwt	385.00–410.00	2,854	252
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	650–700	656	379.88/cwt	372.00–395.00	2,492	171
Steers	Medium and Large 1	800–850	827	365.53/cwt	357.00–370.50	3,023	344
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	550–600	570	428.41/cwt	405.00–450.00	2,442	95
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	750–800	771	347.18/cwt	343.00–354.00	2,677	208
Steers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	600–650	623	422.00/cwt	422.00–422.00	2,629	31
Steers	Medium and Large 1	400–450	416	575.32/cwt	540.00–600.00	2,393	24
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	850–900	854	332.00/cwt	332.00–332.00	2,835	6
Steers	Medium and Large 1	750–800	772	377.65/cwt	365.00–397.00	2,915	334
Steers	Medium and Large 1	850–900	875	355.33/cwt	350.00–375.00	3,109	737
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	600–650	616	413.52/cwt	400.00–420.00	2,547	83
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	500–550	500	470.00/cwt	470.00–470.00	2,350	13
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	600–650	621	405.00/cwt	405.00–405.00	2,515	8
Steers	Medium 2	350–400	397	460.00/cwt	460.00–460.00	1,826	8
Heifers	Medium 2	450–500	450	375.00/cwt	375.00–375.00	1,688	8
Steers	Medium 1-2	550–600	585	410.00/cwt	410.00–410.00	2,399	23
Steers	Medium 1-2	450–500	471	440.00/cwt	440.00–440.00	2,072	11
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	850–900	884	342.00/cwt	334.00–345.00	3,023	519
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	400–450	422	450.38/cwt	440.00–455.00	1,901	36
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	500–550	513	451.00/cwt	430.00–460.00	2,314	107
Steers	Medium and Large 1	600–650	620	433.77/cwt	420.00–455.00	2,689	187
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	900–950	903	312.00/cwt	312.00–312.00	2,817	26
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	550–600	577	443.06/cwt	392.00–455.00	2,556	178
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	750–800	781	335.77/cwt	328.00–338.50	2,622	245
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	650–700	669	352.89/cwt	340.00–362.00	2,361	43
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	750–800	783	360.19/cwt	357.00–363.00	2,820	90
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	400–450	423	514.98/cwt	490.00–530.00	2,178	25
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	950–1000	985	324.55/cwt	321.00–328.00	3,197	234
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	500–550	532	408.80/cwt	395.00–425.00	2,175	187
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	600–650	632	405.92/cwt	380.00–420.00	2,565	83
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	350–400	373	555.40/cwt	535.00–570.00	2,072	46
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	700–750	719	349.66/cwt	340.00–353.00	2,514	63
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	550–600	581	400.82/cwt	395.00–406.00	2,329	87
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	450–500	476	434.30/cwt	425.00–450.00	2,067	38
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	500–550	536	469.24/cwt	460.00–482.00	2,515	74
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	650–700	677	390.97/cwt	387.00–396.00	2,647	53
Steers	Medium and Large 2	350–400	392	550.00/cwt	550.00–550.00	2,156	13
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	600–650	627	377.51/cwt	355.00–390.00	2,367	105
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	900–950	928	330.88/cwt	322.00–339.00	3,071	306
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	550–600	550	400.00/cwt	400.00–400.00	2,200	8
Steers	Medium and Large 2	450–500	486	467.99/cwt	465.00–470.00	2,274	32
Steers	Medium and Large 2	800–850	832	320.00/cwt	320.00–320.00	2,662	8
Steers	Medium and Large 2	500–550	548	410.00/cwt	410.00–410.00	2,247	6
Steers	Medium and Large 2	550–600	575	390.10/cwt	347.00–405.00	2,243	20
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	450–500	477	410.00/cwt	410.00–410.00	1,956	5
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	700–750	738	374.05/cwt	372.00–385.00	2,760	69
Steers	Medium and Large 1	900–950	927	355.69/cwt	346.50–364.50	3,297	1,217
Steers	Medium and Large 1	650–700	669	411.14/cwt	400.00–430.00	2,751	199
Steers	Medium and Large 1	450–500	479	538.94/cwt	520.00–575.00	2,582	63
Steers	Medium and Large 1	350–400	392	620.00/cwt	620.00–620.00	2,430	20
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	300–350	333	570.00/cwt	570.00–570.00	1,898	9
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	350–400	376	510.00/cwt	510.00–510.00	1,918	10

How this sale compares

Missouri weighted averages

One sale is one barn on one day. The state ladder is every Missouri auction USDA reported that week, weighted by head — the fairer test of whether a lot sold well.

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