Name: Joplin Regional Stockyards livestock auction prices — 2026-08-17
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2026-08-17

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to last week feeder steers sold steady to 10.00 lower. Feeder heifers sold 2.00-12.00 lower. Supply was light with moderate demand. The largest draft of the day was 465 steers weighing 961 lbs. which sold for 306.25/cwt.

Weight class

Steers · summary 500–600 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

500–600 lb steers averaged $394.91/cwt on 379 head, down $17.30 from the prior sale. That ranks 2 of 33 comparable sales and sits −74.69 against this barn's trailing median of $469.61.

Average price

$394.91

▼ 17.30 vs prior sale

379 head · 544 lb average

Value per head Derived

$2,150

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$522

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

$100.53/cwt at this weight

vs the market

−14.55

vs MO average

+7.16 vs national

What quality paid 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1	550	452.48	2,489	39
Medium and Large 1-2	541	394.88	2,136	288
Medium and Large 2	559	351.95	1,967	52

One grade step is worth $100.53/cwt here — about $522 a head. Across this sale the premium is widest at 400–500 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 sale379 hd

394.91

—

MO average12 barns · 878 hd

409.46

−14.55

National average75 barns · 3,130 hd

387.75

+7.16

This barn, trailing median33 sales

469.61

−74.69

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

79 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 2-3	450–500	465	335.00/cwt	335.00–335.00	1,558	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	450–500	486	324.78/cwt	315.00–350.00	1,578	7
Steers	Medium and Large 2	750–800	779	275.00/cwt	275.00–275.00	2,142	15
Heifers	Medium and Large 2-3	350–400	397	355.00/cwt	355.00–355.00	1,409	2
Steers	Medium and Large 2	850–900	858	300.00/cwt	300.00–300.00	2,574	3
Steers	Medium and Large 2-3	400–450	436	360.00/cwt	360.00–360.00	1,570	3
Steers	Medium and Large 2	450–500	481	403.36/cwt	400.00–405.00	1,940	6
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	900–950	928	255.00/cwt	255.00–255.00	2,366	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	500–550	545	317.00/cwt	317.00–317.00	1,728	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 2-3	400–450	445	275.00/cwt	275.00–275.00	1,224	9
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	800–850	839	280.00/cwt	280.00–280.00	2,349	6
Steers	Medium and Large 2-3	750–800	788	259.00/cwt	259.00–259.00	2,041	39
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	950–1000	953	252.36/cwt	252.00–255.00	2,405	17
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	350–400	370	428.34/cwt	420.00–435.00	1,585	22
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	600–650	624	282.89/cwt	280.00–300.00	1,765	28
Steers	Medium and Large 2	500–550	500	353.50/cwt	350.00–355.00	1,768	10
Steers	Medium and Large 2	650–700	665	337.28/cwt	325.00–357.50	2,243	13
Steers	Medium and Large 2	550–600	573	351.58/cwt	315.00–360.00	2,015	42
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	600–650	643	310.00/cwt	310.00–310.00	1,993	9
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	650–700	650	317.00/cwt	317.00–317.00	2,061	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	500–550	527	330.00/cwt	330.00–330.00	1,739	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	550–600	581	326.48/cwt	320.00–332.00	1,897	11
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	900–950	910	310.52/cwt	310.00–316.00	2,826	83
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	300–350	306	410.00/cwt	410.00–410.00	1,255	4
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	750–800	792	322.65/cwt	318.00–330.00	2,555	230
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	1000–1050	1,024	285.22/cwt	285.00–286.00	2,921	19
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	250–300	286	570.00/cwt	570.00–570.00	1,630	5
Steers	Medium and Large 2	400–450	438	395.44/cwt	380.00–420.00	1,732	19
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	300–350	345	540.00/cwt	540.00–540.00	1,863	2
Steers	Medium and Large 2	350–400	390	494.73/cwt	460.00–500.00	1,929	48
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	650–700	671	359.81/cwt	350.00–367.00	2,414	31
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	400–450	433	461.96/cwt	450.00–470.00	2,000	23
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	850–900	882	306.27/cwt	300.00–315.00	2,701	201
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	500–550	527	401.41/cwt	365.00–414.00	2,115	217
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	550–600	578	337.88/cwt	330.00–355.00	1,953	12
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	950–1000	980	280.00/cwt	280.00–280.00	2,744	25
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	400–450	443	393.56/cwt	365.00–401.00	1,743	100
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	600–650	621	340.11/cwt	330.00–350.00	2,112	62
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	500–550	527	350.56/cwt	335.00–367.50	1,847	31
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	450–500	471	439.29/cwt	435.00–460.00	2,069	18
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	850–900	862	290.00/cwt	290.00–290.00	2,500	7
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	550–600	584	374.91/cwt	360.00–397.00	2,189	71
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	800–850	830	299.39/cwt	293.00–305.00	2,485	85
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	750–800	782	293.38/cwt	282.00–294.00	2,294	39
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	650–700	679	329.36/cwt	322.00–345.00	2,236	25
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	250–300	294	470.00/cwt	470.00–470.00	1,382	22
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	550–600	591	360.00/cwt	360.00–360.00	2,128	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	300–350	322	460.00/cwt	460.00–460.00	1,481	4
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	600–650	632	367.97/cwt	351.00–380.00	2,326	62
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	800–850	820	331.02/cwt	295.00–335.00	2,714	233
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	700–750	733	290.00/cwt	290.00–290.00	2,126	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	450–500	466	365.28/cwt	350.00–385.00	1,702	14
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	600–650	640	357.00/cwt	357.00–357.00	2,285	6
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	950–1000	976	257.00/cwt	257.00–257.00	2,508	3
Steers	Medium and Large 1	900–950	925	325.50/cwt	325.50–325.50	3,011	58
Steers	Medium and Large 1	550–600	566	416.18/cwt	400.00–430.00	2,356	12
Steers	Medium and Large 1	800–850	803	335.00/cwt	335.00–335.00	2,690	139
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	500–550	512	395.00/cwt	395.00–395.00	2,022	2
Steers	Medium and Large 1	400–450	429	490.40/cwt	485.00–500.00	2,104	8
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	700–750	715	339.30/cwt	320.00–345.00	2,426	72
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	650–700	661	345.00/cwt	345.00–345.00	2,280	15
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	500–550	510	419.20/cwt	410.00–435.00	2,138	8
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	700–750	710	328.02/cwt	328.00–330.00	2,329	323
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	750–800	795	295.00/cwt	295.00–295.00	2,345	2
Steers	Medium and Large 1	450–500	455	480.00/cwt	480.00–480.00	2,184	4
Steers	Medium and Large 1	600–650	612	395.46/cwt	387.00–407.00	2,420	123
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	800–850	807	313.86/cwt	312.00–316.00	2,533	30
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	500–550	526	382.44/cwt	370.00–400.00	2,012	88
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	300–350	312	580.00/cwt	580.00–580.00	1,810	2
Steers	Medium and Large 1	500–550	543	468.61/cwt	460.00–470.00	2,545	27
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	550–600	571	365.48/cwt	360.00–370.00	2,087	20
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	600–650	605	358.37/cwt	355.00–365.00	2,168	27
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	400–450	423	423.59/cwt	420.00–430.00	1,792	14
Steers	Medium and Large 1	300–350	317	600.00/cwt	600.00–600.00	1,902	2
Steers	Medium and Large 1	650–700	664	381.29/cwt	375.00–382.00	2,532	91
Steers	Medium and Large 1	750–800	768	345.85/cwt	334.00–355.00	2,656	126
Steers	Medium and Large 1	850–900	874	322.77/cwt	318.00–331.00	2,821	105
Steers	Medium and Large 1	700–750	713	367.01/cwt	355.00–374.00	2,617	74
Steers	Medium and Large 1	950–1000	961	306.25/cwt	306.25–306.25	2,943	465

How this sale compares

Missouri weighted averages

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