Name: Joplin Regional Stockyards livestock auction prices — 2026-09-28
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2026-09-28

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to last week feeder steers sold from 7.00 higher to 10.00 lower with the most gain on seven weight steers. Feeder heifers sold steady to 15.00 lower with the exception of six weight heifers which sold 7.00 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 $391.96/cwt on 723 head, down $21.79 from the prior sale. That ranks 4 of 33 comparable sales and sits −77.65 against this barn's trailing median of $469.61.

Average price

$391.96

▼ 21.79 vs prior sale

723 head · 551 lb average

Value per head Derived

$2,161

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$347

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

$67.44/cwt at this weight

vs the market

−10.65

vs MO average

−0.59 vs national

What quality paid 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1	551	419.02	2,310	219
Medium and Large 1-2	551	383.42	2,111	453
Medium and Large 2	558	351.58	1,963	51

One grade step is worth $67.44/cwt here — about $347 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 $368.33, 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 sale723 hd

391.96

—

MO average15 barns · 2,314 hd

402.61

−10.65

National average93 barns · 6,734 hd

392.55

−0.59

This barn, trailing median33 sales

469.61

−77.65

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	322	527.95/cwt	490.00–560.00	1,700	34
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	750–800	796	310.00/cwt	310.00–310.00	2,468	9
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	700–750	723	315.44/cwt	310.00–322.00	2,281	13
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	800–850	819	301.52/cwt	295.00–303.00	2,469	154
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	900–950	937	277.00/cwt	277.00–277.00	2,595	7
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	1050–1100	1,083	240.00/cwt	240.00–240.00	2,599	11
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	700–750	739	307.66/cwt	292.00–314.00	2,274	45
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	950–1000	975	294.52/cwt	285.00–299.00	2,872	149
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	600–650	619	328.84/cwt	317.00–335.00	2,036	95
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	450–500	479	412.89/cwt	390.00–420.00	1,978	122
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	500–550	525	343.70/cwt	320.00–362.00	1,804	98
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	750–800	788	305.73/cwt	305.00–306.00	2,409	108
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	500–550	528	385.95/cwt	345.00–410.00	2,038	248
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	600–650	627	366.67/cwt	340.00–375.00	2,299	269
Steers	Medium and Large 2	650–700	659	330.00/cwt	330.00–330.00	2,175	6
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	300–350	343	420.00/cwt	420.00–420.00	1,441	5
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	350–400	383	511.44/cwt	490.00–530.00	1,959	28
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	600–650	613	328.00/cwt	328.00–328.00	2,011	10
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	850–900	892	310.38/cwt	309.00–321.00	2,769	144
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	350–400	388	441.85/cwt	410.00–460.00	1,714	36
Steers	Medium and Large 2	350–400	396	452.99/cwt	450.00–460.00	1,794	20
Steers	Medium and Large 2	500–550	528	344.80/cwt	343.00–350.00	1,821	20
Steers	Medium and Large 2	300–350	327	460.74/cwt	450.00–470.00	1,507	13
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	1000–1050	1,030	280.00/cwt	280.00–280.00	2,884	8
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	800–850	827	327.03/cwt	322.00–333.00	2,705	258
Steers	Medium and Large 2	550–600	578	355.95/cwt	350.00–360.00	2,057	31
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	650–700	671	301.70/cwt	290.00–315.00	2,024	13
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	600–650	632	327.44/cwt	322.00–330.00	2,069	16
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	350–400	378	405.37/cwt	400.00–410.00	1,532	19
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	550–600	584	339.32/cwt	322.00–348.00	1,982	121
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	900–950	941	299.87/cwt	297.00–306.00	2,822	257
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	450–500	481	336.27/cwt	330.00–342.00	1,617	27
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	550–600	570	307.00/cwt	307.00–307.00	1,750	80
Steers	Medium and Large 2	600–650	624	335.00/cwt	335.00–335.00	2,090	7
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	500–550	514	345.00/cwt	345.00–345.00	1,773	5
Steers	Medium and Large 2	900–950	905	286.00/cwt	286.00–286.00	2,588	7
Steers	Medium and Large 2	450–500	474	382.75/cwt	375.00–385.00	1,814	28
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	400–450	430	470.00/cwt	470.00–470.00	2,021	5
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	500–550	507	400.00/cwt	400.00–400.00	2,028	10
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	450–500	464	422.71/cwt	420.00–425.00	1,961	11
Steers	Medium and Large 1	750–800	779	347.86/cwt	332.00–363.00	2,710	502
Steers	Medium and Large 1	850–900	875	326.29/cwt	320.00–334.50	2,855	757
Steers	Medium and Large 1	400–450	410	499.51/cwt	480.00–520.00	2,048	32
Heifers	Large 1	550–600	563	350.00/cwt	350.00–350.00	1,971	7
Heifers	Large 1	650–700	682	329.00/cwt	329.00–329.00	2,244	10
Steers	Large 1	700–750	728	347.00/cwt	347.00–347.00	2,526	10
Steers	Large 1	850–900	880	318.00/cwt	318.00–318.00	2,798	17
Dairy Steers	Large 3	800–850	828	251.00/cwt	251.00–251.00	2,078	27
Bulls	Medium 2	350–400	386	390.00/cwt	390.00–390.00	1,505	8
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	600–650	623	347.54/cwt	335.00–369.00	2,165	297
Steers	Medium and Large 1	800–850	823	340.42/cwt	333.00–345.50	2,802	308
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	850–900	879	298.00/cwt	298.00–298.00	2,619	7
Steers	Medium and Large 1Value Added	700–750	725	370.00/cwt	370.00–370.00	2,683	8
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	550–600	569	356.48/cwt	350.00–370.00	2,028	164
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	800–850	830	309.33/cwt	303.50–324.00	2,567	229
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	400–450	429	415.83/cwt	395.00–430.00	1,784	65
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	650–700	670	351.67/cwt	339.00–372.00	2,356	39
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	700–750	718	328.17/cwt	320.00–350.00	2,356	138
Steers	Medium and Large 1	600–650	621	390.69/cwt	377.00–410.00	2,426	149
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	350–400	368	487.84/cwt	480.00–490.00	1,795	37
Steers	Medium and Large 1	450–500	472	441.69/cwt	425.00–470.00	2,085	106
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	450–500	459	401.97/cwt	390.00–410.00	1,845	43
Steers	Medium and Large 1	650–700	655	374.37/cwt	370.00–397.00	2,452	468
Steers	Medium and Large 1	500–550	520	428.54/cwt	410.00–445.00	2,228	92
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	600–650	644	330.00/cwt	330.00–330.00	2,125	6
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Value Added	650–700	674	338.00/cwt	338.00–338.00	2,278	5
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	700–750	731	331.64/cwt	320.00–342.00	2,424	100
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	750–800	761	317.40/cwt	308.00–330.00	2,415	234
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	500–550	527	374.14/cwt	365.00–380.00	1,972	117
Steers	Medium and Large 1	550–600	574	412.12/cwt	399.00–425.00	2,366	127
Steers	Medium and Large 1	350–400	362	552.72/cwt	530.00–570.00	2,001	7
Steers	Medium and Large 1	300–350	336	619.84/cwt	610.00–630.00	2,083	8
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	650–700	666	333.73/cwt	313.00–342.00	2,223	165
Steers	Medium and Large 1	700–750	734	352.91/cwt	342.00–378.00	2,590	351
Steers	Medium and Large 1	950–1000	967	304.09/cwt	301.00–308.00	2,941	101
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	450–500	464	425.00/cwt	425.00–425.00	1,972	5
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	750–800	783	329.04/cwt	320.00–332.00	2,576	70
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	400–450	433	447.66/cwt	425.00–470.00	1,938	90
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	650–700	679	312.74/cwt	305.00–327.00	2,124	14
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	550–600	575	360.60/cwt	355.00–365.00	2,073	34
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	400–450	431	375.61/cwt	360.00–390.00	1,619	42
Steers	Medium and Large 1	900–950	918	310.98/cwt	307.00–318.00	2,855	201
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	850–900	864	286.65/cwt	280.00–293.00	2,477	45
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	450–500	480	365.70/cwt	355.00–380.00	1,755	97
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	300–350	329	471.36/cwt	440.00–480.00	1,551	21
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	650–700	671	360.79/cwt	341.00–370.00	2,421	191
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	550–600	578	380.36/cwt	360.00–390.00	2,198	205

How this sale compares

Missouri weighted averages

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