Name: Joplin Regional Stockyards livestock auction prices — 2019-10-21
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2019-10-21

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

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Compared to last week, steer and heifer calves 3.00 to 7.00 lower, yearlings steady. Few Buyers with calf orders, most interested in yearlings. Demand moderate to light for unweaned calves, moderate to good for long time weaned calves and yearlings, supply moderate.

Weight class

Steers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

0–100 lb steers averaged $148.51/cwt on 2,507 head.

Average price

$148.51

2,507 head · 638 lb average

Value per head Derived

$948

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$259

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

$32.87/cwt at this weight

vs the market

+1.17

vs MO average

What quality paid 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1	620	155.87	966	980
Medium and Large 1-2	650	144.94	943	1,389
Large 1	679	140.00	951	5thin
Medium 1	576	135.43	781	42
Medium and Large 2	688	131.21	902	80
Medium 1-2	575	123.00	707	11thin

One grade step is worth $32.87/cwt here — about $259 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 sale2,507 hd

148.51

—

MO average20 barns · 10,373 hd

147.34

+1.17

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

122 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 1-2	—	575	123.00/cwt	123.00–123.00	707	11
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	569	105.00/cwt	105.00–105.00	597	19
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	714	125.00/cwt	125.00–125.00	893	41
Heifers	Small and Medium 3	—	367	90.00/cwt	90.00–90.00	330	11
Steers	Large 1	—	679	140.00/cwt	140.00–140.00	951	5
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	555	135.00/cwt	135.00–135.00	749	8
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	775	130.92/cwt	130.00–134.00	1,015	13
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	859	128.00/cwt	128.00–128.00	1,100	21
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	636	127.15/cwt	124.00–129.00	809	31
Dairy Steers	Large 3	—	660	64.00/cwt	64.00–64.00	422	7
Dairy Steers	Large 3	—	770	68.00/cwt	68.00–68.00	524	12
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	626	136.30/cwt	135.00–138.00	853	16
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	986	116.00/cwt	116.00–116.00	1,144	19
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	294	212.50/cwt	212.50–212.50	625	48
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	470	155.89/cwt	147.00–164.00	733	59
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	358	195.00/cwt	195.00–195.00	698	70
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	577	147.74/cwt	143.00–153.00	852	70
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	627	150.03/cwt	144.00–152.00	941	87
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	785	145.30/cwt	142.00–150.00	1,141	107
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	227	225.00/cwt	225.00–225.00	511	9
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	957	138.00/cwt	138.00–138.00	1,321	9
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	919	142.64/cwt	142.00–143.50	1,311	30
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	414	175.99/cwt	163.00–183.00	729	32
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	1,007	135.50/cwt	135.50–135.50	1,364	39
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	517	148.86/cwt	146.00–154.00	770	42
Steers	Medium 1	—	435	150.00/cwt	150.00–150.00	653	6
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	430	137.06/cwt	130.00–143.00	589	72
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	579	136.54/cwt	132.00–144.00	791	86
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	476	131.64/cwt	126.00–140.00	627	87
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	362	162.45/cwt	137.00–170.00	588	99
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	725	138.75/cwt	131.00–141.00	1,006	101
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	522	117.00/cwt	117.00–117.00	611	15
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	806	119.00/cwt	119.00–119.00	959	8
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	876	139.09/cwt	138.00–141.00	1,218	8
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	327	182.50/cwt	182.50–182.50	597	7
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	—	1,103	91.00/cwt	91.00–91.00	1,004	8
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	—	571	127.50/cwt	127.50–127.50	728	6
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	—	428	155.00/cwt	155.00–155.00	663	5
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	—	466	153.07/cwt	152.00–155.00	713	30
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	—	548	135.34/cwt	135.00–135.50	742	22
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	—	370	173.70/cwt	165.00–177.50	643	10
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	811	130.50/cwt	130.50–130.50	1,058	14
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	301	150.00/cwt	150.00–150.00	452	7
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	670	138.34/cwt	132.00–145.00	927	143
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	736	134.46/cwt	126.00–136.00	990	67
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	431	125.41/cwt	120.00–133.00	541	50
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	519	129.45/cwt	127.00–132.00	672	45
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	821	129.66/cwt	117.00–133.50	1,065	44
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	619	129.07/cwt	121.00–135.00	799	39
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	765	125.16/cwt	119.00–129.00	957	30
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	684	129.81/cwt	121.00–134.50	888	88
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	480	119.24/cwt	115.00–129.00	572	83
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	577	125.53/cwt	120.00–131.00	724	73
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	—	823	102.20/cwt	97.00–113.00	841	21
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	—	288	150.00/cwt	150.00–150.00	432	4
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	410	155.14/cwt	152.00–157.50	636	7
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	362	130.48/cwt	130.00–132.50	472	26
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	927	118.00/cwt	118.00–118.00	1,094	19
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	330	133.05/cwt	132.00–137.00	439	19
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Fleshy	—	742	130.00/cwt	130.00–130.00	965	7
Steers	Medium and Large 1Fleshy	—	766	141.00/cwt	141.00–141.00	1,080	7
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	—	520	120.61/cwt	120.00–121.00	627	8
Bulls	Large 1Unweaned	—	605	129.00/cwt	129.00–129.00	780	6
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2Unweaned	—	638	123.00/cwt	123.00–123.00	785	21
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	—	570	122.89/cwt	121.00–128.00	700	54
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	—	418	145.88/cwt	145.00–152.00	610	39
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	—	525	135.48/cwt	128.00–141.00	711	32
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	—	486	131.35/cwt	130.00–140.00	638	30
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	—	360	143.60/cwt	135.00–160.00	517	23
Heifers	Large 1	—	614	132.00/cwt	132.00–132.00	810	6
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	—	588	120.00/cwt	120.00–120.00	706	17
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	—	455	121.67/cwt	115.00–127.50	554	15
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	—	520	122.00/cwt	122.00–122.00	634	12
Heifers	Large 1	—	517	115.68/cwt	115.00–117.00	598	9
Heifers	Large 1	—	706	126.00/cwt	126.00–126.00	890	6
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	812	141.71/cwt	136.00–142.50	1,151	59
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	—	586	147.00/cwt	147.00–147.00	861	10
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	—	455	136.55/cwt	136.00–137.00	621	11
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Thin Fleshed	—	753	131.50/cwt	131.50–131.50	990	9
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2Unweaned	—	696	110.00/cwt	110.00–110.00	766	14
Bulls	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	—	600	124.00/cwt	124.00–124.00	744	5
Steers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	—	624	134.86/cwt	131.00–138.00	842	43
Steers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	—	583	138.07/cwt	137.00–140.00	805	37
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Unweaned	—	565	116.06/cwt	115.00–119.00	656	26
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Unweaned	—	514	118.02/cwt	115.00–121.00	607	26
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Unweaned	—	644	110.00/cwt	110.00–110.00	708	12
Steers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	—	655	131.00/cwt	131.00–131.00	858	5
Steers	Medium 1Unweaned	—	600	133.00/cwt	133.00–133.00	798	36
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Unweaned	—	569	131.62/cwt	130.00–132.00	749	16
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Unweaned	—	617	138.00/cwt	138.00–138.00	851	8
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Gaunt	—	592	138.00/cwt	138.00–138.00	817	18
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	522	134.54/cwt	127.00–143.00	702	110
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	775	136.82/cwt	130.00–138.00	1,060	27
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	277	182.50/cwt	182.50–182.50	506	59
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	663	149.75/cwt	140.00–155.00	993	125
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	721	150.56/cwt	143.50–155.00	1,086	131
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	855	138.47/cwt	132.00–141.00	1,184	60
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	476	149.33/cwt	142.00–157.00	711	89
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	919	140.50/cwt	140.50–140.50	1,291	91
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	620	137.22/cwt	134.00–146.00	851	109
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	730	140.07/cwt	134.00–147.00	1,023	118
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	767	145.39/cwt	136.00–148.00	1,115	118
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	390	155.00/cwt	155.00–155.00	605	7
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	531	142.15/cwt	132.50–150.00	755	127
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	568	141.25/cwt	135.00–143.00	802	166
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	664	146.94/cwt	136.00–154.25	976	196
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	650	124.00/cwt	124.00–124.00	806	6
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,060	114.00/cwt	114.00–114.00	1,208	7
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2Thin Fleshed	—	560	125.00/cwt	125.00–125.00	700	6
Heifers	Medium 1-2Thin Fleshed	—	450	135.00/cwt	135.00–135.00	608	6
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Thin Fleshed	—	662	150.00/cwt	150.00–150.00	993	9
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Thin Fleshed	—	568	150.00/cwt	150.00–150.00	852	19
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Thin Fleshed	—	417	169.81/cwt	158.00–175.00	708	27
Steers	Medium and Large 1Thin Fleshed	—	369	177.50/cwt	177.50–177.50	655	15
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Thin Fleshed	—	761	144.00/cwt	144.00–144.00	1,096	27
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Thin Fleshed	—	476	164.63/cwt	157.00–167.00	784	104
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Thin Fleshed	—	828	127.50/cwt	127.50–127.50	1,056	10
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Thin Fleshed	—	689	136.50/cwt	136.50–136.50	940	17
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Thin Fleshed	—	381	136.40/cwt	132.00–140.00	520	25
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Thin Fleshed	—	318	137.50/cwt	137.50–137.50	437	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Thin Fleshed	—	417	136.00/cwt	136.00–136.00	567	9
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Gaunt	—	635	149.00/cwt	149.00–149.00	946	22

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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