Name: Joplin Regional Stockyards livestock auction prices — 2026-08-10
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2026-08-10

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to last week feeder steers sold steady to 8.00 lower with the exception of four weight steers which sold 7.00-12.00 higher. Feeder heifers under 750 lbs. sold from 2.00 higher to 10.00 lower. Weights over 750 lbs. sold 5.00-7.00 higher. Supply was light with moderate demand.

Weight class

Steers · summary 500–600 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

500–600 lb steers averaged $412.22/cwt on 286 head, down $16.71 from the prior sale. That ranks 4 of 33 comparable sales and sits −57.39 against this barn's trailing median of $469.61.

Average price

$412.22

▼ 16.71 vs prior sale

286 head · 547 lb average

Value per head Derived

$2,253

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$230

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

$67.53/cwt at this weight

vs the market

−17.17

vs MO average

+10.34 vs national

What quality paid 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 2	514	450.73	2,317	9thin
Medium and Large 1	550	428.71	2,356	169
Medium and Large 1-2	545	383.20	2,087	108

One grade step is worth $67.53/cwt here — about $230 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

33 sales

Steers 500–600 lb: high $505.18, low $391.50, median $469.61 across 33 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 sale286 hd

412.22

—

MO average14 barns · 1,074 hd

429.39

−17.17

National average152 barns · 6,242 hd

401.88

+10.34

This barn, trailing median33 sales

469.61

−57.39

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

65 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	600–650	624	414.20/cwt	400.00–425.00	2,585	52
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	350–400	391	520.00/cwt	520.00–520.00	2,033	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	800–850	841	312.59/cwt	290.00–318.00	2,629	15
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	550–600	571	357.06/cwt	345.00–362.00	2,039	36
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	500–550	545	400.00/cwt	400.00–400.00	2,180	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	850–900	881	303.00/cwt	303.00–303.00	2,669	49
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	300–350	334	529.60/cwt	520.00–540.00	1,769	10
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	700–750	719	325.30/cwt	320.00–332.00	2,339	14
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	400–450	437	401.25/cwt	390.00–415.00	1,753	24
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	600–650	620	371.86/cwt	345.00–390.00	2,306	47
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	450–500	476	382.95/cwt	370.00–395.00	1,823	21
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	600–650	619	347.88/cwt	337.00–360.00	2,153	37
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	300–350	327	444.69/cwt	420.00–450.00	1,454	12
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	900–950	903	330.50/cwt	330.50–330.50	2,984	24
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	550–600	565	381.07/cwt	365.00–390.00	2,153	32
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	750–800	783	339.23/cwt	338.00–345.00	2,656	94
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	500–550	520	361.12/cwt	345.00–370.00	1,878	29
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	650–700	668	362.06/cwt	360.00–365.00	2,419	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	650–700	684	344.47/cwt	335.00–351.00	2,356	136
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	350–400	382	529.90/cwt	510.00–540.00	2,024	15
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	450–500	473	374.63/cwt	370.00–380.00	1,772	27
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	350–400	368	460.00/cwt	460.00–460.00	1,693	10
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	500–550	536	384.10/cwt	365.00–430.00	2,059	76
Steers	Medium and Large 2	500–550	514	450.73/cwt	360.00–500.00	2,317	9
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	400–450	421	468.15/cwt	450.00–480.00	1,971	10
Steers	Medium and Large 2	650–700	680	337.00/cwt	337.00–337.00	2,292	3
Steers	Medium and Large 2	750–800	752	315.00/cwt	315.00–315.00	2,369	5
Steers	Medium and Large 2	350–400	395	500.00/cwt	500.00–500.00	1,975	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	650–700	670	300.00/cwt	300.00–300.00	2,010	4
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	700–750	741	361.25/cwt	340.00–363.00	2,677	143
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	300–350	324	584.58/cwt	570.00–620.00	1,894	9
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	600–650	626	387.00/cwt	387.00–387.00	2,423	8
Steers	Medium and Large 1Value Added	750–800	760	350.00/cwt	350.00–350.00	2,660	4
Steers	Medium and Large 1	300–350	318	660.00/cwt	660.00–660.00	2,099	8
Steers	Medium and Large 1	950–1000	978	321.00/cwt	321.00–321.00	3,139	15
Steers	Medium and Large 1	450–500	457	488.18/cwt	480.00–500.00	2,231	28
Steers	Medium and Large 1	800–850	817	348.52/cwt	342.00–352.00	2,847	180
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	300–350	318	507.08/cwt	500.00–510.00	1,613	7
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	700–750	743	342.15/cwt	342.00–345.00	2,542	138
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	350–400	375	520.00/cwt	520.00–520.00	1,950	18
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	400–450	442	428.79/cwt	422.00–465.00	1,895	38
Steers	Medium and Large 1	750–800	784	351.56/cwt	350.00–355.00	2,756	42
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	650–700	681	359.69/cwt	355.00–362.00	2,449	46
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	800–850	820	328.00/cwt	328.00–328.00	2,690	32
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	550–600	569	382.52/cwt	372.00–385.00	2,177	70
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	600–650	621	379.03/cwt	365.00–385.00	2,354	45
Steers	Medium and Large 1	900–950	915	334.99/cwt	330.00–337.00	3,065	155
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	750–800	786	329.45/cwt	315.00–332.50	2,589	148
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	450–500	477	418.60/cwt	400.00–435.00	1,997	52
Steers	Medium and Large 1	850–900	886	335.79/cwt	333.00–338.00	2,975	470
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	850–900	853	347.00/cwt	347.00–347.00	2,960	9
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	400–450	437	510.00/cwt	510.00–510.00	2,229	4
Steers	Medium and Large 1	700–750	715	378.33/cwt	365.00–382.50	2,705	145
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	500–550	522	383.21/cwt	380.00–390.00	2,000	30
Steers	Medium and Large 1	650–700	672	380.23/cwt	379.00–400.00	2,555	201
Steers	Medium and Large 1	400–450	438	510.25/cwt	490.00–530.00	2,235	90
Steers	Medium and Large 1	550–600	562	421.65/cwt	405.00–435.00	2,370	105
Steers	Medium and Large 1	1000–1050	1,032	317.00/cwt	317.00–317.00	3,271	28
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	650–700	669	345.00/cwt	345.00–345.00	2,308	6
Steers	Medium and Large 1	500–550	529	440.29/cwt	430.00–460.00	2,329	64
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	950–1000	997	311.20/cwt	311.00–315.00	3,103	79
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	850–900	881	328.99/cwt	322.00–333.50	2,898	152
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	450–500	475	440.55/cwt	430.00–450.00	2,093	13
Steers	Medium and Large 1	350–400	395	580.00/cwt	580.00–580.00	2,291	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	350–400	378	453.07/cwt	445.00–460.00	1,713	22

How this sale compares

Missouri weighted averages

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