Sale reports / Missouri / Joplin Regional Stockyards / 2019-03-04

Joplin Regional Stockyards

Feeder Cattle · Carthage, Missouri · Mon, Mar 4
● Final38 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 1245
joplinstockyards.com(417) 548-2333
Receipts
731 head
6,142 vs last sale 6,873 7,236 vs year ago 7,967 · 90.8%
Also sold hereSlaughter/Replacement CattleWed Aug 19, 2026Replacement Cattle SpecialThu Aug 6, 2026Feeder Cattle SpecialThu Jun 25, 2026
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Weight class

Steers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot
0–100 lb steers averaged $156.57/cwt on 226 head.
Average price
$156.57
226 head · 623 lb average
Value per head Derived
$975
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
−$220
per head · Medium and Large 1-2 over Medium and Large 1
$24.16/cwt at this weight
vs the market
+0.57
vs MO average

What quality paid 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 1-2462174.1080562
Medium and Large 1683149.941,025164
One grade step is worth $24.16/cwt here — about −$220 a head. Across this sale the premium is widest at 0–100 lb. USDA reports each grade on its own line and never publishes the spread.

How it compared 0–100 lb

Same class and week · spot auction only
This sale226 hd
156.57
MO average6 barns · 5,926 hd
156.00
+0.57
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

38 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.
ClassGrade / descriptionWeightAvg wtPriceRangePer headHead
SteersMedium and Large 1722141.00/cwt141.00–141.001,0184
SteersMedium and Large 1632159.00/cwt159.00–159.001,0055
SteersMedium and Large 1812131.00/cwt131.00–131.001,06411
SteersMedium and Large 1948128.50/cwt128.50–128.501,21814
SteersMedium and Large 1656152.87/cwt145.00–153.501,003113
HeifersMedium and Large 1501151.00/cwt151.00–151.0075717
HeifersMedium and Large 1577147.44/cwt143.00–148.0085127
HeifersMedium 2-3487119.00/cwt119.00–119.005804
SteersMedium and Large 1Calves625153.86/cwt153.00–155.009627
SteersMedium and Large 1Fleshy576155.00/cwt155.00–155.008936
SteersMedium and Large 1-2410181.68/cwt175.00–185.0074524
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2569135.36/cwt131.00–137.0077014
HeifersMedium and Large 1412156.00/cwt156.00–156.006436
HeifersMedium and Large 1378162.50/cwt162.50–162.506149
HeifersMedium and Large 1796120.00/cwt120.00–120.009555
HeifersMedium and Large 1670130.00/cwt130.00–130.008719
HeifersMedium and Large 1469154.31/cwt152.00–156.0072414
HeifersMedium and Large 2603127.00/cwt127.00–127.007666
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2185170.00/cwt170.00–170.003153
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2201152.50/cwt152.50–152.503073
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2437152.50/cwt152.50–152.506665
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2272158.66/cwt150.50–167.504326
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2364152.50/cwt152.50–152.5055510
BullsMedium and Large 1-2317195.00/cwt195.00–195.0061813
HeifersMedium and Large 1Fleshy492148.00/cwt148.00–148.007287
HeifersMedium and Large 1Fleshy560138.14/cwt137.00–139.0077423
HeifersMedium and Large 1716126.00/cwt126.00–126.009024
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2Thin Fleshed622125.00/cwt125.00–125.007787
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2317158.15/cwt151.00–160.0050116
BullsMedium and Large 1Calves681130.00/cwt130.00–130.008853
BullsMedium and Large 1438175.00/cwt175.00–175.007673
BullsMedium and Large 1471167.50/cwt167.50–167.507893
BullsMedium and Large 1574151.31/cwt148.00–157.0086918
BullsMedium and Large 1-2470157.50/cwt157.50–157.507403
BullsMedium and Large 1-2395177.50/cwt177.50–177.507016
SteersMedium and Large 1-2391175.00/cwt175.00–175.006843
SteersMedium and Large 1468177.50/cwt177.50–177.508314
SteersMedium and Large 1-2504168.82/cwt162.50–171.0085135

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.