Name: Joplin Regional Stockyards livestock auction prices — 2026-10-05
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2026-10-05

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

OPEN

Compared to last week feeder steers and heifers are selling steady to 5.00 lower.

Weight class

Steers · summary 500–600 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

500–600 lb steers averaged $393.29/cwt on 297 head, up $1.33 from the prior sale. That ranks 5 of 34 comparable sales and sits −73.83 against this barn's trailing median of $467.12.

Average price

$393.29

▲ 1.33 vs prior sale

297 head · 554 lb average

Value per head Derived

$2,180

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$277

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

$61.91/cwt at this weight

vs the market

−7.76

vs MO average

−21.69 vs national

What quality paid 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1	557	413.18	2,303	118
Medium and Large 1-2	550	382.63	2,104	165
Medium and Large 2	577	351.27	2,027	14thin

One grade step is worth $61.91/cwt here — about $277 a head. Across this sale the premium is widest at 500–600 lb. USDA reports each grade on its own line and never publishes the spread.

This barn's trailing prices 500–600 lb

34 sales

Steers 500–600 lb: high $505.18, low $368.33, median $467.12 across 34 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 sale297 hd

393.29

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MO average17 barns · 1,710 hd

401.05

−7.76

National average179 barns · 17,467 hd

414.98

−21.69

This barn, trailing median34 sales

467.12

−73.83

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

40 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 1	400–450	410	410.00/cwt	410.00–410.00	1,681	6
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	750–800	758	316.00/cwt	316.00–316.00	2,395	24
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	500–550	535	366.20/cwt	365.00–370.00	1,959	51
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	600–650	629	341.32/cwt	335.00–350.00	2,147	70
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	550–600	574	370.44/cwt	350.00–380.00	2,126	165
Steers	Medium and Large 1	950–1000	950	309.00/cwt	309.00–309.00	2,936	85
Steers	Medium and Large 1	800–850	813	332.50/cwt	332.50–332.50	2,703	31
Steers	Medium and Large 1	850–900	855	322.00/cwt	322.00–322.00	2,753	31
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	400–450	424	365.00/cwt	365.00–365.00	1,548	5
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	900–950	928	303.00/cwt	303.00–303.00	2,812	37
Steers	Medium and Large 1	750–800	763	338.00/cwt	338.00–338.00	2,579	32
Steers	Medium and Large 1	450–500	472	436.94/cwt	425.00–445.00	2,062	12
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	600–650	622	328.93/cwt	317.00–335.00	2,046	47
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	650–700	678	329.34/cwt	327.00–332.00	2,233	97
Steers	Medium and Large 1	600–650	616	386.83/cwt	376.00–402.00	2,383	128
Steers	Medium and Large 1	500–550	524	418.03/cwt	417.00–422.00	2,190	39
Steers	Medium and Large 1	650–700	673	374.36/cwt	349.00–383.00	2,519	71
Steers	Medium and Large 1	550–600	574	410.79/cwt	400.00–425.00	2,358	79
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	550–600	588	342.42/cwt	330.00–347.00	2,013	54
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	500–550	535	349.18/cwt	322.00–360.00	1,868	90
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	700–750	730	331.50/cwt	327.00–334.00	2,420	41
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	600–650	625	366.63/cwt	340.00–375.00	2,291	81
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	650–700	689	352.96/cwt	335.00–360.00	2,432	84
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	500–550	531	385.68/cwt	370.00–405.00	2,048	89
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	550–600	572	379.06/cwt	370.00–395.00	2,168	76
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	250–300	295	500.00/cwt	500.00–500.00	1,475	7
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	250–300	297	440.00/cwt	440.00–440.00	1,307	7
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	450–500	475	375.00/cwt	375.00–375.00	1,781	7
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	950–1000	950	275.00/cwt	275.00–275.00	2,613	7
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	350–400	373	450.00/cwt	450.00–450.00	1,679	20
Steers	Medium and Large 2	550–600	577	351.27/cwt	335.00–360.00	2,027	14
Steers	Medium and Large 2	1050–1100	1,056	278.00/cwt	278.00–278.00	2,936	14
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	300–350	327	540.00/cwt	540.00–540.00	1,766	8
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	800–850	830	301.00/cwt	301.00–301.00	2,498	34
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	650–700	657	305.00/cwt	305.00–305.00	2,004	6
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	550–600	589	318.00/cwt	318.00–318.00	1,873	5
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	800–850	829	326.85/cwt	314.00–331.00	2,710	132
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	750–800	758	328.96/cwt	327.00–330.00	2,494	49
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	400–450	424	431.21/cwt	405.00–460.00	1,828	17
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	850–900	890	309.00/cwt	309.00–309.00	2,750	18

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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