Name: Joplin Regional Stockyards livestock auction prices — 2019-09-30
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2019-09-30

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

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Compared to last week, steer and heifer calves and yearlings steady to 3.00 higher. Demand moderate to good, supply moderate. Slaughter steers and heifers traded higher last week, but Feeder Cattle futures closed lower and grains trading sharply higher adding pressure to the feeder cattle trade.

Weight class

Heifers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

0–100 lb heifers averaged $132.37/cwt on 2,015 head.

Average price

$132.37

2,015 head · 625 lb average

Value per head Derived

$827

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$186

per head · Medium 1-2 over Medium 3

$61.50/cwt at this weight

vs the market

+0.33

vs MO average

What quality paid 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium 1-2	574	136.50	784	15thin
Medium and Large 1	660	134.97	891	954
Medium and Large 1-2	595	130.56	776	986
Large 1	640	125.75	805	12thin
Medium and Large 2	532	123.13	655	43
Medium 3	797	75.00	598	5thin

One grade step is worth $61.50/cwt here — about $186 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 sale2,015 hd

132.37

—

MO average15 barns · 7,378 hd

132.04

+0.33

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

100 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	—	776	143.74/cwt	140.00–145.00	1,115	58
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	517	152.49/cwt	145.00–161.00	788	60
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	575	149.43/cwt	142.00–157.00	859	81
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	389	125.00/cwt	125.00–125.00	486	7
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	688	126.00/cwt	126.00–126.00	867	9
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	559	115.00/cwt	115.00–115.00	643	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	474	117.50/cwt	117.50–117.50	557	6
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	518	126.46/cwt	120.00–133.00	655	74
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	427	132.94/cwt	125.00–142.50	568	79
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	670	134.72/cwt	125.00–139.00	903	127
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	568	127.19/cwt	119.00–137.00	722	132
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	626	133.99/cwt	129.00–138.50	839	202
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	999	109.00/cwt	109.00–109.00	1,089	18
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	743	127.15/cwt	126.00–128.00	945	20
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	766	127.94/cwt	121.00–130.00	980	39
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	484	130.75/cwt	123.00–137.00	633	50
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	380	134.59/cwt	131.00–137.50	511	59
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	835	120.80/cwt	120.00–125.00	1,009	67
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	773	131.31/cwt	125.00–132.00	1,015	149
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	286	145.00/cwt	145.00–145.00	415	11
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	335	141.75/cwt	139.00–144.00	475	17
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	861	119.00/cwt	119.00–119.00	1,025	17
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	435	146.69/cwt	135.00–150.00	638	57
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	471	138.23/cwt	126.00–144.00	651	62
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	615	139.71/cwt	133.50–142.00	859	92
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	639	150.32/cwt	148.00–155.00	961	55
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	482	155.80/cwt	151.00–160.00	751	26
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	354	170.00/cwt	170.00–170.00	602	5
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	821	142.86/cwt	141.25–145.50	1,173	125
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	875	140.37/cwt	134.00–143.00	1,228	122
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	722	148.59/cwt	143.00–152.00	1,073	96
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	670	151.05/cwt	146.00–154.00	1,012	91
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	426	169.59/cwt	165.00–177.00	722	82
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	437	150.80/cwt	147.00–155.00	659	35
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	480	151.00/cwt	151.00–151.00	725	17
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	366	168.52/cwt	162.00–172.50	617	17
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	297	180.00/cwt	180.00–180.00	535	6
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	674	145.93/cwt	139.00–152.00	984	137
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	520	147.72/cwt	141.00–155.00	768	98
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	812	138.24/cwt	136.00–142.00	1,123	86
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	576	144.20/cwt	137.00–152.00	831	82
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	861	139.36/cwt	135.00–140.00	1,200	47
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	764	139.53/cwt	138.00–142.00	1,066	46
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	621	145.27/cwt	142.00–150.00	902	153
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	727	144.89/cwt	139.00–148.00	1,053	151
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	—	522	140.23/cwt	135.00–142.50	732	24
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	—	676	128.97/cwt	117.50–133.00	872	15
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	—	584	129.12/cwt	127.00–132.00	754	12
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	—	392	175.00/cwt	175.00–175.00	686	5
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	—	343	185.00/cwt	185.00–185.00	635	5
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	—	380	171.70/cwt	170.00–172.00	652	39
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Thin Fleshed	—	483	155.00/cwt	155.00–155.00	749	6
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Thin Fleshed	—	325	175.00/cwt	175.00–175.00	569	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 2Thin Fleshed	—	520	125.36/cwt	121.00–127.50	652	16
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Thin Fleshed	—	471	139.75/cwt	139.00–140.00	658	20
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Thin Fleshed	—	466	150.00/cwt	150.00–150.00	699	25
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Thin Fleshed	—	372	146.10/cwt	140.00–150.00	543	22
Steers	Medium and Large 2Thin Fleshed	—	440	164.00/cwt	164.00–164.00	722	13
Steers	Medium and Large 2Thin Fleshed	—	341	152.50/cwt	152.50–152.50	520	5
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	894	126.50/cwt	126.50–126.50	1,131	19
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	—	474	142.90/cwt	131.00–149.00	677	21
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	—	357	160.15/cwt	160.00–161.00	572	20
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	—	699	127.00/cwt	127.00–127.00	888	12
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	—	280	175.00/cwt	175.00–175.00	490	11
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	—	327	185.00/cwt	185.00–185.00	605	6
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	—	826	108.00/cwt	108.00–108.00	892	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Unweaned	—	638	119.50/cwt	119.50–119.50	762	14
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Unweaned	—	655	118.24/cwt	116.00–119.00	774	12
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Unweaned	—	741	119.00/cwt	119.00–119.00	882	6
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2Unweaned	—	633	125.40/cwt	124.00–131.00	794	28
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2Unweaned	—	687	128.00/cwt	128.00–128.00	879	9
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	—	628	122.43/cwt	121.00–125.00	769	25
Steers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	—	818	124.00/cwt	124.00–124.00	1,014	5
Steers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	—	604	147.32/cwt	146.00–148.00	890	53
Steers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	—	673	141.00/cwt	141.00–141.00	949	9
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	830	129.50/cwt	128.00–130.00	1,075	109
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	564	136.64/cwt	129.00–142.50	771	110
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	723	135.44/cwt	132.75–137.25	979	148
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	341	145.00/cwt	145.00–145.00	494	8
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	377	140.13/cwt	138.00–142.50	528	16
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	901	120.00/cwt	120.00–120.00	1,081	18
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	887	120.89/cwt	119.00–125.00	1,072	28
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	673	138.50/cwt	136.00–140.00	932	49
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	534	136.12/cwt	128.00–141.00	727	51
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	—	522	121.00/cwt	120.00–122.00	632	14
Heifers	Large 1	—	507	124.00/cwt	124.00–124.00	629	5
Heifers	Large 1	—	735	127.00/cwt	127.00–127.00	933	7
Heifers	Medium 1-2	—	574	136.50/cwt	136.50–136.50	784	15
Heifers	Medium 3	—	797	75.00/cwt	75.00–75.00	598	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	1,015	105.00/cwt	105.00–105.00	1,066	7
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	—	437	142.21/cwt	140.00–155.00	621	44
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	—	522	131.57/cwt	129.00–135.00	687	51
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	—	583	127.90/cwt	126.00–130.00	746	54
Steers	Large 1	—	1,065	125.00/cwt	125.00–125.00	1,331	7
Steers	Large 1-2	—	1,058	122.00/cwt	122.00–122.00	1,291	20
Steers	Medium 1-2	—	377	150.00/cwt	150.00–150.00	566	7
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	—	411	120.00/cwt	120.00–120.00	493	5
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Unweaned	—	612	140.00/cwt	140.00–140.00	857	9
Bulls	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	—	608	131.00/cwt	131.00–131.00	796	5
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Unweaned	—	661	133.00/cwt	133.00–133.00	879	10

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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