Name: Joplin Regional Stockyards livestock auction prices — 2026-09-21
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2026-09-21

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to last week feeder steers under 600 lbs. sold 10.00-25.00 higher. Heavier weights sold mostly steady. Feeder heifers under 550 lbs. sold 5.00-25.00 higher with heavier weights selling from 10.00 lower to 8.00 higher. Supply was moderate with good demand.

Weight class

Steers · summary 500–600 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

500–600 lb steers averaged $413.75/cwt on 382 head, up $17.59 from the prior sale. That ranks 8 of 32 comparable sales and sits −56.57 against this barn's trailing median of $470.32.

Average price

$413.75

▲ 17.59 vs prior sale

382 head · 552 lb average

Value per head Derived

$2,283

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$174

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

$48.20/cwt at this weight

vs the market

−3.00

vs MO average

+14.29 vs national

What quality paid 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1	542	434.31	2,354	219
Medium and Large 1-2	565	386.12	2,180	163

One grade step is worth $48.20/cwt here — about $174 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 $368.33, 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 sale382 hd

413.75

—

MO average17 barns · 1,330 hd

416.75

−3.00

National average152 barns · 9,581 hd

399.46

+14.29

This barn, trailing median32 sales

470.32

−56.57

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

73 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 2	300–350	326	360.00/cwt	360.00–360.00	1,174	5
Steers	Medium and Large 2	350–400	383	453.77/cwt	445.00–460.00	1,738	12
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	500–550	521	320.00/cwt	320.00–320.00	1,667	6
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	350–400	384	390.00/cwt	390.00–390.00	1,498	5
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	600–650	627	363.01/cwt	340.00–375.00	2,276	54
Steers	Medium and Large 2	650–700	674	317.58/cwt	310.00–327.00	2,140	11
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	900–950	924	306.00/cwt	306.00–306.00	2,827	59
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	1050–1100	1,063	279.00/cwt	279.00–279.00	2,966	9
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	450–500	482	408.06/cwt	385.00–420.00	1,967	49
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	450–500	464	345.00/cwt	345.00–345.00	1,601	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	900–950	932	264.62/cwt	262.00–270.00	2,466	29
Steers	Medium and Large 2	600–650	636	320.00/cwt	320.00–320.00	2,035	7
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	300–350	327	452.98/cwt	420.00–470.00	1,481	15
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	700–750	738	316.02/cwt	305.00–320.00	2,332	108
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	500–550	528	400.32/cwt	350.00–420.00	2,114	48
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	600–650	639	317.72/cwt	315.00–320.00	2,030	11
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	750–800	785	297.06/cwt	295.00–301.00	2,332	30
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	400–450	439	441.28/cwt	400.00–470.00	1,937	36
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	400–450	433	383.37/cwt	360.00–405.00	1,660	28
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	550–600	572	341.78/cwt	335.00–347.00	1,955	113
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	650–700	677	327.94/cwt	317.00–337.00	2,220	104
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	950–1000	978	300.00/cwt	300.00–300.00	2,934	24
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	850–900	882	290.84/cwt	290.00–292.00	2,565	12
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	550–600	580	380.19/cwt	350.00–401.00	2,205	115
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	800–850	847	290.83/cwt	283.00–329.00	2,463	24
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	500–550	532	355.46/cwt	330.00–370.00	1,891	105
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	950–1000	993	273.50/cwt	273.50–273.50	2,716	66
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	600–650	640	320.10/cwt	311.00–335.00	2,049	31
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	350–400	388	530.00/cwt	530.00–530.00	2,056	10
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	800–850	829	322.62/cwt	315.00–331.00	2,675	304
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	650–700	671	361.86/cwt	345.00–372.00	2,428	82
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	850–900	858	312.82/cwt	312.00–314.00	2,684	88
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	550–600	585	345.00/cwt	345.00–345.00	2,018	6
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	750–800	766	327.84/cwt	305.00–330.00	2,511	71
Steers	Medium and Large 1	300–350	320	600.00/cwt	600.00–600.00	1,920	8
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	350–400	379	440.27/cwt	430.00–460.00	1,669	29
Steers	Medium and Large 1	800–850	824	339.46/cwt	334.00–355.00	2,797	83
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Value Added	550–600	587	365.00/cwt	365.00–365.00	2,143	8
Steers	Medium and Large 1	600–650	636	389.49/cwt	375.00–412.00	2,477	377
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	450–500	484	376.02/cwt	355.00–385.00	1,820	57
Steers	Medium and Large 1	650–700	681	377.59/cwt	375.00–385.00	2,571	77
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	700–750	733	325.57/cwt	313.00–340.00	2,386	52
Steers	Medium and Large 1	1000–1050	1,024	294.94/cwt	291.00–296.00	3,020	86
Steers	Medium and Large 1	900–950	916	321.67/cwt	310.00–326.50	2,946	482
Steers	Medium and Large 1	950–1000	962	308.00/cwt	308.00–308.00	2,963	33
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	400–450	426	430.00/cwt	430.00–430.00	1,832	6
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	300–350	310	530.00/cwt	530.00–530.00	1,643	5
Steers	Medium and Large 1	550–600	566	420.31/cwt	400.00–450.00	2,379	114
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	550–600	571	369.84/cwt	350.00–380.00	2,112	169
Steers	Medium and Large 1	450–500	478	447.78/cwt	425.00–489.00	2,140	82
Steers	Medium and Large 1	400–450	435	503.75/cwt	490.00–515.00	2,191	32
Steers	Medium and Large 1Value Added	800–850	806	340.00/cwt	340.00–340.00	2,740	29
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	400–450	421	438.02/cwt	410.00–465.00	1,844	72
Steers	Medium and Large 1	500–550	516	449.52/cwt	430.00–475.00	2,320	105
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	750–800	778	321.98/cwt	315.00–324.00	2,505	43
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	950–1000	969	280.71/cwt	278.00–289.00	2,720	29
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	350–400	376	491.72/cwt	480.00–505.00	1,849	9
Steers	Medium and Large 1	700–750	730	352.81/cwt	340.00–364.00	2,576	224
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	500–550	504	396.43/cwt	375.00–425.00	1,998	113
Steers	Medium and Large 1	1050–1100	1,060	291.42/cwt	289.00–292.00	3,089	152
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	800–850	805	307.18/cwt	301.00–308.00	2,473	53
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	700–750	726	333.95/cwt	322.00–340.00	2,424	515
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	900–950	908	291.75/cwt	285.00–300.00	2,649	31
Steers	Medium and Large 1	350–400	376	540.00/cwt	540.00–540.00	2,030	11
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	450–500	462	416.24/cwt	390.00–435.00	1,923	50
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	650–700	658	352.57/cwt	342.00–355.00	2,320	32
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	600–650	632	338.04/cwt	335.00–365.00	2,136	244
Steers	Medium and Large 1	750–800	782	339.95/cwt	331.00–358.00	2,658	330
Steers	Medium and Large 1	850–900	871	318.81/cwt	315.00–336.00	2,777	201
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Value Added	700–750	721	333.00/cwt	333.00–333.00	2,401	18
Steers	Medium and Large 1Value Added	600–650	612	382.00/cwt	382.00–382.00	2,338	9
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	450–500	456	480.00/cwt	480.00–480.00	2,189	17
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	400–450	433	473.17/cwt	465.00–480.00	2,049	11

How this sale compares

Missouri weighted averages

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