Name: Joplin Regional Stockyards livestock auction prices — 2019-05-13
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2019-05-13

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

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Compared to last week, steer calves 2.00 to 4.00 lower, heifer calves unevenly steady, yearlings steady to 3.00 lower. Demand moderate to good, supply light. Feeder Cattle, Live Cattle and Lean Hog contracts all traded sharply lower adding negative pressure to the feeder cattle trade.

Weight class

Steers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

0–100 lb steers averaged $148.59/cwt on 1,350 head.

Average price

$148.59

1,350 head · 671 lb average

Value per head Derived

$997

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$102

per head · Medium and Large 1 over Medium 2-3

$29.02/cwt at this weight

vs the market

−5.79

vs MO average

What quality paid 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1	666	151.95	1,013	798
Medium and Large 1-2	665	147.52	982	457
Medium and Large 2	712	134.00	954	5thin
Medium 1	706	133.88	945	17thin
Medium 2-3	741	122.93	910	73

One grade step is worth $29.02/cwt here — about $102 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 sale1,350 hd

148.59

—

MO average18 barns · 7,822 hd

154.38

−5.79

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

91 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
Bulls	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	—	731	121.14/cwt	119.00–126.00	886	19
Bulls	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	—	650	134.00/cwt	134.00–134.00	871	7
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	—	564	150.32/cwt	142.00–159.00	848	73
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	—	510	166.80/cwt	166.00–167.00	851	25
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	—	393	182.00/cwt	182.00–182.00	715	19
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	—	463	125.00/cwt	125.00–125.00	579	6
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	—	421	154.63/cwt	142.00–165.00	651	37
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Unweaned	—	570	132.04/cwt	130.00–134.00	753	24
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Unweaned	—	518	133.00/cwt	133.00–133.00	689	7
Steers	Medium 2-3	—	800	115.00/cwt	115.00–115.00	920	34
Steers	Medium 2-3	—	665	132.00/cwt	132.00–132.00	878	25
Steers	Medium 2-3	—	731	126.00/cwt	126.00–126.00	921	14
Steers	Medium 1Unweaned	—	426	181.00/cwt	181.00–181.00	771	8
Steers	Medium 1	—	955	92.00/cwt	92.00–92.00	879	9
Heifers	Medium and Large 2Unweaned	—	607	125.00/cwt	125.00–125.00	759	6
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	958	125.75/cwt	125.75–125.75	1,205	41
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	720	142.30/cwt	134.00–144.00	1,025	31
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	430	179.35/cwt	175.00–181.00	771	18
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	600	158.00/cwt	158.00–158.00	948	15
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	379	187.60/cwt	181.00–191.00	711	9
Steers	Medium and Large 1Fleshy	—	879	120.50/cwt	120.50–120.50	1,059	60
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	674	155.14/cwt	146.00–167.00	1,046	114
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	860	130.40/cwt	125.00–133.00	1,121	93
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	572	165.56/cwt	160.00–173.00	947	72
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	525	174.12/cwt	170.00–179.00	914	59
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	474	173.25/cwt	170.00–180.00	821	52
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	789	135.39/cwt	134.00–137.00	1,068	43
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	229	200.00/cwt	200.00–200.00	458	6
Steers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	—	572	159.07/cwt	150.00–166.00	910	73
Steers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	—	542	165.89/cwt	163.00–168.00	899	44
Steers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	—	631	147.40/cwt	145.00–148.00	930	43
Steers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	—	663	144.22/cwt	139.00–147.00	956	20
Steers	Medium and Large 1Thin Fleshed	—	340	200.00/cwt	200.00–200.00	680	11
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	675	147.87/cwt	146.00–149.00	998	21
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	709	138.64/cwt	137.00–141.00	983	17
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	476	161.33/cwt	160.00–165.00	768	13
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	417	173.39/cwt	167.00–176.00	723	13
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	620	151.18/cwt	142.00–159.00	937	12
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	511	172.00/cwt	172.00–172.00	879	7
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Unweaned	—	516	157.04/cwt	155.00–158.00	810	13
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Unweaned	—	620	144.00/cwt	144.00–144.00	893	8
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Unweaned	—	566	154.45/cwt	152.00–156.00	874	8
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	759	138.55/cwt	128.00–139.00	1,052	256
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	570	162.33/cwt	152.00–170.00	925	60
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	397	163.01/cwt	155.00–175.00	647	23
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	712	134.00/cwt	134.00–134.00	954	5
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	—	411	176.32/cwt	160.00–182.00	725	15
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	—	296	208.28/cwt	204.00–217.00	617	12
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	—	715	134.17/cwt	132.00–136.00	959	11
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	—	673	144.00/cwt	144.00–144.00	969	9
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	—	647	148.00/cwt	148.00–148.00	958	9
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	—	326	212.00/cwt	212.00–212.00	691	6
Bulls	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	—	645	144.30/cwt	140.00–145.00	931	41
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	—	474	156.02/cwt	155.00–157.00	740	22
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	—	379	167.48/cwt	162.00–172.00	635	19
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	—	512	152.00/cwt	152.00–152.00	778	12
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	—	559	151.00/cwt	151.00–151.00	844	6
Heifers	Medium 2-3	—	780	121.00/cwt	121.00–121.00	944	15
Heifers	Medium 2-3	—	668	123.00/cwt	123.00–123.00	822	11
Heifers	Medium 2	—	646	107.00/cwt	107.00–107.00	691	6
Heifers	Medium 2	—	394	140.00/cwt	140.00–140.00	552	5
Heifers	Medium 1-2	—	595	122.00/cwt	122.00–122.00	726	6
Heifers	Medium 1-2Fleshy	—	717	121.00/cwt	121.00–121.00	868	6
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	834	121.21/cwt	121.00–123.00	1,011	68
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	368	159.42/cwt	154.00–161.00	587	54
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	614	137.34/cwt	132.00–143.00	843	44
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	425	154.42/cwt	151.00–159.00	656	40
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	762	125.93/cwt	123.00–127.00	960	27
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	725	125.00/cwt	125.00–125.00	906	8
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	—	580	136.35/cwt	131.00–142.00	791	55
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	—	523	142.14/cwt	138.00–145.00	743	46
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	479	150.58/cwt	146.00–156.00	721	125
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	527	144.68/cwt	137.00–150.00	762	104
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	668	130.92/cwt	128.00–133.00	875	76
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	583	138.52/cwt	135.00–143.00	808	73
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	408	149.73/cwt	147.00–152.00	611	26
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	623	134.14/cwt	130.00–139.00	836	22
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	336	148.00/cwt	148.00–148.00	497	15
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	548	137.42/cwt	130.00–143.00	753	14
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	836	119.00/cwt	119.00–119.00	995	10
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	—	488	141.06/cwt	137.00–145.00	688	88
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Unweaned	—	632	122.00/cwt	122.00–122.00	771	6
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Thin Fleshed	—	397	150.00/cwt	150.00–150.00	596	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	581	135.19/cwt	134.00–138.00	785	41
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	478	139.54/cwt	138.00–147.00	667	39
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	372	150.84/cwt	142.00–156.00	561	35
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	679	127.00/cwt	127.00–127.00	862	28
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	374	140.00/cwt	137.00–142.00	524	17
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	730	126.33/cwt	125.00–127.00	922	12
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	440	135.00/cwt	135.00–135.00	594	6
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Unweaned	—	424	141.32/cwt	139.00–143.00	599	27

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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